NEW MOON FORECAST NOV 30 TO DEC 8

Ok, this week launches us into December with MERCURY Rx opposite JUPITER Rx and then conjuncts with the SUN. MARS turns retrograde, VENUS enters Aquarius while conjunct with PLUTO and NEPTUNE is stationing direct, amongst many other things. Its been a swirly time this last month with plenty of Neptunian uncertainty and Plutonic fears in the field as we experienced a sea-change in the energies. The closing month of the year will be a opportunity reset and course correction into those energies and a set-up for the epic-ness of 2025.

As the MOON conjuncts the SUN for a NEW MOON in Sagittarius on the 30^th they are just coming off a trine to MARS which will add some fire to this dark of the MOON. It may be hard to feel settled but with a concurrent semi-sextile to JUNO it may be a productive time to nurture your close relationships in some way. It is involving the NORTH node of our destiny through a GRAND TRINE in Fire with MARS, a sextile to the SOUTH NODE of our past. Let’s be deliberate in co-creating the quality of the bonds we want with people. MERCURY being retrograde is asking us to slow down and think before we act and be open-minded with any anticipated outcomes.  All relationships are a work in progress that need care and feeding to thrive and labor to undo properly if that is the right thing to do. There is no “Easy Street” when it comes to human affairs.

VENUS is approaching a trine with disruptive and innovative URANUS Rx that peaks on December 2^nd. Also on that day, MERCURY Rx lands in a second trine with CHIRON Rx while sextile to LILITH. This puts LILITH into an opposition with CHIRON Rx forming a Wedge pattern. Any tension in our relationship with the Dark Feminine and the mysterious will be activated through our communications or travels. Perhaps it would have been a good day to practice some healing magic, but because of the retrogrades it may not turn out as hoped or go smoothly. Proceed with caution and keep your eye out for signs or inspirations for doing something along those lines later when MERCURY direct trines CHIRON Rx on the last day of December and sextiles LILITH again on Jan 6th.

Wednesday December 4th could be an interesting day. The SUN is getting close to exactly conjunct with MERCURY Rx and on that day forms an activating half-square (semi-square) with VENUS, PLUTO and the MOON plus a square with SATURN. This will likely throw all sorts of glitches concerning our relationships and finances that will require our response. MERCURY Rx being within 3 degrees of the SUN is ramping up our confidence that our ideas are sound. This is majorly abetted by an opposition to JUPITER Rx. Unfortunately, this is very likely to balloon into overconfidence in this case because of the retrogrades. Since MERCURY Rx is so close to the SUN it will also have a semisquare to VENUS, PLUTO and the MOON as well as an awkward semi-square to LILITH just as it enters spooky Scorpio. LILITH will consequently be square PLUTO and VENUS and the MOON. Semi-squares, like squares goad us to make an either/or choice of response to the pressure but act more underneath the surface and unconsciously. Confusing and vague NEPTUNE Rx gets in the act by being sextile to VENUS, PLUTO and the MOON that day. Agitation and anxiety and feeling that subtle unseen forces are against you can be the feelings of the day. It is best if you can use the intuitions and thoughts you receive now to inform future actions, rather than make any irrevocable choices. MERCURY catches up with the SUN again on February 9, 2025 while trine to LILITH. This is likely to be a more auspicious time for signing on the dotted line, so play the long game this week if you can.

This action continues on the 5th when MERCURY Rx exactly conjuncts the SUN. It is said that a planet has reduced influence when it is combust the SUN because it is completely absorbed into the SUNS energy. Significantly, MARS stations retrograde that day too. Perhaps we will all feel a bit brain dead or fatigued that day. MARS goes retrograde about every 2 years as it makes its closest approach to Earth. MARS Rx will slow our roll significantly and give us time to reflect on our direction and motivations, especially as it overlaps with the MERCURY Rx for a week or so. It will go direct on February 22nd, which ironically is just a few days before VENUS goes retrograde itself which will compel us to reflect on the flow of things we love and value in our lives (the usual suspects; relationship, money, art, beauty). Be aware, MARS Rx can also augur delays and frustrations if one tries to bull ahead regardless of the tide. Rest and contemplation is not something we value or allow in this culture, but nature knows we need to ease back on the throttle if we are to stay in balance with our soul and the soul of the world. We either listen and allow or suffer by burning ourselves out and plunging ahead regardless of what is right.

VENUS moves into Aquarius on the 6th and immediately conjuncts PLUTO while they both square-and-a-half to expansive JUPITER Rx. This conjunction augurs passion of some kind, which as we know can be either good or bad depending on reading the room correctly. The PLUTO in Aquarius vibe will feel more relational and personal for a few days due to VENIS’s presence. Perhaps we’ll feel the urge to buy beautiful things or nurture someone in need.

The SUN is opposite JUPITER Rx and semi-square the VENUS-PLUTO conjunction as well on the 7th, making it extra important to be discrete and discerning in our actions for a few days. Jupiter can overexpand us and cause us to step over boundaries we should respect and spend outside our budget. Of course, it could also open us to overcome our own resistance to stepping up as there is always a positive expression of any aspect.  Better keep the receipts, just in case though.

LILITH and JUNO conjunct each other for a final time after touching twice in November due to LILITH’s retrogrades. [ FYI: BLACK MOON LILITH which I call LILITH here is a calculation of the MOON’s apogee point (farthest position from the Earth) in space which moves back and forth each month or so.] This conjunction is an awkward mix if one only looks at the mythology of the two beings: the “good” wife (JUNO) and the rebellious wife (LILITH). There is more going on here archetypally than that with these two though. The dark, mysterious and unseen realm of LILITH can have a place in the domestic commitment and stability of JUNO, keeping it alive, lively and magical. SATURN is trine this conjunction so that should restrain any excessive conflict. Light some black candles, cast the bones, clean the house and serve cookies that day. Give thanks for the full range of the human experience.

The 8th is rather SATURN heavy as the MOON is conjunct SATURN just hours before its WAXING SQUARE with the SUN. This puts the MOON and SATURN in a half square with VENUS and PLUTO which itself is half square the SUN. SATURN being trine to JUNO and LILITH with that complex combination adds up to a possible experience of some restraints or restrictions on our passion around that time. SATURN represents tradition, authority and time/timing. So, try not to break the speed limit that day for instance, Something like a traditional marriage proposal with liberal agreements regarding autonomy would not be out of order though. Adding to the mix that day is JUPITER Rx coming on to square to SATURN, an aspect we will be experiencing until well into January. This will find us perhaps struggling to find a balance between our responsibilities and our desire to break free for a month or so. Those damn family holidays, lol. Positively, we might also find that perhaps we will collectively find the confidence and motivation to try to restructure stagnant situations in our lives and the world at large.

Whew! Plenty going on as usual. Over all it seems like a time of flux and course corrections. Something we all might profit from giving proper attention to, as we point our arrows into the future.