On March 18th, 2022 at 3:17AM EDT the Virgo Moon opposes the Pisces Sun giving us this month's Full Moon; our annual Full Moon in Virgo.
This is the final 27 degree Full Moon closing out our streak (unprecedented? hard to say, but I haven't seen it - we had a long streak of 23 degree New Moons last year setting up April 2022 which we'll talk about next post). The Moon makes an applying trine (brakes off) to powerful/transformative Pluto at 28 degrees Cappy, so although all these Moons have been interacting with Pluto, this month we get the SMOOTH aspect, it's applying rather than exact AND Pluto has moved to 28 degrees for the first time since the American Revolution.
This 'brakes off' thing can remove an obstacle. Can allow a seamless elimination/transformation. Give us access to power. But can also make things more intense/obsessive. Give things a 'life and death' urgency, that, (even with earthy Virgo and Capricorn keeping things real), may be out of proportion to the situation, although maybe not, so keep that in mind.
A Full Moon brings something to light (to our attention or into the open), to a fullness or to a culmination.
One thing this Full Moon in practical Virgo with that trine to Pluto in Cappy might bring us is a FIX as she plays out over the next couple weeks.
Or maybe we've already fixed something/attended to a problem and HERE are the results of our efforts. If our efforts have been practical and grounded - we will have something to show for them. If our efforts have been about trying to manipulate a situation, the Full Moon might be shining a light on a self-created mess.
Either way, even with all these Piscean planets, even though we are swimming with the fishies, HERE is the Moon's bright light on the situation. For a moment at least the fog clears. The results are visible. Sanity prevails. Here is the view of the situation from the cold light of day.
We want to be as realistic as possible because Virgo is the best sign for bringing problems into the here and now which is the only place anything actually ever gets FIXED.
With all this Pisces, lots of things could feel like they are hard to hold onto. Lots of things could feel like they are slipping through our fingers. Maybe completions will still feel incomplete and unsatisfying somehow. Maybe we are tired or don't feel well. Or maybe we feel better - the symptoms clear up, but since we aren't sure what really happened or what is about to happen we still aren't clear headed even after the Moon has slapped us in the face with that splash of cold water.
All this Pisces will NOT be discounted. We are going to need extra rest/relaxation. We are going to have to blast some Jack Johnson and dance around our living-room in our skivvies. Paint. Meditate. Listen to music. Pray.
AND because the Full Moon is in practical Virgo - the sign that rules our health, daily routine, our pets, the practical activities that keep our lives in ORDER, we are going to have to get some work done, too.
These Virgo-type things - attending to the details, etc, will pay off for us over the next two weeks and month. Especially things designed to kind of 'close-out'/clean-out old situations and clear the ground for the New Moon in Aries on April 1st that will start the new Lunar Year.
OK, let's unpack the chart!
The Moon opposes the Sun at 27 degrees - Virgo/Pisces. We can see a pile-up of Pisces planets and another pileup in Aquarius. There is alot going on in a couple areas of our lives. And then the Moon is somewhere else saying, HERE, don't forget about this area, TOO. Life is INTENSE right now. Both collectively and personally.
Whenever we see an isolated Moon we can think about - what has been left out? What has been neglected? What do I have to do by myself? This also makes the Moon, especially with that trine to Pluto, very powerful. Great things can be accomplished. Great HEALINGS.
The Moon is tightly conjunct asteroid Aphrodite. When sky god Uranus
refused the children he had created with earth mama Gaia she asked their son
Saturn to cut off his father’s genitals and toss them into the sea (Saturn's nerves of steel weren't born from nothing folks). Out of
the resulting waves arose Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, born not so much the child of love/unity, but from what was lost/conflict. Finding her with the Full Moon (she is exactly trining powerful Pluto) at such tumultuous times might speak of ways to heal the divide between warring factions, between the rising feminine and the wounded masculine (Mars/Venus traveling together for weeks, during all this trauma),
between the patriarchy and humanity. Coupled with Luna at such an important time I think this is showing the need for beauty, love and pleasure even in times of trying circumstances, maybe especially, in such times and to not forget that through great conflicts/struggles are birthed new beauty/chances/opportunities - great love. This might also speak of 'cutting off the balls' of great leaders - none of the world leaders' charts I looked at, at this Full Moon look very good and this isn't about one bad apple/demon seed, there have been opportunities for compromise not taken and all points of view are skewed here - and maybe a need to humble ourselves/lose an old source of power in order to move forward.
Because Virgo and Pisces are mutable signs, CHANGE is needed/happening. That trine to Pluto speaks of something falling into place - either through a release or a result. Mercury, the ruler of Virgo and so ruler of this lunation is sextiling (opportunity) disruptive Uranus. Change is good. Prayer (Mercury is in Pisces) is powerful. Trying something else - that sextile to Uranus - is what will work.
Besides all those Pisces planets, there is another pile-up of planets in future-focused Aquarius.
We can see those Aquarius planets are squaring Uranus in Taurus. This is still more in this Full Moon chart that speaks of CHANGE. Saturn, of course, squared Uranus all last year (three times exactly) and most of this year, a little less tightly. Venus, the lucky lady is sandwiched between malefic Mars and malefic Saturn - should we say "squeezed"?!. Interesting how with Venus trapped, Aphrodite shows up. Venus is tightly applying to her square to Uranus - exact this weekend - this is where something NEEDS TO BREAK LOOSE. We talked about how 'real' change comes through changing these fixed/stuck spaces. It's not a coincidence Uranus is in Taurus - fixed earth - during these chaotic times. The Venus square - CHANGE/DISRUPTION - doesn't have to be a bad thing, but squares are challenging. This might bring changes to our relationships, finances, values, self-esteem and, also, show us the NEED TO MAKE CHANGES/need to break free.
(this might show the need to take a little space from a relationship that has grown too claustrophobic or to spend a little money if purse strings have been closed too tight - we don't want to take anything here too far because Uranus only cares that something change, not where that change leads us and remember his cojones being snipped is part of this Moon, too, and now that I think about it, this is another kind of 'fix' isn't it)
With all these planets in dreamy/distractable Pisces and all these planets in logical/future-focused but detached Aquarius, we NEED this Moon to anchor us into the present reality. To say HERE is what must be done, do this. HERE is what must go, eliminate this. HERE is what you have fixed. HERE are the results.
Remember Virgo focuses on the practical aspects of our day-to-day life. What needs to change? Or what has changed and what do we need to do now to incorporate these changes into our daily life?
Venus is EXACTLY sextiling Chiron - there is healing here of very old wounds around the wounded masculine, our self esteem, our ability to take care of ourselves, stand up for ourselves and be ourselves.
At the Full Moon in Virgo trining Pluto - we want to focus on what is good for us/what is healthy. We want to release what needs to be eliminated - what is chaotic/complicated/messy/dis-empowering/dead. Maybe something here about losing an old source of power. Keep in mind the Full Moon IS the point of fullness, NOTHING can happen until something is released.
Start with an exhale.
And, make sure to get out and walk in this one!
xo all
There is also a Grand Earth Trine with Sedna - which echoes Pluto's transformative energy and Aphrodite's story - transformation through what has been lost - more 'cutting off' by family (in this case father instead of son), ouch - and also pulls in themes of 'what we know' but don't want to admit to ourselves, more humbling, it would appear. Or a situation where our point of view is out of kilter. Or the results of such situations.
