By Len Wallick
At 1:03 pm EDT the Moon in early Pisces exacts its opposition to the Sun in early Virgo, less than two days after the Sun has entered the new sign. An opposition is when two are directly across the circle of the zodiac from each other, 180 degrees apart, with Earth in between. The opposition of Sol and Luna is what we refer to as a Full Moon. It happens every 29 days or so.
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Conceptually, the Full Moon represents the culmination of whatever started when the Sun and Moon were conjoined, otherwise known as the New Moon. Keeping in mind that our objective for this week is to get and stay oriented, let’s back up a bit and do just that.
The big picture — the cardinal T-square — remains in place, and this Full Moon connects to it from many angles. Get out your paper and writing instrument once again. Draw a circle then draw a cross in the circle. The four parts of the circle are the seasons, the lines are where the cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) begin. It takes the Sun a year to go around the circle, counter-clockwise. When it crosses one of the four lines, a new season begins.
Jupiter is retrograde in eaerly Aries and Saturn is direct in early Libra. Their opposition is separating but still functional; we can still feel it. Pluto is retrograde in early Capricorn. It’s square (90 degrees or a right angle away from) to both Jupiter and Saturn is likewise separating but continues to be operative. This is the current rendition of the cardinal T-square. Expansion on the one side, represented by Jupiter. Contraction of the other side, represented by Saturn. A pushing in and pushing out at the same time, creating a shape like two hands shaping clay on a potters wheel. The nature of that shape is being mediated by Pluto, the planet of transformation and metamorphosis, located in the sign of the established order.