Dreamy PIsces - Harvest Moon

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“There is a new energy inside each one of us - whether it is tangible at this point or not. This new energy requires that your environment, whatever that may be, adjust itself to you in a new way.” Lena Stevens from Mystic Mamma

If August was a Reboot/Reset – then September is about Adjustment - as we make an effort to move into alignment with the new energies ushered in by the New Moon/Solar Eclipse.

The Full Moon on Wednesday brings to peak what was stirred up by the eclipse. It is in dreamy, romantic Pisces and exactly conjoined with Neptune – the planet whose attributes give Pisces that spaced out feel. Neptune can bring a sublime spiritual flow or a disorientation and  lack of direction. If you find yourself drifting off to space that could be why.

This is also the  Harvest Moon - appropriate title for harvesting the powerful energies unleashed at the eclipse. Sun in Virgo is all about the details and can assist us in sorting and separating out what has been stirred up.  Virgo asks us to discriminate between what is essential and what is not. 

 On the other side of the sky - Pisces activates our dreams and our imagination, as we feel into the changes that are occurring. You may feel a strong tendency to float away in day dreams and fantasies…

Yet just as we begin to drift  into  a blissful reverie - something seems to block our escape. That would be Saturn (limitations/duties/rules). Saturn 's strong influence on  this Full Moon can trigger  feelings of dissatisfaction and restriction - stirring up old beliefs that we always have to struggle in life, that we never get what we want , or we always seem to want something that we can never have. Saturn insists on Maturity and Mastery - he is not called the  Grand Taskmaster for nothing. We must face our responsibilities and limitations - yet not be limited by them (if that makes any sense)

If you find yourself in conflict between letting go and holding on, or having to balance the urge to totally dissolve yourself by merging with something or someone (Neptune) - with an equally strong need for clearer boundaries (Saturn) - attempts to indulge our fantasies could get a rude awakening. Beware of becoming entangled in deception or dodgy dealings which could have negative consequences.

 As we teeter- totter between this issue of being spaced out and undisciplined -  or  too restrictive - a shift in our thinking might help bring some perspective. As Mercury turns direct exactly on the eclipse point today - new information may come to light that helps bring us more clarity. This is the time to review the facts to discriminate between what is true and what is false. 

These are testy times.  Mars (warrior planet) has been stirring up tension all weekend, especially for people born in the mid 50’s who have Pluto in late degrees of Leo (where the eclipse was). Ouch! Have you noticed you are reacting to everything or going a little OCD? Power struggles and compulsive energies  trigger conflicts as people try to control each other. 

Yet Pisces refuses to be controlled. It will just morph and shift and slip away into the mist.  Addictions are part of this atmosphere. One way to avoid responsibility (or tension) is to check out. Are you addicted to something - or someone? Having trouble walking away from a dodgy situation? Avoiding facing up to the changes you know you want/need to make? Ever notice in the Pisces symbol how two fishes are swimming in opposite directs?

As our eclipse intentions (conscious or not)  enter this ripening Full Moon energy field,  and things  begin to shift and morph,  something positive can emerge out of our ambivalence.  But we must remain alert and aware.  We are in a process of growth that is so new as to be disorienting. That's when the tendency to fall back into old habits can trip us up. If  you are seeking change -  or if change is seeking you - then  something will come to a head now that helps make things more clear.  Be ready to ask the right questions - and be ready to hear the answers.  Somewhere in your life there can be no turning back. When the butterfly is bursting through  its cocoon, it will be a caterpillar no longer.

"Anthem"
by Leonard Cohen

The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
of every government --
signs for all to see.
I can't run no more
with that lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
a thundercloud
and they're going to hear from me.
Ring the bells that still can ring ...
You can add up the parts
but you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.