Moon into Sagittarius: Expanding Our Vision

Monday night through Wednesday night

The Moon steps into Sagittarius at 10:38pm EDT tonight, lighting up with the enthusiasm of life as a journey, ready to explore, learn, and philosophize.

Overnight, the Moon squares Neptune (12:09am EDT) and trines Uranus (5:53am EDT Tuesday), suggesting a night of strong dreams filled with intuitive messages. Neptune guides us into the flow of dreams and visions, while Uranus sparks our understanding with flashes of insight.

We're now heading for the Full Moon in Sagittarius, happening at 4:14pm EDT with a total Lunar Eclipse. This Full Moon Eclipse is aligned with the Nodes of the Moon (as is always the case at an eclipse), and with center point of our spiraling galaxy.

Space craft in Paris, 1882

The arrow in this case flies from Gemini to Sagittarius, from the playfulness of youth to the joy of the sage, from bright distractibility to the deep desire to learn.

But Gemini is not just about being ADHD. The trickster also highlights the need for flexibility, innovation, and light heartedness, tweaking us when we become too pompous or enamored of our own opinions. Julia Bondi writes of the need to discern the values of each side of this polarity, applying the wisdom of experience without losing beginners' mind.

This Full Moon is bracketed by oppositions that emphasize (as if this one needed emphasis ...) what Gemini and Sagittarius are all about. Tuesday morning, the Sag Moon opposes Venus in Gemini, planet of emotion and nurturance (Moon) and planet of balance and relationships (Venus) looking for the balance point between learning and teaching, breadth and depth, flirting and committing. April Elliott Kent explores how we go about putting the pieces together into meaningful patterns, in her Full Moon essay.

After the Full Moon, Mercury in Gemini oppose the Sag Moon, making absolutely certain sure we feel Gemini's energetic presence. Yes, this is the Sagittarius Full Moon, but Gemini vibes are all around, flashing lights and popping noises pulling our attention from one shiny thing to another.

This is a time when we need to maintain peripheral vision (Gemini) even as we focus in on what is most important to us (Sagittarius). In these days of change, Mercury reminds us that being able to see what's coming is a survival skill. NOTE: The link to my Full Moon guided journey is available in the upper right corner.

The Moon-Mercury opposition is the Moon's last classical aspect in Sagittarius, initiating a void-of-course period until the Moon enters hard-working Capricorn at 1:59am EDT Thursday. During the Moon's transit through Sagittarius, we expand our vision so we can put what we learn into practice.