The New Moon in Aries

The New Moon in Aries takes place today. The New Moon is time to launch new projects. Get your ideas out of the planning stage and into active motion.

This New Moon combines artistic and aesthetic refinement with intensity of purpose. The real highlight is the contact between Jupiter and Pluto. This is the success combination. Pluto is power, obsession, and drive. Jupiter supports business and helps us to establish a good, positive, rewarding life. This contact correlates with the positive moves we've seen economically over the past few days. But there's no reason to wait for external forces to move. This contact supports launching new projects and ventures. At a personal level, strive for the benefits of Jupiter. The Renaissance mystics felt that Jupiter's highest good was creating a life of moderation and joy. That's the energy we want to embrace for the next two weeks. But there are cautions to respect: Jupiter tends toward extravagance and excessive consumption, while Pluto can make power plays and strive to control others.

Communications with others is strongly supported right now: both in business and in personal relationship and family. Expand your network professionally and work hard to reach out to others in business. This network will help support you later this year when I suspect we'll be back in an economic funk. It's a great time to push through pending problems and questions.

With friends and family, create an environment where stories can flow and everyone can communicate freely. Artistic energies should flower too, so open yourself to aesthetic expression. Find new music and explore artists you've not been viewing. Grab those close to you and engage them artistically.

There'll be an undercurrent of stress, though, which I suspect carries over from the economic issues of our times. There may be rapid, unexpected changes emerge through this period. While this may be a good time for financial speculation, be very careful because of the risk of rapid reversals.

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