Release point: Pisces Full Moon into the equinox

If you’ve been having a tense week, you’re not alone. Numerous factors have been contributing to this sensation, not least of which is this morning’s Full Moon in Pisces (exact just before 7:13 am EDT). With several aspects this week involving water signs, chances are you’ve been feeling everything much more acutely, and it can be hard to figure out how to respond to and work with the energy rather than react out of hand.

Simplified chart showing the Pisces Moon opposite the Virgo Sun. Also shown (from top right): Venus, Saturn and the lunar North Node in Scorpio; Mercury in Libra square Jupiter in Cancer (bottom of chart); Ceres and Vesta in Virgo opposite Neptune and Chiron in Pisces; South Node in Taurus; and Nessus in Aquarius (which is quincunx, or one sign off from an opposition to, the Sun). See glyph key here.
Simplified chart showing the Pisces Moon opposite the Virgo Sun. Also shown (from top right): Venus, Saturn and the lunar North Node in Scorpio; Mercury in Libra square Jupiter in Cancer (bottom of chart); Ceres and Vesta in Virgo opposite Neptune and Chiron in Pisces; South Node in Taurus; and Nessus in Aquarius (which is quincunx, or one sign off from an opposition to, the Sun). See glyph key here.

The conjunction between Venus and Saturn in Scorpio was exact yesterday, so any intensity associated with that should be easing up. Did you encounter new information or insights that had previously been hidden to you? (Scorpio has a secretive flavor.) If so, what do you do now with what you’ve learned from those mysterious inner depths?

The Full Moon’s sense of interpersonal tension is likely still working itself out, as you dance between options. Remember that the Virgo-Pisces axis is partly about integrating rational thought with emotion, attention to detail with the big picture; practical or technical skill with imagination and intuition.

From both sides of the duality, there is a form of ‘looking ahead’ that can be tapped into. For sure, there is great value in being fully present in whatever you are feeling in the moment. We all need an outlet, though, and sometimes leaping into action isn’t the most productive choice.

If you can engage the step-by-step planning and organizing abilities of the Sun in Virgo at the same time that you harness the visioning and dreaming powers of Pisces (or perhaps alternate between the two), you might find yourself making a kind of progress without storming the wrong castle (such as your own).

Given that the Sun is in its final days of Virgo, you might experience some edginess as you begin the weekend. It’s a common sensation as the Sun prepares to leave any sign, though signs that end seasons bring a stronger sense of impending transition. It might feel something like limbo. Especially if the weather where you are feels like it belongs to the next season rather than the one finishing, the psychological urge to start the next thing or phase intensifies.

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