Full Moon @ 24 degrees Aries 35'
October 17, 2024
7:26 AM EDT
4:26 AM PDT

October's Full Moon in tropical Aries ignites a process that will continue into early next year due to Mars' retrograde cycle. Mars will station retrograde on December 6, appearing to backtrack through Leo and Cancer until its direct station on February 23. Mars' square to this month's Aries Full Moon foreshadows a dynamic we will revisit over the following few months, especially as the lunar north node transitions out of Aries into Pisces early next year. 

Aries and its ruler, Mars, belong to the archetypal battlefield. Warriors and trailblazers of various kinds are significant Aries archetypes. The need and desire to courageously step up to what scares us and do what we must do is a dominant thematic current here. This Full Moon also aligns with Eris and Chiron. This points to a need to heal and integrate conflicts and divisions within ourselves and our external lives.

As a Full Moon, there is a culminating crescendo in the works this week that draws events, situations, and processes to a peak within the realm of that archetypal battlefield. Knowing the house in the birth chart where Aries falls will be more illuminating here as it points to where we've probably found ourselves attempting to manifest more growth, change, and progress in that vicinity over the past year and a half.    

Those attempts are reaching a climax over the following months, and this Full Moon can represent a critical fulcrum in time that draws our attention there due to a need to heal and break through various insecurities or defects we might have around taking initiative or claiming something we rightfully deserve. Frustration and anger can also be an amplified feature of this lunation peak. 

There can be some rapid shifts and reversals in the flow of those dynamics as the year comes to a close, and we will find ourselves reflecting on and recalibrating our aims, pursuits, and broader trajectory, taking us to the heart and soul of what drives our choices, actions, and desires. 

This Aries Full Moon can bring up some uncomfortable wounds and perceived defects related to confidence, bravery, and asserting our will. This is natural Chiron in Aries territory, and this may be an illuminating moment for seeing those issues more clearly. However, it can also foreshadow where some rapid-fire healing shifts can take place over the following months and some powerful integration around this Full Moon that can give us the confidence boost we need to push further ahead.