PISCES FULL MOON / SUPERMOON / LUNAR ECLIPSE - 18 September 2024
This is a powerful, tender-hearted Full Moon that invites us
to truly let go and to surrender to the next chapter of our lives, even if the
way is not yet clear. This Moon starts off Eclipse season, which is a
powerfully energetic time that completes a six-month cycle that began in March
this year. This Moon is also connected to the Lunar Eclipse 19 years ago, in
September 2005, so it could help to think back to what was happening back then
as this Moon could have an energetic resonance with that time in our lives.
Lunar Eclipses are a time of release, renewal and completion, making way for a
new chapter to begin. It is particularly poignant that this Full Moon is in
Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac, calling for us to fully surrender to the
flow of life, letting go of control over outcomes, leaving the past behind and
releasing whatever needs to fall away to make space for the new.
This is a particularly powerful Moon because Neptune, the
ruler of Pisces, is also sitting right next to the Full Moon in Pisces. The
message couldn’t be clearer – we are being called to allow faith and trust to
guide us and to fully surrender to the flow of the river, allowing it to take
us wherever we need to go next. We may have our own ideas about what we want or
need, or where we want to go, and we might feel a bit scared, but as much as we
might want to control outcomes and steer the boat in a certain direction, it is
far easier if we simply let go, in full trust, and allow ourselves to be swept
along by the universal tides. As such, we are encouraged to remain alert to any
omens, signs and messages that can show us the way to go, and to recognise where
the path seems blocked and difficult to navigate. It is amazing what can happen
when we are following our hearts and fully in flow!
Neptune in Pisces can bring the potential for illusion and
disillusionment, increased sensitivity, empathy, compassion, escapism,
dissolving ego and transcendence. Neptune and Pisces remind us that we are all
connected, and that the power of the collective cannot be underestimated.
Neptune is the feeling of unity, euphoria and oneness that we experience when,
for instance, we are all singing the same song in unison at a concert. Moments
like that remind us of how we are all connected by an invisible thread, and how
beautiful that is. At this important and powerful moment in history, when the
way ahead is so unclear and humanity is in the process of such an important
shift, it is important to tap into this collective consciousness and remember
that we are not alone, and are part of something that is much, much bigger than
our little fearful egos can possibly comprehend!
Uranus and Pluto are also helping us out during this Moon,
bringing the potential for some profound shifts, transformation and soul
growth. Uranus offers us some insightful realisations that can bring about
clarity and understanding that could liberate us from old patterns and
programming. Eclipses activate the Nodes of the Moon, which involve us stepping
out of the safe, familiar territory of our comfort zone in order to embrace
soul growth.
The North Node represents all that we yearn for and yet when
we are actually presented with it can feel so scary that it takes some courage
and faith to actually make the leap! It is so easy to be drawn back into old,
familiar patterns. Uranus can help us to step out of our comfort zone, however,
despite any resistance we may feel, waking us up to what needs to change and
shift. Pluto nudges us to confront ourselves and deepest fears so that we can
evolve and transform on a deep soul level.
Jupiter is also forming a challenging square aspect to the
Sun and Moon, calling for us to let go of any ideas or beliefs that might be
holding us back from moving forward. That may be a crisis of faith, whereby we
find ourselves in our heads instead of our hearts, struggling to let go and
trust that we are being guided in the right direction. Some big emotions could
come up during this Moon, including feelings of fear and overwhelm, but
ultimately we are being invited to feel and honour all of these feelings and
nevertheless dive into the unknown with the inner knowing that we will be held,
supported and guided where we need to go.
Indeed, with the Nodes of the Moon squaring Mars in Cancer
during this Moon, we could find that some very strong feelings come up which
could motivate us to make the change we need, or at the very least help us to
see how our emotions help or hinder us from taking action. With Mars being
highlighted by the Nodes, we are invited to recognise how we work with our
anger, and whether we are able to assert ourselves in a healthy way, and
whether we are feeling brave or scared about what lies ahead. Mars in Cancer
can bring some irrational responses that come from childhood wounding, so it is
important to be aware of how we respond to triggers during this time. This
square will be exact on 15 of September but will still be strong during this
Full Moon.
Those of us with personal planets or angles around 6° of a
sign, especially the cardinal signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, will
feels the energy of the Nodes and Mars the most acutely, calling for us to find
the courage to take that leap of faith and probably bringing some quite big
solar plexus twinges, either through fear of the unknown or through responding
to emotional triggers. It is important to watch any tendency to react from our
hurt inner child!
Full Moons, by their very nature, tend to bring up any
issues within our relationships, but with the Nodes in the Libra/Aries
relationship axis and Venus being so heavily aspected, this Moon is especially
so. Chiron the Wounded healer is sitting directly opposite Venus during this
Moon, which could bring some pain or wounding within our relationships but
could also bring about much needed healing. We could find that our sore spots
are more easily activated, and that certain relationships with those close to
us bring us face to face with our sensitivities, vulnerabilities, insecurities
and core wounds. However, while this may not be very comfortable, it does bring
opportunities for healing and greater intimacy and closeness if we are able to
rise above pettiness and allow ourselves to open up and to be seen.
The Sabian symbol for this Full Moon/Eclipse, at 26° Pisces,
is an interesting one: “Watching the very thin moon crescent appearing at
sunset, different people realise that the time has come to go ahead with their
different projects”, which Dane Rudyar describes as “A keen appreciation of the
value of individualised responses to any challenge of life. The rather obscure
original notation for this zodiacal degree, “A new moon that divides its
influences,” when translated into practical terms refers to the fact that,
confronted with the opportunity to expand their energy along new lines, modern
individuals will react according to their own personal characters. One basic
cosmic-spiritual impulse will lead these varied personalities to take equally
varied steps. In any society that glorifies individualism, everyone should
therefore accept this fact and not try to compel other individuals to conform
to a single pattern of response. This symbol stresses the essential nature of
the cyclic process of actualisation of human potential, i.e. the emergence of
the individual. This should lead to a realisation of the FALLACY OF
TOTALITARIANISM; at times we can all act like despots, demanding that others
react to any situation exactly as we do.”
Pisces and Neptune can help us to be more aware of how we
are all connected, and yet this symbol reminds us that we all have our own
unique path to walk, in our own unique way. Live and let live! This Moon
certainly does seem to be encouraging us to release the past and let go of
anything that might be holding us back from fully surrendering to the flow and
to fully embrace whatever is waiting for us in the as yet unknown future. We
may feel some resistance, overwhelm or fear as we are called to step out of our
comfort zone, and we may have to let go of people, situations, old beliefs or
patterns, which could be painful. However, as this next chapter awaits us, we
are being called to really tap into our faith and trust that whatever lies
around the next bend in the river of our life is what we have been waiting and
yearning for, even if it also terrifies us! It is time to release the past to
make way for the new.
We are invited to trust the Universe, trust the process, and
most importantly trust ourselves. When we do this, instead of trying to force
outcomes, we find that things fall into place more easily and naturally.
Much Love
Amy
xoxo
Painting: Surrender to the Divine, by Moon Goddesses
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