LIBRA NEW MOON October 6, 2002 4:18 am PDT; 7:18 am EDT Sun and Moon joined at 13.01 Libra << "The Swans" mandala by Novella Maia -- click on image for larger view
Sabian Symbol: "In the heat of the noon hour a man takes a siesta -- the need to allow the functions of body and psyche to 'digest,' free from external pressures, the complex experiences of social living and particularly of business."
What does listening to the zodiac do for us at each moon cycle?  It attunes us to the yet living quality of this ancient rhythm.  It sharpens our senses to new ways to bring ourselves forth.  It puts us on the alert -- as an animal living in the wild -- to something new in the air...

Libra New Moon 'Scope
by Dana Gerhardt
 

Serenity!  Serenity?  With all that’s going on in the world and our busy lives right now?  Exactly!  Nobody says it better than astrologer Steven Forrest, who writes in The Inner Sky, that Libra describes…

“…that part of ourselves that is bothered by nothing, offended by nothing, shocked by nothing.  It has signed a perpetual peace treaty with chaos. 

A bus station in Georgia.  Our car is ditched three miles away in the rainy night with a burned-out engine.  To our left, the pay TV exhorts us to use more deodorant.  To the right, a ghetto blaster is screeching out three-year-old disco tunes.  An announcement comes over the PA system.  Our bus has been delayed another two hours.  Do we care?  No:  it is just life.  No reason to get upset.

The goal for Libra, as for all the signs, is a transformation of consciousness.  In this case, it is the attainment of an unbreakable inner harmony.  …  Libra’s endpoint?  So simple to say, so hard to do.  It is to calm down.”  (pp. 66-67)

To get more personal about what you can best grow this cycle, know that astrology typically answers “what” questions by looking at houses.  Look to the house of your birth chart where the New Moon falls:  here’s your personal seed bed.  Here lie opportunities, old and new business that have been waiting all year for this moment to start their germination.  Chances are that the Sun’s transit through Libra (since September 22) has already been revealing what new balance needs to develop for you this cycle. 

Astrology typically answers “how” questions with signs.  Signs suggest the kind of energy we need to bring to our endeavors.   We all find some signs more comfortable than others, so at each New Moon we’re challenged to either further develop a sign (or style of being) that’s easy for us, or to explore and deconstruct our resistance to an inherently more difficult energy.  Your ease in “calming down” this month can alert you to where you are in the Libra journey this cycle.  Negative Libra qualities include being indecisive, acquiescent (going for peace at any price), fickle, and argumentative.  If you find these as part of your Libra expression, imagine the Libran scales in front of you.  What would you need to put in the other bowl to bring balance to this situation? 
 

 Drop into our Mooncircle for October/November 2002:

• The daily moon sign, phase and aspects... 

"At the New Moon refresh your animal nature, senses awake, happily, simply aware of being alive..." (Today's Moon)
 
• Meditate on Casting a Venus Spell of Love and Peace, with Pythia... 

"Can Venus take the war out of warriors? Traditionally, the mythological task assigned to Venus was that of civilizing and refining - for a society with no Venus was a culture without beauty, art, and diplomacy. Her placement in Scorpio as she begins her retrograde phase suggests that she is at her seductive strongest these days, doing her best to entice the world away from a path of violence and destruction. ..." 
(New Moon Meditations)
 
• The Work of the Season: Sharing, with Dana...

"Our five-year-old magnanimously granted one horse to the others, keeping seven.  ''Are you happy with that?'  No, the two shook their heads.  Everyone was quiet.  Then our girl gave up three more horses:  four for her, four for the two of them.  Are you happy with that?  Sensing that recess was nearing its end, the two nodded 'Yes' and ran to the playground.  It wasn’t fair – but it worked.  And for Libra to work, we’re often asked to soften our notion of what is fair.  Does everyone feel good about it?  Then it’s fair enough. ..."
Season Teachings
 
• Join us for a Full Moon ritual on October 21.

• And you're always welcome to take up the Talking Chalice!

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