What may make this balsamic Moon especially reflective and introspective is that the next brightest celestial light – that of Venus, the brightest planet after the Sun and Moon – has also dipped into her darkness phase.
As she approaches the Sun, Venus (like any other planet) is no longer visible. Venus is in the middle of her cycle, moving from morning star to evening star, but she does so via a period of invisibility.
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y speaking with neither the Moon nor Venus offering any light the skies have an introspective or inward quality. Things are happening behind the scenes, from the place unseen.
Adam Gainsburg, in his brilliant book, ‘The Light of Venus’ describes this time in Venus’ cycle as her ‘Immersion Phase’.This occurs when she is between 13 degrees behind the Sun until Venus catches the Sun (at superior conjunction). And yet, out of this darkness there comes this little voice (for it is a little voice, delicate, almost childlike) speaking of the need to empower women.
The collective theme Gainsburg associates with this phase is that of ‘deepening and internalizing our feminine intention’. The ‘personal dharma’ Gainsburg attributes to this phase is that of ‘reaching past inner and outer limitations to increase the momentum behind one’s efforts toward societal improvement’.
If this speech is not an example of that I am not sure what is!
Emma Watson is an Aries, with a bright morning star Venus in Pisces.
If you’d like more on the Venus cycle, Adam’s book above is great, as is an article by Gary Caton on Venus in ‘Astrology The Next Generation’
Do you know much about your Venus? Can you relate to the themes mentioned above at all?