 July 18 , 2010:
First Quarter Moon in Libra
At the First Quarter Moon, the impulses
of the New Moon become visible to the world. It
is one of the best times this month in which to act. If, at the New Moon, you collected ideas
about places where you might hold your ceremony,
people who might perform the ceremony… now is the
time to act on those ideas, with phone calls, emails,
and visits. If you took action at the New Moon,
you might find that, only a week later, you have
new information that might lead you to alter those
plans.
The Libra First Quarter Moon is the right time to insist on good manners, proper etiquette, and observance of social forms. At the Cancer New Moon, your attention was trained on your own subjective view of your situation — your feelings, your family’s traditions, what feels comfortable and safe and right for you. At the Libra First Quarter Moon, it’s time to force your way out of your comfort zone to consider what is right with regard to those around you, in particular your partner.
As you do so, remember that while good manners tend to be subjective, formal etiquette is not. It’s easy, in an age in which “being yourself” is a quality prized above almost any other, to turn up one’s nose at Emily Post and Miss Manners as quaint, vestigial remains of an obsolete era. But etiquette exists not just to torture the harried bride, but for a good, Libran reason: to serve as an objective code of behavior toward others that greases the wheels of social interaction. The overwhelming impulse of this New Moon in Cancer cycle is the protection of feelings and the creation of an atmosphere of safety; Libra reminds us that this is much easier to achieve when everyone plays by the same rules of civility.
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