by Robert Wilkinson
This stabilizing, creative, dynamic and decisive Full Moon at 26 Leo-Aquarius will help us continue to stabilize our heart fire and through forms of surrender, we express our strength of purpose and vision. This one opens possibilities despite the general chaos of Mars and Saturn both sesquisquare Uranus and square Neptune!
At a Full Moon, that which has opened since the previous New Moon surfaces in a public form, and heads toward the culmination and fruition symbolized by the second half of any cycle. First half, birth into form and field. Second half, culmination and completion of the purpose of that cycle.
That’s why it’s important to regard the New and Full Moon charts as “God’s Footprints in Time,” since one follows the other in an unending sequence of births of newer and newer seeds. The New Moons show us the seeds that will flourish under the reflected light of the Full Moon.
Full Moons heighten feelings, due to the opposition of the Moon and the Sun. This particular Lunation has no other forming oppositions, showing a decrease of polarization during the next two weeks. As with the last Full Moon, the overall lack of hard aspects shows we can use this time to stabilize many things in our lives, even though there is a hard adjustment indicated by Mercury quincunx Uranus along with the agitation of the Sag sesquisquare to Aries and the confusion and strange atmosphere of the Sag square to Pisces. There is a lot of illusion and delusion in the air, and things are not as they seem or are even reported in the media.
Dispositors - What's the Backdrop to the Energies?
The Moon is in Aquarius, making Saturn in Sagittarius its worldly ruler, and Uranus in Aries its spiritual ruler. The Sun is in Leo, and is its own ruler.
Saturn in Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter in Virgo, which is ruled by Mercury in Virgo, the final dispositor in the chain. This is the dominant “chain of dispositors” ruling all the other planets except the Sun in Leo and Neptune in Pisces, both standalone influences. You can find out more about dispositors in general, chains of dispositors, and mutual reception by going to Astrology Class – What Is A Dispositor and What Is Mutual Reception Between Two Planets?
The Sabian Symbols for the Full Moon
This Full Moon falls at 26 Leo and Aquarius. It is said that the last third (decan) of any sign deals with the individual, mental, and spiritual levels of life, and as the Lunation is in the third decan of those signs, invokes a sub-influence of Aries and Libra.
The Sun is the Light, while the Moon gives form to that Light. With the Sun in Leo, we are illuminated by expressing creativity, love, and the stabilizing Solar Fire of the heart. The Moon in Aquarius shows the Light of Leo will take form through the Aquarian qualities of making a larger contribution to a more evolved social vision, managing energies so the form expresses the Divine Intention, and opening to greater friendships and group involvements. This marks the end of a cycle that began in late August 2015.
Since the Moon always focuses the light of the Sun in specific forms, the degree symbols for both are important. The Sun degree is the illumination or enlightenment of the Lunation, whereas the Moon shows us the potential forms that enlightenment will take. Though I’ve given you a sense of what this is about up to now, here’s where we go into detail.
The Solar degree symbol for the 26th degree of Leo is "A rainbow.” In "the Astrology of Personality," where Rudhyar uses the original Dr. Jones' class notes on the symbols, 26 Leo is said to be a symbol of “Promise of conscious immortality after the death of useless things,” “Spiritual linkage through emotional stress,” and “blessing.”
In the Astrological Mandala, he says this degree involves “Linking above and below, the Covenant with one’s divine nature, promise of immortality.” Here we confront our divine Archetype to the degree we have been victorious in “crossing the desert” and making it to “the other shore.” Our striving to overcome our trials has established the link between our earthly self and Heavenly Self, and we are told this link must remain unbroken.
He says that this degree “shows us the need to maintain a state of open communication between the Sky and the Earth within our total being…. to face the totality of our individual selfhood.” He states “after every successfully met crisis, the revelation of worth comes to us, and with it comes the promise of success, if only we do our part.” He says it falls in the span of "Interpretation,” and it’s the first degree of the individual mental level of the scene of Consolidation in the Act of Release.
According to Dr. Jones, creator of the Sabian Symbols, the degree is one of “the overall realization which comes… whenever we strive to reach the goals of a more enduring sort.” Here we’re assured “divine participation” even in difficult circumstances, where we learn about the “consistent ordering” of the world, and that “nature will cooperate effectively with every vision (we choose) to keep alive.”
He offers us the keyword of SIGNIFICANCE. He states that when operating in a positive manner, this degree is "a sense of very real spiritual power and presence in all personal effort and desire.”
So we enter a two week period of seeing the Light in how we are the divine guidance we seek, and we are the bridge between worldly and heavenly things. Here the vision we’ve kept alive will be aided by Nature Herself, and we can find a transcendent peace beyond the push and pulls of this world of duality. Let go of useless things to receive the blessings that enable you to be a greater love, wisdom, productivity, and creativity.
The Lunar degree symbol for the 26th degree of Aquarius is "A hydrometer.” In the "the Astrology of Personality," where Rudhyar uses the original Dr. Jones' class notes on the symbols, 26 Aquarius is said to be a symbol of “Capacity of self to take up and deliver spiritual power,” “controlled release of power through the emotions,” and “measurement.”
In the Mandala he offers that this degree is one of “skill in applying knowledge of natural laws to the solution of everyday problems resulting from life in our technological society.” He states this symbol shows the power of the analytical mind to make sure that the products of its genius work as they should, and how sometimes even a small recalibration makes a huge difference in our life and well-being.
He goes on to say “the need for ‘management’ therefore is seen to affect every detail of our individual lives; this applies as well to the complexities of interpersonal social, or political relations…” where “we constantly need the use of our intellectual power of observation and analysis to check on the effectiveness of the energies at our disposal.” He states this is “a symbol of mental efficiency,” and says it falls in the Span of Perspective, and is the initiating degree in the Actional level of the Scene of Management in the Act of Capitalization.
Dr. Jones says this degree symbolizes “the powers of immediate analysis which enable (us) to achieve” our goals. Here we see that intelligence and order are everywhere, and that we can enlist natural conditions to cooperate with “any project of special concern.”
He states “the individual learns that when (we) take responsibility for event (we) may shape them to (our) own convenience, and thus find ways to capitalize on any difficulties that arise.” He offers us the keyword EFFICIENCY. We are told that when positive, the degree is "exceptional ability in manipulating the fundamental complexities of living.”
So the Lunar degree should help us express the Light through forms of mental efficiency in focusing our emotions to release spiritual energies. This should help us to a greater ability to manage our personality, and analyze what we need to in order to cooperate with the natural order.
TransPluto, Divine Mother, Neptune, and the Polarization in the Collective Atmosphere
In the Full Moon charts of 2009-2012, Neptune was in a very close opposition to TransPluto, the planet symbolizing Divine Mother Energy. That’s a major factor in why things became so polarized during those years, teaching humanity compassion and the need for Viveka, or Divine Discrimination. This has offered all of us opportunities to join together in the Great Mother and realize our interrelatedness on a feeling level with All-That-Is.
The energies of Divine Mother will only grow stronger throughout this century, and these will be demonstrated each time the planets make significant aspects to TransPluto. In this chart TransPluto has now re-entered 2 Virgo, giving us yet another experience of the 2nd step in our entry into this new Virgo era where Divine Mother takes center stage and shows us the long term future of humanity.
We are now revisiting the lessons of the last times it’s been at 2 Virgo. The first time we went through this “liberating ordeal” was between October 2014 and mid-January 2015, at which time it retrograded back to 1 Virgo. It re-entered 2 Virgo in early September 2015, and stayed at that degree until February 2016, when it retrograded back to 1 Virgo.
In mid-May it went stationary direct at 1 Virgo, and then re-entered 2 Virgo in early August 2016. It remains on this second degree of Virgo until the end of March 2017, when it again retrogrades back to 1 Virgo. As you can see, we’ll be dealing with themes related to 1 and 2 Virgo for a long time to come.
So we again re-visit the themes of 2 Virgo, where the Divine Redeemer is giving us ways to demonstrate a higher and broader level of discernment through accepting experiences that liberate us so that “compassion and understanding” may come forth. Give up all that suppresses your compassion and spiritual understanding, and you will find both inner strength and invisible help in the future.
In terms of the larger Era, we’ve now ended the TransPluto (Percephone, Parvati) in Leo era that we knew from September 20, 1935 through July 4, 2014. The transition period where this planet danced at the last degree of Leo and first two degrees of Virgo began October 2011 and ended July 2014.
On July 4, 2014, TransPluto left Leo for many centuries, and entered into Virgo for the next century. Because 2 Virgo symbolizes “a liberating ordeal” and the planet occupying that degree symbolizes Divine Mother energy, I would think that would mean we all will be tested to allow compassion and understanding to come forth as humanity stands at the crossroads of time.
Of some importance is that Saturn squared TransPluto from December 2014 through June 2015, and again in late September and October 2015. That severely tested our ability to be far sighted, compassionate, and discerning in seeing the larger redemptive possibilities of this time in history. However, the first two months of 2016 Saturn made a waxing biseptile to TransPluto, showing that time was a huge turning point in finding responsible, future oriented truth teaching ways to demonstrate this “Divine Mother energy.”
Saturn is now direct, and due to Mars forming a conjunction and a trielftile to Transpluto, it’s time to surrender to creating stability in the midst of the grinding energies of Mars and Saturn square Neptune. Don’t give up too easily, narrow the focus to see the whole of things, and prepare for full mobilization, since Mars is Cupid stirring up human hearts!
As soon as Mars finishes its square to Neptune August 25-28 it immediately biseptiles TransPluto the last 4 days of August and first 5 days of September, triggering previous Saturn biseptiles to that planet involving lessons of huge “crisis of compassion and connectedness” for humanity. This activates the forming direct biseptile of Saturn to TransPluto of Jan-Feb 2016, the Saturn retrograde biseptile of May-June 2016, heralding and anticipating the final Saturn biseptile to TransPluto between mid-October and mid-November 2016, promising major shifts and “liberating ordeals.”
After that, Saturn makes a tredecile to TransPluto from late November through early January 2017. This is also part of a long wave sequence of serendipitous relationship pulses between these two important planets. The first tredecile was made when Saturn went stationary retrograde in March. This activates when Mars makes its tredecile to TransPluto from September 5-14.
The tredecile is an aspect of “serendipity,” and indicates some very unique and specialized interactive gifts. That means the earlier tredecile between Saturn andTransPluto set up what will happen when Saturn makes the tredecile again in November and December 2016.
Also, when Jupiter conjuncted TransPluto in August 2015 for the first time in Virgo, it began a new 12 year cycle of how these “Divine Mother energies” will manifest. It also began a new long wave era, since Jupiter will conjunct TransPluto in Virgo every 12 years until the 22nd century!
To finish this brief section, Venus also went stationary retrograde exactly conjunct TransPluto in late July 2015, setting up Venusian manifestations of Divine Mother that will show each and every time 1 Virgo is transited. That means the Venusian Divine Mother promise of late July 2015 was expanded, or set into motion somehow, by Jupiter's transit of 1 Virgo in mid-August, and then took expression due to Mars’ transit of that degree in late September, and found “beauty of form” when Venus transited it in early October 2015. Those two conjunctions have dominated the Virgo landscape in our charts since then, and the Mars-Jupiter cycle will continue through their next conjunction in mid-Scorpio January 2018.
So we’ve officially entered a different Spiritual Era that will last through July 2107, when it leaves Virgo for good and re-enters Libra for the first time in many centuries, also after a few years of dancing on the cusp of Virgo and Libra. I offered you a bit more about this vast spiritual energy field in Astrology in the Age of Aquarius - Transpluto, a.k.a Divine Mother, Parvati, and Percephone.
This closes part 3 on this “almost an eclipse” Full Moon. Part 4 will cover important chart factors, aspects, configurations and more, which I'll give you soon.
Previous articles in this series:
The August 2016 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Full Moon of Aquarius-Leo Pt. 1 – It’s Almost an Eclipse!
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