The Gibbous phase is often a check in our movement toward the Full Moon, a time to pause and review. This Gibbous Moon in Sagittarius is different. It feels like a phase change. It’s been quiet. Now everything starts to … Continued
Tuesday’s First Quarter finds us on stage, in position, in the moment before the curtain begins to rise, stage lights come up, and the show begins. English doesn’t have a good word for this. “Stage fright” is paralyzing anxiety, not … Continued
Saturday night’s Full Moon in Libra is complex and compelling. It brings our present moment into focus, even as we look at that moment with some trepidation. We’re out of the spring eclipse season, but just out. The chaos hasn’t … Continued
We’re entering the First Quarter, a time of skill building and taking action, with a chart that offers contrasting messages. Mercury remains under the beams of the Sun, just past the illumination of their cazimi. Jupiter opposes these two, with … Continued
Early in the morning (5:26 am EDT), we enter the Last Quarter phase with the Moon in early Gemini and also out of bounds. This Moon is excited and ready to talk about it. At the beginning of Gemini, we … Continued
Just after midnight EST, we slip into the Last Quarter with the Moon in mid Virgo. We pivot toward the coming New Moon. It’s time to take action on what we’ve learned this lunar cycle. This Virgo Moon is sensitive, … Continued
Tomorrow we enter the Balsamic phase, the last phase in the lunar cycle before the New Moon. The Moon disappears in this phase, becoming visible again after the exact Sun–Moon conjunction. It’s time to prepare for the New Moon of … Continued
Tomorrow’s New Moon in the third and final decan of Virgo reminds us of the impermanence of life. Virgo brings the end of summer, a time of harvest. We’re heading toward the northern hemisphere’s Autumn Equinox, which arrives September 23, … Continued
Overnight tonight, we enter the Disseminating phase, which opens with a sesquiquadrate, square and a half between the Sun and Moon. This is a time when we’re pushed to share what we learned or experienced at the Full Moon. Of … Continued
The month of August ends with the biggest Full Moon of this year. It’s also a blue moon, as it is the second Full Moon this month. The Moon will be closer to Earth, appear larger and brighter in the … Continued