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aw, my astrologer in montana is quoting your grandmother in her full moon
columns :)
read to the end!
and come back to yoga. we're too sad without you.


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Date: Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 2:44 PM
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From: Deborah O'Connor <deb@lovedogdesign.com>
Date: Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 10:48 AM
Subject: Aries Full & Eclipsed Moon
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*Thank you for sharing these notes.*


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*I would rather be a superb meteor,*
*every atom of me in magnificent glow,*
*than a sleepy and permanent planet.*
*I will not waste my days trying to prolong them.*
*I will use my time. *
* ~ Jack London (Aries to Libra nodes)*


*Do you have the courage to bring forth *
*the treasures that are hidden within you?*
* ~ Elizabeth
Gilbert*


Aries Full & Eclipsed Moon* @ 4 degrees*
*8:50 PM MDT*
*Sunday September 27th*


This is a wild moon . . . a moon loaded with shenanigans and gifts.

Falling last in September’s seemingly endless series of energetic surprises
and curve balls, tonight’s eclipsed moon feels like the crescendo of a
long, dramatic Russian opera.

Probably it’s most piercing question to us is this one: Where have you not
acted on behalf of something inside of you which is craving the light of
day? This ‘something' further defines you, expands and nourishes the Self
you have been creating throughout this lifetime. An eclipsed moon, after
all, isn’t eclipsing you as much as it’s helping you to understand what you
may have allowed *to be* eclipsed.

The Aries to Libra energy of this moon seeks to integrate the need to be
independent with the need to be in relationship. You are simultaneously
learning to know yourself—your deepest expression of Self—in the context of
your interactions with others. If there is something within you which feels
shut out, which wonders when and where it’s safe to introduce (*or
re-introduce*) itself, your sense of imbalance will be triggered.

You might find yourself tempted to breathe a little fire. Or to point your
finger at someone else, someone who has, truly, offended or hurt you. But .
. . the thing is this: nothing worthwhile has ever been accomplished by
blaming someone else . . . even if that someone else is perfectly awful.
The way through is always to gather yourself together, refuse to feel as if
you are The Victim, and go ahead and step into the next page of your story.
No one else can do this for you. No one else can know how this next step
needs to feel to you.

Tonight’s moon is helping you to move out of any shadow you may feel has
cast a spell on you and just step back into the light of your Self with
renewed energy. This takes no small amount of personal courage. But it’s
sitting right there in your core, just waiting for you to call it into
action.

Sometimes as I write these columns, I worry that you, my readers and my
friends, might think I’m taking all that is unfolding in Time too lightly.
I promise you, I am not. I am keenly aware that we have had to navigate a
continuous series of energy shifts which have, now and again, seemed
merciless in their demands upon our hearts and minds. All of us have either
summoned the courage to dive more deeply into our shadows—or refused this
rich soul work and, instead, chosen denial (*which never works out very
well in the end*)—and as we feel the energy of tonight’s extreme Moon, most
everyone is feeling alternately lighter and weary.

To keep things more than interesting, tonight’s emotionally-charged moon
occurs right in the middle of a mind-bendingly tricky Mercury retro cycle
already fully engaged in pointing out the wrinkles in your relationships as
well as offering up countless frustrating detail-snaffoos. So this Aries
moon, cruising closer to the earth than any other this year, and full to
overflowing with emotional tides, is a bit like tossing a thimble of
gasoline onto an already charged fire.

Please be careful. Watch for anger, in others as well as in yourself, and
use it as an indicator that something is off balance. Then tap into the
part of yourself capable of acting rather than re-acting. You can use this
energy to set a new course. Nothing has to remain the same. Nor will it.

A few weeks ago, Steven Colbert interviewed Joe Biden who quoted his mother
as saying: "What’s the use of being Irish if you don’t realize life’s going
to break your heart?" I wonder if we couldn’t update that sentiment a bit
to this: "What’s the use of being human if you don’t realize life’s going
to break your heart open?"

To life.

*Drop a note if you’d like to better understand how all of these recent
shifts are affecting your own life or your relationships, or if you’d like
to study your astro-cartography maps.*

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*Be humble, for you are made of earth. Be noble, for you are made of stars.