TRANSCRIPT Ep. 263 (11.04.24)
Aquarius First Quarter Moon: Unmasked!
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Hey Invisible Good friend, April right here, and the date at this time is November 4th, 2024. Welcome to Episode 263 of the Large Sky Astrology Podcast. This week, issues are a lot quieter than final week, no less than astrologically.
The Solar makes a trine to Saturn, Venus squares Neptune, and Mercury trines the North Node of the Moon. And a First Quarter Aquarius Moon will get us transferring on our current New Moon initiatives. Plus, I reply a listener query about coping with awkward questions on astrology.
Solar trine Saturn (Nov. 4, 2024, 9:36 am PST)
The Solar makes a trine facet to Saturn on November 4th at 9:36 am Pacific Time at 12º47’ Scorpio and Pisces. The Solar’s Sabian image is 13 Scorpio, An inventor experimenting and Saturn is on 13 Pisces, A sword in a museum. What got here to thoughts for me in serious about this facet into water indicators, Scorpio and Pisces, is how useful and supportive it may be if we’re making an attempt to alter route with the issues that we flip to, to handle our feelings.
Fairly often, we’ll flip to issues like meals or consuming, smoking, any type of unhealthy habits. Typically, to attempt to assist us deal with the depth of our emotions. A supportive facet between the Solar and Saturn suggests a strengthening of willpower, and that’s very true with the Solar in Scorpio, which has a really robust will.
With the Solar on this good facet to Saturn, it’s probably we’ve now come to an consciousness that one of the simplest ways to realize our objectives is to be prepared to experiment. Should you’re an individual who has struggled with sustaining a wholesome weight or constraining your spending, not going into debt, something that it may be, the instruments that you simply’ve used earlier than to attempt to cope with this concern have most likely not labored in the long run.
So now, it’s time to search for one other approach, to search for some alternate options. I just like the image of the sword within the museum, which says, be prepared to let go of previous instruments in managing no matter concern that is. It’s additionally about letting go of previous grudges, and so typically the emotional issues that we face do include some baggage, issues that we’re carrying round from the previous and have a extremely onerous time letting go.
The Solar in Scorpio actually enjoys trying deeply into issues. It’s related to analysis, and because it makes this pretty trine facet to Saturn, it’s about the best way we take authority over our personal lives. And that may be a willingness to search for and experiment with new methods or instruments or supportive therapies.
Mercury trine North Node (Nov. 6, 2024, 6:31 pm PST)
Mercury trines the Moon’s North Node on November sixth at 6:31 pm Pacific Time, at 05º50’ Sagittarius and Aries. Mercury is on the Sabian image, 6 Sagittarius, A sport of cricket and the North Node on 6 Aries, A sq. brightly lighted on one facet. Now we have Mercury in Sagittarius right here, on a Sabian image that may be very a lot communal.
It’s about collaborating with others, listening to their opinions, sharing yours, and telling your tales to at least one one other. The North Node Sabian image is such a beautiful one for the North Node in Aries, A sq. brightly lighted on one facet. Aries is the signal of singularity, and whereas the North Node has been going by means of this signal for practically 18 months, it’s been encouraging us, inviting us to maneuver ahead on a person path to take our cues from our personal instincts about what’s proper for us, what’s essential. And I like that imaginative and prescient of the sq. that’s lighted on one facet, lets say a type of sides is household, considered one of them is pals, considered one of them is society, and considered one of them is simply you, and that’s the one which has been lit up.
This explicit transit of Mercury trine the North Node says one thing about this means of communing with others, talking with them, exchanging views and concepts, and creating a way of teamwork…is precisely what’s applicable at this second for transferring us additional within the route of the North Node’s promise about being extra really ourselves. Now we have a greater sense of self-correct if we begin to transfer in an delinquent route. And furthermore, generally it’s not till we’re within the firm of others and listening to quite a lot of completely different views, it’s not till we do this that our personal concepts are crystallized. We all know what we’re not and so we now have a a lot clearer image of what we’re.
You can get a very good piece of knowledge or a beautiful thought at this facet about transfer ahead in an impartial approach, however you should act quick as a result of this transit lasts for less than a few days. So, if a good suggestion or piece of knowledge comes your approach, on the very least, write it down. We regularly suppose that we’re going to bear in mind issues that actually seize our curiosity or consideration in a second, after which, in fact, they will slip away in a short time.
Aquarius First Quarter Moon (Nov. 8, 2024, 9:55 pm PST)
And now for the Moon Report, and it begins with the Aquarius First Quarter Moon on November eighth at 9:55 PM Pacific Time. It’s at 17º19’ Aquarius, with the Solar on the identical diploma and minute of Scorpio. The Sabian image for the Moon is eighteen Aquarius, A person unmasked. The Solar is on 18 Scorpio, A woods wealthy in autumn coloring.
Properly, the Moon’s Sabian image definitely has to do with the reality popping out, and dropping our masks, and exhibiting who and what we actually are, for good, or generally for ailing. However Aquarius is an indication that’s slightly bit rebellious. And to the extent that we now have been getting alongside and going alongside for some time, this can be a First Quarter Moon that’s unwilling to try this any longer.
That has one thing that it found on the Scorpio New Moon on November 1st that needed to do with authenticity and about remodeling ourselves. How are we altering? How are we changing into extra of our true, unmasked self? That’s the query at this First Quarter Moon, and the First Quarter part is at all times for taking motion towards the intentions that we set on the earlier New Moon, on this case, that Scorpio New Moon. So now’s the time to unmask ourselves, to cease enjoying a task that doesn’t replicate who we actually are and to take motion primarily based on instinct and never essentially in line with something that we now have executed beforehand.
It’s type of an thrilling First Quarter Moon. It goes alongside a bit really with that Sabian image for the Solar when it was trine Saturn, An inventor experimenting, and being prepared to take completely different approaches and transfer in a special route.
With the Aquarius First Quarter Moon, generally we additionally change allegiances, we discover “our folks” and we resolve to collaborate alongside them in some type of essential endeavor and in the end, one thing that has to do with a deep and true change, a metamorphosis.
I actually like that Sabian image for the Solar right here, A woods wealthy in autumn coloring, and I feel a part of us would possibly reply significantly effectively to autumn, this season of transformation occurring earlier than our very eyes. I stay in California, we don’t have quite a lot of deciduous bushes in Southern California the place I stay, and so we’re not as in tune with this dimension of autumn. However in locations the place you do see these modifications of the bushes and their colours and the leaves falling, it reminds us that all the pieces is altering, at all times, and that life itself is short-term. So on the Scorpio New Moon, and Scorpio an indication, once more, that may be very involved with all of these items, transformation, and the short-term nature of existence.
Then, at its First Quarter Moon, we act on that. We are saying to ourselves, I’m not going to be right here perpetually and the one factor we are able to actually depend upon in life is change. So that’s the tone, I feel, of this Aquarius First Quarter Moon. Of stepping out unmasked into the woods wealthy in autumn coloring, and taking our first tentative steps in the direction of a extra genuine life.
Lunar Section Household Cycle
That is the First Quarter part in a lunar part household cycle that started on February ninth, 2024 with the New Moon at 20º 40’ Aquarius.
That is very near the start of the yr and we’d nonetheless have been deciding on our resolutions for the calendar yr forward. With the New Moon in Aquarius, it’s typically one thing about getting related with society in a approach that permits us to make a change or to make a significant contribution.
So that is the First Quarter part in that cycle and signifies not solely taking motion primarily based on the newest New Moon in Scorpio but additionally that New Moon again in February that was in Aquarius. The Full Moon on this Lunar Section Household Cycle is on August ninth, 2025, and that would be the time when it’s slightly simpler to see what has developed from the New Moon beginnings at that February 2024 Aquarius New Moon. And the Final Quarter within the cycle is on Could ninth, 2026, which urges us to take a remaining, well-considered motion in that route.
Void-of-Course Moon intervals
Let’s take a look at the Void-of-Course Moon intervals for this week.
On November fifth, the Moon squares Neptune at 2:23 am Pacific Time. The Moon is Void-of-Course for 4 hours and 54 minutes after which enters Capricorn at 7:17 am. Now we have to ask ourselves when the Moon is connecting with Neptune: Are the sentiments that we now have really ours, or have we absorbed them from any individual else? This occurs generally when the Moon is aspecting Neptune.
Contemplate, are you taking a look at conditions by means of your personal eyes, your personal beliefs? Or, are you selecting to view issues by means of a lens that was inherited or borrowed from another person?
On November seventh, the Moon conjuncts Pluto at 2:37 pm Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for 21 minutes and enters Aquarius at 2:58 pm Pacific time. This can be a quick however very potent Void-of-Course interval. Conjunctions between the Moon and one other planet originally of a Void interval ask us to take time to assimilate current messages related with this planet. So we’re assimilating current energy struggles or conflicts that must do with management and what they may have taught you about your self.
On November ninth, the Moon sextiles Venus at 4:23 pm Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for 3 hours 37 minutes and enters Pisces at 8 pm. The Moon is a logo of the issues we depend on, the issues we really feel we actually want. Issues like meals, safety, household, dwelling, privateness. And Venus is the image of what we like, what we wish, what we’re drawn to.
I feel when the Moon comes collectively in a sextile to Venus, what we’re proven is there is a chance to carry these two collectively. Meaning maybe beautifying our dwelling, inviting pals to rejoice with us there. It’s a stunning facet, and it’s not an actual lengthy Void-of-Course Moon interval, three and a half hours, however what it does recommend is presently, and particularly as a result of it falls round time for dinner, no less than right here on the West coast of the U.S., that is about altering up your routine at dwelling, making it slightly extra convivial, slightly extra communal and just a bit bit out of the atypical.
Venus squares Neptune (Nov. 9, 2024, 5:15 am PST)
On November ninth at 5:15 am Pacific Time, Venus squares Neptune at 27º 21’ Sagittarius and Pisces. When Venus comes collectively in a tough facet with Neptune, which is the planet of phantasm, our eyes can grow to be open about folks or conditions in our lives. That we might abruptly notice usually are not fairly what we thought they have been.
The sq. is a constructive facet, nevertheless, and we do have the chance to construct a brand new state of affairs, a brand new understanding of a relationship primarily based on what we all know of the reality. I’ve typically mentioned that that is the facet that provides us the possibility to determine how whether or not we are able to love any individual for precisely what they’re, relatively than what we now have believed them to be. As a result of Venus is related with relationships and the folks we care about in our lives. Typically out of a well-intentioned need to suppose the most effective of the folks we care most about, we might be deceived concerning the actuality of who they’re, and which will find yourself being the case after this facet. Nevertheless it’s a fairly fast facet, once more, an affect of a day, perhaps, both facet, however there may be some type of second or consciousness that always will come about, and we are able to take note of it, or, we are able to simply type of put it again within the closet to take out and take a look at at one other time.
There’s an perception that we should always not ignore that always involves us on the Venus sq. to Neptune. And never nearly relationships, perhaps it’s additionally about spending or cash as a result of Venus is related with these issues as effectively. And we’d have been fooling ourselves about how a lot cash we’re spending or the investments we’re making. And it’s essential to be actually clear about how a lot we now have coming in and precisely what we’re spending it on. I’ve typically urged to folks, when we now have this sort of facet, that if you happen to’re not within the behavior of doing so, take a month and file each cent that you simply spend, whether or not with money, on-line, no matter it could be. As a result of it may be actually eye-opening to see the place that cash goes.
Listener Query: Dealing with awkward questions on astrology
This week’s listener query comes from listener Jeff, who writes, “As I’ve grow to be increasingly enthusiastic about astrology, I’m excited to speak about it with folks I do know. However I typically get very impolite feedback about it, like, do I actually imagine in it? How do you deal with feedback like that?”
Boy, Jeff, I bear in mind getting these sorts of feedback rather a lot after I was first beginning to examine astrology critically, and particularly after I started working towards professionally.
It’s actually astonishing to me how free some folks really feel to talk in a really derogatory approach about astrology and the way their faces would change and grow to be very derisive after they would discover out that I used to be an astrologer. I’ll get again to the impolite feedback shortly, however first, let’s take this explicit one: How does a wise individual such as you really imagine in one thing like that?
For a very long time, I merely replied that I didn’t contemplate astrology one thing I needed to imagine in, that it was extra of a descriptive language that I discovered helpful to explain the world. However over time, I noticed that, in fact, astrology requires perception.
The assumption is the concept that all the pieces and everyone seems to be related. If we’re going to draw comparisons between happenings within the sky and happenings on Earth, which means we imagine there’s a connection. Not everybody believes that, simply as not everybody believes in God, or in science, or any variety of different issues. And in case you are fervently non secular otherwise you’re an epidemiologist, you’re more likely to get some individuals who wish to quarrel with you as effectively.
So there really is a element of perception about astrology. And I suppose what I’d say is one thing like, effectively, what do you imply by perception? What do you suppose an astrologer believes?
And sometimes it’s stuff like, oh, astrology proposes there are solely 12 varieties of individuals, and that the planets trigger us to behave in sure methods. After which you possibly can tackle these misconceptions, even when it’s solely to say, effectively, I don’t imagine in these issues. And what I’ve mentioned a time or two is, what I imagine is that every one issues are related, and astrology provides me a helpful technique to discover that connection.
Now so far as impolite feedback and individuals who scoff at me, whose demeanor towards me modifications radically as soon as they discover out I’m an astrologer. It is dependent upon the state of affairs and on my temper. I’ll say plainly that I seldom discover myself in these sorts of conditions at this level in my life. I don’t have quite a lot of free time and I’m very choosy about the best way I spend it.
However let’s say that I discover myself in a crowd of individuals I wouldn’t usually spend quite a lot of time with, corresponding to scientists. I’ve scientists in my household and I’ve sometimes discovered myself at such gatherings and I’ll often simply reply questions on my occupation by saying, in truth, that I’m a author. As a result of I actually am simply not enthusiastic about getting in an argument with anybody. So, if the setting doesn’t really feel protected, I don’t make myself susceptible. Additionally, I used to be born with the Moon in Gemini, and I discover few issues in life as scrumptious as a very good dialog, or as agonizing as a nasty one. So I’m inclined to make any dialog as nice as it may be.
However let’s say I’ve misjudged a state of affairs and answered in truth that I’m an astrologer, which actually most individuals discover attention-grabbing and so they wish to know extra about it. However let’s say this individual is just enthusiastic about being insulting. And I’ve been recognized to easily pause and let their remark dangle within the air to present them an opportunity to understand simply how impolite they’ve been.
After a clumsy silence, I’d simply change the topic by saying one thing like, “You already know, let’s discuss what you do. I count on that you’d discover that extra attention-grabbing.” I imply, I don’t wish to be impolite. I additionally don’t actually really feel, although, that it’s my job to defend astrology or to defend myself for being an astrologer, and I actually don’t discover such discussions attention-grabbing within the least.
So I might know in such a state of affairs that this isn’t an individual I’ll discover it attention-grabbing to speak to, so I’m going to search for the simplest attainable technique to exit the dialog.
Now, Jeff, if these persons are folks in your personal life, your expensive members of the family, your trusted pals, who come out with these sorts of insulting questions, then, in fact, you must get into it. You need to go slightly bit deeper and defend not a lot astrology as something that you simply select to be enthusiastic about that’s not harming anyone else. Some folks have a nasty feeling about astrology as a result of they really feel astrologers try to make the most of different folks or exert management. By saying one thing like, “Oh, I do know what’s going to occur to you, I do know what’s going to occur to your life.”
However I at all times suppose a extremely good strategy is to be the one to ask the questions. Not assume why any individual has the unhealthy feeling about astrology that they do, however ask them questions. Just like the one about, “What do you suppose I imagine? Or, what do you suppose astrologers do?” And that, I feel, can open up a extremely useful dialog, which is suitable.
If any individual has earned your love and your belief in different areas of your life, it’s pure for them to be enthusiastic about your profession, if you happen to’re working towards professionally, or only a eager curiosity of yours. Particularly if you happen to’ve introduced it up since you’re enthusiastic about it and also you wish to discuss to others about it.
Oh, Jeff, I hope that helps. It’s one thing each astrologer and most critical college students of astrology have encountered and it’s not nice, nevertheless it’s really extra about them than it’s about us. So, react with kindness. And relying on the one who is asking, let that information you as to how deep you wish to go into the topic and take a look at very onerous to not take it personally.
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