New Moon in Pisces: Water and Earth Support to Clear the Path

Art by Katia Honour

New Moon in Pisces: Water and Earth Support to Clear the Path

Moon conjunct Sun- 2/23/2020 @ 9:32am CST

The Storm Moon cycle begins just two days before the Pisces Sun-Mercury Interior Conjunction and Capricorn Mars-South Lunar Node Conjunction.  And though New Moons always hold a vibration of seeding your intentions to start the lunar cycle…this one is also working with forces that are working diligently to clear away the past.  In these Dark Moon days before the waxing crescent appears, the call is for thoughtful action as we release what blocks us from taking an unexplored path. 

Supporting each other through harmonious aspects in a pattern known as a Cradle (or a Trapeze), Capricorn Mars-South Node, Pisces Moon-Sun-Mercury, Taurus Uranus, and Cancer North Node are all working with Earth and Water elements.  This is a feminine, receptive cradle…where the action arises from the opposition between the Nodal Axis and Out-of-Bounds, Exalted Mars stirring things up at the South Node.  And though there are easy aspects supporting him, Mars is not likely to go easy on cutting away at what needs to go.  With such a strong and unconventional Mars at the South Node, it is more likely that many of us will be feeling the heightened urge to purge whatever has been gumming up the works on our Soul Path.  This is happening collectively, but it also inclines us to individually say ‘Time’s Up’ to something in our lives.  The releases within this time are necessary for the new ideas to come in. 

With such emphasis on the elements of Water and Earth now, we are working through the emotional realm as well as the material realm.  But with the nodes involved in the action, it is guided by our Collective Soul needs.  Here’s a list of all these forces at play in this New Moon Cradle:

Water:

North Lunar Node in Cancer- What the Collective Soul needs to take in to evolve…a need for compassionate care, emotional bonding, and intuitive response.

Moon-Sun in Pisces- The Collective Intent to bring disparate parts into wholeness.

Mercury Retrograde in Pisces- The Collective Mind releasing past dreams of an old cycle to shift perspective to new neural pathways.

Earth:

Mars-South Lunar Node in Capricorn- the increased desire to release what the Collective Soul no longer needs…a powerful severance from past patriarchal actions of constriction and supremacy over Earth.

Uranus in Taurus- Revelations and innovations in the material realm…bringing the Higher Mind down to Earth to make sudden and revolutionary changes in our relationship with Earth and her resources. 

So all together, the activity of this New Storm Moon may feel a bit unsettling, rebellious, precarious, or even dangerous…there is a safety net from the Pisces-Taurus sextile.  It allows us to be creative and innovative in our approach.  All of the planets involved, after all, currently have an air of going against the grain of what we’re used to.  This is an excellent time to try something new and say goodbye to some old ways of thinking and acting.

The Sabian Symbol highlighted by our luminaries is Pisces 5: ‘a church bazaar’.  The Way of Pisces is one of integration and fusion.  As mentioned above, this mutable water sign inclines the fusing together of seemingly different things to create a rather mystical cohesion.  Like the boundless sea, Pisces is the energy of ‘All is One’.  In this degree the group comes together, in a spirit of support and exchange, to find some meaning in a collection of varied items.  We see in this image the water/earth combination of bonding through the material experience.  There is a social element in this New Moon, as there often is when sextile aspects are predominant.  It is about establishing good rapport with helpful others…and making new associations that you might otherwise not take the opportunity to meet. 

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi