Astral Weeks
August 26 – September 1st
Sunday begins with a big, bright, full moon in
Pisces, Big, wet, maybe a tad weepy. Full Pisces Moon sextiles Uranus in Taurus
and Saturn in Capricorn, softening both Earth signs (mud is what happens when
water meets earth). Good chance of unexpected opportunities for healing via
surprising glimpses of the Divine disguised as the mundane. As the Grateful
Dead sing: "Once in a while you get shown the light / In the strangest of
places if you look at it right."
Because our bodies are mostly water, full
moons in water signs can be – moist. Sensitivities are enhanced, and energies
take a turn for the forward on Monday when Mars, after an entire summer of
Retrograde zig-zagging through the early degrees of Aquarius, finally stations
Direct at 28 Capricorn, where it will linger until September 9th
before beginning his inexorable march back through Aquarius. Mars conditions
are what they were mid-May of this year – it’s like you get to time-travel
without all the mess and expense – make it count this time! Tuesday the
Moon enters go-getter Aries, making a conjunction to the asteroid Chiron and
uncovering feelings of vulnerability – but wait, don’t allow yourself to go
into automatic defense / shut-down mode, those feelings are valuable indicators
of places within yourself which need further nurturing and love.
The Aries Moon
squares Pluto in Capricorn on Wednesday night, revealing the roots of emotional
power struggles and professional rivalries, followed by the Moon’s opposition
to Venus, in her home sign of Libra, on Thursday morning. When asked if
she would rather make love and not war, Venus in this case may opt for war if
she’s feeling overlooked or underappreciated. When the Moon enters Taurus
Thursday evening, she makes a conjunction to unpredictable Uranus, which,
depending on whether you’ve gone to war or opted for peace earlier in the day,
may invite either innovation in lovemaking or doubling-down on stubborn pride
using emotionally extreme measures (advice: don’t do it!).
Friday’s
Moon-Sun trine in Earth signs Taurus and Virgo respectively may bring the grounded
emotional harmony you’ve been seeking all week. The Moon’s sextile to dreamy
Neptune Friday evening may be the very thing to reintroduce feelings of
one-ness, smoothing the rough edges and ruffled feathers and restoring peace. Saturday
is Shabbat, Parshat KiTavo, the beginning of a long Labor Day
weekend in the United States, and the first day of September. Moon in Taurus
opposes Jupiter in Scorpio in the wee small hours of the morning, arousing
issues of possession both emotional and material. If you’re fighting over the
blankets, best to roll over and seek body heat rather than battle it out over
who gets the covers. If you’ve played your cards right all day, the Moon-Mars
trine late Saturday night might reward you with a deeper and more grounded
emotional energy and a more profound sense of partnership.
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