The Moon is our constantly
changing companion. She lifts our tides and lights our nights. She reflects our
needs, moods and daily deeds.
Full Moon in Libra
Friday, April 6, 3:19 pm EDT
The Full Moon in accommodating Libra opposes the Sun in independent Aries. It's a face off between compromise and self-interest, coupling up or going it alone. This lunation arouses emotions about fairness and sharing that sharpen our understanding of relationships. Acknowledging personal desires is a good starting point for building healthy partnerships when it's balanced with an equal concern for the needs of others.
Friday, April 6, 3:19 pm EDT
The Full Moon in accommodating Libra opposes the Sun in independent Aries. It's a face off between compromise and self-interest, coupling up or going it alone. This lunation arouses emotions about fairness and sharing that sharpen our understanding of relationships. Acknowledging personal desires is a good starting point for building healthy partnerships when it's balanced with an equal concern for the needs of others.
Take stock of
how things are going with your relationships and creativity, and make
appropriate adjustments. With the Full Moon's loose
conjunction to Saturn, note possibilities for restructuring, repair or release in
these areas.
The Moon also forms the tip of a tightly focused Thor's Hammer aspect pattern. (Neptune and Venus square each other, and both make sesquisquares to the Moon.) Thus, for the next two weeks, you can focus on creative expression, divine union practices, and/or connecting with the divine in all its earthly manifestations!
This Full Moon's Sabian Symbol is, “Two men placed under arrest give an accounting for their acts before the tribunal of society.” If interpreted metaphorically, this is suggestive of an “Inner Integrity” process. Until you can be completely honest – at least with yourself – about your current level of consciousness, it can be difficult to move to the next level of awakening. The things that seem so terrifying as they skulk in their dark corners can be much less frightening when viewed in broad daylight!
This full Moon a 'supermoon', a particularly strong and emphatic one, especially around relationships and friendships - and the Symbol for it sounds much more difficult than it often turns out to be - there is plenty of room for hope, as this can be about loosening the grips that are holding you down or where you don't want to be. Have you experienced or noticed how 'held back', frustrating, and complicated the energy has been lately? Many are reporting that these are 'extremely interesting times’; perhaps it's time to take off the handcuffs and restraints.
The Symbol is Libra 18: Two Men Placed under
Arrest Give an Accounting for Their Acts before the Tribunal of Society.
‘Two Men’ are 'placed under Arrest’. They have to
‘Give an Accounting for Their Acts before the Tribunal of Society’. They are
standing before some representative or authority and speaking about how they
have acted against the rules and codes of ‘Society’. The fact that they are
‘Placed under Arrest’ doesn’t have to mean that they are literally taken away
by the police. This can show that they are held back by circumstances; people
or experiences and they feel stuck, unable to move or stripped of their
freedom. This can be rather compromising to one’s integrity, ideals, and
strength of character.
With this Symbol, people’s ideas or actions may be
under criticism or examination, to the point of feeling that someone has
offended social responsibility and acceptability. Some may have to justify or
explain themselves, and relationships can be held in limbo until all the facts
come to light. There may be a need to be thoughtful about the situation,
because it may be nothing but a suspicion at this point. The “case” could well
be dismissed, with people forgiven or let off the hook, but with suspicion in
the air, what permanent damage has already been done?
Often a sense of trust and a belief in the goodness
of people and things is necessary. An attitude of forgiveness may be really
important to move through this situation with one’s sense of pride intact.
Being charged with an offense can drive people apart, with each trying to save
their own neck. How long can someone be “handcuffed”, either to themselves or
to another?Imagining the removal of “the cuffs” could lead to a turn around in
the situation. People in positions of power, physical or emotional, should show
mercy so others can also forgive and forget and get on with their lives.
Ultimately, the goal must lead to freedom.
Keywords: Having to plead one’s
case. The need for “legal help”. Unacceptable principles. Blowing the whistle.
Pointing at others to get off charges. People unable to relate. The “Romeo and
Juliet” story. Feeling caught out. Restrictions. Saturn. Karma to be worked
out. Being framed. Circumstances out of control. People in handcuffs.
Identification parades. Police. The law. Lawyers. Judges. Juries. Tribunals.
The Caution: Refusing to conform
to society’s mores. The sabotage of relationship values. Feeling stuck, unable
to move. Staying in relationships when one should move on. Deadening emotions.
Shutting off to cope with others. Not having one’s point of view heard. Losing
one’s authority. Being bound karmically. Being tied up and limited.
There are many ways that this Symbol can reveal
itself, too many to list, but amongst the ramifications could be friendships or
relationships under stress and strain, perhaps breaking down entirely to the
point of no contact, people separating for some reason, the need to let go of
the past (shake off the handcuffs), money problems and people stepping over the
line. It can, of course, indicate relationships moving to a new level through a
feeling of unity and brotherhood (sometimes against a larger force that's 'out
there'), commitments can be made and pledges of loyalty. However, there's bound
to be a lot of sorting things out.
