Dear Friend and Reader:

Friday is the Libra New Moon, exact shortly before 8:35 pm EDT. (View full chart here.) Genevieve Hathaway has interpreted this lunation for each of the 12 Moon signs in her horoscopes below.

Photo by Anthony Ayiomamitis.

There’s a lot going on in this chart, but the major thing you’ll likely be feeling is having the Sun and Moon together in Libra, square Pluto in Capricorn and opposite Uranus in Aries. The Uranus-Pluto square is the aspect currently defining our era; it’s the thing that most of the major news stories have been reflecting for well over two years, and that will continue for several more.

When something like a New Moon (or another ‘personal’ planet) gets involved, it becomes easier to feel how these powerful, slowly moving planets work. You might have a persistent sense that something bigger than you is at work in your life, and that you have a choice: either feel overwhelmed by it or find a way to take part in it.

In particular, notice this week if you’re finding yourself involved in a power struggle of some sort — whether with another person or within yourself (or both). Notice how you respond to power. Again, you have a choice: to struggle and create drama, or to feel your own power and act from a place of actual strength. Many people are so used to not having power, that they think exercising it must mean getting dramatic, or standing in another’s way, or refusing to change course.

But imagine for a moment that you’re steering a canoe down some rapids. You can either try to block the river by positioning the boat sideways, or point it forward and work with the water — with your eyes focused on where you want to be. Strength comes in many forms.

To read Genevieve’s horoscopes, it helps to know your Moon sign (where the Moon was at the moment of your birth), which you can find out by entering your birth data into Serennu.com. It helps to have your birth time but often that’s not necessary. You can also read these horoscopes for your Sun and rising signs for additional insight.

Yours & truly,

Amanda Painter

 

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These Moonshine Horoscopes are written by Genevieve Hathaway. Genevieve is an astrologer and Planet Waves contributor. She is available for astrology readings. You can contact her at genevieve@venusinblue.com.

Libra New Moon Moonshine Horoscopes | By Genevieve Hathaway

Aries (March 20-April 19) — You may feel like you are living in a hall of mirrors, as though the people and relationships around you are reflecting back aspects of yourself. At times this may feel a bit disconcerting, or like you are living with too much ‘you’. I suggest not getting distracted by any feelings of being pulled in too many directions. Instead, focus on the new objectivity being provided through these reflections of who you are — you can also think of this as gaining enough distance to see how your attitudes, perceptions and actions created your current situations. I suggest finding grounding in acceptance and grace for your past actions. From a point of view of acceptance of responsibility, you have the personal power to choose the kind of life you live and craft your reality into what you envision. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Taurus (April 19-May 20) — You are in the unique position to make quite a bit of headway regarding a certain aspect of your emotional health that you have been working on for a while. As you’ve worked and reworked the fine edge of how you feel physically, a solution may have seemed elusive or like you almost had it figured out and something unexpected shifted you in a different direction. The Libra New Moon this week is bringing you into contact with a new way to approach your health. An opportunity is opening for you to re-envision what a healthy life looks like for you. As you step out of the typical definitions and concepts surrounding health, I suggest you think in terms of what daily, weekly and monthly rhythms are best for you, and then restructure your life from there. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Gemini (May 20-June 21) — You are working with a lot of creativity at your disposal. You have a plethora of ideas and plenty of energy to put those ideas to work to move projects along. This may come with an internal push to devote all of yourself to your projects, yet a larger group may be trying to demand more of your energy than you want to give. I suggest you take a different approach and notice the point where their needs and your needs with a particular project meet. That is where a solution will present itself to advance your projects and continue to nurture and grow your relationship with this group. I suggest not being deterred if this feels like you are out in front, forging a new path — this is a sign that you are actually where you are supposed to be. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — You are working with a new feeling regarding what home means for you. I suggest taking the larger view — seeing your neighborhood, place of work and common places you visit also as part of your home environment. As a Cancer Moon, you need an environment that is emotionally nourishing, a space that provides internal balance and grounding. Over the next week, I suggest you consider whether these spaces where you live, work and play are giving you what you need. Look for that inner sensation of being balanced. You can also think of this as an internal stillness and sense of quiet. When you notice that feeling take stock of the situation and how the environment is structured. You will be able to apply what you are learning to all the spaces in which you live and work. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) — You are connecting the dots between a few new ideas you’ve had around how you communicate your needs. What you are making contact with is the value of adopting all responsibility for how your ideas are communicated. You can’t control how other people respond, but you can stay in your personal power, owning the words you say and how your ideas are put forward. As you work from this position, I suggest tackling one complicated set of communications in particular that has been on your plate for quite some time. You are in a unique position both to see all points of view and to communicate to others how to find a solution that seems fair to all involved. As you move forward, trust your ability to translate the ideas you need to convey to the other individuals involved. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) — At the moment, you are working through a process of re-thinking where you invest your emotional resources. Your deepest needs are calling you to acknowledge how you spend your emotional capital and energy. To feel good emotionally about who you are on a daily basis, you need to be investing your time and love into people and projects you care about. I suggest you consider work that benefits maternal figures in your life. These projects are bringing you into contact with some old material surrounding your relationship with your mother. Presenting itself is an opportunity for both healing and a deeper sense of connection to a meaningful life. I suggest taking note of what activities are self-renewing and which just drain your energy, then structure your day-to-day life to incorporate more of the former. — by Genevieve Hathaway

 

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Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) — This week’s New Moon takes place in your Moon sign, highlighting your relationship with yourself. How honest are you with yourself regarding the life you are living? Often we have mental and emotional scripts that we sell to ourselves as real, yet they are not actually markers of what is true. You can think of these scripts as themes that come up time and time again for healing. They are also the negative voices that play in our heads, filled with pain, guilt, shame or fear. When you hear one of these voices or scripts write it down and then objectively look to see where or whom it came from. As you trace these thoughts and feelings to past situations or relationships, you will also gain greater perspective on how far you have grown and healed. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) — Your dreams are particularly potent, containing much in the way of useful information surrounding deep emotional material that you are working through. If the meaning of your dreams seems particularly elusive, I suggest using a mix of objectivity and your intuition to translate them. As your subconscious moves through the layers of your psychic body you will make contact with deep material that may include wounds of misplaced blame. What you access does not just apply to your current lifetime, but goes back generations. Take time to record the details of your dreams, and most importantly, how you feel about them. This will help you connect the dots and bring the larger message into focus. Once this picture starts to take shape, you will be able to apply your intuition to find the most effective method for healing. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) — Make an effort to notice how the choices you make move you into ownership of your authority over your needs and emotions. Also, notice when you give that power away to others. Each time you have a choice in front of you, think of it as an opportunity to make a decision based on integrity — which can also be thought of as operating in line with your core values. This is about honoring who you are and your needs. Part of what it means to be your own authority is claiming your space to be you, not altering how you are to please others or protect a part of yourself (or them). If making decisions from this position of personal authority feels too bold or dangerous, it’s a sign that you are exactly where you’re supposed to be. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) — You are gaining a new perspective on how your public self meets the world. Consider that there are two aspects of your public persona — who you are and who you show up as. How are you showing up? Are you bringing the best of you? I’m not referring to putting on a false face when you meet people, but rather showing up as your best authentic self, leaving out any fears or insecurities. As you interact with people, check with yourself and see which version of yourself you are sharing with them. Start from a place of stripping away any of your usual facades. If this feels vulnerable, that’s a clue you are on the right track. Take note of how people respond — you will be attracting more people who resonate with who you are at the deepest level. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — What do you value? I suggest taking a few moments to write down the top five things you value. By value, I mean what resonates within you on the deepest, most instinctual level. They are the things you feel happiest giving your time, energy and love to. You are entering a time when you will be called on to pick between multiple directions you can move in your life. I suggest using this list of values as a starting point for the choices you are making, a guide by which you check to see if a decision or path is taking you closer to or further from the things you value the most. Trust that by saying ‘no’ to things that matter less you will free up more time and energy for those values that are most important to you. — by Genevieve Hathaway

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — You are working through some issues around blame, particularly blame or criticism you direct at yourself. I suggest considering your actions and people’s reactions as two separate entities. I don’t mean that you disconnect from being kind and thoughtful; you do that instinctively. Rather, I’m talking about those moments when you get hard on yourself for being true to you in how you reach out to others. How others respond has more to do with them than you. Trust that operating from a place and position of love for all involved will be noticed and accepted, even if the other party does not respond as you would desire or expect. Keep the focus on communicating and acting in ways that are true to you — ultimately you don’t need a lot of people to respond; you just need enough. — by Genevieve Hathaway