New Moon in Libra: Finding the Still Point at the Center

Tuesday morning 7:09 am EDT

This New Moon in Libra, cardinal Air, arrives on powerful wings. Five planets in Libra, including the Sun and Moon at 4 degrees, Mercury with them at 2, and Venus and Saturn conjunct at 15 and 18. With Mars in Leo forming a strong sextile, we have all the personal planets standing with Saturn the manifester, who is exalted in Libra.

This New Moon blows in with plenty of fresh air, clearing out the cobwebs of old, limiting thoughts, throwing open windows and doors, knocking down walls if need be, so we see the world with new eyes.

One of the gifts of Libra is the ability to take on other perspectives. Libra is the diplomat, the mediator, the negotiator––to find the best solution, all sides need to be seen and considered. (Consider: con=with, sider=the stars, or, in alignment with the stars.)

How, then, do we stay grounded in our reality? How can we stay true to our core values? Libra gets criticized for being all over the map, and yet she manages to return again and again to the balance point. Libra knows how to stay centered.

At this New Moon, our heart's core aligns with our mind and emotions, with values and responsibility nearby. Where we lack clarity, we have only to ask. When this New Moon arrives, we may find light shining into musty corners we were, perhaps, hoping to avoid, so probably best to prepare now. We're in a Virgo void-of-course time, excellent for inner work, reflection, letting go.

This New Moon is likely to feel very personal with Mercury, Venus and Mars closely involved––and yet there's plenty of cosmic energy out there too. This New Moon forms a T-square with the current powerhouse in the sky, the Uranus–Pluto square. Nothing calm or easy about those two; so part of the opportunity at this New Moon is to challenge ourselves to get clear about who we are and where we're headed, even in the maelstrom of change that surrounds us.

Preparing for this New Moon, reflecting on the seeds of clarity we wish to plant, we look to our birth charts. Which house will this New Moon fall in? Which birth planets are most closely aspected? These give us clues where in our lives we're likely to see new ideas and perspectives emerging, and where we can plant seeds that will grow tall.

As we seek for our center, the still point around which our world spirals, we can know we are not alone. It turns out this New Moon is aligned with the Super Galactic Center, the center around which all the galaxies, of which our Milky Way galaxy is but one outer member, revolves. This Super Galactic Center falls right around 0 degrees Libra, the point of our Autumnal Equinox. 

We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us — the labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.

––Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces