Dear Friends,
The Full Moon is Wednesday, March 27 at 3:27 AM Mountain Daylight Time. Much like the Equinox, this is a great time to celebrate be social, share a good time, let in more light, and have fun! It is a time where a higher emotional experience of beauty, inspiration, hope, gratitude, thanks and appreciation are not only possible but hard to avoid. If you are not experiencing life this way, you should investigate and question where you are, what you are doing and who you are with. We are in the thick of a great productive energy cycle that requires balance to really take advantage of it. Balancing the qualities of giving and receiving, the masculine and the feminine, doing and being, earth and sky energies, social and alone time, are all important at this time. Look to your body for clues as to where you may need some work; right side masculine, left side feminine. This is a very good time for some deep tissue massage, body work and acupuncture.
Blessings,
Lena Stevens
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ASTROLOGICAL NOTES: Written by Patricia Liles. Contact her at PATLILES@aol.com
Full Moon Sun in Aries, Moon in Libra ~ 6º Wed. March 27, 2013, 3:28 AM MDT
Just a week after the Equinox when the Sun is poised at equal day and equal night, we bask in the light of a Full Moon in Libra, the sign of balance. Here in the northern hemisphere we begin the zodiac cycle anew as the Sun enters 0º Aries at vernal equinox. Each of the four seasons begins with a cardinal sign in a different element:
Spring begins with Aries – cardinal fire
Summer begins with Cancer – cardinal water
Autumn begins with Libra - cardinal air
Winter begins with Capricorn – cardinal earth
The quality of cardinality is initiating, thrusting forth into new endeavors, stimulating, self- assertive, active, energetic, creative – a driving force in the universe. Cardinal signs give ambition, executive ability and constructive action. So, we begin our seasonal onset with the Sun moving into Mars-ruled Aries and the Moon full in Venus-ruled Libra. Mars and Venus are polar opposites in nature. Mars, God of War, is masculine, fiery, forthright and direct in action confronting the world with brash, bold activity. Aries is The Adventurer, The Pioneer seeking to express the unique, youthful joy of "I Am". The Sun in Aries is in its exaltation, well placed to express itself in full, radiant masculine power. The Moon full in Libra as Aries opposite sign says, 'Now that you know your power of self in the material world, let's balance that with relationship and awareness of the other." Libra moves us beyond 'me' to 'we'. Libra being an air sign is mental in nature and masculine and with its Venus ruler wants peace to predominate and interactions to feel harmonious, formality to be respected, and the aesthetic social graces of culture – music, art, drama, poetry - to be given their due. Libra values equality and justice thus the symbol of the scales, and when not lost in indecisiveness from weighing every point of view, is reasonable and sympathetic and able to see the 'big picture' that is the gift of the air sign perspective. John Lennon was a Libra, also Oscar Wilde, Gandhi and Eleanor Roosevelt who was the social conscience of American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression and World War II.
The Full Moon in Libra allows the vital force to rest and experience the ease of balance, that is, if the hot Aries Sun doesn't activate over-stimulation – a good time to follow the 'all things in moderation rule'. Nourish your Libra-ruled adrenals, watch sugar addiction and maintain your acid-alkaline balance at this moon time. Vitality (chi) is strong with the Sun in Aries use it for heavy lifting and marshalling your forces for initiating and manifesting something you have been strategizing about. Watch for head bangs, wounds, accidents, burnout, too much heat (anger).
Which brings us to the condition of the Full Moon chart. The Sun in Aries has three planets closely influencing it: Venus exact, volatile Uranus, and Mars made stronger and more self-assertive in its own sign. Coupled with the Sun's magnetic energy, Uranus can bring unexpected and unpredictable events upfront and personal, and when you add the instinctual desire and dynamic action-oriented ways of Mars you have a recipe for fearless, constructive change if channeled positively or an impulsive, aggressive fanaticism that erupts on unsuspecting targets.
With Pluto, God of the Underworld and holder of the shadow, exactly squaring Mars and this Aries group, as well as the Full Moon, we have the potential for eruption of buried material, frustrated power issues, secrets, toxic materials of all sorts. Certainly freeing of the shadow reveals the power and light available and this is what we seek in order to evolve, but when we pass through this kind of portal as we do now, the crisis-provoking square energy in the hands of those who at their core feel utterly powerless in these challenging times of dissolution of what had been believed to be stability can be a notably impulsive, destructive, self-righteous energy. This activation of 'revolutionary power' used by the creative, shamanic and those who have the discipline and knowledge to handle these energies skillfully is a powerful opportunity. The Full Moon is collective energy and each one is called on to acknowledge and release those lines and pools of powerlessness within that are up surging with the energy of Spring and this most powerful of Full Moons. This energy began in the days before Full Moon and continues through the end of the month and beyond.
The Finger of God triangular formation created by Pluto and Saturn at the base with Jupiter at the apex is still active with Jupiter also exactly square Chiron at 11º (Gemini-Pisces) lending deep support and catalyzing energy for healing and urging us to work with the beliefs and mental constructs that hold old wounding experiences in place. Every where I look people seem to be turning over the old rocks in their psychological lives and seeing what dark, creepy-crawler things lie beneath (pain and suffering be gone!). Much collective healing is taking place. What you do for yourself, you do in support of healing for all.
Although Mars, Sun and Venus have moved on into Aries, Mercury remains behind still in early Pisces with Neptune and Chiron. This gives us continued access to the transcendental realms and our inner knowingness helping us expand our understanding in ways that perceive the whole, interconnected organism of life.
04/10 Aries New Moon, 3:36 AM MDT
04/19 Sun enters Taurus
04/25 Scorpio Full Moon, 1:57 PM MDT–Lunar eclipse, first of three
Written by Patricia Liles. Contact her at PATLILES@aol.com
