Virgo Full Moon Eclipse

Virgo Full Moon Eclipse— Emotion and Analysis

"There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love."

— Lord Byron

The Virgo Full Moon Eclipse (3:37 AM PST 12° Virgo/Pisces) on Tuesday marks quietly — in true Virgo fashion — a significant turning point in an intense lunar cycle that began under an Aquarius New Moon Eclipse (February 17, 4:00 AM PST 28° Aquarius) that squared Uranus and was followed up by an intensely frustrating Mars-Uranus square. The atmosphere surrounding this Full Moon is fraught with emotional confusion around trust and 'love' — in terms of strong emotional connection — without providing us with any certainty about who to trust and how we really feel. The smoothest way through the intensity is to simply reflect on how we got here, rather than insisting on finding or implementing quick solutions. The 'fixed sign' emphasis in this lunar cycle breaks down under the Virgo Full Moon. Virgo's analysis initiates a swirl of new questions that cannot be avoided. With Mercury, ruling Virgo, retrograding in Pisces, there are certainly elements of confusion and uncertainty that continue to seem to see our slow our progress. Nonetheless, the Full Moon is quietly inspiring detailed investigation and a meticulous organization of grounded but expansive new perspectives. The arrival of Mars into Pisces on Monday highlights the focus on endings that permeates the culmination of the lunar cycle. Mars in Pisces helps us to 'plumb the depths' to find deeper understanding but can also stir emotional outbursts and encourage martyrdom. Both the Sun and Mercury make trines to the stationing Jupiter, from Pisces to Cancer, as Mercury retrogrades back to the 'inferior conjunction' with the Sun. The trines to Jupiter suggest significant optimism but the optimism may feel more like a distraction in this atmosphere, rather than something that can help to inform the grounded, expansive perspective we are seeking. Venus arrives in Aries early on Friday morning, joining Saturn and Neptune, stirring up even more intriguing questions that produce uncomfortable exchanges and interactions. There is a some impulsiveness and excitability that lacks any significant focus. Some of us may become more inclined towards defensiveness rather than the pursuit of answers. Nonetheless, as we reach the end of the week, at the 'inferior conjunction' of the Sun and Mercury, there is a 'destiny-driven' sense of purpose in our activity. The prospect of finding emotional relief begins to seem within reach. The potential for emotional resolutions is actually supported by the extraordinary intellectual capacity. We can finally begin to open up to the grounded, investigative support that was quietly offered by the Virgo Full Moon. It may have seemed that there was too much confusion and too many questions. However, as the process has unfolded, we can finally beginning to see actual results. As the emotional atmosphere begins to settle out, our intellectual analysis can finally begin to come to some clear, well-grounded solutions.

The tests we face on Sunday are important and need to be attended to. Nonetheless, there is a rebellious independence, suggesting a deep resentment to the 'questioning' and 'testing' that we seem to be forced to undergo. Monday represents a day of endings, punctuated by strong imperatives. We may be trying to find some way to 'stay ahead of the pack' without really understanding where we're heading. We struggle to understand what questions we need to be asking on Tuesday. The environment is offering us profound intuitive and spiritual insights if we are able to let go of expectations and simply observe what is going on around us. Wednesday offers a 'let it all hang out' attitude that is both engaging and exciting. However, this is certainly not the time to 'crow' about anything or indulge in self-righteousness. Thursday's optimism may be more of a distraction, rather than offering any kind of a reasonably grounded perspective that is not completely undercut by emotional blind spots. Unanswered questions seem to swirl. Friday's impulsiveness and excitability lacks any significant focus. Many of us are more inclined towards defensiveness than the pursuit of answers. The potential for emotional resolutions is actually supported by Saturday's extraordinary intellectual capacity. We can finally begin to open up to the grounded, investigative support that is offered.