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<\/dt>\nEarly Thursday (or late Wednesday depending on where you are) Earth will be between the luminaries. That’s what a Full Moon is in three dimensions. You see it with your own eyes as the Moon rising in the East while the Sun is setting in the West.<\/p>\n
It looks very much the same on a tropical astrology chart. Sun opposite Moon is the prototype for all oppositions, illustrated as the glyphs for the respective luminaries on opposite sides of the zodiac circle. That’s how it is for every Full Moon, but this particular Pisces Full Moon will have something more. In a rare concurrence, the luminaries will simultaneously be what is called parallel, an aspect not apparent on a chart because of the second of the Two Great Fudge Factors Of Astrology.<\/p>\n
Have you ever noticed that astrologers equate the 365 days of a calendar year with the 360 degrees of graphic travel necessary for the Sun to complete a cycle of the zodiac? That’s the First Great Fudge Factor: 360 equals 365. It works just fine most of the time. As such, it’s an object lesson in not getting all hung up on details of precision while doing astrology. It is understanding the Second Great Fudge Factor, however, that will allow you to see this week’s Full Moon in another way, deriving a separate object lesson with applications beyond just astrology.<\/p>\n
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Just as with the idea of a Full Moon as an opposition from the the three-dimensional perspective of standing on the Earth, the Second Great Fudge Factor is also based on what you can see for yourself. All the planets visible to the unaided eye (and a good many others) orbit the Sun in about the same geometric plane we do. Because of that, other solar system objects in direct motion appear to follow much the same path across our night sky that the Sun’s apparent motion traces during the day: basically from East to West.<\/p>\n
That single fact makes it possible to represent the three-dimensional solar system on the two-dimensional zodiac diagram you see so often. It’s a form of shorthand similar to that used by mathematicians, canceling out the constants and focusing on the variables. It’s fudging out near constants of latitude, leaving them unstated, emphasizing the variable longitudinal position of other objects relative to Earth.<\/p>\n
Just like the First Fudge, the Second Fudge works pretty well most of the time. Go back to the visual of the Full Moon. The Sun setting in the West and Full Moon rising in the East at the same time translates to 180 degrees apart in longitude. If one of the luminaries is a little further North or South of the other (a difference in latitude, which is nearly always the case), it does not change the fact that it’s a Full Moon. Still, unstated does not necessarily mean unimportant. That is where declinations come in.<\/p>\n
What variation of latitude does exist between objects in the solar system is usually represented separately from the zodiac circle as a relation to the surface of the Earth, measured in degrees of declination above or below the equator. Objects in the same degree of declination while also on the same side of the equator are said to be in parallel.<\/p>\n
A parallel is interpreted as a conjunction of latitude. This week, during the Pisces Full Moon, the luminaries will be in parallel, and that is how it will possible to see it another way. The question is whether it will be symbolically important, or just another one of those details of precision you should not get hung up on. Other principles of astrology, which are not fudge factors, provide a clue.<\/p>\n
Celestial events that do not take place very often are meaningful to astrologers. For example, Full Moons happen monthly, but lunar eclipses (which take place only during Full Moons when the luminaries are proximate to the perpetually opposed lunar nodes) do not take place every month. Hence, a lunar eclipse is always seen as a very special and important Full Moon, corresponding to special and important times in your life based on the principle of “as above, so below.”<\/p>\n
By the same token, it is not often that the luminaries are in longitudinal opposition and latitudinal conjunction at the same time. When it does happen, the principles of astrology indicate that it’s both a good idea, and a good time, to look at everything another way.<\/p>\n
You may see it as something like looking underneath an automobile rather than just walking around it. It’s not only more information, but information that helps you to distinguish between two cars that might otherwise look alike.<\/p>\n
You might also view the situation implied by this particular Pisces Full Moon as a good time to interpret the old information you already have in a different way. For example, scientists recently interpreted old information they already had in another way to realize that the Voyager 1 spacecraft entered interstellar space<\/a> more than a year ago. If it worked for scientists, it could work for you.<\/p>\n Most specific to the context of astrology, a Full Moon with the luminaries in concurrent parallel indicates it might be both a good time and a good idea to realize alternate interpretations of planets are available. That’s because the Sun and Moon, in their relative aspects and motions really do serve as a reliable prototype, a template through which to interpret the aspects and motions of the rest of the solar system.<\/p>\n For you it could mean a form of liberation. Think of how it would feel to be liberated from fear of Mercury retrogrades, seeing them in a another way — a good way. Think of what it would mean to the quality of your life if you no longer felt it appropriate to cringe the next time somebody mentions Saturn, Neptune or Pluto. Think of seeing all of those things as could-be friends rather than have-to-be enemies.<\/p>\n Who knows? It could even carry over to your life. Would it not be a wonderful thing to see more in other people? Wouldn’t it be one of the best things that ever happened to you if you could see more in yourself? After all, it does not mean losing anything. Regardless of their respective declinations, a longitudinal opposition of the luminaries is always a Full Moon, but a Full Moon that is also a parallel of the Sun and Moon is something more. The same applies to you. Maybe it’s time for you, and all of us, to be something more. Maybe all it takes to make that possible is seeing yourself and others another way. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain, and no fudging will be required. Len is available for astrology readings. You can contact him at lenwallick [at] gmail [dot] com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When the Moon comes around to oppose the Virgo Sun from late Pisces shortly after 7 am EDT Thursday, there will be another way to look at it. It will possible to see it as a conjunction of the luminaries (Sun and Moon), as well as an opposition. That may not seem possible, but it … 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\/70278"}],"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=70278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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