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[ArtCharts] Express: Your Inspired Astrology Newsletter

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[ArtCharts] Express: Full HARVEST Moon edition

Full Harvest Moon: Flowing into Fall

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The HARVEST Moon is September 26, 2007
@ 3:45 pm edt :: 12:45 pm pdt

The Harvest Moon is the Aries Full Moon, when the Sun is in Libra and the Moon is exactly opposing in Aries. The Sun is at 3 degrees Libra 20, the Moon is at 3 degrees Aries 20.

Aries and Libra are CARDINAL signs. Cardinal signs mark the beginning of the seasons, and occur when the Sun aligns with the Earth's equator. Spring and Fall occur when the Sun is at the equator or 0 degrees latitude. Summer and Winter occur when the Sun is at 23.6 degrees, which is the Sun's highest point, either North or South of the equator, and marks the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. That's why Western Astrology is called Tropical astrology. You can read more about latitude astrology and declinations on artcharts.com.

The beginning of every Cardinal (called the Aries Point) is the time to ACT. On the Harvest Moon, the Sun and Moon in early Aries-Libra shows the waiting period is over. It's GO time.

Yet--- many of us may not feel quite ready. We may still feel held back and not motivated to move ahead. The future is, after all, unknown. And the forces holding us back seem pretty powerful. [The Full Moon at 3 Cardinal has a Solstice Point of 26 Mutable, exactly conjoining the Mars-Pluto opposition. And the Full Moon in Aries is ruled by Mars, giving Mars great urgency right now. Read my blog for an in-depth article about the Fall Equinox and the Mars-Pluto opposition.]

The Harvest Moon is a call to ACTION. Yet, this astrological configuration [Sun square Mars -- Sun square Pluto -- Moon square Mars -- Moon square Pluto--- forming yet another Grand Mutable Square] shows that heavy-duty resistance to important changes is building.

It's not over till it's over. Yet, if you don't make necessary transformations, you can continue to be controlled by the bonds of old struggles and emotional pain, most of it hidden or denied because it's too scary to feel. Whether or not you consciously feel or acknowledge a feeling, it can still be there, below the surface, subconsciously waiting until frustration and pressure builds and the need for action becomes undeniable. Then whatever you're blocking can either sabotage you or prompt you to repeat negative patterns. Complaints and objections that come from the need to control a situation will continue to increase your resistance. It's time to find a resolution to an ongoing struggle. You can start by realizing how you benefit by holding onto it.

If you are meeting continuous challenges, how are you resisting getting what you think you want?

How can YOU release your resistance and be open to your energy flow? (And release doesn't mean having the "last word" or telling someone off, which actually increases resistance.)

By doing what feels good;-)

Venus and the Sun are in "mutual reception". This means they are in each others' ruling signs. [Venus rules Libra and the Sun is in Libra. The Sun rules Leo and Venus is in Leo.]

This is a promising time to have fun and enjoy life! Party and socialize. Enjoy your own company and the companionship of friends. Yet, if socializing becomes a time to play "who's better" or "who has more", you can find yourself spending more time and money buying things that you hope will make you feel more attractive and affluent. If you obsess on comparisons and competition, you will be vibrating anything BUT love. And this can bring you anything BUT love. It can even bring up feelings of rejection that seem to be "proof" that "no one loves me." That's overly dramatic and will only make you feel hopelessly worse. What's actually happening is that no one wants to be around anyone who is always looking to manipulate, dominate, power trip, or control. The need to control shows your resistance to relationships, whether they are intimate, friendly, or "just business".

This is the time to look into your resistance to relationships. What are you protecting? The problem with the strategy of keeping yourself separate to feel safe is really about your own feelings of emptiness or insecurity; if you carry the belief that you could never be, offer, or DO enough, how can you ever have enough to share? How can you support others when you (secretly) feel that you don't even deserve to be supported?

You're not fighting "it" or "them", you're fighting your own (subconscious) resistance. And the more resistance you can peel away or allow to "just be," the more energy you'll have. Resistance is exhausting. If you can release your resistance, you can have access to abundant energy and you'll start to naturally and effortlessly feel healthier and move forward, appreciating your resourcefulness, and picking up momentum as you go.

If you'd rather hold on to your resistance and negativity, the universe is benevolent and understands that releasing and acceptance is a choice and a process. So it will give us all two more "open windows" to think about how to release resistance and gain more access to our natural energy.

Mars stations Retrograde on November 15. This means Mars and Pluto will oppose two more times, January 2 (at 29 Gemini-Sagittarius 12) and March 7, 2008 (at 0 Capricorn 58). There's a choice: have the "last word" or take a last minute opportunity to release negative thoughts and beliefs (Gemini-Sagittarius) before they are carried into the next phase. If you wait until Mars and Pluto oppose at 0 Capricorn-Cancer, you risk bringing negative feelings into the next Pluto cycle, which will last for the next 15 years, or until 2023.

Because i'm still in love with you,
On this Harvest Moon"
-- Neil Young

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