New Moon in Libra: Patience in our Impatience

 

'Woman Holding a Balance' by Johannes Vermeer

New Moon in Libra:  Patience in our Impatience

Moon conjunct Sun- 10/16/20 @ 2:31pm CDT

 

Satisfaction, success, peace, and the ‘Aha’ moments of our lives are the very things that shift us into who we are as humans.  But they don’t happen every day.  For some, they don’t happen very often at all.  Sometimes it just is what it is, and sometimes we’re actually missing opportunities to shine.  In the latter case, we’re almost always standing in our own way to achieving the many things that make us happy with ourselves. 

And so we become frustrated, bitter, angry, and disappointed with ourselves or the world around us (often both).  For many, these dissatisfied feelings are more frequent and obvious.  It’s especially obvious because it often hurts to feel them.  We can’t miss what hurts. 

And, depending on the circles of voices you surround yourself with, you may hear so often how you have the power to manifest anything with intention at any time.  The truth is, not everyone is wired with that Manifestor Magic.  Most of us have different, but equally important, magical wiring.  Most of us have to wait for invitations to respond with our magic.  Some very lunar beings have to wait a moon cycle.

And in this culture of convenience…patience is a lost art. 

I bring all this up because we are all wanting to manifest dramatic changes in our lives and in our world…even those who want a change against these growing changes so that things can stay the same. And pretty much everyone is dissatisfied on some level…with the state of the world, with humanity, with ourselves.

For those who follow Astrological transits, we can see this tension pool into the heavy emphasis of the Capricorn Council at this New Moon…creating a sharp edge that demands a big structural change to outmoded operating systems.  The Capricorn Council (especially Saturn, Pluto, and Jupiter) have had a weighty influence on this year already.  And now they’re at the apex of a Cardinal T-square with Retrograde Mars-Eris in Aries and our luminaries in Libra.  We humans notice the frequency of squares, especially in activating Cardinal signs, whether we have technical terms for the feeling or not.  We notice them because, often, they hurt in some way.  They create enough dissonance with ourselves to provoke a change.  And creating a change to alleviate the clash is really the point of the squares…the dissonance itself is actually the invitation we’ve been waiting for.

'The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame'
by Georges de la Tour

So while our frustrated efforts to push forth our will to act have been getting many of us down lately…this Libra New Moon opposite the Retrogrades of Aries invites us to be patient in our impatience.  Mars Retrograde in his own sign shows us that there’s a perspective on activity that we’ve been missing in all our rushing.  And this Libra New Moon illuminates how peace grows patiently from a seed.  In these newly planted perspectives, there is also the death of old ones that we are asked to make peace with.  The amplified death cries of what is on its way out are so loud now and full of fight that it appears as if they are getting worse…getting out of hand…getting stubbornly fixed into the very fabric of who we are as humans.  This is an illusion.  What is real is that everything is changing.  We’ll all look back on 2020 as a crucial turning point between the way things were and what we were meant to become.

So, the opposition to this Libra New Moon clues us in that we may get increasingly frustrated in this long process of change we’re moving through.  Libra, full of consideration for others, teaches us to not react out of anger when we feel frustrated by having to weigh things out before we respond.  Consider that we are all feeling some level of this personally…even those you don’t want to relate with as human beings.  Libra New Moon points to the purpose of relating. 

In every New Moon, we don’t see Luna in our sky.  A potential is born from this darkness, but it takes some days to grow into our awareness.  If you notice you have been feeling frustrated, or continue to feel frustrated, with your desires being impeded lately…sit with that frustration.  Feel it.  Let it wash over you and finally dissipate…every time it arises.  It is not your natural state of being…it is a momentary indicator to realign.  No matter how long, or how many times, it takes.  This is how we adapt in these hard times.  This is how we make peace with our feelings.  We feel it so that it may move us onward. 

Things we couldn’t possibly plan for are coming our way in this lunar phase.  Some may seem good, some may seem not so good.  Ultimately, it’s all neutral…but still shocking.  Mercury (the Collective Mind) has just stationed retrograde in Scorpio a few days ago…and is now moving back into opposition with Uranus Rx in Taurus, the planet of Group Awakening.  By the Full Moon in Taurus (Oct. 31^st), these Uranian surprises will be fully illuminated, fully felt.  So taking the time now to rest in our potential for peace in these times of great change, as the Libra seed of this year is planted, is crucial to our adaptability in whatever changes are coming.  And with this New Moon at Libra 24, the Sabian Symbol is ‘a third wing on the left side of a butterfly’.  The very symbol carries the imagery of one of our most transformative (Pluto) creature teachers with a surprising and unique (Uranus) adaptation. 

And because Libra is a Venusian air sign, allow yourself some time to connect with others who help you to feel at peace with yourself and what you are experiencing.  It is true of humans that in our toughest times, we get by with a little help from our friends. 

 

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi