Wednesday’s Full Moon in Capricorn

“I send you my words
From the corners of my room
And though I write them by the light of day,
Please read them by the light of the moon.” Gregory Alan Isakov

“Like the wolf, intuition has claws that pry things open and pin things down, it has eyes that can see through the shields of the persona, it has ears that hear beyond the range of mundane human understanding.” Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Once when I was writing a book of short stories, I called the Irish astrologer, Andrew Smith to see if he had any advice about how I was proceeding. He said,”It would be helpful if you meditate before you start writing – even for a few minutes.” This advice, although helpful, was not what I was anticipating. But as it was good advice then, meditating is good advice now, as we head into this week’s Full Moon on Wednesday.

The Full Moon is July 13  at 2:38 PM EDT at 21 degrees 21′ of the sign of Capricorn.

Uranus- the planet of surprises, is strong at this time. It is trining the Full Moon indicating the powers of intuition  are strong. There can be chance meetings and new and exciting opportunities can arise. It is a time for coming alive in a new way emotionally and leaving behind old attitudes and feelings that no longer serve you.

The Moon is opposing Mercury at this time. This can indicate a struggle between head and heart. Mercury is aspecting Uranus in a positive way though, indicating  again, that intuition is the best way forward and meditation will be a helpful tool for resolving inner or outer differences.

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”Wisps of clouds, like wings, are streaming across the sky.”

Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill

 

 

Mars Enters Taurus, Mercury Moves into Cancer

“Under a sky the color of pea soup
she is looking at her work growing away there
actively, thickly like grapevines or pole beans
as things grow in the real world, slowly enough.
If you tend them properly, if you mulch, if you water,
if you provide birds and insects a home and winter food,
if the sun shines and you pick off caterpillars,
if the praying mantis comes and the ladybugs and the bees,
then the plants flourish, but at their own internal clock.

Connections are made slowly, sometimes they grow underground,
You cannot tell always by looking what is happening.” Marge Piercy from The Seven of Pentacles 

Overnight, Mars entered the earthy sign of Taurus and Mercury, the sensitive, domestic sign of Cancer.  As Mars moves away from his challenging square to Pluto and Mercury  moves out of busy Gemini, it bodes well to slow down and implement a  moderate pace.

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”A clear mountain stream runs steadily downstream.”