October 13, 2019 — The Aries Full Moon arrives on Sunday at 2:07pm PDT, bringing a crescendo of agitation and insecurities, courage and initiative. The Sun and Moon are straddling the Aries-Libra axis, generating tension between our individual desires and our relationships. This Full Moon is beckoning us to move through our fear and establish more genuine ways of relating to ourselves and our connections. The two planets are forming an exact square to Pluto, emphasizing deep emotionality and our potential for transformation. 

Who are we, and how do we approach partnership? What do we still need to confront and release?

A big call for surrender is sounding, drawing us into the cauldron of profound change. If we can step into the fires, they will strip us of whatever isn’t really us—self-doubt, shame, self-destruction, and toxicity—leaving bare our most authentic selves. We might try to meet our triggers and wounding and relax with them—allowing them to arise exactly as they are, without judgment. Then they can reveal their deeper wisdom.

What kinds of relationships can we form from this place of acceptance, courage, and vulnerability?

On a broader scale, our righteous anger remains inflamed as we find kinder ways to communicate. Mercury trines Neptune, and our minds are aligning easily with love and our highest ideals. At the same time, we still feel our justified outrage. Libra is the sign of paradox, and we’re finding that we’re able to hold both—our anger, which generates boundaries and healthy change, and our unconditional love and interconnection. If we need to grieve, this is a good time for release as we hold each other’s hands with mutual empathy.

Ceres and Jupiter are conjunct while supporting this Full Moon. The protector of the Earth and the feminine is expanding upon Jupiter’s touch, helping to light our way forward. Activism can now feel extra effective as we empower the spiritual, empathic, and vulnerable among us, and protect our Earth and her resources. Karmic rectifications will continue to emerge throughout the next year, correcting previous mistakes, misdeeds, and misconceptions.

Meanwhile, Mars in Libra continues to oppose Chiron in Aries, as Venus opposes Uranus. We might feel extra vulnerable, but we have the chance now to lay down our arms and release our egos enough to listen to each other and admit wrong. Our inner feminine and masculine are recalibrating—the masculine healing, the feminine jolting into revolution, so she can rewrite the future and lead us into a matriarchal age.

How can we balance our aggression with openness and vulnerability, our diplomacy with resilience and strength?

As we continue to let go of the past and our stuckness—old habits, conditioning, and toxic relationships—we’re finding the courage to establish new patterns. With minds and hearts expanded, anything is possible. Rooted to the Earth, our most important act is to stay present with our unfoldment. We can continue our journeys as tender warriors, harnessing gentleness, clarity, and even agitation to implement our visions of what could be.

Surrounded by fires of change, may we leap into inspired action, finding the most direct route forward. May we dismantle all that holds us back, our swords of wisdom clearing any obstacles that impede our path.

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