The desire for applause and attention
versus the need for independence and freedom
Despite the winter season, the Full Moon in Leo brings a warm, playful, charismatic energy that wants to be noticed ... one that will make an effort to satisfy this yen. Metaphorically, it's time to assess your personal talents and compare them to your long-term goals. The inner, emotional part of you wants applause, attention, and plenty of cheering from the assembled throngs -- for the deeply generous, highly visible, flamboyant character you can be ... when you try.
Another part of you wants to kick over the traces and do something wild, something different, something totally independent and oh-so-unique. It's an eccentric, explosive energy that just waits for the slightest spark to detonate in either a totally off-the-wall adventure ... or a deafening display of emotional fireworks. It's a time for you to ask yourself seriously ... just what does it mean to you to "be yourself" ... and what are you willing to do (what cost are you willing to pay) to reach that happy place?
Get ready for "something different"
This is not a combination made for self-control. There's too much of "the Devil may care" mixed into both these signs -- and when they stress one another, bizarre decisions, impulsive moves, and a capricious, unstable state of mind can cause enough problems to send the Devil running for cover ... just to get out of the line of fire.
The best advice for the moment is to be careful what you say ... and even more careful what you do. Your impulses may seem, in fantasy, like great ideas for plenty of reasons ... but when the dust settles you could wind up wishing you'd used a little more common sense, a little more restraint, a bit of "count to ten."
Frankly, such things are in awfully short supply now. It is possible to have fun, be yourself, and not "lose it completely over the next few weeks. Keep reminding yourself of this ... if you find that simple fact slipping away.
Does the eclipse matter?
This particular Full Moon formed last night as a lunar eclipse. You may have heard some stir about it on the news. Ordinarily I don't give this much notice. I'm not convinced eclipses are all that special except for the added time their issues hang around.
Ok, granted, that itself may be big news in your world, especially if the degrees of this Full Moon activate points in your Natal Chart. For example, this 11° Leo Moon sits right on top of my 11° Pluto in my 8th House (of destruction and renewal) ... and I have been dealing with sad themes of death in my life for several weeks now -- to the point that I'm starting to be scared to wake up in the morning (until I consider the alternative.) This chart says that may not change any time soon.
Some of this may also have special relevance to you. Some of it may be interesting only to astrologers and astrology students. Some may not cause much of a ripple. But I'll talk about it all in some upcoming issues. I know it helps when you can relate these greater themes to things happening in your real life -- even when it's not altogether happy. So stay tuned.
If this Lunar Eclipse event lives up to its hype, its message bears some serious reflection. Clearly "normal life" is changing in many ways for all of us. Along with the upsets, the pieces of extra help we can look to and count on are just as important. A couple of added sessions can help us figure it out.
Where is this happening for you?
Wherever this opposition falls in your Natal Chart you will look for fun, attention, and plenty of self-promotion moments in the affairs of life ruled by the house that holds the transiting Moon.
And you'll be tempted to declare your independence, break all the rules that annoy you, and really let your rebellious eccentric self out of the attic to enjoy a howling good time in the affairs of life ruled by the house that holds the transiting Sun. The kind of "attention" those impulses could generate ... could redefine the term for you!!
There is astrological information to be found at moments like these from almost any birth data, although the more general the input, the more general the advice will also be. Want to know where "ego issues" are at work in your personality -- activated now by this Full Moon energy? And want to know where you need more freedom in your life ... which is also a theme at work now?
I can give you some quick pointers based on just your birthday. No need for birth time or even year or place for this. Upvote this post (That's the cost of your reading!) ... and leave me your birthday in comments. Discover what astrology's wisdom says is happening now for you.
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