In a few hours we reach the Gibbous Moon, the last phase before the Full Moon to come. This is a sort of final challenge. We’ve been through the previous phases. We can feel the Full Moon approaching.
We may think we’ve achieved everything we need to. We’d be wrong.
The Gibbous aspect is a sesquiquadrate, a square and a half. It’s edgy and challenging.
The Capricorn Moon pushes at the Leo Sun. A supportive expression might be renewed commitment to our creative goal. Or realizing we’ve put our heart into our work and feel good about it, even when the work is hard.
Less helpful expressions would be feeling blocked in expressing ourselves, letting momentary desires get in the way of long tern goals, or getting angry because things aren’t going our way.
Both Sun and Moon have their own aspect patterns adding depth and color.
The Sun opposes Jupiter, a strong, applying aspect. Here,Jupiter might inflame our passions, igniting creativity or wrecking havoc. Or Jupiter could ground the flames of passion in deeper wisdom, leading to greater depth and meaning.
The Moon is part of a Grand Trine in Earth that includes the Mars–Mercury conjunction in Virgo and Uranus in Taurus. This is the wild card.
Normally we’d expect a Capricorn Moon to be sober and steady. Mercury and Mars could get through a lot of detailed work, and might also nitpick, pointing out every problem in excruciating detail.
Uranus is the trickster revolutionary. He likes to mix things up without caring who is upset. He’s not going to add stability.
The Leo Sun wants to feel good. Not only in the sense of what’s pleasurable, but having pride. A sense of integrity. A feeling of being true to oneself.
There’s enough going on in the world to lead anyone to question whether we’ve done the right things, in the right ways, for the right reasons. What are we personally responsible for, and to whom?
These are tough questions that could come up tonight and in the next few days. It’s a good time to ask. The answers we get might surprise us and will certainly make us think.
Image adapted from Sam Moqadam
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