Blue Moon in Aquarius

 

The Moon was Full yesterday, Sunday  August 22nd,  at the critical last degree of Aquarius ~ with Jupiter's expansive energy  amplifying the Moon's energy field  from nearby in the sky. An Aquarius Moon brings a strong focus on the need for innovation and freedom,  as well as the seeking of community, as we continue to look for solutions to the increasing calamity of life on on planet earth. This positive and expansive energy will help us to expand our vision and step out of whatever ruts we are in. Freedom rules the day!

 

"Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose. "

 

This is also a Blue Moon (two full moons in one month), although that is a rather arbitrary nomenclature, as the present calendar was created by the Romans and later by the church.  In other words, people in power - usually men - imposed a framework onto society... which we were forced to adopt... taking us further and further way from our connection to the earth and to natural cycles.  Did you know that in a year there are 13 Full Moons? We had a Friday the 13th in August ... ever wonder why its supposed to such bad luck? In ancient times it was a very special day - meant to honour the goddess. When you explore the symbology, turns out 13 is a sacred number,  because there are thirteen moon cycles in a year - and women's cycle follow the Moon,  linking the feminine and the number 13. So Friday the 13th is actually about the  Sacred Feminine,  and everything connected to that was suppressed and oppressed under the patriarchy (power over). Thank goodness we are finally reaching the end of that era, though it does seem like it will not be going down without a fight.

 

 

Anyway... I  digress!!

 

This  Full Moon is at a ‘critical’ last degree ~ in the sign of Aquarius ~ which represents a call to freedom and rebellion. It's time to be free! Time to be me!Time to stand up and claim your unique Destiny.

 

So...  'What is freedom"? 

 

Is it about externals, or is it about something more lasting? Or both?  How do we find true freedom over outer circumstances ~ do we try to change things or do we change ourself?  This question is dear to my heart as I personally went through years of health challenges that sometimes kept me bedridden.... and one of the great gifts was to discover that despite outer circumstances, I could still feel free ~  inside of me.  Even when things sucked. Shit happens. It's how we respond that determines our freedom (its seems). Of course  we  still need to make every effort to find solutions, yet sometimes you just have to surrender and trust that everything will be ok. And that trust in itself is a kind of freedom. 

 

 

I recently listened to a talk by  someone who 'channels' what he says are messages from  higher beings... and one of the mantras the has is:

"I know what I am."

"I know who I am"

"I know what I serve."

"I am free. I am free/ I am free!"

 

(Paul Sellig)

I find it very empowering. I also find myself speaking to myself ...

"You are free."

"You are free."
"You are free!"

 

What freedom means to each of us will differ...  and this is a time to explore that idea. Another key part of Aquarius is about groups and how we fit into society. At its best it, this about serving the collective good ... not by complying...  but by contributing with our free will (there's that word again!) and coming together with our personal gifts and skills.   At it's worst,  and opposite, this can be  about people pleasing and going along with the crowd, forgetting your own  uniqueness; following the status quo. Aquarius urges us to step up and outside the box and allow our own free spirit to guide us.  Not in a selfish way but in sinc with what is best both for ourself and for the greater good. That may mean being willing to break the rules and step outside the constructs that are being imposed upon us. People in Europe  have been marching and protesting the extreme government control that is going on around CV 19.  Yet many others are in fact glad of that control, and think there should be more of it - for the greater good.  I'm not here to say which is right- just to point out the themes of the moment. The rest is obviously for you to figure out.  One person's freedom is another person's prison.

 

 To thine own self be true.

 

The Leo New Moon two weeks ago urged us to claim our personal sovereignty. Now the Full Moon is asking us what we are bringing to the collective table. The irony is,  mostly it just wants us to bring our self -- our true authentic self. Yet in so doing,  we can then join together for the collective greater good. We are not good to anyone if we just go along with the crowd. There are so many polarizing narratives out there right now... blame, shame, projection abound. The challenge, for me,  is to stay in the middle. Remain curious. Always be ready to learn something new and stop judging others that are making different choices. They too have their story.

 

Aquarius may be about questioning authority yet it is also about community. We are all in this together. 

 

 

When  the source of vitality (Sun) energizes our emotions and instinctive awareness (Moon), who is hanging out with the planet of expansion and good fortune (Jupiter) good things can happen.  As Sun, Moon and Jupiter link up,  they flood us with feelings of joy and happiness, amplifying a deep sense sense of abundance and expansion. This positivity and optimism will helps us find new opportunities and open us up to new ideas. When our joy gets lit up by this radiant Full Moon,  something BIG can occur, and as Jupiter in Aquarius represents large groups of people coming together, it suggests that coming together as a collective can have positive it comes and that we will attract good luck by cooperating with others. What a novel idea! So let's step beyond polarizing narratives, find common ground, and work together to make this world a better place.

You know you want to!

 

"Seek not to be understood, seek first to understand."

(Steven Covey, Seven Habits of Highly Successful People).