New Moon, time for a well needed fresh start!

BY GARCIA AKUA

Happy New Moon cosmic family!  On Sunday April 11^th we will have our first new year of the cosmic year!  This is a big deal!  New Moons are times for setting new intentions, with this being the first new moon of the year, it’s time to set some big goals for our cosmic year.

Back in January many of us were still in some sort of lockdown, it might not have felt like there was much to celebrate other than 2020 being over. That is the usual time we set goals for ourselves with new year resolutions. Astrologically, we celebrate the new year with the beginning of Spring. Nature shows us things are beginning to lighten up as the days get longer. New life starts to emerge in the Spring, the trees begin to bud and the birds return home to sing. This is our signal to return home to ourselves, sing a new song and begin our own budding journey.

Our first New Moon is happening in the first sign of the zodiac, Aries. Aries is a fire sign, it’s the sign of Self. It promotes energy, ambition, direction and passion. It also influences our sex drive and how we go after the things we want in life. During this New Moon, we will have the Sun, Moon, Venus, Mercury and Chiron all in Aries. This alignment of energy gives us an opportunity to set goals in various areas of our lives. Time for a well needed fresh start.

The Sun is our personality and feels comfortable in the fire sign of self as your personality can really shine here. The Moon represents our emotions, how we truly feel under the surface, it also represents our instincts and intuition. Venus represents how we love and receive love, sensuality, our values/worth as well as aspects of our finances. Mercury represents the way we think and communicate, it influences the mind. Lastly, Chiron is not a planet but an asteroid known as the Wounded Healer, it represents where we hold trauma in our lives.

All these planetary bodies are in Aries, the sign of Self during this New Moon. This is our chance to look over the different areas of our lives and set new goals for ourselves this year. Are you truly expressing your desires and going after them? Are you hiding your passions and fire by playing small?  Are your needs being met in your love life?  Are you honoring your values and worth? What do your finances look like? Do you need a better budget? How is your past trauma holding you back from achieving your goals? Do you have a healthy way of dealing with your pain and trauma? Reflect on these questions this week. Make some solid decisions for yourself and then follow them up with action!  Aries is about action and going to get it.

This week we lost a legend in this realm, DMX. People can say what they want about him, but there are some facts that cannot be disputed. DMX had a terrible childhood that left him scarred with deep trauma. Despite the trauma, which led to other darker paths, he brought light and hope to the world. He wore his struggle on his sleeve for all of us to see while praying for us.  He spoke candidly about his battles and encouraged others to choose another way. DMX was his authentic Self. He came and lived out his purpose. He was wounded in Self, as he also has Chiron in Aries in his natal chart.  But he used that wound to heal others. He showed up and showed love regardless of his pain.

Despite the doom and gloom of lockdown after lockdown, despite your personal struggles and pains, what plan are you making for a better life? What is your passion that keeps you going? What lights your fire and fuels your dreams?  Focus more on that and dream big!

It’s the first new moon and it’s all about you!