Now is the beginning of everything. We have survived and we are making it real. It’s the Aries Equinox. Three Pentacles cards in the reading, including the Ace of Pentacles, leaves little room for doubt what this new moon in Aries is all about. It’s the ignition of life materialised. It’s an inception moment when our ego, our identity and personal power is tied up in our action. Results will be made apparent in the fullness of time. The new moon is happening on 21 March, 2023, at 17:22 GMT, and it is taking place at 00 degrees and 48 minutes of Aries.

So it is the zero degree of the first astrological sign. It’s the beginning of spring. The beginning of the astrological year and everything that follows comes from this moment in time. It is a symbolic and actual initiation of conception. From the silence of transcending to loud arrivals. From the collective sea of Piscean spirit to the fire of Aries individuality. We are here and we are shouting it from the roof tops. It’s time to be brave. We are about to go it alone with confidence.

The 9 of Pentacles tells us we can have it all. It’s a practical, earthy, materialistic view of the world that can be ours. Possibly a simplistic one that does not want us to overcomplexify or overwork events and ideas. Here we are in a garden looking luscious, youthful and rich. The abundance of the world is around us. With the new moon in Aries at zero degrees nothing is too much to wish for or strive towards. It all starts now. Aries lives in the moment. Aries is happy in the here and now. This is self knowledge at its fullest. The 9 of Pentacles represents full self reliance and total independence. At the base of it there is action and confidence. As planets in Aries start making positive aspects to Saturn in Aquarius, we can see that stability and long term rewards are slowing coming to fruition. The dispositor of the new moon in Aries, Mars, is still in Gemini sextiling the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter. With that stellium, we truly have it all at the start to our journey: straight speaking communication, clear logistics, faith and spirituality, illumination, receptiveness, and enthusiasm to move forward, take risks, be bold.

The 8 of Pentacles is further indication of going it alone, separating ourselves from the group and engaging in repetitive action and focusing in our practice is the basis to future success. The self knowledge that is at the heart of Aries means pure action, concentration, self realisation. Do not contemplate, aggravate or ruminate. Do not engage in anything that can cause anxiety and turmoil. The element of Aries is fire. And fire simplifies everything. We are back to basics. There is no time to think and turn over unpleasant thoughts. Because when living in the moment there is no space to be either depressed or fearful. If something doesn’t work out it gets burnt up, and nothing is left behind. Fire is all consuming, it’s ruthless, it’s fast moving. The only thing that can survive is repetitive singular action. It is the thing that turns over production, that creates perfection and that builds abundance. And Aries is athletic, physical, wants abundance and knows how to get it. We are at a stage when we are our own masters. The culmination of our efforts will come later. Some will be obvious within the next two weeks, more substantial results will materialise in six months time but we might have to wait for a whole year or even year and a half, and until the end of the astrological cycle in order to experience the full force of our efforts and current actions.

The Ace of Pentacles is a gift it comes to reinforce the message. With this new moon in Aries something is finished and gone already. And a gift is handed to us in the form of a real life opportunity. Indeed we are having two new moons in Aries in 2023. As the eclipse cycle in Taurus-Scorpio is coming to an end, the landscape is clear for a complete and total change. All the rubble and baggage that was obstructing our path and view point has been cleared out. Within a month a new cycle of eclipses will be taking place in the Aries-Libra axis, and those are announced by this super powerful Aries equinox new moon at zero degrees. It is the completion of a full scale purge. It will take 18 months of an unemotional and fully self-realised drive to create a future aligned with a more honest expression. And it all starts now. With the Ace of Pentacles we are offered a gift to make our dreams a reality. Our job and responsibility is now to take it and turn it into something meaningful to us. We can do this by being combative, fearless, optimistic and through hard work, open to events and quick to act. It is time to fight for what we want, and we are getting the biggest go ahead from the universe that we could have ever wished for.

Flavia