This little painting feels like a fitting expression of the energies at play this week with today’s full moon in Pisces conjunct its mystical ruler Neptune, and I hope, dear friends, that you’re feeling some of these ‘transcendent love emerging from chaos’ kind of vibes...
The Pisces full moon (@ 3:20pm EST on September 2) conjunction with Neptune intensifies visionary, healing energy on one hand, and confusing, emotional and delusional energies on the other. Stay away from fake news, misinformation and hyperbole if you can and focus inwards on what feels deeply true. Full moons heighten energies and bring them to a peak so focusing on spiritually transformative visions of what’s possible now will be better than zoning in on unverified opinions, toxic commentary and misinformation from the outside. These simultaneously spiritual/delusional energies could permeate and influence the whole week. Focus on the mystical, transcendent and transformative. Meditate. Make art. Send love to the crazy going on outside.
It’s a moon to dream big about possibilities for your own life and the world. Cultivate small rituals that nourish your spirit and imagination. Plant seeds of intention for the coming months with an eye on the bigger picture. Enrich your authentic power by feeling in, heightening your sensitivity to the extraordinary and the mysterious, the strange magic of this moment and its unfathomable unfolding energies. Be visionary. What is it that you most want to create out of this time? And what might you need to do to make that happen?
As always in 2020, there’s much more going on in the skies than this full moon/Neptune conjunction alone, however. It’s also opposing Mercury, planet of writing, communication and ideas, in the sign of Virgo, sign of purifying processes, critical reflection and improvement, which bodes well for all forms of visionary, imaginative, emotional and healing-intentional writing, as well as for planning, organising towards a vision, and getting one’s ducks in a row. Write poetry, journal, have conversations with loved ones, write forward-thinking lists.
The full moon/Neptune opposition to Mercury also forms a mystic rectangle with another opposition that’s taking place between Venus, goddess of love, fairness and harmony, and Saturn, the boss planet of 2020 and current taskmaster of our lives. In Cancer, Venus seeks solace and harmony, both with family and at home, and she could well be feeling more emotional than usual. In this opposition she’s constrained by Saturn, god of rules and restrictions, hard work, discipline, time, and the things we fear. But we can use Saturn’s power to our advantage here by being disciplined about taking time for ourselves, by nurturing well-being and cultivating the relationships that will sustain us in the months of hard work ahead. Indulge in self-care, in Venusian baths, cosy comforts, hugs, and rest.
In his own sign of Capricorn, Saturn enforces the limitations that we’re all currently experiencing in our social, political and economic lives. Saturn’s conjunction with Pluto, planet of destruction and renewal, and Jupiter, who makes everything bigger than it would ordinarily be, until December 21st 2020 (when Saturn and Jupiter finally move into 0 degrees Aquarius), is transforming the structures of our societies from the ground up. But it’s a slow process, and not a fun one. The months ahead will require Saturnian hard work, resolve, persistence and grit, but what we create out of this moment will change the shape of our lives forever. Pluto destroys what no longer serves us and reveals the riches buried beneath. Jupiter, when it finally leaves Capricorn, promises expansion, beneficial opportunities and good fortune. But we’ve got work to do until then. And more beyond that to transform our societies of course although the energies will feel markedly different in Aquarius.
This week Saturn continues to square the warrior god Mars who’s gaining intensity before he turns retrograde in about 10 days. Counter forces of aggression and repression will continue to be intense but there’s also a possibility for something important to emerge from this engagement eventually as we see the power struggle continue to play out between the youth- and people-powered movements for justice and the controlling forces of government and corporate plutocracies, which have vested interests in making sure that things remain the same.
The sun in Virgo is also trine Uranus in Taurus this week, with the possibility for unexpectedly positive, synchronistic opportunities emerging out of nowhere. Keep your eyes peeled for them. All in all it’s a shining window of a week, which offers us some creative and imaginative reprieve as well as the opportunity to begin crystallising intentions so they can be acted upon in the next leg of this journey. Indulge in these energies and let them charge your batteries. Dream big.
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Transcendent love, 2020
Oil on plywood
30 x 30 cm
