All New Moons are a new beginning. The math of it is so simple, so elemental. The New Moon is the official start of the Moon’s 29.5-day cycle, and it always occurs in the same zodiac sign as the Sun. So not only is it an awesome opportunity to reboot, but it will also refocus your energies on the archetype of a sign. Today’s New Moon is in the watery sign of Cancer, and its archetypes are the Mother, the Matriarch, and the Nurturer. 

Normally, the earthy, enduring, steadfastness of Taurus season is a period of values-based, results-oriented reflection and re-calibration at a moderate, manageable pace. Taurus is the astrological poster child for the concept of telesis: progress, intelligently planned. And normally, as each sign is a response to the one that came before it, these exalted Taurean traits are exactly what is needed after the feisty, fiery volatility of Aries season. Normally. 

Pisces is so very complex. It is singlehandedly the most spiritual, the most psychic, the most sensitive and the most creative. At the same time, when ungrounded and untethered, it is the most confused and confusing, deceitful, delusional, unconscious, and illusive. It is for just such reasons the constellation for Pisces became symbolized by two fish, swimming in different directions with their tails tied together.