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<\/a>Pisces is considered one of the most intuitive, creative signs, and Virgo is one of the most analytical and mental. The two signs depend on one another for grounding any process of creativity or development. Pisces is the realm of inspiration and ideas. Virgo is the realm of tangible focus, documentation and breaking something into steps and work flow.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s pretty obvious how the two work together to get results. And now we have the Virgo-Pisces axis fully activated. The Moon is full in Virgo on the Moon\u2019s Day (Monday, Feb. 26) at 3:26 pm EST. Before that happens, the Moon ingresses Virgo Monday at 1:52 am EST. Here is the chart<\/a> and here are the minor planets<\/a>.<\/p>\n As of this posting, it is at the end of its run through Leo, close to a conjunction with the hypothetical planet Transpluto. The message of that aspect is that self-criticism slays creativity.<\/p>\n The Full Moon is the Moon opposing the Sun; the two bodies are in opposite signs when this happens, which makes sense given that the Sun is now in Pisces. ‘Full’ means that you can see half of the Moon (the other half is pointed away from the Earth) and it also means a full opposition.<\/p>\n The Full Moon is a direct meeting and also a point of differentiation. It can help resolve a deadlock or a quandary, and I am seeing this aspect as carrying the momentum of integrating Pisces and Virgo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Notably, Mercury stationed retrograde in Pisces on Saturday. While this phase, lasting through March 17, can frustrate efforts in the rational world, it can stoke creativity. I often hear artist- and musician-types describe how helpful this aspect is. My own art project, Book of Blue, always seems to thrive under retrograde Mercury. Perhaps it\u2019s the inner communication that makes the retrograde so creatively fulfilling. So we have that in the background of this Full Moon.<\/p>\n I think that often the \u2018creative quandary\u2019 is a struggle between an idea and how to materialize it. I can tell you from facing a lot of blank pages and doing 14 annual editions of Planet Waves that it really does start with the first word, casting the first chart or sketching out the concept. From there, you keep going, developing things as slowly or as quickly as you can work comfortably.<\/p>\n It\u2019s necessary to work both ends of the equation, ongoing — the inspiration side and the technical\/materialization side. When one is stuck, go to the other. Sooner or later you\u2019ll get them working together.<\/p>\n This Full Moon is exactly aligned with Jupiter, the ruler of Pisces. By exactly, I mean we are splitting hairs — all three points are at 7+ degrees of their respective signs, Virgo, Pisces and Gemini. So this is really three exact aspects at the same moment — Moon opposite Sun, Moon square Jupiter and Sun square Jupiter.<\/p>\n That\u2019s also known as a T-square. As Genevieve Hathaway pointed out to me either in an email or an article, Jupiter in this setup is like a huge battery powering the Full Moon, looking for someplace to go. That someplace is up to you to figure out where.<\/p>\n I just looked up the word \u2018quandary\u2019 in Etymology Online<\/a>, my favorite website after Solotouch<\/a>. The word means “state of perplexity,” and it has a mysterious origin; it\u2019s potentially associated with the Latin word quando, which means when, or rather, when? Think of the creative quandary as being a perplexing question of when.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll tell you when: now. With creative experiences, the answer to when? is always now. You may not go the whole distance now, but you can start now. That\u2019s why, if you have any creative aspirations or designs at all, it\u2019s essential to keep a pen and notebook with you at all times.<\/p>\n