✶ Insight Into the HeartMind ~ Taurus Full Moon Nov 2019

Full Moon Tuesday 12^th November 2019, 19:51° Taurus @13:34UT

Insight into the Heartmind

For those who look up to the starry firmament and wonder why the brightest light in the night sky, our beautiful Moon, is often referred to in folklore and astrological parlance as the ‘Triple Moon Goddess’, well, this is the Full Moon for you. With an ‘exalted’ and still earthy, crazy intense, Taurean Full Moon, we could quite easily experience all three Lunar archetypes to full effect, with Maiden, Mother and Crone, the three faces of the Moon Goddess shining brightly against a twinkling starry background of interlinking relationships.

In what promises to be a deeply insightful and memorable three-night Full Moon, as events, people and or situations, initially display unpredictable qualities of hungry youth; peaking with passionate and profound, practical talents from creative maturity; age-old grand-mother wisdom associated with the powerful Lunar Triad pulls up the rear.  

This Full Moon begins with youthful initiative on the 11^th, the determined but tender Moon sparking into action with unpredictable Uranus, accenting team spirit and group activities that can make this Full Moon seem initially rather random. Tending the metaphoric ‘Sacred Flame’ around hearth and home on the 12^th kindles flickers of change and excitement, as asteroid Goddess Vesta conjoins the Moon as Luna culminates, highlighting the warmth and comfort of the central Motherly hub; Luna begins to wane on the 13th, entering into the closing moon phase to become the wise old Crone, experienced in her encounters with wild-woman Medusa (with her wisdom eye open) and the mesmerising seven sisters Pleiades (making it the Full Moon to weather forecast next season, i.e. if it is mild/cold/hot/wet/dry, then so will be Winter/Summer).

☆ Plus, the usually difficult to see, mercurial messenger of the Gods and planet of communication, Mercury, also deserves a special mention right at the start of this Full Moon report, as under the growing Full Moon beams the currently Retrograde winged courier forms an extremely rare and magical alliance on the numerically powerful portal 11:11, crossing the intense Scorpio Sun, Mercury occults the Sun, suggesting a hidden message comes to light which is very much on point.  

☽ The Mysteries of the Silvery Moon ☾
 
Before going into this marvellous Mercury transit a quick recap about the Moon, generally considered Yin and feminine. Thus the receptive Moon is ‘exalted’ in sensuous Taurus, because the Moon’s kind and gentle, nurturing qualities are best expressed in the sign of the Bull. A realistic Moon in Taurus lives for love, taking care of business to live a happy mellow life with ample money and romance, food and fun. This, then, is a Moon to also make sure one is remunerated accordingly for work done and time spent. 

Tuning into nature’s rhythms also tends to be easier whenever the sensitive Moon is in earthy Taurus. Most beings, animals, children, women and some sensitive men, which can include the divinely empowered masculine function well – albeit subconsciously – within the monthly lunar cycle and its’ regular windows of opportunity. The Moonwise tend to note how and when energy levels rise and fall, and how our own bodies’ and emotions and reactions also wave, ebb and flow, all in tune with our personal lunar tides within an ever-changing Moon cycle, of which we all uniquely resonate.  

Indeed, it is only when we are truly in tune with the Moon – and therefore our own emotional flow - is it really possible to connect to our most personal and subtle soul vibration, that part of our being which resonates at once with the three times, currently profoundly receptive to our past, most recent and ancestral; and to the future mission to show care and compassion.

With the Soul of the Earth presently stimulated by both a wonderfully exalted Taurus Moon, and intense Scorpio Sun-Mercury connection, all in helpful astral alliances to Saturn/Pluto, we witness all that is currently being revealed, transformed and released. Ultimately, this exalted Full Taurus Moon reveals how the power of love coupled with the power of renewal revives heart and soul.

11:11 ~> Growing Magical Moonbeams

A growing Full Moon is considered to be a most powerful and magical phase, marked by a lightness of heart and emotional confidence. With a Taurus Full Moon in the best possible sign for the grace of the Moon to glow: in sensual, earthy Taurus, Bullish desire and aspiration towards the Light of Love grows a steady pace. Though Taurus likes a sure and slow path to enjoy fields of clover, when the Moon conjuncts Uranus on the exact degree of the Moon’s 3° exaltation, on the day of the 11:11 master number (i.e. not just the best sign to be in, but the very best degree for the Moon to be in on this numerically special day) a quick and sudden change in tempo could call for swift and caring, compassion in action. 

Remember: just before the Full Moon it is often an idealistic phase; there’s an edge, as certain things are not yet fully complete. Remain open, with a willingness to work with others. Humanitarian Uranus with the Moon invites us to hold a clear image in our mind of an ethical future: one where it's no longer just a feeling inside, you but an actuality.

✰Also bear in mind that while certain personal issues – mindful finance, altruistic love and healthy body consciousness continue to increase through (digital) awareness over the coming years. And it may now actually be too soon to again try to repeat recent failed experiments or rebellions and it may be best to either wait or reassess with a new Moon January 25^th and the start of the speculative and busy year of the White Metal Rat.

✰Changes instigated Oct 28th’s New Moon may, however, now require certain moderation during this Mercury Retrograde lunation (with a note that Mercury goes forward 20^th November).  As well as finding one’s place within potentially volatile collective vacillations at a truly symbolic time.

✰ One day before the culminating Moon in Taurus, healer-trickster-brother Mercury is revealed to seen from earth (emerging from his Scorpionic Bat cave, wearing winged boots and waving his magical caduceus wand optional) to dramatically cross the Sun on November 11th 2019, which is Armistice Day, to make an extremely RARE transit of Mercury passing between Earth and Sun. This means for six hours we could (clear sky permitting) actually see this historic union of heart and mind, exactly conjunct @15:19UT.

This crossing only happens 13 times a century; the last was 2016, before that 1999; the next is 2032 – quite a while away. And with incredibly pertinent timing Mercury, planet of the mind, is with the Sun in Scorpio, in the sign of death and renewal, on the very day when we in the western world purposefully think about - and honour - all those who have died at war.

Here at Astro Dakini's Dharma Stars, we align with many others sending good thoughts to all those who gave their lives in all war, most especially the two World Wars, for peace, freedom and love to flourish.  Interestingly, from the perspective of the school of psychological astrology, this Retrograde Scorpio Mercury takes on the role of ‘psychopomp’, guiding departing souls from one world to the next with ease and agility: may all those gone beyond be at peace.

When quick thinking Mercury conjoins the Scorpio Sun, the planet of communication aligns deeply heart and mind to examine life’s sometimes difficult topics: taxes, shared ventures, sexual intimacy, as well as death and rebirth. This conjunction also denotes a special kind of insight, a sharp and precise extra-sensory perception that is able to penetrate with x-ray vision through any obscuration, to see any situation and hidden treasure clearly.

This extra-cosmic extra-sensory awareness on offer also requires a well-understood, impartial view as a starting point in any pertinent situation. If you don’t have a balanced view, one could easily miss the moment by being wrapped-up in nonsense and distraction, and remain in the dark about certain murky subjects.

✰ Luckily, dynamic Mars is currently in the sign of intellectual harmony, peaceful Libra. Though debilitated in the sign of the scales, warrior Mars in diplomatic Libra provides that balanced view with an all-knowing air. Mars in Libra tends to be suave, debonair, cultured; a bit like James Bond taking time out to with his Dry Martini, shaken not stirred. And, at the exact moment of this Exalted Taurus Full Moon’s culmination, it is worthy of note that Mars is the leading planet of a locomotive shaped Full Moon horoscope, giving a seriously smooth-talker the heavenly lead to diplomatically announce proceedings.      

12:11 ~> Full Moon Culmination with Asteroid Vesta

With Asteroid Vesta, ‘Goddess of the Hearth’, kindling love and providing virtue and support in these degenerate times, she amplifies Luna’s creative fertility at culmination. This can also be a time of an intense scrutiny into health and wealth, privacy and security, in relationship, both personal and shared. 

‘The Lights‘, Sun and Moon now strengthen associations to Saturn and Pluto, the authoritative planets which have rather fittingly symbolised the current power hunger from certain people – and now the internet of things. The long-term scheme of the Saturn and Pluto in their 35-year cycle comes to a head around the January 10^th Lunar Eclipse. How we personally work with the changes to traditional structures, as they continue to transform, will depend upon how much we have learned from what might have seemed ambitious if not practical, way back when (1984).

This then, is a ‘Focus Full Moon’, and one not to rush. Whether alone, in delicious Taurean’ style at one with nature - or ensconced in one-to-one, family, or even at work within a group endeavour, during this Sun conjunct Mercury, opposite the exalted Full Taurean Moon conjunct Vesta; take time now and centre upon what we care about, and to dig deep, do our Mercury Retrograde research, and make sure we understand what we see, recognising that we are also in some way or another, an interconnected part of all life. 

At the same time, avoid indulging too much emotional introspection for fear of being unrealistically self-judgemental.  Instead, be aware how Vesta brings added stability to a Taurean and sensually charged Mother Goddess hub. She shows how family devotion ought not to alienate personal needs for intimacy and comfort. 

13:11 ~> Planning a Bull’s Eye

The third and final night of this Full Moon sees Luna look up from a cosy nest, ahead into the future, creating strategies with a clear view of our aims. Without getting attached to outcomes, Venus, the ruler of Taurus in freedom-loving Sagittarius, teaches love is not a feeling to be trapped or bound. Because when we feel expansive we are more likely to hit targets, be inspired, and endure difficulties with philosophical optimism. Just make sure your view is correct, and that you’re not totally operating from a purely self-centred point-of-view, otherwise you may just find your world is very small; indeed it may not even exist how you imagined.

☆ A last celestial contact to note, as the Moon wanes (hopefully not too exhausted) and meets a newly suggested dwarf planet, Hygeia.  Hygeia’s symbol in the horoscope is a Kundalini Snake Wand, the Caduceus, which gives us a clue as to her influence. Note: now at 8 Gemini, the sign ruled by Mercury, fellow healer, who also wields a magical caduceus. Check where and what kind of wheeler-dealer mind-healing is newly taking place in your scope at 8Gemini. 

Welcome Hygeia! Daughter of Asclepius*, medicine man who cured through herbs, dreams, water, and (kundalini) snake medicine! Thus Hygeia is the nurse who knows how to soothe and apply the bandage, the Matron dwarf-planet, gifted with hands-on healing. This therapeutic Goddess of hygiene and cleanliness is currently urging us to clean-up the way we problem-solve, as well as how we communicate within our community. And so this Moon cycle closes with a message of truth and freedom, and how the healing magic even stronger when love radiates in all directions. 

The next Full Moon 12^th December also brings enchantment to the fore.
Plan on it.
Until then: be the love!
 
With best wishes from Astro Dakini

Aka Laura Boomer-Trent

‘Love is the only force capable of turning an enemy into a friend’ ~ Martin Luther King
 

*Asclepius is associated with Ophiuchus , the constellation in which the Medicine Man holds a snake and whose foot dips into the ecliptic to become a contentious ‘13^th sign’ between November 30 and December 18^th (when Saturnalia begins!).

Any astral argument about signs of the zodiac is allayed Solstice December 21^st with the rebirth of the New Light King. Be aware however, this year’s Boxing Day annular Solar Eclipse, December 26^th, is the most natural New Moon start to a New Year, in what is shaping up to be a decidedly interesting 2020! 

ℒℴѵℯ & Many thanks to unknown painter for Triple Moon Goddess _(*)_
And for Tibetan tricoloured Gankyil ~> Wheel of Joy _(*)_