NEW MOON IN PISCES – Monday 11 March
This New Moon is the last one of the
astrological calender and is a very powerful Moon for sowing seeds
and setting intentions before the Spring Equinox, when Aries puts his
foot on the accelerator and pushes us into high gear! New Moons
signify the monthly union of the Sun (yang) and the Moon (yin) in the
same sign and are the perfect time to decide what we want to bring
forward and what we need to leave behind in the dark of the Moon. As
such they are a time of letting go, and none more so than this New
Moon! We are clearing the decks for action, cleansing ourselves for
the new cycle, and this may or may not be an easy process! There does
seem to have been a lot of anxiety, illness and chaotic feelings
around in recent times! Pisces is a wonderful sign for a New Moon
because it has magical manifesting qualities; the power of
imagination, the ability to tap into the unseen realms and to create
things as if from thin air. Now is the time to dream; to use our
imaginations to come up with what we want so that when Aries season
starts in a week or so we can put our dreams into action. Ultimately
this is a perfect moon for cleansing our minds, bodies and spirits
before the Spring Equinox, facing our shadows and leaving them behind
in the Dark of the Moon. We all have an inner saboteur, and there is
no better Moon than this one for understanding our self-defeating
habits and patterns! We may have become all too aware of how we get
in our own way over the past couple of weeks! Now is the time to
treat ourselves with compassion and forgiveness and truly surrender
to the flow of the universe, trusting that everything is happening
exactly as it supposed to.
The Sun and Moon are entwined in
sensitive and compassionate Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac and
the sum of all of the signs who come before her. Pisces is incredibly
receptive and helps us connect to the higher part of ourselves and
the hidden realms. She can easily push her ego aside (otherwise known
as the chattering monkeys!), stilling her mind and and tapping into
source, thus receiving her guidance directly from the universe. This
allows her to go with the flow, using her intuition to follow the
cues and dance to the rhythm of the universe. Pisces imagination
knows no bounds and her creativity is unsurpassed, again, because she
allows her mind to get out of the way and channels the creativity of
the universal force. She is highly sensitive and can pick up on
subtle undercurrents that are easy to miss if you are not paying
attention, which makes her a wonderful healer. She has an innate
understanding that we are all connected and from the same melting
pot, which makes her incredibly tender, compassionate and empathetic
towards all living things. It would probably cause her great pain to
accidentally step on a spider for instance, as what happens to one
happens to all! Her receptivity means that she feels the pain of
humanity and wants to do what she can to help others, although taken
too far this can lead to martyrdom and being taken advantage of by
more self-serving folks. Indeed, Pisces does also bring the
possibility of chaotic emotions, escapism, not understanding
boundaries, illusion/disillusionment, wishful thinking, deception and
manipulation, so it is not all a bed of roses!
As this is the last New Moon of the
astrological calender it represents the culmination of the whole year
before and is a time for clearing and cleansing, which could brings
some deep seated emotions to the surface as well as an awareness of
our more self-defeating tendencies whose existence we may usually
deny as they are buried deep in our unconscious. Not only are the Sun
and Moon in Pisces, but we have had a plethora of planets in Pisces
over the past couple of weeks, giving us an incredibly strong dose of
Pisces energy! We also have Retrograde Mercury causing chaos and
confusion, Venus (who is exalted in Pisces) bringing unconditional
love, Mars bringing our energy levels and immune systems down, as
well as Neptune (Pisces ruler) and Chiron (wounded healer) helping us
heal old wounds and insecurities with compassion and forgiveness.
That is quite a party! It has been some time since so many planets
were in Pisces at once, and while our intuition and capacity for
compassion may have been greatly heightened recently, we may also
have been experiencing some quite chaotic emotions, confusion and
anxiety as our imaginations get the better of us, making it all just
a bit overwhelming for us at the moment! To add fuel to the fire,
Jupiter in Gemini is forming a challenging aspect to retrograde
Mercury during this Moon, so it may be hard to stop the chattering
monkeys with all of their doubts and fears! Mercury Retrograde could
have us feeling a bit more spaced out than usual, off in a dream
world finding it hard to concentrate! This is definitely dream time
and certainly isn't the time for hard control but rather a time for
being as flexible as we possibly can so that we can adapt to whatever
life has to throw at us. We should definitely get into the spirit of
Pisces and practice going with the flow of the river rather than
fighting against it.
Literally the day after the New Moon is
exact Mars moves from dreamy Pisces into his own sign of Aries.
Pisces rules the immune system and Mars rules our drive, motivation
and energy levels, so it is quite possible that people have been
feeling rather low energy over the past month with somewhat weakened
immune systems. As a Pisces friend said recently, we are all
constantly swimming around in a sea of bugs and bacteria and it is
only when our defences are weakened that we allow them to attack our
systems and make us sick. My sense is that if we haven't allowed
ourselves the time to embrace the spirit of Mercury retrograde and
Pisces season and be still for a moment so we can relax and restore
the energy reserves, then the universe will have forced us into it.
Sometimes it takes getting sick to truly surrender and give up the
fight. Similarly, whatever happens to our bodies is merely a sign
that something is awry in our energetic field, and can show us where
we feel dis-ease. When Mars moves into his own sign it will mark the
beginning of a much more energetic, motivated and active period which
will move into full swing at the Spring Equinox on the 20th
of April. Opportunities will then start to come thick and fast as the
pace picks up so it is important to get some rest now while we can!
Now is the time for meditation, reflection and recharging our
batteries before we spring into action, all hands on deck!
This New Moon provides us with a
wonderful opportunity to tap into the source and is an amazing time
for healing, writing, creating, playing music, psychic work; anything
which involves channelling universal energy. A walk in nature can also be an amazing way to connect to source. It is also a perfect
time to look at the ways in which we contribute to our own undoing,
getting to know our inner saboteur and allowing ourselves true
compassion and forgiveness. It is so easy to forgive a friend and so
much harder to forgive ourselves for the same thing! We should use
Pisces' talent for visualisation and manifestation on this Moon,
allowing our imaginations to roam free and picture exactly what it is
for ourselves. It might even be worth drawing a picture of the life
we want, or writing it down if that is preferred. Most importantly we
should make sure that whatever we wish for is truly coming from our
heart and soul, and that what we are striving for is really a
reflection of our inner truth. We must take a leaf out of Pisces
book, putting our faith and trust that we know deep inside what is
best for us and that we just have to stop and listen. We do know deep
inside when we are going against our truth, but so often we just
ignore the warning signs and keep going anyway. It is only when we
trust our inner voice and start to follow the path that brings us joy
that life flows more easily and the opportunities start presenting
themselves to us. It is when we ignore the subtle signs and go
against our true soul's purpose we run into obstacles, feeling like
we are blocked somehow. This Pisces New Moon asks us to stop and pay
attention to the little whisper of our souls, for the more we listen
the louder it will get!
Much love
Amy
xoxo
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