First Quarter Moon: Manifesting Our Dreams

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First Quarter Moon in Pisces
December 20, 2012

The First Quarter square challenges us: Are we ready to embrace what the New Moon is bringing us?

The Sun will be at the end of bright, active, optimistic, yang Sagittarius ... the Moon will be at the end of reflective, dreamy, visionary, yin Pisces. We're poised at a moment when yin and yang are equally strong, and very different. This is a mutable square, though, which brings flexibility––there are options here.

This First Quarter Moon wants action. The Moon herself holds tight to her dreams (and mine have been weirdly interesting these last few days). She will stay true to her vision. Around her, we see energies saying, "OK, what's the next step? What can we do?"

Venus trines Uranus, both in Fire. Creative action, surprising events, new perspectives in relationships, finances and our value systems. Sometimes we take trines for granted, but with Venus and Uranus flaming in Sagittarius and Aries, we're not likely to miss this jolt of energy.

The tragedy in Newtown, CT is opening conversations everywhere about violence, guns, young men in need of support, the mental health system, and the safety of children worldwide.

With tomorrow's First Quarter, we may find ourselves changing, feeling a new sense of clarity and commitment around the issues and values closest to home for us.

Mars in determined Capricorn will trine the South Node and sextile the North Node. Here's the action point.

Once our values and commitments become clear, Mars will push for concrete steps forward to address long-standing problems from the past and move toward a better future.

Mars and the North Node will create a yod, a finger of fate, pointing right at Ceres in late Gemini. Ceres, the goddess we know better as Demeter, is the fiercely protective face of the mother. She will do anything to protect her children, and stop at nothing to get there.

The answer to the yod lies underneath the apex, and opposite Ceres we see the Sagittarian Sun. Again, we're called forward into action, not in despair but with confidence that the world is good, people can be loving and want to be loved, and the abundance of life surrounds us with grace.

Some days it's hard to be with Sagittarius. Some days we grieve with the Pisces Moon, feeling deeply every loss, every pain. This feeling is part of the First Quarter Moon too. The challenge is to feel what we feel, mourn our losses, and still move forward into wholeness.