by Robert Wilkinson
This Lunation ushers in a time of training, inner guidance, reclaiming neglected power, clarity, and focused intention. Those who maintain balance and a healthy sense of perspective, 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 Lunation will result in us seeing some sort of “pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,” expressing the light of the power of previous symbols that have transformed our lives since late 2012. This will be 2 weeks of practical, grounded activity, so keep it pleasant and steady as we go! This is the time to take the natural energy or enthusiasm we’ve felt the past two weeks, and get clear about where to put that confidence to best use, or see how you’ve become clear as a result of where you’re heart’s been at.Because Jupiter in Virgo leads the Locomotive, this will show us truths, openings, and expansions based in recent developments set into motion by both Venus and Mars conjunct Jupiter in recent days. See what needs to be done, get educated and willing to experiment, and by the end of the process you’ll have exactly what your heart values.
As I told you earlier in this series, of primary importance is that Venus and Mercury 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. And the sheer numbers of powerful noviles in this chart shows we’re navigating the waters of some long-awaited spiritual realizations, both personally and transpersonally.
Major Aspects and Configurations
There are some frictional aspects in this Lunation, including the very important long lasting Venus semisquare Sun. Add the Moon sesquisquare Mars and Sun semisquare Mars, and friction is in the air, requiring a lot of faith, compassion, forgiveness, and the willingness not to take the bait.
Other frictional aspects include Moon quincunx Saturn, Mercury sesquisquare Neptune, Venus quincunx Uranus, Jupiter quincunx Uranus, Saturn square Neptune, and Uranus square Pluto. The quincunxes always require hard adjustments and sacrifices, so expect lots of changes in plans as we navigate the fog of Saturn square Neptune!
Positive aspects include Neptune making a sextile and trine to the Lunation, favoring training and taking the first step toward a new life initiative. Other forming favorable aspects include Moon pentelftile (11th harmonic) Jupiter and trine Pluto, Mercury decile Jupiter and binovile Pluto, Venus quintile Saturn, Mars quintile Saturn and triseptile Uranus, and Uranus novile Neptune.
The Mars triseptile Uranus 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 practical action and training at a critical turning point with its own specialized function and will definitely impact the houses where we have Aries, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Aquarius. 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 28 Cancer-2 Leo, 19-22 Virgo, 10-14 Scorpio, 1-5 Capricorn, 23-27 Aquarius, 15-19 Aries, and 7-11 Gemini.
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 twenty-first and last Full Moon with the North Node in Libra. Let’s take a look back at what we’ve been learning from past North Node transits.
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 past Summer 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 have been developed since February 2014. 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 2 planets in Fire signs, 2 in Water, 5 in Earth, and 1 in Air. This indicates a major preponderance of Earth (Practicality), with a balance between Fire (inspiration) and Water (feeling). Air (communicating) is somewhat short this month, but Mercury in Libra is very friendly and agreeable, and leads the Sun.
Air and Earth are “cool” elements, while Fire and Water are “hot” elements. With this distribution, things are pretty balanced with an emphasis on cool. With so much Earth, whatever you need to get done, get it done!
More on how Uranus Square Pluto Has Ramped 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! We’ve recently had the Sun and Mercury moving through Libra and opposing Uranus and square Pluto, giving us signs and signals about the coming Venus and Mars transits through Libra.
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 18 Aries, we’re learning how to avoid extremes to preserve our energy. Find the right rhythm to do things, and it should run smooth, despite the hard adjustments along the way thanks to the quincunxes at work.
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.
The big lesson was 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 a big theme for the coming weeks, and 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 getting a “valid historical perspective,” and letting go of nonessentials.
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 the larger theme of this year focusing on “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 at work the past two months.
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 thinking, and then deciding and acting. Good for thoughtful deliberation before acting, not good for procrastinating and overthinking.
So as a process of moving through events, it’s about feeling our way into ideas, visions, interactions, and understanding, or letting an understanding of a prior experience arise. Once we’ve felt our way to some vision or understanding, then it will be important to make a decision and act on it. Once we’ve moved everything forward that one step, then a new feeling-experience will naturally arise that points the way to the next view or information needed to again move it forward one step.
So feel how things are and are not functioning well, know what that feeling is telling you, and then find the information and understanding you need. When your understanding leads to a clear vision, then see the fundamental fact, or act that must be done, to move it all one step forward. Let your feeling and experience follow your actions, and let your mind follow your feelings into new views and understanding that can help you make decisions that you’ll act on.
On a final note, this Full Moon has Neptune in Pisces in very productive and harmonizing angles to the Lunation. Pisces is the sign of compassion and forgiveness. We have use the awareness of the Full Moon to express positive Neptunian energies, which will affect our atmosphere in positive ways. Because there is a lot of collective heaviness in the air, 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.
Looks like it is time to make the most of the grounding opportunities and get things done to move forward with lightness. Compasion, goodwill and forgiveness are always welcomed and very needed traits in today's situation.
Blessings be to all
Posted by: Nic | October 28, 2015 at 10:59 AM
Thank you Robert, for this wonderful piece. You just saved my hide with this:
"There are some frictional aspects in this Lunation, including the very important long lasting Venus semisquare Sun. Add the Moon sesquisquare Mars and Sun semisquare Mars, and friction is in the air, requiring a lot of faith, compassion, forgiveness, and the willingness not to take the bait."
Willingness not to take the bait- not two minutes before reading this I had decided to surrender to meditating in front of my altar instead of letting someone have it. So difficult to do sometimes! I read this and began laughing. Thank you.
Posted by: Shaun Malone | October 28, 2015 at 11:18 AM
hi Robert,
I just have a question about the time change, the way effects our chart? I learn to use diurnals, for clarification, so I do them a couple of times a month
and of course with the time change the ascendant moves almost a complete 30 degrees (and maybe for some people depending on what's on the ascending it does move 30)
so I wondered about how that actually effects the chart from the perspective of what's forthcoming?
I mean you skip a whole sign every year so and then it jumps a complrte sign too I'm assuming when its Spring is here - so I had wondered what your thoughts are that ?
thanks much!
Christy
Posted by: christy | October 31, 2015 at 10:58 AM