Selene in the Void
The Moon is void of course. Sometimes I want to read this as it’s “void, of course!” But the term is without the comma and unless it’s an adjective, without the hyphens. The void-of-course Moon (see what I did there?) can suddenly prompt an especially heavy feeling of dread and lackluster inspiration or motivation. Sometimes it’s palpable, sometimes hardly noticeable. It depends on her host and how long she’s void.
The ancients warned not to begin any endeavor with the Moon void-of-course. It was sometimes called “running in the void,” and was seen as inauspicious. Something started would go unnoticed and results lost or delayed.
In traditional astrology, the Moon is void of course when she does not complete or perfect an exact aspect with any planets between her last aspect and her next, until after ingressing into the next zodiac sign.
In traditional, or Hellenistic, astrology, we consider just the seven traditional planets and five Ptolemaic aspects.
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In Chaldean Order, the seven traditional planets are Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. The Hellenistic aspect doctrine includes just five geometrical configurations. These are the conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition.
This week, Selene, the Moon, conjoined Helios, the Sun, at 1° in the image of the Archer, or Sagittarius, and emerged from under the beams, becoming visible about 26 hours later as a fresh crescent at sunset. Selene then passed over the Hermes-Aphrodite (Mercury-Venus) conjunction in the Archer and cast her rays in a square toward Zeus (Jupiter) in the Fishes (Pisces). The square perfected at 28°, about three hours before Selene departed Zeus’s fiery temple for the earthy domicile of Kronos, the Seagoat.
Selene is averse (no aspects made) to the three planets transiting through the Archer, to Kronos in the Water Bearer, and to Ares in the Twins. Her next contact will be a sextile to Zeus, which perfects approximately 48 hours after the square. We consider application aspects to and from the Moon at 15°, so this whole period is not void but could feel slow-going, heavy, or indulgent.
Running in the void and delaying action may be a welcome respite for some unwinding after the US Thanksgiving holiday. Sometimes the void Moon can work to one’s advantage when planned. But when not, it can produce belatedness and encourage procrastination.
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Astrology is a rhapsody. And this article tells just a very small part of the epic poems written by the stars in our heavens. Stay tuned for additional compositions that weave the wisdom of the stars.
Curiously, this is my first post to Medium. The image of the Crab is rising at 19°, applying to trine Neptune in the ninth place, ruled by Selene in the void at 3° in the Descendant. The Midheaven is conjoined Neptune and applying to Zeus in the sign of the Fishes.
