Today brings the New Moon in Aries. New Moons mark the beginning of a cycle and this is emphasised by being in Aries, the first sign of the zodiac. Aries pioneering energy makes today a great time for putting daring and challenging plans together. If you want to make significant changes in your life then a new moon is a great time to put a plan together. Try to spend some quiet time getting your ideas straight in your head, make a list so you’ve got an objective record of what you want to achieve and the initial ideas of how you’re going to do this. You may want to do a simple ritual to state your intention. This can be as simple as clearing your mind and stating your intention out loud, it doesn’t have to be a full theatrical production.
The house that the new moon falls in will be an area where you could make new changes most easily:
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First house: your physical body – a new fitness regime?
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Second house: money and resources – a new savings plan? A new diet?
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Third house: communication and siblings/neighbours – begin a writing course?
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Fourth house: physical environment, foundations – spring cleaning? Building new foundations or work on your house?
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Fifth house: creativity and children – a new creative venture?
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Sixth house: routine and service – investigate voluntary work? Revise your routine, making sure it’s not a rut?
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Seventh house: partnerships – new relationships or friendships? Meet new people?
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Eighth house: shared resources and emotions – review your joint account? Begin working on a phobia?
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Ninth house: philosophy and religious matters – a new spiritual practice?
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Tenth house: status in the world and mastery – a new job?
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Eleventh house: groups and community – start a new campaigning group?
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Twelfth house: institutions and self undoing – think about what connects you to the bigger picture?
Wherever the new moon falls in your chart you can think of new ventures starting now as your own personal quest. This is where you break into new ground, pushing back your comfort zone and challenging your ideas of who you are and what you’re about. An Aries symbol is the questing knight. What quest are you following? Whose favour are you carrying?
Who would true Valour see
Let him come hither;
One here will Constant be,
Come Wind, come Weather.
There’s no Discouragement,
Shall make him once Relent,
His first avow’d Intent,
To be a Pilgrim.
Who so beset him round,
With dismal Storys,
Do but themselves Confound;
His Strength the more is.
No Lyon can him fright,
He’l with a Gyant Fight,
But he will have a right,
To be a Pilgrim.
Hobgoblin, nor foul Fiend,
Can daunt his Spirit:
He knows, he at the end,
Shall Life Inherit.
Then Fancies fly away,
He’l fear not what men say,
He’l labour Night and Day,
To be a Pilgrim.
