Full Moon in Pisces: Accessing Ancestors, Guides, and Totems

Full Moon in Pisces:  Accessing Ancestors, Guides, and Totems

Moon opposite Sun at 2:03am CDT on 9-6-17

As August moved into September, the shifts in our awareness have continued.  The first of the month began with the Sun moving through the degree (9 Virgo) that Mercury Retrograde was in during the total solar eclipse.  On the morning of the 3^rd, Mercury and Mars both meet in the degree (29 Leo) that the Sun and Moon met in during the total solar eclipse…the same degree Mercury will be stationing in on September 5^th.  Mercury will be holding focus there in the ‘Mermaid’ degree from September 2-7.  At the time of that Mercury-Mars conjunction, the Sun will be in the degree (12 Virgo) that Mercury stationed retrograde in on August 12^th.  Essentially, August shifted into September with our consciousness (Sun) integrating the quickening download of mind-altering information (Mercury Retrograde) we received from that eclipse portal…and with our minds hovering (Mercury station direct) on what we learned from the shadows brought out in our conscious awareness (Eclipsed Sun) last month.  Mars adds additional activation of those eclipse energies still coming forth in conjunction with Mercury this Labor Day weekend.  That mental initiation brought on by Mercury Retrograde and Mars is the energy of homing in on ‘What do we WANT to communicate into being?’

This conjunction not only activates the energies from the eclipse, but it also reconnects to the Grand Fire Trine mentioned in my previous post (lining up, as the Sun and Moon did previously, with Uranus in Aries and the Galactic Center at the end of Sagittarius).  I encourage you to read (or re-read) that post, particularly the section on the Galactic Center, as it applies this whole week as well.  Here's the link:  Total Solar Eclipse.  As mentioned, it is a portal through which we connect with multi-universes…so more downloads of wisdom from our Star Nations are issuing forth again as we begin this month.  At the eclipse, these insights came to our collective consciousness (Sun) and stirred up some shadows from humanity’s past (Moon)…then after some time to integrate, we get another chance to further connect with that information on a physical/active level (Mars) and, especially, a mental/communicative level (Mercury).

Once that is activated this weekend, Mercury stations for the beginning of the post-labor day workweek on that very same ‘Mermaid’ degree of bringing form to our intentions (rebirth)…extending the Grand Fire Trine for several more days.  Then on the morning of the 6^th, the Full Harvest Moon gathers up all that energy and encourages us to celebrate the hard work we pushed ourselves through and share with others how and what we’ve grown, reaped, and processed.  The feast before us is abundant and all are welcome.  Love and gratitude for life’s many blessings is in the air.  The cross-talk at the table is no longer geared toward denial, shame, or unchecked expressions of our shadow…but instead we share a new awareness of how we’re healing those separations with the very differences that make us unique individuals. 

After a post-eclipse adjustment period where out-of-the-norm extremes seemed to take hold of us (from lethargy to heightened, often forced, activation), this full moon will act as a lighthouse signaling us home after a long journey.  Mercury will still be at a standstill…but the retrograde phase will be over (of course the post-retrograde shadow persists until Mercury is past 12 Virgo on the 19^th…but it is often a smoother journey than the pre-shadow).  The collective soul retrieval mentioned in my Mercury Retrograde post has been carried out, and now it is up to each of us to nurture what has returned to us in the next step of integration that follows.

Sun in 14 Virgo:  A Family Tree

With all the shadows that came out, front and center, from our ancestral roots last month…a deep wisdom emerged as well: our ancestors are evolving with us.  Our ancestors are not static reflections of their living personalities…they are energy that shifts with us, finding resolution in all that we learn in this time.  Their wisdom and guidance is both in the ways that helped them throughout their own lifetimes, and in healing the shadows that occurred from their own mistakes so we do not repeat or perpetuate those ancestral wounds. 

Not only do we have ancestral roots to our Mother Earth which track our ancient bloodlines and evolution as a species, our awareness is growing that we also have celestial ancestors who have lived the bigger picture of what our existence is.  The total solar eclipse experience for me was an even greater connection to the cosmos than I ever felt before.  We still have so much to learn from our Star Nations, but this year we have all received (and continue to receive) our own individual experiences of the enormous download from the Oneness that connects us.  It really has been mind-blowing to see it glow from the heart of so many more people lately, even if they don’t quite understand how brightly their medicine is radiating while we’re getting swamped by so much muck.  The murky waters surrounding us right now are depressing…there’s no denial of that.  But look at the lotus blossoms blooming from it too, my friends.  Our fellow humans are in desperate need of help, and what do we do?  We transcend our differences and we help a brother or sister out.  Such selfless service is at the root of the Virgo-Pisces axis our luminaries are illuminating.  The root power of this particular Virgo Sun energy is that which continues to plant the seeds of tomorrow.

Strengthening our connections to our ancestral roots provides us with the power to succeed through times of crisis.  Just as the germinating seed relies on its roots to provide essential nutrients as it grows, we have an essential source connection within us that provides the guidance we need to achieve our best possible outcome.  This information may be coming from our physical ancestry, cosmic beginnings, and/or past lives.  For some, it may only be in their awareness as stemming from their own personal past.  That is certainly part of it, as we’ve just taken a trip down memory lane for a few weeks with Mercury.  But it’s not about how far-reaching it occurs to us.  The focus here is on how we are evolving…as individuals and as a species.  Our ancestors know that beyond our current struggles to shift into a new timeline lies the promise of our next generations of life on Earth. They are, quite literally, “rooting” for us. 

Moon in 14 Pisces:  A Lady in Fox Fur

The lady in fox fur symbol can be seen in many ways, and that is the nature of this influence.  At one moment, you may see the symbol as a socialite rubbing elbows with powerful personalities.  You may even immediately have a reaction to the excesses of luxury accumulated and flaunted at the expense of others’ lives.  At the next glance, you may witness the actual fox totem medicine she draws upon in order to move in unison with society, simply by shapeshifting how she appears.  After all, who’s to say she isn’t the self-reliant trapper herself, living a scaled-down life off the modern beaten path?  The symbol itself leaves the interpretation very open…and we all have our own unique first-glances of it based on our own experience.  My own personal experience of this energy has more to do with what fox medicine has taught me throughout my life, as it is a personal totem of mine.  Two years ago, I posted about Fox Medicine in this blog.  I encourage you to read that post for a deeper insight into what wisdom this creature teacher has for all of us to tap into through this lunar energy.  We’ve all heard tales of how swift and clever foxes are, but their adaptability and familial connections may also be of great importance to learn about for many of us who are currently navigating through various life changes or family crises.

Not only does this symbol specifically bring up the fox totem, it also brings to our awareness how beneficial our own personal totem connections are right now.  Some of us have one totem that is very prevalent as an animal connection in our lives.  Others have multiple medicines from which they can draw upon.  Fostering stronger connections to all the many creature teachers in our lives provides us with the power to work with Mother Nature in ways that modern humans have tended to stray away from.  This lunation is highlighting the many rich sources of wisdom which we are reconnecting to in our awareness.

Neptune in 13 Pisces:  An Ancient Sword, Used in Many Battles, is Displayed in a Museum

Now, Neptune’s influence is coloring a lot of what is going down this month…so the tight conjunction between Neptune and the Full Moon in Pisces is important to note.  Neptune is joining in the influence of the degree previous to the ‘fox fur’ degree…showcasing the dynamic ancestral power we carry within our modern walls and display cases.  Within the museum environment where we further learn of our history on Earth, there is an acknowledgment that we should look but not touch.  Even from observing these symbols of power and courage, or demise and destruction, we may glean much information for future actions or better solutions. 

Neptune can be as confusing as he is inspiring, though.  So interpretation of these ancient symbols will likely stir up a vast sea of different meanings for each individual.  For example, some of us may see a certain display in a museum as a symbol of courage.  While others of us will see any range of symbolic meaning from oppression, to cowardice, to obsolescence.  Neptune points out that we are each always looking through our own lens of experience…and some may be cloudier than others. 

Looking at the bigger picture, I see Neptune’s influence on this month as further highlighting the karmic imbalances left over from the fall of Atlantis…a mythic storyline that resurfaced in our awareness during our Mermaid Eclipse last month.  As the story goes, Atlantis was a civilization descended from Poseidon (Neptune)…who fathered the kings who presided over the island (the eldest of which was Atlas, whom Atlantis and the Atlantic Ocean are named after).  Generations later, while their technology and military power became increasingly advanced, their sovereign connection to the land and their spiritual connection to their ancestral roots was disregarded.  In Plato’s ‘Critias’, the story was a cautionary tale with which to inform his people how to avoid the demise that can often come from hubris and the misuse of power. 

In our current political atmosphere, the same stench of hubris and corruption of power permeates the air.  Dangerous power plays amongst individuals disconnected from what is really important to the whole of Mother Earth are continuous threats to sustainable life.  Not only are natural disasters wreaking havoc across the globe, but so are man-made disasters.  As if to back up that statement, my husband played a video tracking earthquakes while I wrote that last sentence.  In the video, which was created on the night of September 2^nd, the person tracking current seismic activity witnessed a 6.2 earthquake as it happened at the North Korean nuclear test site.  That’s a very direct and current example of hubris and misuse of power.  A man-made earthquake of that size from a hydrogen bomb test will have an effect in the days following throughout all of Asia…not to mention the future threat that this accelerated increase of nuclear testing poses. 

Interestingly, this ‘ancient sword’ symbol is said by Dane Rudhyar to highlight the effectual use of will power.  He says, “This symbol emphasizes the imperative need to make use of the will in meeting the basic challenges of the inner life as well as outer adversaries.”  The collective will of the Whole is being called to act in these tumultuous times, within and without.  With the swift adaptability of the fox mentioned in the Moon’s symbol, we must focus the collective mind on thrusting the sword of our will against that which doesn’t serve our survival.  Fortunately, the widespread solidarity that is growing between us after a series of unfortunate events is the very power that has the greatest effect upon forces that seek to divide and conquer.

It was the global disasters I was about to mention when I saw that video of the newest man-made one, as many of them have resulted in flooding (Neptune’s domain as God of the Seas).  Closest to home is the massive flooding from Hurricane Harvey, which is surely on everyone’s hearts and minds here in the states.  Its damage has evoked memories of Hurricane Katrina from 12 years ago.  Disastrous flooding is also happening in South Asia, where the death toll is over 1000.  This deluge from monsoon season is also the worst since 12 years ago during the Maharashtra floods in the same area.  As an astrologer, picking up on patterns is part of the work…so a 12 year recurrence signals me to look at Jupiter’s cycle (which traverses our zodiac every 12 years).  Jupiter (expansion) exacted a square with Pluto (transformation) last month, forcing huge changes…and 12 years ago, Jupiter was sextile Pluto…providing an opportunity, through large-scale changes, to learn and grow in those areas of life that were affected.  In some ways, we may have learned how to better show up to aid in disaster relief…but we certainly didn’t change the ways that got us into similar predicaments.

There has also been a fatal mudslide in Sierra Leone after torrential rain and flooding in a heavily deforested area occurred throughout Mercury’s retrograde station last month.  The death toll there is also around 1000, and there is the additional threat of waterborne disease spreading in the aftermath.  The path of the solar eclipse that came after the mudslide lifted off in the Atlantic Ocean before the totality could reach Africa, but the path was pointing directly at Sierra Leone (as if to say what’s happening there could have an effect on everyone for months to come).

These are just some of the recent, large-scale, examples of the floods accumulating in our awareness as Neptune Retrograde opposes the Sun on September 5^th and then conjuncts the full moon the following day.  If we scale it down, what is flooding your awareness in your own life right now?  Have there been massive changes lately in your individual experience that have brought you to a Neptunian place of nebulousness or confusion?  This, too, shall pass…as it is all part of the rebirth of consciousness we’re experiencing now.  We’re all either struggling to break through the earth like a sprouting seed or we’re adjusting to the confusion like a newborn just entering a new experience.  Either way, we must have patience with ourselves and others this year.  Treat each other, and yourself, as a mother to a newborn or a gardener to a tender shoot.  We are meant to nurture new growth in this time as caretakers of life on Earth.  Call upon the connections to ancestors, totems, and guides to help you navigate this time of integration…and call upon your friends and family to aid you in times of need.  At the same time, these energies ask you to be of service in whatever way you can for others.  Together, we are recalibrating the energetic balance of healthy giving and healthy receiving on Mother Earth.

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi