Waxing Moon Moving into Pisces

 Today's notes include the Moon's transits in Pisces for today and tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday.

The Moon reaches her final aspects in Aquarius this morning,  joining visionary Neptune and maverick Chiron. The conjunction with Neptune at 9:09am EDT marks the classic beginning to the Moon's void-of-course time, but I'm now including encounters with Chiron and the inconjunct as important Moon aspects (discussed here), and that moves this void a bit later.

fog over a lake

The Moon reaches her exact conjunction with Chiron at 10:20am, and is exactly inconjunct the Virgo Sun at 11:18am. Reckoning with these additions, the time-between-times begins at 11:18 and continues until the Moon swims into dreamy Pisces at 4:15pm. This puts the center of the work day in a time when beginning new projects is not advised, so use this Monday to finish up whatever remains from last week.

Opening the week with a few hours of quiet reflection may be a good thing, as the week ahead offers some intense astrological events. Emerging into Pisces, the Moon's first aspects highlight this intensity as she flows energy in sextile with deeply transformative Pluto at 9:56pm and incisive, focused (and possibly angry) Mars in Scorpio at 12:45am Tuesday. These connections between the Pisces Moon, and Pluto and Mars, can bring calm to intense situations if we align with the Pisces Moon's intuitive flow, but may create emotional confusion if we do not. Tonight is a time to invoke peace if anger arises, and look for intuitive guidance in deep, vivid dreams.

Tuesday's Moon aspects include a flowing trine with Venus in Scorpio (exact at 9:23am) and an opposition with Mercury in Virgo (exact at 2:42pm).

The Pisces Moon-Scorpio Venus meeting offers deep, intuitive insights into our key relationships, as long as we avoid slipping into suspicion and confusion. This Moon-Venus connection also creates an opening for messages from the Muse that infuse our creative work with depth and power. Remember the Moon communicates through feeling and memory; visioning techniques are likely to be powerful this morning.

girls carrying water in India

The Pisces Moon-Virgo Mercury opposition opens a dialogue between feeling and thought, the big picture and the small details, and cosmic vision and everyday reality. If we can dream universal dreams while keeping our feet on the ground, these two planets will be happy.

The Moon-Mercury opposition is emphasized by the Sun, who prepares to leave practical Virgo by opposing Jupiter and Uranus in Pisces. Uranus and Jupiter together in Pisces ask for visioning that is radically exuberant, dreams with revolutionary enthusiasm, and spiritual connections that take us on unexpected journeys. Meanwhile, the Sun reminds us to chop wood, carry water, and care for those around us. Another reflection of the challenging dialogue we find ourselves in these days, about staying grounded in times of great change!

Wednesday brings the Autumn Equinox, followed six hours later by the Full Moon in Aries ... but more on that tomorrow :)