NEW MOON:
The New Moon falls on Friday April 5th at 4:50 A.M. EDT at 15 degrees Aries 17 minutes. And so the circle begins anew. This is the first New Moon of the celestial year, and it represents a chance for a fresh start and a clear perspective. All New Moons give us an opportunity for a new beginning on a monthly or lunar path, but the cycles get bigger the further out from the center we move. This one starts the Solar cycle and has a stronger influence. Following that difficult retrograde Mercury we just experienced and our attempt to shake off the fallout and reboot our lives, this offers us all an occasion to do just that. Now I don’t believe that any aspect unto itself will suddenly create an atmosphere of radical change and upend all of the mistakes we have made. That’s just not a realistic approach to astrology or life. But if we use the energy of the planets correctly and aim our attention where it will do the most good we can accomplish a great deal and sidestep many potential problems. This can also be a good time to initiate a new relationship or a different level of an ongoing one.
This is a time to look ahead and make plans that may take weeks or months to complete. There is a sense of initiation now that can jumpstart your projects. Beginning a new venture on a New Moon is often a very good place to start. The wind is at your back and you can move forward without negative energy weighing you down. So look things over and try to decide which have the best chance of success. Just remember that Aries energy tends to begin things and not always complete them. So anything that you take on should have a place of resolution that you target. When I write a novel I often will compose the last few chapters very early on. This way I know where I’m heading and even if I make major changes in the end of the story as I move along, I at least have something that I am aiming for, which can help in the development of the plot and character motivation. The only difference between a novel and life is that one is more real. Though often I’m not really sure which one that is.