{"id":61397,"date":"2012-09-13T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T04:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=61397"},"modified":"2012-09-12T23:02:42","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T03:02:42","slug":"public-or-private-steam-bath-leo-moon-square-scorpio-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/public-or-private-steam-bath-leo-moon-square-scorpio-planets\/","title":{"rendered":"Public or private steam bath? Leo Moon square Scorpio planets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Moon is currently in Leo, on its way to the Virgo New Moon Saturday at about 10:10 pm EDT. New Moons are kind a monthly \u2018restart\u2019 button, when we harvest last month\u2019s growth and plant this month\u2019s seeds. However, Donna Woodwell<\/a> notes that this one is more about \u201cre-organizing, streamlining and pruning.\u201d Keep that in mind today as an end goal for whatever the Leo Moon pushes into the light and urges you to process.<\/p>\n

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Simplified chart section showing the Leo Moon square Mars (red circle with an arrow) and about to square the North Node (orange horse shoe) and Juno (purple asterisk), all in Scorpio. The Moon will meet up with the Sun, shown in Virgo, on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Specifically, you may find yourself heating up in the realm of desire, attachment, and alchemical emotional and sexual bonding. You can check to see where Scorpio falls in your natal chart to get a better feel for where any tension with this flavor might manifest. Or just keep your antennae tuned and feel your way through.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s going on is that the Moon, as it moves through the second half of Leo today, is making squares to Mars, the North Node and Juno \u2013 all in Scorpio. As Eric described in yesterday\u2019s podcast, Mars in Scorpio has been heating up passion and pathos, making Scorpio feel \u201cextra Scorpio.\u201d <\/p>\n

Put that way, Mars in Scorpio sounds like the steam bath one of the camps in my village at Burning Man was running: a wet heat that helps us both to sweat out toxins and let a sensual arousal bubble up, all while inviting us to relax into a transformative meditation. And there\u2019s plenty of company for the process.<\/p>\n

The North Node brings a transformative, dharmic element to the forefront, with questions about attachment and its release (also known as compersion). Juno sharpens the point on the attachment\/desire question, asking us to consider how justice factors into the emotional\/sexual\/social bonding and commitment we\u2019re so drawn to.<\/p>\n

Mars, North Node and Juno is a steamy mix in deep, dark Scorpio. The Leo Moon, on the other hand, is more about showy displays, proud leadership ambitions and outer personality rather than the inner alchemy. So these lunar squares, which will happen rather quickly today (in fact, those in the U.S. will likely be sleeping through the square to Mars, occurring just before this posts), are raising the contrast between two very different aspects of our lives. <\/p>\n

What will you do with that tension? Are you ready to take the lead in directing your intimate\/sexual conversations with a partner? Do you feel an urge to show off to others some of your deeper desires or your excitement over the desirability of those you love? Or is your desire for security and the need to be the center of someone\u2019s attraction pulling you inward and deeper into a commitment or bond?<\/p>\n

Whichever way you feel the pull, note the source and message of the tension. When the New Moon arrives in Virgo, look at your notes again. Consider how you can make these urges and desires and bonds work better for you. The waning Moon is known as a time to wind things down and tie up loose ends. But once we turn the corner, if you want a hotter steam bath you\u2019ll need to be efficient at cutting and adding logs to the fire. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Moon is currently in Leo, on its way to the Virgo New Moon Saturday at about 10:10 pm EDT. New Moons are kind a monthly \u2018restart\u2019 button, when we harvest last month\u2019s growth and plant this month\u2019s seeds. However, Donna Woodwell notes that this one is more about \u201cre-organizing, streamlining and pruning.\u201d Keep that … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1734],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}