by Robert Wilkinson
This Lunation ushers in a time of radical changes, endings and destabilization, along with major forks in the road in several areas of our charts, and therefore our lives. There is a greater confusion and/or tension in the atmosphere, but all in all those who maintain balance, both in their inner approach to things and their outer approach to what shows up, will find their lives transformed favorably.
Important Chart Factors
As I’ve told you, this Lunar Eclipse will result in “liberating ordeals” that lead to “self-transcendence” based in the training we embraced late last year. Because Mars is exactly conjunct TransPluto, it’s an activation of Divine Mother energy, requiring we use imagination and a sense of order and structure to anticipate actions we’ll have to take once Mercury goes direct.
As with other recent celestial events, because Venus in Leo leads the Locomotive, this Eclipse should bring beautiful or valuable expressions of disciplined heart power, and quicken all of our evolution. Find your enthusiasm, express your enthusiasm, and let the song of your heart sound forth!
As I told you earlier in this series, of primary importance is that Venus and the Sun are in mutual reception, and therefore very important since they govern all the other planets except Neptune which is a spiritual rather than worldly backdrop. That they are in forming novile shows this will ultimately be a spiritualizing Eclipse, showing us higher and more effective truths and adventures.
There are many significant frictional aspects in this Lunation, along with the very important Moon triseptile Jupiter and Mercury septile Saturn. There are very few constructive or harmonizing aspects other than the powerful Jupiter aspects, which include a conjunction from Mars, a binovile to Saturn, a biquintile to Uranus, and a trine to Pluto. So Jupiter is the protector in this Eclipse!
The Moon triseptile Jupiter requires a pioneering sense of relatedness with other pioneers in cooperative collective group activities that might make no sense, but are important in the destinies of all involved. It puts feelings and imagination at a critical turning point with each other, and will definitely impact the houses where we have Cancer, Leo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. Those most likely to find themselves at some or another “fork in the road of destiny” where a greater adventure in self-transcendence beckons have planets or angles near 17-21 Cancer, 9-13 Virgo, 30 Libra-4 Scorpio, 21-25 Sagittarius, 12-16 Aquarius, 3-7 Aries, and 25-29 Taurus.
Mercury retrograde septile Saturn will definitely resurrect ideas, lessons, and connections from our past! Look back on how you’ve made it through some rough waters these past several years, and met people who are your spiritual family. This of course is a “back to the future” type of configuration, and will most profoundly affect those with planets or angles near 8-12 Libra, 29 Scorpio-3 Sagittarius, 21-25 Capricorn, 12-16 Pisces, 4-8 Taurus, 25-29 Gemini, and 17-21 Leo. These forks in the road will involve Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Aquarius.
Everything Jupiter in Leo promised has now been seen and experienced in a different light during the Venus retrograde period, and activated when Mars transited Leo. So this is the time when Leo and Virgo have merged, in terms of imagination and promise, as well as the ability to act on those. Now that we’ve done the Mars’ expressions, we can appreciate it as Venus finishes its transit of that sign.
Major Aspects and Configurations
Besides the aspects noted above, this Lunation has Moon opposed Mercury, sesquisquare Venus, and conjunct Uranus. Mercury is semisquare Venus, conjunct the Sun, and quincunx Neptune. Venus is novile the Sun, conjunct Mars (out of sign), and trielftile (11th harmonic) Saturn. The Sun is opposition Uranus, widely quincunx Neptune, and trielftile Pluto.
Moving to the outer planets, Mars is conjunct Jupiter, sesquisquare Uranus, opposition Neptune, and quadrelftile Pluto. I gave you Jupiter’s aspects above, and Saturn is sesquisquare Uranus, square Neptune, and novile Pluto. As usualy, we finish with the ongoing Uranus novile Neptune and square Pluto.
There’s a tremendous amount of friction and need for adjustment given the number of powerful semisquares, sesquisquares, and quincunxes between the planets. Lots of expansion through sacrifice! The good thing is that with Jupiter binovile Saturn and trinovile (trine) Pluto, and Saturn novile Pluto, we have a heavy spiritual matrix set up around 1-3 degrees of the Fire signs, 11-13 of the Earth signs, and 21-23 of the Air signs, as well as 2 degrees to either side of this span. This is a very spiritual influence, where many things that have been in suspension will come to the fore and begin movement.
As I mentioned in an earlier article, the Grand Irrationality is not in direct play in this one, even if it will be highly active for the rest of the year. It will be reinforced each time an inner planet transits any of the 7 hot zones of the Grand Irrationality, with the recent transits through the 8-14 Leo zone producing events that were weird, heavy, and in a peculiar way, very natural, authentic, spontaneous, and creative!
If you’re new to the site, briefly, the Grand Irrationality in play for about 20 years, and it has affected various generations at different times. Everyone has been touched at some point in huge ways. Spirit walks with this configuration, as well as any major septile series aspect between the planets.
The choices we make as a result of these non-rational aspects show us our “direction of destiny,” and determines if the Spirit will grow stronger and closer with you, or if you will move in directions away from Spirit. Given that most of this community is intentionally trying to live in harmony with Life, Nature, and each other, chances are that whatever you – yes, YOU the reader – are confronting will show you a deeper, richer, more powerful Spiritual life. Which is a good thing.
Other Factors of Note
This is the twentieth and last Full Moon with the North Node in Libra. When the North Node was in Scorpio between September 2012 and February 2014 we went through a long wave Scorpio process of learning to “shed skins,” and let go of echoes of memories of perceptions by taking a new look at what we used to believe. Factoring in the November 2013 Scorpio Solar Eclipse, we’ve all been learning “gain through loss,” so that we could have faith, go deeper, and receive impressions from higher planes.
The Saturn in Scorpio focus between October 2012 and December 2014 that we’ve revisited this Summer has helped us intensify our striving in structured ways so we can unveil the life Mystery we’ve been chasing for quite a while. This anchored a deeper emotional stability and magnetism in those who have done the hard work of making Saturn your friend.
During the months of Saturn in Scorpio, we incorporated the old North Node in Scorpio lessons into our ongoing responses to life. Saturn also taught us to see a) how we have shifted our magnetism on relationships since then, and/or b) how we need to find a new view or way of understanding the losses and eliminations of the past we’ve been through.
The North Node is in Libra shows that sign symbolizes our line of greatest development. Therefore, the lessons we learned while Saturn in Libra are being developed at this time. To know more about the connections between current growth and those lessons, research where Saturn was in late 2009 through the Summer of 2010. In this chart the NN is at 1 Libra, the degree of a “symbolic death” that opens a new spiritual reality.
Element Balance
Of the traditional 10 planets, there are 4 planets in Fire signs, 1 in Water, 3 in Earth, and 2 in Air. This indicates a preponderance of Fire (inspiration), with a lot of Earth, bringing practicality to the party. The Sun and Mercury in an Air sign will bring qualities of relatedness and ideas to the illumination and promise indicated by Sun conjunct Mercury retrograde, and there will be relatively little feelings at play, since Neptune is the only planet in Water. However, if you have planets in Water signs, you will no doubt be feeling a lot, since you always do.
Air and Earth are “cool” elements, while Fire and Water are “hot” elements. With this distribution, things are pretty balanced. Still, with so much Fire there is a quickening going on, so rise to the increased tempo!
More on how Uranus Square Pluto Is Ramping Up Radical Energies!
As I’ve mentioned off and on over the past 3+ years, we’re all learning to manage the “out of control” energies of Uranus square Pluto. They are certainly major players in the global collision of ideas at this point in history, and from time to time will be at the forefront of the hard edge of the conflict between control systems and the forces of individualization that are calling everyone to a greater spiritual individuality.
As they are again in a forming square through the end of the year, expect a wild ride from time to time, especially when the inner planets move through Libra and oppose Uranus and square Pluto! September had Mercury square Pluto most of the month, and the Sun makes the T-square the first half of October, with Mercury making the T in the last 10 days of October. Venus makes the T during the last 10 days of November, and Mars brings it all to a focus of activity in early December! Integrate the friction through productive Cancer energy, and you’ll do fine.
I’ve discussed this aspect at length over quite a few articles in the archives. Please use the site google box to find out more about this years’ long disruptive revolutionary influence. Welcome to the 21st century of upheaval, transformation, and titanic collisions between a new world being born and an old age that’s digging in even as it’s dying.
That square represents the ongoing revolution of our times, with innovations and pioneering energies in conflict with restrictive and controlling power structures. We’ll be dealing with this for a few years, and it promises to make this year and next very “electric and eclectic,” moving the world through a revolution unlike any seen since the 1960s!!
Uranus is now moving through a span of degrees it hasn’t transited since 1931-1933. It went stationary retrograde last Summer on a degree where we’ve been learning to retire with dignity from dramas we don’t need. As Uranus is at 20 Aries, we’re learning how to link with others to overcome coldness or isolation. This is a promise of being able to participate in a life beyond our previous conceptions, and the need to protect or be protected.
From mid-June through the end of August 2014, Saturn and Uranus were in quincunx, forcing hard adjustments, corrections, and necessary sacrifices preparing us for the release of pressure over the last half of 2014. We learned to sacrifice of old desires, attachments, and old limiting magnetism, while breaking into new discoveries and newer, better functioning by what was adjusted. We’ve all learned to see what we needed to withdraw from while maintaining our dignity and trusting our inner “God” or “Truth” to lead us to wisdom. This process will be complete by Jan 2016.
Pluto has now finished its years of teaching us harmlessness, kindness, and magnetism that brings forth a more gentle set of interactions through the deeper transformations going on in our lives. Keep purifying yourself in every way, since the less sludge we carry forward the lighter and freer we’ll feel. This Full Moon helps us re-focus on techniques of self-transcendence.
We have now been guided through deep experiences that taught us how to get beyond fear, see life as a science lab, and learn the principles governing what comes and what goes in our perceptual reality. This is the next step in learning “a valid historical perspective,” where we separate out the core principles from the events surrounding them. This is the final step in entering the next stage of self-transcendence, with the final exam September-October 2015.
As we learn to master Uranus square Pluto, we will be able to see the true causes of any social disorder, constructive versus destructive justifications and motives, and see where mistrust and mischief-making originate. This allows us to grow into a greater power when we’re confronted by old Pluto roles, coercions, and heavy-handed corrosive behavior. We can use the square between Uranus and Pluto in two big ways, both now and into the future.
We can exercise good Pluto function to put the brakes on negative Uranian manifestations, and good Uranus function to put the brakes on negative Pluto manifestations. Look to the harmonizing aspects to each to show which is building and which one is the release point for those energies. In this chart, Uranus is specializing many things in everyone’s lives, so go with the new rather than the established.
What's the proper sequence at present of deciding, feeling, and thinking, with an Overview of the Lunation
We’ve been through several different sequences since January. There are six patterns, and each has their strengths and weaknesses.
As a process of moving through events, over the next 4 weeks this Lunation shows we’ll be feeling, then deciding, and then thinking. That means the natural process of the times is to feel our way into decisions and actions. After we decide and/or act, it will be important to get new information to come to a new vision or understanding.
Once we get the right view or understanding, then a new feeling-experience will naturally arise that points the way to the next action. So stay alert to your feelings and what you’re experiencing, and then make decisions and act on the basis of those feeling experiences. Then finish the process by finding newer, more up to date information, ideas, interpretations, and understanding to get a new vision.
It’s a good pattern to learn and teach through anecdotes, seeing how others handled things practically, or how you handed things practically in the past. You may find that Mercurial reflections lead to experiencing and then knowing what to do and how to do it, which in turn will lead to a new understanding of why that decision and action had to be done.
Given that Mercury is retrograde in Libra, some of what you’re going to experience has roots in the distant past, where there may have been misunderstandings, or confusion, or something that was stuffed down into the subconscious mind. Now we get to take a new look at those old relationships, and get some sort of renewal that can free us from those old imbalances, inequalities, or any confusion about why some relationships took the direction they did.
With Jupiter leading the Sun, it’s time for learning, teaching, questing, and accepting the adventure we’re all being offered in various ways. This will help us open to more effective and practical ways to live, and show what we know with efficiency and precision.
With Venus at the front end of the Locomotive, lead with your heart, your strength, your play, and your freedom to be authentic and even dramatic when you need to. The Fire energies opening and closing the Locomotive should allow us to express our hearts with a natural enthusiasm, with the solid Mars conjunct TransPluto and Jupiter indicating we need to pay attention to the details that show us how Divine Mother is teaching us to be discerning in your health, work, or service, and when in doubt whether to play it safe or go for the new, innovative, and unusual, let your Fires burn bright and move forward with inspired confidence!
On a final note, this Full Moon Eclipse has Jupiter opposition Neptune in Pisces, the sign of compassion and forgiveness. We have to find ways to express Neptunian energy through Jupiter, and allow for a new way of training to bring compassion into practical expression. Remember there is a lot of collective heaviness in the air, and so generate compassion and good will whenever you can.
While sometimes life relationships and others’ rules can be a drag, it is important to remember that though life can occasionally be painful, we do not have to suffer. And as we learn to break the link between pain and suffering, we heal our part of humanity and the world.
For your contemplation, a final meditation I offer each month at the end of our Full Moon journey of exploration.
We are Light. All things are composed of Light in various frequencies that express as limitless forms. Some light frequencies are of greater density than others.
All shadows result from light hitting a dense object. Psychological shadows too. Therefore, it’s good to become as translucent and translucid as possible to dispel lurking shadows.
If you must look at and/or deal with shadows, whether your own or another’s, then refocus your Light on the object being illuminated, since that form is the source of the shadow.
Find the correct 4 angles of illuminating whatever you want to focus on, and all shadows will be dispelled. Then you’re seeing things with an illuminated mind, and can act accordingly.
© Copyright 2015 Robert Wilkinson
Thanks Robert, as usual very informative and it does look we are in for a good ride which means changes are happening and will continue to transform the collective (world) at this time of deep transformation.
Blessings be to all
Posted by: Nic | September 30, 2015 at 10:28 AM
Robert. Can you explain what you mean by finding the correct 4 angles. Not sure what that means.
Posted by: Peggy | September 30, 2015 at 05:40 PM
Hi nic - Sure. This will be an interesting time of renewals!
Hi Peg - Any 4 angles of approaching any problem that dispel the shadows of that problem. Light up the issue with a very bright light. Then put another light from another angle that helps illuminate the full appearance of the object. Put the backlight on the subject to fill in the background. The fourth angle is something I'll leave for another day.
Posted by: Robert | September 30, 2015 at 06:08 PM
For me the fourth angle in this time is lack of solar eclipse in Libra.
There is any!
Just the Moon eclipses are found in Aries-Libra angle.
It is hard to be in balance, when "the scale" is missing.
Maybe some other objects in the sky are in better places and harmony
is found. Anyhow, I feel that relationships and justice needs a lot of patience and trust
at the moment.
BR Almost libra rising (radix pluto at 27 deg virgo konj AC)
Posted by: helina | October 02, 2015 at 09:54 PM