Thank you for joining me each day for the Moon Feels. This is an ongoing story of the Moon and the Other Planets as they interrelate with each other in the cyclical movement of the zodiac. This correlates with the actual movement of the planetary bodies in our Solar system. As above, so below. As within, so without.
As we listen and follow along with their story, we can reflect upon our own unfolding days here on Earth. Their story is a mirror in which we can begin to understand how these forces work through life here; through each of us, uniquely. Depending on your own personal astrological natal chart and the placements of the planets, you will either resonate and feel a personal experience unfolding similarly, or it will feel as if you are observing a collective experience while not necessarily being personally impacted. Which ever aspects on any particular day or week may connect with you, know that all these relational dynamics are ‘moving’ and therefore life for us also ‘moves’ right along. My idea in sharing the Moon Feels with you all, is to assist you in locating yourself in time and space, and to motivate and inspire you to ‘move’ with the tides of life, as they unfold. And so, with all that said, here is the Moon Feels and Other Transits, for today.
The Moon is in the sign of fixed earth Taurus all day
The first aspect today is the Moon making a sextile to the Sun in Cancer. This is an applying last sextile in the phasal relationship between Moon and Sun. We will have a New Moon in Cancer on Friday. This aspect then, is an opportunity to complete something for the Moon, in fixed places, aided by the Sun in Cancer. Taurus is body, ground, earth, solidity, fixity, stability; all permeable of course by water. Cardinal water of Cancer is represented by rivers and streams, rain, spray and the evaporation process. Cardinal water is represented by all the 'moving' waters that are in process of changing and never still; always transforming from one state into another and this carries emotional information. Earth is able to contain and hold, and be infused with, all other elements which makes it an alchemical cauldron of transformative processes. Water, air and fire; all in Earth. I'm not yet sure how this is relevant to the sextile between Moon and Sun, but there is this sense that the Moon is undergoing a transformation within her own unconscious (Pisces), individuation (Aries), and grounded knowledge of self as valid (Taurus). So this connection to the Sun in the sign of home and family (which the Moon is ruler of), seems emotionally relevant to her current state of consciousness, of herself. The Sun is warming in Summer mode for the Northern Hemisphere, infusing all with life force and illuminating the field of Cancer and the emotional world, while the Moon is fixed in Taurus. So, this feels like the Sun dries up all the tears; infusing the Moon with the energy and vitality that she needs, to grow. Perhaps it is those tears and a release of emotions held in, that are the waters which nourish the ground in which the Moon now moves. There is a cycle culminating, ending and this release of emotional content from the psyche of the Moon is a nourishing part of the completion process. The Moon gets to 'let go' now. No more holding on to whatever emerges. Time to dry up those tears and begin to release and move on from the issues. It's a process, not an event so this may take a while longer than the 'moment' of this aspect today.
The Moon then makes a conjunction to Mars in Taurus. She takes on his active strength and reflects Mars' energy to assert herself internally, 'to' herself. This all feels like a preparation period, as if Mars is her instructor of how to be the gentle warrior (Taurus), learned in the ways of self validation, grounded in the body in her value of self. The Moon is becoming more solid, nurtured as she is in the Taurus field, warmed by the Sun and now trained by Mars in how to go gently forward in strength, on her own behalf. This aspect feels like the martial art of the gentle warrior and to assert, 'I breathe, therefore I exist.'
Later in the day, the Moon makes a sextile to Venus in Cancer. Here is the opportunity to exchange feminine values, in mutual and emotionally supportive ways. Earth and Water. This brings the image of a pool, fed by a waterfall. The Moon is completing a phase between herself and Venus and they are within hailing distance. Venus connects to the Moon as she approaches and there is a passing of information that speaks of the 'way things are now.' The Moon is in the sign that Venus rules. Venus is in the sign that the Moon rules. This is called a 'mutual reception' in astrology. It's like an exchange of hospitality and gifts.
The last aspect for today, is the Moon making a sextile to Saturn in Pisces. This is a first phase sextile, actively moving her forward in aspect to their phasal relationship. The Moon is reminded of the growth in consciousness, and maturity that she encountered in the conjunction to Saturn last Thursday. Saturn's connection to her within her own consciousness field, is a reminder of self responsibility and personal authority. I love how this validates her in becoming her own self. The Moon is propelled forward.
Until tomorrow, Much Love
Manda
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