Saturday, February 14th, 2015

Good Morning Readers! 

Happy Valentines Day! Today the Quickening Moon remains in the waning cycle, The moon will be void-of-course from 10:15 am to 5:24pm when we enter Capricorn just in time for your Valentines Day plans. The Quickening Moon reminds us that the days are getting longer, and hopefully warmer, as Spring is just around the corner. Our Waning Moon encourages us to let go as we draw near to the New Moon and new beginnings. The Moon in Capricorn will give its influence and strength to encourage structure and traditions.Now is a great time to set boundaries in your life or establish rules in relation to your responsibilities and obligations.

Quickening Moon:

The Quickening Moon or Snow Moon or Hunger Moon  are  traditional names for the full moon that occurs in February in North America. Usually this month is a time for snow and cold air temperatures, and this is the reason for the name snow moon. Storm moon, hunger moon, Little Famine moon, and Full Bony moon are other traditional names for this particular full moon.Hunting becomes very difficult, and so some Native American tribes called this the Hunger Moon.Other Native American tribes called this Moon the "Shoulder to Shoulder Around the Fire Moon" (Wishram Native Americans), the "No Snow in the Trails Moon" (Zuni Native Americans), and the "Bone Moon" (Cherokee Native Americans). The Bone Moon meant that there was so little food that people gnawed on bones and ate bone marrow soup.

Waning Moon:

The waning moon is the period time between the three days of the full moon and the three days of the dark moon, the counter balance to the waxing phase. The waning phase is the time for pruning and harvesting growth in our garden, be it physical or spiritual. This phase is the time for banishing those unwanted "things" in our lives, be it the nuisance boyfriend/lover or some bad habit we've developed. The crone shows us the way to the land of the dead during this time of the month. By taking her hand and accepting that some things must die, we are able to grow spiritually

Void-of-course:

Each sign  of the moon is similar to  a chapter in the book of  your life, and moving through it the Moon is telling a story. When the Moon enters the next sign, it starts a new story. We still remember the old one, but we are not deeply involved in it anymore. Whether we notice it or not, each time the Moon enters the next Sign of the Zodiac, something substantially changes in our life some context or the emotional background of events. Most of the time, we aren't aware of this change because the Moon is strongly connected to our subconsciousness, not to our consciousness. It is the subconsciousness who is deeply aware of the change.

So in each of the signs the Moon starts a new story when it enters the sign, but those stories can have different lengths. Some of them continue for almost the whole two-and-a-half-day period, others are much shorter, but always there is a pause at the end of the story. It can be short or long, but it is always there.That pause at the end of the story is the void-of-course period of the Moon.

Capricorn:

The Goat" - Third earth sign in the Zodiac
Ambition, reputation, and status are Capricorn's main concerns. Planets here take on a conservative hue and are expressed in a plan geared towards control and management.Wisdom and steadfast reality provide Capricorn with the ability to make steady progress over the long haul. This a no-nonsense kind of sign, earthy, practical, sensible, materialistic and often ambitious. Capricorn people are good problem solvers  and crisis handlers, inclined to find solutions to problems rather than cry over spilled milk. People born under this sign have a capacity to develop skill in whatever field they chose to undertake.