New moon2023-04-20 04:13 UTC
The Moon sits between Earth and Sun, its dark side toward us. The monthly cycle starts again.
traditionTradition treats the new moon as the clean page: intentions set now are said to ride the whole cycle.
One small intention, written down, beats five held in your head. What would you like the next two weeks to be about?
Solar eclipse (total)2023-04-20 04:16 UTC
The Moon passes between Earth and Sun and briefly turns day dim. This one is total. Eclipses are ordinary astronomy — calculable to the second, centuries ahead.
traditionEclipse seasons are traditionally read as intense, oversetting weeks: emotions run high, and dramatic-seeming events feel personal.
If the week feels louder than usual, you can turn the volume down: fewer inputs, slower conclusions. Strong feelings this week are weather, not instructions.
Moon enters Taurus2023-04-20 04:29 UTC
Astronomically, Moon crosses the boundary into the part of the sky we call Taurus. It stays there for a while, and the sky's texture shifts with it.
traditionIn astrology, an ingress is read as the mood a whole season of sky sets: what the days that follow tend to feel like from the inside.
Notice what your attention naturally drifts toward this week. You don't have to act on any of it — just notice what got louder and what got quieter.
Sun enters Taurus2023-04-20 08:13 UTC
Astronomically, Sun crosses the boundary into the part of the sky we call Taurus. It stays there for a while, and the sky's texture shifts with it.
traditionIn astrology, an ingress is read as the mood a whole season of sky sets: what the days that follow tend to feel like from the inside.
Notice what your attention naturally drifts toward this week. You don't have to act on any of it — just notice what got louder and what got quieter.
Mercury stations retrograde2023-04-20 20:32 UTC
Astronomically, nothing reverses. Mercury keeps orbiting the Sun as always; it only looks, from Earth, to slow down and retrace part of the sky.
traditionAstrological tradition reads a retrograde as a review period: re-read, re-check, re-visit, rather than a time to force things forward.
Review suits some days better than starting does. Where in your week could a second look — a re-read, a pause, a night of sleep — change what you'd decide?