Full Moon in Aries 2017


For the Sun at 13 Libra: Children are blowing soap bubbles at a youngster's party. This indicates the things you do just for fun. Nothing productive comes from blowing soap bubbles. It's all just clean play. But, these things allow the brain the wander and loosens us up at the same time. There is room for fancy and idle dreams. Relax and day dream. You never know what kind of inspiration may come from just playing with no agenda.

For the Moon at 13 Aries: A bomb that failed to explode is now safely concealed. This symbol was in play during our Full Moon eclipse in Aquarius. There was danger. We may not have even known about the threat until we found the bomb that did not explode. At that time, our mind races with what “could” have happened but fortunately did not. This gives us a renewed sense of what is important and also reminds us that tomorrow is not necessarily promised. Of course, we also start to wonder about how the bomb got there. Who put it in place? What we can do to shore up security and keep something like this from ever happening again? The failed threat causes us to think and may catalyze a feeling of both fear (what if there are more) and relief (thank goodness it didn't go off). In that process of thinking, we contemplate ourselves thus learning more and perhaps fostering a change in perspective. This was likely a very stirring wake up call in which we should understand that things could have been much worse.

For the Moon's Ruler, Mars, at 19 Virgo: A swimming race nears completion before a large crowd. Ah, competition. It often comes up when we pit Aries and Libra against one another on the me/we continuum. There is cheering for the competitors. Not that they can hear it necessarily. This means that the biggest push for completion comes from inside the swimmer. She can revel with the crowd after. Either way, we are nearing the end so many are putting their “all” in for that final push to the finish line. Competing can be fun. But, so can encouraging others to the finish line no matter their pace. It's a reciprocal good feel if you can bring your mind off the competition itself. They win. You win. They complete it giving it their all and you are subsequently inspired. Either way, the race draws the attention of many. Therefore, the competitors illustrate a conjoined voice that illustrates itself through action.


Delineation:
This Moon re-emphasizes the need to remain an individual even when in relationships. It calls for balance between self and the other. There may be a push/pull between deciding to be active or just being leisurely. That choice is best made according to how you feel. Follow that.
Jupiter is in new territory and on his way out of Libra here. He will enter Scorpio on October 11. He has only just begun his journey with the scorpion at the next lunation. He does not retrograde back to these degrees either. Between 23 Libra and 13 Scorpio, we only get one pass. In the meantime we are adding new information to our personal stories as he traverses the “fiery way” found between 15 Libra and 15 Scorpio. We will meet with “trials by fire” in regard to our personal philosophies, religious beliefs. What we publish to the world. How we project ourselves into relationships and matters of intimacy. He is also finished with his oppositions to Uranus. The two are within orb now. But, the year long interaction between the two is finishing up.
Neptune is a secret player at this lunation as he is inconjunct the Sun. This sideways interaction has us questioning matters of identity. Finding the answer to that question points right back to the Moon. Who do you feel you are? What is it at your core that drives your motivations? Are you who they say you are? Have you adopted certain roles just because that is what is expected of you? How much of your identity to do give to others? Does what you say match up with what you do? How good are you with follow through? Hey. I am a Libra...I know how all that works. We can get lost in the sea of everyone else. This is a chance to individualize. Seek who we are without outside influence.
Venus and Mars are precisely conjunct under this lunation too. So even though the signs of Libra and Aries (our Sun and Moon) are at opposite polarities, their rulers are snuggled up on the same page in Libra. This helps to make the opposition a little harmonious. It will ask you, though, to inspect the reasons why you are so prone to jump in an help and fix. Is it merely to be of help? Are you being asked to help? Or just taking it upon yourself to fix and advise? Check your ego for the answers here. Sometimes the sign of Virgo worries that she doesn't do enough. Over-extending and forcing yourself on others with the “perfect” solution for everyone is not always our job. Becoming too involved in the business of others without being invited is just not a good thing. But this energy is really good for refining that.
Most likely, the largest antagonistic energy coming to this Moon is Pluto. Pluto likes to control. We could see some forcefulness and emotional manipulation here. At it's highest though this Cardinal square wants us to fearlessly explore our own shadows and become more aware of how that bears impact on what we do and our identities. But, yes. There are likely power struggles and battles for control that are kick started here. That part is actually pretty interesting considering Jupiter's soon entrance into Scorpio will teach us all about power exchange and use. This Full Moon is certainly good prep work for this incoming syllabus. Still yet, we will be tasked with final lessons from what we should have learned from Jupiter's transit in Libra. We incorporate and employ these on our future journeys. We've had plenty of time to grow up (Saturn) and innovate (Uranus) how we relate to others. Now we get to show those new talents off.
The outlet for the Cardinal T-square falls in Cancer right beside the transiting Part of Fortune. Your ability to deal with personal emotional waters, nurture, care and move forward gracefully and gently come into play. Your metaphorical “pot of gold” lies in the concepts of Cancer. It's the fulcrum for balancing out this Cardinal crunch. Force met with gentleness or our crab skitters sideways away from it. True story. Sometimes the best way to deal with a power struggle is just to let go of your end of the rope.
Some folks will feel they have outgrown certain relationships under this Moon. It happens. Others will find themselves surrounded by others who have no idea who they are. This should encourage them to be themselves more boldly instead of feeling lonely. It's just change. Cardinal signs are great at initiating in the midst of that. So, take the lead. Be yourself. Maintain the sense of your own power and put it to use how you choose. Be in tune with your emotional body and remember, you can walk away and choose something more fun than arguing or playing tug of war.
One of the big problems for Libra is the reflex. Somebody hits you; you mirror their actions. Any other time, you would not have even considered hitting someone. But, they started it! So, you forsake what you feel is “right” because of what someone else did. Or, you change or veil your opinion just to get along with someone else. You over-accommodate and allow folks to control what you do and never even realize it. Until right about now. It's an important concept to think about and assess. Are you you no matter who you are with? Do you stand by what you feel is right and just or does that change depending on who else is in on the conversation? Can you debate without having to poke at emotional banjo strings using only facts and proven evidence? Can you say what you feel directly? Or, are you just throwing out hints in an effort to get others to jump on your bandwagon and do your bidding? Hints infuriate me. As a matter of fact, if I pick up on them, I normally ignore them on purpose. I'm sure they have their place somewhere in this energetic continuum. But, it's so much easier to just give someone information straight. Aries energy is going to help with that. So, if you catch yourself beating around the bush, why not just come right out with it? Learn to live with disagreement and not seeing eye to eye. We can get along and still not agree on every little thing. Definitely pay attention to whether you feel like you are allowed space to be yourself without having to alter that according to the company you keep.

Justice
Decisions were made at the last lunation. Justice is served at this one. What we have here is a call to assess evidence. Both ladies in this version of the Justice card have their eyes covered. In Rachel Pollack's book “Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom,” she states the following in reference to this card, “Card 11 indicates that the psychic laws of Justice, by which we advance according to our ability to understand the past, depends on seeing the truth about ourselves and about life.” I feel like that statement is the kicker here. The Sun and Mercury are huddled together in Libra both inconjunct Neptune. So brain and ego strive for these balanced positions of Justice; but, are hit sideways by potential distortion, uncertainty, haunted memories or flat out fear. We may have information confused. We may be editing ourselves due the folks who are around us. We may be uncertain or shaky within our sense of identity and our memories of how we became who we are. But, the Moon tries to pull us out of that. Calls us to be brave and assertive through our emotional body. To dare. To be bold. I'm not so sure Libra is comfortable with boldness. Libra WILL at a lower vibration edit herself in an effort to not “make waves” and prevent others from feeling uncomfortable. True story. Many of us heard things like, “pretty is as pretty does” or “children are to be seen not heard.” Those little things sink in over time whether we believe them or not. Before we know it we are unconsciously operating within those scripts. Sometimes, Libra sizes up bold as rude. In reality, bold doesn't have to be rude or brazen. Bold can be a gently burning fire. It doesn't have to be something that is so in your face it scalds your eyebrows. The point is to realize where it is you may be over-compromising your identity, how you think and what you say out of fear of someone's reaction to it.

Some of the problems associated with what I just mentioned could be a result of comparison. As in, how much you try to compare yourself to someone else. Or how you feel you measure up. That's a Libra thing too. Compare and contrast. But, thing is, we forget we are not comparable. Your path is different than that of anyone else. How can there be a comparison? This of course points to the swimming race symbol. You may not be able to best everyone in that race. The truest competition comes between altered and edited versions of yourself and the challenge to be more wise, self-assured and authentic. The challenge is to do what you do to the best of your abilities regardless of how that may or not measure up to your neighbor.

Basically, what all this says to me is that before we can be unbiased and deliver true Justice, we must confront ourselves and our (for lack of a better word) personal bullshit first. Otherwise our ability to remain detached enough to weigh out the facts and evidence is hindered. So. We follow the Moon's cue by first being brave enough to look at ourselves honestly in the mirror and assess these matters of identity or identity censoring and THEN step out and engage. Honestly. It may look like we are doing nothing at all. Just passive play. Blowing soap bubbles. But, on the inside, there is a whole lot going on in regard to figuring out how it is we are to come to terms with ourselves.

Sometimes engaging in activities we enjoyed when we were younger can help us remember what the pure essence of ourselves is like. For example, I have this box of memories. In that box is a baby book my mother kept. In that baby book she wrote that I had learned my first nursery rhyme at about 2 years old. “I see the Moon. The Moon sees me. God bless the Moon. God bless me.” Yeah. There I am. Before anyone had a chance to tell me who I was. Before I was given opportunity to believe them. And, here I am now...writing a book about following the Moon. Sometimes, it all comes full circle like that.

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