“Throw me tomorrow.”
— David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels

Mercury entered Scorpio during the early hours of Tuesday for most of you. Earlier today (Wednesday), speedy Mercury briefly shared the same degree of Scorpio in conjunction with Jupiter. Tomorrow, the Sun and Moon will meet in late Libra to renew the monthly cycle of lunar phases for a New Moon.

Less than two hours before the Libra New Moon is exact, the Sun will be precisely opposing Uranus (in late Aries) on the zodiac. Shortly thereafter, the Moon will move on to Scorpio as well. And those are just highlights.

It could very well be an understatement to say that the astrology leading up to, during and immediately after New Moon Thursday is interesting. How that description corresponds to earthly events remains to be seen, but it’s worth noting that very few people are both acutely aware and downright bored at this time.

Perhaps a change of perspective will help. Imagine yourself far above the solar system, looking down on the ecliptic plain in which all the major planets move, orbiting the Sun.

From such a detached and elevated point of view, you would see Mercury and Jupiter lining up on one side of the Sun. Almost exactly on the other side, you would see the Moon, Earth and Uranus moving to align as well. To say the least, it would be a striking tableau – one you might describe as a series of cosmic gems on a very long string.

On the zodiac, the same scenario is being represented by four sign rulers (the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter) all bunched near the cusp between Libra and Scorpio with Uranus basically on the opposite side of the circle. While that particular arrangement does not resemble a string of celestial pearls, you could portray it as something with a similar implication: a lot of energetic representation along a narrow axis.

In addition to being part of a concentrated corridor, all the objects involved in tomorrow’s New Moon complex (including some not mentioned above) will also be in fascinating geometric relationships to yet other planets and points.

Even with all the emblematic focus, however, New Moon Thursday is likely to come with less than a proportional amount of clarity.

That’s because of where a lot of the solar system’s archetypes are on the zodiac right now. In addition to the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter literally being out of easy view, this particular Libra New Moon will feature a figurative component evident only to astrologers.

For centuries, it has been common among astrologers to exercise at least some restraint while interpreting objects in either the very early or very late degrees of a sign. A “void of course” Moon is but one example. New Moon Thursday will have many.

In addition to the sign rulers already cited, an impressive number of other prominent astrological indicators (including, but not limited to Mars, Venus, and Saturn) will all be relatively close to a sign cusp when the Sun and Moon conjoin tomorrow.

All told, you might say this year’s Libra New Moon will be very much like the proverbial “Thursday’s child” of ancient rhyme. While there will likely be a certain quality to the time (which you may have already noticed), the event probably has “far to go” before its potential develops fully.

As result, some restraint on your part would probably make the rest of this week better for you in the long run. This does not mean you should be meek or hesitant. It is only to say that you might want to wait for more evidence to make itself apparent before jumping to conclusions you might later have to recant.

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