Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo

Week Ahead Astrology: Lunar Eclipse Edition
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Powerful week ahead! The areas in your life ruled by Virgo/Pisces and Aries/Libra will feel the intensity of the frequencies in the sky this week. Not only do we have Venus Retrograde in Aries, but we now also have Mercury in Aries preparing to station retrograde. We are already feeling these energies and they will intensify as we go deeper into the Eclipse season unfolding before us right now.  

About The Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo and Planets in Aries

The Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse happening this week is a South Nodal Eclipse. The Moon and Sun opposition activates the South Node, which represents a doorway of release, letting go and surrender of something in our lives. Something is dying so that something can be born.

The Universe is asking us with the North Node, Sun, and Saturn in Pisces to align with Spirit. To connect more deeply to Source – the Source within you. To allow your Soul to help you find direction, purpose and meaning.  to surrender, release and let go of people, places, things and situations from our lives that are no longer in alignment with who we are and what we are becoming. The release is occurring in the Virgo/Pisces axis in your Natal Chart. Notice what placements you have in Mutable Signs as these will feel the energies most strongly. Some part of us or some area in our lives is shifting, changing, transforming.

In Shamanic Traditions, the concept of shape shifting represents the ability to change form from one to another. We are currently experiencing a shape-shifting frequency between the Aries area of our chart and the Pisces area. Notice your placements of both houses hosting each sign, as they are undergoing major transformation at this time. Transformation that will continue for the next 6 months. The seed inside of you is taking shape, what shape is it taking? How is your life transforming? Remember, the caterpillar doesn’t know it’s a butterfly until the process is complete. Pay attention to the way your life is unfolding.

A Full Moon is a time of culmination and completion from the seeds planted during the New Moon. Think back to the New Moon in Virgo back in September 14th 2023.  Notice what spiritual lessons, people, places, events and circumstances showed up in your life at that period of time. Notice what you planted in your mind and heart then. Your intentions, dreams, hopes and desires.

The Lunar Cycle that begin in September 14th 2023 with the New Moon in Virgo now continues to unfold into the Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo this week. The energies will continue to inform our lives all the way until the next lunation which will take place next year on September 11, 2026.  Something has been developing, gestating, transforming and taking shape in the Virgo/Pisces areas of our charts. We will begin to see exactly what that looks now and within the next couple of months.

The ruler of the Full Moon in Virgo is Mercury. Mercury is in the sign of Aries, preparing to go retrograde. Mercury in Aries is preparing the Aries area in our Natal charts for the arrivals of both Neptune and Saturn into the first sign of the Zodiac Wheel. Mercury rules the mind, our thoughts, communications, interactions, commerce, movement and travel. Aries rules new beginnings. Aries wants us to start something new. Aries is the first sign of the Zodiac, so you can bet we haven’t seen what will unfold before. We are moving forward into new territory. We are expanding the map of our consciousness. We are beginning new journeys and writing new chapters.

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse is also opposing Saturn and sextiles Uranus. The Moon, our feelings, body, mother, family, land and ancestry, and the ways we nurture and care for ourselves and others, may encounter some sort of opposition, restriction and limitations. Saturn, the planet that rules time, wisdom and reality is having us face our Virgo/Pisces area and confront what needs to be confronted in order to make changes, corrections and course correct. Uranus sextiling the Moon, is giving us a taste of the freedom and liberation to come when we release ourselves from the past, old patterns, old habits, limitations and restrictions we have placed in our lives and consciousness, particularly in the Virgo area of our charts.

The South Node and the Moon are asking us to release all things Virgo that no longer serve us. We are being asked to release judgement, lack of confidence in ourselves and in our lives, being too critical of ourselves or others, self-denial and self-deprecation, worry, workaholism and perfectionism. How are these qualities keeping you from being happier, healthier and more balanced? Virgo is also about our sense of duty, discipline, daily routines and health regimes. Notice what about these areas is out of balance in your life. Notice what needs to change.

The North Node is Pisces during the Eclipse is inviting us to restore faith in ourselves and what we are truly capable of. Pisces is also teaching us about compassion, kindness and gentleness. How gentle are you with yourself? With those you love? And those you don’t know or don’t like? The North Node points us in the direction of Spirit. Venus is exalted in Pisces, because Pisces is the sign where we surrender into oneness. Where we surrender into the Divine. The North Node in Pisces is asking us to develop our hearts. Our ability to express, know and accept Unconditional Love. A Love without conditions.

This week, the Sun conjunct Saturn on Tuesday and Wednesday at 21 and 22 degrees of Pisces.  Notice what placements you have the Mutable signs around these degrees. The Sun, our purpose, our Soul and our potential of becoming all that we can be is activated during the conjunction between the Sun and Saturn. Pisces is inviting us to recognize ourselves as the Souls that we are, and in that process respect and honor each other. Pisces is asking us to return to the consciousness of Spirit. Saturn, the ruler of time and reality, helps us build and create. What are you creating with your life? How are you manifesting your life purpose? Are you living a life that is true to who you really are? The Light of the Sun infuses Saturn with wisdom to share with each of us about what to manifest in our lives. The Sun representative of God, illuminates our ability to create and manifest. Listen to the calling inside of you, what are you inspired to be? What are you inspired to make? To create?

Mercury is soon to be retrograde. We are asked to go inward and really think and define what we want. If you already know and have heard the calling of your Spirit, then the Universe is asking you to set out the plan. Write down the map. Get your bearings clear and begin the journey ahead of you. Small steps. One step at a time will get you to where you need to be. Look above you, all the Stars in the Heavens are illuminating your mind, your heart, and your life. Listen. Walk in confidence and trust in the Divine Forces that hold you, embrace you and guide you forward. The path is ready for you, are you ready?

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