Old as the Moon is the ocean, earth’s watery womb and source of life. They're a loving pair, these two, as the Moon measures out the ebb and flow of the ocean's tides. They're our teachers too. To move instinctively with the rise and fall—the emptiness and fullness—of life's cycles is the basis of Feminine wisdom. Recognition of this natural rhythm is the key to life. Of … [Read more...]
On this Full Moon, the Moon is in the earth sign of Capricorn, opposite the Sun in the water sign Cancer. Their gift to us lies in the interplay of the elements: earth mixed with water makes clay. As told in ancient creation myths, the stirring together of elements resulted in the earth and all its creatures. In the same way, by mixing these two elements together in a sacred … [Read more...]
Our spirit guide for Gemini’s New Moon journey is Mercury. This trickster god of small talk, idle speculation, and airy fantasies has another, deeper side. Known to the Greeks as Hermes, and to the Egyptians as Thoth, he is the god of wisdom, the inventor of writing and commerce, also the primary guide for travelers, including the dead who journey to the underworld. In the … [Read more...]
No zodiac sign is more grounded than Taurus. Yet its obvious "earthiness" obscures its more esoteric dimension. In the pre-Christian world, religious ceremonies often revolved around rituals of sacrifice. Bulls--the animal linked with Taurus--were commonly used in these ancient rites. Consecrated to the Moon Goddess, the bull's blood was sprinkled on stone altars and used in … [Read more...]
The Aquarius New Moon is a cosmically ordered moment to shake loose the restrictions that limit us from fulfilling our potentials. It is a time to set the world on fire, symbolically speaking -- to take risks, rather than remain safe. Look to your individual astrological chart to the house with Uranus in it, or that is ruled by the sign of Aquarius, to see where the trickster … [Read more...]
The Moon is in its
Last Quarter Phase
in the
Sign of Virgo
Today's Lunar Aspects (Greenwich Mean Time)
(subtract: PST -8 hours, PDT -7 hours, EST -5 hours, EDT -4 hours)
