The Moon
involves a new seed impulse. This is sometimes called
the solar tone.
Second Quarter
The Second Quarter (beginning at the end of the First
Quarter) represents, according to the tradition
established by Dane Rudhyar, a crisis in action, a time
when we must carry our new impulse or idea beyond
the planning stage and into the sphere of action. This is
a time when the idea breaks into reality and is launched.
The First Quarter is a time to get things underway, to
figure out how to make our dreams and ideas come true.
The end of the First Quarter and beginning of the
Second Quarter marks that point in the lunar cycle
where we are able to bring some portion of an insight or
idea on across into reality. The Second Quarter through
the Full Moon (beginning with the Third Quarter)
represents the time when we achieve the outward