The Full Moon is exact
in the 7th degree of Aquarius
on July 29, 2026 at 9:36 am CDT.
As this Lunation expresses
the axis of the 5th and 11th Houses,
the Signs of Leo and Aquarius, respectively,
I might title this Full Moon
(and the greater cultural moment):
The Individual's Last-Stand
Jupiter and the Sun,
in their especially precise Conjunction (aka: Cazimi)
bolster the energy of the Individuated Being.
The true Leo spirit delights in the simple joy
of Being, of playing, of Creating.
It's the spirit of the 5th House -
Children, Romance, Recreation.
In the 11th House,
these phenomena are socialized.
The thrill of team-sports, of cultural memes,
of our shared remembering of,
and reveling in,
the Inner-Child.
Of course, this is also where we discover
that we cannot control the outcome.
Our personal failures, and successes,
do not ensure victories nor guarantee losses.
If you are on the team,
then you can directly influence the outcome,
but never control it.
One step further removed,
that of the fan in the crowd
or devotedly watching at home,
and there is only a desperate desire
that your doings matter.
The insisting
that if only you hadn't forgotten your lucky socks —
or swearing that
your ritualized eating of a hot-dog
surely impacted the outcome.
This is the Pisces layer,
the 12th House layer,
of this arena.
But in the Aquarius layer,
in the 11th House,
you do still make a concrete difference.
As the Jupiter-Sun Cazimi are in effect,
so too is a Conjunction
of the Full Moon and Pluto in Aquarius.
In its own right,
Pluto suggests a dimension of power
which is not readily discernible.
Not because it is small,
but because it operates at scales
we don't readily comprehend.
It's the power so vast,
you're forced to create an abstraction of it.
It's the power so minute,
your brain can't afford to not take it for granted.
So what we see here
is a profound showdown of these forces.
The polarization
of Individuality and Collectivity
is super-charged.
Add in the emotional layer of Leo:
Pride and Self-Aggrandizement,
as well as the material dimension of Aquarius:
Technology and Innovation,
and you can see why this moment
is so rife with meaning.
All the personal and sentimental work of Humanity
is being force-fed to Machines
which are gobbling up Individuality
and pumping out industrialized ideas and insights.
Is this merely the Democratization of Thought?
Or is this the sowing of seeds
which will destroy the mere possibility of Authenticity?
Complicating the picture
is the involvement of Neptune in Aries and Uranus in Gemini.
Neptune is well into a Retrograde cycle
as it forms a Trine with the Sun-Jupiter Cazimi.
Uranus, the ruling planet of Aquarius,
is forming a Trine with Pluto and the Full Moon.
And both of these,
Neptune and Uranus,
are likewise forming a Sextile with each other.
In short, Aries and Gemini are akin
to a more foundational expression
of the Individual-Collective dynamic.
Aries is the most basic expression of Selfhood.
Gemini, symbolized as The Twins,
is the most basic drive for companionship.
Neptune at its finest
gives us a clear vision, an ideal, to pursue.
At its most troublesome,
it invites us into delusion, fantasy,
or sublimation of our potency
into illusions and other forms of self-deception.
Uranus is sometimes described
as a higher-octave of Mercury,
the ruling planet of Gemini,
and it can indeed express a Mercurial tone.
On the one hand, it can swiftly deliver a miracle.
On the other, it is also known to pull the rug.
These four outer-planets:
Neptune in Aries, Uranus in Gemini,
Jupiter in Leo, Pluto in Aquarius —
each being notably interweaved
into the dynamic of this Full Moon,
give us an opportunity
to consider this Lunation as more than meets the eye.
Remember to look up.
Remember to look within.
Though it is true that you may reap what you sow,
you can only truly sow what you are.
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Full Moon in Aquarius: July 29, 2026
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Power and Pause
Pause
for a Moment
of Pure Noticing.
“Stop The World.”
says don Juan Matus…
Indeed:
Take a Minute to Breathe…
…with The Wind
and
— if you can be bothered to —
with the Water too
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Full Moon in Sagittarius, 2026
The Moon is Full in the 10th degree of Sagittarius
at 3:45 am CDT on May 31st, 2026.
With the Sun in Gemini opposing the Moon,
there is an activation of the 3rd and 9th House Axis.
The 3rd House suggests things which are local,
familiar, or even internal.
Siblings, schoolmates, and places of routine
are 3rd House matters.
The 3rd House is indicative
of the instinctive learning we undertake.
The acquisition of Language;
physical mannerisms; cultural habits; etc.
These are 3rd House features,
borne of our local-environment
and largely played out in it as well.
Meanwhile, the 9th House suggests the exotic,
the foreign, and new horizons.
A fascinating stranger from distant-lands,
or a culture with a radically different worldview.
The University, and its objectives
of higher-learning and mingling perspectives.
Places-unknown,
and encounters with the unfamiliar;
expanding our awareness.
These are 9th House features,
involving the higher and broader,
both literally and figuratively.
While the typical, or sugar-coated,
astrological advice around the 9th House
would likely be to book that trip to Bali
or run off to a monastery,
the law of Taiji has it that the 3rd House
is a perfect platform on which to build
a 9th House endeavor.
In the age of Internet,
there is no excuse for a dullen 9th House.
Watch a Bollywood film
instead of your favorite reruns.
Try your neighborhood Kenyan restaurant
rather than your typical takeout order.
Listen to folk tunes or popular music from Brazil,
from Bulgaria, from Java.
Just as the 3rd House process
of language acquisition largely entails closing-off,
the 9th House process of expanding our horizons
only needs for a slight removal of our filters.
You don't need to go anywhere
in order to meet with the novel,
the unfamiliar, or the foreign.
All of these are constantly made available to you.
By the same token,
in indulging the 9th House more dramatically
(maybe that trip to Bali is overdue, afterall)
we eventually discover the 3rd House is there
waiting for us.
If you visit a foreign land for long enough,
you will settle into its customs and rhythms.
If you visit a foreign land for long enough,
the strangers become neighbors;
the peculiar-but-delicious dish
becomes your daily breakfast.
In all things, both familiarity and novelty reside.
The freedom to see both, either, or neither, is yours. -
Full Moon in Scorpio: 2026
The Moon is full in the 12th degree of Scorpio on May 1st, at 12:23 pm CDT.
With the Sun in Taurus and the Moon opposed from Scorpio
the axis of the 2nd and 8th Houses, respectively, is highlighted now.
The 2nd House is often portrayed as the House of money,
which is fair,
but money is merely a small chunk of the iceberg
floating in the ocean of this domain of a horoscope.
The 2nd House holds all things material,
including our garbage and waste,
as well as our essential and necessary physical body.
The 2nd House suggests an experience of Materiality-as-such.
It also suggests our experience of Possession-as-such.
It indicates something about our personal relationship
to posessions and resources in general,
and I personally think can be reasonably extended
to resources which are immaterial as well, such as talent or skills.
Anything which can be classified as "mine" is drawn into the 2nd House.
In my experience working with people,
I notice a form of astrological arrested-development.
I hear people seeking counsel regarding relationships:
Is the year I will meet my future-husband?
Is my boyfriend really the right one for me?
I hear people seeking guidance about careers and purpose:
Should I quit my job?
Is there a path which will bring more meaning to my life?
What might be 7th House issues of relationship
or 10th House issues of public-pursuits,
get reduced to 2nd House issues of "My _____."
If I have advice,
it's to limit your 2nd House concerns
to mastering your Body and Mind,
those two most essential belongings,
before you worry about projecting possession
into the rest of the goings-on around you.
Before worrying about amassing millions of dollars,
be well-acquainted with your skills and talents,
for they are likely what will deliver such bounty to you.
Before you concern yourself with acquiring a new job,
make sure you are up to the task
of tending to the physical Body you inhabit,
for without it, no new career-path can be trodden.
You can give a man a fish, or you can offer him the skill of fishing.
You have skills and abilities which can be deployed in the other Houses.
If you are well-embodied and self-possessed,
your presence can be more effective in those other Houses.
There is no need to draw things in to your 2nd House,
like a desperate vacuum.
There is only a need to discover what is already there,
and to treat it with due reverence and honor.
In classic fashion,
the 8th House carries some of these same themes,
but extends them into shared dimensions.
If the 2nd House refers to "Mine," the 8th House refers to "Ours."
To that end, the 8th House suggests contracts and marriage,
secrets and mysteries,
as well as inheritances of both tangible and intangible
(or conscious and subconscious) nature.
The same call to awareness of the 2nd House applies here.
In this sense, it is indeed a House of Shadow in the Jungian sense.
Anything you are not acknowledging
can be reasonably given to the 8th House.
A talent with color and aesthetics you may cherish as a 2nd House gift,
might well be better conceived
as an 8th House inheritance from your great-grandmother;
you also, perhaps, are not so readily willing to embrace
the 8th House inheritance
of great-grandmother's propensity for alcohol and anger.
The husband you acquire as a 2nd House achievement,
invariably comes with a slew of hidden additions:
a psychologically abusive mother-in-law,
his resulting propensity to gamble or indulge in risky-taking behaviors.
The following may be a reach,
but to apply the 8th House to the 12th House of collectivity
we might even address that the shared burdens of all Humanity
could be meaningfully explored along the 2nd House-8th House axis.
As Pluto in Aquarius and Uranus in Gemini bring profound shifts
to our social and relational dynamics,
Neptune and Saturn in Aries bring similarly powerful awareness
to our individuality and distinctly personal experience.
The confluence of "mine," "yours," and "ours" has never been so critical. -
New Moon in Aries: 2026
Dane Rudhyar suggests
that the only true Creative act is the creation of Meaning.
In this moment of intensive Aries energy,
with its Cardinal and Monadic tone,
we all (exclusively as individuals) have the opportunity
to define and refine our own Reality.
Any use of projection, co-dependence,
or other exogenous frameworks of orientation
will likely lead to dissolution or emptiness at best.
I'll opt to not invoke the worst.
Soon after its conjunction with the Sun in Aries,
the Moon transits conjunct with Venus in the Sign of Taurus,
a planet associated with attractive force
and all manner of The Feminine function,
and the ruling planet of Taurus as well.
Following that,
the Moon will transit conjunct with Uranus
in the very last degree of Taurus.
Uranus brings a note of potentially disruptive
or surprising energy to the arena,
and with the considerable supply of planetary energy in Aries,
the ominous versions of what that might entail are clear.
However, there is also a more optimistic perspective
regarding the possible outcomes of this dynamic,
which I am openly advocating for here.
This is a moment
for all Beings of Consciousness and Volition
to declare Autonomy and Liberty.
This is a moment for all Enlightened Beings
to leverage their power of Creativity.
○◙The Creation of Meaning as a Liberative Act.◙○
◘•And the Liberation of Meaning as a Creative Act.•◘
It matters not the conditions and context in which you exist.
The Freedom to Create Meaning
in, and from, such circumstances
is ever-present.
And the Freedom to Create Meaning
which supports your Ultimate Liberation
is on the table.
Nobody can take it from you;
It is already given.
But it is possible for you
to miss it, to squander it, to refuse it.
Uranus will shake up the stage,
providing an opportunity to make your move,
and the scene will never be the same.
Aries is surging forward.
The Train is leaving the station
and has no scheduled stops on its course. -
Full Moon in Libra, 2026
The Moon is Full in the 13th degree of Libra, at 9:12 pm CDT on April 1, 2026.
As all such Lunations entail, the Sun opposes from the 13th degree of Aries and continues its trajectory toward peak power at the Summer Solstice.
Aries is the Sign of Individuation and Indivisibility.
Libra is the Sign of Relation and Balance.
Symbolized by The Scale,
Libra has a reputation of being interested in fairness.
And being ruled by Venus,
Libra is indeed often sensitive to such issues.
However, oftentimes this sensitivity and interest
compels Libra toward pathological people-pleasing
and over-extending of their energy.
In an attempt to correct for perceived imbalance,
Libra will run to provide counterweight on one side of the scale,
creating a temporary and temperamental illusion of restored balance.
Of course, the moment Libra is called to another endeavor
the scale swings back or worse yet,
having acclimated to the presence of Libra,
the other side of the scale has been bolstered
and the initial imbalance is exacerbated.
A difficult, but worthwhile, lesson for Libra to learn is this:
The Scale is not a tool for rectifying imbalance.
The Scale is merely a tool for measurement.
And any effective use of The Scale requires a zero-balancing.
For Libra natives to meaningfully embody and enact their archetypal role,
they must cultivate a profound sense of self-equilibriating.
If Libra will not perform the zero-balancing,
then The Scale will not be accurate.
Without an accurate measurement,
it is impossible to be sure if an imbalance even exists.
And even if such an imbalance exists,
efforts at rectifying it will be grounded on faulty data.
Libra carries a naturally reflective nature.
And like all reflective phenomena, its nature can distort the reflection.
If the surface of a mirror is curved, it serves a distorted image.
If the surface of the water is disturbed, ripples jumble the reflection.
In a suboptimal scenario,
Libra becomes a carnival mirror.
A deliberate (or at least tangible) distortion,
which is fun and games when such misrepresentation is disclosed,
but potentially catastrophic and utterly dysfunctional
when it isn't accounted for.
The art of Libra is learning to hold steady in the face of chaos.
To not micro-manage with Virgo impulses.
To establish capacity to observe rather than entangle,
like the Eagle expression of Scorpio.
Yes, Libra is symbolized by The Scale
with its two measuring receptacles.
But The Scale itself hinges upon a single, non-moving point.
This is the Dharma of Libra.
To perpetually center, rather than take-sides.
To become a self-equilibriated space
from which measurement can be made.
Only then can Libra perform the archetypal duties of The Scale.
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This Full Moon in Libra is especially noteworthy,
given that the Sun is anchoring the Zodiacal space
which both Saturn and Neptune will pass through
in their respective due courses.
(These start and end dates are approximate to within a 24-hour window)
Saturn is in the 13th degree of Aries:
May 30-June 10 of 2026, before stationing Retrograde.
Sept 13-26 of 2026, in Retrograde motion.
Feb 20-28 of 2027, having resumed Direct motion.
Neptune is in the 13th degree of Aries:
May 4-June 8 of 2030, before stationing Retrograde.
Aug 25-Oct 4 of 2030, in Retrograde motion.
March 6-April 1 of 2031, having resumed Direct motion
(Notable, as April 1, 2026 has the Sun in the same degree)
Nov 30 of 2031-Jan 17 of 2032, in both Retrograde and Direct motion.
This last span is especially interesting, given that Neptune is in the 13th degree of Aries for a prolonged period and will make its Direct station in the 13th degree of Aries on Dec 24 of 2031.
As always, if you would like support in exploring these, or any other astrological transits, you are welcome to schedule a personal session
with me Here.
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Healing Hurts
It demands that we revisit
and fully imbibe
things we'd rather ignore or brush aside.
All of the patchwork we've built up
in the name of survival and getting-on
has to be torn down.
The wounds require exposure to the air
in order to be resolved.
Most of us slap a bandage over the wound,
protecting it,
which is, for a while,
both practical and correct.
But rather than enduring the minor pain
of the adhesive tugging at our skin
as the bandage is removed,
and risk the wound being exposed,
we choose to slap another bandage on top.
Many of us have built up cathedrals of such bandages.
We build altars of our refusal to heal,
and create elaborate and ornate avoidance-rituals.
And every time we have the opportunity
to dig into the hurt
toward healing,
we opt instead to apply yet another bandage.
Until we are willing to rip off these bandages,
the wound can never be addressed.
It will hurt a little bit,
every single time
we rip one of these bandages away.
And if we've been applying them for many years,
it may entail round after round of discomfort
to reach the original bandage covering the wound.
Healing hurts,
which is precisely why we Humans
often prefer to avoid it.
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