I’m a bit off kilter and off schedule what with events in the world (and maybe my transits!) so let’s orient to yesterday’s Balsamic Moon. The Sagittarius Moon, forming half a square to the Capricorn Sun, signaled our entry into … Continued
We slipped into the Balsamic Moon a few hours ago just after the Moon entered Scorpio. Yes, we’re entering shadowlands again but the dark sky overhead is full of stars. Some are falling all around us. The earth under our … Continued
We’re now entering the Balsamic phase, the dark of the Moon before we reach the nadir of the New Moon. This is a Libra Moon, newly arrived in this Venus-ruled sign of harmony and beauty. With the intensity of the … Continued
We’ve just stepped through the threshold of the Balsamic Moon, the time when the Moon grows darker and disappears from the sky. The Virgo Moon invites us into a careful process of letting go, one filled with depth and mystery. … Continued
Late tonight we enter the Balsamic phase, closest to the New Moon. This is the letting go phase, when we compost what we no longer need to prepare for a new cycle. We have an intriguing, exciting, framework for doing … Continued
Monday morning Mercury steps into the Sun’s private chamber to receive illumination. This is Mercury’s superior conjunction with the Sun, the Mercurial “Full Moon.” Here we gain insight into the wider meaning of whatever we were shown during Mercury’s previous, … Continued
The Leo Sun conjunct Mercury trine Mars, Lilith, and Eris in Aries feels pushy, edgy, and possibly threatening. So much is going on and the intensity of Fire is too damn hot. Today’s Balsamic Moon shows us another way. We … Continued
Tonight we reach the Balsamic Moon, the last phase before the New. The Moon is semisquare the Sun, half a square, an edgy connection. We’re reminded it’s time to let go. Time to clear away before the New Moon arrives. … Continued
Before dawn (in my eastern time zone), the Moon reaches the semisquare to the Sun that signals the opening of the Balsamic phase. Here the Moon is once again a thin crescent, losing light until she disappears into the New … Continued
On Monday, the Moon’s Day, we enter the Balsamic phase, the time of letting go. Most often seen as a quiet, shadowy time, this waning cycle charges in with an Aries Moon. Perhaps we’re meant to cut away what no … Continued