How to Find and Use Your Progressed Moon in Astrology šā°
OKAY SO, last time, we learned about progressions. šš»āØ
Although the technique of progressing your natal chart is kind of weird (adding one day to your birthdate for every year youāve had a birthday š¤), your progressions symbolize your evolving soul. š
Or basically, where and how your soul has developed since you were born. If your natal chart shows your ultimate source and potential, progressions show how your natal chart is developing. As time scootches them into new zodiac signs and houses, your progressed planets take on new flavors (signs), concentrate down into new areas (houses), and switch up their interactions with other planets (aspects).
Your progressed planets donāt reveal themselves through external events (the way transiting planets do), but instead influence how you feel about those eventsā¦
ā¦most importantly, how you might respond to circumstances and situations in your life.
but out of all your progressed planets, the progressed moon yields the most insightā¦ š
Astrologers use the Progressed Moon as a context clue, for insight into how you might be coping with your current transits, where you might retreat during introspective moments, and for hints about the timing of big opportunities and relationship changes.
āThe progressed moon represents the cycle of our emotional evolution. We will always have our baseline emotional needs as part of our emotional makeup which is represented by our natal moonās location in our chart.
Yet, we experience and express those emotional needs in ever-evolving, ever more mature ways as we grow older and, through trial and error, find better and better ways of getting our emotional needs met but still within the context of what our natal moon will always need.ā
ā Llewellyn, āA Deeper Look at the Progressed Moon and Saturn Cyclesā ššŖ
In general, the Moon in your natal chart symbolizes your most subjective, personal inner wants and needs, a.k.a. your core vitals.
Your Progressed Moon in particular points to where + how your needs and preferences are evolving. Your Progressed Moon illuminates where in your intuition and somatic awareness is concentrated, whether youāre craving comfort, adventure, a new rhythm, or foundation-setting. Your Progressed Moon also dictates what sort of energy youāre unconsciously attracting into your life.
Essentially, your Progressed Moon tells astrologers whether youāre feelinā itā¦ whatever it is.
Also, the Progressed Moon is considered the official "trigger agent" in our charts. The Moon is the fastest moving planet in the sky, in our transits, as well as in our progressions. Your Progressed Moon spends about 2.5 years in each sign and house, and about 2 months aspecting other natal or progressed planetsā¦
ā¦as opposed to, for example, your Progressed Sun š», which takes about 30 years to cross through a sign (and / or house), and can spend a whole year conjuncting another planet. š³
Obviously, both the Progressed Sun and Moon are major trigger agents, but the Moon is the one who determines where and what in your chart is deep-felt and resonant. Your Progressed Sun might be a motivating factor in much of the unwritten story of your life, but the Progressed Moon determines the tone, mood, and feeling of that story.
Thus, the Progressed Moon writes the subtext, characterizes your intuitive hunches, and guides your gut-level feelings about the people and events in your life.
in this post, iāll show you where + how to find out about your progressed moon š, with instructions for accessing all your lunation charts (ā¦thereās more than just one š³), as well as link you to articles to help you interpret it by sign, house, and phase, via google and internet witchesā¦ š«āØ
ā¦and also low-key demonstrate how to turn your research into an astrologically-lucid lifestyle guide to last you two and a half years (or basically, until your Progressed Moon moves into a new sign and / or house). šāØ
Youāll learn where and how to get charts showing your Progressed Moon, how to go about interpreting what you see in the charts (Google āØ), and then using that information to contextualize your current transits.
Remember, Progressions must always be compared to your natal chart. Weāre basically reading for your Progressed Moon placement, and then comparing how that one placement influences the whole of your natal chart.
Becauseā¦ your Progressed Moon is the trigger-man, the mostly-secret planet activating different features in your personal horoscope in confluence with your current transits... š³š±
ā¦and we need to understand its condition in order to understand its true motives, and why we might be responding (or not) to our circumstances.
HINT > You might want to review my previous post about Secondary Progressions āØ, just to familiarize yourself with āthe rulesā of progressing a chart, and to orient yourself to this pretend fifth-dimensional perspective on your secret inner-life. ā°š
ALSO, AFTER WE SNAG AND LEARN TO DELINEATE YOUR PROGRESSED MOON š > Iāll unpack whatās going on with my own Progressed Moon (in Aries āļø and my Sixth House āļø), which will get kind of gnarled up in my own random observations, but might also hopefully help you see where and how you can apply the cool insight to your own weird life. š
AND MAAAYBEā¦ the details about your Progressed Moon will inspire you to a find a therapist, break up with a creep, get your credit report, or generally make a choice that minds your Moon better than when youāre just auto-piloting your life according to your whims and janky rationale (or just going off what Oprah tells you to do šš»āāļø).
OKAY, letās find that intel! šāØ
HOW THE PROGRESSED MOON āWORKSā IN ASTROLOGY
The Moon progresses (āmovesā š) about 12Ā° per year, or 1Ā° per month, and takes about 2 1/2 years to progress through a sign / house. Your Progressed Moonās sign indicates the theme, the house indicates the field of perception, and her phase suggests the tempo of your inner life.
As the Moon progresses within 1Ā° of another planet (natal, progressed, or transiting āØ), that planet's energy tints your subjective time and inner mood for about one - two months, until the Moon progresses over and away from that planet. ā
When the Moon progresses towards or upon an angle (natal or progressed āØ), it often coincides with internal shifts, equivalent to major āIāve changed my mindā moments that might not have correlating external events at fault.
FOR EXAMPLE, when the Moon progresses over your Ascendant (the āstarting lineā of your chart, on the left-hand side, cusping your First House of Identity, Appearance, and Persona āØ), it might feel like a total turnaround, a re-orientation, or attitude shiftā¦
When the Moon progresses over your Midheaven (the āzenithā of your chart, the top-most angle, cusping your Tenth House of Status, Reputation, and Highest Potential āØ), you might feel ready for a change of course, for re-training your focus and reaching towards for something newā¦
ā¦but if asked, you might not be able to pinpoint what exactly caused the change of perspective or ambition, it just felt like the cumulation of lots of quiet reflection. š¤š¤·š»āāļø
When your Progressed Moon approaches and conjuncts a planet, angle, or other special point, thereās a quickening, an alchemical reaction happening on an unconscious, somatic level. You might notice more tricksters or warriors or super-pretty girls on the scene (mercury, mars, venus). Youāre not necessarily learning anything from this archetype (thatās more related to transits š«), but the archetype is bringing awareness to your mood and inner-balance.
Basically, the people youāre drawing towards you are mirroring a sub-persona, and bringing an energy your inner-Moon wants to internalizeā¦ beckoning these archetypes to you as the Moon tugs at the ocean tidesā¦ šš
in terms of timing, looking up your progressed moon helps you understand the onset, duration, and offsetting of sudden feelings, whether enthusiasm for a project or opportunity, or affection for a new character whoās just appearedā¦
ā¦and if you experience a sudden inner departure (a waning crush, lessoning enthusiasm, loss in momentum), your Moon might be progressing away from those planets itās been canoodling with for the past couple months, or venturing towards a different planet.
In other words, conjunctions made by the Progressed Moon can feel like slow-detonating crises or awakenings, without any specific person or event to blame the feeling on. š¬šš
Your Progressed Moon might explain the hunger-pains in your gut during a hard-won job interview, the heavy-heartedness felt while on a much-anticipated date, or unexpected defensiveness in a discussion about vacay destinations.
You might think, OMG, this must be totally wrong for me, what am I doing, why do I feel like thisā¦? š¬š
But that random-seeming gut-rumble or sudden antipathy doesnāt mean whatās happening is wrong. It more indicates the direction the current in flowing. You showed up to the interview, date, or conversation expecting a certain outcomeā¦
ā¦but thatās not where your Moon is at. š¤·š»āāļø
studying your progressed moon might help you attune to her evolving state, and help you understand where compulsion or resistance might be coming from.
Basically, the Progressed Moon can help guide your introspection about those surreal moments, and (through time, attention, and practice āØ) can help you calibrate your inner āset-point.ā
ESSENTIALLY, your Progressed Moon helps you recognize the voice of your intuition, and anticipate that your intuition is changing on an almost monthly basis, depending on what else is going down in your sundry charts. š
AND USUALLY, if you already know where youāre at on your major astrology cycles (this post outlines the major transits we all go through ā š), checking up on your Progressed Moon will help you plug back into your core vitals, and reset course.
WHERE TO GET CHARTS SHOWING YOUR PROGRESSED MOON šāØ
OKAY SO, there are actually two different Astro-Seek calculators you can use to get the full picture on your Progressed Moon.
Iāmma show you how to look up and use bothā¦
ā¦then give you the step-by-steps for getting all the charts you need to read and start researching your Progressed Moon. ā š
š First, weāre going to look up the Moon on the Astro-Seek Progressed Moon Calculator. āØ From the dropdown menu labelled āIngresses/Lunation cycle/Conjunctionsā, you can select to knowā¦
When your Moon will progress into a new sign
When your Moon will progress into a new house
When your Moon will progress into a new sign and a new house
When sheāll change phase ššš, ORā¦
When sheāll conjunct an angle or planet (š„µ)
Basically, you wonāt get all the details you want about your Progressed Moon on the same page results. Youāll have to toggle between-amongst all the choices in the dropdown menu for a holistic picture about when, where, and how your Moon is progressing through your chart. ā
EVEN THEN, for the full scoop, weāll need to visit a different calculatorā¦
š After that, weāre going to look up the Moon on the Astro-Seek Progressed Lunation 8 Lunar Phases Calculator. āØ This is pretty much the same calculator I just linked you to, but with ā8-fold Lunation Cycle (moon only)ā already selected from the dropdown menu. This calculator displays the date, links to transit charts, annnd a visual map of where on your natal chart your Progressed Moon will switch phases.
Becauseā¦ Moon phases matter. š³
Moon phases determine the impact of the conditions of your Progressed Moon. Being full in a sign or house would heighten those themes and experiences, whereas being new in a sign or house would feel quiet, less obvious to intuit.
And thatās why your Progressed Moon phases need their own chart and interpretation. ā
Donāt worry, Iāll explain more below, and show you how to make meaning (+ apply) all the intel from the signs, houses, aspects, and phases of your Progressed Moonā¦ šš»
BUT FIRST, let me show you how to actually procure the charts!
HOW TO LOOK UP YOUR PROGRESSED MOON šāØ >
Go to the Astro-Seek Progressed Moon calculator, and type in your birth data
Next, from the dropdown menu (labelled āProgressed Planetāāthere are options āØ), select the Moon š
After that (more options āØ), you can choose to know when your Moon will enterā¦
A new zodiac sign, ORā¦
A new house, ORā¦
A new sign and new house (what I selected āØ), ORā¦
When your Progād Moon will conjunct other planets or angles ā ā ā
Next, select the year you want to start from (Iāve been selecting 2020, becauseā¦ majā year for everybody, amirite?)
After that, choose the house system (I didnāt adjust thisā¦ Placidus ftw āš»)
Et voilĆ”āon the next page, you get a list of dates for every change of sign / house your Progressed Moon makes! šāØ
To see the actual chart, click the orange hyperlink to the far right, labelled āchartā
On the page displaying the chart, you can toggle to compare your birth and progressed chart, or just look at your progressions alone, or even just refer to an aspects table, itās literally everything right at your fingertips, EVERYTHING IS BECOMING WONDERFUL! āØāØāØ
HINT 1 > Find or create space to collate and compare your research about your Progressed Moon. You might want to integrate it with your journal, diary, or planner-system to compare what the Internet astrologers believe your Progressed Moon says about your concerns, pangs, urges, intuitions, and dream-life.
You can basically take a screenshot of or download the chart, but I suggest writing it out in your little astrology grimoire āØ, or typing it into a spreadsheet that also stores all your upcoming transits alongside seasonal and administrative calendars (or however you organize your life). š«
(Want tips and a free spreadsheet template for organizing your transits? Visit my post about learning to read your transit charts. āŗļøš«)
HINT 2 > If you click a chart, and notice that your Moon will soon progress over an angle or natal planet, reverse back to the input page, and select āConjunctions with all Natal Planets and Anglesā from the dropdown menu. This will produce a different list of dates and links to charts showing when the Progressed Moon will pass over that planet or angle specifically. ā šš»
HINT 3 > Want to see the phase of your Moonās progress? Iāll unpack the meaning and use of your Progressed Moon Phase below āØ, but if youāre curious to find out, revisit the data input page, and select ā8-Fold Lunation Cycleā from the dropdown menu. Youāll see a totally different list and visuals, but basically displaying where / when your Progressed Moon will wax and wane along your chart.
THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO NOTICE ABOUT YOUR PROGRESSED MOON šā° >
When your Moon progresses into a new sign or house
When your Moon progresses upon a planet (natal or also progressing āØ)
When your Moon progresses over one of your angles (Ascendant-Descendent, Midheaven-Nadir)
When your Progressed Moon changes phases āØ
In the next section, Iāll explain how to figure out each of these elements in your Progressed Moon placement. āØ
HOW TO INTERPRET YOUR PROGRESSED MOON šāØ>
OKAY, soā¦ now that we know where + how to get the charts, weāll focus on interpreting them.
This is where delineating your Progressed Moon can get unwieldy and complex (especially the way eye do it š).
Iām going to basically guide you step-by-step through reading the actual charts, and youāll probably flip back ān forth between a couple-few of them. Youāll need to pull on all your astro-knowledge about signs and aspects, as well.
DONāT FREAK OUT THO, because this might be the only time you really do this kind of intensive research on your Progressed Moon. Once you know the lay of the land, and how to combine the various elements (sign, house, aspects, phases, and dates, oh my šµāš«), youāll be able to look up yourās or anyone elseās Progressed Moon and know whatās up at-a-glance.
Iāll also link to other astrologers and Internet witches to help you make meaning out of your current Progressed Moon placement, and then share a few of my own observations about the micro-changes in my own life correlating with my Progressed Moon, to give you an idea of how it āfunctionsā in your psyche, and how you might use its rad insight! š¤©š„°
š FIRST, IDENTIFY YOUR PROGRESSED MOON SIGN AND HOUSE >
If youāre using the Astro-Seek Progressed Moon calculator, youāll be presented with a list of dates showing when your Moon will progress into new signs, or houses.
You can see that my Moon āingressedā into Aries in March 2020. When you see the Moon (or any planet) at 0Ā° of any sign, it indicates that planet as juuust squeaked into the sign.
By March 2021, a whole year after my Moon progressed into Aries, I felt that somatic-fever refocus itself on my rhythm and routines (I share all my crib notes about this transition below).
What I immediately recall about that time (ā¦aside fromā¦ yāknow, the pandemic š³), was feeling angry-hot all the time, as though Iād entered a tunnel of wildfire. I remember waking up hawt and achey every night around 11PM, snarled up in sweaty bedsheets, feeling as though all the collagen was melting out of my joints, and soaking into the Tempurpedic mattress.
And then Iād stay awake until sunrise taking personality quizzes on my phone and texting my friends Lady Gaga lyrics and Donnie Darko memesā¦ š„
āWhen our Progressed Moon enters a new sign ā we take on a ānew skinā or go through a new phase.
Each skin we are in is very similar to the traits of each of the 12 signs of the zodiac. After a 24 year period, weāll have made it through each of the signs ā gaining experiences from each āskinā we were in. ā
ā Crystal B. Astrology, āFinding Your Progressed Moon: What Skin Are You In?ā
REMEMBER, the Moon progresses about 1Ā° per month, and spends about 2 1/2 years in a sign and house. The sign of your Progressed Moon describes the tenor or tempo of your inner life for those 2.5 years, while the house describes the matters and environment you will feel most concerned with, or fixated on. Your Moon might progress into a sign before entering a new house, or vice versa, like my Moon progressing into Aries a whole year earlier than progressing into a new house (the sixth).
āThe house position of the progressed moon indicates, among other things, that we are becoming aware of that area of our life and that field of experience. We will be attracted to it unconsciously. The mind will not stop thinking about it. We will have to pay close attention to that area of experience during the time that the progressed moon is there: about two and half years, more or less.ā
ā Dane Rudhyar, āThe Astrology of Transformation, ch. 8 Progressions and Transitsā
Youāll have to peek at the actual charts (one showing when the Moon progresses into a new sign, the other showing when she progresses into a new house āØ) to see the difference (just click the orange hyperlinks on the right-hand side ā ).
WANT TO SEE YOUR MOON MOON ON THE ACTUAL CHART? > Click the orange hyperlink labelled āchart.ā Your natal Moon will be blue and on the inside of the wheel, while your progressions will be orange and on the outside.
HINT > Backtrack to the data entry page and select either āInto 12 Zodiac Signsā and āInto Natal Housesā, or toggle between the two, to see the full scope. šš»
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU + WANT YOU TO SUCCEED AT ASTROLOGY šš» š > Iām going to copy ān paste a radically-good description of the Progressed Moon through the Houses here, supplied by Dane Rudhyar in his book The Astrology of Transformation, which you can read the entirety of by following that link (enjoy āŗļø).
Thereās links to more resources to help you get dialed in on the āskinā and āturfā your Moon is progressing through below. āØ
āIn the first house (āļø), a person tends to experience the results of being-an-individual; in the second (āļø), that of having to use and manage resources or possessions ā and, more deeply still, the experience of āpotencyā or lack of potency in any field.
As the progressed Moon passes through the third house (āļø), a person would do well to focus his or her attention on problems dealing with the family environment, the neighborhood or matters concerning a learning situation ā and as the progressed Moon crosses the I. C. into the fourth house (āļø), the focus should shift to defining oneās personal space, whether in a physical or psychospiritual sense. This includes matters concerning oneās place in oneās home and/or country, and oneās relation to the parent who most deeply affects the roots of oneās feeling nature.
The fifth house (āļø) refers to experiences resulting from desiring to be or seeing oneself multiplied in a biological or psychological progeny; the sixth house (āļø) to the realization that it is necessary, willingly or not, to fit into some kind of sociocultural or interpersonal pattern of development ā and often of āserviceā at whatever level service may be asked of the person.
The seventh house (āļø) is the field of experiences produced by associating with, or merging oneās identity into, the life of another or several partners for an implicit common purpose. In the eighth house (āļø), a person experiences the results of partnership in terms of set patterns of social or āoccultā activities; this is the house of business (the result of contractual agreements), and of communal rituals (whether sociocultural or religious), in which a number of people participate.
As the progressed Moon passes through the ninth house (āļø), a person would do well to focus on the opportunities to expand and to fit, more meaningfully or successfully, into either legalistic, intellectual-academic, or religious-cosmic patterns. This should lead to a more significant or valuable type of participation in oneās community or nation ā thus to professional or public experiences adding a larger dimension to oneās field of activity; all of which relates to the tenth house (āļø).
In the eleventh house (āļø), this tenth house type of participation will show its results ā as various kinds of social and cultural enjoyments and entertainment, or as frustration and experiences of revolt or transformative activity. In the twelfth house (āļø), the results of an entire cycle of experience have to be concentrated upon, accounts should be closed, and a person should prepare to enter a new cycle, perhaps at a higher level of consciousness.ā
ā Dane Rudhyar, āThe Astrology of Transformation, ch. 8 Progressions and Transitsā
Go here for descriptions of the Progressed Moon through the Signs, and compare to Dark Pixie Astrologyās descriptions of the Progressed Moon through both the Signs and Houses. āØ
Also, if youāre focusing on the Houses, check out The 12 Houses of the Horoscope: Themes and Issues of Each, and balance it against Bustleās Ultimate Guide to the Twelve Houses in Astrology. āš»
ALSO also, do you have any intercepted houses, where a couple of the houses on your natal chart engulfs an entire zodiac sign (and its opposite sign)? Read more about that here. āØ
š NEXT, CHECK UP ON ASPECTS TO YOUR PROGRESSED MOON >
Aspects describe the relationship between planets in a chart, whether the vibes are hostile or amicable.
With progressions, aspects also dictate timing. ā°
For the Progressed Moon in particular, aspects to other planets can draw certain archetypes towards us, as though our āsecretā Moon were craving that quality. We unconsciously attract people and situations representing that planet and its energy.
TO HONE IN ON ASPECTS > Select which chart you want to peek at, whether itās when your Moon progressed into a new sign or into a new house, and click the orange hyperlink on the same line (scroll up for an image of where youāre clicking).
When the chart is displayed, click the tab furthest to the right labelled, āAspect tables.ā Youāll see a graph comparing each progressed planetās aspect(s) to each of your natal planets.
Your progressions (orange, top) will be compared to your natal planets (blue, left-hand side). Those black, emphasized boxes indicate exact aspects. Exact aspects matter most. This means that your Moon is within 1 - 2Ā° of another planet.
HINT > Youāll need to be familiar with the annotation for the aspects (for example, ā = āconjunctionā). This article shows you how to interpret aspects, plus how to recognize the symbols youāre seeing in the Aspect Table. ā
IN GENERAL, trines and sextiles are considered harmonious or āeasyā relationships, while squares and oppositions are considered challenging or āhardā.
IN PARTICULAR, especially with progressions āØ, conjunctions are considered both harmonious and challenging. Conjunctions are where you really feel and attune to whatās connecting with your Moon, because the Moon internalizes the energies and environment it connects with.
āHarmonious aspects of the progressed Moon indicate periods when one feels natural or comfortable in the areas of life affected. Challenging aspects indicate periods of time when we feel that our natural responses do not bring us what we want in the affected areas.ā
ā CafeAstrology, āProgressed Moonās Aspectsā
Basically, whatever our Progressed Moon is in contact with becomes a deep-felt experience. Our progressions feel palpable, but in a vague, interior way, as though weāre tonguing a cavity, or digging our toes in the sand.
Likeāeven without knowing your Moon has progressed upon another planet, the intuitive-feeling is similar to coming home to your apartment, and sensing as soon as youāve opened the door that your roommate has a guest in her bedroomā¦ š§š”
when your progressed moon conjuncts a planet or angle, youāre essentially looking at one or two months window of time šāØ >
One month as the Moon progresses towards the planet (coming within an āexact aspectā or 0-1Ā° orb)ā¦
And one month as Moon progresses away from the planet.
REMEMBER, our Moon progresses 1Ā° per month, meaning that the aspect formed with another planet is fleeting. Not as fleeting as when a swift, transiting planet comes upon our Moon (such as the Sun, Venus, Mercury, or transiting Moon, all of which only last a few days), but more fleeting than a long-term transit (such as Jupiter, Saturn, or one of the Outer Planets). š«
WHAT ARE āORBSā, THO? š¤ > āOrbsā represent the distance between planets (and asteroids, math points, etc.). Astrologers might consider 5-7Ā° orbs between planets on a natal chart, but only 1-2Ā° orbs for progressions, otherwise youāre factoring in influences that might be hella dayz away from registering or having an impact. š¤·š»āāļø
SO, if youāre casting a chart and notice your Moon has progressed within a 4Ā° orb of your Venus, youāre still about three months away from feelinā it (but werk it anyway).
Sometimes archetypes of the planets in aspect to our Progressed Moon show up as actual people, but in my (limited) experience, they donāt stick around. They might deliver a message (Mercury) or mirror our inner conflict (Mars), but itās slippery, almost dream-like. š¦
SO, if you see your Progressed Moon forming an exact aspect to one of your other planets (natal or progressed), that planet is part of your worldā¦
REMEMBER THO, ONLY FOR ABOUT 1-2 MONTHS! ā±
And mostly in a surreal way that wonāt be easy to translate to your friends, family, and fans.
also note if any transiting planets are in the same sign, and same degreeĀ°, of your progressed moon. šāØ
Transits impact our lives as events. Unless it involves a transiting planet, that experience described in our secondary progressions might not have any kind of correlating event or impact.
Likeāthe contact that happens between our Progressed Moon and other progressed planets might be totally subconscious, private, something we tune into during meditation, introspection, creative flow, or during our nighttime dreams. āļøāØ
How might we feel about the aspect? Depends on its nature. Sextiles and trines might feel inspiring or coaxing, while squares and oppositions feel more agitating. We might interpret squares to our Progressed Moon as a type of inflammation, or scratchiness somewhere in our somatic awareness.
Document real-life events (whether in your true-life experience or via news headlines) that you can revisit and review later on, after your Moon has progressed away (or the transiting planet has moved on).
HINT > Planet Watcher will show you whatās goinā down right now, while this Astro-Seek calculator will show you a chart combining your natal, progressions, and current transits! š¤©
SO, is your Progressed Moon aspecting any of your natal planets?
Which planets?
What kind of aspects? ā¦are they exact?
REMEMBERā¦ prioritize exact conjunctions (0 - 1Ā°) to your Progression Moon, and if you notice another planet in the mix, pay close attention to archetypes related to that planet that might show up on the scene, as well as any current transiting planets that might be moving across that conjunction in your progressions, and note real-life events. ā
This Astro Library database links you to summaries for aspects amongst all your progressions, which you can compare to this introduction astrology aspects on the Cosmo blog, as well as to this overview on CafeAstrology. š
And go here to learn more about aspects between your Progressed Moon and natal planets. ššŖ
š AFTER NOTING THE SIGN ā , HOUSE ā , AND ASPECTS ā , NOTE THE PHASE OF YOUR PROGRESSED MOON ššāØ>
OKAY, now weāre switching over to the Astro-Seek Progressed Lunation 8 Lunar Phases Calculator. āØ This is pretty much the same calculator weāve been using, but with ā8-fold Lunation Cycle (moon only)ā pre-selected from the dropdown menu. This calculator displays the date, links to transit charts, and a visual map of where your natal chart your Progressed Moon will switch phases. ā
Your Progressed Moon phase basically describes how dilated your inner eye might be (whether ample or tight) for 2-3 year increments of your life. A crescent phase (when the Moon is a sliver) feels quieter, emptied out, while a last quarter phase (when the moon is about halfway between full and new) feels like dissolution, as though losing effervescence, or dialing down.
Your Progressed Moon goes through about 8 phases, lasting about three years in each phase. Each phase unfolds within a quadrant of your chart, with each quadrant encompassing about 3 signs and houses. It takes about 30 years to experience all 8 Lunar Phases, as the Moon progresses ahead, around, and behind the Sun.
Thus, each phase then sort of frames the illumination and exchange between the Sun and Moon in your progressed chart.
Or basically, the phase of your Progressed Moon illustrates the manifold of your most nonverbal, most subliminal self-awareness.
how to find out your current progressed moon phase ššš >
Hit up the the Astro-Seek Progressed Lunation 8 Lunar Phases Calculator, and enter your birth data. (Or just reverse back to the Astro Seek Progressed Moon Calendar input page, and select ā8-Fold Lunation Cycle (Moon Only)ā from the dropdown menu.)
On the next page, Astro-Seek will display the dates and links to charts of each phase change your Progressed Moon will undergo. š¤©š
On the furtherest right-hand side, youāll notice links to charts that will show the transits that will be current as your Progressed Moon changes phase. Click to see the charts of when your Moon changes phase, and see if it yields clues about what will be going down in your life.
ONCE CALCULATED, take stock. Note the dates, phase, sign, and house where your Progressed Moon will change phases. ā
Pick a date when your Progressed Moon changed or will change phases, and click to see the chart.
Once you have the chart, what aspects do you spot? Does the Progressed Moon form a āhardā (square or opposition) aspect to another planet? What are the energies of those planets? Are they natal, transiting, or a progression?
(HINT > Click on the tab labelled āAspect tableā to see the annotation instead of trying to discern the aspects from the cross-crossing lines. at the center of the chart. ā )
What are the themes of the planets aspecting your Progressed Moon? Peek at the zodiac signs of your Moon and the planets aspecting her.
BUT WHAT DO THE PHASES MEAN?? > Your Progressed Moon phase tells you how pronounced its conditions might be in your psyche, whether dialed up (full moon) or dialed down (new moon).
there are eight phases in the moon cycle ššš >
(JUST FYI > These are copy ān pasted from my post The Truth About Your Moon. š)
š PROGRESSED NEW MOON, 0 - 45Ā° > Just noticing something out of place, but not recognizing that itās a clue. Sensing a stranger is about to arrive in town. Pregnant pause. Fresh new whims. Omens everywhere.
š PROGRESSED WAXING CRESCENT, 45 - 90Ā° > Sudden pursuits. White rabbits to chase, flinging yourself down rabbit holes. Gathering momentum, pluck.
š PROGRESSED FIRST QUARTER, 90 - 135Ā° > Showing up, meeting the resistance, learning the stakes. Passivity will be challenged by adversarial viewpoints and thought-provoking circumstances. Keeping the faith.
š PROGRESSED WAXING GIBBOUS, 135 - 180Ā° > Launch mode. Crystallization. Serendipity. Thunder cats GO!
š PROGRESSED FULL MOON, 180 - 225Ā° > Ripening. Fate. Itās all happening. From Steven Forrest: āDepending on our natures, this may happen on a grand scale or a modest oneāand much of that depends on the nature of the original vision.ā Stuff gets mystical and momentous for the 3-ish years youāre in this phase.
š PROGRESSED WANING GIBBOUS, 225 - 270Ā° > Waning motivation, interest, fervor. Clutter descends. Starting to take its toll. Gifting your final performances to the allies accrued during the hype and visionary ascent. Farming out what you worked like hell to cultivate. Take it, itās yourās. I remember whenā¦ and at this point, you could make use of it than me.
š PROGRESSED LAST QUARTER, 270 - 315Ā° > Tired performance. Release waivers. Tying up loose ends. Johnny Cash playing Nine Inch Nails on an acoustic guitar. Delegating final touches. Last words. Leave it with my apprentice. What does it all mean now? Where will it all end up? Reparations, final handshakes. Sweet sorrow. Clarity.
š PROGRESSED WANING CRESCENT, 316 - 360Ā° > Witnessing. Waiting for inspiration, the miracle. Disintegration, becoming indistinguishable. Watching the world go by. Longer, lingering goodbyes. Delays, waiting games. Total eclipse of the heart. Amen.
Pay attention to when your Moon will be progressing through a NEW or FULL Moon Phase šš, denoting important changes along the lines of new beginnings and culminations, as well as the QUARTER Moon phase, as this denotes a quickening (first quarter š) or winding down (last quarter š). Each phase lasts for about three and a half years.
š WHEN THE SUN + MOON ARE CONJUNCT (SIDE-BY-SIDE), IT SIGNIFIES A NEW MOON PHASE > Newer, ādarkā Moon phases (0 - 90 degrees) reflect the least about of Sun, offer the least amount of zest, but the stillest environment, heightening our inner awareness, making subtle motion and indicators the most noticeable, and most likely to surface in our consciousness.
š WHEN THE SUN + MOON āOPPOSEā EACH OTHER, OR CAN SEE EACH OTHER IN FULL VIEW ACROSS YOUR CHART, IT SIGNIFIES A FULL MOON PHASE > Waxing and Fuller Moons (180 - 0 degrees) reflect the most and brightest light for inner focus, into nooks and crannies, illuminating possibilities formerly shaded by the nooks and creases of our psyche.
HINT > Enter your birth data into the Astro-Seek Progressed Full + New Moon Calculator to see a display, along with a list of dates with links to charts showing when your Progressed Moon will become full or new.
Obviously, itās a much smaller list, and you can use this calculator if youāre more focused on just finding out the most momentous phase changes. ā
REMEMBER, phases are determined by the Moonās relationship with the Sun, and suggests how āpowerfulā or luminous her position is. The Moon progresses about 12Ā° a year, while the Sun progresses about 1Ā° per year. This is why itās not a bad idea to peek at whatās up with your Progressed Sun for a wider perspective on the conditions of your Progressed Moon (I link below to some resources to get you started). š»š
āThe phases happen at different times in everyoneās life, depending on what phase the Moon was in when they were born. For example, someone born during a Full Moon will jump right into the Waning half of their cycle, while someone born on a Crescent Moon will begin life with their Moon growing brighter (Waxing). Exactly how each phase plays out depends on what sign and house the Progressed Moon is in. But there is a general theme to each phase, no matter where it occurs in your chart.ā
ā Sasstrology, āYour Personal Lunar Phases: The Cycle of Your Relationshipsā
OBVIOUSLY, none of the Moonās phases (whether progressed or transiting) is better or more useful than the others, but the phase that feels most natural might be closest to your birth moon phase. Think of your birth moon phase as a descriptor of your natural set-point, and that youāll always be primed to settle in or develop from that particular mood setting.
Compare to your current Progressed Moon phase for clues about where or how you might feel a bit wonky, if not totally on point (which weāre about to do in the next section āØ). Googling about the Moon phasesā affects can help you find questions and activities for calibration.
Go here for full summaries of your current Progressed Moon phase, and then compare to this other articleās summaries for a full picture.
Go here to learn more about the Progressed Sun, and apply to Nicās insight about interpreting your Progressed Sun.š»ā°
š FINALLY, COMPARE YOUR PROGRESSED MOON TO YOUR NATAL MOON š >
NOTE > Your Progressed Moon doesnāt replace the core temperament, needs and desires, luminosity, or past-life stuff represented by your natal Moon.
Our secondary progressions do not change our source or potential. ā
Progressions must always be read in reference to your natal chart. ā
Your natal Moon is your native temperament, while your Progressed Moon describes your current mood-scape. Even if youāve evolved far beyond the wants and needs described by your natal Moon, your progressing Moon hasnāt forgotten.
After all, our Moon holds our memory. šš»āāļø
NOTE > Youāll want to be familiar with the conditions of your natal Moon: sign, house, aspects, and your birthday moon phase. Go here to learn more about delineating your natal Moon. āØ
how do we compare a progressed moon to a natal moon? šāØ >
Because weāre comparing two different Moons (natal + progressed āØ), weāll do what Stephen Arroyo advises for basic chart comparison (similar to what we do in synastry āØ): blending the Moonsā elements. šæš§š„šŖ¶
How do we find out the Moonsā elements? By comparing their zodiac signs, as well as the signs that are native to the houses theyāre in.
Youāll also want a grasp of the elements and modes of the zodiac signsā¦ not every sign, but the ones that are in the mix right now. I link to some articles below, but if you need a refresher, start here. āØ
We also want to account for the element and mode of the sign that is native to the house our Moon is progressing through. For that, youāll want to reference the natural horoscope, a.k.a. āgodāsā natal chart, showing all the planets in their native signs, and the houses where those signs belong. This article has more intel about the natural horoscope. āØ
THIS IS THE NATURAL HOROSCOPE > You basically just align Aries on the First House, Taurus on the Second House, Gemini on the Third House, etcā¦ āļøāļøāļø
No matter the zodiac signs lined up against them (whether in a natal, transit, or progressed chart āØ), these houses naturally and energetically align with their native signs. ā
First consider the element and mode of your Progressed Moon sign
Next, consider the element and mode of the sign that is native to your Progressed Moon house
For me, my progressed Moon is in Aries would be cardinal fire š„ (a.k.a. the element + mode of Aries āļø), combined with mutable earth šæ, a.k.a. the element + mode of Virgo (sixth house of the natural horoscope āļø).
AND THEN, compare that to your NATAL Moonā¦.
First consider he element and mode of your Natal Moon sign
Next, consider the element and mode of your Natal Moon house (according to the natural horoscope)
For me, my natal Moon is in Capricorn (ā Neptune) in my Third House (kindred, interconnection, primary understanding). āļø(āļø)
My natal Moon is cardinal earth ā° (a.k.a. the element + mode of Capricorn āļø), combined with mutable air šŖ¶, a.k.a. the element + mode of Gemini (third house of the natural horoscope āļø).
FOR ME, my Progressed Moon is in Aries (cardinal fire š„) and my Sixth House, native to Virgo (mutable earth šæ). Moons progressing through Aries can expect a burning off, while Moons progressing through Virgo can expect a calibration of the systems governing minutiae.
Basically, no matter the house, Aries brings the theme of identity, and no matter the sign, the Sixth House governs how we self-regulate.
WITH ARIES ON MY SIXTH HOUSE āļøš, this will be an identity detox, concerned about refining who I am in the overall functioning of my life.
Compared to my natal Moon, Aries āļø has set flame (aries = cardinal air š„) to my rocky-soiled emotional core (natal moon in capricorn āļøšŖØ)ā¦
ā¦spotlighting and purging temperamental weaknesses incoherent with my Best Life (a.k.a. sixth house territory). āļøšŖØš„
OBVIOUSLY, you might want to review the elements + modes of the zodiac signs, and apply a bit of analytical intuition to feel out how each sign interrelates with the others. Hereās The Cutās āHow to Understand Every Zodiac Sign by Elementā, to compare with Astro Styleās version of the same, and also Well + Goodās write up.
IF IT GETS TOO COMPLICATED š£, ditch this, and ask Google. šš»āāļø
In fact, in the next section, Iāll present how Iāve collated articles from Google to understand mental, emotional, and functional pivots in my life coinciding with my Progressed Moonās changing signs and houses.
Again, go here to learn more about delineating your natal Moon āØ, including how to interpret its sign, house, and aspects to your other planets. Even if sheās no longer aspecting those planets (or the nature of those aspects have changed), youāll have insight into how your Moon defaults to those old patterns and dynamics despite her current progress.
For more examples of blending the elements and modes of planets-in-their-signs for comparison, revisit my (amateur) tutorial on synastry, where I compare the elements and modes between a random baristaās and mineās Moons. šāØ
HINT > Your Moon progresses back to her natal placement every 27ish years, basically revisiting (many) of her original conditions, unless faster-moving planets in close aspect have progressed away.
Under āMore Resourcesā below, I have links to articles about your Progressed Lunar Returns, and subscribe to my newsletter to find out when my tutorial on the subject goes live! š¤©
Also, because it plays such a vital role in your Progressed Moon, hereās the link again to find and learn more about your birth Moon phase šš
CRIB NOTES WHILE MY MOON PROGRESSES ARIES āļø + MY SIXTH HOUSEā¦
(INCLUDING ADVICE FROM GOOGLE WITCHES š) >
OKAY SO, totally coincidental (I didnāt know about progressions yet āØ), but around the time my Moon progressed into into Aries (March 2020*), I quit Netflix.
(*Kind of funny, because thatās when the COVID lockdown hit, so while everyone was perfecting their #NetflixandChill, I was, like, Kevin Spacey in American Beauty trading in his sedan and pumping iron in his garageā¦ š¤š).
And when my Moon shifted into my Sixth House (March 2021), I quit my marriage.
There were actual true-life events prompting those decisions (š¤), but something had definitely shifted, like a Jenga tower (made of woe and delusion) finally collapsing.
And I was justā¦ soā¦ sickā¦ ofā¦
ā¦coping. š¤¢š
Or rather, sick of relying on short-term palliatives to feel better about long-enduring dissatisfaction.
I felt like I was coming out of anesthesia (my moon leaving Pisces and entering Ariesā¦ āļøāļø).
My Moon progressing into Aries may articulate my super unconscious mood shift, but not the outer events that were also happening in my life, which are better articulated by how transiting planets were impacting my chart.
My Sun, Jupiter, annnd North Node are in Aries. While my Moon progressed over my North Node, transiting Saturn was simultaneously scooting back and forth over my Nadir, the bottom-most angle of my natal chart. I got some surprise news that lit-er-all-lee pulled the rug out from under me (š), while transiting Chiron (āsoul woundā, āsoul teacherā) came conjunct my North Node, and opposite my South Node, which is in Libra (āharmonyā, āpartnershipā).
BASICALLY, all these little āastro momentsā happened to coincide with pivotal mood-shifts, staging a couple major, recent turning points in my life. šš»
REMEMBER, though it represents your ultimate source and potential, your natal chart isn't doing anything. Your natal chart is like your genome, housing all of our speciesā genetic potential, refined and calibrated by your parentsā specific sexual alchemyā¦
ā¦butā¦ likeā¦ itās not doing much at the momentā¦ š¤š¤·š»āāļø
Your natal chart is just kind of storing everythingā¦
ā¦until triggered. š³šÆ
Since I started hardcore tracking transits (circa June 10th, 2021 šāØ), Iāve found that each event that has happened in my life can be traced back to an interplanetary gyration.
Since learning about my Progressed Moon specifically, Iāve been able to trace the arc of my moods, almost like tracking period symptoms over time. š©ø
Transits, especially correlating with our life cycles (Saturn transits, Nodal Returns, Progressed Lunar Returns, et. alā¦.) definitely seem to coincide with external ātriggersā or events that can force us to make decisions (such as Saturn transiting my Nadir and receiving that jarring emailā¦ š)ā¦
ā¦but our Progressed Moon, seems to be the trigger agent, the element in the astrological system that can make bad news seep in and become realā¦
ā¦as in, flipping a switch, creating the thoughts and feelings that precede a pivotal decision.
Transits and progressions are basically epigenetics. šš»āāļø
WE. ARE NOT. CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE. šš»šš»šš»
We are onlyā¦ manipulating it. šš»āØ
Erstwhile, based on where my Moon is progressing (Aries, my Sixth House āļøšæ), my mood and fixations have centered on a ālifestyle colonicā, clearing out the mucus and dross and plaque, erstwhile external events and people and other transit-coincidental ātrigger momentsā continue to present new twists, creases, and revelatory unpacking moments.
some other ārandomā stuff that coincided with my moon progressing into aries / my sixth house šāļøāļø >
š FINDING A SUPPORT GROUP + DOING RECOVERY WORK āš» >
I started going to CODA, a.k.a. āCodependents Anonymousā (start here: "Patterns and Characteristics of Codependents"), and honing in on steps #5 and #10 ("admitting to wrongs" and ācontinue taking personal inventoryā, see the rest āØ).
WHAT EXACTLY IS āCODEPENDENCYā? > Being a codependent is like being a child in an adultās body. If you were abused or manipulated as a child, youāll seek and repeat those same dynamics with other adults.
And hereās the thing. YOU, the codependent, will still be responsible for that car payment, that cancelled job, that ruined marriage, those kids, and your own reputation.
Annndā¦ you will still feel ashamed, lonely, and angryā¦
ā¦as well as powerless over the circumstances of your life.
You feel crappy and powerless, and thusā¦ seek another, more confident, more majestic person to serve and harmonize with, hoping that by enabling them, theyāll return the favor, and help parent you through your tragic foibles.
Codependency is undergirded by an inability to regulate your own moods and emotions. You feel angry and embarrassed about your debt, so you jump into Tinder, or start DMāing your exes over IG. You feel burned out and scared, so youāre hitting up Rite Aid for that ābetter pricedā Ben & Jerryās and curling up with a 90s TV series youāve already streamed.
Basically, being codependent is feeling incapable of having any useful or healthful impact on your life conditions, and validation-seeking in the form of parental-like affection and comfort.
WHAT IS IT LIKE BEING CODEPENDENT ON TOXIC LOVE? š¤ > āItās like eating ice cream when youāre thirsty. It can feel good for a time, but ultimately this approach leaves us wanting. In codependency, you feel your life force draining, and you stay anyway, because āyou love him.āā šš»āāļøš
If you had told me ten years ago that I was a codependent and sabotaging opportunities and other relationships in order to elevate the significance I felt about a toxic relationship I was in, I would have shoved you out of the car and left you standing on the side of the road. ššØ
With a group like CODA, Iām realizing that my insecurities, bad habits, and gross inter-personal relationships are not special, but symptomatic of a deeper issue, something fetid and gnarled up in the living tissue of my psycheā¦
ā¦and that literally nobody can protect me from it, because itās inside me. š±
So, CODA has been rad (šš»), especially in combination with the two other therapeutic endeavors Iām about to roll outā¦.
š ENERGY MEDICINE, SPECIFICALLY, āBIO-TUNINGā š§š»āāļø>
By a twist of fate (š) I started receiving totally free bio tuning sessions with my Lunar-Jupiterian friend Moiraā¦ šš
(ā¦beginning, coincidentally, on a Friday when transiting Chiron was exact-conjunct my North Node and exact-conjunct Moira's Midheavenā¦ š³š¤Æš¤©)
WHAT THAā HECK IS āBIO TUNINGā? š¤ > "Biofield tuning is an energy therapy that uses sound to bring balance to all dimensions of your health. Using specific tones generated through tuning forks, this therapy clears congestion and stress in your energy field, also known as your biofield. Your biofield is the energetic blueprint of the physical, mental and emotional aspects of your health. It envelopes you and is embedded within every cell and particle of your body."
SO BASICALLYā¦. itās magic. āØ Moira uses the reverberative-sound created from waving tuning forks around my body to identify pain points in my auric field, and then, without any physical contact (mostly), rings chimes and claps together cymbals to soothe and sculpt those areas as though they were play-doh.
After the first session, I cried my eyes out on Moira's bed, then went home and rearranged all the furniture in my house, and didnāt take an edible (Pomegranate-flavored Wyld 1:1s THC: CBD Sativa-Enhanced Hybrid Gummies ā¢ļø) for TWO AND A HALF DAYSā¦ the longest amount of time since I havenāt vaped or eaten edibles sinceā¦ likeā¦ I was pregnant with my daughter (circa 2019 š).
I also had a weird moment a few hours after the first session where it felt as though I'd dunked my head in kerosene and lit it on fire... it felt like the mercury fillings were melting out of my back molars. š©š®āšØ
Iāve been returning to Moira for another session every week and a half while she logs hours (+ bodies) for her certification exam, and although I leave the sessions feeling like that super-charged crystal in Iron Man's chest (šŖš»), they haven't felt as intense as that first one.
If I've piqued your curiosity, check out Eileen Day McKusickās Electric Body, Electric Health.
Also, shout outs to Adrienneās Detox and Reset yoga tutorial and 9th Limb Yoga (Morro Bay, CA), as well as Donna Edenās Energy Medicine for Women for complementing Moira's work. šš»š
š THE ENNEAGRAM + INNER CHILD THERAPY š¦ >
This section is about the type of therapy I went into after my divorce. I started cognitive talk therapy with an Enneagram-certified facilitator. I got super lucky that SLO county has one credentialed therapist who uses the system, which I find helpful for helping me name and break down my emotional-defense-system. (Hi, Iām a Self-Preservation Four. šš»āāļø)
WHAT IS THE ENNEAGRAM THO? š¤ > The Enneagram is a personality typing system that describes 9 patterns for interpreting the world and managing emotions. Each personality type lands somewhere on a nine-pointed diagram. For optimum emotional regulation, youād want to be able to flow from one point to the next. Your Enneagram type reveals where you get stuck on that optimal emotional flow.
I discovered the Enneagram by accident through the Personality Hacker podcast, where I used to go for intel about applying the Meyers-Briggs personality system as a self-help tool. Sometime in 2020, the podcast interviewed Dr. Beatrice Chestnut, who specializes in applying the Enneagram in therapeutic and team-building settings. She explained the hella fucking occult history of the Enneagram, as well as the way that our āemotional defense systemā operates as a foil in our personality.
The Enneagram helps me identify this defense system Iām walking around with (ā¦you, too š), how that system protects me from re-experiencing a particular kind of emotional pain, and how that system also works against meā¦ in particular, hijacking my intuition regarding what is āsafeā, and subverting emotional growth.
Basically, your Enneagram type is an adaptation, a way of coping with emotional turmoil, and the ābetterā it works, the more difficult it is trying to heal and resolve emotional suffering.
Once wading into talk therapy with the Enneagram (where we use the Enneagram to articulate and dialogue about my triggers and defenses), I discovered this totally rad book combining the Enneagram, Meyers-Briggs, and inner child therapy (not the same as talk therapy), which has a couple badass, self-directed exercises for revisiting (and getting hands on) with old memories where my janky coping skills were adapted.
WHAT IS āINNER CHILD WORKā, THO? š¤ > Inner child work endeavors to bypass your rational, cognitive, story-telling brain with activities that engage your body and sensesā¦. or basically, the part of you that was most alive during childhood, prior to the development of your personality.
ā[C]oping skills that were necessary to survive childhood are brought, fully operational, into adulthood. Dangerous territory to say the least. These coping devices are outmoded and often contradictory to who we want to be. However, after many, many years of living defended it is hard to realize there are alternatives. Even when psychologists and religious figures point out there is a better way, more than likely we are without a clue as to how to access that part of ourselves.ā šš£š„ŗ
From Three Keys to Self-Understanding: An Innovative and Effective Combination of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment Tool, the Enneagram, and Inner-Child Healing, where the author-therapist, Pay Wyman, describes guiding her patient "Reilley" through a visualization:
āI invited her to close her eyes and go back in her mind to the house in which she was raised. I asked her to imagine entering that house as the adult she is today. By asking her to note sights, colors, smells, textures and other sensory data that would compel her to completely enter the imagery, I anchored her in the experience.
I suggested that she move through the house until she found her inner child, age five, alone in the house that was devoid of furniture and carpeting. I encouraged her to enter into a dialogue with the child. Although she was willing, she found herself having trouble making eye contact with the child and could not touch her. I suggested she leave the child a gift by which to remember her and as a promise that she would be back. Reilley decided to leave the child āa jam boxā for ātunageā because she knew the child was lonely and liked music.
We processed this experience, and I encouraged her to allow any feelings that came during imagery to surface because it is through feelings that we can trace the threads back to their origins and disconnect them.ā
Did you ever seeThe Cell(1998), where JLo portrays a child psychologist who uses a futuristic hypnotic device to enter the psyche of a comatose serial killer (in order to find out the whereabouts of his last hidden victim), and is sidelined trying to rescue his inner child from the psychopathic monster of his adult-self as he stalks her through his tortured psycheā¦?
Likeāin Wymanās visualization technique, I was basically JLo (but on an hypnotic jaunt through my own abysmal psyche), and the experience felt so real, it became an actual memory (and my outfit was hella cute šš»āāļø), soā¦ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED*.
(*PRO TIP: Have a little hot chocolate and a weighted blanket waiting for you when you come out of it. šš»)
Other recommended reading: The Complete Enneagram by Beatrice Chestnut, but definitely also check out this book combining the Ennea, Meyers-Briggs, and Inner Child work, which I just quoted above, and kinda-sorta reads like a textbook for psych grads, but you can totally use in combination with other types of therapy. šš»
if youāre also having a progressed moon in aries / the sixth house moment, please consider these other articles šš»āāļøāØ>
THE MOST VIRGO HEADLINE IāVE EVER READ āļø> "Can You Have It All? Yes. The Secret is in Your Hormones." Pair with āCycle Syncing with Herbs and Supplements", and also, "How to Biohack Your Orgasm" āŗļøāØ
CONTINGENT WITH THAT š« > Start accounting for your Infradian Rhythm. ā "The infradian rhythm is one of your bodyās two internal time keepers. (The other timekeeper is the circadian rhythm.) The infradian rhythm influences six different systems of the body: brain, metabolism, immune system, microbiome, the stress response system, and the reproductive system.ā
HERE, LET ME RUIN YOUR DAY: WOMEN AND CAFFEINE TOXICITY š³š«š > "Womenās bodies are brilliantly designed to conserve energy (so we are better able to conceive and carry a pregnancy). Our bodies retain fluids longer and we metabolize the compounds contained in foods and beverages much more slowly. Men drink and excrete both alcohol and caffeine faster and more efficiently than women, meaning these substances donāt have as significant an impact on their physiology or lead to caffeine toxicity.ā
HAVE YOU HEARD THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT MUSHROOMS? > Just stocked-up on Host Defense mushroom supplements. Also, hereās Roganās interview with mycologist / multiverse-crusader Paul Stametz.šāØ
Hella superfood soups ā āØ
Mandala-shaped habit trackers! š¤©āØ āØ
Virgo-inspired self-care rituals āļøāØ and for the house āļø āØ
SIXTH HOUSE READING LIST š > Nadine Artemis, Holistic Dental Care + Renegade Beauty, and canvassing Dr. Kelly Brogan's recommended home-health-body resource page āØ
FYI, THE SIXTH HOUSE IS ALSO THE DOMAIN OF DOMESTIC PETS š¹> Just fresh-stocked my purse and SUV with those fancy treats (with the wolf in the picture on the bag, hay now āØ), and perving extra hard on the dog walkers in my neighborhood. ALSO, did you know pigs are delighted to eat your compost items?! Iām basically a Hocus Pocus witch, but coming for your pets. šŖ
OH, BTW, EVERY 27(ISH) YEARS, YOU GET A PROGRESSED LUNAR RETURN! š„³
We might experience three Progressed Lunar Returns in our lifetime, at ages 27, 55, and 83 (ā¦ish).
At age 27, we have our first Progressed Lunar Return, where the Moon has progressed through our entire chart, canvassed all 12 signs and houses, conjuncted every planet, angle, and point, and now has a full-circle, full-bodied feeling-perspective on our needs, desires, and patterns.
As Steven Forrest puts it in The Book of the Moon, by your first Progressed Lunar Return, you are optimized for ādreaming upā a future for yourself, just in time for Saturn to begin its return (ages 27-30). You will no longer be able to abide daydreaming, but instead crave some true life, real-world correlation. Youāre ready to start feeling at home in your own skin, and building a life to accommodate your true needs and wants (as best you understand them at this point). ššŖ
By age 55, we have our second Progressed Lunar Return, where we are faced with becoming an elder, and less concerned with dreaming or materializing, and more concerned with consolidation and, ultimately, dissemination. We become natural mentors. Steven Forrest recalls his own private epiphany during his second Progressed Lunar Return as a preoccupation with āthe fine art of becoming a happy ghost.ā
Though the other transiting planets at the time of our Progressed Lunar Returns will always be different, the themes of each return are pretty much the same, based on the phases, signs, and houses your Moon has āreturned to.ā
Or basically, every Progressed Lunar Return, you ācome home toā the condition of your natal Moon. šš»āØ
Because they detonate major coming of age moments, I have a post specifically about Progressed Lunar Returns, and tips for managing the true-life drama that might coincide, as well as consolidating all the experiences of your Lunar Progressions.
Subscribe to find out when it goes live. š
MORE ABOUT YOUR PROGRESSED MOON š >
NEED MORE PERSPECTIVE ON ALL THE REST OF YOUR PROGRESSIONS? ā° > Check out my tutorial on delineating your progressed chart āØ, and compare to this other tutorial on what you need to know (youāre becoming an expert! š¤©)
MORE REFERENCES FOR GETTING THE FULL PICTURE ON YOUR PROGRESSED MOON ā > What you need to know about your Progressed Sunš», and what each of the Progressed planets represents (Mercury, Venus, Marsā¦) Plus, this article lists all major aspects between Progressed and Natal Planets to help you delineate all the factors involved. Nic also says more about interpreting Progressed Suns and Rising Signs in this post, and finally, Your Guide to Interpreting Astrological Aspects. š
NEW MOON, FIRST QUARTER MOON, FULL MOON, ALL DAā MOONS šš« > How to interpret the phases of your Progressed Lunation Cycle āØ Robert Blaschke (via Leah Whitehorse in that article I just linked you to), recommends looking up the Sabian Symbols at the start of every progressed Moon phase > ā[H]e suggests paying particular attention to the Sabians of the New, Full and Quarter Moons and I have found this to be valid. Bear in mind that the Sabian of the progressed New Moon will say something of the entire cycle for the next 29 or so years until the next Progressed New Moon.ā Learn more about Sabian Symbols here āØ, and calculate the Sabian symbol for your changing Progressed Moon phase ova here (scroll down and click āSabian Symbols of progressions chart). āš»
WHAT ABOUT TIMING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PROGRESSED MOON? > In terms of meeting someone new š, astrologer Alice Bell explains in this article all the transits that have to be in place (Jupiter, Saturn ā ), and what the Progressed Moon will be aspecting (natal or progressed Venus, natal or progressed Sun ā ) or progressing through (Libra āļø, and/or the fifth or the seventh houses ā ) plus notes about the role of the Solar Return chart, and even ECLIPSES! (DUDE I HAVE ALL OF THIS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, WTF!! š±ā š±ā š±ā ā¦Donāt the astrology fairies realize that Iām in CODA?? ā¦is this a test?? š)
THIS MIGHT BE KIND OF HEADY, BUT WHAT YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT āTIMING RELATIONSHIPSā ALONGSIDE YOUR PROGRESSED MOON AND SATURN TRANSITS? ššŖ > āSpeaking of marriage, marriages at this time [Progressed Lunar + Saturn Return ššŖ] are not particularly recommendedā¦ They can be an indication of a desire to cling to the tribe, rather than individuate, and may be a doomed attempt at filling the gap of emotional insecurity we feel at this time. They may also fulfill, albeit temporarily, the urgings we have to āmove on.ā I have no statistics, but from my client database I can see clearly that marriages at this time can be short-lived (or perhaps this is only true for people who consult astrologers). The other thing that occurs at this time is divorce, the divorces of those early marriages that may have been substitutes for other kinds of internal development.ā (via Dawn Bodrogi the astro queen. š¤¤šš»š)
ALSO, FOR THE PROGRESSED MOON + SYNASTRY > Check out this astrologersā forum concerning synastry connections between Progressed Moons, to compare with answers on this forum. Both have spooky-cute examples of synastry connections between parents and offspring! š
āHOW DO I KEEP TABS ON MY MOONāS PROGRESS, THO?!ā š³ > Via transit apps (Time Nomad has an āadd onā option for progressions š¤©), diary-keeping supplemented with self-care habit trackers (perhaps in your planner-grimoire āØ), and maybe working something out with your local astrologer for keeping you in-the-know about your Moon on-the-go. āŗļøš¤š»
REMEMBER, YOUR PROGRESSED MOON ALWAYS REFERENCES YOUR NATAL MOON > Hereās my tutorial, The Truth About Your Moon. š
HOW TO PREPARE FOR YOUR PROGRESSED LUNAR RETURNS (ages 27 and 54) > āThe progressed lunar return (PLR) can set off explosions in close friendships (especially those with people who remind you of your original mother figure) and partnerships. Heartache is par for the course, though some lucky people have a blast during this period. (Itās okay to hate them a little for it. Theyāre having so much fun they wonāt notice.) How we hold those we love, how we want to be held, how close we actually want to be ā all undergo the kind of nausea-inducing scrutiny that can make us fear we must choose between our self-care and the one(s) in whose hearts and familiar skin smells we make our home.ā
SO, does your Progressed Moon speak to your emotional fixations du jour?
Did delineating it help you alight on any mysterious ambiance thatās settled in the past few months? Help reframe how and where youāve felt out of step from the rest of your fam, friends, the world?
Do any of the āingressā dates correspond with major life events, like throwing dilettante exes out on their asses (after locking yourself in the bathroom to get drunk on leftover birthday wine and stream Disneyās āBraveā on your iPhone)?
Knowing about and being kinda-sorta familiar with your Progressed Moon doesnāt mean you can articulate all of whatās happening š«, but at least youāll understand what that tingling awareness means when it comes ripping through your soma.
And perhaps knowing about your Progressed Moonās current conditions actually does help elevate your perspective on some weird shit thatās been going down in your life, and having that leverage really does help you make the most of the time you have, though you can only grasp at it through intuition.
Anyway, GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR MOON, and feel free to email me if you get stuck and need more hints! š¤š
