Living with the Stars

Tonight, just as the sun sinks below the western horizon, the moon will rise directly opposite the sun in the west in what we call the Full Moon. Full Moons, in astrology, symbolise the fruition of all those intentions we set at the New Moon roughly two weeks ago. This New Moon occurs at 9 degrees of Aquarius.  Looking at the full moon chart, we notice that the Moon does not make any significant aspects to speak of to other points, but there are other things going on. Let's begin with the Mercury-Saturn opposition, the most prominent aspect in this chart.  Mercury is the messenger, so this is about communication. This planet can represent many things; speech, for one. How do we communicate with ourselves, with the world? We do that through speech, sound or movement. Mercury is currently travelling through the sign of Virgo, a sign which it rules. In this sign, Mercury takes on the discriminating aspect, separating the wheat from the chaff (have you every wondered why the sign ...