Waxing Moon in Libra

Today's Moon notes will cover the Moon's transit through Libra, which continues through Friday night.

The Moon slipped into Libra at 5:01am EDT, bringing our New Moon wishes and intentions into a space of balance, harmony and beauty. The Moon needs her balance today as she joins the Cardinal Cross, squaring Pluto (exact at 9:26am), joining Saturn (1:09pm), and still opposing Jupiter and Uranus (exact last night). Mercury in Virgo is still retrograde, asking us to continue our reflection and review.

massage therapy

One of Virgo's gifts is precision, a vital skill tempered today by Libran balance. I'm privileged to receive bodywork from two excellent practitioners, one a massage therapist, the other trained in both Alexander and Feldenkrais technique, and Fitzmaurice Voicework. Each practitioner knows how to find exactly where I hurt with great precision, locating knotted muscles and tender points with uncanny speed and accuracy. They have Virgo's diagnostic skill.

In working to release pain and tension, Libra's balance and harmony are invoked. Once key areas of tension are located, they work around them, making space to allow locked up energy to flow again. They work with the opposite side of my body, aware that problems in one place are mirrored, and sometimes originate, in other places.

The desired endpoint for each session is a state of harmony, in which I feel myself as an integrated and balanced whole. Each practitioner offers healing, communicating through touch where I need to let go, adjust my position and perception, and find peace and comfort in my own body.

marula fruit

Perhaps this Virgo New Moon brought you face to face with some uncomfortably precise messages about where work is needed. You might be feeling like every tender spot you have has been vigorously palpated. Today as we move into the Libra Moon, look for harmonious ways to bring all things back into balance. The seeds we plant now, during this New Moon window, need to be nurtured and supported as they begin to unfold. We offer gentle, compassionate care to what is being born.

Tonight at 9:16pm, Mars, planet of action, flows energy in trine with spiritual Neptune, supporting gentle action guided by intuitive flow. Tomorrow, Friday, the Moon's only aspect is her own trine to Neptune at midnight. Then, the Moon joins Mars in Libra at 1:16am Saturday, which begins her time-between-times. These aspects guide us again to find flowing, calm ways to nurture ourselves and the seeds of our intentions.

Today and tomorrow, we hold our new intentions in gentle hands, offering support and healing in balanced, beautiful ways.