Dark Moon in Pisces: Our Grief Reshapes the World

The cards are The Tower Rx crossed by the Emperor Rx (center), 5 of Cups (below), the Star (left), 3 of Pentacles Rx (right), 9 of Swords Rx (above).

A new spread for the new moon in Pisces, that carries us through Aries season and the beginning of spring. Music by the great Beth Bradfish.

The two upright cards in this spread are watery, grieving cards, the 5 of Cups and the Star.

Allowing ourselves to feel grief for all we've lost and all the destruction we are witnessing returns us home, to our essence, and helps us to remember our radical hopes for another world, one that cares for and nourishes life.

This is our birthright and essence, to love and care for one another, but to return there we have to reckon with and dismantle the over-culture of dominion and patriarchal violence, centered in the core of this spread (the Tower Rx & the Emperor Rx). We are called to work within ourselves as part of this reckoning, to explore our relationship to the myth of toxic individualism (9 of Swords Rx), and find ways to release ourselves from its destructive bonds. This personal and collective deconditioning can return us to more communal states of care, interconnection, and relationality with all life.

I will be working with this spread all month, with prompts and a personal spread for you to go deeper with these collective offerings. Thank you for listening.