Late tonight we enter the Balsamic phase, closest to the New Moon. This is the letting go phase, when we compost what we no longer need to prepare for a new cycle. We have an intriguing, exciting, framework for doing … Continued
Monday morning Mercury steps into the Sun’s private chamber to receive illumination. This is Mercury’s superior conjunction with the Sun, the Mercurial “Full Moon.” Here we gain insight into the wider meaning of whatever we were shown during Mercury’s previous, … Continued
The Leo Sun conjunct Mercury trine Mars, Lilith, and Eris in Aries feels pushy, edgy, and possibly threatening. So much is going on and the intensity of Fire is too damn hot. Today’s Balsamic Moon shows us another way. We … Continued
Tonight we reach the Balsamic Moon, the last phase before the New. The Moon is semisquare the Sun, half a square, an edgy connection. We’re reminded it’s time to let go. Time to clear away before the New Moon arrives. … Continued
Before dawn (in my eastern time zone), the Moon reaches the semisquare to the Sun that signals the opening of the Balsamic phase. Here the Moon is once again a thin crescent, losing light until she disappears into the New … Continued
On Monday, the Moon’s Day, we enter the Balsamic phase, the time of letting go. Most often seen as a quiet, shadowy time, this waning cycle charges in with an Aries Moon. Perhaps we’re meant to cut away what no … Continued
Yesterday evening, we entered the Balsamic phase, the last shift of the Moon before the coming New Moon. Once again, much has changed. We seem to be living in a time when the world changes daily, sometimes hourly, as powerful … Continued
We reach the Aries ingress tonight. This year’s equinox happens at the dark of the Moon, which is a paradox wrapped in mystery. It is also an answer, of sorts, to the question of what we do now. We will … Continued
We enter the Balsamic phase tomorrow morning under a Capricorn Moon, which is not a bad thing. It’s true the Moon’s not comfortable here, like being far from home and staying with people who don’t like you. Yet we can … Continued
Tonight we entered the Balsamic Moon phase. This is the time for letting things go as we prepare to welcome the New Moon. We think of Balsamic Moons as sequestered, reflective times. Yet here we are exploring new lands: The … Continued