Lately we may have felt stuck in a seemingly endless transitional phase. The days blur together and it’s hard to feel grounded or make progress. We’ve already checked our luggage, passed through security, waited in the terminal, boarded, took off.. and… that’s it. We’re still in the air. Suspended by an incomprehensible level of air pressure 30,000 feet in the sky.

I’ve always supported the idea that airports and planes are among the places on Earth where time doesn’t feel real. Liminal spaces. Intermediaries between destinations. Liminal spaces are unsettling. We’re neither here nor there, just suspended in transition. Familiar structures and routines are gone. But liminal spaces also hold power. Stripped of our usual patterns and distractions, we’re open to insight and change. We learn to find peace within ambiguity.

This Scorpio New Moon, which is conjunct Mars and opposite Uranus, is a major harbinger of change.
Within this “Martian” lunation…
⟡ We begin a new 780+ day Mars cycle with the Scorpio Mars Cazimi (Nov 17)
⟡ Then, Mars will square Saturn (Nov 25)
⟡ Followed by the Gemini Full Moon opposite Mars (Nov 27)
⟡ We close out this lunation with the Sagittarius New Moon (Dec 12), co-present with Mars

The plane is finally landing, we are arriving at our new destination. Although there’s still some work to do: find our checked luggage, a coffee, a cab, get home, and unpack, we can take a breath of relief knowing that we are finally here.