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| waxing Crescent Moon |
Early this morning, we reached the point of the waxing Crescent Moon. If your skies have been clear these last few nights, you've seen her growing in the night sky from merest sliver to visible crescent. The Moon moved from calm Taurus into bright Gemini, seeking connections that nurture growth. The question is, are we ready?
The Crescent Moon is a time of hope and possibility. Steven Forrest links this phase to the ancient Celtic festival Imbolc, that time in the depths of winter when we feel the first stirrings of Spring. Something was seeded at the New Moon, and although we can't see clear signs of it yet, we know new life is stirring underground.
Change, even planned for, welcome change, is stressful. The Taurus New Moon presented that paradox for us quite neatly––offering the promise of abundance and serenity, the New Moon calls for change and, given the choice, Taurus would rather keep things just as they are, thank you very much.
Now here we find ourselves with a Gemini Moon, who can't get enough of change, who requires variety to feel alive, and things might feel a wee bit uncomfortable. Yes, we'd love to welcome abundance into our lives, but couldn't it simply magically appear in our bank accounts? Couldn't peace and plenty drop into our laps? Well, no.
Journeying with the Moon is a constant reminder that we live an embodied life with all its pragmatic requirements and practical details. This may sound like an odd statement coming from an astrologer––isn't astrology about unseen cosmic forces influencing our lives? Yes, and ... the cosmic force of the Moon is the one that anchors us firmly to our human life.
The Moon is the ancient gateway, the liminal opening between the cosmic and the mundane. The Moon was called the Gateway of Man––today we would say the Gateway of Humans. She is the closest to Earth. In an model of the cosmos in which souls descend through the great Spheres, being touched by each on the way, the Moon is the last, the doorway through which we are born into this world.
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| time to get moving! |
The Moon is ever present, ever changing, and not always comfortable. When she's waxing in Gemini, we might feel that even more than usual. Gemini is a bright, flirty, laughing energy, and also one that won't let you be. What about this? says Gemini, and this over here? Oh, and that ... what about that?
I don't know about you, but I've had a hard time focusing these last few days!
The Gemini-ness of the waxing Moon feels stronger because of another aspect pattern present now: a square between Mercury (Gemini's ruler) and Pluto. Mercury, the faster planet, is in fiery Aries calling our attention to the deep, slow, tectonic movements of Pluto in Capricorn. This combination of fiery thought and intense power could lead to explosive arguments, or transformations in thought patterns, but with Uranus close to Mercury, something revolutionary seems likely.
Yet calm is still available to us. The Grand Trine in Earth is still present, with the Sun conjunct Ceres in Taurus trining Mars in Virgo and Pluto in Capricorn. This energy makes it easier to avoid explosions and instead channel transformative power where it can do the most good.
Neptune and Chiron remain important too, still squaring the Nodes of the Moon with Mars, and also anchoring the tip of a Kite pattern as they sextile both Pluto and Sun–Ceres. We are reminded to hold tight to our visions, and embrace healing, as we flow energy into getting things done.
It is time to act: With the Moon waxing, that feeling of Gemini poking and prodding is a call to get moving. The Grand Trine in Earth promises the slow, steady energy to keep going. Our New Moon seeds are planted and safely underground for the moment. What can we do to prepare the way? Let's do it.
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