Full Moon in Leo
Full Moon in Leo “Heroes” David Bowie
The Full Moon in Leo with the Sun in Aquarius oppose Moon Leo, is a yearly duo doing their dance number with the breezy Aquarius air fanning the flames of Leo fire. The combination of the quirky Aquarius Sun with the regal Leo Moon make for a majestic pair as the Full Moon in Leo, ruled by the Sun, is in its glory. This year the Full Moon in Leo is putting on a show along with a cluster of planets lining up the night sky, giving an energy that is set up for an upwardly mobile force as Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn are all aligning into a pattern that will form into very positive marked aspects the next few weeks.
Leo, ruled by the Sun, resides over children, talent, creativity, fun, games, the heart, entertainment. Leo reminds us to keep in touch with our inner child no matter our age and to not lose heart. The ritual is to light a candle in areas you want to literally ignite. Do something that raises the heat, gets your heart pumping and enhances creative energies (red orange yellow), soak in some sun energy or rays if available. Show off and share your talents or your children’s talents, demonstrating your pride.
The Sabian Symbol for the Leo Full Moon:
“A man formally dressed and a deer with its horns folded. This is a symbol of self assertion at a point of effective impact on the world, dramatized here on the side of an established and everyday reality. Formality becomes a magical ordering of the automatisms of lesser things, enlisting them in an enduring service to each individual’s more outstanding talents. His achievements become evident in the trophies by which he makes his consistent contribution of the real essence of himself to his fellows. The keyword is MORALE. When positive, the degree is exceptional capacity for winning and holding the esteem of men, and when negative, dependence on applause and a playing to the gallery to get it.”
The focus on this Leo Full Moon seems to be swaying more on the side of the negative as it hasn’t much support around it and is in a challenging aspect to Mars. The focus on talent, applause, audiences, drama and all the Leo fanfare with showcasing trophies, achievements and honoring or celebrating accolades is over the top with a masculine, instinctive, go forth and conquer warrior spirit, with a distinctive expression of pride and gusto as well as need for validation or ego enhancement.
The Full Moon in Leo is in an applying square to Mars Scorpio which will come to exact on the New Moon in Aquarius the next few weeks as Mars begins its retrograde cycle. This masculine, yang energy is on the wild side that needs to assert and act and can show up as impatience, impulsiveness, aggression, burns, headaches, anger as well as fixed determination and stubbornness with all the focus on fixed signs (Leo Aquarius Scorpio) and with it plenty of fire with the Leo Moon igniting Mars.
Mercury retrograde in Capricorn turns direct January 25th but sits in a slow station and in its shadow until mid February, so still browsing, searching… Mercury in its turnaround the next week is in a tense aspect with Uranus Pluto and creating a tsquare with Lilith Libra which is showing up with a wallop of bad weather and storms, intense and heated discussions, raging moods and anxiety. Watch for personal planets at mid sign cardinal Aries, Libra, Cancer Capricorn for close up personal impact.
The Full Moon isn’t aligning close to any supportive aspects giving it a sharp biting edge. The Sun or Moon without support typically can show up feeling under appreciated or not acknowledged that can either wither in the spot light or overcompensate with constant need for validation. A healthy sense of ego tooting ones horn is Trumped (pun intended) by a more narcissistic slamming on the horn, where entertainment is more a circus act boasting ego mania putting on a show, surely instigating plenty of playful entertaining material this weekend, so get out the popcorn!
Mars rules leadership observed lately with tarnished leadership using popularity contests and partisan practice as opposed to competence where people are jumping on any old bandwagon. Both Trump and Palin have a very strong Mars signature where impulsive actions take over. Trump, with his Leo emphasis, has a very favorable chart which gives easier access to confidence, power, wealth and popularity. People are influenced by confidence, beauty and the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Mass manipulation plays on fascist values, knowing how to play on or prey on sympathies with symphonies playing violins to said opinions.
Leo ruling over the entertainment world has some sad goodbyes, losing some very special talented artists the last few weeks. David Bowie held a special place for me entering adolescence in the early 1970’s alongside all the disturbance and rebellion, during the days when it was thought safe to hitchhike and take risks, do what is not familiar or popular trusting in an inner guide and building those street smarts that take you through life. The Full Moon falls over David Bowie Aquarius ASC and his Leo Moon which gave him his unusual and dramatic flair. David with his Aquarius rising (ASC) was the signature outlaw that lived on the fringe. With his chart ruler in Aquarius, ruled by Uranus, Bowie was the quintessential rabble-rouser and provoker of innovation with a voice instilling the value of going against the grain. His Capricorn Sun Mars was hit up by Uranus Pluto and his chart ruler, Uranus in Gemini, hit hard showing much stress around his health.