Each month the moon and sun meet in the sky -- this is called a new moon. If you were born in the New Moon phase (0 to 45 degrees ahead of the sun), your life in this incarnation is all about making a fresh start. Of all the moon types, you will be the least hampered by the past. Your gaze is focused on the future.
Next, the swiftly moving moon draws away from the sun carrying the seeds of solar will she received in this meeting. The growing phase after the new moon is called the Crescent Phase (45 to 90 degrees ahead of the sun. The karmic heritage of those born under this phase is one of struggle against the forces of the past. The seeds planted at the new moon are struggling to be born; there is tension between the past locked within the seeds and the future. Crescent phase souls will face a battle between past conditioning and present goals in this lifetime. Their driving need is to focus their vision, but the struggle is likely to be on the emotional level.
As the moon enters its first square to the sun (90 to 135 degrees ahead of the sun), it begins the First Quarter phase. This is also a challenging phase. The energy here is focused on building the vision. People born under this phase of the moon carry a karmic challenge that will manifest in struggles with the physical world as they strive to bring their goals into concrete manifestation.
The next phase is the Gibbous Moon (135 to 180 degrees ahead of the sun). This phase of the moon deals with adjusting and refining what has gone before. People born under this phase are intent on cleansing their karmic heritage of past patterns that hinder them and empowering constructive patterns for the future. This is one of the introspective phases of the moon and people born under this phase have incarnated to focus on specific personal aims.
