This Full Moon, another in a powerful series of New and Full Moons we're experiencing, asks us to look closely at who we are as men and women, and how we live that in our cultures.
Capricorn is the archetype of the father ... tradition, masculine authority, achievement in the world, practicality, hard work, responsibility. Cancer is the archetype of the mother ... tradition, feminine authority, nurturance, the safety of the home, protection of the tribe.
The Full Moon falls at 29 degrees, focusing and emphasizing everything these signs are about. How fulfilled are we with tradition gender roles? With how we've looked at nurturing and achievement, inner and outer, feminine and masculine, in our lives and in society?
Because ... there are other options out there! Mars at 3 degrees Aquarius and Ceres at 6 degrees Aquarius are conjunct the Capricorn Sun. Here are masculine and feminine again, but in the radically innovative, revolutionary sign of Aquarius.
Meanwhile, Jupiter and Uranus are at the end of Pisces, the end of the zodiac cycle, sextiling the Sun and trining the Moon. Uranus is the ruler of Aquarius, and Jupiter is the expansive philosopher king who moves into the new birth of fiery Aries just a few days after the Full Moon. These two honor the strength of the old ways of looking at father and mother, while highlighting the potential for a new dawn.
The Full Moon falls at 29 degrees, focusing and emphasizing everything these signs are about. How fulfilled are we with tradition gender roles? With how we've looked at nurturing and achievement, inner and outer, feminine and masculine, in our lives and in society?
Because ... there are other options out there! Mars at 3 degrees Aquarius and Ceres at 6 degrees Aquarius are conjunct the Capricorn Sun. Here are masculine and feminine again, but in the radically innovative, revolutionary sign of Aquarius.
Meanwhile, Jupiter and Uranus are at the end of Pisces, the end of the zodiac cycle, sextiling the Sun and trining the Moon. Uranus is the ruler of Aquarius, and Jupiter is the expansive philosopher king who moves into the new birth of fiery Aries just a few days after the Full Moon. These two honor the strength of the old ways of looking at father and mother, while highlighting the potential for a new dawn.
Neptune and Chiron, visionary and healer, are conjunct at the end of Aquarius. They form a yod with the Moon at its apex, along with the North Node, Pluto, and Mercury in Capricorn, offering a healing vision for the future, balanced by the strong work ethic of the past, pointing at the mothering Moon. The resolution of a yod comes by looking at the point opposite the apex, where we find the Capricorn Sun along with Mars and Ceres in Aquarius.
There is a second yod at this Full Moon, if we include the asteroid Juno, another traditional strong feminine archetype focused on creating strong partnerships, who happens to be at 29 degrees of Virgo. The second yod balances the mothering Moon and the partnering figure of Juno, pointing to the healing vision of Neptune and Chiron at the apex. Across from the apex is last degrees of the sign of Leo, bringing the passionate creativity of the heart into the mix.
There is a second yod at this Full Moon, if we include the asteroid Juno, another traditional strong feminine archetype focused on creating strong partnerships, who happens to be at 29 degrees of Virgo. The second yod balances the mothering Moon and the partnering figure of Juno, pointing to the healing vision of Neptune and Chiron at the apex. Across from the apex is last degrees of the sign of Leo, bringing the passionate creativity of the heart into the mix.
When Juno, advocate of partnership, is included, we see a Grand Cross that surrounds the Full Moon opposition. This Grand Cross brings Juno in Virgo, sign of everyday service, practical aid, and healing, into opposition with Jupiter and Uranus, the philosopher and the revolutionary in visionary Pisces. The other arm of the Cross is the Nodes of the Moon, the karmic path that, like the Full Moon, falls across the Cancer-Capricorn axis. How can we find a dynamic balance that honors both the cosmic and the everyday? How can we create a new vision that works in our daily lives?
Only Venus and Saturn are not tied into this complex aspect pattern, and they sextile each other, another pairing of feminine and masculine.
So for me, this Full Moon asks questions like, how has the balance between masculine and feminine as they've been traditionally conceived, worked out? Our cultures have tried to move into new ways of looking at men and women, masculine and feminine ... are we happy with what's happening? Are we personally fulfilled, and is it working for society?
If we're not happy with where things are, what do we do about it? What personal work, and cultural changes, might be needed? In a framework limited to duality, we feel we must chose, aligning with one side and demonizing the other. The tragic events of the past week show us all over again where that leads. So part of the invitation of this Full Moon, focusing on the father and mother, masculine and feminine archetypes, is to consider how to accept and balance both, moving into integration, with its widening of understanding and experience.
Ultimately, we long for strength that is both masculine and feminine, nurturing and pushing for achievement, sustaining a safe home base and adventuring out into the world. Looking at how this Full Moon interacts with our birth charts can point us to what we most need in this area in the time ahead.
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