A First Quarter Moon Time for Change

Wednesday's First Quarter Moon reminds us that while we are here for multiple reasons, not the least of which is to grow in our understanding of ourselves and of each other, there are circumstances that inevitably come up to waylay us in that effort and that seem to present impassable obstacles to our journey forward into wholeness. This current configuration emphasizes these potential difficulties, with Saturn - planet of limitation and restriction - looming large. This is the natural cycle of the lunar phases; at first glance the road seems clear before us and then the nitty-gritty details and the annoying practical considerations weigh in, beginning to make the final result of our endeavor so much more complex in its reality orientation than we had originally thought.

This follow-up phase to the potent New Moon of mid-December features a very close Saturn-Pluto sextile that will be nearly perfect by the end of the week, Friday, December 21st, just as Jupiter also comes in to close quincunx alignment with both, a yod formation focused on this Lord of the Future. The Moon on Wednesday is also conjunct Uranus just as the Sun begins its contact with Pluto, a forming conjunction that will extend into greater strength with the Solstice on Friday, December 21st and grow in intensity over the remainder of this end-of-year period, perfecting on the 30th. We are caught up in the vice of powerful change and we ignore the signals to our detriment, both those of astrological import and those that come to us in the form of tragic current events.

This date of the yod to Jupiter, the 21st, is also of course the date of the storied 2012 Winter Solstice, the Mayan Calendar end date which has received so much attention over the past few years. Certainly according to Western Astrology as well in the Mayan system, we are in the midst of a powerful time of bringing new consciousness into being, in the context of a decade of change. Since media and public attention is more focused, we as a society can benefit now by whatever serves to bring greater awareness to bear on our current situation, which is in fact in desperate need of radical transformation, individually as well as culturally. The very structure of our individual lives, as well as of the society that gives us sustenance, must change in order to survive. This is an extreme statement but one that is called for by the extremity of the times that we are now living through, over these past few years and into the end of this decade of the Turbulent Teens.

With the yod forming from Saturn and Pluto to Jupiter in Gemini, perfecting on the 21st, this end-of-year time, and the year it initiates, is indeed one major focal point of the energy for cultural shift. There is optimism in the Jupiter emphasis, especially to the extent that we can wake up a little and recognize where indeed we are, and who we are. We have a massive opportunity now. We can each one of us become a holographic star point, seeding the cultural transformation that must inevitably follow. When we ignite one candle the darkness recedes by that crucial quantum leap, and we more fully inhabit our true nature as the facilitators of the light.