The beginning of a journey is a time of daring
mixed with naivety—all we need to do is risk beginning and events take over
from there. The last stages of a journey feel more complicated. Realizing that
the end is near, we want to make sense of it—learn from our mistakes, celebrate
our successes, or grab a kernel of wisdom before life’s tides take us to the
next place.
Where do you get stuck? Beginnings or
endings? What is your innate gift: the courage to take a leap into new
territory or the drive to understand what has happened? Both of these qualities
are needed at this time of great change. It may be difficult right now to know
which gifts are most helpful or how to maintain a single point of view. Perhaps
we are not being asked to know the answer to these questions; perhaps the best
thing we could do is to act as best we can in alignment with personal values
and leave the rest to mystery.
This lunar cycle is ripe in
contrasts—contrasts between dream and action, ending and beginning, forgetting
and remembering. It seems entirely appropriate, given such extreme
fluctuations, that we end up in the last week of this lunar cycle not really
knowing where we are. Or at least, that’s what I am noticing for myself.
Perhaps some of you are feeling this too.
The New Moon on March 11,* invited us into
the Pisces realm to both forget the past and open to the dream. Paradoxically,
a time of forgetting is part of the process to opening to the dream of a new
cycle of growth. What rises up for you when you release the past and take the
leap into the unknown? What have these last three weeks been like? What
emotions, events, and realizations did you harvest? Where does this leave you
as you begin to let go of the entire lunar cycle to prepare for the next New
Moon in Aries?
We’ve been standing at a doorway. There is a
threshold before us. Questions always arise at these moments. Will you choose
to live into the life you are meant to live? Are you ready to move forward?
The breeze at dawn has
secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.~ Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.~ Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
Forecast March
31, 2013 – April 6
Moon in
Sagittarius
Sunday March
31. Fiery natures may be provoked today if they
can’t find a productive release of energy. This is not a day to take it easy;
the rising energy of Spring asks us to be active. Women’s issues may be at the
forefront (as they have been for a while) since Venus is square to Pluto and
sextile to Jupiter today. The Pluto connection reveals toxic and unhealthy
conditions. It is up to us to release and transform these patterns. The Jupiter
connection makes these processes bigger, both the power to heal and the power
to harm. Venus and the Sun are so close that later in the day, the Sun also
squares Pluto. What is illuminated right now about toxic systems? An empowered
Venus is an ally for beauty and love and the kind of wealth that sustains these
things. What bold action will you take to support the life force?
Moon in
Sagittarius
Monday,
April 1. If we were able to face some demons yesterday
and do something about it, today dawns with more optimism. The Moon is
void-of-course for the whole day, so we don’t feel as motivated to finish
things. This may be a good day for planning the next project that will take you
to your growing edge. The Sun and Jupiter conspire to inspire our hopes.
Moon enters
Capricorn 12:35 am**
April 2—Last
Quarter Moon: Evaluating. The
Capricorn Moon supports a process of evaluating whether or not something serves
our long-range goals. Perhaps like me, you’ve followed dreamy pathways to this
moment and have a hard time evaluating their worth. Perhaps it is hard to even
recall where those pathways have led you. Let go of the linear and ask
yourself, “How do I know when something is right for me?” We have the ability
to know ourselves deeply and to know when we know. What does it feel like in
your body? Find an anchor to this knowing, it will come in handy all year. We
may be called on to think fast and take powerful positions today in support of
what is right for us. There is a sense that changes that have been building for
a long time are now starting to manifest. We’ve been in training for a long
time to step into our part of this story.
Moon in
Capricorn
Wednesday,
April 3. Here’s another day when the Moon is
void-of-course for most of day. Use this energy to get in touch your bottom
line. This could be in the area of finances, relationships, or commitments. We
all need foundations and boundaries around the arenas of life that are vital to
our happiness. What are yours?
Moon enters
Aquarius at 3:41 am
Thursday,
April 4. An interesting relationship between Pluto and
Chiron has been going on since September of last year. These planets (yes, we
know neither are a planet in astronomical terms) are concerned with depth
experiences and deep healing. Today is the second of five exact sextile aspects
between the two, ending in 2014. One manifestation of this transit is the
desire to do something about the pain and suffering we see around us and in our
own lives. Feeling compassion is not enough; we need to take action too. With
the Moon is revolutionary Aquarius, we are called even more to act, to
organize, or search for solutions.
Moon in
Aquarius
Friday,
April 5. Welcome new insights. Someone is introducing
you to a new way to think. Enjoy the shift in your own point of view. Perhaps
you also are doing that same for someone else. This is a good day to appreciate
diversity and community connections.
Moon enters
Pisces 8:00 am
April 6—Balsamic
Moon: Surrendering. At the beginning of this lunar
cycle we surrendered to an ocean of feelings. Today we dive back in for another
time of surrender and release as the Moon wanes into its final phase of this
cycle. For the next two days, welcome the water in you. Welcome the power of
water to cleanse, dissolve, nourish, and connect us. We need these qualities.
As the world speeds up, as we are asked to change, as we prepare to leap into
another year, connect with the water within and around you. A spark of
creativity and possibility awakens today within this watery awareness. Venus
and Mars form an exact conjunction in Aries. The last time these planets were
conjunct was in 2011. What makes this conjunction a little more special is that
both Venus and Mars are hidden within the rays of the Sun. Shamanic astrologers
overlay a mythic journey to the underworld upon planets who are temporarily
hidden from sight.*** The classic lovers are united in the depths of
transformation. If we choose it, we can allow this animating transformation to
inform our relationship to action and our desires to pursue the most beautiful
telling of our own stories.
*To follow along with the development of this
lunar cycle read the New Moon forecast for March 11 at http://tinyurl.com/bddmvmn
** All times are CDT.
***Thanks to Caroline Casey’s Visionary
Activist Show with Daniel Giamario for framing this event: http://coyotenetworknews.com/radioshow/vernal-equinoctial-magnetizing-memospheric-mojo/
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