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October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

by Johnny Mirehiel

Ready for another new wrinkle? In my previous New Moon commentaries I’ve thrown into the pot a new ‘location,’ (the Southland) and a different house system (Whole Signs) than those in common usage. Now I’ll raise you the Parallax Moon. Please click HERE for a summary of explanations for these choices, or not, and then we’ll get back to discussing this Libra New Moon chart, which looks like this:

Libra is symbolized by the scales of balance, representing fairness and justice. It is perhaps no coincidence that the United States’ Supreme Court begins each new session on the first Monday of October with the Sun is in Libra. Mercury is also in Libra at this New Moon reinforcing the opportunity to think through our relationship issues, attitudes, decisions, and judgments. And while Libra energy has a strong need to connect with others, we need to be comfortable in our relationship with ourselves. When life is out of balance, adjustments are necessary in order to balance the scales, and this New Moon will give us a chance to assess how best to accommodate those adjustments with the focus on our relationship with ourselves and our intimate relationships with others, as well as all jointly-held financial arrangements.

The almost exact trine (120°) between the Sun/Moon combination and Neptune is perhaps the most dynamic aspect, aside from the New Moon conjunction itself, in this chart. This combination suggests an over all picture of creative energies which find difficulty in being carried to fruition. Nevertheless, this combination is often indicative of a keen psychic awareness that can find a creative outlet in ideal or artistic pursuits.

The 4^th House Emphasis

Let’s start with the four planet, plus Pallas, stellium in Libra. As one might suspect, this indicates a lot of focus on Libran things. As such there is a heavy emphasis on relationships this lunar month. Interestingly, Venus, Libra’s ruler, is the final planet in this stellium and the ruler of the Taurus 11^th House of our highest hopes and ambitions. This is all the more reinforcement of the importance of relationships now as they will be in high focus, although like the vacillating nature of Libra, any final resolution of those issues is likely to be deferred for the moment.

In this chart, erected for the Southland, the stellium falls in the fourth house. As you may know, this house represents everything that relates to the foundation and roots of our existence. This includes ancestry, parents in general, and fathers in particular, the home and emotional environment as well as the beginning and endings of all things, including the vulnerabilities of old age and the process of death. Deb Houlding tells us that the ancient Egyptians considered that it represented our “point of transformation” between the beginning and end of life and as such, our Spiritual Source.

Another point of interest in this chart related to the 4^th house is the fact that Saturn (28° Virgo) is conjunct to our Southland’s IC (Immum Coeli) at 27° Virgo. Saturn, the Earth planet at this sensitive point, directs our attention to things at “the root of the root” of ourselves. As the New Moon itself falls in the 4^th House, this period will be an excellent time to look at things we take seriously, especially as they relate to our innermost issues of ‘Self Identity’ and the ‘home’ which we have created for ourselves thus far.

Meanwhile, over on the opposite side of the chart, we find that Uranus is stationed at 23° Pisces, the degree of the fixed star, Markab, and a degree of sorrow and tragedy. Considering that this is an opposition to the IC, there is the possibility of a sudden and unexpected impact on those things related to the roots of the Earth here in the Southland, and that’s as gently as I can say the “E” word. This suggestion is also supported by Pluto’s position, squaring both Saturn and Venus. Representative of things deep beneath the surface, and in the Earth sign Capricorn, Pluto’s position indicates that we may indeed see some Earth shaking experiences in the outer world as well as in our Venus ruled our relationships.

This New Moon’s Sabian Symbol

According to Lynda Hill’s interpretation, “The Libra new Moon promises some interesting insights and realizations. The Sabian Symbol is Libra 25: The Sight of an Autumn Leaf Brings to a Pilgrim the Sudden Revelation of the Mystery of Life and Death. This Symbol can indicate an insight into something that can change the course of one’s life.”

Linda also looks at any Sabians’ “following degree” (she calls it the ‘Quest Degree’), and suggests that it indicates the energy immediately on the way that arises from the action of the specific degree. Now in looking at the Parallax Moon position, you’ll recall, it moved the Moon’s degree to 25 Libra 59. That is close enough for me to want to add it in looking at the suggestions for this New Moon:

Libra 26

An eagle and a large white dove turning constantly into each other.

As Linda suggests, the image represents the appropriate balance (Libra) between Strength and Love and indicates the importance of being firm but kind in pursuit of that “…change [in] the course of one’s life.” The Mystery of Life and Death spoken of in Libra 25 is just that of the trans-form-ation from one ‘form’ to another, from a state, for instance, of disenchantment to one of complete fulfillment. And it’s that kind of change that this New Moon’s energy can help effect for us.

Scroll down a click and read Lynda’s complete message here.

Jupiter Direct

As an extra added bonus, for this month’s New Moon, Jupiter will have turned direct on Wednesday the 14^th. It will mark the first New Moon since May with this “Greater Benefic” in forward motion. For those of you counting, it means that we’ve seen 146 days of Jupiter being less than its better outward self. Actually, it implies that the emphasis has been upon inner awareness and inner growth. Jupiter retrograde is more spiritual and philosophical, marking a period of time that was not particularly conducive to initiating material activities. Now, with it finally direct, you can go ahead with your plans to move things along in the material world, although the most optimal time for such activities won’t come until after next January 5^th when Jupiter finally reaches its retrograde station at 27° Aquarius.

Johnny Mirehiel is a 40-year student of spiritual, metaphysical and astrological ideas. Internationally known as the discoverer of the astrological chart of the Harmonic Concordance, he is a member of the San Diego chapter of NCGR and he has been accredited by The International College of Astrology as both an astrological practitioner and teacher. He now plies his trade in the high desert of Southern California.

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