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The
Void-Of-Course Moon makes
everything a little crazy -- and there's a special one
for you!
As many know, there is a period of time every couple of
days when the transiting Moon has made its last aspect to another body
in the
sky before changing signs which is described as a Void-of-Course
Moon
period. It can last from a few minutes to over a day,
depending
how late
in signs the planets are at the time. Because the Moon at this time
doesn't
really have its "feet on the ground," it is generally considered a
period unfavorable for tangible decisions that require solid support,
but an
excellent time for insight, relaxation, and reaching outside of
confining boundaries. Ptolemy swore by it, nearly two
millennia
ago, and
so do most astrologers to this day.
It's generally considered a bad time to make purchases, sign contracts,
start
major new
ventures -- anything that you need to rely on down the line. Ordinary
daily
routine is OK, just not big moves, as outcome is often wild and
unpredictable.
Events already in operation at the time it begins often suddenly lose
their
footing and destabilize.
On the other hand, it's a great time to relax, party, get creative, and
generally float free -- when what you want is the wild and
unpredictable, a
break from ordinary and sometimes confining stability.
This sounds like transits talking here, but it’s not. This
is natal
astrology – in
its electional form – at its best.
The ultimate
reasoning behind the VOC Moon is that everything you do has a birth
chart –
whether it’s a purchase, a contract you sign, a personal
commitment – and if
the Moon of that chart progresses into another sign without making an
aspect
while in its original sign, it just isn’t sufficiently in
touch
with itself to
hold its ground. It sags and shifts, somehow out of touch with its own
lunar
sign placement and favoring the next, like it’s lacking a leg
or
some other
important piece of structure to hold it together in its infancy, so to
speak.
Something is missing in the very foundation of whatever is begun in
that VOC
period, which makes its subsequent evolution unpredictable. Of course,
when
predictability is just what you don’t
want – like
when you’d really like
to be spontaneous, be surprised – the VOC is just where you
want
to
be. You want
your platform to collapse under you so you can feel the adventure of
free fall.
In fact, those born with a VOC Moon have a bit of that free fall about
them all
their lives, reinventing themselves constantly as a result –
examples include
Ted Turner and Winston Churchill.
Transits,
however, are
another thing. When the Moon and other bodies make aspects to your
natal
chart,
it’s like the ticking of your own, inner cyclical clock,
driving
the pace of
your day. As the Moon passes through each sign, it makes aspects to
planets in
your chart in the degree order they occur, from early in signs to late
– tick,
tick, tick. This creates another approach to the VOC phenomenon that
isn’t so
well-known, and that might be called the Personal
Void-of-Course
Moon.
If you have natal planets late in one or more signs, an ordinarily
Void-of-Course Moon may still be making aspects to your chart, allowing
you a
special exception from the rule and giving you a driving advantage at
this
time. It may not be a great time to make solid decisions in general,
but you’re
still in gear and making clear steps ahead, after others have gone
adrift.
Conversely, if your planets are mostly early in signs, then for you the
Moon
goes personally Void-of-Course sooner than for the rest of the world,
allowing
you to check out, get creative and party early, while others are still
in a
more mundane frame of mind. So, every couple of days when the Moon gets
late in
its sign, watch when it makes its last aspect to your chart, then see
what rest
of its transit through that sign is like for you.
Try it out, get the feel of it
– you may see that it gives you a special edge over those who
may
be watching
the ordinary Void-of-Course period alone. A tip of the hat to the great
Al H.
Morrison, who popularized the VOC Moon among modern
astrologers,
for privately suggesting this additional approach many years
ago…
And, if you don’t feel
like calculating it in your head every day, the Personal Void-of-Course
Moon is
included in Matrix Software's DayWatch
calendar program and Lunar
Returns
report as well.
-- John Townley
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