The First Quarter Moon arrives Wednesday just after midday (1:31 pm EDT) when the Sun is at peak intensity.
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Flanked by Venus and Mars, this Sun is strong and vibrant. Add a trine to Jupiter and the levels of optimism, confidence, and passion can get stratospheric.
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Soon after the First Quarter, the Sun reaches 15 Leo, the marker of Lughnasadh, festival of first fruits. Known as Lammas or Loaf Mass in England, this is a time to celebrate the success of the Sun in ripening the crops to feed the people.
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Abundance, confidence, fellowship, and celebration are wonderful.
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The Scorpio Moon reminds us of the full cycle of life. Forming a Grand Water trine with Neptune and the North Node, sextiling the South Node, the Moon links us to past, future, and the more-than-human.
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For us to eat and live and prosper, other beings die. Even vegans consume living things. As Scorpio always points out, there is simply no way to escape the presence of death in life.
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Lughnasadh itself commemorates the death of Lugh’s foster mother Tailtiu. She worked tirelessly to create good farmland in Ireland. Completing her task, she died of exhaustion.
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The Tailtin Games, part of the celebration, were held in her honor.
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Here is the question at this First Quarter square: Are we committed to our goals in light of the full implications of what they include?
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Saying yes is easy in the planning stages when it all seems wonderful. Now we have a better idea of what is truly involved, what will actually be asked of us. Are we still in the game?
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We cannot have endless growth. We cannot have constant success. The Sun and Jupiter may tell us we can, but in our hearts, in our bodies, we know the truth. Reality includes more.
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At Lughnasadh, we celebrate the full cycle of life, death as well as birth, loss as well as gain. We embrace, with Zorba the Greek, the full catastrophe.
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Image created from a photo by Ales Krivec : https://unsplash.com/photos/QnNqGoCnBg0
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