Friday December 23, 2022

NEW MOON – Friday December 23, 2022

 Balsamic Moon Phase – release, transform, healing, forgiveness, prepare for the new

– Moon in SAGITTARIUS 

– Retrograde Planets – Chiron, Uranus, Mars

– Best Days (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – Dec 22nd– Wash Windows, Pick Apples and Pears, Wash Wooden Floors, Castrate Farm Animals, Cut Hair to Slow Growth, Kill Plant Pests, Advertise to Sell, Quit Smoking, Harvest, Buy a Car, Start Diet to Lose Weight, Potty Train, Wean, Perform Demolition, Mow to Slow Growth

– Planting Calendar (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – Dec 21st – 22nd  – Do no planting. Good harvest days.

– Aspect of the Aeon Sophia: (Wisdom): – Bagalamuhki (The Fierce Goddess)

– Aspect of the Aeon Thelete: (Will/Desire): Elias– God of the West, God of Transformation

– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month – New Moon in Sagittarius SUN: –  02 SAGITTARIUS: the ocean covered with whitecaps  (& EARTH: – 02 GEMINI: Santa Claus filling stockings furtively)

– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: a flock of wild geese

SUN/MOON – 02 CAPRICORN: three stained glass windows in a Gothic church, one damaged by war

EARTH – 02 CANCER: a man on a magic carpet observes vast vistas below him

VENUS – 17 CAPRICORN: a girl surreptitiously bathing in the nude

MERCURY – 22 CAPRICORN: a general accepting defeat gracefully

PLUTO – 28 CAPRICORN: a large aviary

SATURN – 22 AQUARIUS: a rug placed on a floor for children to play on

NEPTUNE – 23 PISCES: a “materializing medium” giving a séance

JUPITER – 01 ARIES: a woman has risen out of the ocean, a seal is embracing her

CHIRON – 12 ARIES: a flock of wild geese

NORTH NODE – 13 TAURUS: a porter carrying heavy baggage

SOUTH NODE – 13 SCORPIO: an inventor performs a laboratory experiment

URANUS – 16 SCORPIO: a girl’s face breaking into a smile

MARS – 11 GEMINI: newly opened lands offer the pioneer new opportunities for experience

BLACK MOON – 29 CANCER: a Greek muse weighing newborn twins in golden scales