FULL MOON IN AQUARIUS
A Full Moon of Mystical Yearning and Forced Practicality
Henry Seltzer for That would be telling tarot and astrology
The Aquarius Full Moon takes place on Monday, August 19th, at 11:26 am PT, graces our inner skies with two very active T-squares: to Uranus to Jupiter-Mars making for a big touchdown of a lunation configuration. That Uranus also slowing down in its geocentric movement, stationing to retrograde motion on September 1st, and that its position in this Full Moon 27° of Taurus precisely squared by Sun and Moon enhances his highlighted presence.
When we think of amplified Uranus and Taurus a sign that he is somewhat antithetical to, we think of surprises; strange events out of “left field” that might startle us into greater archetypal conscious. Uranus, after all, as well as referencing mystical planes of existence beyond the physical, does rule astrology. Uranus is also characterized by synchronicity, which seminal psychological thinker C. G. Jung defined as an “acausal connection’ between seemingly unrelated events, such as a flock of birds over a death house. This references as well a planetary alignment corresponding to the qualities of an individual born under that sky along the lines of that famous dictum “as above, so below.”Might represent a small chaos arriving unexpectedly to disrupt things. The planetary archetype might also represent intuitional awareness and unexpected realizations that come along almost unbidden to confront, confuse, and ultimately enlighten us, thus creating new directions for our minds to follow. As Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter was able to express during the volatile 1960s, “once in a while we can get shown the light/ In the strangest of places, if we look at it right.” And, indeed, looking at it right might be just the trick at this classic cosmic juncture of the turning of the luminaries. We benefit at this time by staying open to possibility.
Venus is involved with Jupiter/Mars well as with Saturn, this Full Mon signals also an important timing for the key relationships in our lives, which will likely present to us opportunities for both expansion and contraction. There is a lot of energy and joy that is available now, and that can heat things up, for example, or there might be issues of someone needing greater commitment from the other partner. The possibility is also there for a series of obstacles that serve to give you lessons, and to better define.
The implication is that Nature and principles of natural law, of right-action, right-relationship, and truth-telling, are prominent now – and with dire warnings of karmic consequences for violating these principles. This is particularly interesting on the U.S. national scene, since one of the two major political parties, the Democrats, are now hosting their campaign convention, while the other looks on. As far as this Full Morning both in terms of surprises and of fair-mindedness and truth-telling we will have to see what plays out in the next two weeks on either side of the electional aisle.
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