Before the Moon reaches an opposition to the Sun on Thursday (the Taurus Full Moon), it’s going to make many aspects, which translates to emotional movement, tension (meaning enhanced drama, for some) and the need for a constantly shifting point of view. If you’re feeling disoriented, shift your perspective. Look from another place, and notice what you see.
Stucco from the ‘big room’ at BSP — the former Kingston Vaudeville house. Photo by Eric Francis.
The Sun is now in fixed sign Scorpio, and the Full Moon will be in Taurus. The Moon is always at full phase in the sign opposite that of the Sun. The technical way to say “Full Moon” in astrology is Moon opposite Sun; hence they are in opposite signs when the Full Moon is exact.
Both Taurus and Scorpio are fixed signs. The tendency of fixed signs is to let it go until it breaks, though that is not proactive. It does not solve problems before they arise; it causes systems to get stressed out and lose efficiency — or worse, cease to function.
The current buildup to the Full Moon is about the need to adapt ongoing, and to learn something from each little point of crisis. (I originally typed earn something, and in this case learning would be earning — it usually is. If you think of learning as a process of earning, you will be more inclined to use what you know.)
The Moon is in Pisces as of this writing Sunday night. The Moon’s next major aspect is a trine to Saturn in Scorpio at 4:05 am EST Monday (09:05 UTC). This has a penetrating quality, as if you’re able to see through the emotional barriers that divide you from someone else. There’s no guarantee that you’ll like what you see, but you will get some information about what’s really going on, or at least have a viable hunch.
The Moon ingresses Aries at 1:52 pm EST Monday, which begins a whole new story — the Moon passing through the Uranus-Pluto square. This includes squares to Mars and Pluto and conjunctions to Uranus and Eris, between Monday afternoon/evening and 4:32 pm EST Wednesday when the Moon ingresses Taurus. This may be turbulent, and bring up a diversity of situations where you simply must keep your cool and pause before you react emotionally.
One way to do that, without putting on airs, pretending or going cold, is to understand where your power resides. Consider in advance what influence or direct control you have in every situation that might arise. When something shows up where you have not pre-done your power analysis, pause and investigate. You are never as powerless as you think, unless of course you are convinced of that fact and don’t think again.
Part of knowing your power means knowing who your allies are and not hesitating to call on their assistance. Yet once the Moon enters Aries Monday and begins to square Mars and Pluto in Capricorn, the feeling tone of the day may shift to some species of lone wolf/go it alone.
Try not to let yourself get caught in that one. Reach out to others. Let this powerful square aspect focus your determination — and then remember how little is brought to fruition by one person, and how much is accomplished even with modest cooperation. If there is a need for leadership called for in the equation, that would have your name boldly inscribed on it.
These are sensitive points in my chart (Mars 10cap, Saturn 12cap) which I seem to unconsciously block out, thanks for the heads up and the sage advice for dealing with the astrology this week.
Love the stucco, today I learned how to stucco my outdoor wood burning brick oven, learning much about Vesta.
Mary, when the moon passes through Aries on Tuesday, it will be trine Vesta in Sagittarius as it is in conjunction with Uranus and square Pluto, perhaps we will learn more about Vesta then. Any thoughts on that?
Eric, it occurs to me that it is also Election Day tomorrow, which by its nature can be emotionally turbulent or influence people to feel powerless, but also inspire leadership. It’s an appropriate time to “remember how little is brought to fruition by one person, and how much is accomplished even with modest cooperation.”
Learning as earning, and participation as power – right you are, Eric! Thank you for expanding upon the Moon even as Luna’s illumination grows apace.
Advice to pause and investigate is always sound advice for this fiery aries! I am challenged today by my long-standing struggle with self-worth and jealousy. I feel like my scorpio moon and mars-ruled sun have me all over the place emotionally right now (though also not a new sensation this year).
Daily Oracle for Sunday 2nd November 2014 & Monday 3rd November 2014 are the same, but from two different horoscopes (Taurus Monthly Aug 1 2001 & Leo weekly Oct 2 2009, respectively). Just thought I’d mention it!
That is a production error. I will ask Anatoly to look into it.
Jealousy is well worth investigating and it’s perceptive of you to notice the connection to self-esteem. William Pennell Rock gets into just that; the two are very closely related, so much so that they are like causes and effects that interplay with one another.
http://planetwaves.net/jealousy.html
I open up the territory in other ways in this series.
http://www.compersion.net/series/01/index.html
Just read both these links, Eric. Very intense reading and very informative. Glad I decided to check out the comment on this story! Thanks
I’m in a situation at present in which my self-worth is being challenged. My other job is totally unstimulating and it really tells on my self-confidence, feeling as though the mental and spiritual growth which I feel as a need are privileges I do not deserve. Something that perhaps is minor and part of normal life is becoming a turbulent and painful struggle.
Thank you Shelly for helping me to process what has been floating around my peripheral understanding.
While building and using our fire/brick oven I was feeling drawn to Vesta and the importance of tending the hearth fire. (This experience has grown into the idea of a neighborhood oven, where friends can bring their goods to bake. Once you fire that baby up it’s hot for hours.)
For me Vesta is symbolic of the inner creative fire. — Just listened to Eric’s podcast from Aug 6, 2013, chock full of info about Vesta—
Perhaps the moon’s move into Aries, as it triggers the Uranus Pluto square will in some way facilitate a conscious use, (trine Vesta) of how it has been breaking down the resistance felt to expressing power/creativity. Let’s see how it plays out
Hang on in there, Amy! I had years of painful struggle with an awful boss and a job that got worse and worse , but I was so cash strapped that I was unable to leave, till it left me. But it gave me spiritual muscles of steel – and you can be sure that the issue of self worth is being tackled on a very deep level through your experience. Have faith!.
I love the thread about jealousy and self worth – it’s something that has been coming up for me very strongly righ now. Thank you for the links, Eric.
P.S. Something that really helped me shift, Amy, after a lost my job and went into deep despair, was a daily gratitude practice – where I compiled a list of everything there was to be grateful for in my life. You can do this as a meditation or write in a diary. It takes one away from all the negativity one is feeling and the focus on how bad thngs are – and actually invites in more and more reasons to be grateful.
Wow, Lizzy, thank you! I’ll give that a try.
Hi Amy, take a look at your natal chart if you have your birth time. Of course, even mundanely, the effect of Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn can be monumental. Uranus speaks of all things alternative and that disrupt the norm in the sign of core individuation. This is leveraged by square into Pluto’s slow burn transformative, laser-like working in the sign of all things tangibly built within society – as related to social structures (careers within organisations, included).
Looking natally, you can begin to work with the House positions/transits to get additional ‘flavour’ of the outer planetary impact on your narrative. For those (like myself) who have a 1st to 10th House Uranus/Pluto square well, that is a DOUBLE whammy!
In non-astrological terms also, notice what this tension is showing you. It may be unpleasant but a contrast between two grounded experiences can make it easier to grasp how you want ‘more of this, less of that’. It’s likely not what you think holding you back – the problem will certainly not be outside of you, within circumstances of work (it will LOOK that way), but instead be precisely that lack of faith in your capabilities we usually call ‘self-esteem’.
Don’t stop with that label though. Explore beyond descriptions so you can figure out what false belief is running the show – that’s where the potential energy lays… coiled like a spring.
My pleasure, Amy. Great stuff, Alex!
This post resinates with me on several levels, as do some of the member comments. Like Elizabeth, I’m a fire sign (Leo) that experienced a perceived threat to my power (ego?) yesterday, but unfortunately I skipped the power analysis and reacted emotionally. I felt pretty stupid after, thinking about the many better ways I could have handled the situation. This was career related, hit my self esteem. I felt the jealousy yesterday as well, which is not typical for me. The good news is that I’ve decided to learn from those situations and move forward by taking action. Someone found my weak spot and attacked it. My reaction is to strengthen that weakness so it doesn’t happen again, and also to remember that some perceived weaknesses simply need time and experience to gain strength.
“Looking natally, you can begin to work with the House positions/transits to get additional ‘flavour’ of the outer planetary impact on your narrative.”
funny, i’m not sure i’ve done this in depth on my own, though i know eric has brought in the effects of uranus-pluto on house placements in his annual editions (via whole-sign houses). i think for the first couple/few years of the square, there was just so much else going on that was intense and disruptive and new — and impacting my chart in verrrrrrry direct ways — i was just focused on keeping moving. 🙂
but now that i think of it, the uranus-pluto square spans my 7th – 10th houses by whole sign (technically 7th – 11th houses at this point, natally). and my personal narrative in those realms (relationships [7th] and highest aspirations [10th] / wider community [11th]) has certainly been “under construction” in some surprising and, i think, long-lasting ways.
and onward we go…!
The Rock article was SO helpful. Permission to love. That’s what we’re looking for. And to know that our love is useful to our self. As Disney has put it, “Let It Go”.
Thank you, Alex. I’ve certainly had quite a wild ride astrologically of late. No doubt something else is currently going on. I think my Mars-Jupiter conjunction is being transited on several points, so that might be it.
Or I might just be giving in rather too much to my inner Moany Old Goat 😉