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By José Eugenio Gómez Rodríguez – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40012932
The Full Moon in Aries post–Happy Full Moon!
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‘The Death of the Gravedigger’ By Carlos Schwabe {{PD}}
The 12th is a Good Day To . . . dig into the reasons behind why we are currently ignoring both our better instincts and our inner wisdom. It’s rooted in the fact that the group or the partner has recently rejected our choices or actions (we may have preemptively insisted they are erratic or unreliable, beating them to the punch!) or in the way we really have acted wildly or spontaneously and it very clearly hasn’t paid off. The problem is this: we think that unsuccessful choice was an instance where we followed our instincts or what we thought was smart, so now we’re thinking what the hell, if doing our best wasn’t good enough, why consider what’s wise, practical, or natural at all? We misunderstand; the impetus behind our issue wasn’t following instinct or wisdom. We were tuned out, thinking we’d connected to our deeper knowing when we hadn’t. We followed rebellious or erratic urges trying to prove our independence, trying to prove we have lots original to offer. Now it’s time for an attitude adjustment, one that acknowledges we might’ve made a poor choice–and we can do much better, once we are open to seeing where we went wrong.
A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.
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‘Spring’ ByTeodor Axentowicz 1899 {{PD}}
The 11th is a Good Day To . . . see ourselves clearly. Yes, we’re always trying to do that, but today this makes the difference between success and a fumble. We’ll likely be responding to matters we’ve tried to brush aside or pretend didn’t exist, and how we handle this is the crux of everything. My advice? Endure the discomfort (don’t let it be an excuse to ignore things), and deal with the issues, no matter how unpleasant you anticipate they will be. Just remember, this might involve as much not doing (that is, refusing to be baited or misled) as it does actively tackling matters.
A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.
And if you’re looking for something on the Aries Full Moon of the 13th
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‘Dubrovnik by Moonlight’ By Eduard Kasparides, 1915, is a lovely destination for an Aries Full Moon, even if Dubrovnik is associated with opposite sign Libra (according to this article: https://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/46520/20170428/travel-destinations-based-zodiac-sign.htm)
The Full Moon culminates at 2:07 PM PST at 20 Aries 13 on the 13th. The Full Moon is apex to a Finger of God with base of Pallas in Scorpio and Juno in Virgo. The Finger signals a kind of energy funnel, uniting the two base energies and showing how their synergy results in the apex energy. The import of this configuration is that the result found in the apex isn’t necessarily what one would expect from combining the two base energies. In this case, the detail-oriented, responsible, status-conscious entity focused on empowerment engages with the deep diving, deep thinking ‘Truth Warrior’, and what we get is a denouement made up of Full Moon events. These are Aries charged: assertive, even aggressive expressions of Self, Will, wanting, and/ or leadership. The individual may see this manifest as a confluence of inner and outer circumstances that bring both confidence and urgency to a choice to act; how this plays out will depend on the way the FM fits into the natal chart, but for everyone it will carry an emotional element, an awakening to or conclusion to some feeling about our personal place, role, or identity, and around our ability to act on those feelings.
The Full Moon is also closely opposed the asteroid Zeus, which is snuggled (Zeus! snuggled!) right up to the Sun, only 6 minutes apart. All Lunar events get their energy from the Sun as the origin of light, so that at a Full Moon the Sun and its situation is integral to FM meaning. In this case, the Sun-Zeus conjunction suggests that Full Moon events spring directly from where and how we’ve put our attention on ambition and desire fulfillment. What we want has created the circumstance brought to fruition with FM events–we’ll see results we’ll judge as positive or negative, and should keep in mind that these are the end-product of deeply held desires.
The FM makes two other aspects: a trine to the Ceres-Jupiter conjunction in Sagittarius, and a square to Pluto in Capricorn. The Lunar event may flow from or create an instance of individual power expression within the social sphere. That is, the individual will show their personal authority within a context that makes this expression visible to others, as they display assets of knowledge and experience (Sagittarius). This knowledge sharing may trigger FM events, or come from them, but in either case flows easily, a natural by-product of the ‘I Am’, and suggests the FM itself may call this expression forward, giving it a spotlight.
The square to Pluto implies that all the other expressions brought forward by the Full Moon are possible because of serious but difficult change-in-progress to current structures and power situations. The guardrails we’re used to are gone, and no new ones are yet in place, not completely. The Lunar event is made possible at least in part because of these changes, but this aspect also signals that the Full Moon situation itself may instigate even more change, and this won’t necessarily be easy (the square). Or, it may be that Full Moon events put difficult change before us (something we may need to take initiative on–Aries), or require a resurrection of old ways temporarily, or even the closing off of some feeling in the Self–but no matter what form the Plutonian element takes, it implies the Full Moon is a point at which we’ll need to address a tough matter in the emotional shape of rage, destruction, change, re-birth, transformation, or death, and these may be symbolic manifestations (for instance, a scalding incident may equal rage) or more direct ones (an actual fight or rule change, for example).
Young boxers fresco, Akrotiri, Greece {{PD}}
The Full Moon, then, is a sort of statement of who we are, and what we want–right now, as things have coalesced at the point of culmination. The Sabian for the Full Moon is, ‘A Pugilist Enters The Ring’. Seems apt, for an Aries Full Moon: the individual is ready to fight, to win. That suggests our own and others’ aggressive nature may be closer to the surface than we think. It could be an instance where we think we’re just saying, but others receive it as shouting, demanding, insisting–so interact with care. We want, and may not realize that desire is showing quite nakedly.
The Sun, origin of Lunar light, has the Sabian ‘A Sunday Crowd Enjoying The Beach’. This may reflect the Jupiter-Ceres contact, in that the social order may be instrumental in putting things in motion, with our experience being that we are dynamic while others seem to be spectators or ‘taking things easy’. We may at least in part be moved to act, then, out of frustration or a sense that others are enjoying a ‘day at the beach’ while we toil! Here it’s good to keep in mind the way the social sphere offers a venue for our knowledge sharing or belief expression (a crowd is just another name for an audience), as well as reminding ourselves that if we think we’re the only ones making an effort, then we aren’t seeing clearly.
‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Isle Grand Jatte’ By Georges Seurat 1884 {{PD}}
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‘Cupid Blindfolded and Two Doves’ By Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo 1757 CC0
The 10th is a Good Day To . . . make a concerted effort to keep our own wounds and negative impulses from destroying our status and empowerment options. That sounds easy enough, assuming we know what’s in our own best interests–and that’s where we fall down today, believing we’re seeing correctly the lay of the land and how it affects us–and we’re not. Beliefs inform, even take over, thought, and that means that accuracy in assessment relies on how closely our judgments of ourselves and the world align with reality.
One strength today is a capacity to accept change in empowerment methods and even in status–but we must do so ‘blindly’, simply because our faculties of analysis are off. We find our personal power and authority in acknowledging the darker elements and those things we may have been turning away from. In recognizing these matters we’re able to recognize what the cost might be, if we indulge, if we ignore, if we fail to remedy. And really, that’s all we’re looking for, right? Guidance on what factors will have an impact, and which we must do something about.
A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.
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‘Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers’ By Paul Gauguin 1888 {{PD}}
The 9th is a Good Day To . . . consider if going your own way is as productive and beneficial as you think. Or maybe for you it’s the impulse to eschew originality or innovation in order to retain status. Or is it that being rebellious or radical seems the only way around the authority of others or the power ranks as they currently exist? The headline today is really about two things that will be behind these behaviors: 1) that we may not understand the costs involved in our actions and choices, and 2) that we may not understand ourselves well enough to be good judges of our own actions. Handle this energy by rejecting the experimental in favor of the tried and true, and give this impulse a creative form–it’s the only way to enfold the need for original expression safely into the the power structure as it stands now. Any other approach invites the kind of disruption that may bring a revolution (one that you may believe is both due and desirable) that in reality causes chaos and eats up any chance at living our purpose as productively and creatively as possible.
A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.
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‘A Romance’ By Santiago Rusiñol 1894 {{PD}}
The 8th is a Good Day To . . . dump both delusions about Power and actions and choices based on hurt. ‘Clean up your act!’ might be the mantra today; doing so offers some dazzling and unexpected payoffs in terms of reach, role, and ability to affect circumstances. Romance and/ or finances could get deep; expect hidden facets of both to come to the surface, thanks to Venus entering Scorpio.
A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.
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‘U źródła’ By Henryk Siemiradzki 1898 {{PD}}
The 7th is a Good Day To . . . trust the instincts, imagination, creativity, and ideals to provide needed wisdom and practical guidance. Trust yourself! Dreams and values are a beacon for thought and action, and connecting to your own inner power as well as Nature itself promises both to reveal what’s standing in your way and an effective way to handle it.
A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.
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By Edmund Kanoldt – http://www.kaupp.de/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48253551
The 6th is a Good Day To . . . work out the obstacles that either the social sphere or our own beliefs put in the way of our empowerment or of our attaining the status we desire. Instincts and highest values are one and the same at this time, which would usually endow us with extraordinary harmony in thought and action, but it’s clear that for all our internal alignment in these areas we must still modify what we want, relationships, and/ or what we’re willing to pay to get where we want to go. Thinking runs along conventional lines, which may be at least part of the problem (original or innovative approaches are few and far between), though the other issue centers on where our attention goes: rather than wrestling with ourselves over our potential distrust of our own impulses, we’d do best to keep our eye on any problems or circumstances that make a smooth past-to-future transition more difficult than it needs to be.
A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.
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‘Shrimpers’ By Lionel Percy Smythe 1882 {{PD}}
The 5th is a Good Day To . . . full on embrace all that we’ve been running away from. I know! Who’d have guessed that a big ol’ armful of denied or ignored matters would be just the ticket? But all the answers, all of worth, all our rewards, profits, and Love come from the courageous move of facing what we’d rather not. Such a simple dictate, and it pays off. Really, resistance is futile.
A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.
