Moon in Aries

Sunday afternoon through Tuesday night

A waxing Aries Moon is a charge-ahead time when whatever we planted at the New Moon grows faster than we can keep up with it. Watered by visionary Pisces, our intentions reach out in all directions, unafraid and excited to be born. The Moon begins by joining Jupiter, expanding even further.

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But then a check, perhaps: A square to Venus in Capricorn. When two cardinal signs square each other, it's not a question of whether the thing will get done, but who will go first ... the fiery heart of Aries or the hard-headedness of Capricorn.

Venus and Jupiter are an intriguing pair in square; the lesser and greater benefics vying for the chance to give more. With Venus and Jupiter, the challenge of the square might be a tendency to give, and do, too much, expanding beyond what can be sustained. The weightiness of Capricorn will help keep this pair grounded, although tonight's addition of the Moon may tilt our emotions to the fiery energetic Aries side.

Tomorrow (Monday), the Moon flows energy in sextile with Mercury in Aquarius, and we may find ourselves fired up by wonderfully innovative ideas. Then later in the day, the Aries Moon squares Pluto in Capricorn, and we might feel ready to surge ahead with some of the transformations Pluto has been offering us.

Tuesday, the Aries Moon reaches an opposition with Saturn in Libra, and we are reminded that our personal desires (Moon in Aries) need to be balanced by our responsibilities to others (Saturn in Libra). With Aries' optimism and Libra's diplomacy, perhaps this dialogue can focus on how to reach everyone's goals.

As the Moon flows energy in sextile first with Mars and then with the Sun, both in Aquarius, we may find ourselves acting in innovative ways to accomplish our goals. The Moon-Sun sextile marks a time in the waxing crescent phase when we can gain new clarity on what our goals are, and where, and how to get there.

Tuesday afternoon, Chiron the wounded healer re-enters Pisces. This is a time to learn more about this energy of woundedness, healing, and mentoring. At Sky Writer, Donna Cunningham offers insights into Chiron. And Joyce Mason at The Radical Virgo is a Chiron specialist with insights worth reading.

Overnight Tuesday, the Moon will sextile Neptune and semi-sextile Uranus, bringing energetic dreams. Tuesday night will be a good night for dream intentions, as the Moon enters her time-between-times. She steps into Taurus' peaceful garden at 6:22am EST Wednesday.

Waxing Moon in Pisces

Friday morning through Sunday afternoon

Hexagram 51: thunder over thunder

The Moon swam into Pisces early this morning, flowing energy in sextile with Venus who marched into Capricorn late yesterday, and the North Node, also at 0 Capricorn. So, if you woke with dreams about where your relationships and creative life should be going, write them down and make time to work with them. Capricorn rewards work!

A Pisces Moon is generally a dreamy, unfocused time but not this one. Six planets and asteroids in Aquarius, including a Sun-Mars conjunction, are continuing the intense New Moon buzz.

CJ Wright links this New Moon to the I Ching hexagram thunder over thunder, which made me think of the thunder snow reported as part of the recent massive winter storm ... Aquarius is always unusual and unexpected.

This afternoon, the Moon flows energy in sextile with Pluto the transformer, another indication that this is no ordinary Moon transit we're dealing with. We're in the Year of the Rabbit now, but as the first comment to CJ Wright's blog post noted, this is no ordinary bunneh!

With this amount of Aquarian eccentricity and humor around, maybe our intense transformations won't seen quite as difficult. Tomorrow (Saturday), Mercury in Aquarius sextiles Jupiter in Aries, and the Aquarian Sun trines Saturn in Libra ... yes, there's work to be done, but also a tremendous amount of energy to do it, and a willingness to laugh and enjoy the process.

Sunday morning, Aquarian Mars will sextile Saturn, continuing the emphasis on work, leaping ahead, and the unexpected. The Moon will reach the last degrees of Pisces early Sunday afternoon, forming edgy semisextiles to Neptune and Chiron, while joining Uranus, ruler of Aquarius, just before entering her void of course time. 

The Moon strides into Aries at 5:45pm EST Sunday, ready to take on the world.

So, not so much of the dreamy, laid back Pisces Moon this time. Instead, we're in a tremendously energized New Moon phase where seeds are sprouting and bursting into new growth. We remember that life began in the oceans, and experience this Pisces Moon as the matrix from which our new Aquarian selves will rise.

Moon in Aquarius

Tuesday afternoon through Thursday night

Late today, the Moon sails into innovative, eccentric Aquarius, the Air sign of tomorrow's marvelous New Moon. The Moon's first aspects in Aquarius rekindle the warmth and generosity of Sagittarius, as the Moon flows energy in sextile to Jupiter, Sagittarean ruler, and Venus in Sagittarius flows energy in sextile with visionary Neptune in Aquarius.

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We're now in the time of Imbolc and Candlemas, the turning point when the ancient Celtic year shifts from the darkest dark into a lighter phase heading toward Spring.

The energies coming into play––the radical honesty and innovative thought of Aquarius, the laughter and expansiveness of Sagittarius, and the creative dreaming of Pisces––remind us that even as winter seems to be holding tight, new growth is stirring.

Tomorrow (Wednesday), we experience the New Moon, whose powerful Aquarian energy I wrote about here. This New Moon is a time to wish for our biggest dreams!

Thursday, the Moon continues sailing through Aquarian skies while reminding us it's not just about the dream, it's about making the dream real. We're now in a waxing cycle, ready for growth and expansion!

The Moon will reach her exact flowing trine with Saturn, he who manifests. Mercury steps into Aquarius, maintaining the flow of innovative ideas. Venus flows energy in sextile with healing Chiron, then steps into Capricorn, the sign of working to manifest our goals.

Overnight, the Moon will join Neptune, semisextile Uranus, then join Chiron before entering her time-between-times. With those powerfully intuitive outer planets involved, Thursday night will be a powerful night for dreaming, so plan to incubate some dreams, and have a notebook nearby.

At 5:24am EST Friday, the Moon swims into Pisces' ocean, ready to connect with the cosmos.

Cruising the Aquarian internet yesterday, I Stumbled Upon (yes, I'm hooked... ) the perfect expression of this upbeat, expansive, creative, innovative, Aquarian Moon transit: Airgami: the fine art of folding air ... balloons! Larry Moss offers us balloons as art, as fun, as community building. What could be more Aquarian than this? Enjoy!