Following fast on the heels of last week’s Virgo new moon, many of us have already been reeling from the magnitude and immensity of far more difficult energies that have been circulating in our lives personally and collectively. Health crises, the loss of loved ones, mounting tensions and tormented grappling with ways and means of communicating difficult truths have felt overwhelming at times for many of us this week.
The issues being triggered for each of us now are taking place in areas of our lives where change, growth and improvement have already been underway for all of 2020. These processes need our continuing tender care and attention, and the critical eye and secateurs of a gardener, for the remainder of the year. The pressure of these events in combination with the practical priorities of the recent Virgo new moon offer us extra impetus to prepare for the escalating energies of the next two months with excellent self-care rituals for body, heart and mind.
With Mars and Mercury squaring the Capricorn planets, and Mercury opposing retrograding Mars, we may still be feeling the need to speak our truth about an injustice whilst fearing that our anger might burn the house down to the ground. Self-care includes checking in with trusted loved ones before launching missiles. There’s an opportunity to use this fiery energy to cook up something new as long as we turn the flame down low and pay attention to the recipe. What is it that we actually want to create from the ingredients we have at hand? This need for gentle heat is further emphasised by a fire trine on Wednesday between the Moon in Sagittarius, Venus in Leo and Mars conjunct Black Moon Lilith in Aries (with Eris following only a couple of degrees behind). It indicates an easy flow of energies if we can avoid dramatic overreactions and acting impulsively in anger. Thankfully, we have extra support in this regard too with a Finger of God (or Yod) aspect on Wednesday taking place between Neptune, Jupiter and Venus. It indicates that any effort we make to bring calm to a fiery situation this week will deliver results, and could even lead to euphoric insights.
With the Sun squaring the Moon’s nodes and simultaneously opposing Neptune in a Mutable Cross, it’s crucial to remember that appearances may not reflect the reality now. Our individual willingness to question our own beliefs about the situations we’re facing, to remain open to new information coming in, and to adapt our thinking towards universal truths will hasten the processes of transformation that are occurring at both personal and societal levels over the next 12 months. With the sun opposing Neptune in Pisces, grief may be close to the surface but it also brings us closer to those profound truths with which we’re needing to realign. We might be experiencing greater confusion and self-doubt, or feel carried away by stories that intensify our anxieties end up proving false. Again this mutable configuration offers us a hugely powerful opportunity to transform the beliefs about ourselves that are keeping us trapped within old ways of thinking and being.
It’s apt in light of today’s Spring/Autumn Equinox (11:30pm EST 22 September) which announces the beginning of a new season as we move into Cardinal Libran energy. Under the influence of Venus-ruled Libra our attention is focused towards finding balance in relationship - with ourselves, our loved ones, our communities and society as a whole. We’re nourished by the sweetness of social connections, and more inclined towards diplomacy and beauty in our communications. As Venus in Leo quintiles Neptune in Pisces and simultaneously trines Chiron in Aries this week, there’s also a powerful potential to use art and mystical practices for accelerating healing and insight.
As the energies prepare to intensify, we benefit from asking ourselves how we might ground this sacred work of balancing in the everyday. What guiding sources of wisdom, inspiration and mindfulness can we draw on to help support our mental processes, emotional responses and overwhelmed nervous systems in times of increased stress? How can we continue to draw beauty and connection into the mundane rituals of our days? By cooking delicious food with our families, engaging in loving conversations with friends, divining for insights by candlelight, walking daily in nature, making poetry of difficult feelings and/or lazily meditating in bed etc we may be better able attune to the profound and mysterious opportunities that are simultaneously coexisting within the complex realities of this epic and unsettling time…
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