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As the Aquarius New Moon arrives at 2:20 am EST on Sunday, we are being brought into a chance to continue healing shadow material — especially regarding denial. It also comes with tough questions that can be quite uncomfortable to address, courtesy of the New Moon’s conjunction to Nessus, a centaur planet that has been very active recently.
Externally, we can see the themes in Egypt: this past week protesters there called for the resignation of the guy they elected last spring to be President, Mohamed Morsi. Egyptians are waking up from their denial about who this guy is and what his agenda entails — the candidate who handed out free bread last year turns out not to be all about freedom and democracy. Egyptians are not alone in receiving a heavy dose of realism.
Prominent in the Aquarius New Moon alignment is an exact square with the Lunar Nodes, which are in Taurus (South Node) and Scorpio (North Node) currently. The South Node is a point on the zodiac that roughly translates to ‘past’, including general tendencies we rely too much on in this lifetime or ‘karma’.
The North Node roughly translates to ‘future’, and gives information about where we are going (if we make the effort) and how to get there. When activated by an aspecting planet, the North Node is accompanied by sensations of pushing into unfamiliar territory.
The Aquarius New Moon’s square with the North Node in Scorpio is at the north bending placement. The term north bending describes the New Moon’s relationship to the North Node — a sort of active dialogue or energetic exchange that translates to external experiences. Mary Plumb wrote in The Mountain Astrologer that this relationship of north bending was “a point where energy comes in; events and experiences will manifest in the outer world.”