{"id":66174,"date":"2013-04-16T11:54:32","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=66174"},"modified":"2013-04-16T11:54:32","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:54:32","slug":"rivers-edge-first-quarter-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astrology-with-len-wallick\/rivers-edge-first-quarter-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"River’s Edge — First Quarter Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

We relieve the tension only to find out the master’s name.
\n— Jon Anderson and Steve Howe from “Close To The Edge”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first quarter square from the Cancer Moon to the Aries Sun at 8:32 am EDT Thursday will likely find you feeling some sort of edge. What type will depend, in part, on how the day is approached. Anticipating the sharp and precipitous will increase chances of such an encounter. An alternative focus will contribute to an alternative outcome.<\/p>\n

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In the sky, the luminaries are at right angles during the lunar first quarter. On the zodiac, the same is true, placing the Sun and Moon in signs that share the same quality. \u00a0<\/p>\n

On the zodiac circle, any four signs sharing the same quality (cardinal, fixed or mutable) are positioned at right angles to each other. Four right angles define a geometric square. <\/p>\n

That is how objects in the same degree of different signs that share the same quality are said to be in square aspect to each other. Square aspects often translate to being in conflict with yourself, in the nature of the objects involved. The luminaries correlate to consciousness. The Moon for where you come from, the Sun for where you are going. Hence, any first quarter Moon represents inner tension on your way from one place to another. Because inner tension is uncomfortable, square aspects get a bad reputation as something to be dreaded. That reputation is not useful.<\/p>\n

Dreading square aspects often results in needlessly ascribing your inner tension to others, who in turn, lose empathy with where you are coming from, and compassion for where you are going. That predicament solves nothing and stunts your personal growth, to say nothing of the damage done to others. Discerning the conflicts that originate within you as your own is an essential first step for turning tension into growth and avoiding damage.<\/p>\n

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The second step is to act with just as much discretion. Fatigue challenges both prudence and action, and that is what distinguishes this week’s first quarter Moon from most luminary squares, because it will find the Sun and Moon in the last two degrees of their respective cardinal signs.<\/p>\n

When an object in direct motion reaches the final few steps of traversing any given sign, it is said to be in the ‘anaretic’ degrees. Anaretic positions often correlate with evidence of fatigue in areas of your life that correspond to the character of that which is in motion, and the field it is reaching the end of. This is usually most evident when Sun and Moon are the parties in question.<\/p>\n

For the Moon, it is subtle but detectable. Keep track of your recurrent need for a bit of distraction or play every two or three days, and check the lunar position. You will likely find that the need is aroused just before the Moon shifts into a new zodiac sign. In the Sun’s case, the anaretic fatigue is even more pronounced because it builds over the course of a month.<\/p>\n

By the time solar Aries draws to a close on Friday, it is a safe bet that even its natives will have had their fill of its tableau. Just observe your own recent reactions to those who interject, interrupt or disrupt to draw attention to themselves, and you will have a good example. Yet, allowing the self-involved to make you less self aware is to go over the edge with them. That’s how your approach to this particular first quarter Moon becomes important.<\/p>\n

Not every edge is sharp or the prelude to a long fall. Some, such as the edge of a river, are the threshold of refreshment and conveyance to another realm. If your focus this week is to look for that type of boundary, you will enhance your chances of finding where all tensions and conflicts resolve into the nothing that prevails wherever and whenever everything flows together. Be there on time Thursday, with awareness, and you will have mastered your own ferry from the edge you came from to the edge of where you really want to go.<\/p>\n

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Len is available for astrology readings. You can contact him at lenwallick [at] gmail [dot] com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We relieve the tension only to find out the master’s name. — Jon Anderson and Steve Howe from “Close To The Edge” The first quarter square from the Cancer Moon to the Aries Sun at 8:32 am EDT Thursday will likely find you feeling some sort of edge. What type will depend, in part, on … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1714],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66174"}],"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\/537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}