August brings us a rare blue Moon, which means we have 2 Full Moons this month! Full Moons bring energies of completion and culmination, and oftentimes, flashes of emotional insights that were previously overlooked. Emotions are heightened, and feelings are potent, so fasten your emotional seatbelts!
This month, a rare BLUE MOON (A second Full Moon), happens at 7°25′ in the realm of Mutable Water, PISCES, the sign of the Mystic.
FULL MOON in PISCES
August ends just as it started, dear reader, with a glorious Full Moon that serves as the second bookend that punctuates this emotional month. August really did slip away like a moment in time (*winking to Swifties*), and in more ways than one, this Full Moon serves as a catalyst for a long exhale that is way overdue. In terms of productivity, Virgo season always delivers, but emotionally, the month was not a walk in the park. Perhaps a walk in the woods. Or more accurately, a walk in the jungle. Alone. At night.
The month started with a Full Moon in Virgo – we held on to the safety of practicality and routine, using the need to control situations as a floatation device. Venus was unabashedly Retrograde the whole month, and Mercury followed suit towards the latter half. It was the point where we entered the thick of the retrograde season, diving in to a smorgasbord of slowdowns, lethargy, confusion, exes, and buyer’s remorse, to name a few of the top delicacies. What started as boldness and safety in practicality and detachment now ends in a mesh of scattered, perplexing emotions that demand for us to give in to the dance and energetically relinquish control. Cue in the Pisces Blue Moon, a rare second full moon for the month, putting a spotlight on this profound realization. We exit the month with a different perspective. Pride attracts lessons in humility. Survival means to surrender.
The Blue Moon happens in the vast oceans of Pisces, known as the softest and most ethereal of the zodiac archetypes. At the surface, Pisces is seemingly fragile and vulnerable, too malleable even. However, if you look through the eyes of the wise, we see how reductive this understanding of Pisces actually is. In fact, any attempt to describe Pisces will fall short. The ocean is too vast and too wide to be contained by words; in fact, the realm of Pisces lies in the quiet pauses between the words – the very space that carries the thought.
Piscean energy, like water in the ocean, is everything all at once: it is still where it is deep, dark, and cold, it is volatile where the winds touch it to form waves upon waves that crash through the shore, carving out the landscapes upon landscapes for millions of years. It is strong where the currents are, collecting ships forcibly thrown on the ocean floor, all while gently tickling the feet of people sitting on the beach, watching as the tides flow and recede. Pisces is tender, but it is also strong and demanding when it needs to be.
Wherever this Blue Moon lands is the part of our charts where we learn that in vulnerability, there is profound strength, and vice-versa. We may feel like we are far from solid ground, dear reader, but it is important to trust the process for now. It’s a cliche that holds deep truth, but it’s easier said than done. Trust, after all, is most needed when faced with the unknown, not when we are certain. It is most valuable when hope is dim. When tragedy strikes, and our hearts are fragile – that is when we hold on to faith.
Emotional situations that require us to “let go and let God”, unfold these next two weeks, dear reader, and no matter how prepared we may be, the best course of action is to learn how to go with the flow, and move with the wind. After all, the building that withstands the earthquake is the one that moves with the earth, not the one that holds its ground.
Blue Moon Conjunct Saturn
This lunation is also conjunct Saturn, framing Piscean energy with the Saturnian concepts of restriction, limitation and responsibility. That we end up incredibly exhausted and overwhelmed is almost a certainty. However, with Saturn bringing a healthy dose of reality checks and a sense of discipline, we have a fighting chance at keeping afloat in this whirlpool of kaleidoscopic emotions. We see where we are, sober, with full clarity. Saturn here does not take away from the emotionality, instead, it removes irrational expectations and delusions, so we can feel fully, without being swept away by crippling sentimentality. We let go, but we do not fall down.
It may be challenging to release our grasp on what we consider safe. However, holding too tightly to fixed narratives only makes our situations more fragile. And yes, preparedness and practicality are necessary virtues, plans are set in place to make things better and more streamlined for us. However, if the situation shifts, we are required to adapt, in order to endure.
It’s important to be mutable and flexible for now, dear reader. Avoid setting perceptions, ideas, and expectations in stone. As situations continue to evolve, staying adaptable will serve you well. Nothing happening now is in its final form.
As August’s nights close and we step into the embrace of the ‘ber’ months, let us carry with us the lessons of fluidity, vulnerability, and strength. Just as the tides ebb and flow, our emotions and experiences follow suit. This Pisces Blue Moon reminds us that even amidst uncertainty and change, there exists a rhythm — a dance of surrender and resilience. Embrace it, dear reader, for in this rhythm, we find our harmony. As we step into the unknown, let the lessons of this Pisces Full Moon serve as our cosmic compass — guiding us to embrace life’s complexities with the courage of vulnerability and the wisdom of surrender. ❤
What Area Of Your Life Will be challenged by this sobering Full Moon in PISCES?
Check your rising sign below, to find out!
ARIES RISING: Rest and contemplation, spirituality, letting go, planning a new frontier, solitude and peace of mind, secrets, hidden information, and hidden situations, far away/foreign lands, endings, and tying up loose ends
TAURUS RISING: Social networks, friendships, peers, community, groups and organizations, advocacies, social reform, politics, future plans, hopes and wishes, accumulations, and gains
GEMINI RISING: Career, improvement of profession, reputation and recognition, public achievement, public life, ambitions, parents especially the mother, public status, general life direction
CANCER RISING: Travel abroad, foreigners, going back to school, the pursuit of higher education, the higher mind, religion and churches, publishing, teaching, philosophy, mentors, and belief systems
LEO RISING: Joint ventures, business partnerships, joint accounts, shared resources, investments, inheritance, mutual funds, stock market, merging of assets, reminders of mortality, deep change
VIRGO RISING: Partnerships, committed relationships, marriages, marriage proposals, legal matters, lawsuits or filing of cases, client relationships, one-on-one interactions, long-term partners and contracts
LIBRA RISING: Daily schedule, routines, health and the connection between mind and body, volunteering, service, practicing a craft, perfecting a technique, workplace, and relationship with co-workers, everyday errands, Pets
SCORPIO RISING: Romance, love life, fertility and children, creativity, performance and creative entrepreneurship, sports, hobbies, crafts, authentic artistic pursuits, fun, pleasure, games, speculations
SAGITTARIUS RISING: Family, home, parents especially the father, ancestry and roots, family history, properties, residential areas, land, the inner base of operations, private life
CAPRICORN RISING: Siblings, cousins, extended relatives, automobiles, local transportation, out-of-town trips, neighbors, webinars, short-term courses, accreditations, your immediate environment
AQUARIUS RISING: Money, personal finances, income, cash flow, savings, personal resources, possessions, self-worth, financial security
PISCES RISING: SELF and self-presentation! Changes and improvements in physique, new personal goals, confidence, authentic self-expression, your physical body
❤Good Luck Everyone!❤
Stay tuned for next month’s transits!
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