The Cosmic Story:
Libra/Aries Full Moon 2018
Time to Plan How to
Birth Our New Life
Crocuses: First signs of Spring
This
important Full Moon, the first of the astrological year, was birthed
at the Pisces New Moon. Out of the ocean of life, out of the
collective unconscious, we emerge, healed of our karmic wounds so we
can birth a new world. Or at least we
are
aware now of the need to heal. The March for Life last Saturday,
March 24th,
was such a beginning.
We
need to heal our collective wounds as well – to face our
responsibility for the death and destruction of Native Peoples and of
the Earth our home, as well as the many wars we’ve started around
the world. It’s time to leave the death culture of the Piscean Age
behind us and begin to live the vision of equality and justice that
is the basis of the future Aquarian Age.
This Full Moon also marks the Jewish Passover as well as the
Christian Easter celebrations. It’s a good time to remember that
our freedom – from slavery, from crass materialism, from
patriarchal thinking – is central to this new world we’re
birthing. The Christ shows us that we are more than our bodies –
that we are eternal souls, part of the Source of all Life. It is not
a call to reject the world of matter and physicality, but to see it
for what it truly is: the Garden where we incarnate to become
creators and manifestors. Where we take up our God/desshood and live
it consciously.
Garden of Peace
The
Full Moon is a time of flowering and fulfillment, of perfecting what
was planted at the New Moon. At the Pisces New Moon, Chiron, the
Wounded Healer and mentor of heroes, planted the seed of our healing.
We saw the children take up that seed of woundedness and heroism and
raise it to awareness – we choose life rather
than death.
Just like my generation did in the 60s when we stood up to the war
machine that was killing our brothers in Vietnam, today’s children
are standing up for themselves against the death machine that has
taken over our society and our politicians. And this time, parents
and grandparents are standing with them. And the
children shall lead them.
Libra
Full Moon 2018
Thia
Aries/Libra Full Moon occurs on March 31st
at 5:36 am PDT/ 8:36 am EDT/12:36 pm GMT.
The
Sabian symbol for the Sun at 11* Aries is: The
ruler of a nation.
As my kids used to tell me, ‘I am the captain of myself!’ or
‘You’re not the boss of me!’ It also can mean being original,
innovative and active. Either way, we each have to be the ‘ruler’
of our own life so that we can be an example to each other and to the
nation.
The
Sabian symbol for Mercury retrograde at 13* Aries is: An
unexploded bomb reveals an unsuccessful social protest.
Here Mercury warns us that immature and violent actions won’t
bring about success. Think! You can’t fight violence and
ignorance with the same tools. Be creative and imaginative with your
response to life. (If you need help figuring this out, I’m
offering a special discounted Mercury retrograde reading. Email me
for details at cathy@wisdom-of-astrology.com)
The
Sabian symbol for the Moon at 11* Libra is: A
professor peering over his glasses at his students.
This symbol speaks to seeing the big picture, not squinting at
books. Seeing
the best way to pass on information to younger minds.
It
speaks to
mental
creativity and
an
innovative,
progressive, reforming intelligence,
perhaps even
eccentric ways
of imparting information.
So
improvise
and be
spontaneous.
Don’t
conform
to social norms and customs.
I’m
going to discuss this Full Moon in terms of energy use, using the
three modalities of cardinal, fixed and mutable energies. They show
us how the energies of the zodiac work.
Cardinal energy
begins
the cycle, like a
birth. Cardinal signs begin each season: Aries/Spring,
Cancer/Summer, Libra/Autumn, Capricorn/Winter. These signs initiate
new types of actions so life can continue to evolve. Next comes
Fixed energy,
which takes that new life and stabilizes it so it has solidity and
continuity. This is the maturing energy. Finally comes Mutable
energy,
which takes over when life has run its course and the energy begins
to run out. This energy is adaptable, able to make necessary changes
before it breaks apart, to reform as something else.
So
lets look at this Full Moon chart in terms of the energy flow.
Out of the Watery Depths
Let’s start with the planets in Cardinal signs, which
move the energy forward. For planets in Aries, a fire sign, it’s a
call for action. At this Full Moon, the Sun and Mercury retrograde
are in Aries, sparking the new fires of Life within us. The Aries
Sun acknowledges the new fire and the need to take action. Mercury
retrograde so close to the Sun, however, cautions us to slow down and
think things through – these are important decisions we’re
dealing with right now, and we can use our intuitive, creative Aries
Mercury retrograde best by going within to imagine and think about
what the fires are awakening in us. Instead of jumping into them!
Because if we really want to create a new life, a new set of habits,
a new vision for the future, we have to shed our patriarchal skins
and find our way from the inside out.
Both Eris and Uranus are also in the later degrees of Aries, still
connected to Pluto in Capricorn. They form the energetic matrix that
all these cultural challenges and changes are emerging from. They
push us to discover: What is our archetypal identity? How has
patriarchy wounded the divine feminine? How does the culture have to
change to accommodate deeper self-awareness about ourselves and the
world? The Eris/Uranus energy will play a big part in the Aries New
Moon in a few weeks. What they’ve awakened in us in the past 7
years will inform what we do with this year’s blessings of life
energy. How much will we take in and use? That’s up to us, isn’t
it?
The balance we need to achieve comes to us through the Libra Full
Moon. Libra is the sign of the Other/ the not-me. Libra
wants us to act to create a balance between Self and Other.
How do we ‘do unto others what we would have them do unto us?’
Libra is a cardinal air sign,
so it energizes social give and take. Its’ energy brings people
together to create change for justice and fairness. Like
the March for Life, it sees that what happens to me could happen to
you, so why not change things so it doesn’t happen to anyone else.
We often talk about Libra in terms of our romantic relationships, but
in reality, Libra is an air sign, concerned with all our
relationships. And it’s not just concerned with our familial and
sexual relationships, but our relationship to the whole world – its
people, Nature, the Earth and Sky. How do we want to relate to our
Tribe? Libra says, through art, music, beauty and harmony, Through
fairness and justice for all.
The third cardinal sign energizing this Full Moon is Capricorn. It
moves us to fill in the empty spaces left by the wrecking ball of the
Pluto/Uranus square of 2012-2015. Three years later we can see the
corruption of our economic/political systems, which gives rise to the
uprising of people everywhere to change things. Finally, here is the
change we’ve been waiting for.
Mars and Saturn in Capricorn square this Full Moon, instructing us to
take responsible action to change our habits and the unconscious
habits of our society. It’s time to stop being consumers and start
being citizens. It’s time to grow up. It’s time to live the
life we imagine. And to do it, we have to slow down. Mars usually
wants to leap before it looks, while Saturn urges caution. While the
combination of Mars and Saturn can give rise to frustration and
limitations, if used wisely, it can lead to great determination and
mature actions. On April 2, Mars conjunctions Saturn, beginning a
new 2-year cycle of bringing our desires (Mars) into reality
(Saturn). So consider what you really want to bring into the world
over the next two years. If you
build it, they will come.
Once again, look at the kids from Marjory Stoneman Douglas high
school. They’ve used their wound and their passion to create
change that will benefit everyone, and they’re doing it with more
maturity than the adults running our country, our corporations and
our world. They are the future.
There are planets in 3 of the cardinal signs. If anyone has planets
in the 4th sign, Cancer, you can ground this energy more
easily than others. Check to see if you have Cancer planets from
5*-15*, and 20*-29*.
So the Full Moon pattern of energy runs like this. Our identity and
destiny are aligned with others. We are never alone in this world.
We are connected through the great energy grid of Mother Earth. If
we approach life with responsible action, we will benefit not only
ourselves but everyone else. This is the set-up for this next year.
If we stay true to ourselves while also considering others, we will
create the deep and meaningful relationships we all long for.
Fixed energies (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius)
strengthen and build on the energies the cardinal signs engender.
While Mars in Capricorn rules the Aries’ Sun, the Libra Moon is
ruled by Venus. And since Venus is in her other home sign of Taurus,
she is very powerful. Go look for her in the western sky at sunset.
She is shining as the Evening Star of wisdom. For Venus, the
question is always ‘what are my values’ and ‘where are my true
connections’? For Venus in Taurus, her values lie in peace,
beauty, love, the Earth and relating. But these values always arise
from self-worth and self-acceptance. When we find our own inner
beauty, peace and love, then we can open ourselves to the Other
and to the world in all our relationships.
Venus, Moon, Mercury ~ Brett Joseph
Both the Leo North Node and Ceres want to ground in and nurture the
fires of the heart in these values, while the Aquarius South Node
connects us to our tribe who shares our values. We must remember
that we are interconnected and need our people to accomplish our
mission.
Jupiter in Scorpio asks us to acknowledge our Shadows and transform
them as we adjust our values with others’ values. While we all
have our own goals, we share many of the same general values and
goals and Jupiter in Scorpio can teach us how to relate to others who
we meet on our path. Not everyone is a member of our tribe, but we
can acknowledge and accept other’s differences without judgment.
For ourselves, Jupiter can bring a depth of psychological
understanding that we haven’t seen before.
The Aries Sun and Libra Moon are supported by the Leo/Aquarius Nodes,
bringing us together with our tribe and our hearts’ goals. How can
we give our creative gifts to the world? That’s the question. Do
we create just for ourselves or are we here to create something
together for the benefit of the world? Isn’t it time to drop
patriarchy’s limited ideas about the purpose of life? What if we
are all on a mystical, magical journey to face down evil and bring
the light of goodness and peace to the world? For all of you who
ever wanted to be part of the Fellowship of the Ring or fight
for Pandora, this is your chance!
Mutable energy disperses
all the built up energy of this Full Moon chart.
Pallas in Gemini finds us the right information for our purpose and
helps us stragegize our next moves. Vesta the priestess lingers at
the end of Sagittarius, holding the flames of our beliefs strong and
steady. Neptune, Juno and Chiron in Pisces pull up the treasures of
the collective unconscious - the wisdom of the World soul. People
will be dreaming more, especially people with Virgo energy between
*0, 13-17*, 25-29*. The answer to many of our questions about life
come to us through our dreams. Don’t waste this opportunity to
learn and grow.
Venus shows the way to our values and sends her wisdom to Saturn/Mars
– to stand up for truth, beauty, peace and love. She bring our
feminine energy into balance with the masculine energy of
Mars/Saturn. Jupiter is big enough to recognize his own shadow and
adjust his opinions and judgments to accept what is as a test
of our resolve. Jupiter also adds to the spiritual messages and
dreams coming out of Pisces.
Vesta in Sagittarius is in a waning square to Chiron in Pisces, both
of them in the last degree of their respective signs. Vesta warms us
with the flames of cosmic order, showing us the right way to
heal our wounds -- through seeing with new eyes, with spiritual eyes. To live differently. To evolve.
Blessings of this special season – Easter, Ostara, Passover.
Cathy
The Journey -- Mary Oliver
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.
~ Mary Oliver ~
(Dream Work)
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.
~ Mary Oliver ~
(Dream Work)
Copyright 2018 Cathy Pagano
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