{"id":70648,"date":"2013-10-03T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T04:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=70648"},"modified":"2013-10-02T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T02:25:20","slug":"libra-new-moon-and-a-call-to-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/libra-new-moon-and-a-call-to-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Libra New Moon — and a “call to destiny”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Libra New Moon is Friday just before 8:35 pm EDT. It\u2019s a New Moon that\u2019s in line with the Uranus-Pluto square, so you know there are likely to be events coinciding that affect all or most of us (think political developments and world events), and they could involve some disruption (does the whole Affordable Care Act \/ shutdown of the U.S. government come to mind?). But there\u2019s more going on in the chart as well.<\/p>\n

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Simplified chart for the Libra New Moon. Also shown, from top: Pluto in Capricorn, Saturn and Mercury in Scorpio, Sun and Moon in Libra, Vesta in Virgo and Uranus in Aries. View full chart here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For example, there\u2019s a very close yod configuration involving the Libra New Moon. A yod is a triangle shape. At its base are two planets that are making a sextile to each other (60 degrees — a sextile is an aspect between complimentary elements, in this case, earth and water). <\/p>\n

At the point of the triangle is a planet to which the other two are quincunx (150 degrees, or one sign off from an exact opposition).<\/p>\n

Sextiles are harmonious, but it takes some effort to access their flow. Quincunxes can be challenging, asking us for continual adjustment. <\/p>\n

When you put them all together, a yod can be a tricky configuration to figure out, since it can manifest either as a powerful conduit or a deeply felt block. It isn\u2019t also known as \u201cthe finger of god\u201d for nothing.<\/p>\n

The yod involving the Libra New Moon is being formed by Vesta in Virgo making a sextile to Saturn in Scorpio (earth to water), with both of those planets quincunx Uranus in Aries.<\/p>\n

Opposite Uranus in this configuration is the Sun and Moon conjunct in Libra — Libra being the sign in between Virgo and Scorpio. <\/p>\n

The position where the Sun and Moon are is called the \u201cactivation point\u201d of a yod. When a planet is moving through the sensitive activation point of a yod, it can trigger major events.<\/p>\n

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A New Moon is often a time to begin new things anyway, since it is the beginning of a new lunar cycle. This Libra New Moon is in a position to set potentially very meaningful events in motion. <\/p>\n

Any Libra New Moon is likely to bring issues of balance and fairness in relationships to the fore. A Libra New Moon aspecting the Uranus-Pluto square indicates that justice and balance (or a situation where extremes must be brought into balance) have wide and long-term influence. Again, we can look to the mess in the U.S. government for an example.<\/p>\n

But what does this yod add to the story? <\/p>\n

For one thing, the Vesta-Saturn sextile looks like the potential to bring questions about the roles of service, sacrifice and your creative\/sexual spark into better harmony with the emotional container you\u2019re working with, any sexual secrets you\u2019ve been ignoring\/discovering, and your process to clear out and restructure those aspects of your life. As mentioned, using Vesta-Saturn will take some conscious effort on your part.<\/p>\n

Potentially aiding or disrupting that effort is Uranus in Aries: a picture of surprising yourself with yourself — either with sudden new awareness or a self-sabotaging explosion of willfulness. Uranus is opposite the Sun and the Moon in Libra: whatever happens will play out in your relationships. And with the Sun and Moon conjunct, you might feel that as inner harmony or else as a blind spot in your awareness.<\/p>\n

Yods in a natal chart can manifest as a \u201ccall to destiny.\u201d But what if you are feeling blocked, not pulled by destiny? As if you just can\u2019t get out of your own way? How do you work with that, or sneak around the side of it and any resistance you are feeling? <\/p>\n

With another nod to the governmental shutdown, are you playing any similar games in your personal relationships? If so, what\u2019s going to give?<\/p>\n

Take a cue from Mercury\u2019s building conjunction to Saturn in Scorpio (exact Tuesday). Eric described this recently as \u201cthe curious, expressive kid coming up against the stuffy, stuck adult.\u201d <\/p>\n

In Scorpio, this confrontation takes on a distinctly sexual flavor. If you’re feeling stuck in that department, get real about your hang-up, and see if you can play with it, stretch it, have fun talking about it and how you might turn it on its head. After all, Uranus in the picture means there\u2019s a wild card in the game. It\u2019s up to you how you play it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Libra New Moon is Friday just before 8:35 pm EDT. It\u2019s a New Moon that\u2019s in line with the Uranus-Pluto square, so you know there are likely to be events coinciding that affect all or most of us (think political developments and world events), and they could involve some disruption (does the whole Affordable … 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\/70648"}],"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=70648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}