by Robert Wilkinson
The next two weeks features the acceleration of recent major new beginnings, new realizations, and a new sense of identity with archetypes representing our spiritual Self. While substantial cross currents continue, an abundant view and a sense of what our duty is will help us prepare to use powers in the future. This is the end of the end even as the beginning is solidly underway!
The last Full Moon conjunct Chiron launched us into a form of “healing into our Higher Self,” and many have been mentored to a greater skill or awareness. This one brings understanding since Mercury is now conjunct Chiron. Those who can identify with a larger life and purpose will find new freedom from this First High Moon of Spring, renewing and revitalizing the Northern Hemisphere in preparation for the great World Teaching to come at the next Full Moon in Taurus/Scorpio, also known as the Wesak Festival.
This Lunation continues to mobilize us, and the friction is “grinding and polishing us to perfection” wherever we have planets in late Cardinal signs, early Fixed signs, and mid-Mutable signs. Chiron plays a major part in this Full Moon, and we should be able to find focused autonomous expression in areas unique to us which awakened in 2017-2018. And as I pointed out in an earlier part, with so many planets at the end of their signs, this will be an extraordinarily spiritually focused two week period of fulfillment and completion.
As Jupiter and Saturn continue to predominate as the dispositors for all the outer planetary energies, Sag and Capricorn continue to be front and center. Get clear about the priority of what to do, how to do it, and when to do it. Be flexible, positive, have a sense of humor and responsibility, and remember to have a sense of humor about all of it!
The other dispositors, Mercury and Mars, are in Mutual Reception, so discoveries and “putting on the show” for others are favored. When it’s offered, take the stage, show your skills, and receive the applause. Just realize when the performance is over, it’s time to leave the building.
Remember we still have a lot shutting down due to past Solar Eclipses at 16 Capricorn, 21 Cancer and 19 Leo. These are helping us get organized, question what success really means, and let go of old “social rigidities” to be happier.
Those Solar Eclipses, along with other ones still in play, are allowing us to “shed skins” wherever we have 9, 19, and 30 Pisces, 28 Aquarius, along with 29 Leo, 10 Virgo, and 21 Virgo. As you can see, that involves a large part of our charts! Add various Lunar Eclipses in play for several months after they happened (including the recent one at 1 Leo/Aquarius!) and you can see areas where we’ve been eliminating things we no longer need. All our losses associated with these signs have left voids which will attract life contents more appropriate to who we are now.
Major Aspects and Configurations
We have a very mixed bag of aspects in play at this Full Moon, with three primary frictional configurations; we have the Lunation semisquare and sesquisquare Mars and Neptune, creating a “Hammer of Thor” with the Moon as the handle of the hammer; we have Mars square Neptune and widely opposed Jupiter with Jupiter widely square Neptune; and we have the long wave Uranus semisquare Neptune anchoring the Rhombus Diamond energy. This period links the Lunation/Mars friction with the Rhombus energy, thus expanding the degree spans affected.
I’ve explained some of the frictional configurations related to the Rhombus Diamond in action at this Lunation in earlier parts of this series. As usual, there are some barely separating partile aspects, indicating a lot has been going on in the immediate past and NOW. In this chart there are quite a few aspects that are made only after the planet moves into the next sign. These aspects are noted as Out of Sign (oos) since they won’t be performed until the planets are in the next sign and make the exact aspect.
Besides the aspects mentioned above, major inner planet aspects in play involve the Moon triseptile Mercury, quincunx Venus, binovile Saturn (oos), opposed Uranus (oos), and triseptile Chiron; Mercury is quindecile the Sun, trielftile Jupiter, quintile Saturn, quintile Pluto, and conjunct Chiron; Venus is semisextile the Sun, quintile Mars (oos), quintile Saturn (oos), bielftile Uranus, bielftile Pluto, and conjunct Chiron (oos); and the Sun is trielftile Saturn and conjunct Uranus (oos).
Outer planet forming and partile separating aspects include Mars biquintile Saturn and novile Uranus; Jupiter is very widely square Neptune activated by Mars and semisextile Pluto; Saturn is biseptile Uranus, sextile Neptune, in a “frustrated conjunction” with Pluto and “frustrated quintile” with Chiron; Uranus is semisquare Neptune and trielftile Pluto; and Pluto is in an off-again, on-again quintile with Chiron. Obviously the aspects made from Jupiter out are long term influences.
In this chart, we are moving into a new era of more oppositions than in many months. This one has three forming oppositions; the Lunation and the Moon opposed Uranus, and Mars very widely opposed to Jupiter. This makes the main “Tension of Opposites” specific to late Aries, early Taurus, late Libra, and early Scorpio, with a long term impending Tension also involving Gemini and Sagittarius. Wherever these occur in your chart is sure to provide many realizations related to seeing a natural role to play in a natural way with others who share your energies, seeing Divine archetypes as themes in your life, and identifying with a larger life and purpose as you begin your “planned group behavior” and anticipate powers yet to come.
All oppositions provide us an opportunity for genuine spiritual breakthroughs through the need to resolve and transcend “the Tension of Opposites.” Where oppositions fall, the signs they’re in and the houses ruled by the planets in opposition are subject to profound tensional awareness, leading to realizations and healthy polarizations in many areas of our lives. The task is always to find the appropriate third and fourth energies and approaches to achieve healthy productive movement with maximum awareness.
This month, as I mentioned earlier, the oppositional awareness is providing a LOT of “cutting, grinding, and polishing” energies through the Hammer of Thor interlocking with the Rhombus diamond anchorage. This is a month to be happy that the Lords of Karma think so highly of us that they’re helping us work through a lot of stuff!
Even though the very powerful Uranus biseptile Pluto is not in orb right now, Saturn biseptile Uranus still brings forth the 7th harmonic irrationality between the planet of “Spiritual Mastery and Spiritual Friendship” and the planet symbolizing the Divine Revolutionary who follows their own path to their Higher Destiny. This anticipates the Grand Irrationality V.2 which will be back in focus by May. This Lunation moves the zones a little, affecting planets and points near 18-22 Capricorn, 9-13 Pisces, 1-5 Taurus, 22-26 Gemini, 13-17 Leo, 5-9 Libra, and 26-30 Scorpio.
Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto are all on their SRX degrees, showing we are at a threshold and must now look back, retrace steps, relearn lessons, and prepare for forward movement later this year. We now sprout the seeds to “transcendent security,” continue Neptune’s offer to find our place of stage, or our following, or in some cases revise our attitude back to source, and Uranus encourages us to let things grow at their own pace as we express our uniqueness and individuality.
We now know what corner of the universe we’re supposed to be in, and are clear about our part to sing in “the Cosmic Choir.” The coming period is one of major choices and changes on a global level related to these planets helping humanity’s metamorphosis. Those who learn how to use these dynamic invisible spiritual energies will become effective Spiritual units of Consciousness in the body of Humanity in the future.
There are quite a few spiritual aspects in play among the traditional planets at this Full Moon. Of the series related to destiny and “fate,” we have 1 biseptile and 2 triseptiles. This month we have 1 novile and 1 binovile, and an extraordinary number of 11th harmonic aspects, including 2 bielftiles and three trielftiles. While last month we had a huge number of specializing aspects, this month still offers us more than usual, including 1 quindecile, 4 quintiles, and 1 biquintile.
For those new to the craft, quintiles and biquintiles are 5th harmonic aspects, septiles and triseptiles are 7th harmonic aspects, noviles are 9th harmonic aspects, deciles (semi-quintiles) and tredeciles are 10th harmonic aspects, the elftile series are 11th harmonic aspects, the quindecile is a 15th harmonic aspect, and the vigintile is a 20th harmonic aspect. Each of these has a unique function in the phase relationship of the two planets in aspect.
The 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th harmonic aspects are specializing and bring forth partially or fully developed quintessential elements of the planets involved. The 7th harmonic aspects help us make choices to fulfill our destiny, and the novile series aspects (9th harmonic) represent entry or exit points of periods of gestation which can bring forth possible spiritual developments. The 11th harmonic aspects involve situations where there is a need to transcend and master some form of duality by making a leap of faith.
The various aspects in all these different harmonic series indicate points where the theme of the Whole Cycle becomes clear, whether through major developments or minor refinements in the process. Each aspect shows a phase relationship, specific to the special and unique circumstances of that particular Whole Cycle. It's how we can know when to work, when to play, when to create, when to imagine, when to have faith, and when to mobilize!
If you want to know more about these aspects, when you’re done here please go to The Specializing Aspects Pt. 1 – Quintile, Tredecile, Decile, and Biquintile, The Specializing Aspects Pt. 2 – The Quindecile and Vigintile, and The Spiritual Aspect Series – The Novile, Septile, and Elftile Harmonic Aspects where you’ll find more about the meaning of these aspects and the glyphs associated with them. Also, remember that all of these set up harmonic resonance void points all over our charts.
Element Balance
We are now in a fairly balanced element distribution. Of the traditional 10 planets, there are 3 planets in Fire signs, 2 in Water, 3 in Earth, and 2 in Air. This “balanced imbalance” gives a major emphasis on Earth (Practicality and Grounding) and Fire (Inspiration and Light), with slightly less Water (Feelings and Experiencing Life on Deep Levels), and Air (Relatedness and Communications).
Air and Earth are “cool” elements, while Fire and Water are “hot” elements. With this distribution, things are balanced between cool and hot, with a focus on inspired practicality and practical inspiration as we play on our “duck pond.”
Uranus Square Pluto Is Over!
As this is literally one of the last celestial events related to this square, this will be one of the final times I’ll post this part. I’ll take it out and adapt it for the future aspects these two spiritual heavyweights will make over the next year or so.
After the square of many years, we’ve now begun to experience these two planets in a fateful biseptile since last year, which began a time of the world moving into a very irrational energy field from May through November! The waxing square was fully active from the Summer of 2010 through early 2017, after which Uranus pulled out of orb. However, even when separating, various transits continued to make a “mundane square” every time a planet transited between 21-30 degrees of Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn.
Looking back, Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn were volatile, “out of control” energies, occurring during the global collision of ideas between 2010-2017. From time to time, this square was activated and associated with the hard edge of the conflict between control systems and the forces of individualization that have been calling everyone to a greater spiritual individuality.
I’ve discussed Uranus square Pluto at length in many articles in the archives. Please use the site google box to find out more about this years’ long disruptive revolutionary influence. This square welcomed the 21st century to 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 represented the ongoing revolution of our times, with innovations and pioneering energies in conflict with restrictive and controlling power structures. It certainly introduced us all to a very “electric and eclectic” revolution unlike any seen since the 1960s, when these two powerhouses made numerous conjunctions in mid-Virgo!!
As we learned to master Uranus square Pluto, we saw the true causes of any social disorder, constructive versus destructive justifications and motives, and where mistrust and mischief-making originate. This allowed us greater power to deal with Pluto coercions and heavy-handed corrosive behavior. We now know how to use any tension between Uranus and Pluto in two big ways in the future, exercising good Pluto function to put the brakes on, or turn the corner on, negative Uranian manifestations, and good Uranus function to put the brakes on, or turn the corner on, negative Pluto manifestations.
Uranus is now moving through a span of degrees it hasn’t transited since 1934-1936. Given what was happening then and the parallels to what’s going on now, stay alert to those who are impatient or petulant in wanting to change things in a hurry, as well as those who are willing to wage ideological war against others. We redeemed many promises in 2018, but also learned that using blunt force to push will destroy the good that could come.
Over the past few years, Pluto has taught us how to show care, release old inhibitions, and quicken to some needed task. We’ve done our dress rehearsals within forms of “group performance,” and last year surrendered with dignity in some way that gave us a spiritual victory. These have led to deep transformations in our lives.
This one begins to sprout the seeds of rewards for our courage, so keep purifying yourself in every way! Pluto is extraordinarily favorable in this chart, allowing us to weed the garden of our personality in natural ways.
The current sequence at present of Deciding, Feeling, and Thinking
We’ve been through several different sequences over the past few months. There are six patterns, and each has their strengths and weaknesses. This Lunation continues the current pattern. As a process of moving through events, the most effective “firing sequence” for approaching life and experience over the next 4 weeks involves leading with our feelings, then thinking, and then making decisions to do what we must.
This pattern leads with feelings, and then seeks ideas and understanding based in those feelings. This pattern leads with its instincts, and then seeks information to confirm or deny those feeling impressions. While it is tempting to move back into more feeling after we get new information, due to the Mercury retrograde, after we come to a new understanding or vision on the basis of our feeling-hunches, then we have to decide and act on the basis of what will move us toward that vision.
This pattern feels its way into ideas, visions, interactions, and understanding. After that, rather than go back to feelings to try to verify the idea or vision, it’s 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, flow, experience, since these will lead you to information and understanding. 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.
Go with the flow while opening to deep and vast feeling experiences, since these will lead you to a different of understanding of how to achieve what you are trying to achieve. Then when you’re gotten clear in your view, then you’ll know what decisions and actions to take. When you’ve done what you needed to do, a new experience will be felt, which will lead to new understanding, and then the next action to take.
Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend
Because Saturn is in its home sign of Capricorn, it is the final dispositor of all planets transiting Capricorn and Aquarius from now through 2023. We are past the dominant “co-equal rulerships” between Jupiter and Saturn, since the yearly transits from Sag to Pisces are now pretty much over. Still, even as standalone influences they exert a powerful influence on all affairs ruled by either of them.
Because Mars was in a Saturn-ruled sign from March 17 through November 15, 2018, Saturn was a very powerful influence on all Mars-related events of that time, which of course meant Saturn was the backdrop to Jupiter in Scorpio for that entire time. Everything governed by Mars and Jupiter ultimately had Saturn as the background to what was happening!
2017 and 2018 were an extraordinary period, due to Saturn trine Uranus dominating most of those years. Their 2017 Fire trines stabilized Electric Fire and distributive “Fire by Friction,” which led naturally to the 2018 Earth trine helping us ground our efforts in practical ways. These helped us blend the past and future, the established with the innovative, and make the structure of our lives unique.
This Full Moon finds “the Light of Saturn” front and center due to the aspects in play! It is a powerful force for high specialization and overcoming duality in this Lunation as we stand at a fork in the road of destiny where we’re rehearsing new roles for the future. The biseptile to Uranus makes this a crucial point of “choice and change” in the Saturn-Uranus “dance of individualization” in our lives.
I explain how these two awaken us to our Higher Powers to take conscious command of our destiny in my book Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend. Saturn helps us give form and structure to our quest for Self-realization, and in Capricorn, teaches us how to construct an “organized personal structure” to the Uranian energies making our spiritual life come alive.
It was written for both astrologers and non-astrologers. Even those with little or no understanding of astrology will benefit from understanding why you had to make certain choices at crucial times that shaped your life in profound ways.
Each time you read any section of this book you will find new insights about your power to steer your personal evolution. You will understand how to throw off all the attitudes and memories which have held you back from finding and living the life and purpose. Through your journey of self-discovery, you can find ways to live your life on your own terms, and fulfill your purpose for being alive as an Eternal having human experiences!
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Summing it Up
This Full Moon will continue to open us to excellent opportunities to heal body, emotions, and mind through our freedom to identify with a larger life even as we settle into our natural field of activity with others who “share our duck pond.” Many gifts and unique interactions promised, with enough friction to keep us striving and refining all the negative elements of personality until we are “polished to perfection” and able to be a Spiritual Adult in our world.
We’re now well into the next phase in a cycle of deep transformation which began at the January 2018 Mars conjunct Jupiter, with tremendous boosts last May and September. Our lives have been enriched through allowing inspiring experiences to transform our everyday lives. We began this self-discipline in 2014, and have been proving our willingness to act on our truths between early 2016 and early 2018. Jupiter took what we’ve structured through our actional intention and blew some door down in 2018. Now what was bound is expanding into wider and higher vistas, truths, and potentials.
We are still finishing humanity’s “liberating ordeal,” when we can use the inner strengths and powers we tapped in past months, and can find assistance from Devas and Angels who bring “divine help when human efforts seem to fail.” Again, learn the power of forgiveness to create space for Grace to enter your Life. When new adventures beckon, embrace them with warmth, since you might find Spiritual Brothers and Sisters from past lives along the way!
As I reminded you earlier, we are still within the effects of Eclipses from the past. These are shutting down major things wherever they fell. Jupiter has now finished a year of expanding our opportunities based in the voids created by the Eclipses in Scorpio, and is now expanding opportunities left by the voids of past Eclipses in Gemini and Sag. We’ve had a year of eliminating all that would hold us back, and as the Eclipses continue to remove some people and considerations from our lives, it will create space to “join together with the band!”
The past two years have led us all to blend the old with the new, the traditional with the innovative, throwing us into an adventure in higher awareness where we can demonstrate confidence and heart strength. We now are living a new identity, a new love, a new spiritual awareness, and a new spiritual expression in grounded ways, so keep your mind and heart open and keep coordinating your body, feelings, and mind to demonstrate a stable and harmonized Soul energy.
A Meditation
Because life seems to be a never-ending experience of out-breathing elements of the past and in-breathing elements of the new, it is useful to remember that when we are moving through major changes, and something new is introduced into our lives, it means that something else must leave, or has already left, to provide space for the new to be embraced. And lesser wisdom must give way to greater wisdom, and old forms give way to newer realities.
While sometimes having to say goodbye to older, lesser ways of life can be a drag, it is important to remember that even 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 2019 Robert Wilkinson
Thank you for the very helpful information.
Blessings be to all.
Posted by: Nic | April 19, 2019 at 10:00 AM