Moon into Leo: Celebrating Change!

Thursday night through Saturday night

The Moon sailed into passionate, expressive Leo last night, where her first actions were to meet Mars in Leo and trine Uranus in Aries, setting the stage for an explosion of creative energy. Mars and Uranus reached their exact trine early this morning.

In the early hours of this morning, the Sun entered creative Libra, marking the astrological Autumnal Equinox, the neopagan festival of Mabon, and harvest festivals the world over. At Weather Thor's Day, Nan Moss shares a poem on this time of equal day and equal night in which she says, in these times of change, that "Equal fear, equal courage" is the true equinox.

Libra is the sign of balance, harmony, beauty and peace, where we experience the ability to see both sides of any question and mediate a just solution. The Moon and Mars in Leo embrace the courage of the heart, ready to face equally the dark and the light, and find a creative way forward. With Uranus the trickster on board, we watch for the unexpected.

This afternoon, the Moon squares Jupiter in Taurus. Expansive, philosophical Jupiter cautions the Moon to slow down, experience the sensual world in all its glory, and nurture ourselves. The passionate Leo Moon pulls Jupiter into a dance, unwilling to sit still. The Moon sextiles Venus in Libra later this afternoon, another creative blending that invites our individual muses to join the dance as well, inspiring us anew.

Strange Fruit performance troupe coming to Lotus

This weekend, my new hometown celebrates world music and art in its annual Lotus Festival––a wonderful way to experience this combination of Leo and Libran energies!

In the early hours of Saturday, the Moon sextiles Saturn. If you're up that late (4:36am EDT), you might feel inspiration turning to action, as words, colors or shapes begin taking form. Saturday is a day for making.

Saturday night, the Sun and Chiron form an inconjunct angle-of-adjustment. What new balance point do we need to find, for healing to happen? If we've been stuck in feeling wounded, where can we find peace?

Not long after the Sun–Chiron connection, the Moon opposes Neptune in Aquarius, and we're asked to take our individual creative visions into a wider realm of community and cosmos. This is the last classical aspect in Leo, opening a two-hour void of course until the Moon steps into analytical Virgo at 12:40am EDT Sunday.

While the Moon is in Leo, the Sun enters Libra, and the year turns, we celebrate our creative passions and face with courage the changes arriving in our world.