Thursday, Mar 31 at 10.12am EST
Click here to learn about the Moon. Click here to learn about Capricorn.
Square aspects are sharp, angular junctions that prompt change. The Sun in Aries squares the moon in Capricorn. The moon will rise at midnight, peak at dawn and set at noon. If you view the moon at midnight, the Sun will be positioned directly beneath your feet. Staring at the moon during this time will align you so that you are looking right out (approximately) along the forward path of Earth’s orbit around the Sun ^__^
Lately my intuition has helped me to see how quarter moons string along like pearls, building and modifying from one to the next, so let’s take a look at the Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius from early March. Sometimes Luna drags us into undesirable emotional backwaters at quarter phases, even when we’re otherwise feeling wonderful. As it is, these backwaters are teachers. I found myself swimming here again, not sad, just supremely restless and frustrated, in true Sagittarian fashion. So life rearranged itself accordingly and suddenly I was liberated, alone at an ashram here in India, and like clockwork I met a bright Sagittarian flame-woman all dressed in red. The purpose of any last quarter moon is clearing out, preparation for new beginnings. I was in the midst of divine preparation for an even greater and grander solo journey, once more in the spirit of Sagittarian adventure-wonder, but at the time I could not see or comprehend the beauty of this orchestration.
This is all to say that an electrical supernova of unthinkable proportions has been crackling, the backdrop of All, since the inception of the Universe and there is nothing to fear, even when fear itself looms at the doorstep of your mind, gigantic, gaunt, ghostly dark. I had to laugh when I reread the mantra I wrote for the Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius: invite the unexpected. And yet I resisted exactly this! I’ve listed the same mantra again, it tickles me so. Every phase manifests differently for everyone, I’m not here to tell you how it will be exactly. What I can say is that most of the time, our concerns are not only trivial but remarkably temporal. Luna is the real teacher. Life will trickle into her new mold and show you everything you need to know about the Last Quarter in Capricorn. We always end up right where we need to be in accordance with the celestial dancing of the planets. Have faith in this ancient practice to guide, maneuver and deliver all of us to the same node.
The purpose of this quarter moon is emotional and psychological restructuring (Capricorn) overlaying a period of acting, doing, being (Aries). Normally I would say lean toward Capricorn: live slowly, think it through. But the ram is our best teacher now. From Aries we learn to just go for it – no plan, no direction, nothing but pure unbridled energy. Yes, Aries is an impulsive beast who doesn’t reflect much. But we were so throughly entrenched in heavy-handed Capricorn throughout the winter that I don’t hesitate to push him aside in favor of the hot-blooded newborn ram.
However - the moon is in her “detriment” in Capricorn, as this is the sign opposite the sign she rules, which would be Cancer. When a planet is in the sign of its detriment, the planet is at its weakest and life is generally more challenging. In Capricorn the moon is strained, uncomfortable, unaccustomed to the sea goat’s rigidity and his emphasis on responsibilities and career, preferring instead the warm, nurturing waters of the soft emotion-ocean where she normally abides. So! have compassion for yourself if you experience mood swings, unusually low energy or feel especially sensitive.
Celebrate Luna with some Capricorn Yoga.
To ascertain your personal Moon sign, click here.
Mantra: I invite the unexpected