The 2021 Aries New Moon reached its maximum phase at 7:31p PDT on Sunday, 11 April, 2021 (22.41°). The Sun and the Moon are two of an incredible SEVEN celestial bodies in Aries right now, joined by Chiron, Mercury, Ceres, Eris, and Venus! This makes for some interesting dynamics as initiative, active energy is being encouraged in healing our self-identities; speaking up for ourselves is also being encouraged; as are acting upon our values, being true to ourselves, acting in alignment with our emotions and intuitions, taking action for acknowledgment and compensation, and (re)claiming and returning to our individuality within our relationships of all kinds and in various areas of our own everyday lives.
The positioning of the planets, bodies, and points right now reveal a growing awareness of the shifts happening in our societies around the world. These shifts are bringing greater self-awareness to each of us, with us asking our individual selves, “Who am I being in the midst of these changes? What is my contribution to this evolution? Who am I in this whole thing? Where do I belong?”
As individuals, we are our own people. Yet we are often strongly influenced by external sources – our governments, our societies, our communities, our mass media, social media, our social circles, and our families to show up certain ways in the world. Many of us strive to become what these “others” want us to be, and occasionally, what we think they want us to be… yet in many cases, not much if any of it feels authentic to us – none of it feels real.
The most interesting thing about this 2021 Aries New Moon is that it’s some of these other influences which help us see how inauthentic each and all of us may have become, and where in our lives we’re acting upon our inauthenticity instead of our authenticity. The people we are in one-on-one relationships of any kind with are the ones bringing us to our own attention now. They directly, or indirectly through their actions, are bringing Light to our personal darkness, revelations of our individual and often internal emotional and psychological wounds we have and are being called to heal in order to embrace the changes that are willing themselves upon us. The people in our lives are showing us where our personal internal and external transformations and adaptations are needed now.
The best part about this particular New Moon phase is that we are finally being awakened to ourselves, and some of us are taking ownership of our identities and our life journeys, making necessary (albeit challenging) changes to align our realities with who and what we want ourselves to be…
… and the most challenging part of this New Moon phase is that we are finally being awakened to ourselves, and some of us are angry about who or what we see, yet we may be unwilling to alter our course because we’re so fearful of change.
This 2021 Aries New Moon is a definitive call to action. This is the ultimate time for initiating what you want to bring into being in your life. Yet in order to bring what you want into your life, you’ll likely have to fight against what you’ve had up until now. The temptation to repeat patterns and stay in comfort zones is real and powerful, but is this New Moon phase finally the time our call to initiate and embrace active changes prevails over the past?
To move into the now and next, it requires us to clear out what no longer aligns with who and where we want to be. That’s what the current numerological 9 Universal month energy is for – completion and clearing. That strong ending energy is supported by the 5 Universal year energy of change and adaptation. The 5 energy also represents unexpected events, so for those trying to resist this powerful push for change in behaviors and beliefs, be ready to experience even more upheavals which are likely to encourage definitive endings.
These longer-term numerological energies are supported by the short-term 11 Universal day energy winding up in almost all of the Americas, but for eastern South America and the rest of the world this 2021 Aries New Moon will be occurring on a 3 Universal day of learning, growth, and expansion. The Americas are largely stuck in group think/societal norm mentality – trying to keep the old ways in place. However, the rest of the world, under the 3 energy, is likely to prove more open-minded to ways to release what no longer aligns, making changes to clear space for what will.
This revelation of authentic self will be very difficult for many. So many people have gone through life believing they didn’t have unhealthy patterns of behavior or relationally toxic beliefs. So many people didn’t even realize they had or have any patterns in their behaviors or beliefs! This shining of Light will be a huge awakening for all, and a very unpleasant awakening for most.
Yet the pain we feel when we realize we have failed at hiding our authentic selves from others is something that we can either resist by digging our heels in, refusing to admit the Truth of who we are and clinging to the facades we created for dear life; or we can accept by acknowledging our cover is blown, accept we are now seen for who we really are in all our authentic glory, and embrace the challenge of healing the wounds and overcoming the fears which caused us to put up those identity facades in the first place.
That’s what this 2021 Aries New Moon is all about – choosing to face and embrace the self-identity wounds revealed in our relationships with others, in order to exist in the world as our newly, truly, fully-expressed selves.
To that point, here are the astrological transits which are within 3° orb as the 2021 Aries New Moon reaches its maximum phase:
NODAL T-SQUARE: Sagittarius South Node square Pisces Pallas Athena square Gemini North Node (11°) – Notice the patterns! They’re being revealed to you now. Are your current circumstances similar to what you’ve experienced before? Are you approaching the current circumstances the same way as you did before? Are you repeating a pattern right now? Be honest with yourself as acknowledging this could change your life very much for the better – acknowledgment would provide you an opportunity to consciously change course.
BOWL: Sagittarius Juno sextile Aquarius Jupiter sextile (Aries Sun conjunct Moon conjunct Eris) sextile Gemini North Node (22-25°) – A commitment to keep an open mind is supported by opportunities to grow and expand your experience of new and different ways of doing things, which is supported by an emotionally-inspired initiative to reclaim one’s individuality from beliefs and behaviors which do not align with your True self. By answering a collective call to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new ways of communicating with others, you begin to step away from the misaligned beliefs and behaviors, and step toward an uncertain yet much more self-determined future.
BLESSING TRIANGLE: Sagittarius Juno sextile Aquarius Jupiter sextile Aries Venus (23-26°) – Commitment to keeping an open mind in new experiences supports increasing social and humanitarian awareness, which supports the allowance of our relationships with others to assist in revealing our relationships to ourselves, which sets us on a path to master how we communicate ourselves
SEQUENCE: Pisces Pallas Athena semi-sextile Aries Chiron semi-sextile Taurus Uranus semi-sextile Gemini North Node (9-12°) – The patterns being revealed right now are soul-level. These patterns may even be karmic to some degree! Yet they lead us to our self-identity wounds in such a way that we are forced to look at what we value in society, then to ask ourselves why we value what we do. This inquiry is likely to result in a whole new direction of inquiry – one in which finds us asking ourselves why we act the way we do in some of all situations.
SEQUENCE: Pisces Neptune semi-sextile Aries Ceres semi-sextile Taurus Black Moon Lilith (19-21°) – Philanthropic ideals can lead to an active commitment to either deny or alter our thoughts and values regarding self-preservation, especially in matters of lifestyle resource. We’re often encouraged to either put ourselves first (make sure we have what we individually need), or to put others first (make sure others have what they individually and/or collectively need), but rarely are we asked to look at what might benefit both ourselves and others. This set of transits presents an opportunity to consider options for action which could not only benefit our own individual resource situations, but also our collective circumstances.
Sagittarius White Moon Selene trine Aries Mercury (14-16°) – The more we’re willing to explore out of our comfort zones into territory that is new to us, the more we find ourselves getting all the information and direction we need to continue moving forward. The information we need to know comes to the fore in short order and remarkable detail! If you recognize it as an answer to an inquiry you had, act on it!
Aquarius Saturn sextile Aries Chiron (12-14) – This aspect dynamic may actually delay social or collaborative endeavors until some personal/individual emotional wounds are healed. This is encouragement to take the necessary action steps to begin or continue your personal and individual healing journey.
Aquarius Saturn square Taurus Uranus (9-12) – This aspect dynamic may re-focus/distract people from the measures being taken to facilitate change… in order to create resistance to making changes to lifestyles which have grown comfortable over time. Yet the efforts to stop changes from occurring may actually prove futile as discomfort with the status quo increases, challenging people to acknowledge that they’re in “boiling pots” rather than insisting “the water’s fine.”
The energy of this 2021 Aries New Moon phase will be felt from Thursday 8th April through Wednesday 14th April. Seek to be true to yourself every step of the way. Don’t hesitate to express yourself freely, even if you’re not sure what’s coming next. By being your true self fully in everything you do, you won’t be steered wrong. There is no wrong way – there’s only your way. Take the time, apply the effort and energy necessary to make ityour way.
Thank you for reading and sharing Signs and Numbers. Until next post…
~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
