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[ArtCharts] Inspired Astrology Newsletter: Leo Full Moon

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Leo Full Moon: reversals

[Full Moon @ 01 Leo 54 on Tuesday, January 22 @ 8:35 am est]
[Pluto enters Capricorn on Friday, January 25 @ 11:35 pm est]
[Mercury stations Retrograde @ 23 Aquarius 53 - Monday, January 28 - Monday, February 18]
[Mars stations Direct @ 24 Gemini 05 on Wednesday, January 30 @ 5:33 pm est]

The energy of the Leo Full Moon is “reversal”. There’s a Full Moon (Moon opposes Sun and Moon) while Mercury stations Retrograde and Mars stations Direct.

Meanwhile, we just entered Aquarius, the New Year isn’t brand new anymore. So what happened to the excitement and resolutions that were going to make this a great year!?

The Leo Full Moon reminds us of love. And all love starts with self love.

Self love fills us with pride and gives us the WILLPOWER to push past obstacles and keep the faith that good things are going to happen. You can set and meet goals because you KNOW you are going to succeed.

But what happens when you don’t meet your goals or get what you want. And worse, when you don’t get what you KNOW you deserve. If your goals aren’t met quickly, relying only on WILLPOWER alone can start to get exhausting over time. And less productive. And now you have another goal that seems unattainable, another reason “it can’t work.”

This is reversal. It happens when your energy is literally running backwards through your meridians, causing you to achieve the OPPOSITE of what you thought you intended! And the harder you try, the farther you seem to get. Somehow, your subconscious is getting a message that is the OPPOSITE of what you want. There are several reasons this can happen. And there is NO blame because they are all subconscious and likely originate from incidents in the past. And they are being revealed (and hopefully healed) by the current Full Moon that occurs as Mercury stations Retrograde while Mars stations Direct.

Here’s the good news. The energy reversal that started during Mars Retrograde can get re-wired and re-connected while Mercury is Retrograde in Aquarius.

Your energy can get reversed when you are not really ready to achieve your goals. And there can be good reasons for hesitating or procrastinating. Succeeding at something can mean having to give up something else. And this can set off inner conflicts. Maybe you’re not ready to make a sacrifice, go the extra distance, make a change or a binding commitment– if it means giving up something that gives you comfort and makes you feel safe.

Since the New Year, like many of you, I’ve received countless emails promising me a new life if I sign up for a program, costing me $ per month. I’m sure many of these emails, pdfs, podcasts, books, eBooks, videos, DVDs, and teleseminars will get me motivated to achieve and succeed, but the sheer number of them is overwhelming. Yet, they have a timely message.

We are entering an era when more of us can learn how to succeed professionally, as long as we’re willing to concentrate and commit. This is the year of Jupiter in Capricorn, so we have an abundance of business gurus, wealth mentors, and life coaches to teach us the steps to success. It’s a growing field and will eventually bubble, although this year, telling people you can help them make big bucks can make YOU big bucks– if you’re truly an expert. If you’re not, Jupiter can help you expand your confidence, education, and professional reach until you become an expert.

Defining the cultural trends and limits are the “social planets” Jupiter and Saturn. They are currently trine, or capable of working harmoniously together. And the Jupiter-Saturn trine is also trine Asteroid Goddess Ceres, creating a Grand Trine in Earth. (Check out the inspiredastrology blog for the discussion on the Jupiter-Saturn-Ceres Earth Grand Trine.) If you have a goal in mind, but achieving it has started to seem unrealistic, you can start to feel like giving up is the only realistic thing to do. Still, that does NOT mean your goal is unattainable! But it may mean that manifesting it may be more complicated or challenging than you thought. And this can bring you face-to-face with inner blocks and conflicts that make you feel wrong or undeserving– just for having a goal. And if that’s true, no matter how well you hide it, that internal conflict will come up every time you think about your goal, making it hard to just get started. Your subconscious can find a way to sabotage every attempt you make to manifest your goals. It’s not out of cruelty, your subconscious is trying to give you more of what gives you energy. There is only one message you can give your subconscious to override its habitual beliefs. And that’s self-love– accepting and loving yourself no matter what happened in the past. We need to extend to ourselves the universal, unconditional love we would like to radiate and extend to others. And radiating love comes from connecting to your own inner source of love. We are kicking off a season of getting back to that source.

This (almost ending) Mars Retrograde included 2 oppositions to Pluto, with 1 more opposition to come after Mars starts moving forward (March 7 in Cancer). Your energy can get diverted or disrupted by holding on to resentment, feelings of betrayal and broken promises. Subconsciously, you may want to deny or punish someone for not living up to a promise or filling a need. Focusing on negative emotions is yet another way to divert energy and hold yourself back from achieving your goals. Letting go of the past, including past resentments, can mean changing. You may start to look and act differently, and that can seem false to your history, your identity. And what if you disappoint people who rely on you for being a certain way? This feeling that changing will disappoint others lowers and/or reverses your energy enough to lose any enthusiasm you start to build. Not only does this make it more challenging to do the things you want to do, it makes it very difficult to know and attract what you want. And you can easily sabotage anything you want, and blame someone else for the situation.

In general, when you blame or compare, your energy gets reversed, which means it runs backwards. And when your energy is reversed, you get the OPPOSITE results of what you say and think you want.

Perhaps it’s just mind over matter. But before assuming that, check out some scans of brains experiencing negative feelings, and those experiencing positive feelings. The brain produces chemicals than cause electric charges and chain reactions. Those chemical and electrical reactions continue to cause chain reactions of energy that move throughout the body, either carrying healing or toxic energy to every part of the body. Including the mind.

Blaming yourself can be an “automatic” or learned reaction, but it clouds your ability to see what’s really going on so you can react appropriately. This Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius is about taking the next step to greater awareness. And during the Leo Full Moon, that awareness needs to highlight the power of self-love to open your heart and accept yourself as you are. Even though you may feel anger, resentment, and a list of other negative emotions, you can still love and accept yourself. And at this Full Leo Moon with Mercury stationing Retrograde in Aquarius, feeling your self-love and acceptance will give your inner self the message that a positive change is possible. Sure, there are conflicts, but a solution is also possible! And– you can even re-wire your belief systems so negative feelings no longer have the hold over your future that they held in the past.

Getting angry at the person who made a mistake or disappointed you only serves to keep your energy in reverse. You can move forward anytime you take responsibility (power) for your choices. Knowing that, why isn’t it easy to change our habits and behavior? Maybe there are secondary benefits we get that we enjoy and are not ready or willing to give up;-)

Whether or not we consciously realize it, we make choices all the time. Pluto in Capricorn, the sign ruled by Saturn, INSISTS that we take responsibility for how we use our power to choose, which includes our money, individually and collectively. And if we don’t, Pluto in the sign of Saturn will make corrections. It’s already shown us this can and will happen. The more aware you can be of your choices, the more you can reclaim your personal, and financial power.

Before you blame and drain your energy, let Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius give you the time and opportunities to re-think your expectations. As Mercury stations Retrograde in Aquarius over the next few weeks, are your expectations realistic? Sustainable realism is important now as Jupiter and Pluto enter Earth-sign Capricorn and ruler Saturn trines them both from Virgo. Also, this Mercury Retrograde station is defined by the Mercury-Neptune conjunction (Jan 22, Feb 2, Mar 9), a time when ideas can filter into your consciousness from your subconscious. What happens if your expectations are not met to your satisfaction? What happen if they ARE? Are your expectations reasonable, sustainable? Are you demanding something from someone that you are capable of giving to yourself? If so, ask yourself why you think you need that other person to do it for you. This is yet another self-restricting attitude that blocks your flow of self-love and drains your energy. And disruption of energy blocks your happiness, which can lead to dis-ease, bad attitudes, lowered expectations, less energy, negative vibrations, and the inability to manifest your dreamlife. But you can manifest your joy and abundance when you feel connected to your essential self. And this Full Moon in Leo reminds us that love starts within and has the power to set us fre*e.

Watch the [inspiredastrology] blog for my article on Pluto’s entrance into Capricorn.

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