Last Quarter Moon in Leo: Terrible Beauty

This Last Quarter Moon in Leo creates a T-square with the Scorpio–Taurus axis. The Moon squares the Sun and Mars in Scorpio, and Jupiter in Taurus. Meanwhile, Mercury and Ceres in Scorpio oppose Uranus in Taurus.

This configuration reminds us of how deep the roots of the fires burning around us truly are.

Leo is dramatic, creative, and passionate. What gives power to our creative expressions is the depth of feeling and experience we open ourselves to (Scorpio) and our capacity to express that power in the manifest world (Taurus).

This applies to the creative passions in each of us, and also to history. World conflicts all have roots deep in the past, no matter who wants us to believe otherwise.

It works the other way around, too. These fires create history, fueling what will be in the future.

How can we interrupt this cycle? Change the narrative? Create new options?

Within this phase, on November 7, we reach astrological Samhain with the Sun at 15º Scorpio. In the ancient Celtic calendar, we step over a threshold into the dark half of the dark half of the year.

The veils are thin. We access the unseen magical realms, yes, but the vital connection is to the ancestors. One of the keys to healing the past is to see it, unpack it, and own it. What was wonderful? What was painful? What calls out for healing?

At this time, the old tales are told. Ancestors are honored. We acknowledge what we owe to those who came before us.

This honoring of the unseen happens through real action in the world. Creative work. Healing work. Ritual.

Venus in late Virgo opposes Neptune in Pisces and trines Pluto in Capricorn. This Venus understands the importance of small steps taken with care. This Venus knows the power of the ordinary, or what we think of as ordinary, to bind up our wounds.

Honor your creative, passionate self by grounding who you are in your past. Feel the power of deep roots. Be sure any grand actions you take come from those roots.

Understand that no act is small when done from the heart.