First Quarter Moon Friday May 1, 2009 Keywords: Challenges, decisions, action.
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Today begins the first quarter Moon which falls one week from the new Moon. Since it is the first square between the Sun and the Moon, it can signal crises that call for making decisions and resolve. It denotes a need for fortitude and determination; a time of challenges and action.
Venus is the ruler of this Libra rising chart; she rules money, assets, values, arts, romance and marriage. She also rules the 8th House of Taurus in this chart. Check out MUNDANE ASTROLOGY SIMPLIFIED for planetary and House rulerships.
This first quarter Moon, then, is the three day period that we should take action on our intentions, hopes, and plans for this lunar period. The chart shows that we need adjust some held opinion or belief that concerns finances and values. Within these three days Congress (11th house) must take some positive action to show that we are serious in our intentions and hopes.
Remember that the Taurus new Moon chart indicated a health issue with foreign citizens. See TAURUS NEW MOON. Now, at this 3 day phase, we come to some critical juncture that indicates some decisions and action are needed that may include financial assistance.
An interesting pattern is shown in this chart; Mercury is making an applying septile to Mars and applying biseptile to Saturn who is exactly tredecile to Pluto who quincunxes Mercury. Now, that delineation will be a mouthful! The "where" of these include the 9th, 12th, and 4th Houses and indicates home, foreign affairs, and some serendipitous communications going on and some compromises being made. Jupiter, Chiron, and Neptune are working very close to the 6th House of Health. I hope this means that the Swine Flu will be contained shortly.