Fracture Lines -- The Meaning of the Full Moon in Astrology -- Part 1

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Graced again by a Full Moon

The Full Moon in Scorpio arrived as the week-end faded -- as on the horizon the Taurus Sun faced off against its celestial companion once again. The Full Moon itself formed at 6:58 PM (Mountain Time) on April 29.

It's a time of endings ... and decisions. And maybe a time for understanding, too -- about the Full Moon and its meaning. Because whether you know what's really happening or not, you'll have to live with the results. Maybe, finally, some solid information is a good thing.

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It's complicated.

Full Moons have a complicated reputation. On one side, there's the romance of it all ... and the fanciful dreams -- or maybe memories -- of romancing the one you love under the soft light of the Full Moon. You can feel the longing tug at your imagination -- to stroll arm in arm in the moonlight, ducking into the shadows from time to time for a kiss and a lingering embrace. It's the stuff of songs and poetry.

But there's a darker side to the mystique, too, where dogs and wolves -- and desert coyotes -- howl hauntingly at the Full Moon as it travels. People are edgy and irritable ... and strange reactions and lunacy abound. We all know that side of the Full Moon's mystery, too.

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One of life's great divides

So, why are Full Moons such an issue? And what does Astrology have to say that can help explain what's going on?

Well, all Full Moons involve some kind of conflict. As the Full Moon forms, as it does every month ... and for several nights following, you feel pulled in two directions at once, forced to balance competing demands -- or desires, and perhaps required to try and serve two masters ... no matter how impossible you know that is -- logically. As the brilliant, unmistakable Full Moon ascends on the eastern horizon, Life's demands in two opposing / competing areas become equally insistent and intense.

These demands and conflicts are always familiar. You've played this game before. Maybe you live with them constantly. Were you born under a Full Moon? Do you have oppositions in your Natal Chart? Do you have a partner, friend or important "other" -- lover, boss, parent, rival -- with planets in opposition to yours? Do planets in the sky now oppose a Natal Planet?

These celestial patterns can mimic the effects of a Full Moon -- and increase the pressure they normally bring. Full Moons reveal options you either didn't know about or didn't want to look at. Now ... you can't avoid them.

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Growing pains

Full Moons are educational. They promote growth and insist on balance. You have to strike bargains with yourself and find compromises that let you take care of business and meet your responsibilities, even when priorities ... diverge.

Opposition. That's what a Full Moon is all about ... life energies in conflict -- creating discomfort and conflicts in you. It sets up situations that demand action and highlight ambivalence. You want this ... but you also want that equally ... and for some reason, you can't just have both.

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So what's the problem?

There's not enough time. (There are only 24 hours in a day ... and you're only human.) You can't be in two places at once. (Those pesky laws of physics say that's theoretically possible, but so far, humans haven't discovered how to live there.)

You're exhausted from being "of two minds" about something constantly. (People who want closure and certainty find Full Moon energy especially tough.) You need this ... but to have it, you also need that -- and building one robs vital resources from the other.

Life in Full Moon territory is messy, stressful and unsatisfying. Things are never ok, and rarely quiet for long. Psychologically, two rambunctious inner selves have each decided their time has finally come, dammit and they're not going to be cheated of some out-in-the-world time. It's their turn to be heard, to set the agenda, to drive life's train for a while ... and by God, they're suited up and ready to rock.

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So what's the real problem?

The problem is ... they have totally different agendas. Their needs and plans move life in totally different directions.

To take care of yourself ... you need to do one thing. To take care of your responsibilities to other people, honor your worldly commitments (your sense of who you are -- and where other people are counting on you), to fulfill your duty -- to meet public life demands ... or private life requirements ... you simply have to divide your resources -- at a time when each side is squalling for 110% investment and more.

Each Full Moon highlights a set of opposing priorities that need support and adjustment -- and it puts these toxic twins squarely on your To-Do schedule with the ultimatum that you look at this situation and fix it.

FInd Part 2 here.

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