Full Moon in Leo: Courageous Expression through the Cutting Edge

 

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Full Moon in Leo:  Courageous Expression through the Cutting Edge

Moon opposite Sun- 1/28/21 @ 1:16pm CST

 

It is the Full Wolf Moon, when Luna’s call encourages us to express authenticity within the pack.  And since it is a Leo Full Moon, her call also encourages the pride.  Amidst the roars and howls of the collective at this Full Moon, what sound radiates from your heart center?  What do you feel encouraged to express?

Every year, the Full Moon in Leo commands attention…and this year brings a ‘cutting-edge’ quality more dynamic than most.  In a 90 degree square aspect to our luminaries, Mars and Uranus in Taurus are activated.  Taurus is fixed earth, and usually solid…even predictable in its unfolding.  But this combination of Mars-Uranus we’ve been feeling this month is groundbreaking.  Like navigating crackling ice beneath a continuous snowfall…it’s not the most sure-footed feeling.  We have to really trust our bodies to hold us steady. 

So while the Leo Moon calls us to emit our radiant heart, Aquarius Sun shines consciousness on group awareness.  In all oppositions, we are challenged by the tension between what appears to be opposite expressions.  In this Full Moon, we meet this challenge by expressing the creative light of our individuality through our collective experience.  The square from Mars and Uranus in Taurus shows us how we are urged to express it. 

The cutting edge of Mars and Uranus in Taurus earth is guided by Venus, who is currently conjunct Pluto in Capricorn.  This is Love’s Wisdom from the depths of Earth, giving sound advice for our actions.  Venus orchestrates these Taurus vibrations with a powerful understanding of the Plutonian seed of this lunar cycle.  New Moon began conjunct Pluto, and the cycle has grown since to a Uranian crescendo.  With these outer planets involved, the charge of change is received by Earth.  It is a time where what once may have been predictable becomes unpredictable.  There is a wildness emerging from fixed earth that is as exciting as it can be unsettling.  Can you trust yourself to harness it and put it to good use? 

Remember that the way of Taurus grounds us with the senses, whether we’re responding to something quick as a bolt of lightning or gradual as new wings emerging from a chrysalis.  Taurus is not averse to change…it’s just that it must be aligned with Natural Law.  After all, it is both the fertile soil and the productive unfolding of Mother Nature.  Taurus earth’s fixedness is in the determination to grow.  And growth requires us to respond to changes.

What kind of changes are moving our response?  The Leo Moon is conjunct the asteroid Hygiea, a clue that one of the greatest resonances in her call has to do with health.  Hygiea (whose name gave us the word ‘hygiene’) is the Goddess of purification and holistic health.  It is not mere coincidence she is so present when vaccine rollouts are being amped up…and she raises the question of what practices are the most beneficial for the body when the collective desire is to prevent any further damage to our health.  In Leo, Hygiea encourages self-awareness to determine what is healthy for each individual.  After all, we are not the same…even as we are part of a collective.  The tension arises in our varied responses to what is being amplified in our collective awareness.

The Aquarius Sun is conjunct Jupiter…and this gas giant is all about amplification and expansion.  If you’re in any way connected to any community that speaks of Astrology, you’ve no doubt heard an amplified buzz about ‘Aquarius energy’.  People are positively giddy about it, which is an inclination of Jupiter’s current influence in this air sign.  Some expand the current energy so far as to herald it as ‘The Age of Aquarius’.  Those who understand the enormous breadth of the Astrological Ages are not so quick to punctuate the flow.  These are transits in Aquarius we are feeling, a much more particular resonance than the precession of our ages.  Such a predominance of transits in Aquarius, however, do clue us in to what our Descendants will be working with over a century from now. 

And yet, not all of the ideals included in the 5^th Dimension song give a full picture of what is on the horizon for humanity.  There is a distinctly technological factor to our collective experience of Aquarius that has become increasingly engrained in the fixed Air of this sign.  There are also some lessons to learn about ‘Groupthink’…so the current opposition of Jupiter and Hygiea means to challenge our previous ideas of ‘Herd Immunity’, whatever they may be for each of us.  This Leo-Aquarius combination brings up the importance and benefit (Jupiter) of Holistic Health practices (Hygiea) to prevent illness. 

But you’ll see, because of the rather bullish nature of this T-square pooling the tension in Taurus, that there isn’t actually a whole lot of Aquarian agreement on what will give the best results for each individual as well as the collective.  In many cases, even the Leo heart-radiance is overshadowed by fixed reactions to opposition and challenge. 

Leo Moon’s fixed fire reminds us to respond by leading with love.  Treat others as individuals who are blessed with the ability and the will to be their authentic Self.  In this quickening Aquarius season, the lesson is to encourage the unique expression of each of us to creatively contribute to the health of the whole.  When amplifying this underlying wisdom, we can break new ground in our Earthly unfolding. 

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi