New Moon in Libra

Wow! can life get any faster?  The answer is YES!  With so many planets in the go mode, lots of Libra in opposition to Uranus, it's extraordinarily intense, especially if you have early degree cardinal signs in your chart (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn).


Today's glorious and much needed balancing New Moon begins in the early AM, when the moon meets up with the Sun at 4 degrees of Libra, the sign of the scales. The Sun/Moon pair squares Pluto and opposes Uranus--two big players in the cosmos--forming what is known as a T-square aspect in astrology.

Oppositions offer us the opportunity to find balance between two polarities (usually we spend time at one archetypal end or the other until we find a way to integrate the opposing energies), and the square brings forth the growing edge of conflict, rubbing us up against something or someone that irritates us.  These challenging aspects force evolution, whereas easier aspects, such as the trine and quintile offer us comfort and ease.

Libra is an air sign and is ruled by the planet Venus, thus communication and what we value in our lives in our one-on-one relationships is highlighted at this time, while simultaneously the bigger picture has our attention too due to the major influence the outer planets have on this New Moon.  Mercury, conjunct the Sun/Moon, further enhances the need for cooperation, communication, and the forging of quick connections.

With the Moon/Sun in direct aspect to Uranus and Pluto, the polarized energy between Uranus and the Sun/Moon offer us the opportunity to burn off a huge amount of karma in respect to our relationships (past and present), because they square the planet of shared intimate resources, shared sexual fluid, primal urges--the point of release in this t-square is Pluto.

Uranus and Venus have two very different functions.  Uranus wants freedom, liberation, and to express eccentricity while Venus wants stability, and to relate and bond.  The two together forge a unique twist on the traditional relationship, so this moon may bring a surprising twist to our relationships, bringing us into more honest and radical communication with our partners than we have had before, and most certainly the need to significantly change our relationships.

Uranus votes for change, Venus holds on, and Pluto forces the issues (the truth) to the surface, if they haven't come up already.  This is especially true for folks with planets/angles in early degree cardinal signs.  It will be interesting to see how this new moon plays out in the bigger socio/economic/political arena.  From everything I have read, when Uranus goes direct in December, some big corporate deceits will be brought out.


The Part of Fortune, Venus, Saturn, and Juno are all also in Libra, conjunct carrying the torch of balance, bringing with them the call for serious stabilization and benefits (even marriage) when the essence of beauty, fairness, equality and justice is applied in all our affairs.

This new moon is an excellent time for meeting new people, building new relationships, meeting a partner and for ending a relationship.  If the later is the case, hopefully it ends in balance rather than extremes.

These Libra planets bring grace into the heavens, after so much upheaval in the world.  May they bless and benefit you all.

with love...

Mars Entry in Leo

written late last week

It seems like a year has gone by since Mars moved into Cancer (August 4th).  We had an earthquake here on the eastern coast of the US and a hurricane, followed by torrential rains and floods a week after the hurricane was gone.  Thanks goodness Mars moves forward into Leo September 20th, because my natal Moon Mars square in the signs of Capricorn and Libra can't take much more of Mars in Cancer (in late degrees)!

In these last days of Mars in Cancer, the Moon has been in Aries.  First the Moon opposed Saturn in Libra (a tense and worrisome combination), then Moon squared Mars in Cancer further fueling tension, anger and just plain cranky energy in the collective.

For me personally these transiting bodies formed a grand cross with my own natal Mars-Moon square, creating a grand cross of double Moon and double Mars!!!!!!!  Ahhhh!  watch out, this is loaded.  This only happens once very two years thankfully.  I don't know that I ever noticed it before, but this time around I certainly have.

Mars, ruled by Aries, is known as the planet of war, competition, aggression.  The sign of Leo is also firey and quite aggressive when it is combined with Mars or Aries energy.

In general though, Mars entry into Leo should lighten things up as it trines Uranus in Aries, igniting fire into the collective rather than so much earth and water.  Those elements bring in lots of concern about security, home, money.  Now with the fire signs lit up, our inspirational and creative selves can move forward with more ease.

On the 26th of October, Mars and Saturn will be in trine aspect, so if there is something you want to establish in a concrete way, this is a good time to move forward with it.

Let's enjoy this fun loving Leo Mars energy now because Mars moves into Virgo after this invigorating Leo energy for six months!

Equinox Astrology Presentation

Autumnal Equinox September 23rd–7-9 PM
$20 at the door-Monies go to Unity Church, Astro Meet-up and cost of presentation
Unity Church, 111 Central Avenue Gaithersburg, MD in the Scantuary

Send me your date, time and place of birth to participate in fun part of the presentation

As the peaking of outer transpersonal impulses (Uranus-Pluto squares 2011-2015) impact our collective means of living here on Earth, the fundamental ways in which we live is changing right before our eyes, just as they did between the years 1926-1930 and 1965-1970.  These impulses are shaking the foundations of what our collective culture has been predicated on to the core! breaking up the old, so new levels of freedom for humanity and the Earth’s kin may emerge.

These themes bring intense and chaotic patterns forth on all levels, at the same time the drive to maintain past paradigms by those in power are driven by more greed and corruption than ever present.  To mindfully manage the quickening and resistant dualistic frequencies upon us on the planet today, we must be embodied in our personal power, through the heart-mind (conscious contact with Spirit) body and soul, to handle the conflicting extremes rolling through the world and to contribute in significant and positive ways.

Between the years 2011-2015, Uranus and Pluto will make seven exact squares to each other, forging collective liberation from toxic structures that hold humanity back from consciously evolving.  During this unfoldment of yet another monumental phase of progress, we can contribute most authentically by taking more responsibility for our souls, than we ever have before.  We each have a specific evolutionary soul signature that is more complex than our singular Sun sign.  To harness this signature and the higher frequencies of the times, it is incumbent upon us now to embrace our souls and liberate them and the world.

In this presentation we will:

• get a basic overview of astrology


• discuss planetary astro map of the USA
  


• discuss the specific message the outer-planets are sending us


• determine how we can harness and steward their energies both personally and collectively


• talk about the soul and its desire to evolve, as well as its innate resistance to change
  


• find and fuel our centers in the midst of this transformative time
  

Things to bring:

• an open mind, courage of soul, willingness to be transparent


• questions you may have
  

Please contact Wendy if you are willing to offer your chart and life experiences as a model for exploration during this presentation.
the themutablemuse@gmail.com or call her at 301-825-9833