Moon into Pisces: Polishing the Mirror

Saturday afternoon through Monday night

Wildwood Tarot

The Moon swims into visionary Pisces this afternoon, sailing toward the Full Moon. This is the Harvest Moon, rich with everything we'd tended this year. This is the dreamer's Moon, when the cosmic visions of Pisces are linked to the practical magic of Virgo.

The Moon enters Pisces at 3:36pm EDT, where she glides alone for a few hours. This is a time for meditation, freewriting, journeying, or any other practice that links us to intuition, synchronicity and dreams. If you nap this afternoon, have your dreambook handy.

Tonight, the Moon joins Chiron in Pisces and opposes Mercury in Virgo. This preview of the Full Moon opens our exploration of dreams and healing.

Chiron is a shamanic figure, traveling widely in the solar system, bringing healing wisdom back from far places. Mercury is how we think, and in Virgo, ruled by Mercury and resonating with Chiron, our thoughts are practical, detailed, and looking for ways to be of service. The Moon is the ancient gateway to manifestation, holder of body wisdom, the one who understands the links between emotion, intuition, and healing.

Overnight, Venus in Virgo sextiles Mars in Cancer, two personal planets of relating and acting, helping us understand and integrate dream messages. Mercury forms an inconjunct angle-of-adjustment to revolutionary Uranus, asking the cosmic trickster to be really clear so nothing is lost in translation. The Moon sextiles Pluto in Capricorn, as the caterpillar dissolves within the cocoon, trusting in the imago of the butterfly to come.

Sunday morning, the Pisces Moon sextiles Jupiter. In Taurus, Jupiter is the wise elder, the grandmother who has seen many winters and knows Spring will come again. In her hands, the cocoon is safe as the butterfly forms within. Mercury trines Pluto, detailed Virgo flowing with alchemical Capricorn, preparing the way.

Early Monday morning, 5:27am PDT, the Full Moon in Pisces arrives. Illuminating our dreams, she asks how fulfilled we are in our visioning.

Are we connected to a vibrant, meaningful, life-affirming vision? Or are we chasing illusions that look enticing, or powerful, or magical, but leave us feeling wasted and empty?

This Full Moon forms a Grand Cross with the Nodes of the Moon, highlighting the connection between our largest dreams, daily practice, and the path we walk in this life.

This Grand Cross in the mutable, flexible signs reminds us that when currents are swift and strong, we need to stay alert and awake, a gentle hand on the tiller to shift at a moment's notice.

At this Full Moon, Ceres the Grain Mother aligns with the Moon, as Venus aligns with the Sun. Again our attention is drawn to the balance between Pisces and Virgo, the deep resonance that binds the humblest of everyday tasks to the grandest visions for the future. Gathering food, grinding grain, baking bread, weaving cloth, all have magical power.

The Virgo New Moon was marked by a Grand Trine in Earth, marking this as a time of manifestation and world building. This Full Moon brings another Grand Earth Trine, with Mercury the messenger stepping in to anchor Jupiter and Pluto. To emphasize that we're now in a time of action, Mars in Cancer trines the Moon and Ceres, and Saturn in Libra trines the South Node.

No planets are left out of the complex cats' cradle of this Full Moon; each adds a voice to the chorus. Where in your chart does this Full Moon fall? In my chart, the Moon shines late in my First House, the Sun last in my Seventh, highlighting the balance between Self and Other, testing the balance between caring for myself and tending my vision, and caring for others while facilitating theirs.

Late Monday, the Moon trines Mars in Cancer, signaling a time to act on intuition and honor our feelings. A few hours later, the Moon opposes Venus in Virgo, another opportunity to test our balance. This is the last classic aspect for the Pisces Moon, beginning a void of course time that lasts until the Moon bursts into Aries at 2:49am EDT Tuesday. A Full Pisces Moon followed the next night by a mostly-still-Full Aries Moon signals strong dreaming, so have pen and paper handy!

I'm exploring the powerful Wildwood Tarot, and the Mirror card symbolizes this Pisces Full Moon for me. Dreams and visions are illuminated, as we're reminded to stay grounded and take practical steps to manifest our dreams. The watery Lady holds aloft an orb that could be the Moon, as she rests the golden mirror against her breast. The heron, ancient woman of power, protects the crane bag filled with magical tools. In the background, a still figure floats on the waters.

The Full Moon in Pisces ushers in a numinous time, a hinge, a doorway. Light falls in all the worlds, and we gather in what we've sown. As above, so below.