Moon into Sagittarius: The Start of Something Big

Thursday evening through Saturday evening
Eastern Standard Time

The Archer takes aim

Thursday, November 24
Moon enters Sagittarius 8:58pm
Moon square Chiron (Pisces) 10:09pm
Moon trine Uranus (Aries) 10:09pm

Friday, November 25
Moon inconjunct Jupiter (Taurus) 12:05am
New Moon: Moon conjunct Sun (Sagittarius) 1:10am
Partial Solar Eclipse (Sagittarius) 1:20am
Moon semisextile Pluto (Capricorn) 6:45am
Moon square Mars (Virgo) 8:06am
Moon conjunct the North Node (Sagittarius) 9:02pm 

Saturday, November 26
Moon conjunct Mercury (Sagittarius) 5:03am
Venus enters Capricorn 7:35am
Moon sextile Saturn (Libra) 2:13pm
Moon sextile Neptune (Aquarius) 7:06pm
(begin void of course)
Venus (Sagittarius) square Uranus (Aries) 9:26pm
Moon enters Capricorn 10:05pm
Venus (Sagittarius) sextile Chiron (Pisces) 10:34pm
Moon square Uranus (Aries) 11:16pm
Moon sextile Chiron (Pisces) 11:22pm
Moon conjunct Venus (Capricorn) 11:26pm

The Moon unfurls all her sails to surge into Sagittarius on Thursday evening, pennants flying in a stiff cosmic wind as we head into a New Moon and Solar Eclipse.

If you've been feeling stuck, this could be the New Moon that cuts everything loose, boosting all of us into new orbits that might feel like whole new galaxies. If that sounds like too many mixed metaphors, well, it's that kind of Moon.

Astrologer Benjamin Bernstein calls eclipses "a New Moon on steroids," while Gary Caton refers to this New Moon as "a rip in the fabric of time." Where to begin pointing out the exuberant energies surrounding this New Moon? There are plenty ...

First, a glance at the chart shows this New Moon is part of a Sagittarian stellium that includes Mercury, Venus and the North Node, creating a strong focus of grace, generosity, expansiveness and plain old good luck.

Next, notice that Uranus the Trickster Revolutionary as retrograded back to the powerful Aries point to trine this New Moon. While we're looking at trines, take note of the powerful Grand Trine in Earth (Pluto, Mars, and Jupiter, who also rules this New Moon).

This Grand Trine creates a steady drumbeat underneath the New Moon energy, supporting deep transformative growth. A series of sextiles weave a network of intuition, vision and manifestation around the wheel.

Turning to the oppositions and squares, we see the New Moon at the apex of a T-Square, helping Chiron and Mars find the right balance between practical action and visionary healing. All the archetypes are in on this one.

Sagittarian themes include adventurous journeys of mind, body and spirit; new ways of seeing, thinking and experiencing the world; grace, generosity and good fortune. All of these can be part of our New Moon wishes and intentions, especially in relation to where the New Moon falls in our birth charts and which of our birth planets and points are touched by the New Moon aspects.

Sagittarius also holds the energy of "too much of a good thing," of overconfidence and overinflation. This time around, we can look to Mercury retrograde with gratitude, embracing the opportunities he creates to slow down, check the details, and think before we speak.

New Moon wishes can also include the intention to question our assumptions, avoid thinking we have all the answers, and extend generosity of mind to those whose ways seem opposed to our own.

The Moon's transit through Sagittarius following the New Moon echo all of these themes. Friday morning, she forms an inconjunct angle-of-adjustment with Pluto and a challenging square to Mars––this Moon wants to move fast, and these two planets in Earth feel too slow to the Moon in this mood.

The Moon's first aspect on Saturday offers another check with a conjunction with retrograde Mercury. Again, we can feel thankful for this––a New Moon careening wildly out of control is not what we truly want. We have the most to gain from this exhilarating ride if we can shape the path to fit our goals.

Opportunities for careful shaping arrive alter on Saturday as the Moon sextiles Saturn and Neptune, as these two approach their trine. When Saturn and Neptune work together, our visions become manifest, and the touch of the Sagittarian New Moon could bring the grace we need to bring it all together. After all, Venus now moves into Capricorn and the Moon will soon join her, ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work.

This New Moon is a time to welcome the new with high hopes and glad hearts. All the challenges are still out there––and with a new perspective, a little luck, and retrograde Mercury's restraining hand, we can surmount them all!