{"id":64975,"date":"2013-03-11T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T04:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=64975"},"modified":"2013-03-11T00:31:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T04:31:57","slug":"pisces-new-moon-mars-leaves-pisces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/pisces-new-moon-mars-leaves-pisces\/","title":{"rendered":"Pisces New Moon, Mars leaves Pisces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the Pisces New Moon at 3:51 pm EDT. This is the last New Moon of the astrological cycle of the year; Pisces is the last sign and the New Moon is a kind of concluding event. As we\u2019ve been mentioning over and over in this space, Pisces is a full house, and will continue to be so even after Mars leaves for Aries just after tomorrow begins.<\/p>\n

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Chart for the Pisces Full Moon, set for Kingston, New York. Click to see full-sized image. View glyph legend here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That move will foreshadow the Aries equinox, which occurs when the Sun ingresses Aries in about a week and a half. But before we get to that new beginning, we have a very rich New Moon to experience.<\/p>\n

Much of that richness stems from the full slate of major planets occupying Pisces (Mercury, which stations direct on March 17, as well as Venus, the Sun, Mars, Chiron and Neptune — just in case you\u2019d forgotten somehow over the weekend). But there are also some minor planets present in the sign of the two fish (as noted in this post from last week<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Plus, a number of minor planets in the other mutable signs are making aspects to the New Moon. Within just two degrees of this event, there are 14 points in the mutable signs. That\u2019s a lot going on, and you may very well be feeling the energy surging — especially if any planets or angles in your own birth chart are making contact with this New Moon.<\/p>\n

The closest is a conjunction of the asteroid Arachne and centaur planet Pholus in Sagittarius, which the New Moon squares. That is, the New Moon is exactly 90 degrees from this conjunction. (Genevieve Hathaway looked at centaurs Pholus and Ixion opposite Black Moon Lilith and Ceres forming a T-square to the New Moon<\/a> last Friday; let\u2019s see what emerges if we consider Pholus and Arachne.)<\/p>\n

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The Pholus-Arachne conjunction points to a mystery factor, a source of energy that is about to be released. This could feel a few different ways: one is like things are about to go out of control. The mutable signs work a little like that — there can be a long buildup, apparently without results, and then suddenly the battery discharges. The flip side is that it can also translate into the sensation that something is about to happen, like a static charge building up.<\/p>\n

The energy source is Pholus and the mystery source is Arachne. Arachne also suggests that there is a network involved. That is, what is developing can spread its energy around. Asteroid Pandora is right there, too; that’s also hinting at the fear that things could run wild.<\/p>\n

This may not feel like the kind of thing you have control over, but you do have influence. The main influence you have is to keep your awareness on, rather than being lulled back to sleep. Consider, also, how you link in to various networks in your life if you need a reminder of how much outward influence you have. The influence over your own decisions and perceptions is the most important, but every once in a while it\u2019s good to remember how subtly or unknowingly our choices affect the decisions of others.<\/p>\n

Finally, let\u2019s look at Mars changing signs for a moment. It\u2019s the first planet of the current Pisces stellium to leave, which it does at 2:26 am EDT Tuesday (overnight tonight).<\/p>\n

At the time of the New Moon, Mars is in a conjunction with the asteroid Photographica. Not all the asteroids have such literal manifestations as that one, but perhaps apropos of the concept it represents, this particular asteroid is ridiculously literal. When you add Mars to it, there’s an assertive, active visioning process. You can play with putting the concepts together in a sentence: photograph of desire, photo of what you want, how you perceive your image, and what you want your image to be.<\/p>\n

Making this especially interesting is that the conjunction is in the last degree of Pisces, that is, the last degree of the zodiac. This is the one that has the Sabian symbol about the boy who sees the profile of an old man in a mountain, and takes that as a model or as an ideal; as he grows up his face gradually takes the shape of the profile.<\/p>\n

The message is about having a model, a mentor or an ideal to which you aspire. There are two clear signs that this is about a visual approach, partly at least: Photographica and that Sabian symbol about the boy and the mountain.<\/p>\n

Exemplars are important for growth. We don’t need to imitate them exactly, but rather know which of their attributes we want to adopt. It’s also critical that you notice the examples that you don’t want — and choose consciously not to be like them. Work both sides of the process: being aware of what you don’t want, and then place a little more emphasis on what you decide you do want, and who embodies those qualities.<\/p>\n

Then, find them in yourself, and bring them into being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is the Pisces New Moon at 3:51 pm EDT. This is the last New Moon of the astrological cycle of the year; Pisces is the last sign and the New Moon is a kind of concluding event. As we\u2019ve been mentioning over and over in this space, Pisces is a full house, and will … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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\/64975"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}