What appears as perfection in form, much like the image we have of Venus is only made so because of the imperfections that have learned to come together and provide an image of grace and beauty.Įach cycle flows one into the other and so this moon is setting the stage for the Solar Month of Scorpio to take hold on October 22nd. Two counterpoints of balance, the first flowed from the detail of Virgo’s stream and this now meeting the space of weighing of what was extracted from that detail ensuring that everything is in its most harmonious form. We began the month with a New Moon and end this month with yet another. After all, without the mystery of this darkness, the light of Solar gift will not be quite so brilliant. This mid-point of solar light seeks the coolness of dark moon’s undercurrent. There is courage that flows through this New Moon, having stationed into this phase mid-point of the scales of the Libran Solar Month.

Her nakedness is hidden in the night, yet she allows herself the vulnerability that can only be achieved through trust un the inherent balance striven towards. Balance, harmony and beauty flow through these dark waters as she rises like Venus from the waters this Maiden is one of polarized opposite to that of the brilliantly lit Venus her sister of light and revelation. Maiden Moon is cloaked in darkness as She begins a new journey tomorrow in the astrological sign of Libra.

Temple of the dark moon