It’s very special to have two full Moons in the same sign, a chance to revisit the polarity which occurred a month past. We think of astrology as about the future, but the future is built upon the past, and this is a time to contemplate all that came before. It’s not just the rerun of an Aquarian full Moon, but many planets are ‘retrograde.’ They appear to travel through old territory. At this full Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto revisit old issues. Afghanistan seems a perfect example.
Of, course, there is no return to the past, which the Taliban will discover, just as America will have to admit violence doesn’t solve problems, but instead wastes lives, time and focus to solve the dilemmas we face together. There is one planet here and deeply unified consciousness will have to emerge from all inhabitants.
The Sun in the final degree of Leo lies across the sky from the Moon in the final degree of Aquarius. Later in the day The Sun will move move into Virgo as Moon moves into Pisces. Leo represents the monarchial form of leadership, Aquarius represents democratic structure. The Sun represents the shining Self and the Moon represents the people. The Sabian Symbol for the Moon’s degree mentions: ‘The ability for the person with an open mind and a deep feeling for self-transcendence to come in contact with higher forms of existence.’
The Moon has a close companion at this moment. Jupiter, also in Aquarius adds an ingredient of joyful optimism. He may be the source of the Sabian Symbol for the Moon’s degree: ‘Deeply rooted in the past of a very ancient culture, a spiritual brotherhood in which many individual minds are merged into the glowing light of a unanimous consciousness is revealed to one who has emerged successfully from his metamorphosis. ‘
This full Moon carries some of the energy of a new Moon, a new beginning, a new day. Sun and Moon hover on the last degree of their signs to give us the chance to look backward, before sailing forward. It also reassures: we are not alone. We have the deep connection to all forms of existence, which can be forgotten in a moment of fear.
Sabian Symbols are verbal images for each degree of the Zodiac. Channeled by psychic Elsie Wheeler and transcribed by the astrologer Marc Edmund Jones in 1925. They were revised by Dane Rudhyar in his book Astrology of Personality. You can find them online at http://www.mindfire.ca/.
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