Tomorrow, Thursday the 19th, is the New Moon in Libra. How can the attributes of Libra help us on our journey?How can we expand to embrace our journey more effectively?
Libra is an Air sign and is represented by the scales. Thus, one of its focuses is on equality.
Libra is ruled by Venus, the planet that represents beauty, art, co-operation, and creativity. It deals with relationships both with others and with the self. Balancing your own inner male and female relationship, as well as relationships outside of yourself, is important in Libra.
Balance and equality include seeing the other side of the story, hearing both sides of view in a discussion, taking into account you don’t need to agree, just allow others to hold different opinions. We need to be able to do this in order to create harmonious, productive and creative partnerships that work.
If you are creating intent this month, there are lots of ideas here to choose from. Some examples:
- I am asking for more balance in my life between work and play.
- I am asking to see the beauty in all things, and all people.
- I am asking to release the need to be right, and be able to listen effectively to others.
The real news this month, though, seems to be that Jupiter, the planet of luck and good fortune and of expansion, has moved from Libra into Scorpio. Scorpio is about life and death – transformation. Now, see that expanded in your life. Take a look at your life, at yourself. What needs to 
change? Do you need to become more independent, or do you need to allow others to help you? Do you need to let go of fear so you can move forward? Do you need to shine, to let others know you are there and have skills and love to offer? What is it in your life that needs to shift so that you can be all that you are meant to be?
This will be a focus for the next year, until November 8, 2018. So, be prepared for change. Jupiter is usually joyful, and the changes are good ones. They may not seem so at the time, but hang in there until the end of the story.
This New Moon is an expanded beginning, offering us support to change. Let go of resistance. The change is coming, whether we co-operate or not. If we don’t, if we resist, it will just make the journey more difficult.
So, welcome to Jupiter in Scorpio at this lovely New Moon in Libra.
