Beyond the Familiar

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Today is the waning phase of the New Moon in Pisces and the Moon in  the last degrees of Sagittarius offers a time of still repose and quiet contemplation so that we can integrate our physical, mental, and emotional activities of the past three weeks. A waning Moon is a Moon in conflict with the Sun suggesting that something in our unconscious is fighting for conscious awareness and that the ensuing battle is taking place within ourself reflecting emotional behavior that is preventing us from expressing our authentic self. A Sagittarius Moon stimulates emotional restlessness and discontent with the familiar which is one reason why this is a good week to reflect upon less familiar aspects of ourself in anticipation of the New Moon in Aries, March 26, heralding a new birth in self-awareness.

The Moon moves faster than any other celestial body in our solar system translating one celestial conversation to another. Prior to making a square to the Sun this Sagittarius Moon entered into a Mutable Grand Square with Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus directing our conscious awareness toward the boundaries we created in the past that now need a discriminating eye to discern which are worth preserving and which need reinventing on our journey into the future. This is definitely not a good day for taking action, the Moon is void-of-course and nothing comes to fruition during a void-of-course Moon; yet, it is for that exact reason that today and the remaining week of the waning Moon demand our undivided attention in animated conversation with the desperate aspects of ourself. Next week is our call to action and we can use this week wisely to see our authentic self more clearly than in the past.