New Moon in Gemini
Sunday, May 24, 2009
5:11am PDT
3º 27’

We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Speak or act with a pure mind,
and happiness will follow you
as your shadow, unshakeable.

How can a troubled mind understand the way?
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much
as your own thoughts unguarded.
But once mastered,
no one can help you as much,
not even your father or your mother.

Buddha (from the Dhammapada, translated by Thomas Byron)

Gemini rules information: its gathering and dissemination. Gemini represents knowledge of the material plane of existence, which is made up of binary information bits; a digital landscape of 0’s and 1’s. Gemini rules the mind and our thought processes. This is the New Moon for all of us to reclaim our mental space; to set limits on what gets our attention, and to carefully examine how our current diet of information is affecting our lives. As you may have noticed, our world is suffering from a bad case of close-mindedness fueled by fear, hatred and delusion. Concurrently, we are also suffering from information overload. Our lives have become a roller coaster of good news one day, bad news the next, and a constant need to deal with the ensuing manic reactions that follow both extremes.

Gemini’s symbol is the twins, but they are not identical; they represent the broad spectrum of experience and therefore oppose one another. However, their shared transcendent source makes them identical. Gemini allows us to realize the truth that all things, which appear different on the surface, share a fundamental sameness.

On this New Moon we can work toward opening the mind to a diverse range of new ideas, while maintaining a perspective rooted in the principles of generosity (Jupiter in Aquarius) and responsibility to serve (Saturn in Virgo). Though retrograde Mercury in Taurus is not great for open-mindedness, Venus and Mars in Aires are all about trying new things. Neptune/Chiron/North Node/Jupiter in lightning-fast Aquarius can make a steady mind difficult to achieve, these planets make for a brainstorming opportunity bar none. If you find yourself feeling pulled in a thousand different directions simultaneously, this is the source. Do what you can to reign yourself in intellectually and verbally, while allowing the play of ideas free reign to take you places you might not otherwise go. If you make your living in high tech, communication, politics, education, or new media, these aspects are incredible for brainstorming sessions or meetings to forge new creative or professional relationships.

Gemini, with its love of communication, makes this New Moon a good one to work on opening up around areas of our lives that have been mired in conflict and misunderstanding. Even with Mercury retrograde in obstinate, opinionated Taurus, the Sun/Moon conjunction in Gemini and all the planets in Aries and Aquarius, help us realize we can talk openly and we can find the right words. We can be inspired to open up to new ideas. We can relax and let our words be a force for healing and transformation.

Gemini is best symbolized by flexibility, changeability, and adaptation, and this is the New Moon to cultivate these qualities and incorporate them into our daily lives. When strong winds and hard rains come, the supple trees bend and sway with the each gust. It is only the hardened, stiff trees that break and fall. When we harden our hearts and minds, plant our feet and become immovable, we set ourselves up for failure. To survive the gusts of hatred and fear, we must open our minds and create useful dialogue. Fear makes us stiffen up and go rigid.

As you know, all New Moons are a time to initiate new goals, ideas, and desires. Mercury, Gemini’s ruler, shows itself in our thoughts, ideas, and our ability to learn. Gemini rules the gathering of knowledge, an inherently open-systems process, that requires us to reach far and wide to get as much data as possible, even opening our minds to perspectives we might normally dismiss. If you are in a researching phase, this is the time to get help and gather as much information as you can about new endeavors. The New Moon in Gemini calls on each of us to open up, talk about it (whatever it is), and open ourselves to feedback.

This is the New Moon to work on your communication skills. Learning how to communicate effectively creates successful relationships. Mars in Aries tends to make us self-centered, impulsive and overly excited about our own ideas and desires. So try warming up to the idea that you are not the center of the universe and your great ideas might get better with some good ‘ol Gemini teamwork. It’s just not all about you! So open yourself to the perspective of the other. What harm would it do if you chose to see the other side or walked a mile in someone else’s shoes? We must all find a way to talk through our disagreements. Walking away in anger never solves anything. Learn to recognize your anger: stop, stay, be quiet, and then speak from a calm rationality and not from the rage.

This is the right New Moon to communicate your wishes, dreams and desires to those who can aid your progress. The truth is, no one does it completely alone and learning to ask for help at the right time is one of life’s hardest lessons. Over the next two weeks as the Moon waxes to fullness, try to really hear what those around you have to say about your wishes, and take their advice to heart. Honest and clear communication is a two-way street and the best way to achieve a successful outcome for all.

Of course for those of you who make your living in the communications/publishing field, this is the best time to initiate new projects in film, video, TV, publishing, and writing. Deal with your fear and just get the work out there!

One last thing, Gemini rules change. This is the best night to work on managing your fear of change. Everything changes; it is the nature of Maya, the field of relativity. When we ride the changes and make surfing the waves of change a vehicle for success, we actualize the highest expression of Gemini. This is the New Moon to celebrate the power knowledge holds to broaden our perspective and open our minds!

New Moon in Taurus
Friday, April 24, 2009
8:23pm PDT
5º 04’

Taurus rules our commitment to provide for our families and communities, and Sun/Moon Mercury in Taurus represents our mental, emotional, and physical connection with Mother Earth. This year Pluto in Capricorn and Saturn in Virgo are hammering away at the necessity for “green consciousness” to be fully embraced. Saturn in Virgo is all about responsibility repair of our planet, Pluto in Capricorn represents taking real steps toward sustainability, and Sun/Moon/Mercury in Taurus adds total alignment of mind, body, and intention toward healing the planet and All our Relations. So, its time to do more than mea culpa for global warming, deforestation, and extinction of so many species on our planet. We must ACT NOW!

Taurus is all about making real what is in our minds. What can you do? Connect your self-worth with your role as caretaker of Mother Earth and all her inhabitants. Taurus walks the path of beauty and gives away its time and talent for many causes. Don’t just gripe about the environment: get out there and pick up trash in your local park or on a beach. Don’t just gripe about the price of gas: go buy a more fuel-efficient or hybrid vehicle, or walk/bike to work. Don’t whine about homelessness: get yourself to a shelter, food bank or aid program and volunteer your time. Don’t scream about the trashing of education funding: get to a school and offer your services to the kids and get on the anti-war protest lines to demand your tax dollars go to education not bombs. Enlist your brain, brawn, talent and time in shattering the illusion of separation.

Taurus represents caretaking, security issues, personal values and morals, self-worth, and one’s attachment to possessions, land and money. This is the New Moon for revisioning our ideas about abundance. And these days, with the global economy in the dumps, we all have to reframe personal gain of wealth and security, as part of our own effort to build the health and wellbeing of all others. There is no system in nature that exists in a constant state of expansion. Contraction is an integral part of a balanced life. Taurus embodies the challenge of knowing how to save in the good times, so we can savor and enjoy the downtimes. Saving requires maturity, responsibility and moderation: the defining lessons of Taurus.

The Taurus New Moon is the best time to get serious about your finances. Even though Mars and Venus in Aries would advise adventure and spontaneity with money, we all must do our part to be responsible and set financial goals that make sense. So this is a New Moon to commit to a budget, and/or set earnings and savings goals for the year. There are some people for whom financial success seems effortless, and some who engage in an endless struggle with their finances. Money is not a fixed entity, it is energetic and always in flux; sometimes we have more of it, sometimes we have less. A healthy relationship to money reflects a sense of rhythm and play. That Taurus, a fixed sign, rules the ever-changing world of monetary matters really comes down to the fact that Taurus’ modest, frugality breeds an even-tempered relationship to money. It is true that Taurus loves to be surrounded by luxury, but there is a great difference between insisting on good quality and indulging excessively in materiality. Think of this New Moon as a time to nurture the boy/girl scout within by cultivating financial preparedness and responsibility.

Since Taurus rules survival issues, this is the New Moon to look at how you meet your daily needs. What does fulfillment mean to you: surrounding yourself with mountains of possessions as a means to self-definition, or spending wisely on the few things that really matter? This is the New Moon to seriously reconsider what makes you happy in a realistic way. Pluto in Capricorn asks each of us to bring our desires in line with an economical consciousness. Try this exercise for the next two weeks. Before you purchase something, think about how you will feel after you own it, and be honest about how much use you will really get out of it. What will you do with it when it has outlived its usefulness? The answers to these questions will tell you if it’s worth buying. You will be surprised at how much prosperity can be generated from a concerted effort to be more conscious about spending.

Taurus is the great procrastinator of the zodiac. It can always find more than enough distractions: shopping, cleaning, cooking, laundry, carpooling, errands, paying bills, caring for loved ones, and never-ending yard work. If you are a procrastinator, use this New Moon to make some serious commitments to setting goals for getting your work done…and adhering to them. Since Taurus rules procrastination, work on taming this demon and you will see your success rate soar! Taurus needs to enjoy its work. So if you make your living doing what you love, you are way ahead of the game. But if you spend your time at a job you despise because you can’t figure out how to get paid to do what you love, this is the New Moon to work on changing that reality. This basically comes down to building self-confidence, believing in the value of your talent and then doing the work. Creativity isn’t about genius; it is really about giving from the heart and with Mars and Venus in Aries this can be so much fun! And remember, anything when done well (even sidewalk sweeping) can be satisfying and creative work.

Chiron in Aquarius asks us all to look at our wounding around issues of originality and staying ahead of the curve. Here in Silicon Valley, business is driven by an obsession with being first and always new and different. Aquarius reminds us that it isn’t just being new or first, but more connecting with the pulse of the communal mind and heart; expressing that which everyone is feeling and thinking but not ready to face openly. Taurus is all about making real things that uplift and benefit real people’s lives. This requires some attention to how one defines success. Look at the cost of what you define as success. And remember, success when measured with the yardstick of ever-increasing productivity is the mania that drives our world and us to desperation, violence and war. What good is all that money if you don’t have time to enjoy it? We all have to learn how to take some time off and relax.

In the Tarot, Taurus is associated with the Magician card—garnering personal will to gain the necessary tools and knowledge for future success. If you own your own business, this is the New Moon cycle to ground strategies and products in reality by invest in research and development. For the self-employed, this is the time to work on developing new client relationships, expand your skill-set, investing in equipment upgrades, and set earnings targets.

Taurus is all about the push/pull of responsibility to others and the desire to follow one’s own will. This is a constant theme in all our lives. Some feel like free agents; others feel constantly at the beck and call of family, friends and business associates, never able to enjoy a private moment. Most of us have lives filled with the constant weighing our own needs against the needs of others. This is the New Moon to consider how this juggling act plays out in your life. How easily do you devote time to your own pleasure? How much responsibility do you take on for others? Are you choosing to martyr yourself, while thinking others demand it from you?

Since Taurus rules our relationship to nature and its beauty, spend the next two weeks beautifying your home and garden, or get involved in a local beautification project or conservation program. If you are looking to buy or rent property, this is the New Moon to focus your attention on getting exactly what you want. Taurus demands beauty and comfort at a reasonable price: and so should you. And this year, if you have the money to purchase a house, getting a good deal is more likely than ever.

Of course we cannot forget Taurus, the passionate, sensual, lover! So after you do “the hard work” of this goal-setting ritual, relax into a hot bubble bath or treat yourself to a delicious meal and then get a good night’s rest. Of course if you are lucky enough to share your life with a partner, it becomes an invitation for lovemaking and sharing of sensual pleasure. Either way, you will awaken ready to face the new day with renewed vigor and joy!

Enjoy this beautiful and fruitful New Moon!

 

New Moon in Aries
Thursday, March 26, 2009
9:06am PDT
6º 08’

Because Aries is the youngest of the signs, this is the New Moon for fresh starts, turning over a new leaf or starting a new phase. Aries represents the inner child; that trusting, innocent soul which lives within each of us. Even in the worst of times, and these do seem to be the worst of times, it is important to be aware of the ever-present humor that exists in the darkest moments of our lives. After all, the greatest comedy does arise from the deepest tragedies.

I realize childlike innocence may be hard to conjure up when the global economy is in such disarray, but this is the only New Moon of the year when we get to start all over again. If this past year has left you feeling beaten down, depressed, and physically or emotionally wounded, this is the New Moon to start anew. When darkness comes into our lives, we must remember that the dawn will eventually come.

This year, most of the planets are lined up in a bucket with conservative/fearful Saturn over on the other end feeling very frustrated by an inconjunction to Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune in “radical change” Aquarius, and an opposition to Mars/Uranus in transcendent Pisces. The Mercury/Sun/Moon/Venus conjunction in “just go for it!” Aries doesn’t get a lot of room to flex its muscles. Add an all-too-real Pluto in Capricorn to a seriously responsible Saturn in Virgo and this New Moon in Aries may end up being a battle between fear of change and the inevitability of change.

So here are some ways to conquer fear. Think of this New Moon as the light at the end of the tunnel, the beginning of your journey back to wholeness, not the end of that journey. Aries is all about adventure and the indomitable spirit of the adventurer helps open us to trying something different; something you think isn’t you… but might just be. Reinvigorate your lust for life. We have all become so fearful and risk-averse. Go on an adventure, be spontaneous, or just do something wild and crazy. There is a time and place for play, and this is the New Moon to remember that all work and no play make us very dull people! So use your ritual to figure out how to bring more fun into your life! After all, life is just a big adventure.

Aries rules sports and exercise. Spring has arrived and if you have been couch-potatoing all winter long, it's time to get out and start moving your body! This is the ideal New Moon for starting an exercise program and making it a natural part of your daily routine. Just taking a 30-minute brisk walk each day can increase your health dramatically! For those of you who are already active and may want to take on a special challenge, this is the New Moon to initiate that dream of doing your first marathon or triathlon.

The New Moon in Aries is the best time to create a ritual for figuring out exactly what you want; no matter how hard the solution, no matter the amount of despair and hopelessness. Renewal is a matter of changing our perspective to include the magical and imaginative realms of possibility; especially with Sun/Moon/Mercury/Venus in impulsive, quick-minded Aries, Uranus (awakening) and Mars (action) in imaginative Pisces, These planetary placements will make it possible to dive back into a childlike world where if it can be thought, it can be made to happen.

Aries says, “I can!” with a level of faith that only an innocent child who has not yet failed can muster. When you do your New Moon in Aries ritual, your heart and mind must be centered in an open attitude of excitement—“let’s go,” or “I can do anything,” or “I can be anyone,” or “the world is my oyster,” or “life is an adventure!”. This is a New Moon that asks us to take a leap of faith and do the impossible. Bring a sense of wonder, magic and first-time awe to your self-conceptions. Go find out who you are and what you want; you might just be surprised. Even with restricted, controlling, retrograde Saturn in Virgo, this is the New Moon to talk back to feelings of self-limitation and learn how to go with the flow. Think of Saturn as all the experience you have had up to this moment. What you have learned, what you have lost and gained. Then let go of the need to believe that nothing can be different. Don’t control the possible now by holding to expectations from the past. We are so busy controlling our lives that we forget to recognize and value synchronicity and serendipity. Learn to let go and trust that everything is as it should be. It makes for a more peaceful and contented life. Though few of us like to admit it, the truth is that security is an illusion because everything is in a constant state of change.

Most of you know that the Ares was the Greek God of war. Aries represents the undeveloped self, learning about itself through experience. Since an undeveloped self does not readily put itself in the place of the other, this lack of relational skills is what makes violence, killing, and rape possible. War making is the natural outcome of actions that stem from an immature, underdeveloped self, with little ability to creatively solve problems. This is the New Moon to recognize the futility, stupidity and infantilism of imagining war as a way to solve problems.

Use this New Moon to reinvigorate your relationship with the inner warrior/warrioress. Though we need this part of ourselves to stand up and advocate for our positions, we also need to learn how to use this power appropriately. Create a ritual to discover or reconnect with your power animal teachers. They are the key to gaining a deeper understanding of our instinctual nature and how to successfully integrate it into our lives.

No matter how dire the world seems, no matter how lost we might feel, we are animals that can laugh, play and dream. So lighten up, start anew and reconnect with the truth that all children know instinctively: love is all that really matters!

 

New Moon in Pisces
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009
5:35pm PST
6º 34’

This year though we do have a transcendent, blissful conjunction of Sun/Moon/Uranus in Pisces, we also have Jupiter/Mercury/Mars/Neptune/Chiron/North Node stellium in Aquarius, the awakener. Add the transformative intensity of Pluto in goal-directed Capricorn, and we’ve got ourselves a New Moon ripe for direct revelation of this most paradoxical of truths: We are nothing and everything; full and empty. All dualistic existence is interconnected and sourced in that which abides beyond duality. We can actively awaken to this realization of essential connectedness through the relinquishment of hatred, fear, violence, and greed. This and each successive moment presents an opportunity to choose love and peace.

Humans are duty-bound by our awareness of suffering. It is time to lift the Neptunian/Piscean veil of denial from our eyes and see how we are all responsible for the continued violence, hatred and suffering in this world. This is the New Moon to practice compassion and selflessness by radiating peace and calm through prayer and meditation. Pisces acknowledges our essential connectedness and realizes it through the practice of unconditional love and unwavering compassion. So many times clients ask astrology or tarot to reveal their life path; their true reason for being here. The answer is really the same for us all. We are all here to learn to love unconditionally, and to work for the collective enlightenment of all sentient beings, no matter how hard it may be or how long it may take.

The Piscean journey is a homeward bound one; an evolutionary ending of sorts. Ultimately, Pisceans are embodied in order to embrace the letting go of self-identification through learning to love unconditionally. Those who can commit their lives to working for the upliftment of all other souls are our everyday Bodhisattvas. Pisces is Bodhisattva consciousness embodied in self-sacrifice. Pisces’ bottom line is to learn to love unconditionally, and to work for the collective enlightenment of all sentient beings; no matter how hard it may be or how long it may take. This is the New Moon to commit to growing up and out of selfishness and hatred. Transcendence comes in many forms, but the first step is accepting personal responsibility for the condition of your life and the lives of all other sentient beings.

This is the New Moon to look at what you cling to. We come here with nothing and we leave with nothing. Why then do we hold so tight to things that will not last? What can you give away? What can you share? The world needs your generosity, your caring, your compassion, and your love. Since Pisces rules direct experience of transcendence, this is a great New Moon to commit to a daily meditation practice. Think of it as a gift to set aside time each day to meditate and find the source of inner peace that resides within. This is the New Moon for spiritual awakening!

On this New Moon, use some of your ritual time to consider what destructive thoughts, emotions, and actions can be released. Pisces is the sign of endings: of letting go for good. Take a hard look at whatever pain you are holding on to; especially if it involves addiction of any kind. Neptune and Pisces rule confusion, denial, addiction, codependence and an inability to hold good emotional boundaries.

This is the New Moon to commit to sobriety. Drugs and alcohol are an easy, but ultimately destructive, veil between you and reality. There is no easy way out of fear and problems. Having the courage to face difficult issues and find solutions can be done, but only with a clear mind. Use the following two weeks as the Moon waxes to full to seek out self-help groups like AA, NA, or AL-A-NON/AL-A-TEEN for families of addicts. This goes for all addictions including food, abuse, overwork, and gambling.

Every emotion you have is sourced in your mind and mediated primarily through the production of neurotransmitters and enzymes in the brain. Thankfully, the human body is wired so we feel our emotions in the heart. But actually the quality of what we feel rests solely with how the brain’s synaptic and neuronal pathways are wired. The good news is the brain is plastic. So mindfully attending to the quality of our thoughts, feelings and interactions activates the medial pre-frontal cortex, the seat of compassion, empathy, morality, calm, and depth of intention—thereby rewiring the brain.

Therefore, this is the New Moon to look within and take care of your anger. If we waste our lives holding onto anger, resentment, and hatred, we will continue to create a world that reflects our own inner violence. The hatred and anger in our hearts is helping to feed the violence all over the world. So what can we do to stop the senseless killing we see all around us? We can all begin by acknowledging our anger and pain, taking it into our arms like a baby, wrapping it in compassion and letting love work its healing magic. Know that none of us are defined solely by our pain. Find the true self in the compassionate heart and create the conditions for peace to grow within and without.

Then look outside of yourself to your partner, your parents, your children, your friends, your co-workers, your supposed enemies. Look at their pain; acknowledge your part in causing them to suffer. Wrap them up like a baby with your compassion, allowing love to work its healing magic. Go to them; tell them how sorry you are. Realize that what is done to one is done to all, and create the conditions for peace to grow all around you.

Commit to changing your behavior. When you are faced with anger, acknowledge your suffering, but don’t act upon it. Look within and breathe, let your breath work its magic upon your anger, giving you time to form an appropriate response. When you do something that makes someone else angry, acknowledge your actions, apologize as quickly as possible, and make room to listen to the other person express how much they suffer. This is the language of selflessness. Give up the label of victim and embrace your own part in continued violence. It is the first step to becoming a peacemaker. If you fearlessly open your heart and let compassion be your guide, you will automatically become an active peacemaker. Love is the language of selflessness. If each of us would practice this language daily, violence would surely end.

The Jupiter/Mercury/Mars/Neptune/Chiron/North Node stellium in Aquarius affords each of us a chance to awaken to the need for mindfully shifting our attitude to cultivate loving, caring, and compassionate acts toward ourselves and each other. It is time to bring in the lost ones, the alienated ones, and the tired ones with a hug or a smile. This is the way of Pisces, the compassionate healer. These planets also call for a new global (Aquarian) vision of oneness based upon peaceful surrendering of egoic needs. This certainly applies to fundamentalist ideations of all stripes. Violence, grandiosity and hatred in the name of any god are a throwback to the reptilian part of the human brain that lives in fear. It is time we all say NO to the devolved Piscean illusion of god as savior and master, and YES to the evolved Piscean transcendent god within—the higher functioning pre-front lobe—that is calm, thoughtful, joyous and respectful.

What a night to enter a powerful dream state of mind through trance and work to heal the massive suffering on our planet. This is not some kind of magical thinking. The New Moon in Pisces is the time to recognize that boundaries and distinctions are not real. They are the work of Maya; the great illusion of duality. Global healing and peace are not only possible, but can be a reality. This New Moon is our chance to begin doing at home what must be done globally. Heal your life and you will make a great contribution toward healing this world. Open your heart, let compassion be your guide and become an active peacemaker. Don’t be afraid to do the work of loosening your attachment to self-identification. It is time to break down the walls of separation; walls built with hatred, suspicion, and ignorance. Love yourself by loving others.

We are all in this together, and together we can do the impossible. Be inspired to be a beacon of peace and light for the world. Dive deeply into this powerfully transcendent New Moon cycle.

 

New Moon in Aquarius
Sunday, January 25, 2009
11:55pm PST
6° 29’
Annular Solar Eclipse
11:58pm PST
6° 31’

This is the New Moon for radical change. Aquarius is often thought of as visionary: an energy that looks beyond the norm, questions accepted truths, boldly claims originality, flies in the face of reason, and flatly refuses to blindly follow the dictates of others. And oh, if you are like me, (always ready to dive into Aquarian energy) you will be very happy on this New Moon with the awesome grouping of Jupiter/Sun/Moon/North Node/Chiron/Neptune in utopian Aquarius. Pluto/Mars/Mercury in Capricorn will temper the Aquarian vision-thing with a big dose of Saturnian reality. The good news is that in order to manifest real change, vision and realism are needed in equal measure.

This is the Eve of the Chinese New Year; the Year of the Ox. The ox holds much of the same qualities as Capricorn, so use the planning talent of Capricorn to think about implementing radical change for the long haul. Uranus and Venus in transcendent Pisces opposing Saturn in Virgo lend agendas for change a practical, yet compassionate spirituality. All this makes for a New Moon that is ripe for envisioning actual implementation of radical change. The annular solar eclipse will add a bit of heightened energy to this New Moon. For more information on the eclipse go to NASA’s Eclipse homepage.

Aquarius rules “WHY NOT?” and this is where your attitude needs to be when you engage in ritual for this New Moon. Any hesitance, doubt, or second-guessing should be forsworn in favor of a radical openness to revelation. Change is good! Reflect upon how you felt when you read that last sentence. Did you feel a pit in your stomach? Did you feel a powerful YES! reverberate in your psyche? Really it all comes down to attitude toward change, and this is the New Moon to throw out the old and bring in the new! This is the time to seek and destroy worn out modes of thinking. The Aquarius New Moon asks each of us to awaken to the reality of our lives. To see it as it truly is (no rose colored glasses allowed) and then envision a better life; one free of old rules and restrictions that reflect your “I can’ts, I won’ts, I’m unable, and I’m scared”. This is a truth or dare New Moon. Recognize your present circumstances and then dare to vision beyond them, past the boundaries of the known into the unknown.

If your life feels more like a prison than a gift, this is the New Moon to commit to freeing yourself once and for all. This can include releasing unhealthy relationships, workaholic tendencies, addictive behaviors, substance abuse, and even poor dietary habits. Changing our thoughts is the first step toward effecting real change in our behavior. So don’t hold back, go for transformation around issues that block your ability to create a life full of love and happiness.

The Moon symbolizes one’s relationship to the inner life, emotions, and deep personal needs. Aquarius tends to set aside personal needs and feelings, focusing more on the emotional needs of the collective. With so many planets in Aquarius and Capricorn, this New Moon will require a bit of work to reach deep down into the emotional aspects of change. Often it is the fear of facing our inner pain, sadness, and disappointment that prevents change. The retrograde movement of Saturn in Virgo can help draw the awareness deep into our complexes around perfection and inner criticality. Letting go of our own insecurities opens the way for realization of Aquarius’ greatest desire: selfless gifting of personal talent for the betterment of all peoples around the world. This can be deeply emotionally satisfying, especially for the intense, hardworking energies of Aquarius and Capricorn.

On a lighter note, this is the New Moon for all the techie geeks with that “next-new-revolutionary” idea rolling around in your brilliant heads. All this Aquarian energy should get your synapses firing faster than a speeding proton, and Mercury/Pluto/Mars in Capricorn and Saturn in Virgo will make some these ideas practical realities. That next great innovation could come from you!

Aquarius is all about the “power of one” to change the circumstances of the many; especially this New Moon with Sun (ego/self-identity), Moon (emotional needs), Neptune (interconnection and unconditional love), Jupiter (meaning) and Chiron (wounding) all in Aquarius. We are all equally responsible for the condition of our world. Global change begins at home. How you live, the quality of your thoughts, speech, and actions has a profound effect upon all life on this planet. Since change can happen from within the system or outside of it, only you know the proper path for you.

Aquarian success comes from connecting to the needs of your generation and making your life a testament to upliftment. The Aquarius New Moon is all about individuation and freethinking. It is a time to get free of self-imposed restrictions and think out of the box! Use your ritual to indulge in the “what ifs” of life: Question expectations, career choices, relationships, attitudes, desires and commitments. It’s all up for grabs on this New Moon. Let your mind and heart soar like an eagle to places it has never dared go.

The Aquarius/Capricorn planets are extremely helpful for doing powerful ritual work to realize a long held dream, requiring a long-term commitment. How many times have you thought, “If I could only do ____________, it would really change the world!” This Aquarius New Moon is great for identifying that calling, visualizing the appropriate form for sharing it, and strategizing its actualization. Make sure to use each day of the next two weeks, as the Moon waxes to full, to reaffirm your commitments.

The Full Moon total lunar eclipse in Leo will provide the perfect time to enact the changes you put energy into during the next two weeks. Since Aquarius rules our relationship to the collective, put some Aquarian ritual magic behind the desire for peace: a magic that creates an awareness of the necessity for change, but is fully conscious of the need for that change to be of heart and mind. Radical change and terrorism need to be decoupled now or we will continue to experience the horrors of violence as a means to effect change. Think about how you can become a force for change at your workplace, in your neighborhood, and at home. Change is good!

So this New Moon, commit to changing your life and you will change the world. Ride the wave of this mind-altering, life-altering New Moon Cycle.

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