Moon Forecast Archive

New Moon
25th April 04.24 BST

Sun at 5˚ 05' Taurus
Moon at 5˚ 05' Taurus

The earth is alive with colour and abundant growth. How many shades of green are there? The hedgerows are teaming with life. The blossom is appearing on the apple trees and how beautiful it smells! My favorite plant, the Forget Me Not covers my garden. The local wood is covered in bluebells and a wonderful blue hue blankets the ground.
The swifts and swallows are returning and the dawn chorus is amazing. The Earth astounds me; how each year the life force returns, tantalizing our senses with the different colours, fragrances and the many different species that share this planet with us.

The Night Sky.

The sunsets have been amazing. I have been enjoying connecting with the constellation of Leo and seeing Saturn. If you’re up in the middle of the night, the top part of the constellation of Scorpio is to be seen in the south. I was awake before dawn the other morning and saw the old crescent Moon. What a delight! I always count my blessings - that I am given the opportunity to witness our ever-changing skies.

The New Moon chart

Well after months of going on about the Saturn/Uranus opposition, this chart has a very different feeling. The Sun and Moon are together in the earthy sign of Taurus, giving us the impression of stability. The Sun is shining; people are feeling more relaxed and maybe the worries of the last few months are becoming a distant memory. Taurus is often referred to as one of the lazy signs of the zodiac. Taureans like to take it easy and revel in fulfilling the senses. They are very practical and naturally resist change, often enduring a given situation to well past its sell-by date. .
The Sun and Moon are in trine aspect to Pluto. This configuration continues the theme of the past couple of months, that of being given an amazing opportunity to change our values and our relationship to money. Although with Pluto in Capricorn in the 10th house, I think that it’s the government and the banks that need to change their attitudes to money.
Venus and Mars are squaring Pluto, with Venus applying to its last and final square with this planet. Maybe something that has been hidden from the people will come to light? It does seem to have gone quiet around what is happening with the monetary system.
I was lucky enough to go away recently and practically experience the pound and the euro being of almost equal value. It made everything seem so expensive. It certainly gave me a reality check and put many things into perspective.
Something that fascinates me about this chart is the strong Jupiter/Neptune emphasis. These two planets form a series of conjunctions from 27th May until 21st December 2009. Jupiter and Neptune have quite a lot in common; they can both be quite idealistic and have grand ideas; both are faith oriented. Warm hearted and seemingly wanting the best for everyone, Jupiter is religious and Neptune is mystical. As I’ve mentioned in previous Moon reports, there is a lot of activity in the heavens and this is reflected in what’s happening to the collective. Nearly everyone I come across is having some sort of profound experience. There are major shifts happening across the globe, some we are aware of and others that are still to come to light. Right now I think that the majority of the people could do with the sort of enlightening experience which at best, the Jupiter/Neptune conjunction could bring but as it could also create a lot of illusion, it’s definitely a time to be aware of false promises. On another note, because this configuration happens in Aquarius. I wonder if the sales of solar panels and wind generators will increase?

Before the next Full Moon on the 9th May we will experience the energy of Beltane.
Beltane.
We are half way between the spring equinox and summer solstice. The cross quarter days, as they are known, are the times when nature’s response to the energy changes that came into motion at the solstices and equinoxes, become very visible in its seasonal changes. The middle [15°] of the fixed signs is 45° degrees away from 0° of the cardinal signs and these points are classed as power points in time. The ancient people believed that at the cross-quarter days, the boundaries between the physical and the spiritual worlds are more permeable, which can lead to higher states of consciousness and that they are therefore a good time for shamanic journeys into other realms.
This particular ancient fire festival is known, as Beltane and falls when the sun is in Taurus. This is the time of high spring, a time when nature is alive, vibrant and fertile. Humans, animals and plants are sexually awake. The earth is wearing her green garment; the goddess is full of her plenty; the maypole is erect and there is love in the air. Couples weave the ribbons of the maypole whilst dancing around the erect phallus which is planted in the womb of the earth; the sap rises and people have the urge to play and frolic. This is the festival of the goddess of love. The wide spread fornication associated with this festival was thought to encourage the growing crops. May was a honeymoon of sexual license, when marriage bonds were temporarily held in abeyance.
The days are noticeably longer and the heavens warm and the earth blooms. This is a time of growth and evaluation.

The Full Moon 9th May 2009.
 
In the full moon chart the Sun and Moon are square to the Jupiter Neptune configuration in Aquarius. On this note l will leave with a quote from Bill Tierney from Alive and well with Neptune. “Prosperity may be in the air, but it requires that we remain alert and grounded when things open up for us. We can’t afford to be blinded by illusionary glamour or deceptive forms of invincibility. The limitations that we don’t see at the moment are still there, waiting to be confronted with Saturnian restraints later. We can’t make such limitations vanish by using a few credit cards.”

Blessing of the Full Moon to you all. Linda Day.