Tomorrow’s Full Moon is conjunct Chiron and Salacia. I didn’t mention that in Friday’s special edition on the Full Moon. I said most of what I wanted to say there; I add some more in tonight’s Planet Waves FM; I’ll take a moment here and add Salacia and two other asteroids to the mix.

To recap, the Full Moon (tomorrow at 10:52 pm EDT) makes many aspects; the obvious are the conjunction to Chiron and the square to Saturn. Adding a touch of intrigue, we are now in a long conjunction of Vesta and Saturn in Capricorn. Vesta warms up Saturn with her feminine energy and power of devotion to the sacred flame.

There is one other thing, though: Chiron and slow-mover Salacia are in a long conjunction, so we get a taste of that energy.

Salacia is a new point, not so very mapped out by astrologers (yet) except for us here at Planet Waves. Technically (120347) Salacia, it was discovered on Sept. 22, 2004, exactly 14 years ago. A “classical Kuiper object” or cubewano (cousin of 1992 QB1), Salacia is out in the region right beyond Pluto and takes about 272 years to go around the Sun.

It meets the plane of the solar system at an odd angle — see diagram below.

My take on this point is that it exemplifies not just our obsession with salacious material, but a struggle to mature in the face of that. It seems that the only discussions our society can have about sex involve scandal, violence or product consumption. There is no sex; there is just sexy.

Every last subject vaguely related to eroticism causes inflammation of some sort, and yet we are force-fed endlessly, and even tend to imbibe on our own.

As a point related to QB1, Salacia is part of the solution and not the problem. In a long, long conjunction to Chiron, we are in a moment when healing is possible, and when tools are available. However, the thing is this. Healing happens to people who seek it out. Tools are available; we can develop them, and use them — but only if we want to.

This is the question. Can we align with the maturing process that it indicates? Can we outgrow our perpetual, churlish adolescent views on sexuality? Can we feel good about doing anything but buying and selling it?

Sometimes I wonder. In any event, a Full Moon exactly conjunct a newly discovered point is an excellent way to get a sense of what it’s about, and that’s what we will have this week.

There’s lots more in Friday’s special edition; your weekly horoscope is below.

With love,