The Sagittarius New Moon

Tonight is the Sagittarius New Moon, exact at 7:22 pm EST. This is a conjunction of the Sun and Moon in the last sign of this season, a mutable fire sign. Among the significant planets and points involved in this New Moon is the Great Attractor — one of the two most potent deep-space points in the sky, located thousands of light years beyond our galaxy.

Simplified version of the Sag New Moon chart featuring planets in direct aspect to the Sun and Moon. Clockwise from right: Ceres in Libra, Pallas in Virgo, Uranus in Aries and Chiron in Pisces. View full chart here, and glyph key here.
Simplified version of the Sagittarius New Moon chart featuring planets in direct aspect to the Sun and Moon. Clockwise from right: Ceres in Libra (sextile), Pallas in Virgo, Uranus in Aries (trine) and Chiron in Pisces. View full chart here, and glyph key here.

The GA and the Galactic Core (the other powerful deep-space point) give Sagittarius most of its flavor: emphasis on the spiritual, on the exotic, on the unknown and on long-distance travel and, for individuals, the sensation of needing a lot of space around them.

The sensation of planets in range of the Great Attractor is polarization. Viewpoints can seem to differ wildly; both can seem right, or are arguably right. People with planets conjunct to or making other strong aspects to the GA can have a polarizing effect on others. (That might be you if you were born in mid Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces, or have one of those signs rising.)

Others can have unusually strong feelings about these people and not understand why (and I do mean unusually strong). They may seem to walk around with a storm of controversy surrounding them — which often can be meaningless and serve no practical purpose. Therefore, if you find yourself in controversies any time from now into midweek, I suggest you not feed them. Just stand back and trust that you cannot be harmed by the opinions of others.

The Sagittarius New Moon has two points aspecting it that may clarify the issue. It is square Pallas in Virgo and Chiron in Pisces. Both of these minor planets are about focusing the mind. They are doing this from different points of view.

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