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| Awake, dear heart, awake! |
The New Moon in Leo arrives with passionate thunder and dramatic lightning––metaphorically, since it was a lovely day here––and still the echoes resound. Things have changed, shifted seismically. As we reach the Crescent Moon, we watch the dust settle.
This New Moon is especially powerful for me, as it landed on my Ascendant, conjunct my Pluto and Moon, and aspecting half the rest of my chart. Yet I'm not the only one reporting a sense of powerful new beginnings. With hearts high in Leo fashion, we plunge in to see what comes next.
The Crescent Moon is the half-square between the Sun and Moon that marks the Moon's waxing progress. At this point, we may see the first glimmer of something peeking above the horizon, a new seed sprouting. Are conditions favorable? We scan the skies ...
Conditions are challenging––now, that's a shocker. It's true, though. The Sun, late in Leo, anchors a Grand Cross by opposing Neptune and squaring the Nodes of the Moon. The Nodes are poised at 0 Sagittarius (North) and 0 Gemini (South). Just after the Full Moon, they will slip into Scorpio and Taurus. (Remember the Nodes always move retrograde.)
During this waxing cycle, as energy increases, there's a last focus on moving forward in Sagittarian ways. What is our journey now? What place do we need to reach? This is one question of the Crescent Moon.
The Sun will soon slip out of theatrical Leo, and into careful Virgo, so this is good time to see which play we're in and what our role might be.
Neptune makes everything larger than life, reminding us "we are such stuff as dreams are made on," if only we choose to see.
Meanwhile, the Moon thickens the plot as she anchors another Grand Cross by opposing Uranus and squaring Pluto and Venus. Venus and the Moon are in mutual reception, resting in signs the other rules: Venus in emotionally charged Cancer, and the Moon in harmonious Libra.
Pushed up against those relentless engines of change, Pluto and Uranus, tender Venus and Moon might say, with Trinculo, "Alas, the storm comes again!" Can we keep our balance in the face of the onslaught? Another question framed by the Crescent Moon.
These two Grand Crosses are laced around with semisquares that tie the two patterns together. Sun to Moon, Sun to Venus, Moon to North Node––the questions about our journey, our role, and finding our balance are linked.
We are not alone before the storm. Jupiter, the great benefic, flows energy to the Moon. Creative quintiles link Ceres and Uranus, and Saturn and Pluto. With skill, determination, and a little luck, magical action is possible.
Staying close to the energy of the New Moon, we say with the might magician Prospero, "Awake, dear heart, awake!"
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