Full Moon in Aries: Heart's Desire in Action

Full Moon in Aries:  Heart’s Desire in Action

Moon opposite Sun @ 1:39pm CDT on 10-5-17

A couple hours before this Blood Moon reaches its peak of fullness, Venus and Mars combine their energies in a conjunction.  The inner planets of the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine meet as one at 11:22am CDT.  There’s a Hieros Gamos (Sacred Marriage) feel to this energy…inclining us to seek that balance between our own masculine and feminine energies within.  In Virgo, the Goddess of Love acts as the Priestess and the God of War acts as the Spiritual Warrior.  The degree in which they meet is Virgo 20.  The Sabian Symbol here is “an automobile caravan”, indicating a collective effort to journey toward new horizons…following the heart (Venus) and taking initiatory action (Mars).  

Before we get into the energies of this full moon, I want to focus on this conjunction because it holds a key to being able to deal with what has gone topsy-turvy in our world (this is one of those full moons with so many energies in play that even trying to address it all would be too much of a juggling act for me right now…because I’m already feeling it all).  But this conjunction is a good focal point for personal action.  This is another chance at a new beginning in male-female relations…the start of a two year synodic cycle between these planets.  What the two energies have most in common is a theme of  ‘desire’.  Looking into what you truly desire is a good starting point for this Venus-Mars infused Full Moon.  Being able to peel away the layers of thought to reveal your true feelings is not easy for us to do.  But it is key to uncovering what you truly desire.

What is our heart’s desire?  I’m not asking for the first answer that pops into your head…or mine.  I’m not even asking for an answer.  Not because I think I know the answer already.  I don’t know anything.  I just feel everything.  

Like many of you, I grew up learning the narrative that what I feel is too much for others, or too weak, or embarrassing, or not even valid.  You come to a stage within that early experience where you close yourself off, followed by a stage of angst when you get that feeling that so much you’ve learned is false.  And then eventually, through the ups and downs of experience, you come to a place of inner knowing…your own truth.  And you are once again, as the kids say, feeling all the feels.  In the end, you may realize the ability to feel and express feelings is actually a strength.  I really hope we can all realize that anyway, no matter the ridicule we may have endured.  It’s important to understand our feelings…it’s integral to that ‘inner knowing’ that becomes our moral compass.  

Where does that knowing come from?  Not from the head…the brain…the mind.  For these larger questions we ask ourselves, we’re not going to find the answer if we think about it.  It comes from heart consciousness.  The heart is not only the first organ that forms and functions in our bodies, but it is also our most powerful transmitter of feelings.  We’re often focused on the importance of our brains…but the heart’s electrical field is 40-60 times stronger than the brain’s, with a magnetic field that is 2-4 thousand times stronger.  It is not only informing our brain, but our environment as well.  It’s torus-shaped energy field is measurable 5-8 feet around us…with the non-local field extending much farther.  So how do we make positive change in a world gone mad?  We must learn to radiate healing from our heart-center.

Venus and Mars are asking you to journey along with them to this space of resonant heart consciousness.  Leave behind resentment, disappointment, anger, sadness, and fear.  To get where you are going, you must travel light.  See where this journey takes you.

Moon in Aries 13:  “A bomb fails to explode”

So many ways this image can go.  On the world stage, any mention of bombs brings to mind North Korea…which, as a country, has been heavily aspected by the eclipses of this summer and continues to be aspected with this full moon.   But a bomb failing to explode could be good, right?  Crisis averted, for the time being?  Hope so.  On this particular axis that the luminaries are highlighting, because of proximity to certain fixed stars, it’s like flipping a coin in every situation. Prosperity or destruction?  Especially with Pluto squaring both luminaries…transformative energy is on high.  And with all other planets in play, there is a Wheel of Fortune element to it all.  The symbolism of the luminaries does suggest, though, a sense of momentary peace and protection…or even lucking out.  Unless you’re the one trying to drop a bomb, I guess…in which case your expectations might not come to fruition.  Venus and Mars would suggest that dropping love-bombs are more reliable in this cosmic climate.  What I’ve noticed so far, while trying to preemptively schedule gatherings for this moon, is that planned out preparations are not the way of this moon at all.  There is a larger story pushing for us, the characters, to be in other situations than where we thought we’d be focusing.  The plot thickens as the Author brings even the readers to an unexpected turn of events.  Gathering with community might not work out for you, or maybe it’s just me, but it’s likely because a more pressing situation will need to be defused elsewhere in your life.  Most of us were born when Eris (named after the goddess of discord) was on or near this degree of Aries.  She is so slow moving in her orbit that she’s actually still in Aries now.  She’s not all about discord of course, but she does like to drop bombs (or golden apples, as the myth goes) to shake things up.  She’s also the archetype of the powerful female rebelling against the outdated norms of patriarchal society.  My natal Eris is being activated by this full moon in Aries.  So those somewhat younger and older than 35 are likely feeling it too, to some degree.  I wish you all luck on each crisis averted at this time.

Sun in Libra 13:  Children blowing soap bubbles

This seems like a bit of a jump in themes at first, yes?  It conjures images of laughing, playing, and being filled with joy and wonder at the magic within our ordinary world.  There is also a transitory theme weaving through the opposing symbols…and one in which the bubble inevitably bursts.  There is also a protective theme at play…also momentary…of being ‘in a bubble’.  The key here, though, is to encourage that momentary instance of awe and celebration at the little joys in life…as the other energies at play may have some more heavy-hitting things in store soon enough.  It’s not a time, not yet anyway, to burst bubbles and drop bombs on others.  If anything, that would be a personal experience (having your own bubble burst, bombs dropped on you to take care of, or things not being what you wanted in general).  Count yourself lucky if you get to spend the next few days relaxing with a bubble wand in hand…and the only bombs you’re meant to defuse are tantrums from a toddler who would rather play than eat or sleep (this is a potential for me anyway, since I’ll be with my two-year old son at the time…but I’m clearly not supposed to plan ahead so we’ll see what happens).

Like I said, every planet is at play in this Full Moon dance.  If one or more is transiting your natal chart (which is likely for most of us), that will provide the main focal point of your experience of this time.  Each of the four of us in my family have multiple transits going on individually right now.  Two of which are exact with the full moon (my husband’s Venus and our son’s Uranus are both in the full moon degree).  The Venus-Mars conjunction, I feel, is the significant key to unlocking the highest vibration of this Full Moon energy though.  The Aries-Libra axis our luminaries are highlighting is a delicate balance of both Mars (Aries) and Venus (Libra) energies.  It is the axis of relationship between self and other that is being illuminated at this time.

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi