The
sign of Libra is ruled by Venus, the charm, charisma and beauty
bestowed on those with prominent Libra chart placements is;
discernible, notable and characteristically Venusian. To me Libra is
unquestionally Venus ruled (some disagree) and
Aries is unquestionable (by all) ruled by Mars.
This
is the only axis in the chart which embodies the polarity of Venus vs
Mars; female archetype vs male archetype; giving vs receiving; yin vs
yang. This is the axis of smoothing the waters vs expressing the
true self and this, is the message of this full moon. What is more
important to you; how you appear to others (Libra), or how you
actually wish to express yourself (Mars)?
The
Sun is now traversing through Aries, announcing loudly that the
Spring has Sprung and the Moon becomes full when perfectly opposite
to the Sun, in this case at 4º
Libra. On this occasion
however, there is a partial lunar eclipse at the same time. The
beautification which the full moon in Libra wishes to sing out to the
world is obfuscated by the shadow of the earth. Expression is
halted, beauty is obscured, light is shadowed.
So
the question needs to be asked on this Full Moon – what IS beauty?
Is beauty the glow of expensive make-up on your skin, or the muscles
bulging from your arms? Is it the perfectly coiffed hair and the
waxed moustache? Or is it something deeper and more profound? Do
all these things appear beautiful when cast into shadow, or does the
visual translate into more meaningful depths?
Of
course visceral appearances aren't only about beauty; but also about
acceptance. I watch the world around me and people trying to please,
wanting to be liked, wishing to impress, desperately trying to fit
in. I sometimes ask them why, I sometimes find myself doing the
same, but most of the time I know why. They're scared. You're
scared, I'm scared, we are scared. Afraid that we will be alone if
people don't like us, worried that we will lose our jobs if we don't
agree with everything, concerned that if we stand out we will be
ostracised and treated like we still live in a century where
uniqueness was treated with burning or drowning.
We're
controlled by fear, dictated to, set into regimes of nicely presented
suits and shiny cars. Politely queuing behind lines and lines of
others doing just the same. Most
bristling with anger, frustration, obscenities on the tip of the
tongue and sometimes tripping off it.
These
same people spend time reading about extending their lives whilst not
actually living at all.
This
full moon chart; interestingly
brings in all the elements which add up to us creating and
maintaining façades. The 27º
Cancer Ascendant brings
the family dynamic to the mix and the Moon is ruled by Cancer. In
the chart the Full Moon itself lands in it's home, the 4th
House also. Asking the question, who are you when you are at home
with yourself?
If
you spend some time considering the elements you most like and admire
about yourself and then match up these qualities with the ones which
are encouraged by others, how do they match up? Are you surrounded
by people who love the you that you love, or do you feel that you
have to adapt to be more like they imagine you to be? Do you ever
apologise for sharing your feelings, or talking about yourself? Do
you feel that cannot be outspoken without evoking conflict?
And
if you do evoke conflict, is it your conflict anyway?
When you do choose to
strip away the pretences and the niceties, you can be sure there will
people who resist this shift in you and wish you to revert to what
they expect. There will conflict from them, there will be those
whose egos are threatened by truth, and others who simply become
angry when witnessing freedom as they wish to live a life where they
no longer have to tie themselves in knots.
None of these are reasons
to respond however, think mirrors and recognise projection. Fear
speaks in tongues and can be invoked by the most surprising of folk
at times, but once recognised as it is; fear is powerless and easily
assuaged.
There
is a transcendental element to all this; echoed beautifully by a
Venus-Neptune conjunction, already propagating spiritual love, and
transcendence and enhanced further by occurring in the sign of
Pisces. A sign ruled by Neptune, so elevated in its own wisdom at
times, Pisces can command the upper echelons of true love and revere
Venus into exaltation in this sign. Venus rules the Full Moon of
this chart and cannot be iterated enough when considering the essence
of this Full Moon being about beauty and the over-shadowing of such.
When Venus links up with Neptune it tells us stories of love being an
effervescent, uplifting and magical connection which has no need for
the visual, or even the physical. Physical, masculine, energising
Mars is almost thrown out of the picture by this over-emphasised
Venus position, but just manages to bring itself back into the
picture by forming a sextile to the full Moon position, from
Sagittarius.
Again
we must bring expression of ones truth back into the picture, and
also remember that the axis of this Full Moon is Libra to Aries. A
full moon cannot exist without it's opposite, just as light cannot be
discerned without the shadows cast.
In
just the same way beauty cannot be conceived without the absence of
such and so the shadows cast by the eclipse of this full moon will be
as revealing as they are diverting.
I
invite you to ask yourself during this full moon what it is that you
love about yourself the most and how true to this you are. For the
closer we appreciating our own beauty, the more those around us will
be allowed to see us shine and start to see us as we really are.
Beauty isn't in the eye of the beholder, beauty is behind the eyes of
the subject and exists most vividly within the inner world of the
subject.
Let
the shadow cast by the earth over this full moon, reveal to you how to "illuminate you true self"~~
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