The First Quarter Moon invites us to learn new skills or improve skills we have. This Virgo Moon, careful and diligent, stands ready to do her best. At the same time, the Moon feels pressured. A Sun-Uranus conjunction squares the … Continued
Tonight’s Crescent Moon features the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter in the Moon’s own sign. The Moon rests between Jupiter and Venus, the two benefics of Hellenistic astrology. She rules them both, with Jupiter exalted in Cancer as well. This is … Continued
I love a Moon in Taurus. Cozy vibes and a deep sense of satisfaction. The Moon is exalted in Taurus, which means she’s strong and celebrated. Arriving each year in spring (in the Northern hemisphere), the Taurus New Moon feels … Continued
The Balsamic phase, the last before the New Moon, is a release. We’re letting go of what is no longer needed. The Balsamic aspect is a half-square, 45º between the Moon and Sun, edgy and awkward. Here we find a … Continued
The Last Quarter phase is the time to make good on the Full Moon’s revelations. Where we are clear about what needs to be done, this is the time to do it. This Last Quarter Moon is at the end … Continued
We’re entering the Disseminating phase, first lunar phase after the Full Moon. The Moon will have just entered Capricorn as the phase opens, a solid, grounded place to be after the intensity of the Scorpio Full Moon. Yet this Moon … Continued
This year’s Scorpio Full Moon arrives on the first of May, a hinge of the year in many traditions across the world. The Sun in Taurus, sign of the fertile Earth, illuminates the Moon in Scorpio, a place of mystery … Continued
Today we enter the Gibbous phase with the Moon in the third decan of Virgo. This is a careful Moon, quiet and attentive to what’s going on. This Moon is in between: Separating from a sextile to Jupiter and trine … Continued
This First Quarter Moon in Leo will show the benefits of the flexible creativity available with the Crescent Moon in Gemini. This First Quarter moves through tricky territory. In this phase, we act on goals set during the Crescent phase. … Continued
Monday’s Crescent Moon in mid Gemini is complicated. Gemini begins with an explosion of possibility, everything everywhere all at once. In the middle of Gemini, where we find the Crescent Moon, we’re trying to sort it out. The Sun has … Continued