Sarah Varcas – At an elemental level November 2018 is all about fire and water. A Grand Trine which began to form at the end of October features significantly throughout this month, accentuating the creative force of fire and the intuitive nature of water.
Fire is anger and passion, desire and resistance, inspiration and the impetus to be made new through courageous engagement with life itself. Water is the world of emotions and sensitivity, intuition and spirit, tenderness, oneness and overwhelm.
We may drown in our emotions or be refreshed by them; delight in the intimacy of shared feelings or be overcome by a lack of boundaries and the impingement of the world around us. Throughout this month we must strive to balance inspiration with intuition, anger with empathy, tenderness with courage and resistance with surrender.
External struggles may trigger emotional meltdown but still we must stand strong in the world and say our piece, make our mark. We may have to fight when we’d prefer to retreat or withdraw to contemplate the world rather than struggle to change it. Continue reading
Laura Walker – It’s 12 Ahau/Sun in the Mayan Sacred Calendar, a day when we aim for 
Henry Seltzer – Monday evening’s Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius is a very interesting configuration, emphasizing Marsand Venus, in the final week of a lunation cycle that also featured these two personal planet archetypes of action, aesthetics, and relationship. Venus aspects all three major outer planets, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, while Mars is closely parallel Saturn and square to Uranus. The Sun in mid-Taurus also opposes Jupiter in Scorpio, with the Moon in square, indicating edgy opportunity that is very present for us now.
Lena Stevens – Use this new moon as a transition time from working on and experiencing your inner stability and balance, to using it as your container of support as you step out and show up more in your life. Take courage and commitment from some of the stronger energies surrounding this New Moon and continue to focus on how best to balance your life with what you have to work with at this time.
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