AQUARIUS Waxing Moon

Inwardly Inspired

Half Waxing MOON at 11°AQUARIUS where Inspiration is key!

We're halfway through the Inner Build portion of this Scorpio Season lunar cycle. Digging deep in order to climb high!

INSPIRATION moves us to action, especially to do something creative. The Sabian picture symbol for this lunation degree:

PEOPLE ON A VAST STAIRCASE, GRADUATE UPWARDS. 

Higher levels of mind are reached as greater awareness is gained.

Building Inner Awareness for 7 more days leading up to Full Inner Awareness at the Taurus Full Moon on 11/12.

Extraordinary celestial clockwork keeping perfect time! The Half Waxing Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight.

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AQUARIUS Full Moon

Full Inner Awareness

The Moon aligns exactly opposite the Sun for a Full Inner View at 22°AQUARIUS where the hidden is revealed!

The constellation for this area of Aquarius is the great Sea Monster CETUS that symbolizes unknown aspects within the life experiences.

Each Full Moon provides ample opportunity for the Outer Self to gain greater Inner Awareness! The picture symbol for this lunation degree:

A BIG TRAINED BEAR PERFORMS, SITTING ON A HUGE CHAIR. 

An animal once viewed with great honor and significance has been reduced to being used for entertainment purposes only.

Forgetting the functions of the bear and simply training it to entertain is rather like unwittingly moving from the sacred to the profane.

How fitting that Bear Medicine has long been known as having the power to reawaken the inner subconscious abilities within man.

The Ancients even drew the symbolism of the Bear in the heavens! Ursa Major (conscious mind) and Ursa Minor (subconscious mind).

For a more in-depth look at the symbolism of the Bear through its extraordinary abilities and characteristics check out Animal Speak by Ted Andrews.

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AQUARIUS Half Waning Moon

Authentic INNER RELEASE 

Half Waning MOON at 6°AQUARIUS where Originality is key!

A letting go of the old so the new can be born, kind of time! Pluto Rx would agree! The picture symbol for this degree:

OUT OF THE COSMIC EGG, LIFE IS BORN FRESH AND VIRGINAL. 

The universal creative principle, makes life seem quite brand new.

Shrugging off the old fixed programming and stepping out into a whole new world, with a truly authentic view!

This is the first (fixed mode) lunation of Taurus Season. The Inner Moon doing it's part during this time of (fixed) stability.

Inner Release for 7 more days, leading up to the Taurus New Moon. The Half Waning Moon rises at midnight and sets at noon.

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Moon & Venus in Aquarius

Storms - A necessity for growth

MOON meets VENUS in AQUARIUS with 

super receptive Inner Knowing

Inner Self aligns with the (likes & dislikes) of Venus in the thought stabilizing Aquarian realm of authentic expression!

Quite fitting, as the Midwest braces for a whopper of a late winter storm! The Sabian picture symbol for this meetup degree:

UNEXPECTED THUNDERSTORM BRINGS RELIEF TO PARCHED FIELDS. 

Out of the blue, restless thinking brings about a much needed change for the purpose of personal growth.

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Venus in Aquarius

Receptive Knowing

VENUS enters AQUARIUS where the freedom to be me a.k.a. Authentic Originality is key!

Lady Love tours Aquarius through March 26th with great receptivity to all that reminds us of our own personal calling.

Paying close attention to all the things that reawaken us to what we really love. The Sabian picture symbol for this degree:

OLD ADOBE MISSION NESTLED IN CALIFORNIA'S BROWN HILLS. 

A longstanding place in mind with a higher purpose, amidst the mundane obstacles in life.

Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs! Pointing, reminding, and reawakening us to our own personal gifts and passions.

Time to embrace that little mission hidden away in the hilly challenges of life; letting our own flag fly, and true identity shine!

A theme that carries through to the (Inner Structure) and (Inner Power) meetups of the Moon, Saturn and Pluto, later today.

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Mercury & Sun in Aquarius

Mind and the Outer Self

MERCURY meets the SUN in AQUARIUS where the theme is Authentic Originality! 

The goal in this fixed air sign of Aquarius is bringing stability to the thinking by being true to the self, by expressing the authentic self. 

The constellation for this area of Aquarius is Equuleus; the head of a horse. Symbolic of the Horse Sense to; thine own self be true.

Those familiar with the science of Astrology will get this sentiment in flying colors! The Sabian picture symbol for this meetup degree:

A MAN WHO HAD FOR A TIME BECOME THE EMBODIMENT OF A POPULAR IDEAL IS MADE TO REALIZE THAT AS A PERSON HE IS NOT THIS IDEAL.

An important message at this transitional time. As the Sun now takes lead position across the sky each day, the outer leading the way!

Mercury has been leading since Nov, the Sun now takes the reins until they meet again in March, during the next Mercury Rx Mission.

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MARS Rx Mission:

Authentic Originality

A summertime slow down, as MARS (how we take action) takes a backtrack tour through the ORIGINALITY themed area of AQUARIUS.

The Sabian picture symbol for this Mars Rx stationing degree: A POPULARITY THAT PROVES TO BE FLEETING. Adoration and esteem that turns out to be short lived, reflecting a need for more schooling on this whole Originality thing!

Sure enough, more schooling is exactly what we’ll get! MARS backtracks all the way through the Aquarian (ten degrees) of ORIGINALITY until reaching the last few degrees of Capricorn’s USEFUL IDEALISM.

MARS goes direct on 8/27 but the mission continues until 10/8 when Mars makes it back to its current position. Quite a recap! The Mars Rx Mission: ACTION towards ORIGINALITY (Authentic Self Expression!)