MOON IS VOID OF COURSE from 11:31am EDT until 10:23pm on Wednesday September 14. Important practical actions initiated during V/C Moons tend to have CHALLENGING results. This time is best utilized with inner creative work and making plans for a future, more auspicious day. Most of this day and night is Void of Course so its a great opportunity go deep into some creative unconscious realm, make art, or write a stream of conscious entry in your journal. SEE APRIL 7 POST for more on V/C Moons. It took me until 5:00 this evening to zero in on the film clip I wanted to use for this Moon period...you can understand why! Sorry for the delay...
MOON ENTERS PISCES at 10:23pm EDT on Wednesday September 14 and remains until 3:05pm Friday September 16. Ruled by Neptune this Mutable Water sign is the last sign of the zodiac. The principle it carries is Unification: All is One and One is All. It reflects the Cosmic Ocean, Wholeness, Divine Love, Perfection and Art. Neptune, The Great Dissolver, erases all boundaries, barriers, distinction, definition and often...the clarity of 'realism'. Therefore, it can indicate confusion, deception and illusion. It rules photography, film and glamor. The sense of Idealism is strong when Pisces/Neptune is active. And of course, Neptune/Pisces rules the Sea and its symbol for the Unconscious. Hence, Neptune/Pisces rules the Dream World and Chaos.
LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon in Pisces Opposite Sun in Virgo at 3:05pm EDT on Friday September 16. Pisces opposite Virgo reflects the drive to seek a dynamic balance between Chaos and Order. The Pisces/Virgo axis often comes with the severe advice: Serve or Suffer. Virgo is considered the most humble of all signs because its natural inclination is towards service. We ask ourselves, "How can I be of use to others?" Pisces also tends to prefer retreat or escape rather than the limelight, though there are many actors with this sign in a prominent placement who consider the stage as haven in terms of wearing their character like a protective mask. Pisces wants to dream and Virgo wants to work. Pisces lives in the imagination while Virgo resides in the practical, logical 'real' world. Our task at this time is to find a way to honor both ends of this polarity. Be practical with your imagination. Teach Art. Write down dreams. The Paradox is Queen now. One clue may be the quotation marks around the word real! The Pisces/Virgo polarity can also reflect Victim/Redeemer situations. Circumstances may present themselves as opportunities to become conscious of any roles in which we have consciously or unconsciously agreed to participate. We may have the opportunity now to cancel this agreement. Redeem yourself. Actions initiated during this period will tend to have CHALLENGING results, unless you find your way to wholeness. SEE MARCH POST: THE HIDDEN OPPORTUNITY IN OPPOSITIONS.
FULL MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE at 24 Pisces/Virgo. This Penumbral Lunar Eclipse is at 3:05pm EDT on Friday September 16. When the Moon is Opposite the Sun, we have a Full Moon. When the Earth is in position between the two, we have a Lunar Eclipse. This is a time of culmination, climax and often conflict. We are bringing events, often which were initiated during the previous New Moon Solar Eclipse (September 1) to a conclusion. Our emotions (Moon) are often at odds with our ego's sense of self (The Sun) at this time and that can be disturbing. Use the Signs that are activated to navigate your way to resolution. Writing (Virgo) from your dreams or imagination (Pisces) would be an excellent way to acknowledge both ends of this opposition. Jung's practice of Active Imagination is a helpful tool (see Julia Cameron's practice of 'Morning Pages' in her book The Artist's Way). The Lunar Eclipse is a time for consciously LETTING GO of what no longer serves you. You can do a ritual by yourself or with others to set this intention. Most often Eclipses happen in pairs (Lunar/Solar) but occasionally, as in this Eclipse, we see a third in the grouping. This is an added opportunity for clearing out space in our psyches to allow in new grist for the mill! SEE POST: AUGUST 16-18 for more on Lunar Eclipses. This Eclipse will not be visible from North America but will be visible from most continents east of it.
SCENE OF THE DAY: Incendiary, 2008; Director and Screenwriter: Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones's Diary); Based on the novel by Chris Cleave. This is a sleeper film I saw at Sundance and it blew me away. The film stars a Brilliant Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, My Week with Marilyn, Blue Valentine), Ewan McGregor and Matthew Macfayden (Pride and Prejudice). Williams' performance is breathtaking and the story is nothing short of profound. Spoiler Alert! We see Williams as a young mother who loses her child and husband in London's Arsenal Stadium suicide bombing just as she's having a sexual encounter with a journalist neighbor (McGregor). Her doctor recommends she deal with her loss and her suffering (Pisces) by writing a letter (Virgo) to Osama Bin Laden. She manages to navigate a long healing process in this way and from total chaos and dissolution is able to find some sense of order and meaning in her life once again. Her personal experience of chaos reflects a collective - global - reality and this story offers one poignant example of using archetypal principles as movement towards wholeness and healing. It was shocking to read that author Cleave's novel was published the same day the real Arsenal bombing occurred. It remains a mystery how or why this happened, but synchronicity is powerful magic. I just looked up from my keyboard to see a rare incendiary red sky at sunset outside my NH window. Yes, synchronicity rules! Is that a contradiction in terms? Or a paradox...
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