This afternoon (4:11 pm EST) we reach the Last Quarter Moon. We turn the corner from Full Moon to New.
Whether we’ve put our Full Moon insights and achievements out into the world or decided not to, today we shift attention inward. It’s time to prepare. What needs to be processed and released?
Strong energies are everywhere.
The Leo Moon squares the Scorpio Sun. This Moon is ready to grab the spotlight, take center stage, and reach for recognition and appreciation.
The Sun, moving through the final degrees of Scorpio, is intense and incisive.
Think of great roles with deep, compelling lines to speak. Think tragic heroes. This is Merlin who sees the ends of his endeavors and still must act. This is the defiance of Antigone who stands up against the state, committed to a higher law.
We know what we know. We take our stand and accept the results.
All is not dire: Venus and Jupiter, bringers of abundance, are together in Sagittarius, moving toward a meeting, and trined by the Leo Moon. Success is still possible. All is not lost.
Yet Eris the chaos goddess at 23 Aries turns this into a Grand Fire Trine with the reminder that we live in difficult times. Challenges surround us.
The Moon in Leo is ruled by the Sun. The Scorpio Sun is ruled by Mars, who entered Scorpio this morning.
Mars returns to his night castle after a long stay in Libra. Maybe the diplomacy worked, maybe it didn’t, but now he can access his own tools, his own skills, to reach his own ends.
He stands on the battlements under the light of the half Moon. He picks up the gauntlet fate has tossed him. He speaks his lines.
Game on.
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