Full Moon : Big Sky AstroBlog

Jun

17

rebel without a pause Buckle up, folks – it’s going to be a bumpy ride. This highly volatile Full Moon period pits the Sun and Venus against the Moon and Pluto, all in contentious aspect to combustible, unpredictable Uranus. The Sun/Venus urge to make nice is struggling against the Moon/Pluto compulsion to bluntly testify to one’s convictions – and there stands rebellious Uranus in the middle of it all, impatiently fingering a lighted match and a stick of dynamite….

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June 17, 2008 | 5 Comments

Apr

17

FULL MOON IN SCORPIO
Sunday, April 20, 2008
3:25 am PDT/6:25 am EDT
Sun at 0.43 Taurus / Moon at 0.43 Scorpio

My latest article, in which I score a great new pair of shoes and manage to maintain my sunny disposition despite Carl Kasell’s determination to kill my buzz:

What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?
Each year during the Sun in Taurus season, the Scorpio Full Moon asks us to halt our hedonistic Spring revels and take a moment to remember those unhappy truths we would prefer to ignore, such as suffering, destruction, and mortality. But this year, I’m learning something new: namely, the same penetrating Scorpio insight that needles us with inconvenient truths can also make us keenly, ecstatically aware of our blessings….

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April 17, 2008 | 3 Comments

Feb

19

FULL MOON/LUNAR ECLIPSE
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
7:30 pm PST / 10:30 pm EST
Sun at 1.52 Pisces / Moon at 1.52 Virgo

The Wheat and the Chaff
For two years, I’ve observed my Pisces friends closely, trying to understand the elusive quality that fuels their warm-hearted popularity, generosity of spirit, and love of Desperate Housewives. I’ve battled the demons of my own judgements, snobbery, and unrealistic expectations. I’ve reached toward my elitist Virgo Midheaven, and instead produced a sweet little cupcake of a book that sprang from the soulful, collective longings of my Pisces fourth house, the house of home and nurturing, the primordial birthplace of everything else in the chart. And I’m left wondering: Have I failed Virgo, or made friends with Pisces? Or something in between?… read the full article here

February 19, 2008 | 9 Comments

Dec

21

Solstice Greetings! To celebrate Sunday’s Full Moon in Cancer (what a chart: Sun conjunct Jupiter, opposed Moon conjunct Mars… let’s get ready to rumble!), I’ve posted a new essay, “The Awakened Heart”:

The Awakened Heart

At this Full Moon, the Sun and Jupiter in Capricorn, a sign that thrives on overcoming difficulties, remind us that confronting obstacles can yield unexpected benefits. For instance, alone with my sundry terrors in the wee hours, I’ve been finding something besides fear in my heart: compassion. I feel a lot more empathy these days for people who are coping with pain, loneliness, and troubles much more profound than my own. Pema Chodrin calls this compassion “the awakened heart,” the bodhichitta. Feeling what we feel, the negative as well as the positive, is a doorway to the complex hearts of others…. (read full article)

December 21, 2007 | 2 Comments

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Sign of Leo

Moon sextiles Mercury at
4:20 pm on Jul.5, 2008

Moon opposes Neptune at
5:22 pm on Jul.5, 2008

Moon trines Pluto at
3:05 am on Jul.6, 2008

Moon goes void of course at
3:05 am on Jul.6, 2008

Moon enters Virgo at
4:04 am on Jul.6, 2008

Moon conjuncts Mars at
9:19 am on Jul.6, 2008