Today is Friday, August 12, 2011. The Moon is in Aquarius all day and this is the eve of the Aquarius Full Moon. It happens at about 2:58 pm EDT Saturday, right in the same degree where Nessus is hanging out now, which is right at the midpoint of the Uranus-Pluto square. Wow. Obviously that is the big event for the weekend, and like most Full Moons, it may feel polarizing. That feeling may be even stronger given that while Nessus is lined up on one side of it, Venus and the Sun are directly on the other side.
The important thing to remember, especially with a retrograde Mercury ready to work a little mischief with communication, is to be kind to yourself — and to others. Between the building lunar energy and Mars acting up lately, you may find yourself ready to tear up the town; or make yourself known for who you are; or really take charge in some of your social situations/group dynamics. Then again, maybe not.
With the Moon staying in Aquarius until Sunday morning, when it enters Pisces at 8:54 am EDT, you may actually feel a little detached from things or people in general. And that is okay. Don’t make the mistake of confusing this with misanthropy. The rap on Aquarians is often that they love humanity but not people. This is because sometimes people mistake aloofness for being stuck up or not caring, when in fact it can often be caring too much that causes people to withdraw. So if you need some space don’t be afraid to say so, and if people don’t understand try not to take it personally.
In last Friday’s post I talked about Vesta, the concept of sacred space and tending the inner flame. As a reader reminded me, Vesta recently went out of bounds. Out of bounds means a planet has gone beyond the path of the Sun along the celestial equator (that is, the north-south bounds). In human terms, this means our needs for this archetype might feel a little extreme for a while. It is one thing to ‘need space’ from something and quite another to take that space and make it sacred. Hierotopy is the word for creation of sacred space. For some it can involve the art and architecture of a space, including feng shui. For others, the sounds, smells and lighting are more important. As a young architecture student, Le Corbusier’s chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp was the epitome of sacred space to me.