FULL MOON IN AQUARIUS 19 AUGUST 2024

FULL MOON IN AQUARIUS

…the friendship Moon

The Full Moon this month falls at 27°15’ of the sign of Aquarius (antiscion 02°45 Scorpio), a Fixed, Air sign ruled by Saturn (traditional ruler) and Uranus (modern ruler).

Full Moons are times of harvest and completion

when things concerning the house in the natal chart with Aquarius on its cusp can’t possibly get any better or any worse for that matter.

The Moon in this lunation is ruled by Saturn (traditional ruler), presently retrograde and peregrine in the sign of Pisces but also in an applying square to Jupiter and a separating square from Mars both in Gemini where Jupiter is in his detriment, Saturn R is also involved in an opposition aspect from Venus in Virgo forming a Mutable T-square with a Mars-Jupiter apex. None of these planets seem to know what they’re really doing, Saturn floating instead of setting boundaries and Jupiter and Mars both with a huge excess of energy, Venus is in its fall too, some could get lost in the details without being able to see the big picture and lash out regardless. Totally out of the blue a waterspout came immediately into my mind!

Modern ruler of the Moon is Uranus, moving really slowly as it prepares to station retrograde at the beginning of September. There is a Fixed T-square between Mercury conjunct Sun both in opposition to Moon and all square Uranus. Sun, in Leo, will probably be singing its own praises as it imbues a combust Mercury with its need for respect, Moon may want to distant itself from all this public visibility, Uranus too may also want to break free and follow his own original course of action which will certainly cause discomfort for some. Uranus is also in a sextile aspect to Neptune R this may give an opportunity to dissolve our individual limitations, or it could also bring a flash of intuition.

The lunation chart is well balanced as far as the Elements are concerned but there are 5 planets each in the Fixed and Mutable modality with none in the Cardinal one. A push and pull between staying put and being flexible but no oomph whatever to actually move forward (or backwards) each staying put in their own way of seeing things.

Aquarius is the sign of friendship and group activity; it’s about being independent and inventive whilst being part of a larger group of like-minded people as we work towards a common goal.

The Full Moon falls on the 11th-5th – Aquarius-Leo – axis in the zodiac so whilst the Moon is illuminating our friendship zone the Sun in Leo is shining in our house of individuality wanting us to sparkle on our own…will we be able to find a compromise between the two?

Being a sign (Aquarius) with two rulers then we might say that the Moon’s passage in this sign could result in two different types of reactions: Moon-Saturn is notoriously a combination where our feelings are more than dampened and when we are given the opportunity to take a harsh look at where we’re putting them and perhaps why. These thoughts can also manifest as a sinking or generally depressed feeling. Moon-Uranus is a jump-start to our emotions with perhaps lightening mood changes and wanting to belong but at the same time to be alone or independent from others emotionally, the “I’m yours but don’t get too close type of feeling!”

In fact, Raven Kaldera in his book “Moon Phase Astrology” calls this Full Moon phase “the Friendship Moon” and he invites us to hang out with our friends during this period, asking others and ourselves just what value friendship has for us in our lives.

The Sabian symbol for the Moon at 28° Aquarius: “A tree felled and sawed to ensure a supply of wood for the winter.” Indicating knowledge and skill used in its natural surroundings for the satisfaction of vital basic needs.

For the antiscion point at 3° Scorpio: “A house-raising party in a small village enlists the neighbour’s cooperation.” Indicating the feeling of community demonstrated in a basic joint effort.

for the Sun at 28° Leo: “Many little birds on a limb of a big tree.” Indicating a wide, and perhaps confusing, openness to a multiplicity of inspiring potentialities.

Let’s remember on this Full Moon

“You’re interesting and you’re different and I like that” Anon

Bibliografia

Kaldera R. (2011) “Moon Phase Astrology” pp. 145-263, Destiny Books, Rochester, Vermont. USA

Rudhyar D. (1974) “An Astrological Mandala: the cycles of transformations and its 360 symbolic phases”. pp. 148, 193, 266, Vintage Books Edition, Random House Inc., New York, USA

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