Last Quarter

The Last Quarter Moon appears half lit again, this time waning, when the Moon is ninety degrees from the Sun on the closing side of the cycle. It is the phase of release and reorientation, when a person lets go of what no longer serves and begins to turn inward toward the cycle's end. The Last Quarter carries the energy of reevaluation, completion, and a crisis of meaning rather than of action. As current sky, a Last Quarter Moon is a time to release, reflect, and clear away what is finished, making room for what comes next. The mood is reflective and sometimes tense, asking for honest reassessment. As a birth phase, people born under a Last Quarter Moon tend to be reflective and principled, often working through an inner process of letting go and rethinking. They can feel out of step with their surroundings, guided by their own convictions and a sense of where things are heading. The gift of the Last Quarter is the courage to release and reorient, and its work is to clear the old with purpose rather than clinging to what has passed.