New Moon, New Season, New World, New Opportunities.
The waning of the Mercury retrograde, the Spring Equinox, a stellium in Capricorn and a global pandemic give you an opportunity to create a whole new relationship with yourself.
Are you ready for that?
Not sure?
I can help.
It starts with your dreams and visions
and then you chart a course from there.
Here are some helpful insights...
The Spirit of Aries
Welcome to the Aries new moon—and, thanks to COVID-19, a new world. Of course, all new moons represent opportunities for fresh starts, the key is knowing which opportunity take. And making peace with it. The fiery, forceful, first new moon of spring is always a harbinger of active new beginnings. Exceptionally busy ones. But this new moon is much more so, probably more than ever before, as our world is forever changed. Sometimes you have more options and opportunities than others; usually you have more than you realize. Let’s take a look at what this particularly bombastic new moon has to offer.
An overarching theme of this new moon is exploring and expanding your understanding of yourself as a soul. What gifts did you come here to share with the world? What are your life lessons and personal liabilities? How are they related, and how do you feel about them? Are they integrated within you? Where are you totally connected to yourself and where do you need support? This month’s emergence of the coronavirus in the United States is your very own engraved, hand-delivered invitation from the Universe to put your lifeguards on notice and wade into the deep waters you have hitherto avoided.
Each sign rules more than one thing, usually a whole lot of things. Ruled by Mars, the realm of Aries is strong and fierce, brave and bold. Aries leads the charge. As the first sign of the zodiac, Aries rules the developmental-age range of conception to two-years-old. On a bad day, Aries is self-oriented and self-absorbed—it is not known for being self- or situation-aware. Like the folks who are hoarding hand sanitizer or the government leaders with insider knowledge selling their stocks before the market crashed.
But on a good day, Aries has all the intrepid zeal of a toddler in a superhero costume: eyes wide open, heart full of wonder, fearing nothing, finding joy in every moment, fully cognizant that each one can yield yet another epic discovery. Let’s make it a good day.
Not an Aries? No worries. Everyone has Aries somewhere in their natal chart. If you don't already know where yours is, now is a good time to find out. And here's why: where Aries lives in your natal chart is where you are brave, fearless, and absolutely hell bent on carrying your karma forward, healing your deepest wounds, and expressing your greatest gifts. Not in a megalomaniacal, narcissistic way; but in a way that demonstrates a healthy grasp of the delicate interplay between Self and other.
The 12-month cycle that begins at the Aries new moon is far more spiritual in nature than the cycle that began at midwinter. During this coming cycle, you are poised to take off, clear out, and clean up whatever your next layer of karma is. A hint: be prepared for something big.
The tricky thing about karma is that there are so many different kinds of it: karma with things, concepts, and ideas; with land, with money, with wealth and power; karma with groups of souls, with individual souls, and with your own soul, yourself as a soul, and as an individual.
For this spring and the coming 12 months, give yourself permission to focus on the latter. Take this massive opportunity to fully identify, understand, and release bits of your deepest wound—the things that keep you from integrating the masculine and feminine aspects of your psyche and your soul. For only in full harmony can you express your greatest gifts.
Aries is a trailblazer, a change agent, a pioneer. But not everything is yours to change, discover, or explore. One of the biggest challenges of this time of year lives in the heart of the Serenity Prayer: changing the things you can, accepting the things you cannot, and knowing the difference. Remember, the answers lie in your faith, not in your intellect or your physical strength. So don’t skimp on your prayers, meditations, and spiritual best practices. Listen, lean in, and rise to the occasion—or at least find some way to start listing in that general direction. And if you get stuck, call me. We’ll figure it out.
Calendar
Following are some dates to be mindful of and some generic wisdom about them.
March 24 - New Moon in Aries
March 30 – Mars moves into Aquarius
April 3 – Venus moves into Gemini
April 4 – Palm Sunday
April 7 – Full Moon in Libra, also known as the Hare Moon, the Pink Moon, the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Growing Moon, the Egg Moon, the Fish Moon, and the Paschal Moon
April 8 – Passover begins at sundown
April 10 – Good Friday
April 11 – Mercury moves into Aries
April 12 – Easter Sunday
April 16 – Passover ends
April 17 – Orthodox Good Friday
April 17 – 19 Earth Day celebration in Santa Barbara
April 19 – Sun enters Taurus, Orthodox Easter
April 22 – New Moon in Taurus, Earth Day (50th Anniversary)
April 23 – Ramadan begins
April 25 – Pluto retrogrades in Capricorn
April 27 – Mercury moves into Taurus
May 1 - May Day, Beltane
Everybody’s natal (birth) chart is different. These differences reflect our individual souls: their journeys and evolution, their triumphs and their tragic flaws. As such, the specific impact of each of the following dates will hit each person differently. But there are some general themes.
Holy days, holidays, and astrological transits are opportunities for us to experience grace. But remember how grace happens: sometimes it comes through discomfort. The gifts aren’t always immediately apparent. All of the days on this list ask you to be more compassionate with yourself and others, to try and be more awake, and to be more open to synchronicity and messages from Spirit. On days when more than one astrological event, holiday or holy day occurs, know that the power of that day will be even more profound. The more events in a day, the more powerful that day is, and the more intentional you should be.
Again, in general, Full Moons are a good time for ending things, wrapping things up, conclusions and closure. New Moons are opportune times for new beginnings: starting a new chapter of some aspect of your life, tackling a new project, or launching something new. Retrogrades are always about slowing down and paying more attention to aspects of your creative, spiritual, and social lives. The eclipses always reveal: sometimes it is something others have hidden from you, sometimes it is things you have hidden from yourself, usually it is a little bit of both. To go a level deeper, look to the planetary signs, the houses they fall in, and, of course, to your natal chart. Or give me a call. I can help you with that.
Retreats, rituals, services, ceremonies and journeys: As always, choosing the best day or days is a very personal thing. You have to feel your way into it. But there are some generic rules that can help you in your decision-making process. Full moons and new moons are considered the best. Holidays and holy days are as well. Full moons and new moons that occur during or over a period of holidays and holy days are extraordinarily powerful.
Factor in a retrograde or two and you pretty much cannot avoid leveling up and becoming a much more masterful magician. Especially around anything that has to do with your faith, your trust in it, your ability to serve your faith and serve with it. Seriously.
With that in mind, in the next month, the best days for deep, transformational experiences are these: April 7 - 12, April 19, April 22 - 25, and May 1.