{"id":45299,"date":"2011-09-09T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T04:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=45299"},"modified":"2011-09-08T20:24:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T00:24:25","slug":"approaching-the-pisces-full-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/approaching-the-pisces-full-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Approaching the Pisces Full Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today is Friday, Sept. 9, 2011<\/strong><\/a>. The Moon is in Aquarius until about 3:27 pm EDT tomorrow and in Pisces the rest of the weekend. It is coming up on its full phase at about 5:27 am EDT Monday. This is a powerful and very likely emotional Full Moon, opening up our receptivity to psychic energy while the Virgo Sun keeps us grounded. <\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re especially empathetic, having the psychic floodgates open up this particular weekend might feel a little overwhelming. The 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 incident is the day before the Full Moon. This means a lot of the emotion that has been building all week, both in relation to the astrology we\u2019ve been experiencing and in anticipation of this anniversary, will be culminating with an especially strong lunar boost. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself and others expressing this emotion more intensely than usual. This is nothing to be afraid of, but it is something to be aware of. Remember that Full Moons are polarizing events and we tend to externalize the relationships they symbolize. On top of that is layered the uncomfortable relationship Western culture has to grief, and the polarizing nature of the Sept. 11 tragedy itself plus current media coverage.<\/p>\n

Carefully track any feelings of being pulled in opposite directions and any intuitive messages that may accompany that sense of pull. In fact, Full Moons are traditionally good for breaking deadlocks in life. Any impasse that is a good candidate for movement will be indicated by the signs involved. In the case of a Pisces Full Moon, it may be that you don’t even see there is<\/em> a deadlock until the Full Moon brings it to light.<\/p>\n

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The placements of the Sun and Moon for this event happen to be square the lunar nodes and also indicate a deep reservoir of emotional energy that is hard to put into words or even point to. Yet it is something from which we can draw strength and gain footing. Feel for that this weekend. This deep reservoir may be indicated by the external movement of the Sun and Moon, but it is actually located within you. This means you have what you need in order to let this psychic energy and emotion flow without getting swept away; in fact, holding on too tight might even be more dangerous.<\/p>\n

Being near the end of the Zodiac, Aquarius and Pisces are known as transpersonal signs, and often signify how the culmination of the personal journey of the individual can affect many people. You can cultivate an awareness of your personal connection to groups and to the collective soul; notice which channels that awareness is coming in on. <\/p>\n

Last weekend at PJ20, the rock festival commemorating Pearl Jam\u2019s 20th anniversary as a band, they invited many other bands to jam with them on and off throughout the two days, cultivating a feeling of camaraderie and togetherness. Another theme that came up over and over was living through tragedy. Eddie Vedder became the lead singer of Pearl Jam only after the end of the band\u2019s former incarnation, Mother Love Bone, due to the tragic death of the lead singer, Andrew Wood. Pearl Jam also experienced eight fans being trampled at their show in Roskilde, Denmark in 2000. <\/p>\n

Among several of the musicians, it was obvious that the love these men shared for each other in addition to music was the thing that kept them going. This really came home when Glen Hansard of The Frames and The Swell Season took the stage during the second afternoon. He told the tragic story of how a fan committed suicide at one of his shows last year and how he, like Pearl Jam in 2000, seriously thought of quitting. But he got a call from Eddie Vedder. And another call the next day. And another the next. Having been initiated as a survivor of tragedy, Eddie now took the role of initiator, offering his friendship to a fellow musician to see him through a troubled time. Out of the darkness of tragedy, a new love blossomed. Hansard summed up the lesson with the words, \u201cNo shit, no roses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keeping love alive through hard times is a strong theme in the astrology of the moment. The Goddess of Love, Venus, is in late Virgo and is currently going through a dark time. Because she is still close to the Sun, Venus is invisible; she cannot be seen in either the morning or evening skies. The early Mesopotamian astrologers saw this as her journey through the Underworld. Additionally, Venus is in her \u2018fall\u2019 in Virgo. Venus is said to have a hard time expressing herself in Virgo. This is because the mental perfectionist tendencies of Virgo run counter to the unconditional love of Pisces, the sign of Venus\u2019 exaltation. <\/p>\n

Venus is making a sextile, a nice flowing aspect, to Mars this weekend. This signifies that help is available to you in your relationships with other people. You can either find or be a shoulder to lean on if things get difficult. Either way, the loving kindness and compassion you give and receive now in the dark phase are the seeds of the roses that will begin to grow when Venus returns to visibility later this month. Keep that in mind this weekend as we approach the Pisces Full Moon, and keep your dream journal handy by the bed.<\/p>\n

Gary Caton and Amanda Painter<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. The Moon is in Aquarius until about 3:27 pm EDT tomorrow and in Pisces the rest of the weekend. It is coming up on its full phase at about 5:27 am EDT Monday. This is a powerful and very likely emotional Full Moon, opening up our receptivity to psychic … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1734],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}