Full Moon August 24, 2010
1:26 Virgo Sun/Pisces Moon
1:05 pm EDT
10:05 am PDT
The Full Moon for August 24 takes
us on a magical journey. The t-square which has been causing us so many
life changes has peaked, perfected, culminated. It is starting to
separate, ease, release, and move apart. We'll feel the tensions of the
past month start to abate over the course of the week. We are now moving
forward on our new path, like it or not. Hopefully, we like it! It is our
path after all!
Cast for Washington, D.C, the Sun is conjunct the fixed star Regulus, high
in the chart. Regulus is conjoined to the Midheaven. Regulus is part of
the body of the Lion in Leo's constellation. It is a proud, brave and
regal star situated on the Lion's heart. A triple star, it is white and
aquamarine. It was one of the Royal stars of Persia in 3,000 B.C. when as
the watcher of the North, it marked the Summer Solstice. It offers
success, honor, preferment, good fortune, high office, power, authority,
high and lofty ideals, strength of spirit and makes the native be
magnanimous, liberal, generous, and ambitious, fond of power, desirous of
command, high spirited and independent. It also signifies the native can
die an unhappy death, and his honors, greatness and power will suffer an
eclipse and set in a cloud if he abuses his gifts. Violence, trouble, and
ultimate disgrace combines with ruin, sickness, fevers, and benefits that
seldom last are features of this star's story if the gifts bestowed by the
Lion's Heart are abused.
When we look at a Mundane chart, such as the New or Full Moon charts, we
are looking to see what the energy of the lunation presents to us as a
story to pay attention to. In the spring of 2009 when the New Moon seeded
the current Full Moon, the "Craigslist Killer", Philip Markoff was
arrested for killing a young woman and robbing other women he met via
Craig's List advertisements. At the time, Mr. Markoff was to all
appearances, all-American handsome twenty-three-year-old man who could be
the guy next door, clean-cut and casually dressed. He was a brilliant,
well-regarded medical student at Boston University, engaged to be married
on a beach at sunset to a beautiful and trusting fiancé. He liked to
gamble with his girlfriend at local casinos. Under the Full Moon's energy
and watchful light, he took his own life, in his jail cell in a rather
violent manner a year and a day after his cancelled wedding to the woman
whose name he wrote in his own blood on his cell wall. Such is the nature
of Regulus ~ fabulous success which can completely collapse if misused.
The planet Uranus is joined to the fixed star Scheat at 29 Pisces. Scheat
is a deep yellow star situated on the left leg of Pegasus. It causes
extreme misfortune, murder, suicide and drowning. Joined to Uranus, we
find deceitful practices, vacillation, it is bad for gain, involved in
difficulties due to your own acts, accidents, death through drowning or by
water.
Zuben Elgenubi and Zuben Eschamali, the Southern (negative) and Northern
(positive) scale respectively sit on the Ascendant. These stars suggest
honor, distinction, and ambition ~ a study in polarities. One star shows
the light, bright side while the other shows the shadowy, darker side of
honor, distinction and ambition. These stars are especially active in
reform or social justice. Eschamali wants the material side of social
reform and justice. We find it active when it is connected to a strong
personal gain or power motive. It is more mercenary, you help them, they
help you. Elgenubi differs as its prime motive is not personal gain but
acts done for the joy of giving.
Fixed stars angular (Regulus and the Scales) and tightly joined to planets
(Scheat) are symbolic, important markers of the energy of the Full Moon as
well as descriptive of the energy we can expect to work with under this
Full Moon. If you know people are having a tough time under the Full Moon,
make sure to reach out to them and let them know the difficult energy will
start to abate soon as the cardinal t-square starts to separate this week.
Mercury is stationing and moving slowly retrograde. He is sitting right on
the degree of the Sun and Saturn/Pluto opposition taking place on
9-11World Trade Center attacks. Mars and Venus are sitting on the USA's
Saturn and New York City's Ascendant. Old soul wounds will be surfacing
for under this moon for us to deal with emotionally. The Moon in Pisces is
highly intuitive, very sensitive and deeply receptive. That is why the
proposed community center and mosque planned for three blocks from the
former site of the collapsed World Trade Center is provoking such
craziness across the nation. And you thought you'd emotionally handled
9-11!?
The Moon in Pisces is the recipient of a sesquiquadrate from Mars and
Venus in Libra suggesting emotional stresses around relationships and
sensitive reactions to how partnerships are proceeding (or not
proceeding). Venus and Mars in Libra suggest there is can be a bit of a
tendency to blame the other person rather than owning or taking
responsibility for your own behavior. The South Node in Cancer is
sesquiquadrate to Neptune in Aquarius so we may have a great deal of
difficulty in seeing our role in the situation.
When I read for folks, I often am amazed at how the transits that appear
in their chart are reflected by the people they have attracted into their
life to help them realize their soul's path. The people you have attracted
into your life ~ good, bad or indifferent ~ are there to help YOU and YOUR
SOUL grow to be the best you possible.
So if you love them or are indifferent to them, no problem. Continue.
However, IF they are driving you crazy, they are merely a reflection of
what your chart says YOU need to figure out to get to where you are going
or supposed to go in your life. They are an area you still have to resolve
and figure out. Those difficult, irritating, annoying and crazy making
people or situations reflect an area of your own life where you are
struggling to get clear. Bless them for illuminating your issue. Take full
and complete ownership of your issue. That does not mean you have to "fix
them". Or nag them. Or yell at them. Or make them do it. They get to fix
themselves. Or they get to not fix themselves. Maybe they like themselves
just the way they are. It does mean you have to get clear on why they are
driving you so crazy right now.
Essentially, it is all about choice. Saturn, Mars and Venus are squaring
the Nodes of Destiny. Their midpoints are exactly square the Nodes of
Destiny. We face a choice. We face a major, major choice.
The question asked by the Full Moon is "So, what do you want?" Answer that
question, using sentences that start with the "I" word. Your sentence
can't start with a "You" or "They" or words that request the other guy
comply to your wants, demands or needs. It ain't going to happen. You
can't make the other guy do anything they don't want to do right now. You
can only do for yourself what you want. The people holding title to the
land for the proposed community center and mosque a few blocks from Ground
Zero have as of right permission to build, like it or not. Let the Full
Moon guide you to your own sense of freedom and connection.
Lynda Hill's interpretation of the Sabian
Image for the Moon in Pisces is A SQUIRREL HIDING FROM HUNTERS
Commentary: 'A Squirrel Hiding From
Hunters' is an image of fear, worry and apprehension. The 'Squirrel'
senses it is somehow threatened, or that its very survival is at risk. The
'Squirrel' is afraid to come out into the open because of a perception
that something is out to get them, whether it is true or not. There's a
need, or an instinct, to hide from the threatening or aggressive elements
in life.
Oracle:
Is someone fretting about their position or future? There may be a sense
of aggression in the air where you, or someone you know, may be one of the
smaller players. Sometimes the "enemy" is actually not really there, and
we make it up through fear or paranoia. To be cautious is wise, but hiding
oneself away can lead to missed opportunities for any kind of nourishment
and the possibility of freedom, sunshine and basking in the light. The
provision of nourishment and sustenance may be difficult if one feels
somehow threatened. This feeling of "threat" can happen on any level. It
may have been a necessary process to go through the fright, care and worry
facing you, but the time has to eventually come when you can feel safe and
able to enjoy your life. Is your neighborhood threatening or unsafe in
some way? Although we may not like to admit it, sometimes 'Hiding' away is
the best option, whether your fears are real or merely imagined. This can
give you time to sort things through in your heart and mind to decide what
your next move will be. This Symbol can bring nervousness and a lack of
sleep. Why do you feel victimized and "holed-up" in this matter? Perhaps a
safer home, or living environment, would make things easier. It is true
that if we project fear out into our environment, it will most likely
manifest in a reaction or event somewhere. What creative solutions can
your employ to ensure a safe outcome for all concerned? After all, do the
'Hunters' really want to shoot a 'Squirrel'?
Keywords:
Using tactics to ensure survival. 'Hiding' one's self away. Not stepping
out into the big wide world for fear of making the wrong move. Security
systems. Caution and reserve. Using commonsense. Things or people that
feel tiny, uncertain or insecure. Refuges and the need for them. Staying
out of people's way. Staying home. Locks and keys. Stockpiling for harder
times.
The Caution:
People picking on each other. Being bullied out of what you deserve.
Giving those "out there" more power than they warrant. Not trusting life.
Paranoia. Running away from things. Not wanting to go out and socialize.
Truancy. Not speaking up for fear of being shot down. Threats of
terrorism. Having to lie about one's whereabouts. Not answering the door.
Hiding away. Being caged in. Agoraphobia. Claustrophobia.
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? Frank
Scully
God gives the nuts but he does not crack them. German Proverb
Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best. Chinese
Proverb
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Giving advice to a stupid man is like giving salt to a squirrel.
Kashmiri Proverb
A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den. Chinese Saying
The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best
of all. Desiderius Erasmus
One of the rules of caution is not to be too cautious. Bahya ibn
Paquda
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful
to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self. Millicent
Fenwick
Lynda Hill's interpretation of the Sabian
Image for the Virgo Sun is A LARGE WHITE CROSS, DOMINATING THE LANDSCAPE,
STANDS ALONE ON TOP OF A HIGH HILL
Commentary: 'A Large White Cross,
Dominating the Landscape, Stands Alone on Top of a High Hill' is a symbol
of suffering and loss and the hope of faith and salvation. Symbols such as
the 'Cross' have long had a deep, meaningful and powerful influence on
people. The fact that the 'Cross' is 'Standing Alone' depicts a sense of
desertion, perhaps of one's faith or life circumstances. This can bring a
sense of isolation. The idea, or belief, that suffering and the giving up
of one's personal desires as a means to salvation has special significance
for many people, but what does it really mean? A sense of true religion is
supposed to unite people in many ways. However, dogmatic expressions of
faith can either unite or divide people, even in what should be seen as a
common cause. People need symbols of faith to rally around, things to
inspire them.
Oracle:
Feelings of loneliness or loss can be healed with signs of hope and faith
for a brighter future. A religious experience can change ones life and
lead to spiritual fulfillment and the highest sense of joy. However, these
experiences can also lead to throwing ones life away. This can be caused
by too much emphasis on spiritual and "other worldly" values, which can
lead people to lose their day-to-day lives. Some may feel that they are
being treated like a scapegoat, being "hung out to dry", punished for
doing something or being different or special in some way. Instead of
having a "cross to bear", we can work at realigning ourselves with our
true desires and allegiances. We can ground our selves and our lives, by
creating a balanced set of circumstances in our life: money,
relationships, family, career, etc. This can also lead to a stronger sense
of purpose and spirituality, dissipating feelings of sacrifice, separation
or loneliness.
Keywords:
Religious ideals dominating. The fear or the wonder of God. Following a
mystic Path. The need to find a savior. Being alone and forgotten.
Monuments to pain and suffering. Tributes to, or memories of, those lost
or gone before. Reminders of salvation. Images of redemption. The Church.
Christianity and other religions. Martyrdom.
The Caution:
Aloneness and/or sacrifice or the yearning for it. Dogmatism. Scapegoating.
Days in the wilderness alone. Religion dictating against one's desires or
needs. Symbols that inspire guilt and anguish instead of love, acceptance
and forgiveness. Institutions disregarding individual rights. Lording it
over others. Bullying under the guise of religion. Imposing figures.
The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the
saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood
flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one
gives. Georges Bataille
The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with
orthodoxy. Jorge Luis Borges
Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that
governs all relational terms, suggests guilt. Susan Sontag
Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the
correctness of a belief. Arthur Schnitzler
If you bear the cross willingly, it will bear you. Thomas A. Kempis
Forgive me my nonsense as I forgive the nonsense of those who think
they talk sense. Anon
Christ was crucified for saying "the Kingdom is within you." Joseph
Campbell
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his
friends. Jesus Christ
Lynda Hill's interpretation of the Sabian Symbols appears with her
permission.
Check her work out at
http://www.sabiansymbols.typepad.com or
http://www.sabiansymbols.com
Copyright © 2010 A. C. Ortelee
About Anne:
Anne Ortelee lives in New York City where she began her study of astrology
in the fall of 1994. (Birth data AA: September 11, 1954, 6:02 p.m.
Rochester, NY). Astrology became her passionate obsession! In addition to
consulting for her clients, Anne teaches classes, workshops and speaks in
New York City and the regional area. Certified by the National Council for
Geocosmic Research (NCGR) as a Level 3 Astrologer, Anne’s volunteered as
an Associate (helper do-be) for the NYC Chapter of the NCGR since May
1995. She’s lectured at Astrology Conferences since December 1998.
Anne believes astrology helps a person
understand the seasons, phases and cycles of their lives. Working with
Anne, her clients or students learn techniques to integrate their unique
natal energy patterns. They figure out how to harness and drive their own
cosmic maps, understand and master life patterns, and work with their
problem areas productively. Anne's focus is always on how to create your
best life using the tools described by your chart.
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