Everyone seems to be in need of healing this week. The Full Moon in Virgo is especially suited for healing, although some of us might find the cure difficult to swallow. This full Moon sits right on the Uranus/Saturn opposition that’s been the continuing saga in the cosmic story since Election Day. It’s the fight of the century, the OLD vs. the NEW! And we still have three more rounds to go before we really find out which side is going to win. So just remember to expect the unexpected.
Saturn rules form and structure, the old, unchanging ways, as well as discipline and responsibility. Uranus energizes freedom and innovation, the breakdown of outmoded structures and restricting beliefs. It brings in the new, quickly and unexpectedly. Sometimes forcefully. With the Sun conjoined Uranus, we consciously embrace the new and revolutionary energies awake in the world. With the Moon conjoined Saturn, our unconscious fears and limitations hold us back from the innovations we need to implement in our lives.
The lesson of a full Moon is awareness, so use this time to become aware of these tensions in your life. Jung said that if we can bare the tension of opposites, a third, transcendent path will open to us. Now that the Sun and Moon, symbolizing the two types of consciousness, have finally caught up with this opposition, the inherent changes and challenges of this story will begin to manifest more strongly in our lives. Bear with it!
You can see the tension in the political arena already. The ultra-conservatives have decided to prophesize the downfall of America rather than see the opportunities to revamp and revise a badly out-of-balance system. It almost seems like they’d rather have America go down into the darkness than use our creative invention to re-imagine ourselves and our economy. It’s because they’re afraid to let go. The system doesn’t work anymore. It needs revamping. That’s where Venus will help. Perhaps by the time she goes direct in April, we’ll have a more comprehensive vision that sees we’re all in this together.
This full Moon will highlight the personal tensions this opposition brings us as well. What have you been trying to achieve? What haven’t you been able to let go of? The energies of Pisces and Virgo are very mystical, service-oriented and sublime. Both these signs demand that we let go of ego and allow Spirit its say. They both seek improvement of the situation. While Pisces knows that we are all one, Virgo knows that each of us has a part to play in the whole. These two signs unite the one and the many. Whatever we do from now on, must take everyone else – people, plants, animals, the Earth – into consideration. Sorry men, but we are now entering a more feminine, holistic, loving mindset. It’s the only thing that will get us through these trying times! So ask how you can be of service, and then go do it.
As I’ve mentioned in many of my past newsletters, this Uranus/Saturn opposition represents the cosmic energy of change. The last time these two planets were opposite each other was in 1965-67. At the time, Pluto and Uranus were in Virgo and Saturn was in Pisces. It was a time of evolution and revolution, of major social, political and economic challenges. The same is true of earlier oppositions in 1918-1920 and in 1873-1875. Each time this cosmic story gets repeated, we have economic breakdown, cultural revolution and creative innovation followed by cultural re-birth and adjustment.
Since this has happened before and the world still goes on, perhaps we need to chill out and remember that we live in cyclical time as well as linear time. And that, ‘this too shall pass’. The less we live in fear, the easier it will be to see the new path before us.
Lady Wisdom says, “Choose love and creativity over fear and divisiveness.”
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