What have you been fighting for? This New Moon, at 4:51 AM PDT of the 17th at 27 Aries 28, pinpoints the exact origin of our recent struggles, causes, efforts. For those unaware they’ve been deep in the fray, pursuing what’s right, what’s owed, enforcing parameters around how things should be, this may be a shock, with the NM semi-sextile a 29 degree Uranus; all this time they thought they were innocently, passively, behind-the-scenes wishing things would get better, rather than trying to force them to. Their own aggressiveness is a surprise to them–but not to those around them, of course.

For those of us attuned to our assertive energies, that semi-sextile is more likely to bring revelation: useful, especially in the context of our own fight, our own efforts. But all of us, whether we ‘own’ our Warrior energies or not, may have a difficult time seeing our own actions and choices clearly, may find clarity of thought in short supply, and may have real trouble comprehending how our choices will affect the reality picture as it is right now. We have a loose stellium in Aries over a less than 5 degree span of Neptune, Mercury, Mars, and Saturn, describing for even the most well-grounded among us genuine trouble processing the current environment and our own place within it. Knowing with any certainty what to do, how to do it, and what consequences it might bring will all be nearly impossible to figure out ahead of time–so the question becomes, should you soldier forward with those efforts, or not?

The meeting of Sun and Moon in Aries conjoined Chiron says, ‘What begins here hurts or heals: the ego, the concepts around ‘I Am’, attempts at Self-assertion or aggression, and brings a first reaction to one’s choices and actions. It’s a starting point, as the world responds to who we are, and as such gives us a general attitude, direction, and stance toward the future, rather than a clear plan or detailed agenda. Are we good with simply finding out if what we’re doing needs modification, or offers us a healing moment? We need to be at peace with a particular quantity of uncertainty–if we can be, this New Moon offers a significant, potentially profound, instance of revelation or recovery centered on the individual role, identity, or motives for action. Note as well that the Lunar/ Solar conjunction occurs just after both bodies contact Chiron–we’ll get an early glimpse of what’s coming, in emotional situations and through what draws our attention.

The Black Moon Lilith point is sesquiquadrate the New Moon, and Mars and Pluto are sextile; if we add the Moon’s South Node to the mix with the latter aspect, we can call it a Finger of God. The sesquiquadrate suggests the New Moon event will arise from or spark the need to examine what we’ve previously ignored, hidden, denied, or been enraged by. We should see this as a good thing, as uncomfortable as it might be, because it tells us more: about who we are, and what we may be pushing away that could act as an obstacle to our growth or success. The Finger speaks of the power of our choices and actions, and with Mars as ruler of the New Moon, links directly to that NM inception. What results (South Node) is action driven by the past–so could be something prepared for, planned for, necessary or inevitable, or could involve attempts to rectify or build on previous circumstances.

CORRECTION: An astute Reader informed me that I used the wrong Sabian symbol–and she’s right! The actual symbol is, ‘A Large Audience Confronts The Performer Who Disappointed Its Expectations’. To my mind this image takes the energy and turns it outward, in a sense ‘blaming’ externals for what’s not working–a mob mentality focused on another pleasing them–and the other, ‘wrong’ symbol centers the energy on the Self, and self-responsibility, with a positive outcome (“experiences a new love”) rather than a negative one (“disappointed . . . expectations”). Somehow I think the incorrect symbol works better–and puts our attention in a much more useful place. Thank you, K, for letting me know, and I’ll be leaving the other analysis in place–you can be the judge, of which works better for you.

The Sabian symbol for the New Moon is, ‘A Woman, Past Her “Change Of Life”, Experiences A New Love’. This emphasizes the Chirotic potential for healing and renewal, and implies it may come through the Plutonic resurrection of the past (SN) related to the Finger. What’s obvious is that we won’t be choosing and acting in a vacuum; the symbology of the New Moon says that excavation of the past, and particularly of those things we may have avoided or denied, may be the key to utilizing the Chirotic nature of the Aries New Moon in its most beneficial forms. Be receptive, even as you own your aggressive or assertive energies, look for the ‘new love’, and be willing to act without guarantees or promises or certainty of what will be–I think another name for that is faith.