We move into the First Quarter Moon Phase on Friday, May 17th at 9:35 pm (Los Angeles)pdt (convert to your timezone) with the Sun in the values and valuables of (sidereal) Taurus and the Moon in creative, expressive, Leo.
There is a lot being stirred up within us and around us with the heightened Solar and planetary activity this week. Do what you can to create a zone of calm and grounding around you at home and in your work environment now and take care of all the little details that you are able to in order to help clear a path for the road ahead.
Energy will be intensifying as we move into this weekend's First Quarter Moon phase (May 17) and Monday's next exact Uranus-Pluto square (May 20) and this can intensify our own feelings about situations that are out of balance in our lives.
Try and keep things in perspective. Sun square Moon with Mercury square Neptune may make it difficult to perceive things as they really are. Be discerning in what you perceive to be truthful. News being spread is not likely to be reliable and inducing fear may possibly be part of the agenda.
It’s a good weekend to disconnect from the distraction and distortion of Social and Mass Media and anything or anyone that feeds your fears. Let your inner wisdom guide you and focus on the things that are personally meaningful and bring peace, relaxation and emotional grounding to your life and your body temple. Focus on cultivating inspiration and hope for the future, instead of fear and worry.
Uranus square Pluto provides opportunity for all of us to bring old emotional baggage and repressed issues out of the shadows and into the light of consciousness so we can better understand our motivations and release and heal old issues and move forward feeling lighter and freer. A time to pave the way toward more freedom and positive change in our lives.
There are always those who find it difficult to face their own shadows and darkness or accept change. Some struggle to hold on to things as they were or choose to project the pain they are feeling onto the people and situations around them and therein lies the volatility in this particular phase of conscious evolution that we are all collectively moving through.
Do what you can to unpack your own emotional baggage as we move through these changes, without getting pulled into the drama playing out in the world around you while at the same time holding a space of compassion and grounding for those that are unable to cope.
Don’t waste time, energy or emotions feeling helpless or worrying about the chaotic and changing world around you. Take advantage of this powerful time of liberating change and transformation and make a real difference where you can ~ within yourself.
Because when we change the energy of our own lives, we change the energy of the world around us. Inner change = Outer change = Shift Happens.
It's a wonderful weekend for inner work and connecting with your inner voice and wisdom through meditation, chanting, breath work or yoga allowing the answers and creativity to flow.
I will be taking a short sabbatical from online activity in the week ahead to finish up some projects and take care of some things in my life.
It's a powerful week of change, make the most of it, face what needs facing and make some powerful and positive changes in your own life as we move through our third exact square of Uranus-Pluto on Monday, May 20th and exit the current eclipse portal with our Lunar Eclipse in (sidereal) Scorpio at the Full Moon on Friday the 24th.
I hope you have an amazing week of energetic and productive change
previous Lunar Journal: Crescent Moon