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
Today’s First Quarter Moon arrives with the Solstice, summer in the Northern hemisphere, winter in the South. On a day of equal light and dark, equal day and night, when the Sun enters the Moon’s sign of Cancer, the Moon … Continued
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
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
Today, we enter the First Quarter phase. It’s time to take action on our goals for this lunar cycle. With the Moon in her own sign of Cancer, we act from the heart of mothering, a way of being we … Continued
We’re entering the First Quarter phase with an electric Moon in Gemini. This is a “doing” phase. Yet we need to hold that idea lightly. We’re between eclipses, with Mercury about to station retrograde in Pisces. Luckily, Gemini has a … Continued
Overnight Sunday, we enter the First Quarter with an exalted Moon in early Taurus. We have a lovely, comforting Moon in the midst of an intense chart. What’s the message? The First Quarter is a square between Sun and Moon, … Continued
We’ve got the plan. We’re ready to move. In fact, this First Quarter Moon pushes hard against the Sun, Venus, and Mars in Capricorn to get moving. The Moon wants to go now, not tomorrow, not next week, NOW. This … Continued
The First Quarter phase calls us to act. We move toward our goals for this lunar cycle. This cycle brings us a Moon in early Pisces, a place of dreaming. Yet this Moon squares the Sun in early Sagittarius, which … Continued
Entering the First Quarter, we find ourselves in unfamiliar territory, strange and shadowy. This Aquarius Moon is conjunct Pluto, as both square the Sun in Scorpio. In early Aquarius, the Moon begins a journey. Chosen or not, it might feel … Continued