Pisces Full Moon / Libra New Moon

PISCES FULL MOON/ LIBRA NEW MOON

The Full Moon falls in Pisces 16 degrees on September 8. This is the last super Moon of the year. With its closest proximity to the Earth it intensifies weather, tidal and emotional fluctuations. It is also more supportive for shifts in consciousness. With the Sun in Virgo, a mutable earth sign, and the Moon in Pisces, a mutable water sign, we have the opportunity to balance, harmonize and integrate spirit and matter, the ideal and the real. This Full Moon is a preparation for the shift in energy and consciousness that we will experience as we move into the Fall and Winter seasons. We are moving into the time of year where our awareness subtly shifts orientation from outer to inner.
This Pisces Full Moon also stimulates us to look beyond just our personal well being to see that we are part of a larger whole. We need to find personal expression in giving ourselves to something that has to do with the greater good. This energizes us personally and also supports us in making the world a better place. The keyword for this Full Moon is Self Sacrifice. This initiation entails believing in something deeply, plus feeling passionately about something that has to do with the greater good, that we would sacrifice ourselves for it if necessary. In this process we move from selfishness to selflessness.
The Sun and Venus are opposed to the Moon and Neptune creating the possibility of mental and emotional conflict at this time. But Sun/ Venus are trine Pluto and Moon/ Neptune are sextile Pluto creating the opportunity for transformation of these conflicts into increased personal power. The Moon is also trine Saturn/ Mars conjunction and the Sun is sextile the Saturn/ Mars conjunction creating resolve and drive to give positive expression to these energies.
The New Moon falls in Libra 1 degree on September 23. The Sun enters Libra on September 22 marking the Fall Equinox. This is a powerful New Moon and the first of the Fall season. The days will get shorter and the nights longer. The day of the equinox is when day and night, light and darkness are equal in duration. Now our attention will shift from an outer to an inner orientation. This is the commencement for a more spiritual time of year. It is also a time to reflect on all of our activity and the seeds that we have sown and our increasing awareness of the results of these actions.
Libra is focused on right relationship. All of life is about relationship. There is self and then there is everything else. Whether it is our relationship with nature, the divine or other human beings we are always in the dynamic process of relating. The primary focus of Libra is right relationship with other human beings. The cosmic principles involved are balance, harmony and cooperation based on love. There should be reciprocity of giving and receiving based on love. Libra is the balance or the scales that measures and records our actions.
The keyword for this New Moon is Policy which involves being diplomatic or conscious of how we treat others. These are basic people skills that we are able to understand and be inclusive of the other person’s point of view. Then through balance and cooperation finding a win/ win solution.
This Sun/ Moon conjunction is joined by the ruler of the chart, Venus, which brings support to these intentions. Pluto is squaring the New Moon presenting us challenges to be overcome. There is a fire grand trine including Uranus, Jupiter and Mars which provides the motivation to transcend old negative patterns and move us into a more tolerant enlightened mode of behavior. This New Moon seed planting time is more auspicious than most. There is opportunity now to move ahead in a positive direction.