Today the Virgo Moon makes a conjunction to Mars on its way to the Full Moon overnight Wednesday into Thursday (at 4:39 am EST). The Sun, moving a little slower, is almost in position to oppose the Moon from Pisces. Since the Moon is like a big receiver and amplifier for the energy it picks up from the other planets it contacts, we can expect the Virgo-Pisces axis – the “axis of practical imagination” — to feel especially alive over the next couple days.
What is “practical imagination” like? Eric described it in a January subscriber issue like this: “Virgo expresses the technical side of nearly anything, based on its tendency toward integrated or applied knowledge. Pisces expresses the imaginative side of the psyche, which can often inspire the more practical modes of expression.”
The two modes have to work together for any real innovation to occur. If all you see in any situation that needs a new solution are the facts, it may be hard to envision a way to go beyond ‘what is’ in order to create ‘what can be’. At the same time, if you’re so caught up in fantasy that you can’t see the facts of the reality you’re starting from, it can be hard to take any meaningful first steps.
Most people are oriented more toward one end of that polarity than the other – either the creativity or the practicality. But to get anything done, whether you’re an artist, a scientific researcher or simply trying to figure out your own psyche, you have to engage the side of that polarity you’re less comfortable with.
Despite the inherent tension and edginess that generally comes with Full Moons, the Virgo Full Moon may actually be a way to exercise your practical imagination. For one, oppositions – which Full Moons are – respond well to negotiation. That is, first you work one end of the polarity, then you work the other, and so on until you come to some form of resolution. It’s an active process and it requires listening fully to each side. This sounds like an external exercise – which it may be, if you find yourself in this kind of oppositional situation with another person. But remember that we each embody our astrology within ourselves. If you feel polarized toward another, do an internal check to see if you’re also polarized toward some aspect of yourself. Chances are that other person is a stand-in for something within asking to be recognized and resolved.