October New Moon 2023

• New Moon, Solar Eclipse in Libra 15 October 2023, 3:55am (local time - Bilpin, Australia)

Eclipse season is here! This one feels like it is priming the pump for the Lunar eclipse happening on the 29th. This New Moon finds us with a stellium of Pallas-Mercury-Moon-Sun-South Node all working together to push a Libran agenda. Remember key words for Libra: "Yes, and..." Open the doors and invite all to sit at the table. Everything has a voice, everything belongs. Lets face it. High Libran energy has its work cut out for it in our modern divisive society of cancel culture, dubious politics and me-first capitalist agendas. But also remember that Pallas-Athena is the warrior goddess who never lost a single battle. But she is not the warrior of brute force, rather she is the strategist, the one who understands patterns and landscape, weather conditions and human nature and all the things that make winning a battle a clear process rather than a messy one. Mercury is the storyteller, trickster, messenger god. For Mercury no way is ever barred. He passes without hindrance between the Under and the Over Worlds - the only god who could do so. He can weave any tale. We have been conditioned think that facts are immutable and if one simply pays attention to them then Truth is revealed. But none of us are naive enough to really believe that anymore. And it doesn't even take lying or scheming. We live in a world blessed with paradox. Most of what is true is simply a matter of perspective. And sure, we can know this in some enlightened corner of our hearts, but when we are stuck in our own story - our fear, our trauma, our pain or resentment, we can forget this little piece of magic. We can forget all about paradox and possibility and can instead believe ourselves overmuch and put up walls and barriers where none need to exist. We can make our lives smaller and we can trap ourselves through our own miserly expectations of possibility. This Libran New Moon is a time when this habit can shift - maybe not with everything, maybe not in all the ways, but to change all big patterns, only one small tiny part needs to shift, and not even that much. Add a bit of time and before you know it everything is different. Eclipses count on this. They are the chaos principal - the wild cards. Libra is cardinal air - so it begins new ways of thinking, it initiates new mental constructs, it opens the doors in our mind and builds bridges between seemingly separate things to find commonality, balance and harmony between them.

The South Node is also joining in this New Moon energy. The South Node is also called the Dragon's Tail - as such it shows us where the shit comes out! It shows us where we need to let go and release, purge and purify. Libra energy focuses relationships, on the other - but unhelpful Libran expression is when it does so and forgets itself in the equation. Then we get a lot of projection. It doesn't even have to be the kind of projection that only sees everyone else looking like a jerk. Often when Libra energy is being unhelpful, it negates itself and becomes obsessed with the other and what they are doing and thinking and feeling. It forgets it has agency and projects all of its power onto something external. This can lead to the Libran hell of trying to create too much compromise. You know the one, where everything loses and little is gained but a frazzled look. Don't do that! Purify your Libran energies. Being open and trying to hold everything are not the same things. If you are trying to make everything work, please everyone and erase your own needs, you are going to lose sight of what actually matters. Be the fulcrum. Be in possession of your own capacity and of your own power. Be honest. Being open requires one to be strong in their own root, centered, interested and engaged, while at the same time willing to allow things to rise up or fall down according to their own natures. This is no small ask. It means that you have to own your own story. Know that you are the creator of it. You are the one making connections between things - inviting them in or trying to wall them out. This New Moon is not so much about changing your story, as it is about recognizing that you are its creator. You cannot have all the things. You cannot please all the people. You cannot manifest all the dreams or follow all the roads...so you must choose, you must strategize, you must decide what is important and what is your bottom line goal. And then, you must be willing to be open to what arises, even if it looks 'wrong'.

Like i said, this is a big ask, but it is a one with many rewards, as this New Moon is also the apex of a Yod (aka: Finger of God) configuration with Jupiter-Uranus in Taurus (sudden but determined changes in our tangible reality that brings us into better alignment with our personal Faith and Truth) and Neptune in Pisces (unity consciousness) as the base. Yods are never easy to manifest, but they are a bit of divine suggestion to do so. One of the best ways to help activate a Yod, is to lean into the polarity point of the apex (also the mid-point of the base). With this New Moon, we actually have the North Node and Chiron in Aries there. This further emphasizes that the key to bringing about more of that high Libran energy is by owning where we are caught by our own pain story. The North Node or the Dragon's Mouth shows us what to be hungry for, what to seek out and ingest into ourselves as nourishing food. Chiron always shows us a very legitimate wound which while we cannot necessary heal/negate it, we can actually choose to grow bigger than it and find a lot more room around it. Chiron always shows us a trap of victimhood mentality where we are caught. He shows us where we forget we have agency and simply focus on our pain. Chiron teaches us to acknowledge our pain, and then behave as though it didn't matter. Not to ignore it, but also not to make it worse by adding suffering on top of it. All of us feel pain. We don't have much choice in that. But pain and suffering are two different things. Suffering happens in our minds... and no one can think your thoughts but YOU! Its time to be a warrior (Chiron in Aries) when it comes to your own trauma. Don't let it beat you and make your life and your possibility smaller. Don't let it steal your compassion or your agency or your vision for the future. Find your courage. Find your determination. Claim your power. Stand there in the mess that is you and make no apologies, beg no forgiveness, simply take responsibility for what is yours to do AND DO IT (ruler Mars in Scorpio and Pluto in Capricorn). You have the power to change your story. You don't have to be a victim to your own habituated thought patterns. We don't have to stay in patterns of fear and anger, powerlessness and separation. The garbage can here looks volatile and reactionary. Being hurt or having trauma is actually no license to act alike an ass. You are responsible for your own actions - and your own boundaries. If someone crosses a line, well, be in possession of yourself and your own story. Let them know. You don't have to be a jerk or even quietly resentful. Neither of those things are actually even very interesting options. You get to have your boundaries and you get to have your pain. And what you do with those things are also your responsibility and thus reflect on you, not on anyone else.

You may experience people stuck in their pain stories and unable to navigate that well. You may feel pressured by self or other to compromise or play nice where you don't have to capacity, energy or resources to do so in a healthy way. You may encounter overwhelm and anxiety this New Moon. Breathe. That is the first step. Its cardinal air, remember? What you do at this time matters. How you act, what you say, what you choose to tell yourself. Venus, the ruler of Libra has moved into Virgo, so this is a time of powerful discernment. This is not a time to try and control or micromanage a situation or someone else. Any attempts at manipulation will likely not have the desired results, however well intentioned or planned out. Its eclipse season, so all kinds of carefully laid plans and ideas are likely to slide sideways. If folks around you are using you as a mule to carry around their baggage, its really time to decide for yourself what story you want to continue to be a part of. This New Moon in Libra is not so much about focusing on 'the other' - but rather focusing on your part in engaging with the other. Take back your projections and take back your power. This New Moon is about self-possession - staying in your own root (Venus in Virgo) while keeping a loving heart (Moon in Libra) and an open mind (Mercury in Libra) and bringing your conscious awareness to bear on how you relate (Sun in Libra) to others, to yourself, to your story and how best to navigate the hurdles of being oh so very human (Pallas in Libra).

Good Luck Everyone! (Like i said, this Solar Eclipse is just priming the pump)