This morning, we entered the First Quarter phase with the Moon in late Aquarius. The mood is measured, thoughtful, possibly skeptical. We’re weighing where we are.
What have we learned from this year’s really intense Scorpio season? Some things have yet to be revealed, as Mars remains hidden within the Sun’s brilliance. But life moves on. The cerebral Aquarian Moon squares the Sun and Mars, asking, where are we?
Pluto sextiles the Sun and Moon, fixing our attention on what is foundational, no matter how deeply it is hidden. Slowly separating from a square to the Nodes of the Moon, Pluto wants us looking both forward and back. What if the insight we need is in the past? What if it waits ahead?
Neptune’s fading trine to the Sun and Mars infuses a bit of magic. Is this uplifting or confusing? Inspiring or disorienting?
The cool, calm Aquarian Moon is laying all of this out for us to consider. Already in an out-of-sign conjunction with Saturn at 0º Pisces, this Moon knows structure is important.
We are calibrating.
“Calibration” comes from the Medieval Latin qua libra “of what weight?” In other words, how important is this? The word libra means balance. (Of course it does.)
In ancient Greece, the stars of the constellation we know as Libra were part of Scorpios, the claws of the scorpion.
Venus at 13º Libra sextiles Mercury at 15º Sag. We can think of Mercury as the scout who’s galloped off into new territories, searching out opportunities and watching for challenges. Venus will process the reports.
Chiron at 16º Aries is also in this mix, opposing Venus and trining Mercury. Watch for triggers (ouch) that offer opportunities for healing.
Our focus is about to shift. In two days, the Sun enters Sagittarius, followed two days after that by Mars. Life is picking up speed.
This is the time to pay attention to where we are and where we’ve been. We might be more than ready to leave Scorpionic intensity behind, but it would be a grave error to forget what we’ve been through and what we’ve learned.
