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| Sedona Buddha, by Chad Woodward, 2011. |
September 19, 2013
The dance of
duality permeates every aspect of third density experience. We are creatures of
contradiction. There is no light without the dark. Within each of us there is
truth and beauty, and yet there is an equal amount of deception and ugliness to
boot. The sign of Pisces, the final stop of the zodiac, brings cohesion to this
universal disparity.
Pisces seeks
unity. It carries the message that we are all oneness striving to know and love
itself--and yet, most of the time, from our earthbound perspective, that
remains a lofty ideal. It doesn’t seem to fit with our perception. I am me and
you are you. There’s a perceivable difference. That perception has a purpose in
that it keeps us alive while we walk around in our fleshy sack of bones. Boundaries
are necessary and healthy.
One
frightening truth about life is that we are completely vulnerable. There are no
ultimate safety nets which will save us from suffering, pain or complete
physical annihilation. Another frightening and yet liberating truth: all is
impermanent; nothing stays the same. In the moment we are cast into the
illusion of separation, but one day we will dissolve again; we will become one
with the void.
I could go
on, but I think you get the point. The reason I bring up these uncomfortable
universal truths is because this Piscean Full Moon carries this message
profoundly. While Pisces is often perceived as dreamy, spacy, ethereal, full of
awe and wonder, there is a considerable amount of heaviness and seriousness
alongside this Full Moon.
For several
days leading up to this lunation a powerful and poignant conjunction of Saturn,
Venus, and the North Node becomes exact in the sign of Scorpio. This
conjunction comes into sharp focus on the days of Sept 16th to 18th—taking us
directly into the culmination of the current lunar cycle. This is powerful
psychic and emotional terrain. While Pisces may tempt us to “check-out” for a
moment, to seek comfort in enticing illusions, this conjunction demands our
full focus and awareness of reality as it actually is. Pisces equally helps us
to clear the mind of distortions so that we feel this truth as it permeates all
of existence.
Saturn in
Scorpio (Oct 2012- 2015) is a rather lengthy transit which churns around in the
background of consciousness. When highlighted by other transits it comes
sharply into our awareness, and lets us know that it means business and what it’s
up to. In Scorpio there’s inevitably that sense of concealment and secrecy.
We’re all
feeling this in one way or another. There’s some seriously deep and heavy work
going on within our lives….somewhere. Pinning it down to some recognizable
construct is probably a challenge. While everything in astrology could be
recognized as “unconscious”--that is, aspects of our psyche we don’t visibly
perceive, the sign of Scorpio truly exemplifies those hidden trenches of the
mind and soul.
Scorpio
embodies uncomfortable truths and realities: death, impermanence, sexual lusts,
unconscious fears, trauma, etc. It is a reservoir of primal rage, vulnerability
and desire. While most of us would like to think of ourselves as “good” and
socially polite persons—deep down, somewhere, there’s a blood thirsty beast.
We’re all capable of doing some terrible and downright nasty things.
No one is exempt.
When taken
to the edge, past our ability to cope or deal with something painful, this
reality gets exposed. It all hangs out. Things get real. That’s what we’re
invited to do here—to get totally raw, honest, and real. Cut away all the B.S.,
and get straight to that bottom line. If we do it willingly and consciously, it
needn’t surprise us. Any attempts to avoid what you don’t want to deal with
will likely backfire.
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| Full Moon @ 26 Pisces--September 19, 2013 |
With Venus’s
involvement, this could bring relationships into the picture. That might mean intimate
relationships, or that could mean relationships where we are somehow extremely
vulnerable with that person. There’s a strong dependency factor with Scorpio,
and a sense of enmeshment where our identity is bound up with someone else. This
is some touchy and sensitive terrain.
The core
message is this: bring it out into the open, take responsibility and deal with
it consciously. Projecting, blaming or backstabbing would be the less desirable
route to take. Saturn’s transit through Scorpio has the side effect of causing
us to stagnate and bottle up emotions and sexual expression. In times like this,
there is a universal breaking point: a collective cathartic moment.
This Full
Moon could illuminate certain fears and challenges within our relationships--even
deep, dark and uncomfortable secrets; it invites us to deal with and process
some unsavory material. Doing the work consciously and intentionally could lead
to unexpected emotional or karmic breakthroughs. This is a good time to find
acceptance for your fears and vulnerabilities, and to realize that we all have
them; it’s all a part of being human.
On the other
end, Venus seeks to find balance, peace, rejuvenation, diplomacy and equanimity
within the chaos and uncertainty that surrounds us. This Full Moon could
symbolize a culminating point where something once in chaos and shambles comes
back together again. It could symbolize a point of equilibrium within a long
arduous process that required a lot of hard work and commitment. On the higher
end, there is the prospect of restoring faith, trust and sanity.
The day
proceeding the Full Moon (Sept. 20) Pluto turns stationary direct and makes an
exact sextile to Saturn in Scorpio. Saturn and Pluto are currently in mutual
reception; they occupy the sign the other rules. This brings commonality and
accord between these constructs. This is a sobering connection; it helps us to
see things as they really are, and this sextile is even more helpful; it
motivates a committed response to transformation and the pursuit of our
individual or collective purpose.
Additionally,
Chiron makes a trine to this heavy conjunction, and along with Pluto offers a
helping hand to pull us out of the sinkhole. Seize any help or support that
gets offered, it would be foolish to ignore it. Pluto and Chiron cast a ray of
light toward this intense conjunction. There’s a way out if we take the
initiative to activate it. If we consciously make changes and deal with
situations realistically, we will ignite a powerful and deep healing process.
The dark side
of this Full Moon is that it ignites a sense of existential despair or
hopelessness, and the perception that one is a helpless victim to the demands
or nefarious agendas of those around them. Paralyzed by real or exaggerated
fears-- one sinks deeper into stagnation and suffering. The Piscean temptation
to numb out is strong, and we are offered rose colored glasses which
momentarily blind us to the truth. But those glasses won’t hold the flood gates
for very long. Eventually, something gives way and we wake up the hard way.
A square
between Jupiter in Cancer and Mercury in Libra also highlights this lunation.
There is a potential conflict between nostalgic ideals motivated by subjective
feelings--and the ideas, facts and perceptions of alternate points of view. What
we hope or long for may differ quite considerably from other people.
We’re all in
this together; no one is an island unto themselves. That unifying Piscean
vision directs us toward this fact of life. Humans are social creatures. Compromise and an open mind are necessary to
function in harmony with the reality around us, and to survive within social
systems. Absolute self-sufficiency is an illusion. Finding that happy medium
between independence and mutual dependency requires a lot of hard work.
Pisces is
about consciously surrendering and letting go. Again, we’re not alone. That
island is a figment of our imagination. We are all connected, all sentient life
forms. Personally and collectively we need to wake up and get real. It’s
time. That “frog-in-the-well” mentality
isn’t going to serve us. The well is getting filled with dirt. Seize the
opportunity and climb your way out!