AG,
Great!!!!!!!!! l, you’re back in your rightful place writing up the Moon phases. I’ve really missed you doing this, its like old times.
I notice that just before the Full Moon, the Moon conjuncts Pluto and is still conjunct, though separating at the time of the Full Moon. So there could be a real Transformative edge to this Full Moon. Moon/Pluto suggests buried and very intense feelings, so emotions and feelings may be much to the fore during the coming month.
The Full Moon is ruled by Jupiter, in Leo. Jupiter is still in opposition to Neptune though with Neptune retrograde the two planets are moving away from each other faster than would be normal. However, This is still a time when fantasies and day dreams can be seriously over blown and turn out to be unrealistic or based on no solid foundation. Jupiter is in Leo, hardly the most bashful of signs, so if anything can be inflated Jupiter in Leo will inflate it!
Mercury and Venus are conjunct in Gemini some 18 degrees from the Sun and both playing the role of Morning Star, though you will have to look very closely to see Mercury, close to the horizon. Both planets are also square to Uranus, in the case of Mercury an applying square, in the case of Venus a separating square. This will impart some individuality and non-conformity to relationships and communications. Uranus is sometimes seen as a revolutionary planet, partly because its discovery revolutionised Astronomy and Astrology and partly because it presaged the American Revolution and the French Revolution. Therefore there may be some ‘revolutionary’ aspect to communications and relationships during the coming month – perhaps more on a mundane than a personal level.
The Sun is beginning to apply to a conjunction with Saturn and will perfect this conjunction on Thursday 24th, a few days after the Summer Solstice at 19:12 GMT on June 21st, a week to the day after the Full Moon. The Summer Solstice takes place at 0 degrees Cancer, and Saturn is the ruler of the opposite sign of Capricorn. The Sun/Saturn conjunction is therefore the meeting of the rulers of Summer and Winter. For the period leading up to the Conjunction and just afterwards Saturn will not be visible, being blotted out by the Sun. In Astrological terms it will be combust and therefore weakened. Sun/Saturn can mean the importance of authority (or the father figure), given Saturn’s debility and the revolutionary nature of Mercury and Venus could we see some real challenges to authority at that time? Cancer is of course ruled by the Moon, so this Full Moon presages the month when the Sun, symbol of life, health and the creative will is ruled by intuition, emotions, and the unconscious mind.
Mars is in the last degrees of Aquarius and is technically conjunct to the modern ruler, Uranus. As Uranus is in Pisces the ancients would not have treated this sort of out of sign conjunction as significant. However, as Mars is applying to the conjunction and will perfect it just before midnight on 23rd of the month it’s time to watch out for some form of idiosyncratic form of assertiveness, possibly directed towards spiritual growth or fulfilment. Mars is also in a separating square from Mercury so the Uranus energy from its own square to Mercury is also tinged with Martian assertiveness and focussed action. The 24th thus promises to be a significant day with the Mars/Uranus conjunction still almost perfect and the Sun/Saturn conjunction taking place around 14:00 GMT. Jupiter and Neptune also reappear here, because they are the traditional and modern rulers of Pisces. It is perhaps fitting that the Mars/Uranus conjunction should be at a time when the rulers of Pisces are in opposition. So will the Mars/Uranus conjunction be wreathed in the clouds and mist of Neptune or is there a slightly harder edge from Jupiter?
and congrats purplefishy on your graduation!