‘The present issues from the past, and the future from the present. Everything is made one by this continuity. Time is like a circle, where all the points are so linked that one can not say where it begins or ends, for all points precede and follow one another for ever…’
– Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum.
We live in circles within circles. No sooner one is completed that another one begins. But a circle has no beginning or end. Its culmination is also its beginning. And so it spirals round and round. We are at such completion moment with intensity and full force before the next theme arrives. The next chapter of our lives. The endings are also the beginnings. It is the Full Moon taking place on 17 October 2024, at 11:26 GMT, and at 24 degrees and 34 minutes of Aries.
This is the last of a cycle of eclipses on the Aries/Libra axis. It is also the completion of action initiated six months ago, of harvesting the fruits we planted at the new moon in Aries. And at the same time it is the fulfilment of a narrative that has taken nine years in the making, and within the larger picture of the last eighteen years, when the north node was again in Aries.
Mars is important as the ruler of the lunation, and he is in Cancer and, therefore, in its detriment. However, he still holds triplicity. There is protective power that turns silent or gets twisted inside. In the water element it’s all about the internal, the emotional, the unspoken. The Ace of Cups is huge. The empowerment of emotions is unmistakable. But Mars is a centrifugal force. An outwards seeking action element. And so a lunation that would naturally be about the fulfilment of individuality, personal achievement and self knowledge brings into the surface anger, frustration and internal agitation.
The Devil shows the drive for material possessions and attachment to materiality brings inaction. A frustrated state of being that manifests corruption and depravity. Mars energy is reactive rather than active in Cancer and it will show up at that full moon moment. Any action that lacks integrity will reveal itself in the receptive light of the full moon. The Devil is an internal ugliness card. When action is static, or not purposeful, it can become corrosive, looks evil and even menacing. It holds a knife. It spells danger, violence, aggression, malevolence, entrapment. But the chains – that bound us to relationships, habits, ideas, locations and others, detrimental to our well-being – are loose, and of our own making. It doesn’t have to be that way. We can break free. However, it has to come from us, it has to come from within our emotional self.
The Queen of Swords, is yet another archetype of power and inspiration. She guides us towards liberating our selves from our own way of thinking, belief system and perceived reality in order to move to the future. The spark that lights up a completely new cycle. For us to start afresh from the beginning in true Aries style. Aries as conception and ignition. Just as Mars in Cancer is concerned with ancestry, the past and family origins, at the Aries full moon we will be confronted with our own past – in this life or in others.
An eclipse is a karmic moment with karmic endings. The Queen of Swords points to the need for confidence in our selves at this pivotal moment in time, by first of all, accepting who we really are and accepting our own reality. Aries does not worry about knowing oneself. Aries is bold and driven to action. A full moon is both a releasing power and a culminating one. As we are at an eclipse moment, however, something will get lost about us. We will for ever loose something that we have been holding on to even at our own detriment. And there is something that has history and continuity to it. The Devil shows us that it comes from the past. No matter how hard we try and grab on to it, it will be lost. It will dissolve in the history of it. The Aries full moon will show it up for what it is unapologetically, and then just kill it. Get rid of it remorselessly for ever.
What we can always rely upon is our own intuition and personal strength of character. The full moon illuminates that the most meaningful investment is in ourselves, in knowing ourselves and in being honest with ourselves. Following from that we can help others, and realise our potential as real leaders. The Queen of Swords is extraordinarily intelligent and she is a natural leader who commands attention and respect, finding solutions and being responsible towards others.
We can not shy away from the ugly truth that The Devil is forcing us to confront and its associated hardships. This is a sharp and hot full moon. But we can come out winners, and leaders in charge of our own destiny, from this last gasp of the Aries/Libra axis eclipses. It will happen when we let go of dead-end harmful feelings, material expectations that belittle us, and cut ourselves decisively of unhealthy attachments. It might be a painful process. Certainly, will be an empowering one.
Flavia