Taurus Full Moon: The Center of You
Here, I think Taurus has exactly the right idea. Take care of the simple stuff, and you’ll be in better shape to tackle complex problems. Especially at this particular Full Moon, with the Sun and Moon in aspect to hard-edged Pluto, the world seems to be falling apart. It can all be a little overwhelming, drinking from Scorpio’s waters. Spending a little time in a comfortable place with a nice treat has a way of restoring sanity.
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Pisces Lunar Eclipse: How to Survive Quicksand
Gentle motion, flexibility, and floating: These are your survival tools for this Pisces Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse. If there is an astrological equivalent of quicksand, a Pisces eclipse would pretty much have to be it. At times like this, surrender—not struggle—is the key.
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Cancer Full Moon: The Awakened Heart
When our lunar hearts are opened at this Cancerian Full Moon, let’s leave them open and let them teach us, soften us, and bring us closer to one another. Our awakened hearts can draw us, gracefully and naturally, into the joyful light of the Moon, setting us aglow with the comfort, hope, and merriment of our own Buddha natures.
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Aquarius Full Moon: Looking for Lightning
At this Full Moon in Aquarius, a lightning bolt of inspiration is headed your way. Just as an artist occasionally receives unfavorable reviews, not all of the feedback you receive for your efforts will be positive. Perhaps your creative landscape has been deprived of nourishment and has turned a bit brittle. But even negative feedback, however uncomfortable, can be useful.
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Pisces Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse: Dancing with the Leaves
Which is more important: results, or process? At this Full Moon, the Sun in Virgo argues for efficiency and results. But the fully illuminated Moon in the opposite sign, Pisces, makes the case for enjoying the process of life.
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Gemini Full Moon: The Gift of Listening
Listening – that simple gift of attention and love, like holding open a door for someone entering a store as you’re leaving – makes the world feel a little kinder, a little more civilized.
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Aries Full Moon: Rights, Grievances, and Relating
But all long-term relationships are a high-wire act of helping someone else live their best life without abandoning your own. It’s tricky work, and even the best-matched partners erupt from time to time over old hurts and resentments.
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Full Moon in Pisces: Pretend You’re in Love
Each of us has our judgmental, self-righteous, critical, stubborn, short-tempered moments. They estrange us from one another, and from our best selves, too. Happily, they are easily overcome, reuniting us almost magically with our true natures.
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Aquarius Full Moon: Conga Line
Here are some of modern astrology’s contradictory messages about Aquarius, the sign of this month’s first Full Moon (Aug. 1, 2023, 11:31 am PDT): Aquarius symbolizes weirdness, iconoclasm, and innovation, but also friendship and membership in groups. So which is it? Well, I guess it’s both, really.
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Capricorn Full Moon: The Midwife, the General, and Mr. Wolf
Capricorn’s genius is his ability to size up a situation quickly, formulate a practical, effective response, and deliver orders that others instinctively obey. When failure is not an option – and for Capricorn, it never is – you will do whatever is needed, however unpleasant, to get the job done.
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