There are those months when the New Moon feels like it’s arriving none too soon, and this is one of them. True, Mercury is still retrograde (in the sign where the New Moon takes place Friday afternoon). That often comes with the feeling of things being unresolved and not cooperating with getting any less unresolved. But Mercury has at least shown up for the fireworks with this extraordinary New Moon.
Most people will growl when you mention Saturn, but there is something reassuring about a New Moon precisely (to the degree) conjunct the planet of structure. The Sun and Moon conjunct Saturn is a renewal of the concepts of structure that keep us grounded and stable.
Speaking of, my congressman, Maurice Hinchey just walked into Dominick’s Cafe, where I’m writing this. He’s working in his home district office today, a few miles from where he lives.
“Uncle Mo!”
He opens his arms in a gesture of hello and makes a funny face. He’s one of those Scorpios who has figured out now not to take himself too seriously. He also has a great voting record.
I ask him, “So when is the country going to collapse?”
“It’s not going to collapse,” he says. “It’s going to gradually improve, if we invest in it. Of course we have a lot of people in Washington who are doing their best to prevent that. It seems that there are certain political considerations that keep coming up. Aren’t you surprised?”
I am not surprised. Most of congress is rented out to something besides the constituents. I also think that a lot of politics-as-usual is enhanced by how paranoid of change most humans are. When we hear change, we assume change for the worst. That’s not always true, and it would be true less if we drove with our hands on the steering wheel.
Then there is the service piece of Virgo. If there is one sign that refers to the spirit of service to humanity, that would be Virgo; and Saturn is reminding us how much focus this takes. The New Moon conjunct Saturn in Virgo is a reminder to take care of ourselves so we can take care of others; and to draw nourishment from taking care of others and the world — rather than depleting ourselves.