handle with care: horoscopes for tonight's new moon in scorpio
Hallo sweet bbz!
Surprise moon missives has … returned?
I know.
There was a very very very long, EXTREMELY unannounced hiatus.
For a lot of reasons that perhaps will be discussed someday!
(For a different set of stars at a different time)
But! For today, here is a gift for you (in your inbox)
Horoscopes for the New Moon in Scorpio.
portraits of Georgia O'Keeffe (sun / moon / ascendant / mercury in Scorpio)'s hands by Alfred Stieglitz.
Tonight at 11:38 pm ET, the moon meets the sun at 4º Scorpio.
One imperfect cycle comes to completion and another begins.
This New Moon occurs in direct opposition to Uranus: planet of disruption & revolution.
“The queer planet” if you will.
This New Moon is ruled by Mars
in its exile
in Libra.
Today, Mars in Libra (not so strong) made an exact square to Saturn in Capricorn (very strong).
Mars & Saturn are the two bad boys.
They LOVE to say "No!"
But when Mars is in Libra, instead of saying “No!” he says “uhhhhhh...I don’t know about that…”
Mars in Libra glides in action. Mars in Libra dances.
But today, that dance met a stone wall. Saturn in Capricorn.
What have we tried before?
And what shouldn’t we try again?
If this sounds like a lot (or like a KNOT), it is.
There’s a tangled energy.
Especially as Mercury is about to station retrograde, also in the sign of Scorpio.
Though the impulse is to go ever forward, we should actually: go back instead.
Consider where you were in the Fall of 2013 (especially mid-October through early November).
What was up for review then? And what still needs review now?
Any ideas you still haven’t tried?
This is certainly a New Moon for contemplation
(though something surprising may get us up out of our seats)
Be gentle with your energy.
Be sparing.
Make an elixir of your passion and handle with care.
Blessings for this new cycle bbz & more soon xo,
J
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what follows are horoscopes for each sign.
if you know your rising sign, please read for that.
& read your sun sign as well.
if you don’t know your rising sign, reading for your sun sign is totally fine.
there’ll be something there <3 (there might be something in all of them)
these are meant to be nuggets to chew.
hopefully, there’s some bite.
these horoscopes are meant to be found.
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Aries
Cast that spell.
Lean on a beloved while you incant.
Yr lover has a gentler tongue & the right essential oils for this trick.
yr comparing yrself again so collaborate instead. ok? (it isn’t too too hard)
Get the most expensive ingredients & throw them into the fire if this is what will finally work.
Let yrself owe something. Let yrself go into debt.
As soon as you smell the spices from the roasting oven, it will be
clear that you made the right decision.
It’s okay to be cautious with yr heart & yr wallet,
but accept donations!!!
owe it all again.
Taurus
Is all that hard work serving you or are you working toward the wrong dream?
It’s not that you can’t see the dream / feel it / taste it.
You hear it.
You hear the crunching leaves.
You are doing the work of dismantling all that you once believed
In service of filling space in a different way.
Today, consider who you actually want beside you when you arrive.
Who can unabashedly join yr team?
Who can greet you at the hearth, resplendent in overalls, ready to rake leaves?
Gemini
The secret to hard work is…
Well, actually, you don’t know what the secret is.
You suspect it may have something to do with yr desires as you lie humbly
In the pits of your passion (the passion pit, if you will)
Yr smallest collage is hard won these days, even if yr due to submit a spectacle.
The goal is too far above reality.
Consider what really makes you smile.
Laugh & cry the salty tears of being alive.
The fire in yr gut lets you rise in the morning to work.
Let a glass of water be yet another lesson.
Cancer
Accept the reward. It’s time to gather yr prize.
You’ve made some excellent deals.
You signed the right agreements & said the right vows.
If you didn’t do it right, then:
you understand where you went wrong.
We get it.
Yr mature.
But don’t let yrself get so carried away.
PART OF THE ART HAS TO BE LIVED
(not just monetized)
No one hears you when you are contemplating
a warm bowl of spaghetti. Share one tonight & a bottle of chilled red wine
(running away to the desert may provide the red sand of dreams
But are you nourishing yr engine? Yr soul?)
Crack a seltzer & sing.
Leo
Everyone sees that you are lightning. A thunderstorm.
Heavy leaves on trees filled with rain & success.
You have a new public image so actually, you need a new house.
You can’t stay here, not when you look this good.
Maybe it isn’t a new home that you need.
Maybe it’s a new place to sip wine & slurp broth (you’ve a least outgrown that hideous rug)
Chat up your neighbor & listen to yr sister
Roll in the soil of your new domain.
It might seem useless
to plant seeds now
as the sun goes dim
and everything dies
but in the spring, the result will be clear.
Virgo
You love to keep secrets.
To hold the cards very close to yr chest.
Yes, the flyers are printed but your thought process remains a mystery.
You are saying something else
Which no one hears,
Unless it is a song.
Drink the water, yes.
Warningl: it’s a glass of salt. Embrace this.
Lean into yr sharp tongue.
The cathedral in the distance is in the perils of a lightning storm and you see nothing beyond
the great basin ahead.
Yr sharpest words may never pay but they can satisfy.
Don’t keep the value to yourself.
Libra
what matters, what’s valuable & what must you hold close?
Only you are responsible for yr own abundance.
So massage the kale, keep tabs on the accounts & let the goddamn river flow, bb.
You’re putting so much pressure on yrself to perform when,
Actually! You need to let go & to receive.
Accept new collaborators & say goodbye to the ones who have betrayed you.
You’re not grounded enough to follow anyone’s empty promise into a disappointing abyss.
Not anymore.
Hold something gold to yr heart (or a golden milk latte to yr mouth) &
Wipe the sweat from yr brow.
You can dance & get flowers too.
It’s easier than it seems.
Scorpio
It’s time to stop letting yrself down.
The new moon is in yr sign, bb.
You feel like you don’t know yrself, can’t see yrself.
(well, it’s not like it was last year!
It’s not like it was in 2013!)
(well… actually, it’s exactly the same)
(It’s a different geography though)
The clay mask feels so harsh (even without adding the vinegar)
Yr sister has led you astray
So hold yr own words the closest to yr heart.
You have the sweet gold elixir that you need.
It’s okay to step away to step inside
A new beginning.
A sweet festivity of you.
Sagittarius
Yr friends have been slow & careful to reply
As you wage the final battles in yr war of self improvement.
How you’ve grown doesn’t matter now though.
Breathe a sigh of relief at all you don’t have to be (never will have to be)
Check yr passport & make an appointment to sit all day in the bureaucracy spa
Yr friends don’t have stamps, but you can buy them instead.
The calamity of lost mail should be a welcome reprieve.
Have a laugh with what’s invisible.
Invite the unknown for tea.
Capricorn
Behold! A moment to gather yr community.
A moment to admire someone else’s show
Yr own star can only be seen when it’s seen within the rest of the sky.
& as you jet around the world, confirming & affirming everyone else’s story,
Don’t forget to have yr own olive, yr own martini.
You know the bar.
You know where to go.
You know that everyone will enjoy.
So plan the goddamn group show.
No use leaving yr glitter in the cabin, ok?
Aquarius
Yr stepping up into something.
Last year you got the call.
This year is the exhibit.
Imagine if you had planned this in 2013? (DISASTER!)
Yes, you are accomplished.
Yes, you have decisions to make.
Yes, you might be queen.
Where do you rest at the end of the peculiar night?
Seclusion is no longer an option and all of yr forest green pillows must be returned.
(The camouflage is neon these days)
How you are seen is very far out of yr control but you can always
Speak up for yrself.
Pisces
You are beyond capable of going where you want to go
& doing what you want to do.
How do you want to see the world?
How do you want to practice alchemy?
There’s lots to be distracted by.
Someone stole the handlebars off yr bike & yr local coffee shop has shuttered
Without a word or a goodbye.
You can worship the plants though.
You can set out on yr personal vision quest.
If you need someone else’s cue
(& I think you do right now),
Take the next text you receive as the signal you need.
Soar beyond the sea.
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