Waning Moon in Virgo Moving into Libra

During this last day of the lunar cycle, the Virgo Moon diligently prepares the ground for the seeds to be planted at the coming New Moon. Now in the last degrees of Virgo, she checks in with the outer planets clustered here, reporting on what she's learned and asking for any final instructions.

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The Moon's combination of inconjuncts and oppositions signifies Virgo's willingness to learn, and then do what is needful. Her inconjuncts with Neptune (exact at 9:48am EDT) and Chiron (exact at 10:20am) in Aquarius ask: What intuitive guidance is offered to us? What adjustments must we make to complete this process of healing?

Her opposition with Jupiter in Pisces (exact at 10:12am) asks for benediction ... words of blessing from the Great Benefic in the sign of our connection to the cosmos. Her opposition to Uranus (exact 12:43pm) is a bow to the great trickster, acknowledging we are on a path of change, seeking to fully embody our unique selves.

The Moon enters her time-between-times with the opposition to Uranus, although there is one more aspect of note: At 2:54pm, she squares Ceres, the Grain Mother. Ceres, in late Sagittarius very close to Pluto, will ask for an accounting. Does this harvest reflect our best work? Are we well prepared and supplied for the next stage of our journey? This is a good time to finish whatever is still undone.

At 3:51pm, the Moon enters balanced and beautiful Libra, the Air sign ruled by Venus that opens us to relationship. The lineup of planets waiting to greet the Libra Moon reminds us that relationships transform us: Her first aspect is a square to Pluto at 8:30pm.

A conjunction with Mercury at 2:08am Thursday gives voice to our thoughts and feelings. As we move toward the New Moon, what do we want to say? What last things can we release? What wishes will we make when the New Moon arrives?