The Full Moon in Libra is exact today at 7:11pm PDT, building in intensity all day long. When the Sun is in Aries, we are in startup mode; spring has sprung and there’s a sense of movement after a long winter of hibernation. My apologies to my friends down under, the seasons may differ, but the archetypes still apply. Here, hibernation speaks to the deep internal changes shaped by a wild series of lunar cycles that began back in October and reached a crescendo with the recent eclipse season.
Pisces rules this cycle, as the New Moon occurred in this final sign of the zodiac, the inner space where all is potential, the world before form. Two days later, the Equinox marked a return to balance, reminding us that every journey begins in harmony. When the Sun moved into Aries, the Piscean intentions were carried into the mansion where desire meets action, and the new astrological year begins. What was seeded in the fertile, formless soil of Pisces now seeks expression in form. This Full Moon helps us release whatever is keeping us from stepping forward into a world that needs us engaged, and stepping into activated mode.
In Libra, “I am” becomes “we are.” This is the first sign in the southern hemisphere, at the top of the chart. The first six signs, beginning with Aries, develop the self in relation to the immediate environment. Crossing into Libra, we turn outward and meet life as a mirror. The individuality forged below must now be balanced with what the world reflects back to you. This Libran insight, that reality mirrors consciousness, is echoed in quantum mechanics, where particles take form only when observed, shaped by the observer.
This is the Aries–Libra polarity. Aries knows the self, and Libra, ruled by Venus, balances that self through love in action. When this is in harmony, all is well. But life is destabilizing right now, so this Full Moon brings a deeper level of release. Lunations are always personal, and this one is relational, with Venus moving into an easy Opposition to the Nodes. Love is propelling us forward, and if a relationship is in flux, this cycle will move it where it needs to go, whether that means deepening or ending.
But it’s also collective, a realm of shared consciousness made up of individuals who are all looking out at the same world experiencing it as a projection. Multiply that by seven billion, and you’re just starting to get a glimpse of what I mean when I say consciousness itself. Aries is the first burst of this consciousness itself, which is tempered by Libra. Aries initiates this consciousness as individual spark, while Libra balances it through reflection. This Full Moon calls us back into that balance, between self and other, action and response, light and shadow.
The Libra Moon is nearly alone on her side of the solar system. Across the way, the Sun is flanked by Saturn and Neptune in Aries, concentrating themes of responsibility, vision, and the courage to act. Chiron, at 26° Aries, is not close enough to join that Conjunction, but Venus in Taurus is Conjunct Chiron, so the recent healing we have been processing allows us to already be ready for more love and abundance. The unconscious Moon is holding her own while facing powerful intensity both personally, and on the world stage. Whether personally or as a collective, we are searching for Libra’s secret ingredient in this moment: peace.
We are being asked to take responsibility for helping usher in a new possibility for peace, and some of you need to get into some good trouble this year. Let this Full Moon help you release passivity, or the impulse to sit out because it’s uncomfortable. I’m not asking anyone to do anything that isn’t organic, but we must each find a way to turn our awareness outward and help the collective mirror reflect more love, balance, and harmony for all, and for the planet herself.
If you like to create rituals for lunations as I do, always start with the element. Aries is fire, and Libra is air, so use the mind, words, and writing to tap into what you desire, the love you crave, the yummiest reflection of who you are becoming. Then turn to the other side and write about what needs to change for those things to come to you organically. Would you date you? Start there, even if it’s not about dating. Do you feel ready and worthy of the actions you are about to take? When you’ve expressed what needs to be said, burn it. Fire transforms outdated consciousness, reducing it to carbon, the building block of all new form, ready to create something new in the next lunar cycle.
Aries is the archetype of war, and Libra brings peace. This Full Moon feels intense because, for the first time in our lifetimes, this is literal at this level, with no sense that we’ve reached the climax of the current escalation. And yet, I’m reminded of the penultimate scene in The Fifth Element. The world is about to be destroyed, and the visiting superintelligence cannot see a reason to save it when all is war. Just when things seem lost, the fifth element is revealed to be love. It’s love that makes this journey into a body worth the pain and suffering of inhabiting it. The collective is holding this in a mighty way, as the two curled halves of the yin/yang are at war, at home and abroad. This is a moment to see peace in the world. It’s there, but right now you may have to see it between the bullets. That will have to be enough for now. Have at it!
