(Astrobutterfly.com)
On January 25th, 2024 we have a Full Moon at 5° Leo. The Full Moon is opposite Pluto in Aquarius, and it is square Jupiter in Taurus.
The dynamic tension of the Full Moon opposition (Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Leo) seeks release through the planet at the apex of the T-square, Jupiter.
We basically have a fixed T-square with Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Leo, and Jupiter in Taurus. Fixed T-squares are VERY intense, because fixed signs are the most resistant to change.
Yet, the inherent tension of the T-square presses precisely for change.
Something’s got to give.
Full Moon In Leo And The Opposition Aspect
A Full Moon, by definition, is an opposition aspect. A Full Moon is THE most important opposition aspect because it engages the 2 fundamental parts of ourselves – our Yang, Solar identity, and our Yin, lunar identity.
To create life, we need energy and matter, we need Yin and Yang, we need day and night.
To bring the potential of the New Moon conjunction to life, we need to become aware of the inherent duality of our nature. We need to be able to “see” these 2 entities within us.
The Sun and the Moon put this story on display for us every month: when we have a New Moon (Sun conjunct the Moon) the Moon is invisible. A seed has been planted, yet we are not aware of it, in the same way we can’t see the Moon, which has disappeared in the glare of the Sun.
It’s only when the Sun and the Moon are at the maximum distance from each other – at a Full Moon – that we can see the full disk of the Moon.
The opposition comes with the paradox where on one hand we have full clarity and are fully aware of the energies at play. Yet, because these energies are at the maximum distance from each other, we relate to them as if they were 2 separate entities.
Full Moon In Leo – Projection And Paradox
In psychology, the process of becoming aware of one’s paradoxical, dual nature starts with the so-called mechanism of projection. Projection means we take aspects or qualities of ourselves that we find difficult to accept or acknowledge and attribute them to others.
We split our internal landscape into dichotomies. There is “me” and there is “them”. There is “good” and there is “bad”. There are values we resonate with, and values we despise.
If we identify with one pole of the spectrum (let’s say with the Sun), we automatically reject the other pole of the spectrum (let’s say, the Moon).
If we resonate with one particular value, we then feel compelled to align ourselves with all the supporting values and ideas associated with that primary value.
If we support a sports team, we will like everything about that team, and dislike other competing teams.
If we support a political party, we support all the individuals within that party (and feel animosity toward everyone else) and all the ideas promoted by that party – even when they contradict our personal values.
And it does make sense to take this approach – at least to some extent. There’s that part of us that is Jupiter. This “Jupiter part” likes coherence. It likes direction. It likes to have 1 clear answer. Finds it easier to relate to 1 big truth.
But there are times when Jupiter’s coherence becomes Jupiter dogma – a hideaway from our own resistance to change, an easy way to (not) deal with our internal paradoxes, and the complexities of our existence.
When we get stuck in our initial narrative – without questioning it – we end up on a wrong path, distancing ourselves from the very thing we tried to seek in the first place: the truth.
How do we solve this riddle?
By embracing our internal paradoxes. By owning our darkness, or the ‘less desirable’ traits. And even more importantly, by owning our light – all that we could become, all that we could grow into.
If we don’t like something about someone, that’s likely because 1) we don’t like that thing about ourselves 2) there’s something about the positive qualities of that person that reminds us of our own unfulfilled potential, triggering feelings of inadequacy or insecurity.
Full Moon In Leo – A Conservative, Old Fashioned Lady Is Confronted By A Hippie Girl
The Sabian symbol of the Full Moon in Leo is “A conservative, old fashioned lady is confronted by a hippie girl”.
The Sabian symbol speaks of the collective, cultural and social crisis that challenges us to accept the relativity of social values – which in turn, helps us embrace the relativity of our own personal values (Full Moon square Jupiter).
What needs to change? It largely depends on the individual, on your own story, reflected by the natal houses and planets triggered by the Full Moon in Leo.
Pluto – closely aspecting the Full Moon – is now in Aquarius.
The Full Moon in Leo has a Pluto in Aquarius message for every single one of us.
We are living in a fully digitalized world, yet there are still people who don’t know how to send an email because they are “not into this tech stuff”, or because “tech is too difficult”.
Yet, tech and computers are part of our everyday life – our whole society is now built around tech, whether we like it or not.
Even if we choose to live in remote areas, without a Wi-fi signal, – unless we choose total isolation, or live in an ashram-type of community, – there are still times when we need to make a phone call or send some documents through electronic means.
Full Moon In Leo And Pluto In Aquarius
This first Full Moon in Leo with Pluto in Aquarius will raise our awareness of who we are as an individual in this new Pluto in Aquarius era.
Is there a way to be true to one’s self (Leo) while adapting to the changing realities of the world we live in (Aquarius)?
What aspects of yourself require acknowledgment and acceptance? What paradoxes must you reconcile to embrace the transformative potential of this new Pluto-in-Aquarius era?
What conflicting values do you need to reassess and integrate to bridge the gap between your individual truth (Leo) and the shifting realities of the world (Aquarius)?
