We had a new Moon at 9:30 this past Wed night. It might be visible as a very thin crescent tonight (Fri March 20) in the Western sky or not till tomorrow night. Look for it above the horizon where the sun sets.
By Tues (24 March) it will be getting pretty thick, coming to its first quarter. When the Sun sets it will be fairly high in the southern sky.
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| This chart shows where the Moon will be Tues: and the arrows point to its position Wed and Thurs night around sunset for Raleigh NC. |
We know it will be high because the chart shows it is almost in Cancer. Anything in Gemini or Cancer is high in the sky. Anything in Sagittarius or Capricorn is low in the sky.
It will still be high and a wee bit thicker Wed night - and just to the West of Jupiter. Then on Thurs night it will have passed Jupiter along the ecliptic and be a bit to the East of the great benific. Great Benific is especially true of Jupiter Wed and Thurs because the Moon is near it and the Moon rules in Cancer. Maybe we will notice nurturing that supports healthy growth on those days.
I never look for anything down here on earth anymore. I study the charts, contemplate the future line ups and basically forget about them as I enjoy the passing of the days.
Here are charts for Wed night and Thurs night.
If it's not too cloudy you might can spot the Moon well before sunset, like maybe around 3pm or later, if you carefully scan the Eastern sky. Below is a chart showing where Moon would be in Raleigh's Eastern sky at 4:30pm Wed.
In the afternoon when the Sun is still up the Moon will be rising in the East.
I know a lot of us are freaking right now. Along that line it might be helpful to notice the Sun meeting Saturn in the first (Tues Night March 24) chart on this post. Saturn is just overtaking Neptune. The slow and sober limit setter passing on the inside lane of the insanely slow planet (Neptune) of generational vision, as in social movements, ideas taking hold and carrying great masses of people on a slow but very powerful idea wave. The meeting of Saturn and Neptune is historic and will take a year.
This week as the Sun 'catches up' to Saturn we may feel like something is holding things up in this Arian rush of ideals that's got the world all stirred up. The brief few days of relative discipline could be a relief for some.
Here's another copy of the first chart with Neptune, Sun and Saturn pointed out.
