Monday Monday, can’t trust that day
-John Phillips/The Mamas and the Papas
This month’s New Moon will take place in early Aquarius on Monday at 2:40 am EST. The occasion will be an opportunity to initiate a process of inner resolution that will prepare you to encounter an outer revolution. It begins with the day itself. Monday is named after the Moon, a sacred reference.
In most of the world, Monday is also the start of the secular week, when many of us are obliged to resume rowing in the vessels owned and operated by the one percent. At this point in our history, few are consciously aware of the discrepancy between the sacred name and profane use of the day, but on some level all of us can feel it.
A similar dissonance will starkly express in the astrology associated with this New Moon. Fortunately, the exact same configuration of Sun, Moon and planets will indicate a means to reduce the deeper roots of unrest inside of you. This Aquarius New Moon will thus mark a beginning in more ways than one. By definition, the conjunction of luminaries (Sun and Moon) will initiate a lunar cycle. By coincidence, it will start a week. In your life, the timing is such that you will be presented with an unprecedented conceptual means to resolve the inner discord that has held you captive below the decks of commerce and culture.
The dissonance in this New Moon begins with Aquarius itself (disclosure: the author is a solar Aquarius). It is a sign thoroughly fraught with contradictions, both symbolic and apparent. Following sensibly cardinal Capricorn and preceding credibly mutable Pisces confers a fixed quality that necessarily conflicts with the associated element of air. Think about it — fixed air? To paraphrase Bob Dylan, one may as well try and catch the wind. The glyphs commonly used to depict Aquarius only add to the disconcerting mix.