from the chair: 17th October 2020: New Moon in Libra

Hi everybody!

In the light of the Libran Sun we’re in a profound time of karmic resolution, when divine justice is front and centre. Of course, Libra brings this energy every year but at this time on the planet we are rapidly shifting consciousness as more and more of our number turn away from the old world of fight and flight to seek refuge in peace and harmony. The fact is we’re so tired, not just of this year but of a lifetime, lifetimes of doing battle in the world.

The global makeover of 2020: Out of disruption and chaos...new growth

The everyday challenges of 2020 have been exceptional with the world and its systems disrupted, a disruption predicted by astrologers for years. How that would come about was an unknown quantity. However, it’s certainly demanding a change in our thinking and our everyday lives.

Libran Time: The balancing act!

2020 is the energy of double 2, a 4 year. Even as the old foundations are being disrupted and disturbed, we are establishing new ones. Our ‘bones’ and framework may be breaking but the healing continues.

It’s a tricky pathway to the hope of harmony and love:

The promise of Libra is peace and love but the path through this time involves negotiation, conversations with ourselves and others as we bring things back into balance that were out of balance.

14th October: Mercury ‘stationing’

Whew! This has been a powerful one from 13th to 15th as I write. Confusion all around, exhaustion and addled thinking sums up what it has been for many of us. Trying to get a catnap to give myself breathing space seemed out of the question. Hoping that these influences will lessen once Mercury gets moving from the 17th October.

Let’s hope this initial confusion and exhaustion isn’t setting the tone for the Mercury retrograde period of the next 3 weeks. With our two movers and shakers, Mercury and Mars both in retrograde, it will be a slow few weeks with the promise of action from 4th November when Mercury moves direct in Libra and then 14th November when Mars stations direct.

It was a bit challenging getting this update completed as my mind wanted to switch off and wander in the Scorpio cave. Happy New Moon everyone and hope we all get it together somehow over the next few weeks.

The big identity makeover this year:

Mars retrograde in Aries...highlighted at the New Moon in Libra

With Mars currently retrograde in Aries, the focus is vey much on identity, the battle to be ‘me’ without condemnation, criticism or judgement being meted out. And with the Sun travelling in Libra, birthing the Libran New Moon on 17th, committed one on one partnerships are right in line for possible disruption as our spirit rises up and confronts ongoing possibly long term suppression of identity in partnership.

It doesn’t have to be a battleground if all parties can hear out the other. This could be marriage, family, employers, colleagues.

Issues arising at the personal level are really challenging us to get down to basics, to our deepest values, our most important priorities and most of all to see ourselves through loving eyes, accepting ourselves with all our human 'shortfalls'. Let's remember so many of these perceived 'shortfalls' derive from the construct of societal benchmarks.

Reclaiming shadow aspects with love:

When we feel most vulnerable, we are open to feeling love and compassion for ourselves and our personal struggles. We are finding new aspects of ourselves that have been hidden, buried, gifts, talents which have never been recognised let alone utilised. As we accept Mars gift of courage to be ourselves, our inner fire and drive ignites.

Be patient, this navel gazing time is with us until 13th November when we start to get the full picture. However, Mercury retrograde in Scorpio is also revealing secrets of the mind and Venus is cleansing our heart of pain and projections, arrows of rejection from others.

17th October:

New Moon in Libra 23 degrees 53 Libra at 6.31 am AEDT

Birthing peace

Looking for the higher vision, restoring peace and harmony: The Libran New Moon births our new lunar month in the hope that we can build peace, harmony and love, that we will raise our spirits in this troubled world and look to the dove of peace, the dove of the holy spirit to lift up our vision and hearts to restore our faith in the ideal. The Sun and Moon are aligned, united in focus and purpose.

Plant the seeds with a view to the potential: Fly high sweet dove!

The New Moon is the darkest time of the lunar month, a time when we set the intent, and plant the seeds for the next month. I’ve taken some poetic licence with the image as it seemed to capture the essence of the potential for this month and to remind us of the ideal of peace and love, the light of the holy spirit pouring into us.

Love, partnership, marriage, justice and equity: United we stand!

Libra rules love and committed partnership, marriage, equity, justice, peace and harmony. Venus as ruler of Libra is the overarching energy. How much do we value love?

We’re called to bring partnerships into peaceful resolution of any

outstanding issues. This includes business partnerships and all one-on-one partnerships of friends, in the family. How much can we achieve when we’re on the same page?

Mars a key player at the New Moon: ‘Me’ and ‘We’...working it out

With Mars retrograde in Aries opposing the New Moon, we find our ‘I am’ divine self rising up to express the self, the identity within context of the partnership. That’s the ideal. Or we could find our ego wanting to do battle with any partnership situation whether at work, home, family, marriage. The individual spirit wants equity and justice. How we go about that is

up to us.

Capricorn team of 3 challenging the New Moon:

A growth opportunity!

The Capricorn team of 3 are still very much in play squaring off to/challenging the New Moon and Mars forming a T-square. The ‘missing leg’ of the T-square in Cancer is where we might find resolution of any conflicts, disagreements or battles that may arise during this next lunar month. Cancer rules the past, ancestors, home, family, childhood home, mother. Any or all of these areas may provide answers to resolution of conflict.

Saving graces: Planetary aspects that uplift and mitigate the challenges of this New Moon

The New Moon/Sun in positive trine to the north lunar node of Gemini: Whooo! Up we go!

Opening the door to higher consciousness, the communication channels with higher consciousness, with the emphasis on elevating our language and communication in relationships, one on one partnerships.

The need to communicate our thoughts and feelings within partnerships is key to building relationships. The words need to come from truth, the truth of who we are and how we really feel without fear of being mocked or put down with the knowledge that we are revealing ourselves, feeling safe to be vulnerable. This is just one of the themes for this new moon. With Mercury retrograde, all manner of confusion can be unravelled.

Venus in Virgo opposite Neptune in Pisces: Our heart rises!

Our hearts are in the purification process, shedding projections and reflections from others, bringing ourselves into the truth of who we are. As we discover our true feelings emerging from the collected chaos of life’s relationships, we hear the call of Neptune in Pisces, elevating our hearts to that of higher consciousness.

If, however, we are still in process with the purification, this New Moon will help us disconnect from the emotional whirlpool of the collective unconscious.

The state of unconditional love on the planet:

It’s an ideal, an aspiration, a deep desire

The Libran New Moon offers the potential of unconditional love, of love beyond fighting for supremacy, a love that depends upon acceptance without sacrificing our idealism, upon the belief and understanding that people across the world want to be loved and accepted for all that they are without provisos or conditions placed upon them.

We’re far from achieving this state of love on the planet. The divorce courts, domestic violence figures and employment injustices will testify to the state we’re in as far as achieving harmony, peace and love in our committed partnerships.

Sabian Symbol for the New Moon: From Lynda Hill www.sabiansymbols.com

New Moon and Sun: Libra 24

A THIRD WING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF A BUTTERFLY

This Symbol can show imbalances of many kinds; physical, mental, spiritual or emotional. Understanding and accepting fragility and differences in our self and others can give greater empathy for those who have difficulty operating efficiently in the world. When the transformation into full potential occurs, it is wonderful, however, you may feel that you are unnaturally developed or somehow lopsided in the emotive, intuitive realms. Instinct may swamp logic or logic may take from instinct or intuition. Physically, one side of your body could work more efficiently or smoothly than the other. It helps to try to regain balance and equilibrium – try finding that still space in the middle. Creative overbalance. Oddities. Beautiful imperfections. One side being more perfect than the other. Being light and flippant. Savants. Bodily impairments and handicaps.

Golden Oldies:

‘Love is a beautiful Song’ Barry Crocker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LDJtLdvTzA for the New Moon in Libra

‘Get me to the church on time’ Frank Sinatra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sEZ8H8343c New Moon love and marriage

‘Give Peace a Chance’ John Lennon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZJPu7qy0kc

‘Let there be peace on earth’ Vince Gill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ

Upcoming Dates:

23rd October: Sun to Scorpio

28th October: Mercury Rx enters Libra

28th October: Venus enters Libra

Until 22nd November

That’s all folks! Hugs all around!

Think pink!

We’re in the month of pink, the invitation to love and peace within and without. But are we ‘in the pink’? As the anger continues to erupt around the world, it’s our call to hold steady, access the light of higher consciousness and thus access the ‘magical’ manifesting power in the rectification of imbalances. With so much emphasis on our physical world this year, the dense energies of Capricorn, our physical bodies have been a huge focus for our healing process.

We are progressing, just ever so slowly as Capricorn demands, one step a time. Well this lunar month promises a little light fluffiness if we can fill our hearts, minds and bodies with pink light. Keep working with the gold or whatever colour comes to mind and finish with a flush of pink unconditional love.

There are some tense times coming up as we enter the Scorpio solar month on the 23rd October but Mercury and Venus both entering Libra on 28th will help us align hearts and minds in Libra. What a balancing act!

Love and blessings to us all as we negotiate these last months of 2020. The light is at the end of the tunnel as by mid November Mercury and Mars will both be moving forward and then....whooosh! On to December’s big change heralding new ways for 2021.

helenbea