There will be a full moon in Pisces on August 26, 2018. At its most basic, a full moon is when the sun is opposite the moon. So there is always a polarity with a full moon. What you need versus what you want. Work versus home. Who you really are on the inside and who you show to others on the outside. This tension between opposing forces is what can cause us tension during or around a full moon. And this full moon is no different – expect there to be some extra emotional burdens placed upon you when it comes to home and family life. And your relationships in general.
Full moons also involve the push and pull between the two opposing zodiac signs. Here, the opposite of emotional, sensitive, creative, sometimes a little delusional and prone to escapism Pisces is the grounded, responsible, particular and exact Virgo. That right there just feels like tension to me. These two on a road trip together in a car for days….I can’t imagine.
This moon forms a sextile (that’s a good aspect) with Saturn and with Uranus. Again, the push and pull between restrictive and responsible and explosive and sometimes disruptive.
This is also a moon when the line between fantasy and reality….fades. It doesn’t just blur…it goes away entirely. Full moons also illuminate and bring to light certain things. With this lunation, given that it involves the mutable water sign of Pisces (notable for escapism and illusion and delusion), it may reveal that things aren’t exactly as they seem. With yourself, or with others around you.
A common theme with Pisces (especially people with their moon in Pisces) is a tendency towards escapism. Anything to distract from reality. Boundary issues in general (as in, there aren’t any) and victim-like behavior also sometimes accompany Pisces energy. Instead of dealing with the reality of a situation, there’s a tendency to turn towards substances. Or whatever they turn to to not deal with the situation – over spending or over eating or over indulging. Pick the poison.
Even if you aren’t a Pisces sun person or have Pisces rising (or moon, or any other significant planets in Pisces), this full moon is for all of us. And the question to ask ourselves is, what are we not dealing with. What aspect of ourselves are we trying to hide or “cover up.” What dynamic in our lives, in our relationships, are we not facing head on. Is there a reality we aren’t facing?
And instead of facing it…what are we doing instead? Are we running from it and masking our real fear and anxiety with drugs and alcohol? Are we presenting a perfect, photo-shopped version of ourselves much happier, and wittier and healthier than we really are to the world via social media? Are we just simply not dealing with it – not going to work, not spending time with our kids (real time), not trying to advance ourselves in our jobs or careers, not saving for the future, not making a real effort towards healthier eating and living, not striving to live our dreams and fulfill our goals….just not dealing with it.
I know a lot of people (Pisces people and non-Pisces people alike) who, when confronted with a reality they don’t particularly like or aren’t comfortable with, revert into children. Like the child throwing a tantrum screaming, “I don’t wanna go to school!” the adult version is an adult just not showing up to work. The child left to their own brilliant decision making, eating junk food all day is the adult who is drinking and using drugs and probably not eating too well either. The child who acts out in school when they aren’t given all the attention by their friends and teachers is the adult who starts posting too many and too ridiculous social media posts for validation and attention.
This is when meditation or just sitting somewhere by yourself in quiet (that means, put the phone down and stop playing video games and scrolling through Facebook) can bring tremendous benefit. But usually it’s the people doing the most “escaping” and caught up in the illusion of things that are the most resistant to spending some time in quiet. Simply put, they’re afraid of what they might learn about themselves. Easier to drink it away or just live in a fantasy.
But in the long run, it’s not. What you resist, persists. So if you aren’t dealing with aspects of yourself, at some point, they will catch up with you, and they will win. Because all those years of not dealing with them has allowed them to grow bigger and stronger.
Pisces energy can be remarkably creative and healing and gentle and easy. But it can also not face reality, and in some ways, be a little like Gemini in that there are two faces. The real one behind closed doors and the masked one that is presented for the public.
Full moons bring completion and ending. This is an ideal time to stop hiding, stop running from reality, stop deluding yourself and others and step into what is real. Step into who you really are. And if you don’t like it, if this full moon brings to light some aspects of yourself you really aren’t comfortable with….use this energy to change and to grow. It’s time…
Be open to what calls you…
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