Moon into Aries: Balancing Fire and Water

Thursday morning through Saturday afternoon

In the early hours of the morning, the Moon moved into bright, flaming Aries. Today our emotional selves feel ready to take on the world, blazing new trails, reaching confidently for our goals.

We're in the waning cycle, sharing our light with the world, and this morning reached the Waning Half Moon, a square between the Moon and Sun. At this time, we see more clearly what we've accomplished in this cycle, and are challenged to integrate and assimilate it.

Today's Half Moon offers a counterpoint, a reflection, a reminder of how we each hold the other within us. The emotional, receptive Moon is in the fiery, direct sign of Aries. The outgoing, active Sun is in the nurturing, yin sign of Cancer. Do these qualities cancel each other out, leaving our luminaries weak? Or are we strengthened by holding all qualities together in creative synthesis? Our choice!

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Today's aspects include multiple opportunities to explore this theme, as the Moon flows energy in trine with Mars in quick-thinking Gemini, joins revolutionary Uranus, squares alchemical Pluto, and opposes hard-working Saturn. In Aries, the Moon is ready for anything, a David to all Goliaths. Today, we stand up for ourselves, making sure our goals are met and our needs addressed.

On Friday, the Moon will square Mercury in Cancer, still traversing the territory of balancing yin and yang, rest and activity, receiving and giving.

Friday evening, the Moon reaches a flowing sextile with Venus in Gemini, a time of creative inspiration that could influence our relationships, or how we're dealing with financial matters. This is the Moon's last classical aspect in Aries, beginning her traditional void-of-course time.

Saturday morning, during the Moon's time-between-times, she will reach a flowing trine with the North Node of the Moon, and sextile the South Node. If we're spending some of the void-of-course period in reflection (a good choice for these periods), we may gain insights into our life path.

At 4:53pm Saturday, the Moon steps into calm and peaceful Taurus, opening the gate into a quiet weekend. During this Aries time, we experience ourselves as the complex, fascinating people we are, and move with confidence toward our goals.