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| Poetry by Rumi, Art by Michael Roppert |
Full
Moon in Taurus: The Unfolding Gift
Moon
opposite Sun- 11/12/19 @ 7:32am CST
The
Mourning Moon in full is a time of year that opens us to the
celebration of life after loss. It is not always a physical loss
(such as a loved one passing) that is the Scorpio initiation we go
through as this cycle begins and waxes...but there is a letting go of
something as we step into this ‘time which is no time’, and often
it is something buried that rises to our consciousness as the
moonlight grows.
This
particular release is not like a one-time change that we make before
moving onward without what we said farewell to. It is a process of
transformation that requires a shedding of layers throughout the
cycle. The release at the Full Moon of this cycle is of what has
held back each individual soul from really shining. This Full Moon
in Taurus is a celebration of Life Force energy...what we each have
and what we share with each other as we join in the Earthdance.
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| Photo by Luc (a.k.a. Boris Belgium) |
Taurus
is a sign of earthy, sensual, and unhurried growth...though it has been hastened with some urgency lately as Uranus has been in this fixed earth sign (opposite the New Moon that began this cycle). During a Full
Moon in Taurus, we are rewarded for our patience as we experience
something beautiful unfolding from one concentrated seed of
transmutation. Just like you must allow a flower to bloom in its own
timing, or a butterfly to emerge from a chrysalis only after the
inner work is done...The Taurus-Scorpio axis invites us to celebrate
the perseverance of life through natural changes that cannot be
forced by us one way or another. It is about the enjoyment of what
simply IS (Taurus), even as it is supported by the complexity of our
feelings (Scorpio).
In
this celebration of life after loss, the path ahead brings regenerative blessings...even as we step into unknown territory.
Moon-Vesta
Rx in Taurus 20
Sabian
Symbol: ‘wisps of wing-like clouds streaming across the sky’
Moon
and Vesta Retrograde meet in this degree that illuminates the
confirmation of blessings from Spirit. Moon is exalted in the
earthy, Venusian sign of Taurus...and so she feels blessed each month
when she travels in this sign. When full in Taurus, she really
shines these blessings upon our Earth which can incline pleasant
feelings of enjoyment and fulfillment. This may feel like a desire
to take in the kind of earthly pleasures that intoxicate the senses
and bring us moment-to-moment with Bliss. For some, such sensual
gifts may be in the form of food, drink, music, sex, natural beauty,
or any other pleasure that sets the senses buzzing. For others, it is
the pleasure received from creating, building, or growing things that
have a sense of sustainable value. For others still, it may be a
more spiritual sense of what animates the material world. Taurus energy enjoys all of the above. The
essence of this exalted feeling of the Taurus Moon comes from the Life within all Matter, and the meaningful exchange we have with that
energy. It doesn’t discount the heaviness of most things, but it
celebrates the function of the life within the form. This is the gift that unfolds in this Full Moon.
With
Vesta in her retrograde perspective of Taurus, the exalted Full Moon
joins the asteroid of the devoted Priestess who tends that Sacred
Flame. This flame animates us all from within each body. Vesta reminds us
that each light within us is connected to one spiritual hearth fire,
eternally lit. During this retrograde, the asteroid Vesta brings her
ever-present focus inward and we are inclined to tend to our own
Sacred Hearth. Whatever had been dampening our own life force from
previous cycles has been continually purified and released. What is
revealed now is how our Inner Light can shine brightly.
Let
this be a Full Moon where you can recognize and honor the blessings
present in your focus. Yes, there is still more weighty work to do
in this cycle...but we must first focus on restoring our energy
through enjoyment of life so that we can navigate the waning half
with a perspective of fulfillment.
Sun-Mercury
Rx in Scorpio 20 & 18
Sabian
Symbols: ‘a woman draws away two dark curtains, revealing the
entrance to a sacred pathway’ and ‘woods rich in autumn coloring’
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| 'Elen of the Ways' by Chesca Potter |
After
Sun and Mercury Retrograde meet for a rare, visible Interior
Conjunction on 11-11...the illuminating ideas from their meeting
carry into this illumination of the Full Moon. Each Interior
Conjunction with Sun and Mercury is the beginning of a new Mercury
cycle...a new thought, a new idea, a new mindset being initiated.
And this one is especially potent. This particular New Mercury
(which holds a similar, but more rare, energy to a New Moon Solar
Eclipse) brings ideas that can have far-reaching implications. It’s
a good time to check in with yourself and notice ‘Where is my
mind?’ What your mind is concentrated on most will clue you into
the thought-seeds that hold the potential for a big idea to grow.
With
these two symbols highlighted at the time of this Full Moon, a
pathway is revealed...a new neural pathway as well as a symbolic path
through the colorful forest of our psyche. Just as the direction
that the wind blows the wisps of clouds (in the Moon-Vesta degree
symbol) can show us the direction to take in our own lives, the
sacred pathway beyond the dark curtains invites us into the Unknown.
There is a reassurance, in the energy exchange of this Full Moon,
that the path ahead of us is quite beautiful as it transforms into
new possibilities.
Pluto-Persephone
in Capricorn 22 & 20
Sabian
Symbols: ‘a general accepting defeat gracefully’ and ‘a hidden
choir singing’
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| 'Hades and Persephone' by Sandara |
Persephone,
the asteroid of the Maiden Goddess who became Queen of the
Underworld, is in direct harmonious relationship with the Moon and
Sun through a trine (120 degrees) and a sextile (60 degrees). Pluto
adds his own Underworld power along with his Queen as they form a
pattern I call a ‘Receptive Wedge Triangle’ with the
Taurus-Scorpio axis. In this powerful marriage of archetypal forces,
we find an opportunity to become more committed to our Soul’s
Journey at this time. As the pattern is in feminine signs of Earth
and Water, it carries a receptive energy. Tapping in to
Persephone-Pluto’s wisdom at this Mourning Moon allows us to
receive the blessing of soul transformation.
So
while we have had to accept defeat (or loss) from a past cycle, like
the General in Pluto’s degree, it is with Grace...as Persephone’s
hidden choir is singing us onward. She reassures the us that there
is hidden beauty there in the Charnel Grounds where past decays and
transforms anew. “Be not afraid of the unknown that calls to you”,
Persephone sings. “It is the song of your soul singing.”
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| 'Music of the Spheres' by Fiona Watson |
Love
and Gratitude,
Felina
Lune Kavi
