Libra Full Moon

Libra Full Moon — Valued Connections

"I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream"

— REM
Losing My Religion

The current lunar cycle culminates this week with a Libra Full Moon (7:11 PM PDT 12° Libra/Aries) on Wednesday. This Full Moon follows up on the initiatives of the Spring Equinox which has brought forward a dizzying sense of individual empowerment. The Sun's 'empowerment' has emerged from the challenges of last week's Sun-Saturn conjunction while still carrying the deep, resonant, 'pulse' of the slowly waning Saturn-Pluto sextile. Hopefully, we have gathered some considered wisdom and discipline through the Sun's interaction with Saturn and Pluto as we head into the waning phase of the lunar cycle. At the Full Moon, both the Sun and Moon are approaching a square to Jupiter. Those squares can help to support further individual empowerment but also may make it easy to lose patience or focus and miss important opportunities through a lack of self-discipline. Mercury, now direct but still in the shadow of the last retrograde phase, is approaching a trine to Jupiter which will complete shortly after the Full Moon. With the exalted Jupiter in Cancer in such a potent and powerful position, there are certainly opportunities for Grand Scale advancements this week. Nonetheless, the luck in this atmosphere can also be debilitating, allowing us to believe that all we need to do is 'let the good times roll'. Mercury's return to make a third trine to Jupiter, with both planets now direct, encourages us to draw broad conclusions from the period of reflection and review that was offered while Mercury was retrograde (February 26 - March 20). The Mercury-Jupiter trine offers confidence and encouragement that seems to confirm what we think we know — that is, what we have discovered, uncovered, and recognized while Mercury was retrograde. Nonetheless, there is still more to be learned and understood — most importantly through recognizing the perspectives of others. Mercury's message from Pisces has encouraged us to recognize our interconnectedness. Saturn's sextile to Pluto — which was exact last week but continues to produce a deep, resonate 'pulse' of insight — is encouraging us to recognize our individual power. However, in the context of this week's Full Moon, the important message is to open up to the perspectives of others in order to build a bridge of understanding and connection. It may be quite easy to lose track of that message under the Full Moon squaring Jupiter — we may believe we know more than we actually do. Adding to our confidence and reliance on simply establishing a sense of personal comfort with our individual position, Venus moves into Taurus on Monday of this week. The arrival of Venus in Taurus is remarkably calming, despite the deep, pulsing undercurrent of dramatic, empowering shifts that are coming into our awareness. Venus will square Pluto by the end of the week, while Saturn is still engaged with Pluto. The strong determination produced by the Venus-Pluto square, in this environment, may tend to obscure the need for authenticity, honesty, and cooperation. The inclination is to try to hold on to our own position without listening to the input of others or fully trusting what we're hearing. Nonetheless, there are extremely important opportunities to build bridges of understanding. Ignoring these opportunities — either due to a lack of trust or extreme arrogance — is likely to leave us feeling disconnected and baffled at how fast our luck seems to have dissipated.

We find an intuitive ability on Sunday to help us to make new connections with others and express our unique, individual perspective. There is incredible mental ability offered, providing a remarkable ability to follow through on whatever insights we have found. Although intuition seems to be the guiding force on Monday, the undercurrents are tremendously practical. We are offered the prospect of building a bridge of understanding and connection with others. The tests and challenges that we find on Tuesday are likely to require some kind of compromise or at least some extra consideration. Too much pride may have us believing that we don't need to recognize anything other than our own view — which is a dangerous approach. There is considerable luck offered on Wednesday but it may run short if we aren't willing to follow up on our good fortune by recognizing the 'connectedness of all things'. Inertia, pessimism, and despair are all fed by a lack of recognition that we do, indeed, have a true connection to the world around us. We face extraordinary challenges on Thursday trying to integrate new perspectives. We aren't likely to have as much information as we need — or as much relevant information as we believe we have. There are extremely important opportunities to build bridges of understanding on Friday. Nonetheless, the strong determination in the environment may tend to obscure the need for authenticity, honesty, and cooperation. We may try desperately to draw broad conclusions on Saturday, based on this week's important revelations and insights. However, we continue to face challenges and a lack of trust when trying to establish a cohesive, collaborative, connection to others.