The New Moon at 9’32 Sagittarius is exact on Sunday December 1st, 2204 at 1:21am EST. This initiates us into a new Lunar Cycle that focuses on Truth, freedom, belief and mind expansion! Sagittarius is the Wandering Gypsy and the Wild Horse running free. He does not like to be fenced in- but demands ultimate and maximum freedom!
This New Moon is fascinating as there are two opposing patterns that show up in the New Moon chart. On the one hand we have the New Moon conjunct Antares the Royal Fixed Star that confers success if obsession is avoided. The New Moon conjunct Antares is in a Grand Fire Trine with Mars in Leo and the North Node in Aries (in the Sign of Mars). The Grand Fire Trine amplifies passion, creativity, agency and power! We can MAKE THINGS HAPPEN with this New Moon- we just have to do the work to make it happen and not sit at home waiting for it to passively come to us.
Yet at the same time this New Moon is also tightly square Saturn the Lord of Karma and opposite Jupiter the ruler of Sagittarius. The New Moon is triggering the Jupiter/Saturn squares we are in the midst of from August 2024 through June 2025. Jupiter and Saturn are the two teacher Planets and they teach by very different energies. Jupiter teaches us via expansion, positivity, courage and optimism- while Saturn teaches us via contraction, reality, karma and lessons. The push pull energies of the two teachers can at times feel like being between a rock and a hard place. Jupiter says to GO FOR IT! Saturn says LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP. Jupiter says NOW, Saturn says LATER.
Interestingly the Jupiter/Saturn squares are the First Quarter trigger of the new Jupiter/Saturn cycle we are in that began back at the Winter Solstice of 2020 when these two were conjunct at 0’29 Aquarius. In my Anchoring the Age of Aquarius masterclass I talked about how this conjunction was a pivotal turning point in the Age of Aquarius energies coming into form here on Earth. Pluto, now in Aquarius for good as of November 19th, also amplifies the New Age energies we are very much in (and have been since the 1500’s according to the way the Ancient Egyptians calculated Ages).
The Jupiter/Saturn conjunction in Aquarius seeded something for each of us personally and collectively. I recommend checking the Aquarius part of your chart by House to see where the Teachers have been asking you to start something new that is your own personal contribution to the New Age. Now we are at the First Quarter Square we are being shown where we hold ourselves back (Saturn) OR where we have blindly gone for it without thinking (Jupiter). We are also being shown where we need to take a risk and go for it (Jupiter) OR where we need to put in the long hard work to build something of significance and not expect things to just come to us (Saturn). Honest self check-ins about which teacher is schooling us right now is key ;)
The New Moon in Sagittarius is square Saturn in Pisces- and Sagittarius and Pisces are the two signs most connected to spirituality, beliefs and what we have faith in. This Saturnine New Moon can challenge our beliefs and ask us to question things. When Sagittarius is present- as it is with the New Moon and also Mercury Retrograde as of November 25th- a good mantra to keep in mind would be “I am more committed to the Truth than I am to being right”. The New Moon is opposite the ruler of the Lunation- Jupiter who is in Gemini. Jupiter in Gemini is all about coming back to beginner’s mind. This is the space of openness that allows us to realize new things and have our minds blown open in the best way possible!
Tense Saturn aspects can bring heaviness- as though we are dealing with karma or limitations or restrictions that we wish we did not need to bear. Yet the thing with Saturn is he is the Dweller at the Threshold. He guards the Ring Pass Not. You cannot pass through until you have passed Saturn’s tests. Do we have the maturity, integrity, self honesty and commitment to pass through his gateway? If not we are sent back to do the work again! Saturn’s lessons are not about IF but more about WHEN. They come repeatedly over and over until we decide we want to do the work to move through them. If we miss out this time- do not worry- he will return again! But we may as well do it now- as it’s the only way to complete the karma and alter the future trajectory.
This New Moon square Saturn in Pisces can confront us with where we need to have better boundaries, where we need to be less passive and more active, or where our blind faith and belief in something needs to be balanced with a dose of cold hard reality of WHAT IS. Saturn is in Pisces after all- and Pisces is AMAZING at seeing the good and potential and possibility in everyone and everything. But the medicine for Pisces is to also learn to see WHAT IS RIGHT NOW- not what could be, should be, might be or used to be. It is from this place of seeing what is that we are better able to create what is possible. For others Saturn in Pisces could be about bringing dreams and visions into manifestation and/or facing unconscious emotions instead of denying, ignoring and bypassing.
The Grand Fire Trine in the chart supports us in taking action and setting things into motion! The North Node in Aries demands agency and action. Mars in Leo demands courage and self confidence. If we are aligned with Greater Truth (Sagittarius) we can really get things going right now. Yet we must keep in mind Mars is about to Station Retrograde next week on December 6th. The Will, Warrior and Drive will be asked to put the brakes on and deal with the past. The coming months of Mars’ Retrograde may have a one step forward, two steps backward kind of energy. But if we are willing to do the work- Saturn will reward us for it!
When we look at Asteroids there is one that stands out- the Sun and Moon are conjunct asteroid Urania by 3 minutes (almost an exact conjunction). Urania speaks to cosmic wisdom and awareness of astrology, astronomy, abstract principles, and the ability to see the Bigger Picture. Sagittarius is all about the Bigger Picture- so Urania adds a whole other dimension to Sagittarius’ pursuit of Truth.
Urania in Greek myth is the daughter of Zeus and is the muse of astronomy and the astrology. She was often seen as wearing a crown of stars on her head, and holding a globe and a compass in her hands. She represents the wisdom of the stars that can lead and guide those on Earth. She is also interestingly associated with Universal Love and she is able to foretell the future by reading the patterns of the stars. Those who study astrology and philosophy are closest to her- and she is able to inspire our imagination and thoughts in order to lift our souls upwards towards heaven!
Urania so tightly aligned with the New Moon is definitely a call to study astrology ;) But also a call to OPEN OUR MINDS to what which is greater Truth and lies beyond ordinary awareness. The Shadow of Sagittarius expresses when we think we know everything- We are right, we know it all. Hubris and self righteousness are Sagittarius shadow qualities. Urania reminds us that if we really want the Truth- we have to be open to inspiration, open to the heavens and cosmos, open to more than just our ego selves and our needs for control, dominance, safety and security. Dreams, intuition, imagery, myth, astrology and archetype can provide messages from other dimensions. We just need to have the eyes to see and the ears to hear!
This all brings me back to Antares the Royal Fixed Star and Watcher of the West- that is conjunct this New Moon. Antares is located in Living Sky Scorpius- a giant scorpion said to be sent by Gaia (Mother Earth) or Artemis (the Moon Goddess) to kill the Giant Orion when he bragged and said he was so good at hunting he could kill every animal on earth. Due to his hubris and life destroying nature- the Divine Feminine sent Scorpius to stop him from killing all of life. Zeus ended up placing both of them in the sky as constellations on opposite parts of the heavens. When Scorpius sets, Orion rises- when Orion sets, Scorpius Rises. They appear to chase each other out of the sky when the other appears!
Scorpius is the area of the sky associated with Initiation- when we move through the Scales of Libra (which used to be seen as the claws of the Scorpion) and into Scorpius- we are taken into and through the portal that leads to the Galactic Center. The Galactic Center is know to all ancient mystical cultures- as it is the direction of the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy. The GC is a place of Greater Cosmic Truth but it is also a reminder that we are not the only ones, the only life in all of existence. Being stuck there we can think we are the most important, the only human life, the only intelligence that exists. We must go to the Galactic Edge opposite the GC (at 27’11 Gemini) to get a glimpse of what lies beyond. (If you learning the deeper myths of the cosmos check out Stargate Mystery School where this content comes from- https://divineharmony.com/my-astrology-classes/)
This New Moon can activate just that- a glimpse of Greater Truth, of what lies beyond! Are we willing to open our minds, see or hear new things, be shown to be wrong about something so that we can really truly understand something that is more right, more honest, more Truthful? It is up to each of us to open our minds.
I leave you with the Sabian Symbol and Star Sparks degrees (full text below). The Sabian Symbol talks about a Golden-Haired Goddess of Opportunity – and speaks to the shadow of our modern western culture of ambition and greed. It speaks to the progress humanity elevates but by omission it also speaks to something Higher. Is there an alternate path? Do we always have to be chasing ambition, success, achievement? It reminds me of Orion bragging he could kill all the animals on earth. Is that truly success? Maybe to the ego and the war monger masculine archetype. Unfortunately this way of being creates conditions for life on earth that are not sustainable for all.
The Star Sparks degree speaks to something different. The title of this degree is ‘A star turning many different colors’. The medicine of this degree is “to empower the utmost in everybody by starting with yourself. Whatever you can let yourself become, it’s there on the shared horizon to spark anybody interested.” This is very different than the ego/hero myth of someone at the top winning. This degree speaks to a collective awakening and an awareness that what I do for myself, I also do for all of humanity. It benefits me and also everyone else. Imagine if the businesses and governments of the world were run in this way!
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Blessed New Moon to you!
~Harmony
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SABIAN SYMBOLS
by Dane Rudhyar
PHASE 250 (SAGITTARIUS 10°): A THEATRICAL REPRESENTATION OF A GOLDEN-HAIRED GODDESS OF OPPORTUNITY.
KEYNOTE: Society’s efforts at dramatizing the greatness of what it offers to the ambitious person.
Civilization as a process demands the goading of individuals to spend their vital energies in the pursuit of achievements which, while fulfilling the individual’s ambition and greed, nevertheless generate various forms of what we call “progress.” This sequence of symbols mainly refers to the drive for advancement along “human, all too human” paths of growth.
This is the last symbol of the fiftieth five-fold sequence. We see in it how socio-cultural forces operate by dramatization and propaganda. The result is all too often a process of FORCED GROWTH.
STAR SPARKS
by Ellias Lonsdale
Sagittarius 10
A star turning many different colors.
Life in the Earth is a perpetual multiplicity stew. When you first come upon it, this experience is chaotic, scattering, confusing, even disorienting. But then you start to get into it, and everything turns.
You begin to discover that your own soul is a breeder of lifetimes, identities, realms of experience and that at the center of it all, there are just further ripples of this process. If you are skillful, adroit, and willing, you begin to unfold a path for yourself that can get you through the primal impact of meeting yourself everywhere and being blown away by what you meet.
Most sharply, you discover how to enjoy what at first seems too much to take. As you gain your leverage and your humor, you turn your worlds into a wide-open process that you are always in the midst of and always forming yourself through. Such great permission to be everywhere, nowhere, somewhere, wherever. Every bit of it is needed badly.
For you start to find that you are contagious by a subterranean route and that what you radiate gets through. You leave a very strong impression. So the knack you are after is to empower the utmost in everybody by starting with yourself. Whatever you can let yourself become, it’s there on the shared horizon to spark anybody interested.
If you really work on it, a much greater capacity comes into being. This is to bring spirit to birth through you all the time. The whole of existence wants to overflow through your presence. You don’t need boundaries. You just need to go deep enough to find the space open in here.