Fun (and Freaky) Fridays: New Moon in Aries; Aries Energy is Fuel For Change
Major planets move into Aries this weekend, as the New Moon in Aries gears up for April 3. What's a New Moon? As I wrote in a previous post "
“ New Moons dedicate themselves to getting rid of the old and ushering in fresh starts. The sign tells us what area of life we’re being encouraged to restart. What’s even more powerful here is that – as usual, the sign the New Moon is in, is also the sign that the Sun is in.”
Get ready for the Sun Aries/Moon Aries on April 3! Do you feel all that creative and independent "Let's Do It Now" energy? (However, remember that the New Moon is happening in a Retro....so Retro rules apply - you may want to hold tight on the BIG ideas, or at least know that it will become easier to put them in place after the Mercury Retro ends on 4/23). Still, this New Moon pushes us to manifest what
About.com astrologer Molly Hall calls "our own personal radiance."
This New Moon is a great time to manifest your own independence and sheer LIFE FORCE.
You may want to use this time to manifest in the following areas.
leadership roles
concepts and images about bravery and independence
what it means to do your own individual dance in your life
what it means to Live In the Moment
New identity or self-concept
Aries Key Words:
heart
bravery
self reliance
inner motivation
self-love or self-trust
uncovering your own self - who YOU are, as opposed to who others want you to be
What really gets me excited here is that we have several major planets in Aries right now.
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Uranus in Aries and this New Moon (A reminder: New Moons only last for 2.5 days but New Moons open the monthly doorway to that planet's energy and potential). While the Retrograde may make us feel slightly held back, and the Saturn in Libra is still opposing these changes. Overall, despite the opposition, we're being ushered into a tremendous new era of change and chance. It's as if we are being given a karmic birthright - and a direct order, even if we don't like it - to rebuild our lives into what we really want. Fittingly, all of this Aries energy is going to push us through the door and both help us and *urge* us to create the kind of life we want.
In Tarot, the first card in the Major Arcana is the Fool, the spiritual everyman who walks through the Wonderland of images known as life. The Fool is creative, direct and innocent. In astrology, the Fool and the Aries sign are similar - they both begin either the Major Arcana or the Zodiac wheel. He, like us, is uniquely posed to reap the benefits of his inner movement and outward manifestation of what he finds.
While these astrological times may seem challenging, they are ultimately liberating. Now, we are directly being assisted to blaze ahead and create from our souls and ourselves the kind of life and truth in which we long to live.
However a reminder. With Aries energy, there's a danger of burnout, of doing too much, of losing our tempers. We can direct the fire of creativity or we can turn it on others. The choice is, as always, up to us.
I, for one, am very excited to see what the next year holds on both a personal and global level.
See you next week for Manifestation Mondays.
take care,
M