ARIES NEW MOON SOLAR ECLIPSE

The second Aries new Moon of 2023 is made more unusual as it is also an unusual hybrid solar eclipse is when both an annular and a total eclipse are viewable, depending where you are in the world. It takes place at 12:13 AM EST on April 20th at 29 degrees 50 minutes ARIES. 29 is a critical degree adding extra import to this new Moon. Whatever ideas/initiatives/practices you thought of starting at the 00 degree new Aries new Moon on March 21st give attention to again at the 29 degree ARIES New Moon. Refine and affirm what is wanted going forward. Write it down. Take some photos to remind you of what is desired. Imagine it already is active and realized in your life. Close the book on things that don’t fit with the new vision/ideas/ideals.
When Mercury goes retrograde on 21 April at 15 degrees Taurus, keep up the reminders. Taurus retrograde Mercury will give time for these intentions to take form – refining the idea, reflecting on how you really want it to be, reframing possibility into plan and form.
You’ll have a better feeling for the new set up around the next eclipse on the Full Scorpio Moon on May 5.
About 15 minutes after the new Moon, the Moon will enter Taurus followed by the Sun at 4:14 AM EST.
Jupiter is nearly conjunct the Sun and Moon at the eclipse adding an optimistic tone. It could also make emotions and instincts larger than life for a bit, so riding that wave til things calm down in Taurus could be a good way to go.
Aries ruler, Mars, is in Cancer making a Sextile to Mercury in Taurus giving a harmonious, intuitive cast to the thoughts and words connected to actions. Venus in Gemini makes a mutable square to Saturn in Pisces inviting us to get our feelings of authority in line with what we love and value.
Pluto, of course, is still at the critical 00 degrees of Aquarius so the Sun will make a fixed square to Pluto when it enters Taurus on April 20th.
Times are calling us to evolve. The times are urging us onward and into the embodiment of our leveled up selves. Yep I just said that. There are huge influxes of light from the Sun from the universe as a whole and from our higher selves at this time. I choose to buy into this idea that time has come to allow ourselves to be more enlightened, more empowered, more encouraged and more involved in our own expansion.
And now I’m going to have a nice lie down to allow all of these energies to find their way into my system.
At this new Moon: rest, assimilate, coalesce. We’ll know how to act and when to act if we allow the dark of the moon to do its mysterious and magnetic work.
Love, Lydia
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LIBRA FULL MOON 2023
Another 16 degree Full Moon. This one is in Libra at 12:34 AM EST on 6 April 2023.
Libra is a Cardinal Venus -ruled air sign. Libra is learning how to connect through all kinds or relationships. We find out more about ourselves through those relationships. Do I want to speak this way or that – or not at all? Do I want lots of time with others or maybe I could try more solitude. Does time with that one bring out the best in me or do we just gossip together? Am I energized or weary after an activity with that one? At the time of the turning of the year, this is the first full moon of the astrological new year- we can adjust, evaluate and find new ways to align with ourselves and others. Cardinal signs – Aries and Libra both – like to start fresh. Libra is a sign of the mind. Aries is a fiery sign of spirit. We can calibrate the instinctual will with the beauty of the mind at this full Moon and see where that takes us. We can feel the joy of the I am here! Energy that is so strong at the moment. I am here! I matter! And that must mean that others also are important t to this earth experience. Many are speaking up in support of the communities in need of it now. It is best to focus, with expansive Jupiter conjunct the Sun – on the hopeful energy of love, cooperation and kind hearted ness that IS on the upswing.
One thing we always have the power to grow is our own ability to love, to hope and to hold the vision of the beautiful world we want to experience. It is best to hold and grow the energy of the living vibration- always and especially now.
Taurus, the earthly fixed Venus- ruled sign has Venus, Uranus, the north node, and Mercury passing through it. The Sun, Jupiter and Chiron are riding close to the Sun in Aries. The initiatory energy of the first sign of the zodiac is extra strong at the full Moon.
Pluto is at critical degree of 00 Aquarius having finally moved out of Saturn for the next couple of months.
We also have the new beginning energy with both the Sun and Venus in Cardinal signs.
We can earth the fresh starts we make with all of those planets in Taurus. We may even be able to stick with new habits we truly find to be valuable and helpful at this time. Taurus loves a routine. Aquarius is a fixed air sign. With Pluto newly there we may see ourselves and the collective feel the winds of change. Venus Sextile Neptune making it easy to vibe with our dreams wishes hopes and desires. Saturn in Pisces sextile Mercury in Taurus says it may be time to give a voice to these heretofore quiet dreams and visions – even if we say them to ourselves, in the dark that is only illuminated by the light of this full Moon. A full moon that is ruled by Venus and breathes the air of beauty, of partnerships of all kinds, of exploring how to relate. We can start with that relationship that is always close by- the one with the self. It is appropriate with the Sun in Aries. We can take a love bath in the Venus-ruled full moon and feel that love take hold inside us and radiating outward to all we know and those we don’t spreading hope, expansion and peace. With Pluto at 00 degrees Aquarius, many people sharing this same intention can make a positive effect on the whole.
Lots of love to you.
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