Dear Cosmic Earthlings,
Voila!
The LIBRA MOON is here-now, since this (Apr 4) afternoon…
…opening the scene for her exact Fullness, opposite the mid ARIES SUN, tomorrow Apr 5 at 9:34 pm PDT, as the ‘Pink Moon’ of April…
…while pink Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom now – ever so pretty…
Cherry Blossom Waves are rolling in – photo by Melanie
The full picture of the FM Birth-ing Chart (here-below) shows – and we feel it:
Lots of polarity and tension in the atmosphere…
The doubly-balance oriented LIBRA FM brings out big time what’s in, or out of balance, what are wise, soulful choices – and who’s compatible with our authentic Self (ARIES).
Esp. in relationships, yet also with any significant decision.
Vs. choices that lead to a downward spiral. Yet, even those can be remedied, or might be soul-instigated as they lead to the notion of powerful transformation (maybe of conditioning, shadow…) from the inside-out.
Why are we in relationship, and with whom?
What might be the Soul Contract (LI)?
Important questions for the LI – AR Full Moon.
* “Like and like attract.”
We’re attracted to what / who carries a similar vibration.
* “Opposites attract.”
Polarities find each other to ‘work things out’.
Often this has to do with ‘mirroring effects ‘ and shadow projection.
It’s typically not obvious up-front in the ‘attraction phase’ (otherwise the parties wouldn’t have engaged with each other).
* We’re also attracted to what / whom we know we fight with (AR).
More shadow projection (PLUTO)? Food for ego (MARS)?
An important cause to ‘heroically’ embark on (ARIES)?
Welcome to the pre-Easter Full Moon –
the first Spring Full Moon of 2023!
Easter was named after Ostara!
Yes, Easter is one of the few Christian festivals based on the Solunar calendar.
Obviously (for those who know…) a Celtic hijacked name / timing – and connected with the Jewish Passover.
Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first Full Moon in Spring (Apr 5 / 6) – this year on Apr 9.
With the emergence of Spring, the Cuspy ARIES New Moon w. CHIRON & JUPITER, and MERCURY on March 21 brought a boost of fresh energy and spirit of authenticity.
Healing happens when we bravely step forward & show up authentically in the New, says CHIRON in AR, enhanced by JUPITER – their exact union was on March 11, and is yet again brought out with this Full Moon.
Plus, MARS, now in CANCER is in wide T-square with the Full Moon axis.
This is quite significant (even though the alignment itself is not exact) since MARS rules ARIES where so much happens nowadays / years, and the MOON rules CANCER.
We need Peace – to start healing the massive wounds of warfare, on so many battlegrounds nowadays / -years.
The immense trauma needs to end, for People, Families, Children (CANCER) who bear the consequences of top-down strategic wars that primarily serve the Military-Industrial Complex, are loosing loved ones to the atrocities, and fighting for survival.
Understandably, there are calls for Justice, when it comes to so many atrocities that have been committed in history, and over the last years.
The Full Moon in LIBRA – ARIES brings all this to awareness – so that action follows.
The pre-Easter Full Moon is also the 1st of the 3 Spiritual Spring Full Moon Festivals in the esoteric / theosophical tradition:
Festival of the Risen Christ (pre-Easter Full Moon in LI – AR, on Apr 5 / 6)
Festival of the Buddha (Wesak Moon in SCO – TAU, on May 5, a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse!)
Festival of Humanity (Full Moon in SAG – GEM, on June 3)
What a Winter to resurrect from, and rise into Rebirth in christed Spirit!
May we attune to the Christ Consciousness of Resurrection,
with this Full Moon!
Sunrise by the Ocean
painting by Vladimir Kush, Metaphorical Realism
Full Moons bring cycles to a fruition – to be fully seen & ‘harvested’ (think: Harvest Moon, the one closest to Fall Equinox – typically the ARIES – LIBRA FM).
What if this Full Moon in LIBRA – Super-ARIES in T-square with MARS brings a massive warfare to a fruition?
PLUTO (for now) out of CAP and in its first phase in AQ (March 23 – June 11) – which has a LIBRA(!) undertone, reveals:
Beyond ‘buying into’ the top-down power-over shadow of ‘the system’, evolutionary Power is in us, The People.
All Full Moons have a LIBRA quality.
Balance, Relatedness, Choices typically come up with any FM, and definitely with this one is IN mid-LIBRA – which has an AQ undertone – a ‘double-whammy’ – with PLUTO in early AQ (with LI undertone)!
Plus: PLUTO is currently gearing down for its stationary mode (moving extra slowly, before the retro ‘U-turn’ on May 1).
Which gives April / May a focus on anything PLUTO related.
So here it IS:
This FM and the upcoming (Eclipse!) New Moons and Full Moon on Apr 19 / 20, May 5, and May 19 bring out stationary / highlighted PLUTO in early AQ, and its themes: The Power of Our Shared Humanity, in an Era of Deep Change.
With the AR – LI FM and Her ‘Entourage’ issues of War and / vs. Peace / (counter-?) attacks vs. negotiation, and a plethora of acute, as well as deeper, systemic issues in the realms of Justice & other Systems can be fully seen in their ‘fruition’ – prerequisites for healing & repair (FM / JUPITER / CHIRON):
“This is what it (all these factors in the system) gets us to!”, and:
“What’s the Power-to-Change?!”
The Old Empire expires / implodes.
WE are the Change. It IS a Choice.
Appearances (LIBRA) can be deceiving…
Despite Her lovely LIBRAn ‘dress’, this FM is an intense one (squared by MARS, connection with PLUTO), calling us:
* to passionately care for Peace & right relationships, and
* to make wise, balanced, soulful, and deeply authentic Choices that lead to powerful Change.
No more buying into external (and / or internalized) ‘Power monsters’ of Systems we’re outgrowing!
Which takes shadow awareness & shadow work. And is cathartic.
Our Soul Powers need to come on board, as we come together, in Soul Alliances (PLUTO in AQ) in empowering & transformational ways, at this crisis / critical time!
Wishing you and us all wise, soul powered Choices,
at this important juncture!
From LIBRA to SCORPIO
In the FM integration phase, the MOON will cross the ‘Tipping Point’ from LI to SCO (ruled by PLUTO!) at 11:29 pm PDT on Apr 6.
The SCO MOON over Good Friday and Easter Eve Saturday is an intense energy, stirring up usually hidden emotional undercurrents – to process and set them / ourselves free.
The Johfra painting ‘LIBRA’ illustrates an important aspect of the transition from LIBRA to SCO (upper part of the picture):
In the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Ibis-headed Thoth stands to the left, with the double-serpent wrapped around him.
Together with Cow-headed Hathor to the right, they weigh the heart of the deceased (in an urn) against the feather of Ma’at (Goddess of Justice).
May at any significant choice point and transition our Hearts be unburdened, and as light as a feather!
On the ‘Tipping Point’ transition / cusp from LIBRA to SCO the scales tip, the choice is being made – or it’s a ‘choiceless choice’! – and this inevitably leads to change.
It’s also an ‘Alchemy Point’ where ‘ingredients’ are ‘married’, to co-create something more potent than the sum of them.
If the ‘match’ or process is magical powerful change comes from it!
On Easter Sunday, just before Sunrise, at 5:57 am PDT, the MOON will cross the ‘Phoenix Point’ to rise in SAG.
What an alignment for the Festival of the Resurrection –
of Christ Consciousness in all of us!
Here’s the chart of the
Mid-LIBRA – Very ARIES FM, in wide T-Square to MARS
The Full Moon will be exact at 9:34 pm PDT tomorrow Apr 5.
Lots of tension in the air,
and in the FM ‘birth chart’ mirrors the Zeitgeist
What a SoLunar juxtaposition in mid-LIBRA / ARIES with JUPITER / CHIRON in AR wrapping around the SUN.
The FM axis is widely T-squared by MARS in CAN.
PLUTO in early AQ, squared by MERCURY / NN in early TAU ‘stands by’.
Calling us to show up bravely-authentically (AR), reveal our understanding (JUPITER), give impulses to others – from a place of care (MARS in CAN), and make soulful choices for change, esp. in relationships.
When fairness and balance can’t be found / negotiated (LI), it might be time to walk away (AR).
PLUTO in early AQ is becoming an important focal point in Apr / May as it goes retro on May 1 (until Oct 10)
Power within, and from the inside-out, and shared out.
The Full Moon brings a mix of harvest / completion & transformation (PLUTO), and a shift into sharing new approaches (ARIES activation of SUN / CHIRON / JUPITER, and PLUTO in AQ, MERCURY coming close to URANUS).
A quick reflection on these two Planetary Archetypes that are so prominent at the first half of this decade(!) may be helpful:
CHIRON in ARIES (2019 – 2027)
…fully kicked in with the ARIES NM with CHIRON end of March 2020, when the Wild & ‘Brave’ New medical World started, a time of ‘medical precedents'(!), SO much wounding & battles for life, heated head-butting & confrontations in the realms of Medicine / Sciences, polarization & antagonism, information / censorship warfare and fierce fights for autonomy…
CHIRON (in 2020 together w. LILITH) has been calling us to be in our ‘raw and wild’ / unconditioned True Nature, and find our Medicine of being authentic, and of facing every situation a-new.
CHIRON in ARIES Medicine: Being authentic, facing challenges bravely, showing up a-new and starting fresh, taking initiative and baby steps, even / esp. if you’re the only one here / the first one / don’t have models.
URANUS in TAU (2019 – 2026) – now approached by MERCURY in TAU.
Yep, that started simultaneously with CHIRON in ARIES, and both will be about the same period in these signs. URANUS isn’t ‘happy’ in TAU (considered ‘in Fall’ there) – given its problematic expressions of:
Disruption, shocks, trauma to biology, Nature(!), security, stability, comfort, consistency, bodily senses.
URANUS in TAU Breakthroughs: Transformation & Liberation through emBodying unconditional Freedom. Being Free AS Nature.
Sabian Symbol for the Full MOON at 16° LIBRA
“LIBRA 16°
AFTER A STORM A BOAT LANDING STANDS IN NEED OF RECONSTRUCTION
KEYNOTE
The need to keep in operation steady links between the vast Unconscious and the ego-consciousness
Confrontation with broad issues of relationship and currents of energies released by humanity’s contact with archetypal-spiritual realities often results in temporary destruction.
‘Boats’ normally link distant regions, or enable humans to draw food from the sea (i.e. new realizations which so far existed only in the unconscious realm of the planetary mind).
They may also be used to enjoy temporary excursions and the feel of the water and the waves. Any cultured society, however, may be wary of the danger inherent in venturing far away from the consciously defined and socially structured ways of life.
Such adventures may indeed turn destructive; the points of contact between the vast Unconscious and the ego-consciousness molded by cultural assumptions and rituals may be wrecked by psychotic storms.
The boat landings must then be slowly reconstructed.
This is the first stage in the fortieth five-fold sequence of cyclic phases in human experience.
It brings to us vividly the realization that whatever humans build in order to be able to venture away from solidly individualized and conscious bases of operation is likely to be damaged by as yet unfamiliar cosmic forces.
The tenuous link between two realms constantly needs REPAIR.”
Definitely an ‘out of balance’ (LIBRA) situation symbolized here – in dire need for major healing / reparation (CHIRON / JUPITER in AR & PLUTO in AQ).
So many societal (AQ), cultural and and relational (LI) phenomena have gotten way out of balance and are at the verge of being wrecked and destroyed (only few of them by ‘forces of nature’).
The post-modern & tech enamoured culture as well as the collective consciousness have over the last few years gotten quite ‘psychotic’ and out of balance.
How do we personally relate to society and people, these times???
Such a critical time of change we’re in.
Change doesn’t just ‘magically happen’.
It requires consciousness, commitment to reconciliation / transformation, repair and rebuilding, and typically implies struggle & effort to remedy the damage.
What’s the world we’re choosing to be in?
How do we repair and co-create?
Wherever mid-LIBRA is in your chart the FM activating this degree calls to inquire in these and related questions…
Where in your birth (or relocation) chart is LIBRA & ARIES?
That’s the house axis relating to the polar opposite areas of life where themes round Balance, Relationship, and Choices come up & to fruition, with the LIBRA – ARIES FM.
Channeled into the healing Medicine of Consciousness & Self Love-in-Authenticity.
1st House
Your Presence and Sense of Self
2nd House
Your Values, your Body, what you own, literally & metaphorically, your Business
3rd House
You in Your Local Environment
4th House
You and Your Home, Origin, Ancestry
5th House
Your Creative, Playful, Inner Child and Lover
6th House
Your Work, Wellness, Lifestyle
7th House
Your Partners & Significant Others
8th House
Your Involvement and Sharing with Others, Your Transformations
9th House
What gives you Meaning, Your Wisdom, Inspiration, Path and Travels
10th House
Your Purpose incl Career, Your Public Self
11th House
Your Social Side – Engagement with Society, Groups and Friends
12th House
Your Transcendent and Spiritual Self and Union with All-that-Is.
Are you in a LIBRA themed Mini Generation?
Whole ‘mini generations’ (people born within 7 – 14 years) have slow moving Transpersonal Planets in LIBRA where the Full MOON happens – these themes get highlighted / emotionally evoked (extra strong if you have personal Planets, SUN, MOON, AC in LIBRA too):
NEPTUNE in LI – ‘Dreamers & Idealists in Relationships’ b. 1943 – 1957
URANUS in LI – ‘Liberated Relating’ b. 1968 – 1974
PLUTO in LI – ‘Relationship Transformers’ b. 1971 – 1984
So much more to these generational themes – these are just keywords…
Whether you have the slow moving / generational Planets above in LIBRA (born 1943 – 1957 and 1968 – 1984) or even your SUN, MOON, AC, or personal Planets in LIBRA (making the effects even more personally felt) or not, the mid-LIBRA Full MOON evokes feelings related to balance, choices, and right relationships, in the area of life related to your LIBRA house – to be repaired, and re-balanced with authenticity, autonomy, of being truly YOU (ARIES).
If you’re familiar with your Astrology you can prob apply the themes to your chart & life. If you’re not ‘initiated’ you might like to set up a customized ASTRO~ALCHEMY session with me, to shed light on things from deep levels & get the process going.
Get in touch with me, via email (licht@islandnet.com), and we can explore what would serve you best.
Sending Lunar Love & Cosmic Blessings to you,
for this re-balancing Full Moon LIBRA – ARIES, and beyond!
Melanie
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