Moon into Aries: Where's the Tipping Point?

Sunday afternoon through Wednesday morning
Eastern Standard Time

Sunday, November 6
Moon enters Aries 2:02pm

fireworks

Moon conjunct Uranus Aries 4:15pm

Monday, November 7
Moon square Pluto (Capricorn) 1:16am
Moon trine Mercury (Sagittarius) 2:16am
Moon trine Venus (Sagittarius) 2:26am
Mars (Leo) opposite Neptune (Aquarius) 7:33am
Astrological Samhain: Sun at 15 Scorpio 2:35pm
Moon inconjunct Sun (Scorpio) 9:00pm
Moon trine the North Node (Sagittarius) 11:01pm

Tuesday, November 8
Moon opposite Saturn (Libra) 1:10pm
Moon sextile Neptune (Aquarius) 10:59pm

Wednesday, November 9
Moon trine Mars (Leo) 12:46am
(begin void of course)
Moon enters Taurus 2:46am
Moon sextile Chiron Pisces 4:04am

The Moon blazes into Aries this afternoon for a transit through Fire we're all likely to notice. Her first contact is a conjunction with Uranus the Trickster Revolutionary, so prepare for out-of-the-box thinking and surprising events. As the Moon touches the Aries point (0 Aries), it's a good time to check your birth chart––where and how Aries appears will suggest whether you need to watch for irritation or rage, schedule a vigorous workout, or take bold action.

tightrope

Overnight Sunday looks like a time for strong dreaming, especially if dreams put you in touch with world events. The early hours of Monday bring the Moon into a challenging square with alchemical Pluto, then trines with Mercury and Venus in Sagittarius. Far-flung journeys to amazing places are possible, pack your wings.

Monday is also Samhain, astrologically speaking, as the Sun reaches 15 Scorpio. The trines from the Moon to Mercury and Venus will also support divination, traditionally strong at this hinge of the year. If you haven't asked for guidance this Samhain season, this is the day.

Be aware, though, that questions asked could receive emphatically direct answers. Mars in passionate Leo is opposite visionary Neptune today, maximizing opportunities for creative expression. The Moon and Sun will be inconjunct, an edgy angle especially telling when Aries and Scorpio meet, both signs of intensity and, yes, anger.

Monday closes with the Moon trining the North Node, suggesting whatever we learn this Samhain season will affect our life path.

Tuesday, the impetuous drive of the Aries Moon is checked by Saturn's cool counsel. A sextile with Neptune late in the day offers guidance, and possibly another night of visionary dreams. Just after midnight, the Moon trines Mars, bringing brilliance and energy to the night.

The Moon–Mars trine opens a void of course that ends when the Moon steps into calm, grounded Taurus, in the early hours of Wednesday. Moving into an opening sextile with Chiron, morning dreams might bring peace after several days of light and sparks. Where will we find ourselves after this wild ride?
   

Moon into Pisces: The Cloud of Unknowing

Friday morning through Sunday morning
Eastern Time

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Friday, November 4
Moon enters Pisces 3:18am
Moon conjunct Chiron (Pisces) 4:35am
Moon square Mercury (Sagittarius) 8:02am
Moon square Venus (Sagittarius) 8:33am
Moon sextile Jupiter (Taurus) 11:56am
Moon sextile Pluto (Capricorn) 2:06pm

Saturday, November 5
Moon trine Sun (Scorpio) 4:05am
(begin void of course)
Moon square the Moon's Nodes (Gemini and Sag) 10:50am
Moon conjunct Ceres (Pisces) 11:45am
Venus (Sagittarius) inconjunct Jupiter (Taurus) 2:51pm
Mercury (Sagittarius) inconjunct Jupiter (Taurus) 5:12pm

Sunday, November 6
Moon inconjunct Saturn (Libra) 12:57am
time change: fall back one hour in the US 2:00am
Ceres (Pisces) turns direct 6:39am
Moon inconjunct Mars (Leo) 9:19am
Moon enters Aries 2:02pm
Moon conjunct Uranus Aries 4:15pm

In the early hours of Friday, the Moon enters Pisces, the ocean of dreams, visions and infinite connection. She first finds Chiron, the wounded healer, who offers the solace of deep understanding. In Pisces, the Moon expands, dissolves, diffuses, reaching out to all that is in compassionate understanding.

Friday morning, this diffused, floating Moon comes into square with Venus and Mercury in Sagittarius. These two, relations and mind, are on a quest to know, to work out the system, get everything clearly laid out, philosophically. The Pisces Moon wonders why, preferring experience to explanation, connection to concepts.

water flows into water

Friday afternoon, the Moon flows into transformative territory as she sextiles Jupiter in Taurus and Pluto in Capricorn, who trine each other. This alchemical synthesis combines the groundedness of earth with the fluidity of water. The results might be muddy, yet this could be the very mud from which the sacred lotus emerges.

Early Saturday morning, the Sun and Moon reach their waxing trine. Scorpio and Pisces together allow us to feel our New Moon intentions flowing into something––a shape, a sound, an image. We're watching a negative develop in the bath, not quite sure of the result but patient as the bits and pieces arrange themselves. This is the Moon's last classical aspect in Pisces, opening a void of course that lasts through Sunday afternoon.

The Pisces Moon continues on her way, squaring the Nodes of the Moon and joining Ceres. This is a void time, contemplative and quiet, as questions emerge. What is our life path? Can we flow into it, rather than looking for a definitive map (which might not exist)? What can the Grain Mother teach us about the difference between kairos and chronos, sacred time and linear time?

Venus and Mercury forms inconjuncts to Jupiter Sunday afternoon, pushing for answers. Maybe Gaia knows and isn't telling. Or maybe Gaia is also part of a process of unfolding. Maybe she also is waiting to see how things turn out.

Sunday, still within the Moon's void of course time, she reaches an inconjunct angle of adjustment with Saturn in Libra. Kairos and Chronos meet again and don't see eye to eye. Where do we follow linear time, and where is the sacred round the true clock? Oddly enough, this is the time in the U.S. when we fall back an hour, adjusting our linear clocks to the season––or are we making an unnecessary legal and political adjustment? Either way, we enjoy the magical extra hour of sleep.

Sunday morning, energy begins to flow more energetically and directly. Chiron turns direct in Pisces, a time when we might begin to feel the results of healing work we've been patiently pursuing for months. The Moon reaches an inconjunct with Mars in Leo, a push to express ourselves, shine our light into the world.

Sunday afternoon, the void of course time ends with a bang as the Moon enters Aries and joins Uranus the Trickster Revolutionary. Time to move!

While the Moon swims through Pisces, we bathe in kairos, dissolve all bonds, and flow in universal connection. Born anew in Aries, we light up the sky. Another round begins.
   

Moon into Aquarius: Join the Trickster Armada!

Tuesday evening through Friday morning
Eastern Daylight Time

Tuesday, November 1

pirates protest at the Bank of America!

Moon enters Aquarius 6:08pm
Moon sextile Uranus (Aries) 8:25pm

Wednesday, November 2
Moon square Jupiter (Taurus) 2:52am
Venus enters Sagittarius 4:51am
Moon square Sun (Scorpio) 12:38pm
Mercury enters Sagittarius 12:54pm
Venus (Sagittarius) square Chiron (Pisces) 5:52pm

Thursday, November 3
Moon trine South Node (Gemini) 12:20am
Mercury (Sagittarius) square Chiron (Pisces) 12:48am
Venus (Sagittarius) trine Uranus (Aries) 3:53am
Mercury (Sagittarius) trine Uranus (Aries) 9:57am
Moon trine Saturn (Libra) 1:06pm
Moon oppose Mars (Leo) 8:06pm
Moon conjunct Neptune Aquarius 11:40pm
(begin void of course)

Friday, November 4
Moon enters Pisces 3:18am
Moon conjunct Chiron Pisces 4:35am

The Moon enters Aquarius this evening and we're dropped into the land of the trickster visionary revolutionary. This Moon has the ability to step back, take a cool look at intense and complicated feelings, laugh at the messes we get ourselves into, and make radically surprising moves into new territory.

The Moon's opening aspect in Aquarius is an energetic sextile to Uranus the Holy Fool, opening a night of big dreams unveiling visions of a future we could never imagine in ordinary reality. We're still in Samhain territory: Halloween may be past, but astrological Samhain has yet to arrive. Messages from other realms are flowing, and the Aquarius Moon is tuned in to the quirkiest channels.

In the early hours of Wednesday, the Moon squares Jupiter. The Aquarian Moon says it's time to shake up the powers that be; Taurean Jupiter reminds us to plan for the long term.

Wednesday offers a neatly symmetric set of aspects anchored by the waxing Half Moon. This square between the Aquarius Moon and Scorpio Sun tests our commitment to whatever we signed up for at the Scorpio New Moon. Transformation, anyone?

Time for a change ... Arghhh!

On either side of the Half Moon, Venus and Mercury enter Sagittarius, sign of adventurous journeys. How we think, how we relate, how we create, how we communicate all are moving into expansive, generous, hospitable territory. The things to avoid are taking ourselves too seriously or thinking we've found The Answer––stay on the trickster side of Aquarius and eschew fanaticism.

Venus and Mercury continue traveling together; watch for each to echo the other's aspects as we gain energy to express ourselves in relationships, in creative endeavors, and in life. Wednesday evening, Venus squares Chiron. The Mercury–Chiron square arrives just after midnight. Venus and Mercury visit the healer and mentor, but are not quiet students. These two have some tough questions about how to get energy moving to bring about positive change.

Also just after midnight, the Moon sextiles the South Node in Gemini––what can we bring forward from the past to help create a new vision for the future?

Thursday brings plenty of energy for positive change as Venus and Mercury trine Uranus in Aries. Energy, energy and more energy! The Moon trines Saturn, grounding the vision in reality and moving things forward. Later, the Moon opposes Mars, challenging us to link personal passions to community goals.

Just before midnight on Thursday, the Moon reaches Neptune in late Aquarius. As we're falling asleep, these two dream planets join forces in visionary Aquarius. Dreams tonight might reflect the energies of transformation swirling around us.

The Moon–Neptune conjunction opens a void of course time that continues through the night, ending when the Moon enters dreamy Pisces and joins Chiron. Early morning dreaming will continue strong; watch for healing dreams as you wake.

While the Aquarius Moon sails through transformational waters, look at life as an adventure and celebrate the journey!