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April 23, 2024
4:49pm PDT
Scorpio Full Moon
4 Scorpio 17
In 2022 and 2023 the Scorpio Full Moons were attached to eclipses. Those were not light and breezy full moons. Now we have a Scorpio full moon without an eclipse, great…. but Pluto is in the mix. Sigh.
Pluto will be in Aquarius for twenty years and not every Scorpio full moon will be in aspect to Pluto. However, at year two of Pluto (barely) in Aquarius there is a T-square between Sun in Taurus and Moon in Scorpio. Pluto in Aquarius is asking for novelty and ingenuity, finding unity through big thought. When Aquarius gets in a tizzy is when it can’t understand how others don’t see the big idea…. “damn, it, people, it’s clear as day” says indignant Aquarius. The other two fixed signs, Scorpio, Taurus can also hang on too tight. This is a tough full moon. We should anticipate stories in the news that suggest a battle of wills. Stories of people hanging on to the outmoded and out of date. Stories that suggest rigidity that is obsolete and people defending stubborn ways. At the same time there could also be examples of cold, ruthless perhaps depraved stories of people working out dark themes. In the meantime, people who struggle with control issues could feel challenged if they should have a bout of insecurity or depression. Finding the higher level in all three signs is a worthy goal during this three-day full moon cycle. Replace rigidity with practicality. Ask yourself a lot of questions. Why am I hanging on so hard? Is there any practical benefit in me continuing this choice? Talk to your psyche and ask, “Must my old wounds control my every move or my every emotion?” Consider replacing the need to be in a clan with the need to have fresh thoughts and fresh thinkers.
This is THE full moon to release tired thoughts and patterns.
In addition, we are still feeling the electrical charge of Jupiter and Uranus who formed a conjunction on April 20th. Where are you feeling a gravitational pull? What is the universe throwing in your path to get your attention? How are you expanding practical solutions in a novel way? And above all, how is your creativity getting juiced up? How can your emotions activate a mindful response?
Use information that comes up on this full moon to speed up your evolution on issues that have needed healing. The key is of course, something needs to be dropped. Just sayin’
Gibbous Moon launched on
April 19, 2024
2:14pm PDT
Focus on: How are you refining your schedule? How are you refining your daily activities? How are you refining your diet and better health routines? What are you learning about your health matters and how does it impact actions you planted on Aries new moon?
Special focus
4/19: Mars sextile Uranus. Actions that are unusual and spiritual. Pragmatic but weird. Solutions to problems that may suddenly appear.
4/20: Jupiter conjunction Uranus 21 Taurus 51 (See separate post)
4/21 : Venus conjunction Chiron. Fears around being alone and independent are exposed. Feeling unloveable if authentic is challenged.
4/21 : Sun square Pluto 2 Aquarius 05. The first square between the Sun in Taurus. How is the rigidity and stability of Taurus in need of new novelty, ingenuity and how does it connect to the groups in our life?
April 23, 2024
Full Moon
4:48pm PDT
4 Scorpio 18
Full Moon: We make the needed adjustments on the things we planted. Usually, emotions are up and running and for those people who perhaps did not utilize the new moon and the rest of the waxing moon, this is when emotions can get the better of us. There can often be a big emotional break, for no other reason than to get back on track. Some partnership will offer up some balance. The moon is bright and full and there is no room for shadows, what is reflecting on you?
Focus on: (To Come)
Special focus
4/25 : Mercury station direct (see above)
Disseminating
April 27, 2024
1:53pm PDT
Disseminating: Share information; find a teacher or someone who has more knowledge. Perhaps there was a big ol’ blow out on the full and one feels in need of support and help, this is the phase to reach out to one who knows more. This is when we find a rabbi or a minister or therapist who gives us more insight. And of course, you too may be ready to teach and share your own information.
Focus on: How are you sharing your ability to get a 10,000 foot view? How are you connecting with others who bring an outsider or ‘foreign’ pov? How are you tapping humor? How are your reaching out to someone who brings a new philosophy?
4/ 25/5:54am PDT Mercury station direct 15 Aries 58
5/13/2:02am PDT Mercury leaves shadow 27 Aries 13
Mercury stations direct on April 25 (5:54am PDT). We will probably be feeling a lot less angry and mouthy. What we learned this retrograde will be helpful on connecting to our authentic nature for 2024. If we have been hanging out in old thinking that we are this person or that person, we may have outgrown it. Or pondering what we look like that feels fresh and more independent. Once Mercury turns direct reflect on what you have learned this cycle and how it connects to a more honest you.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus
April 20, 2024, 7:27pm PDT
21 Taurus 50
Arguably, the most celebrated aspect of the year and one of the highlights of the decade is the Jupiter and Uranus conjunction in Taurus on April 20. It’s juicy and good. There could be something full of solid pragmaticism that rolls into the world or in personal lives that has all of us saying, “Wow”. These could be opportunities that are not on anyone’s radar. It could be weird and brilliant (Uranus) it could be foreign (Jupiter) but it has solid practical (Taurus) application. I say, how about a solid solar power car! Whatever it is, expect something big.
Speaking of big, a bit of caution. Jupiter can be mega big and super righteous and Uranus can be a rebel without a cause. There may be examples in the news of extreme opinions, that are just outrageously strange. Hopefully the calmness of Taurus will soften the extreme wackiness. Putting all that aside there will be some solid opportunities that some people will run with and find rewarding. Let’s all go out and buy a lottery ticket. Anyone with planets near 21 degrees of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius will feel the aspect. Remember if you are too rigid about anything you may feel the need to crack the rigidity and stubbornness to benefit from process.
A lightning bolt of genius could pop up in personal landscape.