Moon into Pisces: Reflecting on Where We Are

Tuesday morning through Thursday evening

The Moon swims into Pisces Tuesday morning (8:24am EDT), a time of sensitivity to emotions, intuition, and spirituality. The sensitivity is heightened by the opening conjunction with Neptune, ruler of Pisces, followed by a conjunction with Chiron, the wounded healer.

Reflection

If you're already empathic, or your boundaries are a bit thin, extra attention to shielding yourself will be a good idea. If there are things you need to be aware of, your emotional attention may be drawn to them.

The connection with Chiron can bring up feelings of woundedness, and also a chance to release those feelings and move toward healing.

This Pisces Moon's antennae will be especially attuned to personal issues. Mercury, Venus and Mars are in Taurus now, and will form flowing sextiles with the Moon on Wednesday. During this time, Venus and Mars will form inconjunct angles-of-adjustment with Saturn in Libra.

Tuesday, we may be asked to adjust how we see our relationships, finances and creativity (Venus), while Wednesday's attention will be on how we act and how we deal with anger (Mars). Taurus is calm, but can be stubborn and unwilling to consider new viewpoints. Saturn in Libra may force us to take a new perspective, or perhaps see something we'd rather avoid. The Pisces Moon will make sure we feel where change is needed.

Tuesday also marks the last quarter of this waning lunar cycle with the Sun-Moon square, also a time when we can clearly see where we are, especially things related to our New Moon intentions. With the Sun in Gemini and Moon in Pisces, we'll have opportunities to make intuition connections, and gain new insights.

Tuesday night brings flowing sextiles between the Moon and alchemical Pluto, and the Sun and innovative Uranus, making this the perfect night to set dream intentions for guidance. Watch for dreams about next steps on your path, with these two powerful outer planets in contact with the Sun and Moon.

Wednesday afternoon's Moon-Mercury sextile begins a long, 30 hour void of course time, as the Moon withdraws into deep reflection. During this time, the Moon will conjunct the asteroid Ceres (Demeter, the Grain Mother), and square the Nodes of the Moon.

When the Moon is void of course, we're advised not to begin new projects if we can avoid it. With the Moon in Pisces, and our focus on the personal, Wednesday and Thursday become a time to go within,  reflect, meditate, or ask for intuitive guidance.

Thursday evening, just before the Moon enters fiery Aries to begin a new cycle, the Gemini Sun squares Chiron in Pisces. This challenge between the light of consciousness (Sun) and the wounded healer (Chiron) marks the potential insights gained from the meditative time-between-times. At 8:36pm EDT Thursday, the Moon bursts into Aries to begin a new cycle through the zodiac.

This Moon transit through Pisces could find us feeling overly sensitive and assailed with unwelcome emotions. If we align with the current and swim freely into these waters, we will instead gain insights into where we are in our emotional lives, and where things need to be brought into awareness for understanding, release, and healing.