Integrate the hidden treasures of the psyche
Friday unveils the Libra New Moon exact at 3:31 pm edt. Like Fridays, this New Moon is ruled by Venus, the goddess of love, harmony, beauty, balance, and that which we value beyond measure. Within this lunar cycle Venus in Virgo directly opposes Neptune retrograde in Pisces. Our capacity to attract the people and the things we love and value needs to find alignment with our most healing, mystical, expansive dreams. This is lofty, and it is aspects like this that ask us to focus beyond the tension of the astrology of 2020.
That being said, this Libra New Moon is intense, and with both Mercury and Mars retrograde in Scorpio and Aries, this is a time of great initiation. Each one of us is being stretched even further than we were in the Spring. Fear not. That which is dissolving and dying is for your highest good. We must focus on the blessings and bounty that have taken new form in our lives. As the Libra New Moon and Sun oppose Eris, Mars, and Black Moon Lilith at the degree of karmic completion in Aries, the shadow of the feminine and masculine offer some of our greatest teachings in these times. You are being asked to integrate the hidden treasures of the psyche. Because we are in the midst of retrograde season with two very impactful planets, this lunation is best to revise and rewrite your previous New Moon intentions from the Virgo and Leo cycles.
On Sunday, the asteroid goddess Ceres, the force of the Great Mother stations direct in Aquarius heralding the necessity for deep social transformation, particularly in our inner ecology. As within, so without. We must be the change we wish to see in the world around us. As the week progresses the Sun slips into Scorpio and our collective purpose dives into the depths for metamorphosis. Scorpio, the great transformer guides us into the most hidden and complex spaces. Vesta, our devotional commitment transits into practical and discriminating Virgo.
The last few months of 2020 are deep, holy, and cathartic. We are culminating not only a year, but truly, a whole paradigm. To live in these times is painful, uncomfortable, overwhelming, yet unbelievably sacred. As we are less than two lunar cycles away from the Great Conjunction, we are coming to our entry into an innovative, unorthodox cultural renaissance. The forces of adversity would like nothing but to distract you with a masquerade ball, a circus act. The challenge, if you are willing to stay committed, is to live in right action, to raise and rise above the frequency, to stay focused upon your greatest aspirations. May it be so.
