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The Essence of the Libra Full Moon, 17 April 2011: Perfect Love

15 Friday Apr 2011

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Since in my mind nature is Love, and a bridge a symbol of a way to connect, well, you get my drift. Larsson 'The Bridge' 1912 {{PD-Art}}

Full Moon at 7:43 PM of the 17th, Pacific time, at 27 Libra 44. Using our usual, strict 2 degree orb we have only a single aspect, a quincunx of the Libra Full Moon to Libra ruler Venus in Pisces. Venus is exalted in Pisces, suggesting that perfect Love is synonymous with a state of Oneness, with the Universal outlook. This implies that wherever the Full Moon falls for you, the matters of this House must be examined with an eye to adjusting (the quincunx) the attitudes, relationships, and approaches so that they better express your idea of ‘perfect love.’ This is well-shown by the Sabian symbol for the Full Moon placement ‘A Man Becoming Aware of Spiritual Forces Surrounding and Assisting Him’ By Man, of course, we mean each human individual, and by spiritual forces, we mean Love, for what else is this but an essence that permeates all, surrounding and ‘assisting,’ if only by putting each on a wavelength attuned to the very force that drives the Universe?

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The Essence for 15 April 2011: Don’t Blow It Up

14 Thursday Apr 2011

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Admiral Blandy and wife cutting a mushroom cloud cake, 1946, apparently before they knew how bad this is {{PD}}

Just before 5 AM Pacific the Moon quincunxes Jupiter, blowing up our emotions (like a balloon? like dynamite? like a festive handshake?) We may feel very critical of someone else’s outreach, what they’re broadcasting or publishing, as this may feel to us like they’re busy reveling in their giant ego–and maybe they are, what’s it to you? Let go of the need to critique or assign others an emotional outlook, and take in some of that Self-lovin’ largesse represented by Jupiter, and make that ego-boost your own.

Noon-ish PDT the Moon opposes Venus–and if you weren’t willing and able to embrace a little Jupiter earlier, you may have another episode of jealousy or envy or may condemn another for venalism, when you’re really the one counting and accounting, and declaring others ‘bankrupt’ in some important way. Self-love is really the issue here–and the more kindness and acceptance you show for yourself, the less you’ll experience these less-than-pleasant effects–and if you do experience them, it just signals a need to let love in–please :)

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The Essence for 14 April 2011: Moody, With a Chance of Confrontation

13 Wednesday Apr 2011

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Maybe staying a little bit apart is the way to go today. Pieter Janssens Elinga c.1660 {{PD-Art}}

11 AM PDT the Moon trines Pluto–we can do emotional housecleaning efficiently and effectively–and if we’re looking to change our feelings about someone or something, this is the time when it can be easily accomplished (providing we really do want to change!) An opposition of the Moon to Ceres swings into view around 12:30 PM PDT, and our intuitive or emotional perception may confront or be confronted by authorities of one kind or another, or we may be challenged by the need to negotiate–and we may not be in the mood :) Moon quincunx Mars at 2:30 PM-ish may bleed over into the Ceres contact and make us very aggressive when those authorities get in our faces (for that’s what it will feel like, as if they’re aggressing); then we will be determined to assert ourselves, whether that makes sense or not and whether that is appropriate or not–so if we can channel our energy before noon Pacific we will likely be involved in productive efforts and skip the stress and potential hurt and drama.

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The Essence for 13 April 2011: Hot, Salty Communication Freedom (+ Added Material)

12 Tuesday Apr 2011

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JL Kimmel '4th of July in Philadelphia' {{PD-Art}} via Wikimedia Commons

1:30 AM PDT of the 13th the Moon trines retro Mercury, Fire to Fire. It may be easy to speak passionately–just remember that Jupiter is still relatively close to Merc, and may cause us to overdo or grossly exaggerate. Speak your truth, show your passion, but don’t add that extra flourish, if tempted–it could be something you’d like to erase from memory and the ether, later! A 4 AM PDT trine to Jupiter really tests our Self-control, especially in the social sphere–but may also function to ‘get the word out,’ and allow for hot, salty communication freedom!

7 AM Pacific the Leo Moon quincunxes Venus in Pisces; we may be very hard on ourselves as we try to measure up to the ideal of Love (this may give a taste of what’s to come with the Full Moon–see current newsletter #5). Harsh judgment of the Self isn’t necessary; Leo Moon, plus all those energies in Aries (Uranus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Sun) all say that Self-awareness and conscious attention to personal needs should be capturing a large portion of our thought and effort right now.

ADDED: Thought this was important enough to add: The Moon enters Virgo at 11:40 PM Pacific–and shifts our thinking just a little bit toward the details, who’s responsible for what, and what we might get for our efforts. Immediately on entry the Moon opposes Neptune–with both entities at 00 of their respective signs, we may confront the dream with the emotional reality–and one or the other is likely to come up lacking. Since this opposition kicks off the Moon’s transit of Virgo, Neptune’s dreamy, confusing fogginess will linger–we may be struggling to stay ‘awake,’ completely puzzled by any number of issues, or subject to the weaving of stories and illusion–so take care.

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The Essence for 12 April 2011: Finding a Leonine Balance

11 Monday Apr 2011

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Allégorie de la République espagnole (1931-1939) The Leo Moon can help you roar--just remember to balance and tame the urge. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported via Wikimedia Commons

Just before 9 AM Pacific the Moon becomes the apex planet to a Finger of God with base of Pluto sextile Ceres. This is about achieving a ‘balance of power’ in a very yin/ yang sort of way. Masculine/ Feminine figure in, as might outright expressions of power and the option (or obligation) to negotiate. Once the balance is reached, the energy funnels down through that Leo Moon–making for an enormously confident display of the Self, possibly with emotions or intuition on display, or one’s Self-assertion/ expression plays on the emotions of others. Can be a breakthrough moment of impressive ego presentation and Self-promotion, likely in a very positive way–but remember, it all depends on getting that power balance right.

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The Essence for 10 April 2011: That Cancer Kindness Thing

09 Saturday Apr 2011

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By 3 AM Pacific the Moon opposes Pluto and trines Ceres. Here the emotional consequences of power plays made around you will be clear–and you may find yourself rejecting what appears to be a straight-out grab for control in favor of power acquisition that seems to follow more ‘natural’ roles and could be seen as nurturing. Before you get all ‘Plutonian power bad, Ceres power good!’ consider that these are really two sides of the same coin–and that they’re actually working in concert–so there is no good or bad, just perception, and the way in which one strikes us as a caring despot, while the other seems a little Hitler-y.

A 5 AM quincunx of the Moon to Pallas makes for some smart adjustment ideas and suggestions–please follow them. After this everything goes smoothly, everyone cares, everyone is our friend (it’s that Cancer-kindness thing) until 2 PM PDT, when the Moon square the Saturn/ h.Zeus duo; then it becomes a harsh reality check where we may find our ambitions and desires thrown in our faces in very unflattering form. Don’t take this personally; the agent who criticizes is likely threatened, and agitated by what they may feel they’re missing. This person needs our understanding instead (though that doesn’t mean we have to agree, stick around for more harshness, or cut them a blank check–when we walk away they might realize they have to grow up, too). This is followed at 6 PM by a sextile to Juno, which shows us how our previous Self-control is serving to empower us–a nice way to wrap up the episode.

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The Essence for 9 April 2011: The Feeling Lens

08 Friday Apr 2011

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I don't know what to think of this picture by Arnold Bocklin--it certainly elicits an array of reactions!

4 AM PDT of the 9th, the Moon hits the South Node, and sends us on a nostalgia trip–ease on down the road! Void begins 5:48 AM PDT, with the Moon entering Cancer at 2:02 PM Pacific, and until the Lunar orb hits Cancer, we may just generally drift–not a bad feeling, but perhaps frustrating to those who are a little more type ‘A.’

We start with a trine of the Moon to Neptune; it’s like diving under water and trying to convey our feelings through a dense, shimmering liquid that muffles the sound and distorts what we see–we can certainly live through it, but we shouldn’t expect clear communications–it’s more like everyone is in their own little watery cocoon.

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The Essence for 8 April 2011: Compassionate Exchange

07 Thursday Apr 2011

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Beauty and the Beast in a compassionate exchange by Anne Anderson {{PD-Art}}

A square to Venus arrives at 7:30 AM PDT, and this may inspire some interesting and revealing conversation–or exchanges of a truly compassionate nature. Our values may, for the moment, be Universal.

A square to Juno is made by the Gemini Moon just before 9:30 AM PDT, followed by a sextile to Jupiter by 11:30 AM. The emotions are confronted by a power position that is taken very seriously by another; we may enter this period feeling glib and come out the other side subdued by some very strong power urges in others. Our own desires to expand will show, too–tread carefully :)

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The Essence for 7 April 2011: Are We Not Superhuman?

06 Wednesday Apr 2011

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The Moon enters Gemini at 4:22 AM PDT on the 7th, and begins her sojourn with an inspiring square to Neptune; we see where we could do better, we embrace what inspires us, we imagine greater, we create with an open heart and mind–ooh, the journey through Gemini could be very good indeed, if we can reconcile our own emotional contrariness to the desire of this Moon to make contact and network network network.

A sextile to Uranus just after 7 AM PDT is followed quickly by a trine to Vesta 8 AM-ish; the effect is one where we feel mentally agile and inspired to meet our highest ideals and Purpose–but we must keep awareness of the Merc retro if we are to make best use of the energy–to forget that we are susceptible to the foibles of a natural cycle is to cast ourselves as Superhuman–and that mistake could mean we miss implementing successfully even the simplest of our goals. By 10:30 AM Pacific the Moon makes a square to Chiron, and we find out almost immediately whether our earlier lofty mindset translated well during this time of mental minefields and potential misunderstanding.

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The Essence for 6 April 2011: A Spiritual Happening

05 Tuesday Apr 2011

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You may have noticed (or seen me mention) that the Sun/ Jupiter conjunction in Aries has perfected (at 1 AM of the 6th the Moon will semi-sextile these), and that this is semi-square Neptune freshly returned to his home in Pisces. Though the Sun/ Jupiter connection happens once a year, this time it seems both exceptionally strong (perhaps due to the recent New Moon within conjunction of this meeting) and in some way endowed with a certain Neptunian magic–or is it that the ‘Big Bang’ promised by a Sun/ Jupiter meeting will be transformed by the grace, spiritual power, imagination and creative surge, and compassionate mandate of Neptune’s energy? Neptune in Pisces is virile, at his best, and can manifest in his most ideal forms–and we have the chance to use this creative power as it contacts the Sun and Jupiter; like a magnifying glass refining the pure energy of the Sun, Jupiter exaggerates, expands, and pulls us all together on a social level, making for a massive energy burst on the social scene that can be infused with creative energy and ideals–we can make what we wish for all a reality, if we are willing to focus our efforts and perhaps put aside our attention to the Self and Self’s interests, if only for a short time. A major expression of compassion and spiritual ideals is possible–and if we can all channel our energies into healing on a mass scale (imagining the ideal) we may be able to achieve great things. I’m planning on dedicating several hours tomorrow to a meditation focused on imagining a healed planet, on promoting empathy and a recognition of spiritual connectedness among all who are here–and I hope you’ll join me–even a moment dedicated to expression of a pure and compassionate Neptunian energy can, I believe, do wonders–and the Taurus Moon is the perfect time to do this. I don’t expect anyone to surrender their day to dedicated spiritual practice–it’s an unusual choice for me, to say the least–but I do feel moved to concentrate my intention on repairing, and loving, the planet and those who occupy it–and maybe in the process something good will come of it :)