Aries New Moon

Aries New Moon - Clearing The Fog

"The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on."

— Carl Sandburg

We begin the week in the thick fog of Mercury's extended, stationary conjunction with Neptune. At least there is a rather amiable, sociable atmosphere that helps to sooth any of last week's suspicions. We also seem to have reduced our expectations — acceptance is easier to come by. However, Pluto and the South Node conjunct this week, which may produce any number of destabilizing or debilitating developments regarding governments and/or large corporations. On the personal level, we may find ourselves preoccupied by status and position. How we appear to others draws an inordinate amount of our focus. There may also be issues surrounding loss that need to be processed some how. As Mercury begins to pick up some speed, we are likely to gain more awareness of what we have left behind under last month's retrograde review of our past — a process that may continue to bring up some confusing emotions. By Thursday, the Moon arrives in Aries ahead of Friday Morning's Aries New Moon 1:50 AM PDT 15° Aries). It may seem as though Exhaust Fans have been rolled in to begin clearing away last month's fog. The New Moon helps us to finally turn the corner towards a fresh start and a tangible new beginning. Friendship and loyalty take on new importance as we begin to look forward. Friday's high energy levels are stabilized and grounded on Saturday but we may continue to place undue importance on status and appearance. The more that we can embrace our own unique individuality, the more that we will find solid ground upon which we can make our fresh new beginning.

Sunday's thick layer of intellectual fog is made a bit rosier by the Moon's sextile to Jupiter. Sociable amiability continues into Monday but there may be some wide swings of passionate emotions. Pragmatic pessimism may be the only way that we can keep our emotions in check. Status consciousness begins to take hold. Mercury finally begins to move beyond Neptune by Tuesday. There may be feelings of loss to deal with as we begin to more clearly recognize elements of our past that we have set aside under the retrograde Mercury. We are still more focused on endings rather than beginnings on Wednesday. The Moon's overnight conjunction to Vesta and Chiron help us to allow some compassion and forgiveness into any sensitive feelings of loss. For some, spiritual awakenings may accompany restored intellectual clarity on Thursday. Most of us will recognize that the atmosphere has changed significantly. Energy and activity bursts forth on Friday and is stabilized and ground by Saturday's Taurus Moon. Despite continued distracting concerns over status and appearance, we can finally begin to embrace the promise of Spring and a new beginning.

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