{"id":65503,"date":"2013-03-26T11:57:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T15:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=65503"},"modified":"2013-03-26T11:57:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T15:57:27","slug":"beyond-safety-libra-full-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astrology-with-len-wallick\/beyond-safety-libra-full-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Safety — Libra Full Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sun and Moon are passing figures of countless generations, and years coming and going wanderers too.
\n— Matsuo Basho<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Full Libra Moon will oppose the Aries Sun at 5:27 am EDT tomorrow. It will be an auspicious signal to begin a journey to the interior. Of course, you need not go. Like all of astrology, the cycles and patterns of the luminaries (Sun and Moon) may be safely ignored for the most part.<\/p>\n

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It is, however, to your advantage to let the Sun, Moon and the original wanderers (the planets) guide you beyond safety at this time. <\/p>\n

Many find it helpful to receive guidance on the luminaries and planets. That’s the service astrologers offer. Among the best forms of that service are Planet Waves horoscopes<\/a>. There has never been a better time than now to join those already on that path.<\/p>\n

All of us now have the opportunity, at least figuratively, to emulate the path of Matsuo Basho, the famed Japanese poet. Besides his contributions to literature, Basho was known for the long journeys on foot that he risked and recorded. His writings of those tours have since guided, and will continue to guide, countless generations to follow. Your turn comes with the Libra Full Moon.<\/p>\n

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The Aries Equinox of 1689 was closely followed by a Full Libra Moon. Basho may well have seen it, because on March 27 of that year he made the first entry, quoted above, in the most famous of his travel journals, Oku-no-Hosomichi<\/em>. Variously translated as Back Roads to Far Towns<\/em>, or The Narrow Road to The Interior<\/em>, Basho’s most seminal work began with a sober contemplation of what was driving him, at age 46, to eschew comfort and safety for uncertainty, and possibly death, on the roads to the interior of his nation, culture and identity.<\/p>\n

Now, 324 years to the day after Basho set his intent in writing, the astrology of another Libra Full Moon will function to support a similar enterprise for you. In all probability, you will not be leaving home, or walking over a thousand miles as the great poet did. Instead, the sky favors a journey within your self.<\/p>\n

In addition to reflecting the light of the opposing Sun, tomorrow’s Full Moon will oppose, and symbolically reflect, the Aries stellium\u00a0that includes Venus and Mars. In combination, that closely proximate collection of objects will represent connection with the far reaches of the solar system, and by implication the far reaches of history, beginning with your own.<\/p>\n

For as long as you have lived, the energy of Mars within has maintained you where continents move and mountains wear away. At the same time, your inner Venus has discerned and received to keep your energy going. You have done well to have gotten this far while living in a world where the illusion of safety and the delusion of comfort are purchased at the price of distraction and disconnection from the lights in the sky and the seasons of the Earth.<\/p>\n

If you lose connection with both the heavens and the Earth, it is, in fact, only a matter of time before you lose connection with yourself. If you have ever wondered what metaphor is behind all those trendy zombie movies, that comes close.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Something like being a zombie is a real prospect for anybody who does not take sufficient time simply to feel alive. That is how you should be motivated to make a journey to your interior with tomorrow’s Libra Full Moon. You can bet it was Basho’s motivation. To feel life rather than protect it. To know purpose and place rather than cling to it. Like him, you first need a conscious intent to get started.<\/p>\n

Ideally, weather permitting, you will be able to sit and watch the Moon with the intent of contemplation. It works, and if you allow yourself to understand that you will be watching very much the same object in the same part of the sky that served to inspire and encourage Basho, you will be connecting with a whole lot more, including what set his brush to paper and his feet to the road. This is beyond safety. This is about preserving your connection with what does not hold you down, because that’s where you really live.<\/p>\n

Offered In Service<\/em><\/p>\n

Len is available for astrology readings. You can contact him at lenwallick [at] gmail [dot] com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sun and Moon are passing figures of countless generations, and years coming and going wanderers too. — Matsuo Basho The Full Libra Moon will oppose the Aries Sun at 5:27 am EDT tomorrow. It will be an auspicious signal to begin a journey to the interior. Of course, you need not go. Like all of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1714],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65503"}],"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\/537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}