Creating Clarity and Peace: Full Strawberry Moon June, 27/28

Full Strawberry Moon in Capricorn, Conjunct Saturn

Tonight, June 27 at 9:45 P.M. (PDT)/12:45 A.M. (EDT) the Strawberry Full Moon peaks and conjoins Saturn, the Great Teacher as both form an exact opposition to the Sun at 6 degrees of Cancer. The polarity of Capricorn-Cancer highlights the push me-pull me energy of Cancer’s need for security, safety around our domestic environment and our personal need for feeling at home and being nurtured. Our need to feel connected and loved comes into opposition with our  Capricorn in opposition to Cancer focuses us on our emotional needs (the Moon) and that which we are learning to cope with in areas of transformation. 

 Saturn, the teacher and the Moon, we are learning to how we respond when our efforts to be rewarded and honored for our achievements are thwarted and how that in turn makes it more difficult to feel at home in the life we are currently living. We may feel torn between our very real need to create a safe and warm home as we weigh our commitment to those areas of obligation and duty in community and the collective realm.

With the Full Moon in the first decan (first 10 degrees) of Capricorn our need to succeed and get things accomplished is high.This Full Moon in Capricorn however is about clearing out whatever is blocking the way forward in areas of our great passions. It’s a time to purge and remove whatever stands in the way of our success. This Full Moon crosses in through the Sagittarius constellation where it aims its energy in direct line to with laser-like precision at its target. Both the eye of the Archer and the direction of the arrow in the Archer’s bow may be used now for either magical and healing purposes or for a darker, more dangerous kind of purpose. 

Using our energy with clear and loving purpose is crucial to long-term, positive, healing outcomes. Whether our energy, power, and actions are used for good and humanitarian purposes or is misused to cause greater harm and destruction, is crucial. Goodness and mercy are needed, however, the Moon transiting the star Fancies indicates there may be more sinister acts to come: Marina (Darkstar Astrology) notes that Fancies represents that which lacks justice and mercy: Fixed Star Facies 8º ~ “Experiencing violence or turmoil. The sadist, or the humanitarian who wants to help children or minority groups in need. To learn of wounded people, people who have been harshly treated.”  Moon in Capricorn natives include Hitler, Goebbels, Melania Trump, Marie Le Pen, and Mark David Chapman. We always have a choice in how we use our power and passions. Capricorn Moon natives can be humanitarians or  sadistic tyrants.  This position of Capricorn represents the strength of the family, which is the source of  power and strength to defend ourselves against tyranny.

What this Full Moon in Capricorn calls all of us to do is to use the inner wisdom that we have been learning during Saturn’s  transit of whatever area of our life it has been making in Capricorn. Our inner wisdom and ability to discern and see things clearly, help us respond and guard ourselves and our families in times of stress, danger, and challenges. We are being called to respond in the most humane and merciful ways we can regardless of what rises before us. Being accountable for our actions and holding ourselves in alignment with the Divine nature our our being is crucial to standing strong and seeing clearly.  The Sabian symbol for this Full Moon igives us hope that current events are creating a wave of energy and response that will eventually have positive impact. Blain Bovee’s interpretation rings true: Capricorn 6 carries an intriguing theme concerning 'thatching' . The image of an archway with ten logs at the bottom, can be easily imagined to be the shape of a bird nest... note that Cancer 6 is "Game birds feathering their nest. How the logs are perceived seems key for Capricorn 6 individuals. The logs could be material to use to build the desired goal. Or, they could be obstacles that seem to bar the way through the passageway of the arch.”  Taking care to do what is needed to support, nurture, and maintain a safe space for your family and yourself is key during this lunar cycle.

And our concern for others who are being deprived of their families through racist, xenophobic, and inhumane actions must be acknowledged and remedied. With the Full Moon in Capricorn conjoining Saturn and squaring Chiron, the Wounded Healer, we witness and confront. the brokenness in the world we live in and in ourselves. It is a time when we need healing, clarity, and the tenacity to remain courageous and strong in the face of harmful forces. We need to continue to build structures, ‘nests’, homes, places of safe haven for ourselves and others. Saturn in Roman mythology and Chronos in Greek, represents the Grandfather time, now in opposition to Cancer, the Archetypal ruler of the Moon/Luna. we are fighting the struggle when we are forced to confront the emotional harshness that has such a powerful influence at this time. Bringing the two into union, coping with our most difficult and harshest taskmaster and struggles, is a necessary part of forging a stronger, more courageous and clearer vision of just what we are capable of doing, being, and overcoming. 

Find peace within the conflict. Stand firm in union with all that you know is Good, Love-based, and Truth. Be kind to yourself and others, and allow healing to soothe your heart, mind, and soul. Let the beauty of the world ease the pain of your body. Work on building a safe, nurturing home where you are, and appreciate and give gratitude for the bounty you have received. In using our gifts and abundance to help build, heal, and nurture, we do the Divine work we have come here to do. We are co-creators of the Beauty of Life, and must use our gifts to heal and help.

New Moon in Gemini: A Path to Freedom

Seek your special place and path on the Gemini New Moon

The New  Moon in Gemini at 22 degrees,  occurs  on Wednesday,  June 13 at 3:32 PM EDT/12:32 PDT.   This New Moon will be affecting  those with major aspects (Sun, Moon, Ascendent, and other transits and aspects) between 19-27 degrees in the Mutable signs: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces. The New Moon will highlight whatever area of your life you find Gemini. In the third decan of Gemini, this New Moon is presenting you with results and direction for whatever you have been preparing and planning for. 

The day before the New Moon, June 12, Mercury enters Cancer. And the few days leading up to the New Moon is the period when the waning lunar cycle is in the dark of the moon. This is a time we become more reflective. Coupled with the fact that Mercury is ready to change signs (and therefore in the critical last/anaretic degree), we may be dealing with some old patterns and habits or some unfinished business related to goals, dreams, and communication that needs to be finalized. I've certainly noticed that trouble spots have been appearing that require some last minute fixes. Get chores and overdue issues handled so the New Moon will usher in the next lunar cycle in good shape for a new path.

Venus leaves Cancer the same day as the New Moon, entering Leo  where it will transit until July 9. This is a time when love, creativity, and all forms of self expression become  the key motivators. Deep seated needs rise up and become a chief motivation for much of what we seek. Venus makes a number of aspects to other points of interest, including her conjunction with the North Node on June 18-19. The North Node is the gateway to the future, so it may be we begin a new relationship or a new phase in an existing one. It may also mean we let go what has held us back from a new start.  On June 20-21 Venus forms an opposition with Mars, bringing into the equation a mixture of eroticism and emotional tension that gets acted out in heated and antagonistic ways. Mars is also conjunct the South Node (opposition to North Node=future) and karmic and past ties are activated. Some unfinished business requires attention, and something we’ve carried into this experience in order to make peace or cope with, must be attended.

The twins, Gemini, where the Sun and Moon form a conjunction on Wednesday, raise the specter of Duplicity and Forced Choice. Like the three-in-one goddess/god, (upon which the concept of the Trinity was based-three aspects of the One), Gemini activates the psychic energies within each of us. Whatever gifts we have can provide us with a steady source of information. Dreams may become more prescient. Intuition is likely to be stronger than usual, and though our minds may flit from flower to flower or have trouble finding a place to alight and focus, our inner voices will be strong and we’ll be able to connect, energize ourselves and others, to see more long range solutions to issues that have been difficult to resolve. 

The New Moon in Gemini aspects Ceres. Both represent archetypal energies of the Mother. Ceres one of the most recently discovered planets, joins the traditional ruler of the feminine, the Moon, as the Corn Goddess or Earth Mother. Ceres reigns over the cycles of life: fertility, birth, harvest, aging, death, rebirth.  The Moon rules over our individual emotional well being, health, and temperament.  Ceres rules over all who provide nourishment in some way, including chefs, spiritual guides, counselors, caregivers, healers, and of course mothers and grandmothers.  When our need to nurture and support is thwarted, we tend to suppress our emotional  needs and may feel weighted down and burdened. At this New Moon we might want to acknowledge what needs we do have and find ways to express our love and concern for those in need. 

With our karmic past appearing in our current life path (Mars conjunct the South Node), we will be spurred to meet ourself on the karmic road again. And we’ll meet those with whom we have unfinished business or ties that need renewing. Jupiter and Neptune are both in a loving, fortuitous trine to one another, making a kind of magical combination for conjuring up or manifesting what our hearts desire. We seek now, the fulfillment of our hopes and dreams, our desires, and our goals. The New Moon in Gemini may give you a much clearer vision of how that might be achieved; clearer than at any time in the past. “Jupiter trine Neptune could symbolize courtly love, the kind that was celebrated in medieval times. Troubadours would sing slushy love songs to married ladies, knights would joust in honor of the Queen. However, these pining wannabe suitors would never, ever take it to the physical.”

As we harness the power of the New Moon in the air sign Gemini while at the same time not allowing ourselves to be enslaved or entrapped by our own thoughts, beliefs, expectations, or opinions. Watch out for painful judgments and self criticism (or critical remarks from others). During a Gemini New Moon transit, we want to know our own minds, without being led into confusion and illusion. The process of discernment is crucial right now as we can experience freedom in our choices when we refuse to give into fears, self doubt, bad advice from others, or mental confusion. When the Moon and Ceres, both keepers of our emotional well being and balance, are in airy Gemini, we need to use our spiritual and physical skills and practices to stay grounded and in tune with our own breath and the beating of our own hearts. The rhythm of life is within our control through our breath, body, mind, and emotional balance. Now is the time to honor our multifaceted nature and embrace our ability to transcend limited and fear-based thinking.

By maintaining honorable and honest ways of communicating and respecting diversity, we work gracefully into a more harmonious way of living. We are able to both give and receive love when we live with an ethical heart and open, generous soul.