Note that in this case, we take into consideration the mean Black moon position, in my opinion, it appears to be the most meaningful in most classical cases. But keep in mind that when it comes to the Black moon we must see things with a “zonal” perspective (an area with an Orb), rather than as a fixed material point.
It will therefore invest Aries towards the end of January 2020 and leave this sign only towards the end of October, with all the actualization of Mars retrograde at the end of the 3rd decan Aries as an apotheosis at the end of this transit, which will inevitably mark and shake the Cardinal signs of course.
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Sharpened Martian edge
One must keep in mind that Aries has a very specific energy charge in the Zodiac, the sign therefore represents the vernal point, the spring equinox where the Day-forces return to equilibrium with the Night-forces.
In this case, the Black moon will be able to benefit from this powerful Martian “propulsion”, where symbolically it will begin a whole new zodiac for almost 9 years of its generic cycle and where it can help to guide many “new beginnings”, including even having more easily “sharp” aspects.
In this case, under the Mars rulership, the black moon tends to sharpen precisely its own natural “sharp” aspects, it can make show of an impulsiveness, nervousness, anger, which may also be misleading in the sense that the “bellicose” side may predominate but that this will necessarily operate to the detriment of the forces of reflection !
And yet, with the retrograde motion of Mars into its domicile sign during the course of the year, we can clearly see that there is a particular task to be carried out on all the Martian forces, and probably with a need to weight them, to control them, to structure them differently, as well as by force of circumstances…
The black moon in transit in Aries 2020
Quickly after its entry into this sign late January, the Black moon will form a conjunction with the asteroid Chiron, both positioned at the apex of the square with the lunar nodes, the months of February and March being particularly sensitive for this, moreover the new moon of March 24, 2020 being formed in direct conjunction on the first decan of Aries can be very sensitive in this !
There are many different ways of manifesting these energies, depending very much on how they fit into your own birth chart, we can consider that in this case, wounds and fears tend to come to light, certainly also in order to be “treated”, to reach a certain threshold of awareness and exteriorization, and that this may find its way into later twists and turns within the year.
This is an important “karmic turn” factor, especially with what operates in parallel within Capricorn (transits of Pluto / Saturn / Jupiter / Mars), these months of February / March 2020 have a large breaking load, as I earlier mentioned in the articles of the Lunations, and there is a good chance that this transit of the Black moon will continue to develop the energies that are raised here in the longer term over the next few months, as it also won’t really form a major aspect in the rest of the sky over several months…
The other major sensitive point on the side of this karmic transit will be felt towards late July, when the black moon will begin approaching the 3rd decan of Aries, it will inevitably tend to be in square of the Capricorn stellium, and Mars will already gradually begin to reach its stationary Aries phase before shifting retrograde through these same points.
There’s really a lot of tension, a lot of friction here and it all activates antagonistic energies !
On the one hand Mars necessarily represents the principle of action, which comes here to be confronted with things that may have been awakened during the previous months of February / March, but on the other hand, we can clearly understand that patience will particularly need to be “exercised”…
In the course of August we feel that the social planets are quite “entangled” and that this can therefore necessarily activate different frustrations or confusions in action, with perhaps difficulty in putting into action one’s will, ideals, ideas, perhaps also because there is a confrontation of force with the heavier reality which does not please and forces one to review one’s agenda.
Mars starts shifting retrograde strictly speaking around September 9-10 in square of Saturn which is also shifting retrograde, so maybe an awareness of the actions to be initiated is already awakened, but it may take more time than expected to set it up !
The Black moon will then form a direct conjunction with Mars retrograde at the end of September, with Mars returning to quadrature at Pluto and the Black moon investing Taurus, which reminds me very much of an accentuation of the alchemical process of Pluto’s “Calcinatio”.
In my opinion, in order to fully understand this time of the year, it will also be necessary to understand what is at stake in the longer term within Capricorn and especially what Pluto insists on !
It is obvious that depending on its aspects, this retrograde shift of Mars actualized by the black moon could be particularly “sharp” and could have different karmic repercussions…