Aries Full Moon: Moving Forward

Get ready for some forward-moving momentum as we approach the upcoming Full Moon in Aries on September 29th at 7:57 p.m.

This Full Moon invites us to navigate the space between our personal needs and desires and how we show up in relationship to another. We are offered the opportunity to heal and release any fears, phobias and ruts that prevent us from being true to ourselves and our desires whilst balancing these in the context of our relationship with others.

To really work with these themes, I invite you to download the

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I have created it specifically for navigating the balance of ourselves and our relationships. In the workbook, you will find more details on this particular Full Moon, carefully curated questions to help you reflect on these areas and work through some blockages, rituals that you can use for this Full Moon and affirmations.

Additionally, if your natal moon is in the sign of Aries, there is a special section just for you: an overview of what it means to have the moon in Aries and some questions to connect with the meaning of this moon sign.

Also, to understand more about the nuances of Relationships in our lives, check out the podcast where I was recently a guest: I talk with Anna Anderson about Relationships and how astrology can help us navigate incredibly intimate relationships in our lives. The Link is here

https://quantumlivingpodcast.com/episode/s5-e7-heavenly-relationships

Libra Season: What's love got to do with it?

It's Libra season, a time when we traditionally focus on relationships.

Accordingly, I was recently a guest on The Quantum Living Podcast, where we discussed relationships: different types of relationships, our conscious and unconscious needs and how astrology can help us navigate our personal relationship needs and help us understand the needs of our significant partners.

The link to the podcast, which I think is fun and insightful, is here

https://quantumlivingpodcast.com/episode/s5-e7-heavenly-relationships/

—perfectly timed to coincide with this Libra Season.

This season is action-packed. We have many changes, but unlike the feelings of inner reflection and possible stagnation, as we have been experiencing with so many planets in retrograde,

we gain some forward momentum and perspective for balancing our individual needs with the needs we may be meeting or not as the case may be, within our significant relationships.

It's all about balance as we experience the Spring Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere and the Sun moves into Libra Season on September 23rd. We are marking the moment when the length of night and day are the same; they are in balance, and this is a

time to evaluate where we may need more balance in our lives and where we may be out of balance.

Libra is ruled by Venus, the planet representing how we attract and express love; it tells us about our love language. We have all just experienced Venus being in retrograde, which seemed to have a profound effect on many people, bringing up issues or people from the past and also asking us to reflect internally on our relationship needs. Now it is moving forward again in Leo with the Sun in Libra; its time to apply what we learned when Venus was retrograde and creatively find ways to express what we need to with the people we love.

Venus also rules what we find aesthetically pleasing and how we engage with and what beauty means in our lives.

The theme of balance extends this season to all areas of life. By nature, Libra perceives both sides of any situation and weighs both sides. Libra is also an air sign, so we may find ourselves thinking about where we need to make compromises, how we attend to the decision-making processes in our life and where we need more objectivity in life.

Libra is the sign associated with the important relationships in our lives.

The axis of Aries and Libra is all about the self and the other and how we achieve a balance between our individual needs and the needs we have in relationships.

This theme will be particularly strong during the Aries Full Moon in Australia on September 29th at 7.57pm. There will be much more about this in my separate post.

On October 5th in Australia, Mercury our planet of communication, also moves into Libra. This will offer us a chance for diplomatic thinking and how we achieve greater perspectives and better balance in our communication styles.

However, it may also colour our decision-making processes. We may feel more inclined to take time to make up our minds, considering and pondering on all perspectives.

On October 9th the ruler of Libra, Venus, moves out of fiery Leo into earthy Virgo, offering a

more grounded, practical and discerning perspective toward our relationships and lessening the crazy dramatic vibe many of us have all been experiencing.

We may be expressing our love language in more practical, helpful ways but we may also view our relationships with a more critical eye.

On October 11th, Pluto our planet of the underworld, moves direct again

This is Pluto's last travel through the sign of Capricorn before moving and staying in Aquarius.

Pluto retrograde was a time of internal change, healing, and confronting our fears and shadows. Pluto moving direct is when we can activate the internal changes we have been traversing. We may also see major changes in our traditional political and financial institutions.

With Mars moving into the sign of Scorpio the following day, on the 12th, the impetus toward working with our shadow selves, of uncovering subconscious parts of ourselves that may have been holding us back or influencing us subconsciously, will gain extra momentum.

The New Moon Solar eclipse in Libra kicks off the eclipse season again on October 15th. The new moon eclipse in Libra will be a time to set new intentions and goals related to our relationships, balance, and harmony but again, there will be much more about this closer to the time.

Finally, on the 23rd, just before the Sun moves into watery Scorpio, Mercury moves into Scorpio adding depth and intensity to our thinking, communication and insights. Honesty is a crucial theme here as is our need to get to the bottom of any situation.

This may feel like a more intense Libran season than usual with so many astrological changes happening but ultimately, it's about celebrating love beauty and finding the balance between our personal and relationship needs.

Virgo New Moon: Spring Cleaning

The New Moon in Virgo occurs in Australia on September 15th at 11.40 am. Unless you have been hiding under a rock, most of us know we are experiencing some strange times. With seven planets in retrograde at the time of this New Moon and accompanying aspects to the Moon from Uranus and Neptune, we may spend the days either side of this lunation feeling some highs and lows.

I have indeed been witnessing some people really feeling the impact of so many planets in retrograde.

With this New Moon, it may still feel like we are on a roller coaster ride.

However, being in the sign of Virgo, we are reminded to reset, ground ourselves, take care of our physical and mental health and put some intentions in place for how we can move forward after this New Moon

This New Moon continues the feeling that our life is currently under review. Combined with the many retrograde planets, we are still circling, feeling like we are peddling perhaps but getting nowhere, like we are on an exercise bike; we keep moving but don’t go anywhere.

The good news is that after this New Moon, we begin to move forward as Mercury, the ruler of Virgo, moves direct the same day as this New Moon. We will hopefully feel this shift and find improved access to our mental, planning and communication faculties.

This New Moon will be aspected by Uranus, one of our many retrograde planets, and could make the ground beneath us feel a little less stable. Uranus likes to shake things up, and this can be a welcome energy, inspiring us with new and innovative ideas, especially around how we may want to approach the practical elements of our daily lives. On the flip side, given Uranus is still retrograde, we may feel our internal nervous system fire up.

For this reason, it is imperative to take special care of both our physical and mental health at this time.

Try to bring your focus to the practical ways you can ground yourself. I highly recommend going for a walk barefoot on the earth.

Neptune will also be coming into the equation of this New Moon, also in retrograde motion, which can draw us further into ourselves, our imaginations and intuitions but also into our illusions or delusions.

Some of us may feel like we are in a fog, and there may be some confusing elements surrounding us, so once again we are directed toward our inner realms, our inner wisdom.

Try to tap into this energy and perhaps float around in it for a while but note that we are probably best advised not to make major emotional decisions right now if we can avoid it. The most positive way to use this energy is to allow what comes up without too much attachment. Once our planets move forward again, we will gain more clarity and can begin to put some of the ideas and musings we may have had during this New Moon into action.

Given that the New Moon is in Virgo's sign, we are being asked to become more discerning. Virgo, in opposition to Pisces, offers us the powers of learning to create boundaries and to activate where we may need to set intentions around being more discriminating.

This New Moon can allow us to consider where we may need to become more practical and forthright around who we allow into our orbit.

This is a favourable time for thinking about where you may need to be more discerning in your daily life, in who you let into your life and how you deal with the influences of others or anything that brings toxicity into your life.

Virgo as energy is also about purifying, so this can be an excellent time to set new intentions around mental and physical health regimes.

'As an earth sign, I often consider Virgo energy as the archetypal herbalist or green witch-sourcing remedies for what ails us from nature around us.

This is an excellent time to set intentions around your physical and mental health and how nutrition and our diet can play a role in that.

Self-care is a theme here and can include the routines and rituals we incorporate into our daily lives. Freeing ourselves from overwhelming clutter and chaos can start in just the simplest of ways, one step at a time.

This is a brilliant time for a genuine spring clean on both a physical and mental level.

What needs to be thrown out and what needs to be brought in? What intentions can you set to help you feel more in control of your daily life and routines?

What can you do right now to bring in new routines and rituals that will improve your daily circumstances?

Remember, due to so many retrograde planets, don’t act too quickly; use this New Moon to come up with your new ideas but wait at least for a few days before putting things into action.

Mercury goes direct on the same day as this New Moon, but we will still be in a shadow period for a while. You may feel the impetus to move forward again from the 17th of September.

So hold on things will feel better after Mercury gets going again.