the full moon at 25’52 aquarius is exact on thursday august 18th 2016 at 2:26am PDT, marking the midway point of the lunar cycle we are in that began with the new moon in leo on august 2nd. that new moon was powerful as it was trine saturn helping us to anchor in a new reality- but it was also quincunx neptune which created a need for us to take off the rose colored glasses and see beyond the delusions and denial so that we can see ourselves, others and the world around us more clearly. with the new moon initiation of this lunar cycle triggering the saturn/neptune square- this whole moonth (moon is the root word of month) is focused on truly aligning with WHAT IS and letting go of what used be/could be/was in a past life/could be in a future one but bottom line is not what IS right now.
this full moon is potent. first of all there’s a lot of confusion about if it’s a lunar eclipse or not. i saw someone online reference it as an ‘almost eclipse’. essentially the sun, moon and earth align like an eclipse but the shadow of the moon won’t touch the earth so we won’t have a portion of the globe go into darkness. to me this in-between-eclipse can almost make it more potent- it’s there but we cannot see it so we have to tune in with our inner eyes to get the most of it. it’s certainly powerful though and the sensitive among us can feel it- as well as anyone with 25-26 degrees fixed signs in their chart (taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius).
full moons bring things to Light, climax, culmination or crisis points. essentially the sun fully illuminates the moon and brings to consciousness all that resides in the Unconscious. with the full moon in aquarius we are being asked to look at our needs for space, freedom and evolution and also our addictions to these very things that keep us from being able to relate deeply, intimately and from a space of vulnerable emotion. aquarius is an air sign and it prefers to think about feelings rather than really feel them. the gift of aquarius is being able to rise above and see the Bigger Picture at play- but the shadow of aquarius is escaping when the going gets tough and spiritually bypassing the shadow by ‘taking the higher road’ when really we are just trying to avoid facing our own shit and shadow.
luckily this lunation is well aspected! the full moon in aquarius sextiles uranus (the ruler of the full moon) and also semisextiles chiron in pisces. the full moon activates the uranus/chiron semisextile- a long time aspect that goes from 2009-2021 and is exact twice a year. the last exact aspect between these two was the week before last (august 9th) and this is what i said in my weekly astrology forecast about this alignment:
uranus/chiron harmoniously aligns the rebel, revolutionary and Great Awakener with the Wounded Healer planetoid. these two have been in semisextile aspect since the start of 2009 and will continue to do so until the middle of 2021- so this is a long term transit that really spans a whole generation. uranus brings things to Light and helps us make radical shifts and changes and when he is in contact with the Wounded Healer we have huge potential for seeing our own wounds and doing deep healing work that helps us to dramatically release the past and the hold it has on us. with uranus in the first sign and chiron in the last sign- there is potential to really clear out old karmic patterns from the past that have been haunting us for lifetimes. the key is that we have to do something with this astrology- it’s not a silver spoon in the mouth! if you happen to have planets around 24-25 degrees that are getting activated by uranus and chiron then you are in the line of transformational fire! for everyone though, this astrology provides us with the impetus and potential to bring to Light that which we could not see or face in the past. cathartic healing is possible right now- be sure to embrace it and work with the energies present right now! for some perspective the last uranus/chiron aspect was on 11/25/15 (a day before the first saturn/neptune square) and the next will be on 12/10/16. because both of these bodies are slow moving planets and they are in each other’s orbit and keeping time with each other this transit lasts 12 years- but the degrees and signs they activate during each exact aspect change. in 2009 uranus was at 20’22 pisces and chiron was at 20’22 aquarius. in 2021 uranus will be at 10’50 taurus and chiron will be at 10’50 aries. so both bodies transit over 50 degrees respectively over this 12 year cycle- helping to awaken and heal parts of our individual and collective experience that is ready for shift.
with the full moon linking up with uranus and chiron- and with uranus ruling this full moon to boot- we have MAJOR opportunities to awaken to deeper aspects of ourselves and heal the split within. ‘both Light and shadow are the dance of Love’ (rumi)- and uranus/chiron can help us to see and integrate more of our Light and shadow which is a prerequisite for wholeness (which to me is what enlightenment is all about- ’enlightenment is not about imagining figures of Light but of making the darkness conscious’ ~jung)
another significant aspect this full moon makes is a quincunx to mercury and jupiter in virgo. mercury/jupiter aligns the lower mind with the planet of expansion, growth and optimism. it’s a great aspect for learning, teaching, exploring, traveling and opening our minds! yet the virgo energy is at odds with the aquarius full moon. virgo is a perfectionist and attends to the details while aquarius is about the Bigger Picture. ultimately we want to be able to have one foot in both worlds so that we aware of the forest and the trees- aware of the pieces of the puzzle and also of the picture the puzzles forms when its all put together. both uranus and chiron tensely aspect mercury and jupiter- so the virgo part of us is being asked to awaken and heal. if we overdo virgo and are anxious, self/other critical and too much in our heads or if we undergo virgo and check out, ignore reality, go out of our bodies and are addicted to Spirit (yes we can be addicted to Spirit!) this full moon can bring to Light our personal and collective imbalances so that with this greater awareness we can set into motion whatever change is needed for the next stage of our evolution to anchor in.
and last but not least i will share with you ellias lonsdale’s star sparks meditation for 26 aquarius. it is so on point (as all of his meditations are) and when i read this one i got chills. he talks about the karmic patterns we keep playing out even though one part of us is saying ‘wow i am so over this’ while another part of us addictively keeps playing out the pattern. he speaks to how we are drawn and magnetized to the places we know so well- even if they are not good for us any longer or perhaps haven’t been good for us for a years or even lifetimes. this is where we still hang around and “can’t seem to shake it, that pattern, that way of life.” “so much truth arising amidst so much falsehood” could be the motto for this week, this full moon and this year. this full moon can help us to not only see and understand but to actually EMBODY and MANIFEST the great Truth that we are free to make our lives fit who we are now. and it’s up to us to do the work to change!
blessings on all you are being and becoming…
~divine harmony
Aquarius 26 Dragonflies around a stagnant pool
Torture and insight. Staying in what always was with a lingering glance while seeing through it on the inside. Playing out the karmic script to the max. Observing one’s own every move from a timeless place. Yet in time, somehow compelled to do it again, recreate the same scenarios, be involved in what no longer seems to hold much promise, (forgoing) any real ability to change, to renew, to come again to life.
Hard to explain or justify why. Fate works that way. Karma does as well. You just feel drawn, magnetized to that place you know so well, as though you wondered whether this time it could be different. Yet even when it proves the same as ever, you still hang around, you can’t seem to shake it, that pattern, that way of life.
Meanwhile, on the inside, learning, growing, evolving. Buzzing with new facets, fresh angles. Sensing what it means from a different vantage point than ever before. The outer situations hold firm, but the interior path opens in the midst of closed worlds, flourishes where it would look like it’s all bad news.
Something needs to repeat the sequence over and again. While something else inside is ready to move on into the place of no longer needing to create such scenarios. There is a time gap, where what we did create before still clings to us, while we do not generate fresh karmas. And that gap offers space or breath of a contemplative kind to catch up, to get the whole story, to heal, to recover.
So much truth arising amidst so much falsehood. Liberation in the thick of limitation. Being beyond all this and being fascinated by the past as it perpetuates itself so automatically, so compulsively.
A great lesson in realizing how to follow what is known and no longer to doubt it. Doubt is the delay frequency. Conviction begins to erode doubt. Eventually, it all comes home to you that you are free to make your life fit who you are now.