Both times of my having the Scintillating Scotoma phenomenon have been around the first quarter moon: 16th August and 16th September.
So what does the first quarter moon actually mean?
First Quarter Moon Phase
The Moon is waxing from 90 to 135 degrees ahead of the Sun in the zodiac. It rises in the east around noon and sets in the west around midnight.
The First Quarter phase is Active and Impetuous. It is about putting the past behind, seeking individuality, and taking the initial action necessary to achieve your goal. The activity during this phase must clear away the obstacles so that the vision of the New phase will have a secure foundation to develop and grow. What can you do to initiate the actualization of your vision for this cycle? What insecurities are inhibiting you? During this phase emotional sensitivity and feelings of being misunderstood can block forward motion. It is important to move beyond the need for approval from others.
This phase involves the feeling-moving or kinesthetic body. The idea is to use body movement to generate energy that can then be channeled into creative expression. Physical action is the key to this initiating energy. Stretch, dance or engage in exercise to alleviate a sense of being blocked. Act on your feelings. Make phone calls. Write letters. FEEL & MOVE.
Keywords for the First Quarter phase are action, expression, growth, breaking away.
http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_dg_firstquarter_e.htm
Moon Watching series (4) by Dana Gerhardt
The First Quarter Moon
At the Quarter Moons, I'm not surprised when the plaintive wail of a siren breaks the silence of my otherwise sleepy town. Or when the nightly news features a sudden eruption of bomb threats, shootings, deadly traffic accidents, domestic quarrels exploding into murderous rage. Full Moons may have the greater reputation for inspiring wild or erratic behavior, but at the quarter Moons, there may be even greater tension in the air. Dane Rudhyar called the first and Last Quarter Moons "crisis" times.Crisis isn't a particularly happy word. It suggests a heart-pounding moment when change is inevitable, and likely perilous. At such times, it's nice to recall how the Chinese language carries crisis and opportunity in the same ideogram. This dualism also holds at the quarter Moons: outcomes can go either way. Tragedies simply draw more reporters and crisis management teams, even sell more astrology books. But a wise astrologer keeps her perspective. She knows that on the quarter Moon, when one man is trampled by a wild horse, another digs a new well; another may break his mother's heart and finally leave home, striking out for a brave new adventure.
"We decide our futures at the quarter Moons. 'Caught,' as Rudhyar said, 'in the wheel of change,' we turn ourselves towards fulfillment or failure, as an incoming tide of possibilities slams against the momentum of what we've already known."
When a crisis subsides, we can more clearly see how it brought a turning point in our fortunes. This hints at the quarter Moon's significance, and it brings us closer to the origins of the word crisis in our own language. Deriving from the Greek krinenin, "to decide or determin," crisis is what Hippocrates called that stage when a patient's bodily humours, ebbing and flowing like the tides of the sea, shifted their direction. It was then a physician could determine whether the disease was taking a good or bad turn.[1]
We decide our futures at the quarter Moons. "Caught," as Rudhyar said, "in the wheel of change,"[2]we turn ourselves towards fulfillment or failure, as an incoming tide of possibilities slams against the momentum of what we've already known. This collision is imaged astrologically as a square, the relationship between Sun and Moon that defines the quarters. A square is the felt tension, whether in the birth chart, by transit, or the lunation cycle, of two bodies ninety degrees apart on the zodiacal wheel.
Squares bring two forces into conflict. Each planet works to block the expression of the other, a tension that promotes action. Remarkable growth can happen with squares, though it's not guaranteed. During the Sun/Moon square at the First Quarter, for example, we can bolster ourselves for forward movement, drawn by the promise of new revelations at the Full Moon. Or we can drown under the weight of our cluttered pasts, finding ourselves at the Full Moon not too far from the cycle's beginning.
Planets in square function much like the archetype of the disappointed king and his "stupid" son. The expectations, capabilities and desires of these two are so different, that resistance between them is inevitable. Typically one planet bullies the other. It's often the slower moving planet who initially sets the agenda, like the king who demands his slow-witted son shape up. He sends the boy on quests-to gain wisdom, slay a dragon, retrieve a magic pear-none of which the boy cares about or feels at all capable of doing. "Idiot!" growls the irritated king. "Yes... I must be an idiot!" mutters the rejected son.
Feeling so trapped, inhibited, and resentful, the boy (or faster-moving planet) struggles against his lot. His frustration mounts. The square's momentum for change is building. The faster-moving planet needs to somehow reorient itself. It doesn't know it yet, but it will find its success only on discovering a brand new castle (or paradigm). But first the pressure of the square must release: in a highly charged confrontation, the king disowns his son. This is the square's crisis or turning point.
The boy wanders in the forest (the realm of new possibilities) and magic helpers (intuitive voices) gather round. Free now (the slower moving planet has given up), the faster moving planet follows its fresh instincts, even though it doesn't yet completely understand them. Of course soon it arrives at a kingdom where a princess needs marrying (a new developmental situation); of course there's a test to pass. Where countless other suitors have failed (recalling the square's previous unsuccessful attempts and its mounting frustrations), the boy's instincts have been refined and are now uniquely suited. He succeeds. He makes the princess laugh, captures the magic bird, discovers the sorcerer's secret. The faster moving planet has come into its power. The "stupid" son can now marry the princess (integration) and the kingdom (the whole birth chart perhaps!) is regenerated.(Here's mine, note Michaela )
https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/uk/london.
Moon Phases for London, England, United Kingdom in 2018
| Lunation | New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Third Quarter | Duration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1175 | 2 Jan | 02:24 | 8 Jan | 22:25 | 29d 19h 47m | ||||
| 1176 | 17 Jan | 02:17 | 24 Jan | 22:20 | 31 Jan | 13:26 | 7 Feb | 15:53 | 29d 18h 48m |
| 1177 | 15 Feb | 21:05 | 23 Feb | 08:09 | 2 Mar | 00:51 | 9 Mar | 11:19 | 29d 16h 06m |
| 1178 | 17 Mar | 13:11 | 24 Mar | 15:35 | 31 Mar | 13:36 | 8 Apr | 08:17 | 29d 12h 46m |
| 1179 | 16 Apr | 02:57 | 22 Apr | 22:45 | 30 Apr | 01:58 | 8 May | 03:08 | 29d 9h 51m |
| 1180 | 15 May | 12:47 | 22 May | 04:49 | 29 May | 15:19 | 6 Jun | 19:31 | 29d 7h 55m |
| 1181 | 13 Jun | 20:43 | 20 Jun | 11:50 | 28 Jun | 05:53 | 6 Jul | 08:50 | 29d 7h 05m |
| 1182 | 13 Jul | 03:47 | 19 Jul | 20:52 | 27 Jul | 21:20 | 4 Aug | 19:17 | 29d 7h 10m |
| 1183 | 11 Aug | 10:57 | 18 Aug | 08:48 | 26 Aug | 12:56 | 3 Sep | 03:37 | 29d 8h 04m |
| 1184 | 9 Sep | 19:01 | 17 Sep | 00:14 | 25 Sep | 03:52 | 2 Oct | 10:45 | 29d 9h 45m |
| 1185 | 9 Oct | 04:46 | 16 Oct | 19:01 | 24 Oct | 17:45 | 31 Oct | 16:40 | 29d 12h 15m |
| 1186 | 7 Nov | 16:01 | 15 Nov | 14:54 | 23 Nov | 05:39 | 30 Nov | 00:18 | 29d 15h 18m |
| 1187 | 7 Dec | 07:20 | 15 Dec | 11:49 | 22 Dec | 17:48 | 29 Dec | 09:34 | 29d 18h 08m |
| * All times are local time for London. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | |||||||||
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