INITIATION & FIRE TENDING: It is safe to be YOU! Full Moon in 24° Aries 35’ on Oct 17 at 1:26pm
Full Moon in Aries 2024: initiation, potential and transits
The Full Moon in Aries in the Grand Cardinal Cross with Pluto in Capricorn, Mars in Cancer and the Sun in Libra reflects that we are in the process of ending old cycles and beginning new ones.
The Full Moon not only closes the portal to the Eclipse Season, in which we experienced release, cleansing and (energetic) clearing, especially during the Solar Eclipse conjunct the Libra South Node (October 2nd).
The cardinal, initiating, fiery Aries energy of the Full Moon also symbolizes that a new fire is burning within us – within YOU – and a new, courageous force is emerging that wants to be nurtured and channeled.
What the Aries Full Moon can mean in relation to the Lunar Nodes in Aries & Libra since 2023:
Although there will be another (Solar) Eclipse in Aries in March 2025 (then conjunct the Pisces North Node), the current Aries Full Moon feels like an initiation and an important, final culmination of the Aries and Libra learnings we have been working on since the Lunar Nodes moved into this axis in the summer of 2023.
You are now ready for a new fire, bold new steps and a “Hell Yes” to YOU!
The four cardinal energies that are in the field at the Aries Full Moon through Pluto in Capricorn, Mars in Cancer and the Sun in Libra are about initiation and new beginnings and therefore also about the completion of old cycles.
This vibe of breakthrough and beginning can also be felt in Aries, the very first sign of the zodiac.
Aries is your life energy and willpower.
The Aries in you knows that although you come from the All-One (of Pisces), you are an independent individual here on planet Earth.
The Aries in you knows that it is part of your destiny to go YOUR way and to be an individual expression of the divine.
The Aries in you needs freedom and independence to try out new things and find your own path.
In Aries, we learn to set boundaries and, if necessary, to secure our own area through anger, rage or fighting.
In fact, anger, aggression and “fight” are completely natural and necessary reactions of our nervous system that serve to re-establish or defend a boundary that has been violated.
You get angry when someone has crossed your boundary or wants to do so. So basically, anger serves to restore peace and balance...
Perhaps you feel a new ego strength and a new fire burning within you at the Aries full moon.
Perhaps this flame is still very small and needs to be nurtured! It can be helpful to surround yourself with people, role models and world views that strengthen this fire.
Or perhaps your fire is already burning intensely and you can learn to channel your energy better so that it flows sustainably and you neither burn out nor overheat.
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How to get in touch with your fire again
Perhaps it's also about gaining better access to your fire! Remember: feeling, showing and embodying anger and willpower requires a basic sense of inner security.
If you were not allowed to be angry as a child, if there was no room for your needs or if you experienced aggressive people as dangerous on the outside, you may have (unconsciously) suppressed your Aries self.
But everything that we suppress comes out somehow and at some point – possibly through chronic inflammation, illness or uncontrolled outbursts of anger, which then lead you into a spiral of shame and renewed anger suppression.
The Full Moon conjunct Chiron: Transform your wounds into medicine
The Full Moon conjunct Chiron retrograde in Aries indicates that we can now turn our wounds related to our fiery yang energy into medicine.
What fears do you have about your own anger and power?
Are you afraid of hurting others?
Are you afraid of burning out, of taking yourself over?
Are you afraid of being rejected if you show what you want?
Mars in Cancer: inner safety is the first step into your power
Mars, the ruler of the Aries full moon, is in Cancer – a sign of the zodiac that stands for inner security. Perhaps the first step for you is to cultivate more security within yourself to build the capacity to feel your will and your anger, rather than suppressing it and/or feeling ashamed.
Mars in yin-energetic Cancer also indicates the importance of self-care – especially when we are in the process of birthing ourselves, new projects and new life. What do you need right now on a physical and emotional level to keep your strength up?
Mars in Cancer knows that our energy is cyclical and that periods of rest are just as much a part of the creative process as activity.
However, this deep knowledge of rest and recovery is by no means “respected or normal” in our society. Pluto in Capricorn indicates that we are now ready to let go of unnatural social conditioning and outdated rules and roles.
Pluto in Capricorn: an era is ending
Shortly before the Full Moon, Pluto ended its retrograde phase. Before his entry into Aquarius on November 11, Pluto is now in Capricorn for the last time, which he entered in 2008 and to which he will not return for another 250 years. We are experiencing the end of an era – on a personal and collective level!
You no longer have to carry or repeat the old stories of your ancestors and the “old world”. You can and may say no and choose anew. You may and you can clearly recognize what really belongs to you and what burdens you have unconsciously taken on.
What constraints did the women in your lineage experience that YOU can and are allowed to break through? Which rigid structures and hard performance patterns of your ancestors or society do not belong to you – your true, natural self?
It is NOW time to get into your positive Capricorn energy: You are your own authority and full of confidence. You live in harmony with your values and full of integrity. You use (your) resources sustainably and choose with deep wisdom which mountains you want to climb and which legacy you want to leave behind.
Relationships & self-trust during the Full Moon in Aries
The more you are in the grounding, back-strengthening feeling of Capricorn, the more you feel your fiery Aries willand the more you carry a sense of safety and security within you...
...the more balance and clarity you can bring to your Libra relationships. The Libra Sun conjunct asteroid Goddess Juno, which stands for soul contracts and partnerships, indicates that you are ready for a new balance.
You no longer have to play small, conform, fulfill expectations or receive validation from the other person to feel worthy.
Reflect for yourself:
In which relationships can you be yourself?
What changes in your relationships with friends, partners, customers, colleagues and even your work when you trust yourself more, stand up for yourself and take your needs seriously?
What and who can stay, what needs to change or even go?
The cardinal energies of the Aries Full Moon embody what you have probably been feeling for some time:
Your new you is in an unstoppable process of becoming. You are in the process of giving birth to yourself anew and at the same time returning to your original essence. You are growing – in depth, in width, in height...
You may feel like you are in a preliminary phase: You know that something new awaits you, but you still have no idea what this means.
Perhaps you can already sense what it's all about, but everything still feels fragile and uncertain.
It could also be that you have already taken the first steps, but are now afraid of your own courage and the “consequences”.
No matter where you are at the moment – whether your fire is small or already blazing brightly – trust and go on courageously.
Everything is on its way to you. You are on the path.
You are in a state of preparation and at the same time you are all set...
Say yes to yourself, say yes to life and feel: you have strength. You are strength. You are supported. It is safe to be yourself.
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