The next Moonwobble cycle is upon us. Let’s start with the basics : Take your time; think things through; look at everything twice, or more. Most importantly, don’t identify with aggravation (e.g., do not get into a game of chicken with fellow drivers on the road). The energy will shift significantly when the Sun moves into Aries on March 20. The tone will shift from confused and unpredictable to strident and pushy.

Culmination of the cycle comes when the Sun reaches 4° 50’ of Aries, square the lunar nodes at the same degree of Cancer (N) and Capricorn (S).

The Washington DC chart shows the Sun in the 6th house with the nodes in the 9th and the 3rd respectively. I suppose we should be grateful these are cadent houses, suggesting that the culminating tensions will show up sluggishly. Which is just as well because Jupiter, Pluto, and Mars are angular on the 4th house cusp and we will be getting plenty of energy from them. Fourth house is home, domestic policy, and of course - elections.

Saturn has moved away from this Capricorn love fest but is still in orb at 0° Aquarius.

Interestingly, this Moonwobble culminates just after the coming New Moon in Aries. For this analysis, though, I’ve chosen to look at the New Moon of February 23, in Pisces, because this sets the stage for the coming several weeks.

That chart, for Washington DC, has about 2° Cancer ascending and Mars angular in the 7th house, suggesting aggressive attitudes about others and how we in the United States relate to them. It is sextile the New Moon pair and trine Uranus.

I would expect an aggressive U.S. foreign policy aided by fresh initiatives based on philosophical positions, possibly drawing upon an interest in what is perceived as constructive social change. It is a Pisces New Moon, of course, but it’s also in the 9th house and its energy will show up in philosophical discourse and the nation’s way of seeing its own potential growth and learning. Mercury, an important planet in the President’s chart, is on the Midheaven here so, no surprise, he will be prominent during this cycle.

And now for the most interesting piece

In the February New Moon chart, Chiron is angular on the 10th house cusp. There is a lot of conversation about “wounding” around Chiron. I’m not so sure; I think the jury will be out for some time yet on how we interpret this object. I view Chiron from the perspective of androgyny (i.e., stepping away from socially constructed gender identification), in keeping with the era of its discovery (1977).

This chart gives us a chance to see it in action. It is prominent here in the 10th house of business and is squared by Mars. The two planets form a T-square with the chart ascendant. As I write this we are six days into this new moon cycle, and those days saw a severe plummet in equity values on markets around the world. So far the U.S. market has lost 10 percent of its value, over 4,000 points.

That is 10th house wounding if anything could be, and quite aggressive.

What makes this interesting is that by the time Moonwobble culminates on March 24, the Sun will move into conjuction with Chiron. This is a very lonely Sun (and Moon) in the 6th house with no major aspects apart from the Chiron conjuction. (Pisces is on the 6th house cusp !) I think of the 6th house in this kind of chart as the home of the needy and unfortunate, or those needing help and support. I expect their plight to be brought home to us in a big way by the time we get to the Moonwobble peak.

As for that Sun - Chiron conjunction : I’ll be watching. I’m curious to see if any elements related to LGBT*, trans, or other non-binary identification / roles show up in any way.