It's no time to be passive or checked out. The Libra New Moon on September 27th is a call to be actively engaged in visioning, re-imagining what's possible. With your full engagement, you can move mountains, make epic changes or shift your attitude (which changes everything). You make the most of this by tuning out distractions, and finding your center. See more Libra New Moon themes.
Strong mental powers meet great depth perception, as well as the physical vitality to stay alert. This is a critical moment, to shape your present (and future), from your highest ideals. If you know what you want, you'll be ready to act on opportunities in the moment. Take time to let your mindscape be refreshed, and be open to new ways of seeing.
View Chart Sun and Moon are joined closely with Mercury, and there's a Venus-Saturn conjunction, too -- a stellium (many cosmic bodies together) in this sign of cardinal air. Your mind gets an immunity boost, making it possible to clear negative patterns and influences. If you've wanted to make a fresh start, and disengage from certain currents that pollute your waters, this is your chance! Unplug and see what peace it brings. I'll be doing this myself.
Rising AboveThe culture is pulled apart by a lot of us vs them, right vs left tensions. I highly recommend the interview with Penney Peirce, a very grounded intuitive who says we're undergoing a death of the ego, so that we can live in the soul. It's happening in our personal lives, and as a civilization. Corporations are the extreme version of Big Ego.
Libra is the sign of harmonizing polarities, and Penny says many will stop participating, and rise above to a third option. It's freeing to cultivate the observer's mind which Penney recommends, to keep from being 'sucked in' to either polarity. And it's a great lunation for greater detachment from the conflict that's escalating.
Penney says this polarization will likely increase, and many will get involved in the fight. But, says Penney, there will be many who get involved in "innovation, creating new forms that will advance the consciousness on the planet." She confirms something I've been thinking -- that we're living in different worlds now. This New Moon is a time to anchor yourself in the reality that's fertile for you, and where there's a real future of love, cooperation, balance, beauty, and all those good things.
Make or Break for RelationshipsIt's been a real time of testing for relationships of all kinds. Maybe you've noticed some have drifted away naturally, while new ties are formed. Libra is the sign of harmony, but with pressures from the Uranus-Pluto square, it's got to be authentic, not the make-nice kind.
Relationships are going through the wringer, as all that's false or based on outgrown social conditioning, is squeezed off. We see what's left to build on. Do we share the same values? Is there a future here? This is a New Moon for soul searching, and asking for guidance about your relationships.
A Higher StandardThere are some fine, humane energies here, with Mercury (perception), Venus (love), Saturn (law and order) joining the two luminaries -- Sun and Moon -- in Libra. This puts the muscle of authority into our own ability to perceive what's out of balance, unfair, unjust or just one side of the story. We're not satisfied until we've looked from all sides, and heard many views.
Saturn is exalted in Libra, and that word suggests the glory of what's possible when we move forward in balance. We're elevated by this air sign, with all things artful, stylish, even-handed, and impartial. There's trust in the air, when we know each is mindful of the other. And that we're committed -- a Saturnian phrase -- to partnership, cooperation, diplomacy. And best of all, we enjoy it and feel elevated by raising the bar.
Commitment to Beauty, Love, Fairness, ArtThe strong presence of Saturn with Venus, and Pluto's square to the Sun-Moon make commitment a strong theme here. You could see where a commitment to beauty and balance takes hold. That might mean a serious commitment to more humor, art, graciousness, fairness, etc. It's possible to experience a personal tipping point. Where you disengage from things that demoralize or degrade you, or dilute your sense of purpose.
Libra is the sign of light, and being a light bringer. I see this as a chance to strengthen the commitment to being that light. The revolutionary energies are strong, and in some places, it seems there's a fight for the future. This is a lunation for visioning your role to play in this historic drama.
In closing, I'll mention Barbara Hand Clow's Astroflash report on the Fall Equinox chart. The Fall Equinox (September 23rd,) says Clow is "especially energized because the Spring Equinox occurred soon after the beginning of the Universal Underworld on March 9, 2011-and this Fall Equinox occurs shortly before the completion of the Universal on October 28, 2011. Therefore this short period is the richest and most conscious evolutionary phase we have ever experienced as humans."
She reminds readers that we have the emotional strength to make great changes. And to take heart, since Uranus went into Aries at the Spring Equinox, beginning an 84 year cycle, through the Zodiac.
I find this an encouraging perspective, because it reminds me that we're at the start of a journey, and don't have to know all the answers. At the New Moon, we can find a calm in the center, and find more discipline to 'go there,' and avoid getting burned out, worn out, discouraged. It's an important reminder to pace ourselves for a lifetime of change, where it's up to us to find those places of peace to rest in within, and make room for those moments of startling clarity.
