Lunar Phases & Moon Planting Guide – Sept 2022

Lunar Phases & Moon Planting Guide – Sept 2022

phases of the moonTimes are given in Queensland time (AEST). 

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First Quarter: Sun 4 Sept at 4.08am at 11 Sagittarius

A time to take decisive action with unfolding events as the light of the Moon continues to grow.

Moon planting: The week following First Quarter Moon is ideal for planting fruiting vegetables.

 

Full Moon: Sat 10 Sept 2022 at 7.59pm AEST at 17 Pisces

A high energy time, when things come to fruition or events come to a head.

Moon planting: The week following Full Moon is the best time for planting root crops

 

Last Quarter: Sun 18 Sept at 7.52am at 24 Gemini

A time of reorientation as the light of the Moon decreases, eventually going into the low-energy time of Old Moon just before the cycle begins again with the next New Moon.

Moon planting: The last week of the Moon cycle is the best time for weeding and composting.

 

New Moon: Mon 26 Sept at 7.54am at 2 Libra

A time of renewed energy as a new cycle starts.

Moon planting: The week following the New Moon is the best time for planting leafy greens.

 

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Lunar Phases & Moon Planting Guide – August 2022

Lunar Phases & Moon Planting Guide – August 2022

 

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Times are given in Queensland time (AEST). 

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This month sees the last of the Supermoons this year, intensifying the Full Moon energy. 

Expect feelings to run high with a stronger-than-usual emotional charge.  Tides will be higher than usual and extreme weather patterns like storms and flooding are more likely.

First Quarter: Fri 5 Aug at 9.06pm AEST at 13 Scorpio

A time to take decisive action with unfolding events as the light of the Moon continues to grow.

Moon planting: The week following First Quarter Moon is ideal for planting fruiting vegetables.

 

Supermoon Full Moon: Fri 12 Aug 2022 at 11.35am AEST at 19 Aquarius

A high energy time, intensified by the Supermoon, when things come to fruition or events come to a head.

Moon planting: The week following Full Moon is the best time for planting root crops

 

Last Quarter: Fri 19 Aug at 2.36pm AEST at 26 Taurus

A time of reorientation as the light of the Moon decreases, eventually going into the low-energy time of Old Moon just before the cycle begins again with the next New Moon.

Moon planting: The last week of the Moon cycle is the best time for weeding and composting.

 

New Moon: Sat 27 Aug 2022 at 6.17pm AEST at 4 Virgo

A time of renewed energy as a new cycle starts.

Moon planting: The week following the New Moon is the best time for planting leafy greens. 

 

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New Moon in Cancer 2022

Cancer zodiac signNew Moon in Cancer   Wed 29 June 2022 at 12.52pm Queensland time (AEST) at 7 Cancer
 
Supermoon Full Moon in Capricorn   Thurs 14 July 2022 at 4.37am Queensland time (AEST) at 21 Capricorn
 

Skywatching    Saturn is visible late evening.  By early  morning before sunrise, five planets are visible – Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury low on the eastern horizon.  If you catch the end of the Moon cycle, you’ll see the dying Crescent Moon there too.

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The New Moon in Cancer on Wed 29 June represents the opportunity for a new cycle to begin in relation to the feminine. Cancer is ruled by the Moon, symbolising women, mothering and the sacred feminine. This New Moon represents the beginning of a new cycle in the way we care for others, the way we nurture ourselves, and our relationship with women in general.

Cancer is a water sign, sensitive and emotional, with a strong need for emotional security. This is the sign associated with home and family, so this New Moon can also mark the beginning of a new sense of belonging, perhaps a new phase in our home and family life, or our sense of belonging to a ‘tribe’.

Cancer has a tenacious connection to the past – Cancerians don’t like to let go of anything! The New Moon in Cancer represents the beginning of a new phase in our relationship with the past, an opportunity to emotionally release whatever no longer serves us. The Australian Bush Flower Essence Bottlebrush is particularly good for supporting you to let go.

If your birthday falls close to the date of this New Moon, this marks an important year of new beginnings in your life, particularly with regard to your identity, your sense of self and your purpose in life.

If you have a planet close to 7 degrees Cancer (within a degree either side), a new cycle is starting in whatever that planet symbolises (eg relationships for Venus).

Remember to set your intentions for this lunar month within 24 hours of the New Moon. The New Moon is exact at 12.52pm AEST.

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Jupiter-Neptune conjunction in Pisces

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Once every 13 years, Jupiter meets up with Neptune and the influence of their combined energies is felt strongly.

Neptune is a visionary, seeking unity, dissolving boundaries, and endlessly compassionate.

Jupiter enhances whatever it comes into contact with, making this combination a very potent humanitarian mix – even more so given that both planets are in Pisces where they are strengthened.

There’s also a desire for equality and egalitarianism, which has linked this conjunction with socialism in world history.

This Jupiter-Neptune conjunction could see a move away from the right-wing governments that came to power under the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of a few years ago.

The danger with Jupiter-Neptune is that the dream, the ideal, can simply be an illusion, so it is important to focus on strong, practical foundations for any plans envisioned now.

The conjunction is exact at 23 Pisces (almost 24 degrees) just after midnight on 13 April Queensland time, the previous day in Europe and the Americas.

 

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Mars-Saturn: An end to the fighting in Ukraine?

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An end to the fighting in Ukraine?
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Although the news has been horrendous since the invasion of Ukraine over a month ago, things may reach a turning point on Mon 4 April, when Mars catches up to Saturn at 22 Aquarius, the degree of Ukraine’s Moon – also the degree of Zelensky’s Midheaven, representing his standing in the world (and explaining his mass appeal in Ukraine).

Mars and Saturn are the two planets representing misfortune in traditional astrology – Mars is the god of War and Saturn is the Grim Reaper, a rather nasty combination.

However we could interpret this conjunction more positively as Saturn restricting and setting boundaries on warlike activities, even stopping it altogether.

And although we can’t be sure of his birth time (or even the date – as befits a previous head of the secret service!), the chart generally circulating for Putin has this same degree at its IC, which (if correct, and that’s a big ‘if’) could signify things coming to an end in a very personal way for Putin.

Here’s hoping that at the very least, this sees an end to the fighting.

 

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Dredging up the dirt – Pluto stations to go direct

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When Pluto stations, a lot of “dirt” – buried secrets – is brought to the surface, and this Pluto station (maybe because it’s also been squaring Mercury) is being particularly active in this regard.  We’ve had the release of the Pandora Papers, the Facebook whistleblower testifying (and Lo & Behold, Facebook went offline exactly at that time!), exposées of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France, and of the WHO workers who sexually abused women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  There’s a lot of muck getting raked up.

 

Pluto goes direct on 7 Oct, having been pretty much stationary for the past month.  This is a time now when deeply-buried issues may finally rise to the surface, particularly if you’ve become more aware of them bubbling away in the last six months.  In fact they’re most likely to rise to the surface at this month’s Full Moon in Aries, see below.

Plutonian issues usually concern disempowerment, powerlessness and trauma, where the issues run deep.  Plutonian issues can also manifest as misuses or even abuses of power, it’s all to do with Pluto!  This time is well-suited to deep inner work, shifting these deep-seated issues so that you can at last move forward.  The key to moving through this is to become as aware as possible of our feelings and reactions, becoming conscious of how, on the one hand, we may give away our power, and on the other, how we may manipulate others to get our own way.   It can be really subtle, so to paraphrase Socrates, know thyself – and stay in the light!

If you have chart points at 24 degrees of Capricorn (or any of the other cardinal signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra) including birthdays around 14-15 Jan, you’ll be picking up on this intense transformational energy at a very personal level – in fact it’s been going on for the last year or two.  The good news is that it is finally easing for you as Pluto moves forwards and leaves this degree behind.  Hopefully you have faced the demons and can now step fully into your power.
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More cracks in the system!!! Second Saturn-Uranus square 2021

More cracks in the system!!!

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The second Saturn–Uranus square is exact on 15 June AEST (14 June in Europe & the Americas). This is the Paradigm Shift hallmark signature of 2021 that began with the first square on 18 Feb (AEST), and is bringing yet more cracks to the system now!

The energy combination of the old (Saturn) vs the new (Uranus) is part of the massive polarization that is sadly playing out in so many different areas of society this year.

We discussed this earlier at the first square (see my blogpost) but just to give you a quick reminder of the kind of challenges associated with this Saturn-Uranus square: Regulation (Saturn) of the big tech companies (Uranus); mandatory laws (Saturn) vs individual rights and freedoms (Uranus) which seems to be playing out especially around the pandemic; the banking system (Saturn) vs cryptocurrency (Uranus).  These are just some examples, and all of these are still playing out big time –  it’s likely things could reach a “crunch” time at this second contact.

It’s possible that on some topics, you’ll side with Saturn, and on others you’ll side with Uranus, that’s natural.  However what the Universe is really inviting us to do, is to find a way through the polarization and integrate the positive expression of these two energies, such as providing a legal framework (Saturn) that supports innovation (Uranus).The second Saturn-Uranus square is at 13 degrees Aquarius/Taurus. So at a personal level, if you have 12-14 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) prominent in your chart, you’ll be feeling these tensions strongly.  Do you conform?  Or do you break free??  Or better still, can you find a middle way that allows freedom and authenticity yet still honours your responsibilities?

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Cracks in the system – first Saturn-Uranus square

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The first of three Saturn–Uranus squares this year is exact on Thurs 18 Feb.  This energy combination of the old vs the new is the hallmark signature of 2021, and is certainly part of the massive polarization that is playing out in so many different areas of society.

Uranus is the planet of innovation, a new direction that disrupts the status quo, one that is usually exciting and renders the old systems obsolete, probably bringing them crashing down around our ears.  I call it “earthquake” energy because that’s what it feels like.  The old system is shaken up and has to crack open in order to let in the light, the light of conscious awareness and expose those hidden parts where maybe there have been misuses (or even abuses) of power.

Saturn is the planet that represents the status quothe old order, the entrenched system that may have become rigid and resistance to change.  To the old order, the prospect of the changes that Uranus is bringing is terrifying, as everything they know and hold dear could come crashing down!!!  Chaos!!!  And they’re right up to a point, because the lower vibration of Uranus is chaos and revolution, even anarchy.  So they try to resist the changes that are hurtling towards them.

Every planet has its higher and lower vibrations, and the cosmic invitation with this Saturn-Uranus square is to integrate the positive qualities of these two vastly different energies.

The higher vibration of Saturn is clear boundaries, responsibility and structure, such as providing frameworks, regulations and laws.  But one of the negative ways that Saturn can manifest is control, based in fear, so the question that arises is: is Saturn creating clear boundaries to protect people and protect society, or is it being repressive?

Similarly, is Uranus championing individual rights and freedoms, innovations and new technology that can benefit humanity, or is it being rebellious for the sake of it?  Or possibly even autocratic, another of Uranus’ negative faces?  How disruptive is this likely to be, and at what human cost?  Is anarchy on the cards?

The kind of challenges that we’re already seeing arising with this Saturn-Uranus square are:

  • Regulation (Saturn) of the big tech companies (Uranus)
  • Mandatory laws (Saturn) vs individual rights and freedoms (Uranus) (especially around the pandemic)
  • The banking system (Saturn) vs cryptocurrency (Uranus)

It’s possible that on some topics, you’d side with Saturn, and on others you’d side with Uranus, that’s natural.  However what the Universe is really inviting us to do, is to find a way through the polarization and integrate the positive expression of these two energies, such as providing a legal framework (Saturn) that supports an innovation (Uranus).

In the first exact Saturn-Uranus square, the Moon is close to Uranus, which suggests that people will identify more with Uranus, and that individual rights and personal freedoms are likely to be a hot topic during this first contact.

(If you’d like to hear more on this fascinating topic, I discuss the Saturn-Uranus squares of 2021 further in my Paradigm Shift webinar which is now available as a recording.)
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Shift of the Ages – the Great Mutation 2020

The SHIFT OF THE AGES – the Great Mutation 2020

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Jupiter and Saturn meet up at zero degrees Aquarius on Tues 22 Dec 2020 at 4.20am Queensland time (AEST)

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The SHIFT OF THE AGES

1  The players: Saturn and Jupiter move into Aquarius

Saturn has been in his home sign of Capricorn for the last 2.5 years, a pretty serious time of it all round, although he had a brief escape to Aquarius this year – you might remember that period when the oppressive nature of Covid seem to lift?  It was when we discovered that the air was suddenly beautifully clear, people could see the Himalayas for the first time in ages, rivers and streams ran clear once again, and the world seemed to pause and reassess everything – as if to say “Wow, this is what the future could be like?” 

Saturn had moved into Aquarius, an Air Sign, and it was like a breath of fresh air in our very constricted Covid existence.  Because the planes weren’t flying, we had to fall back on our local communities and rely on local produce to feed us – this sense of community is very Aquarian, part of the energy we’re moving into now.

Saturn only stayed a few months in Aquarius before he had to return to Capricorn for the last time.  The heaviness of that return was palpable, taking people back into a more burdened state of being.

Saturn moves into Aquarius for good (well, for the next 2.5 years) on Thurs 17 Dec, and I am sure that once again we’ll feel a lifting of that hugely oppressive energy that has beset us in the last nine months.

Jupiter is hot on Saturn’s heels, moving into Aquarius on Sat 19 Dec, and chasing Saturn down – they’re due to meet for their supremely historic conjunction on Tues 22 Dec at 4.20am AEST – for most writers based in Europe and the US that is of course Mon 21 Dec.  Jupiter is never very happy in Capricorn, and moving into Aquarius will be like a breath of freedom for him.

 

2.  THE GREAT MUTATION – A SHIFT OF THE AGES

Jupiter and Saturn join up for their historic Grand Conjunction just 8 hours after the Solstice, at zero degrees Aquarius.

This is a hugely momentous time, a real Shift of the Ages.

Jupiter and Saturn meet every 20 years, and those cycles in themselves are felt to be of huge significance in the evolution of society.

However there’s a much bigger cycle at work – the 20-year cycles fall in the same element for 240 years, and then there is a Great Mutation where the larger cycle shifts and changes element.  That is what is occurring now.  After the last 240 years of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions falling in Earth signs –  a heavy, solid, materialistic energy that spawned the Industrial Revolution and saw unprecedented exploitation of the Earth’s resources – these conjunctions are moving into the lighter, connected energy of Air signs, beginning with Aquarius. The last time we had a Great Mutation into Air signs was 1226, so you can see why it’s such a historic time.

In many ways we could argue that this shift now is the beginning of the much-heralded Age of Aquarius – there are many ways you can define that, but this would certainly be one of them (that plus Pluto moving into Aquarius in 2024, which will certainly add to the Aquarian nature of the times).  There is so much more I could say about this, about the implications for us and our lives (which I’ll go into in my Paradigm Shift webinar in January) but for now, know that this is truly a Shift of the Ages, that it’s amazing that we’re here to witness this, and that things are going to get much, much better!!!  It is so exciting!!!

 

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Shifting Belief Systems -Third Jupiter-Pluto conjunction 2020

Shifting Belief Systems – Third Jupiter-Pluto Conjunction

 

The third and last of the Jupiter-Pluto conjunctions is on Fri 13 Nov at 22 Capricorn, the exact same degree of the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in January of this year, asking us to reexamine our views of the way that very heavy energy combination has manifested this year.

Jupiter and Pluto together invite us to transform our belief systems, and by now, with this third contact, we’ve had quite a bit of practice at this!  Hopefully we’ve now integrated these energies well.

Personally I see this shift in belief systems as a necessary precursor for the even bigger collective shift that is coming at the end of this year as Jupiter and Saturn meet up in the Air sign of Aquarius, ushering in a new 200-year cycle where our focus is no longer on the dense Earth energy of material wealth and exploitation of the earth’s resources, but a lighter, freer energy that focuses on communities, connections, and technological innovations that will benefit all life on the planet.  It’s already coming, and we got a glimpse of it in the early days of the pandemic when people realised that all the things the powers-that-be had said they couldn’t possibly do (like restrict air travel, close polluting factories – stop the world basically – and give people a universal income) suddenly happened overnight.  It was like a breath of fresh air, and a glimpse of the new era that awaits us.  I’ll write more on this soon.

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