I have what I tend to refer to as a complicated moon. So many of us do. I won’t go into the details of my own chart, but when complicated moons show up in the charts of those that I read, I see them. I see their depths. The ways in which they might have a hard time enjoying the matrix that is the reality that we share. I see the ones who self isolate, and the ones who drown their sorrows to escape the depth of emotion. I see the moons who only express their feelings under cover of darkness, and those for whom emotions flow over, coming out in fits of rage or leaving sopping wet puddles all around.
The moon says lot about how we navigate the emotional realms, and how they impact our relationship to the world around us and our physical and spiritual being. I can’t help but notice that the people that I have surrounded myself with tend to have very similar configurations in common when it comes to the moon. As if some subconscious knowing has brought us to each other. Our moons gather their little lights, hoping that the combination will light the way and bring us out of the darkness together.
Moons are complicated in different ways. I have clients with moons that shine, who feel the support of the world around them, the love of the mother. These are people for whom the emotions flow through the channels of the body. They run their course and the integrity of the system goes on unaffected by the energetic waves that literally pass through them. For others though, the moon tides flow through channels that have become obstructed over time. The energetic flow is blocked, and the trapped feelings take root wherever they land. Various systems and structures in the body become effected, and problems arise that are emotional, spiritual, and physical. For some of us, this happens in waves. Like when we encounter difficult times. When the moon is dark. When the moon is full. When the moon simply is. And for others, the tides rise when the lid is closed so tightly, and the body eventually becomes a container for a stagnant pond.
I have seen moons that compete for space with the other planets. I see them struggle to shine, surrounded by malefic forces, shadows, or by a luminary that outshines them. And as the moon becomes full, it is like a faucet has been turned on inside of them. As if with fullness the moon finally has the strength and space to process all of the layers of energies that have built up under the obscured gaze of the other planets all month long. So instead of the full moon being a time of celebration, it is a time of deep subconscious processing that shows up as depression, exhaustion, fatigue, and all around heaviness.
As I write this, the moon is full and I am receiving many texts about the weight of emotions on this day. I am thinking about people that I know who are ruled by the moon, who have complicated moons, who struggle under its fullness. For some of us, the full moon is a great culmination, a time of process and, if we are able to, of release. Setting intentions with release in mind at the time of the full moon can help us to let go while the moon sheds its light. The waning process is one of letting go and of accepting the darker, shadows of the self. When the moon becomes new again, we set intentions of growth, as the rebuilding phase commences.
