Fault Lines
Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Hello friends, things are in flux here at The Goddess & The Moon. I reevaluate my content creation schedule each season, and Spring has me shifting my offerings to what feels most alive for me at this time. All free subscribers will receive a minimum of one post per month as well as previews of paid posts. I will write free New & Full Moon transmissions as I am moved to do so. All paid subscribers (currently $8/month or $80/year) will continue receiving regular lunar cycle content, including New Moon Gatherings with personal tarot/oracle pulls for folks live on the call. If there is good turnout on New Moon Gatherings, I will add Full Moon Gatherings as well. In addition, paid subscribers have a standing 50% discount on Intuitive Readings.
Today’s Last Quarter Moon transmission is free for all subscribers — enjoy!
Aspects discussed in today’s transmission include:
Mars in Aries
Mercury leaves its retrograde shadow
A Chiron Cazimi is happening right before the New Moon
This week’s Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn is ruled by Saturn in Aries, a notoriously difficult place for Saturn’s need to build structure over time. Aries is the fire starter, an initiator, moving at the pace of its ruling planet, Mars, who has just entered Aries a few hours prior to the LQM in Capricorn.
Aries is about to get an infusion of fresh energy with Mars’ homecoming, however, this also means that we have two malefic planets with opposite desires in cardinal fire for the next 6 week; Mars is pushing the gas pedal while Saturn is applying the brakes. And while Saturn will be in Aries for a long haul, Mars has the upper hand in the planetary dynamic — Mars is the ruler of Aries while Saturn is in fall here.
What this might look like is taking action now, like throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks; whatever remains when Mars leaves Aries on May 18th will need to face Saturn’s test of time. And with a Chiron Cazimi happening in Aries less than 24 hours before the Aries New Moon, the material you are working with at this Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn may be activating a deeply rooted insecurity around your own agency.
The Last Quarter Moon is a time of integration and release; symbolically we prepare for a mini underworld journey during the Dark Moon, the period of time between the last sighting of the waning moon (sometime around the Balsamic Moon), through the conception period of the New Moon (a monthly lunar cazimi) until the first sighting of the waxing moon (sometime around the Crescent Moon). This is a highly underrated yet powerful death/rebirth portal that opens every 28 days or so.
The square between the Sun in Aries and the Moon in Capricorn is what creates the Last Quarter Moon. A waning Moon is a time of letting go, and in some cases cutting your losses. Luna is melancholy in Capricorn, technically considered to be in detriment. Translation — it’s not the Moon’s favorite place to be! Capricorn is not known for feelings, and the Moon’s transit through chilly Capricorn may be a challenging one, especially with Saturn’s difficulties in Aries.
At the time of the LQM, the Moon is opposing Jupiter in her home sign of Cancer and being steered by a cranky Saturn. Meanwhile, the Sun is exalted in Aries, fueled by hot headed Mars. All of this contradictory energy (rulership! exaltation! detriment! fall! hot! cold!) gives you an opportunity to consider the contradictions you may be experiencing at this time. Like fault lines, there are limitations in current structures that need to be addressed before the foundation gives way completely. You may need to break with the traditional way you manage this type of tension, accessing the fire that will help you build new support systems for whatever is emerging.
This moment asks you to consider what is inherited (Capricorn) and what is instinctual (Aries). With Mercury finally out of its retrograde shadow, the mind fog that has surrounded the thinking process since Mercury entered its pre-retrograde shadow on February 11 finally begins to lift. Mercury will enter Aries on April 14th, putting an end to the journey through Pisces until next year. Even as the Moon grows darker, a fire will be lit in the mind, helping you to see in the dark as you move bravely away from outgrown versions of staying small.
CHIRON CAZIMI — IDENTITY CRISIS
Chiron in Aries can activate the wound around existence itself, the right to BE. Aries is the I AM, and this seed of distortion is usually planted at a very young age. It can show up as a fear of taking up too much space, the habit of asking for permission before taking action, or chronic hesitation of taking the next step. This will be particularly true for folks who have Chiron in Aries in their natal charts; however, right now everyone has the opportunity to reevaluate the “identity” of their Aries house.
The Sun meets up with Chiron once a year, and from 2019 - 2026 this conjunction (aka Cazimi) has been happening in Aries. This is the last time the two planets will meet in Aries — in 2027 Chiron moves into Taurus in the final week of Aries season, and we will have our first Chiron Cazimi in Taurus. So not only is this the last time we will experience a Chiron Cazimi in Aries, but it is happening in the Dark Moon Portal, less than 24 hours before the New Moon.
Thursday April 16th at 8:10 am — Sun/Chiron Cazimi at 26° Aries 38’
Friday April 17th at 4:51 am — New Moon at 27° Aries 28’
During this brief window, Chiron sits at the heart of the Sun; illuminated — held and renewed in the life giving light of the Sun. A Chiron Cazimi in Aries is an initiation, a healing fire that germinates a unique seed of self that is clamoring for expression or even existence itself. Although this fire may have been banked for years, the light itself has never been extinguished completely. The following Lunar Cazimi, aka New Moon provides the right medium for planting this seed. Following the lunar timeline, plan to see a fuller expression of this energy at the Aries Full Moon on September 26.
Here are some journal prompts for the Chiron Cazimi; you can easily turn this into a simple ritual by burning the page within 48 hours after the Aries New Moon. This is a witnessing practice, for you and for the Sun. It is not a time to “fix” anything, but rather to surrender whatever is ready to be released into the heart of the Sun so that you can plant seeds of Intent-ion at the Aries New Moon.
What do I stop myself from beginning or taking action — and why?
Where do I ask for permission to exist before I make a move?
What version of me is ready to be released?
What version of me is waiting at the threshold?
Paid subscribers — you will receive a zoom link for our New Moon Gathering on Saturday, April 18th! I am looking forward to spending time with you soon.
ORACLE FOR THE LAST QUARTER MOON
ACE OF CUPS: Beginning a new cycle of unconditional self love. What would it be like to love yourself — ALL OF YOU — exactly as you are in this moment… and the next moment… etc? What gets in the way of you appreciating what makes you different, what makes you, YOU?
FATHER/KING OF CUPS: Riding the wisdom of your feelings. Holding space for the tender parts of self that are making themselves known at this time. Emotional maturity.
THREE OF CUPS: Connecting with those who appreciate you for who you are. Kindred souls. Community. If this is feeling sparse, connecting with your ancestors and guides. The key here is to remember you are held in love, and to lean into that.
ACE OF WANDS: Rekindling the flame of self-expression, of taking action on what you have the energy & capacity for. What lights you up? You may need to move beyond conditioned ways of expression to discover what is authentically you.
