The Last Quarter square finds the Sun and Moon at the end of Virgo and Gemini. You’ll remember the last decan of Virgo as the place where we’re keenly aware of endings. This is the place of harvest, natural endings leading to new beginnings.
Likewise, the last decan of Gemini brings us to a place that feels stark for a sign we associate with lighthearted jugglers, tricksters, and thinkers-outside-the-box.
Here at the end of Gemini, we experience another ending. The mythologies of twins end with the loss of one of them.
The Last Quarter is the pivot point. We turn from the outer to the inner world to prepare for the next cycle.
If we focus on loss, we can find this Last Quarter especially stark. So it’s especially important to remember that we, like the stars and planets, participate in many dances. Cycles end only to begin again.
The Sun and Moon square each other in mutable signs that focus on the particular: Virgo and Gemini. Counting, juggling, tallying up, bargaining can leave us more aware of what is going out.
It is a fascinating coincidence then that the final square between Jupiter and Neptune arrives earlier the same day (12:44 pm EDT).
Not only are Jupiter and Neptune the expansive philosophers of the skies, they are located in the equally vast mutable signs, Sagittarius and Pisces.
Jupiter and Neptune call us to look up from the details and take in a new landscape. They offer a much wider context.
Jupiter is the philosopher, the lawgiver, the professor. He explores systems of learning and understanding. Neptune is the experiencer, the explorer of mind, the sailor of cosmic seas. She calls us to jump into the depths of her oceans.
The Sun and Moon join to help us make sense of this new world we find ourselves in. Things have shifted over the last year, the last months, and recent weeks. During this Last Quarter phase, we will create new maps.
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