Sextile, new to crescent Moon ☉ ♎ ☽ ♐

Sun in Libra, Moon in Sagittarius

Sun in Libra, Moon in Sagittarius joins cardinal air and mutable fire two signs apart in a sextile, with the Moon 31° to 89° ahead of the Sun: the new or crescent phase. The Sun is in its fall in Libra, and Jupiter, who rules the Moon's sign, is Libra's participating air triplicity ruler. You are courteous and fair, and underneath you want room, honest talk and something to believe in. Together they make a friendly, restless, outspoken pair.

A courteous self with a Moon that wants an open road, honest speech and a reason to hope.

Gifts

  • Easy sociability with real enthusiasm
  • Candour delivered with some charm
  • Optimism that steadies other people
  • Curiosity about other cultures and views
  • Generosity with time and ideas
  • Resilience after disappointment

Shadow

  • Tact that gives way to bluntness
  • Promising more than you can deliver
  • Restlessness inside a commitment
  • Preaching a view you have only half tested
  • Avoiding closeness by moving on
  • Overstating a position to keep up a mood
Tarot: Justice Temperance

Air and fire, one open road

Libra is cardinal air under Venus, where the Sun is in its fall, deepest at 19°, with Saturn exalted. Sagittarius is mutable fire under Jupiter, and the Moon holds no dignity there, while Mercury is in detriment. Jupiter is also Libra's participating triplicity ruler, which links the Moon's planet to the Sun's element. The signs are two apart, a sextile, and fire and air are compatible. The Moon is 31° to 89° ahead of the Sun: new or crescent. Astrologers read the new phase as instinct beginning and the crescent as the first push out of the past, so people with these Moons are often moving into something.

Fair and free

The Libra Sun wants a fair arrangement that suits everybody. The Sagittarius Moon wants space, truth and a larger view. Air feeds fire, so you are generally good-humoured and quick to enthuse, and you can talk about ideas with anyone. The Sun's concern for harmony tempers what the Moon would otherwise say bluntly, and the Moon's frankness keeps the Sun from wandering into vagueness. A usual day sees you meeting someone new and imagining a trip. Moods rise and fall quickly, but they recover through meaning, as when something is reframed or a plan starts to look possible.

In love

You want a friend as well as a lover: someone with opinions, a sense of humour and a willingness to go places. The Libra Sun wants courtesy and partnership. The Sagittarius Moon wants freedom, and will not settle for a relationship that keeps it indoors. You are honest about feelings in a way that can surprise people who expected diplomacy. The pattern to watch is feeling hemmed in and leaving, or offering a promise on a good day that is hard to keep on an ordinary one. A partner who shares a project and gives you air suits you. Tradition presents this as self-knowledge, not as a verdict on any match.

At work

Law, diplomacy, publishing, teaching, travel, international trade, ethics, coaching, advocacy, event work and anything that puts people from different places in a room suit you. You make others feel that the future is open. The risk is spreading yourself over more commitments than a week holds, and speaking before you have checked the facts. A reliable partner who handles detail is worth a great deal. These are tendencies of temperament, and the rest of the chart counts as much.

Where they pull apart

Libra tries to keep every relationship in good order, and Sagittarius wants to be elsewhere. The Sun commits to fair terms and the Moon looks at the exit. Tact can fail in either direction: too diplomatic to say the true thing, then too blunt once the true thing is out. You may say yes to a plan out of goodwill and spend a week regretting the loss of a free afternoon. Sagittarius is linked in tradition with the hips, thighs and liver, and Libra with the lower back and kidneys, so stress may show in the lower body. This is a pattern, not a diagnosis, and it belongs beside ordinary medical care.

Working with it

Before you agree to something, check it against your calendar and your energy, and give an honest answer. Keep a regular source of novelty, such as a language, a trip or a class, so a relationship is not asked to supply all of it. Say the frank thing early and kindly. Test a belief in conversation with someone who disagrees. In the crescent days after a new Moon, pick one direction and make a first concrete step. Build time alone into the week so that closeness stays chosen.

Questions to reflect on

  • Where are you saying yes to be agreeable and thinking about leaving?
  • What do you believe that you have never argued for?
  • Which trip or study would change your year?
  • How do you feel when the schedule is full and nothing is free?

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