For those of us who live in Sydney Australia, this September new moon occurs at 07:54am Monday 26th September 2022. Readers from other time zones will need to adjust the time – you can check out your time zone here https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/
The sun and moon will be at 2º of Libra. Powerful aspects are coming in with a trine from retrograding Pluto at 26º Capricorn, and an opposition from retrograding Jupiter at 4º Aries. I will mention more on this a bit further on.
Primarily Libra rules relationships – more particularly our close relationships to loved ones, and for people in business, it includes our business partners and close collaborators. Libra highlights qualities of fairness and balance; diplomacy and integrity. As an air sign, communication is very important – Libra is looking for harmony and agreeableness, with a particular skill at mediation and diplomacy due to the ability to see both sides of a disagreement and having a strong desire to resolve issues with fairness so both sides have a win-win outcome.
Libra is ruled by Venus (as is Taurus) but we see a more refined aspect of Venus playing out in Libra due to the air element (Taurus is the earth element and is more grounded than Libra – happy to play in the garden without their gardening gloves with the worms and the dirt, Libra would mostly be careful to have their gloves on and an elegant pair of secateurs for snipping off dead flowers). Venus is social and this is where we see her really enjoying herself in Libra – social engagements around music, art and often keen participants at business breakfasts and fundraising events. Air signs have a social conscience – aware of the needs of society to function equitably and responsibly considering the needs of the individual within the whole. Libra can bring a beautiful light to relationships with its natural sense of fairness and it’s interest in making sure the other’s needs are being met.
This current new moon is receiving powerful energetic aspects from Pluto – the revealer of dark secrets and toxicity; and Jupiter – the truth seeker and expander of anything it touches. With Pluto travelling through Capricorn for over a decade, we are witnessing the unprecedented oppressive measures of longstanding outmoded “top-down” control systems of governance nationally and globally. And wherever Pluto goes, one thing is for certain – these systems are destined for collapse.
So with Pluto’s influence in relationships at this new moon, we can expect that if our behaviour in relationship has been out of balance, either too submissive or too controlling towards the “other”, then this will be “in our face” and we have the opportunity to do something about it. Avoid this at your peril! Pluto will not let us ignore problems. Counselling is a fantastic way to begin to address relationship imbalances. And a willingness to be honest about yourself: your needs and desires, and your motives.
Add to this potent mix Jupiter in Aries, we have the powerful energy of “new” coming to our aid so we can create a new vision of how we want our relationships to look like and then go about changing our beliefs, behaviours and attitude to bring about more loving and balanced relationships.
Libra requires beauty and harmony to thrive, so we can use this new moon energy to set intentions to create more beauty and harmony in all aspects of our life.
Setting your intention
Optimal timing of setting your new moon intentions is in the 8 hour period immediately following the time of the new moon, though it is still worth doing even up to 48 hours after the new moon. Check your optimal times here https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/)
To set your intentions it is important to handwrite your intentions on paper – there is something profound about the act of handwriting because your energy and intention flows through your hand and onto the page via the pen. Notice how your handwriting style may change according to your mood, so it reflects more of your inner feelings than typing on a keyboard.
It is recommended to create at least 3 intentions and a maximum of 10. Any more will dilute the energy. Intentions are phrased as wants/wishes and it is important that you write them in a way that activates your feelings so you are emotionally involved with the intention. Write them down as if they have already manifested eg I now have… Note that this is important!
Examples of intentions for this Libra new moon
- I now allow myself to listen to the other person without interjecting;
- I now accept responsibility for my part in my relationships and am easily able to honour my needs without imposing upon my partner;
- I am now open to give and receive love and affection in a healthy way that enables both our needs to be met in a beautiful way;
- My business partner and I are now communicating honestly and with integrity so we are better placed to grow our business together;
- I am now willing to seek help from an experienced counsellor to address my anger issues;
- I now de-clutter my space and create beautiful and peaceful environments with simple beautiful objects, a plant, a picture that elevate the mood.
- I now remember to stop and breathe deeply into my centre and connect to my loving heart before I enter negotiations with anyone!
- I want the compulsion to please everyone and anyone to be totally lifted from me.
- I am now OK with disagreement as I see it as an opportunity to expand my awareness and remove the obstacle of “them and us” divisive thinking.
The new moon intentions hold more power if you know which area of life they are affecting in your life. As this new moon will be at 2º Libra, look at your own chart to see what planets it may be aspecting and which house it falls in for you. (You will need to know your birth time to be sure of the house position in your natal chart.)
You can create a free chart at Astro-chart.com
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