Full Moon reading, August 16, 2008

[dragonphoenix]

So how has everyone's Full Moon been like?

I have had a very interesting four days, starting with waking up Friday morning with a cold (or in Chinese Medicine terms, an "invasion by an pernicious, exogenous Wind-Heat evil"). I brewed up herbs and drank them all day, and by the next day I was pretty much over it, but still not feeling kosher. We were meant to be going to an old friend's wedding that day, but being as I was still not 100% and daughter had developed her own lurgy, we thought better of it.

And whilst there are some residual signs still lurking within my system (chronic stuff that has been triggered), I'm finding my Qi-levels considerably low, with little ability to sleep - and yet not even feeling tired!

And so I checked out the chart for the Sun-Moon Opposition, and compared it to my Birth chart to observe what we call the "Transits" - this is where we see where the chart for a specific time (usually the current time) compares with the Birth chart.

And sure enough, the issues which I mentioned in the above posting as generalities were playing out in my life at this time. Important events like Full Moons, New/Dark Moons, Eclipses, etc usually trigger transits with outer planets, whose time of transit can last for anywhere up to a few years, due to their slower orbit.

So I thought I would share some of this with everyone to give an example of how generalities of astrological charts can apply to the individual. But it was also a part of my own healing process, and using the 'forum' of a Forum (and Blog) to gather our thoughts.

Essentially there were 4 main transits that have been affecting me over the last 4 days:

1. Pluto opposing (180) natal Saturn
2. Mars squaring (90) natal Saturn
3. Chiron opposing natal Venus
4. Chiron trine (120) natal Uranus

Amongst other things, Pluto's transit of my Saturn reflects the lack of energy I have. This is a big-picture transit, in that for me it is signifying a time of great change (it is in the process of moving through the 10th House in my Birth chart, which will take some years), and this time of change actually started around the time of my daughter's birth - so no surprise really that there is 'stuff' coming up in regards to being a husband/father. But it's also about 'letting go', and indeed that has been a major theme in my life since DD came into existence.
Assisting all of this is that rascal Mars, who really is just a hot-headed little boy - great in a fight or on a quest, but he can be a bit of a bugger when he's lurking through the House of personal (ie, one-to-one) relationships (the 7th House in our charts). His energy combining in this difficult way with Saturn creates a lot of restraint and restriction which we would otherwise bound over. However, the wisdom here is to go with it, proceed with caution and understand that the times require such constraint.

Chiron's transit to natal Venus is also challenging, dragging up all those past wounds and pains from our personal (and also our collective) unconscious. And again, we see the theme of the discord between head and heart, which I mentioned in the original post.

But as a beautiful balance, Chiron is combining well with Uranus to give me some alternative ways of going through this process of change, growth, and letting go. This could also be why I don't feel like a mental zombie after such little sleep, whilst my body is crying for rest.

And yes, in the wee hours of the morning, as I am trying to lull myself to sleep with overnight TV (unsuccessfully), rugged up on the couch in my wife's favourite blanket, I was going through many thoughts and emotions in regards to all that is going on in my life. And (maybe this is Chiron trine natal Uranus talking) perhaps this is the beauty of Astrology, the ability to find meaningful patterns in nature and the wider cosmos to help us grasp some understanding of the why/when/what/wherefore's of our lives. But then, it doesn't have to be Astrology, or Tarot, or religion, or spirituality to help us in this regards - just so long as we spend that time reflecting on our lives and what goes on in it, learning from our mistakes and successes, and using it grow, develop and evolve into the Self we want to become. It's a truly remarkable and equally mysterious existence that is life....

So that's been my experience of the Full Moon's energies over the weekend.... how has yours been?


PS: To top it all off, I got in trouble from a Mod because I put the images of the Full Moon chart and the cards from the Tarot reading in the original post. They were taken off not long after it was all posted, which means most of you probably didn't get to see them in situ when reading it. There's that button-pushing Mars again, poking me into potential conflict... but I do suggest checking out the chart (the cards aren't there yet, I'm working on it...) and seeing how it pans out for you in relation to your Birth chart. It's all a learning curve......

[~Aveta~]

hmmm...very interesting considering the events of the weekend at Casa Menagerie...my DF got rolling drunk for the first time in many many months and i had to go "rescue" him, my DD2 had her 16th birthday cancelled by her father calling the police on her and her friends in her own home, and i did some soul-searching that shed light on where i am still self-sabotaging...Chiron, indeed.