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<\/dt>\nConsidering how the Libra New Moon probably resonated for you, now would be a good time to be mindful and anticipate the corner. You may want to start by thinking about what the word “corner” represents in your life.<\/p>\n
Generally speaking, it is better to turn a corner than get backed into one. As a rule, you would also prefer not to lose control while acting to take a turn.<\/p>\n
Action, among other things, is what square aspects are about. Likewise, opening squares often represent initial actions. The lunar first quarter is a prototype, helping you to get a feel for all separating square aspects because, weather permitting, you can see it with your own eyes and correlate the celestial event with events in your own life.<\/p>\n
When the Moon is at first quarter phase, you see the luminaries (Sun and Moon) at right angles to each other because of your perspective from Earth in the “corner” of the square. Hence the correspondence between all square aspects and every form of corner. The same perspective also makes the First Quarter Moon look half lit and half dark, halfway across the sky at sunset — but don’t let that confuse you.<\/p>\n
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In spite of all the visual cues representing halves, a first quarter Moon is indeed only one fourth of the way into the lunation cycle that started with a New Moon conjunction of the luminaries. A Full Moon (an opposition of the luminaries with Earth in between) is the actual midpoint, and the last quarter Moon (another square, applying towards the next conjunction, with the Moon closing in on the Sun) always means one week left in the current lunation.<\/p>\n
As you approach Friday’s first quarter Moon, it would be useful to think of yourself as nearing the first corner of whatever you started late last Friday or early last Saturday (depending on your time zone) when the luminaries last conjoined. That means being aware and beginning to prepare. Appropriate preparations usually begin with the action of slowing down.<\/p>\n
Slowing down gives you more time to take further action when the time comes. Deceleration has the added bonus of allowing you to better see what you are coming up on and what is approaching you. More than that, the corner coming this Friday will help give you a feel for how to do your part as you proceed through another, longer period of initial action — on a journey that will transpire over the course of more than just your lifetime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The journey started in 1965 and 1966, when Uranus and Pluto last conjoined three times in Virgo. Unlike the luminaries, the apparent motion of Uranus and Pluto is very slow and includes periods of retrograde.<\/p>\n
The slow progression of Uranus to Aries and Pluto to Capricorn is the reason they have only last year reached their own opening cardinal square aspect which, just like a lunar first quarter, has all of us making a corner at once. Because Uranus and Pluto are currently alternating periods when their motions appear to reverse, that square is in the process of repeating seven times over about three years.<\/p>\n
We are coming up on the fourth of those seven squares on Nov. 1, essentially halfway through the process, but don’t let that confuse you. It is one long continuous turn. Because you are here on Earth at this time to be in the corner, it is your turn among those who are charged with taking the necessary actions, and not just for yourself.<\/p>\n
The corner you and everybody at once have been continuously negotiating since last year is the first crucial turn on behalf of many who were there to begin the journey, but are no longer here to participate in its progress. Moreover, the actions you take in the time remaining for you to do so will play a part in determining whether future generations yet unborn will be backed into a corner or progress through another phase of the journey.<\/p>\n
So, there is something to think about if weather permits you to view half-lit Luna as this week draws to a close. As you meditate on the first quarter Moon, slow down and contemplate the actions you will take to negotiate the concurrent corners of your life. Take care not to forget that each of those acts will resonate into the future. Therefore, as you act for the short term to keep your life under control, please also think for the long term and the lives of those who will follow.<\/p>\n
Offered In Service<\/em><\/p>\n Len is available for astrology readings. You can contact him at lenwallick [at] gmail [dot] com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first quarter Moon at 7:02 pm EDT this coming Friday will be a separating (or “opening”) cardinal square\u00a0aspect from the Libra Sun to the Capricorn Moon. That’s because the Moon is separating from its conjunction with the Sun during the Libra New Moon last week, gradually opening greater distance with each passing day. In … 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\/70845"}],"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=70845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}