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A gorgeous big moon followed me home tonight, even though she technically won\u2019t be full until the afternoon of New Year\u2019s Eve. \u00a0This is a Blue Moon because it\u2019s the second Full Moon in a month, something that doesn\u2019t happen very often (hence the term \u201conce in a blue moon\u201d). \u00a0It\u2019s also an eclipse, because the lunar nodes are involved; however, it\u2019s a partial eclipse and not very powerful astrologically.<\/div>\n
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The Full Moon occurs when the lunar principle of the subconscious inner world overpowers the solar conscious mind with its brilliance as the Moon opposes the Sun in the sky, with the Earth between them. \u00a0At the Full Moon we earthlings are sandwiched between these two archetypal forces, and the experience of the Full Moon can be intensely emotional and unexpected.<\/div>\n
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This particular Full Moon is in the sign of Cancer, its own sign, suggesting that our sensitive emotional natures will be highlighted at this time. \u00a0The emotions of Cancer are vulnerable and tender and easily hurt, and the Moon now is opposed to four planets in the pragmatic and rather rigid sign of Capricorn. \u00a0The Capricorn lineup includes a tight conjunction of the Sun, Venus (relating) and Pluto (transformation, death, and rebirth). \u00a0There is a feeling now that every emotion we experience is critical and can act as a doorway, and a need to create balance in our own emotional world as well as in our relationships.<\/div>\n
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A lunar event becomes an eclipse when the nodes of the Moon become involved. \u00a0The Moon\u2019s nodes represent the evolutionary direction of the soul, so when the nodes are tightly connected to a Full or New Moon there is a sense of destiny that is imparted. \u00a0However, astronomers give the nodes a very wide orb of 15 degrees, and this particular eclipse finds the nodes 11 degrees from the Sun and Moon, which is rather far to have much astrological effect.<\/div>\n
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Still, Saturn is the fulcrum of what we call a \u201cT-square,\u201d challenging both the Moon and the Capricorn planets. \u00a0Saturn demands discipline and focused attention, so in the midst of the New Year\u2019s Eve celebration we might be wise to do a little planning for the New Year as well. This will help us to be prepared when the Moon aligns with Saturn on the 6th, creating the potential for depression and sadness as the two face off in a square with Pluto and that sense of finality that Saturn and Pluto bring.<\/div>\n
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The message here is that our lives are a gift that we need to take seriously. \u00a0Celebrations and parties are a wonderful thing, but this Full Moon\/Blue Moon Eclipse wants us to take a look at our life and create something wondrous.<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Full Moon, Blue Moon, Eclipse Moon and Other Planetary News - Astrological Musings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Once in a Blue Moon, by Sofanya White. 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