Moon into Aquarius: Playing with the Cosmic Trickster

Thursday night through Sunday morning

The Moon steps alone into radical Aquarius tonight at 11:47pm EDT, unaccompanied by other planets on a day empty of classical aspects. This exemplifies one of the key themes of Saturday's Full Moon, that of being who we truly are, apart from any influences from family, society or culture.

Radical means "at the root." Deep within my being, who am I? And once I know this, what am I called to do? ... These are Aquarius Moon questions.

Friday morning, the Moon threads her challenging way through the planets whose volatile effects we've been experiencing all week. She will semisextile Chiron, sextile Uranus, quincunx (inconjunct) Mars, and semisextile Pluto.

The Aquarian Moon is the only Air sign among this collection of Water, Fire and Earth; perhaps the Moon's touch will bring some objectivity and thinking for the long term.

Saturday, the Full Moon arrives at 2:57pm EDT, sailing in on strong winds of change. The Moon is widely conjunct visionary Neptune, while Venus and Mercury align with the Sun.

What better way to contrast the community––and cosmic––orientation of an Aquarian Moon with the intensely passionate individualism of the Leo Sun?

The Nodes of the Moon trine and sextile this Full Moon, linking our illuminations to our life path. How full-filled are we in Aquarius? Are we being true to our core selves? Are we thinking beyond that self to the needs of our communities? And, by the way, how's our relationship to the Trickster?

For a rollicking exploration of the role of the Redeemer Trickster, listen to Caroline Casey's interview with Tami Simon of Insights at the Edge. Caroline, a visionary activist astrologer, energetically embodies a playful approach to serious issues, leading the way into a creative engagement with what she calls "these times of dire beauty."

During this time, Mars is continuing to trigger the Pluto-Uranus square, bringing up emotional tension and volatility, or openness and vulnerability, depending. We need all the creativity and radical innovation we can stuff into our knapsacks to ride these waves. This Full Moon can show us where we're OK, and where we might want to dance with the energies of the cosmos now.

The Moon's last aspect in Aquarius is her meeting with retrograde Neptune, a fitting denouement to this visionary Full Moon. After a brief void, the Moon swims into Pisces at 8:54am EDT Sunday to meditate on all this Aquarian Moon transit will reveal.