- New Identities Revealed About Our Sense of Isolation or Connection -

This Lunation is the third Full Moon in a long time where the Sun is in the same sign (Libra) as it was in the New Moon two weeks ago. We are now in a new Sun/Moon relationship cycle, and have been through some dramatic returns, reviews, reconnections, re-evaluations, and rehearsals as we repair and reconstruct many things past and present.

This active, idealistic, adventurous, and nuanced Full Moon which will show us all that we don’t need to feel separate from the life that’s all around us occurs at 7:57 am PDT, 3:57 pm BST on October 20, and falls at the 28th degrees of Libra and Aries. As with all Full Moons, use the light you’ve been seeing and expressing since the New Moon, and give it form and focus to see how to anchor those themes in expression.

The New Moon showed us the Light of a “delightful” adjustment to the natural rhythm of nature, giving us time to rest and relax as we accomplished what we needed to, whether in active repair work or in contemplating past dramas from a place of peace, or retiring from present dramas. This Full Moon brings that Light of a new sense of connectedness with All-That-Is expressed in seeing a new identity and calling things as we see them.

Today’s Full Moon post will be an overview of the Lunation and some of its primary qualities. In parts 2 and 3 we’ll cover the Sabian Symbols, aspects, distributions, and patterns.

An Overview

This Full Moon brings the Light of the Libra New Moon into a vision of future work to be done and future roles to be accepted at the culmination of the Aquarian potential of 2021! This Lunation gives us insights into new heart strengths to be practiced as well as new ways of communicating information. Due to Mars square Pluto, see your interconnections as you accept the power of leadership in some way thanks to a descent of concentrated spiritual power. There’s a promise to be redeemed, so check your expectations.

This is a two week period of seeing how to repair or reconstruct something to find harmony. This will be an excellent time for our “inner feminine” to see what has to be done to ensure our well-being in the future, so it’s a time of planning based in what we see coming down the road due to our “graduation into a new realm of Being.”

Is the Sun Following the Moon, or the Moon Following the Sun?

As mentioned in the first paragraph, this is the third of a series where the New Moon Sun and the Full Moon Sun are in the same sign! We can now take the “light of a technique of transfiguring our individuality” in adjusting to a much more relaxing pace of rhythmic productivity since the New Moon in Libra, and now apply it to new enlightened Libra ways of accepting a new identity and the need to “face facts” about what’s been awakened the past few years.

There are two patterns; one is when the Full Moon Sun is the same sign as the previous New Moon Sun, and the other is when the Full Moon Sun is in the next sign from the Sun in the previous New Moon. The Sun was in the same sign in both the New Moon and Full Moon, the so-called “natural” order, between April 2019 and August 2020. At the August 2020 Full Moon we entered the “reverse pattern” of the Sun of the Full Moon occupying the sign after the New Moon Sun, since the previous New Moon Sun was at 29 Cancer and that Full Moon Sun was at 12 Leo. However, now that August brought us the New Moon Sun at 17 Leo and Full Moon Sun is at 30 Leo, we’re back in the natural order for many months to come. You can find out more about the “seed forms” of the New Moon two weeks ago by checking out the articles in the archives in early October.

Past As Prologue

The 2020 Eclipses moved us all in new directions, reorienting wherever we have 1 Cancer, and has been removing blocks to our happiness wherever we have 24 Sagittarius since December. The most recent Solar and Lunar eclipses in Gemini have already begun to reorient our view and understanding.

Remember that all Eclipses are “Cosmic recyclers,” taking away what is obsolete or de-magnetized in our lives. These losses clean out psychic and physical spaces so newer life substance can come forth. We’ve cleared out many old ideas, truths, habits, and perspectives since last Summer, and now have a wider view and deeper ways of regarding our life and the Life around us at the beginning of a new 20 year Aquarian era for humanity.

As you know from other articles, 2020 was the last year of a 200 year Earth era, with Air power building throughout the year which primed the pump for the 200 year Air era which began on the Solstice with Jupiter conjuncting Saturn at 1 Aquarius. However, we will still be “under the beams” of last year’s powerful conjunctions in Capricorn, since between January and March 2020 we began new Saturn/Pluto, Jupiter/Pluto, Mars/Jupiter, Mars/Pluto, and Mars/Saturn cycles. The first of these launched a new 33 year era into motion.

Due to these conjunctions in late Capricorn and both Mars/Saturn and Jupiter/Saturn conjunctions at 1 Aquarius, we are in a long term period of finding wisdom by understanding transfiguration and enlightenment as verbs rather than nouns. We’ve now officially taken the first step into the coming Aquarian era. While this is not yet “The Age of Aquarius,” this is the final intensification of those energies which will sprout seeds in the second quarter of the century which will take us across the threshold of the Great Age soon after 2050.

Planetary Distribution

In this Full Moon, the span occupied by the inner planets (in this chart Mercury at 11 Libra and Venus at 15 Sagittarius) is 63+ degrees, an extraordinarily wide span. This month we see all the inner planets moving through Libra and Sagittarius. This will be the primary area stimulated in our charts. At this time all the inner planets are closing in on the outer planet span, with another Grand Compression happening in early 2022.

We now are at a time of the year when the inner planets have finished all their oppositions to the outer planets except for the ones coming in Scorpio opposed Uranus. We’ve passed the time of two unoccupied spans, so that now (leaving out the Lunar position) the main planetary gap is between Uranus at 14 Taurus and Mercury at 11 Libra, a span of 147+ degrees. Because of the planetary spread, we now have an imperfect Bowl Jones Pattern, with the sole “tension of opposites” created by the Sun and Moon in late Aries/Libra.

At this time we have the 10 traditional planets occupying 7 signs. Currently, the outer planet occupied span begins with Pluto in late Capricorn, then moves through Saturn and Jupiter in Aquarius, then Neptune in late Pisces and finishes with Uranus in mid-Taurus, with the inner planets and Mars now occupying most of Libra and mid-Sagittarius.

In this chart Venus begins its approach as the entry planet to the occupied outer planet span between Cap and Taurus. Ordinarily that position is reserved for Pluto, which is the entry except when the Moon, inner planets, or Mars are in Sagittarius or early Capricorn. For the next two weeks, enter transpersonal transformative experience through Venus’ ability to bring harmony and promise to life’s adventure.

As noted, the Jones patterns in the sky now change mainly due to the position of the Moon. With this Full Moon in Libra focusing 1 opposition, we return to an imperfect Bowl pattern.

So What is a “Bowl Pattern” and how does it work?

This type of spread, with all the planets occupying approximately half of the signs with an empty half opposite the occupies half, creates a “special type of conscious selfhood,” which Dr. Jones says “marks the Bowl type of temperament. He goes on to state “Fundamentally it is an extreme self-containment,” which “holds things, and a Bowl individual is one who always has something to bear.”

He goes on to state that with the Bowl, “the whole dynamic of man, his total power of achievement, arises in his instinctive realization that he is set off against a definite part of the world, that there is a complete segment of experience from which he is excluded in some subtle fashion. The Bowl not only holds something, but also places whatever it holds into relationship with a larger consideration.”

Dr. Jones continues that “the occupied segment of the Bowl horoscope reveals the activity and organization of the self, since planets are significant according to their place by sign and house, and the unoccupied segment becomes a challenge to existence, or the need and emptiness to which the native must direct his attention. The outstanding characteristic of the Bowl temperament is its marked sense of what is self-contained in contrast with what the self cannot hold, and this take an everyday form in an advocacy of some cause, the furtherance of a mission, an introspective concern over the purpose of experience.”

He concludes his explanation of how the pattern works with “The Bowl native always has something to give to his fellows, whether literally or psychologically, whether constructively or vindictively, because his orientation to the world arises from division; that is, frustration and uncertainty. The leading planets, determined in exactly the same way as for the Locomotive pattern, give a point of application, and shows where and how the native seeks to carry out his mission or gain his everyday justification for existence.”

He brings up another important point of analysis, as he states “the leading planet is of secondary importance in the Bowl pattern, unless it is found in a strong opposition or cosmic cross. The fundamental attack on the problems of life by the Bowl individual is indicated more significantly by the tilt or house-position of the Bowl-segment.”

He concludes this section by stating “the Bowl character is definitely more self-expending, or self-seeking, and more practically interested in what things mean and what they are. It continually throws the emphasis from the signs into the houses. It a general way the Bowl tends to ‘scoop up’ things and initiate experience when the position of the leading planet ranges from the fourth cusp, up and over the ascendant, to the midheaven cusp, and then inclines to “capture” things or consummate various phases of life when the leading planet is placed similarly from the tenth angle down over the descendant to the nadir.”

This month brings Mercury as the leading planet to all the others. It’s in Libra on its stationary direct degree. Find your individual approach to transferring knowledge to others or receiving it from them. See the human factor, and remember this is a launch point for new Libra energies in our charts.

With Uranus closing, take a new look at returning to simpler joys for pleasure and “revitalization.” Find your own unique way to a “live and let live” attitude, and show appreciation for what protects you as you substantiate parts of your new spiritual individuality. This leads with individual, mental, and spiritual Transfiguration, and closes with individual, mental, and spiritual Substantiation.

Is the Grand Irrationality A Factor in this Full Moon?

Because this section is so long, I decided to create an article which explains what it is, how long it’s been in effect, and which zones of the zodiac have been most impacted and when. You can find all you need to know about this configuration associated with widespread irrationality and hard-edged “forks in the road of destiny” we’ve all confronted at various times by going to The Grand Irrationality. I update it in December, and in 2020 incorporated a further look into the future.

We revisited the energies of the First Grand Irrationality (1993-2017) when both Saturn and Uranus were septile Neptune, Jupiter and Pluto were both biseptile Uranus, and Jupiter and Saturn were both septile Neptune not long ago. In this chart Mercury biseptiles Pluto, and will activate a “Kite” configuration when it makes two triseptiles to Uranus and Neptune between 16-18 Libra. We already went through this when the Sun, Mars, and Mercury both retrograde and direct activated this, and now Mercury will make the last pass of the year.

These multiple 7th harmonic aspects put this “7-pointed Star of Destiny” evolutionary configuration into play. Obviously, this is triggered off and on throughout the year whenever a planet moves through any of the hot zones of the configuration. All of these transits bring choices, changes, and decisions affecting our future. These “Grand Irrationality” triggers are why things are so crazy and hard-edged at this time

The configuration will be triggered when the Sun, Mars, and Mercury move through 7-11 Sagittarius and make biseptiles to Neptune and triseptiles to Uranus. This Lunation also shows Venus making a septile to Saturn, generating more “fork in the road of destiny” choices and changes for those who are affected. I’ll speak more about it in part 3 when I cover the special configurations.

Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend

Because Saturn continues to occupy center stage in its home sign of Aquarius, it continues to be the final dispositor of all planets transiting Capricorn and Aquarius from now through 2023. Though its influence temporarily waned during Jupiter’s occupancy of Pisces, during the time Jupiter has been in Aquarius, Saturn is its ruler and resumes being a dominant force through April 2022.

Remember that while Saturn can feel heavy, it is also our ability to take command of our lives and destiny by using Saturn’s virtues in the right way and time. Our ability to steer our “ship of personality” into its rightful “role of destiny” has brought us to the threshold of new parts to play on the stage of Life.

We’re still in a long wave period of crystallizing more visionary roles to play in the emergent Aquarian era, and with the dance Saturn and Uranus have done this year, we’ve all had to “square ourselves with reality” as we go where we haven’t gone before. Uranus has awakened us to new roles to play, while Saturn has “lightened up” in Aquarius and prepares to bring us a “new mutation from cosmos.”

I explain how Saturn and Uranus work together to awaken us to our Higher Powers to take command of our destiny in my book Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend. Saturn helps us give form and structure to our quest for Self-realization; in Capricorn, it teaches us how to accept and use personal power within a socially responsible context, while in Aquarius it teaches us how to make a greater contribution to our civilization and come together with others in a great effort “ensouled by a great vision.” Coupled with Uranus having awakened a “new quality of Being rendering the old patterns obsolete,” we are collectively “breaking on through to the other side” into an unfolding Higher awareness.

The book was written for both astrologers and non-astrologers. Even those with little or no understanding of astrology will benefit from understanding why you had to make certain choices at crucial times that shaped your life in profound ways.

Each time you read any section of this book you will find new insights about your power to throw off all the attitudes and memories which hold you back from finding and living the life and purpose. If you’ve haven’t already gotten your copy, you can go to the Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend page on Amazon and this should be all you need to order your copy. It’s also available on Amazon and as an ebook on Kindle, so if that’s more to your liking, go for it! If you would, whether you’ve gotten the ebook or the paperback, please write a review on the Amazon site, since the more reviews, the more of a boost they give it.

On A Final Note

See you in the near future with parts two and three on this Full Moon which will show us our connectedness with Life and “the stirring up of a new identity.” This is a time to open to the harmony of life, the harmony in your relationships, and the harmony of knowing that as we prepare for the future we will have what we need down the road. The next two weeks will feature the emergence of new personality integration and techniques to overcome outer restrictions and “glide with grace on our ice pond.” With the Sun at the end of Libra and the Moon at the end of Aries, this is another fulfillment Lunation helping us move into a renewed and/or reconstructed future.

At this time, the repair and reconstruction work we’ve been doing within the larger transfiguration process shows us how we’ve evolved in our self-expression, the next step in helping us prepare for what’s coming in 2022. This is a year of completing the “vision of Transfiguration” and entering into a new life, with new understanding and a general sense of finding harmony over the next few weeks. Next year and 2023 will make our Transfigured Being “real” in our world. Recent eclipses are accelerating our elimination of all the ideas we cannot bring with us into our new life as they would scatter our energies.

The new roles and responsibilities we took on in 2019-2020 are leading us to new social effectiveness in 2021 and 2022. The compressions in Capricorn led us to forms of personal power, and being very long wave cycles, indicates our work for a long time to come. Again, look to where you have late Capricorn and early Aquarius in your chart to see the focus of coming years.

Because of the Mercury retrograde “bookend” theme of 2020, we now have found a higher, more diplomatic and dignified way of interacting with others over the past year. Last month’s Full Moon Venus was on that degree, helping us see the value of how we’ve “raised our game” in our interactions. In November 2020 Mercury’s direct station at 26 Libra began the theme bookending 2021 involving how we use a combination of “soft power” and “hard power” to demonstrate spiritual adeptship. We now stand ready to dance into the future!

This is the first Full Moon in many months with Pluto, Saturn, and Jupiter all in direct motion! This resumes the acceleration of all things Aquarian in our lives, where we can see what our 2021 training has prepared us for, and ride a “cosmic mutation” wave into an unknown future arising from all which has not been actualized before now.

We’ve entered a new chapter in our spiritual journey at a fork in the road of our collective destiny. 2020 was about forging our connection with the World Soul, our Wisdom, and our greater dedication. We’re all wiser than we used to be, have been given ample opportunities to value our heart connections with our friends, and display the vaster spiritual awareness we share with our Brothers and Sisters.

I’ll see you soon when we’ll discuss Sabian Symbols, aspects, and other important chart factors.

This article explains past, present, and future compressions, where they fall, and who they affect. The Great Compressions of early 2020, 2021, and 2022

This one explains the January 2020 compression and the multiple conjunctions setting themes for decades! The Great Compression of January 2020 – Mercury, Sun, Saturn and Pluto all Conjunct in Capricorn

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