On Thursday, October 17th, 2024 at 4:26 AM PDT & 7:26 AM EDT, the Full Moon glows in the fiery, assertive, and passionate sign of Aries. Last month’s Full Moon was a Lunar Eclipse that challenged us and set us up for some significant changes. Many of us are still moving through the ripple effects from that lunation as well as the recent eclipse that had us contemplating our relationships and what matters most. The last Aries lunar cycle was a Solar Eclipse back in April 2024, so it’s possible we’ll see manifestations from that time coming full circle or something that began then is now coming to completion.

This Full Moon comes with a bit of a punch, due to its challenging alignment with Pluto and Mars. Be prepared for things to get stirred up, but with so much action -oriented energy present, you can easily move things forward. If you’ve been feeling stuck, trapped, stagnant, or unsure of how to set things in motion, you can use this Full Moon energy to assert yourself in the ways that would be most helpful. Keep in mind that with such strong energy present, we might also feel some heavy emotions, especially if there’s been anything that has felt unresolved, incomplete, hidden, or unprocessed. This isn’t a time to hold back and you’ll be best served letting things spill out, even if it feels messy at first.

As previously mentioned, Mars, the ruler of Aries, and the planet of assertion, aggression, and our drive, is making a challenging aspect to this Full Moon along with Pluto, Lord of the Underworld, which will have us feeling and facing things that live under the surface. These two planets can create a volatile combination due to their intense nature. Be prepared for difficult topics or tensions to surface, especially if anything has been on shaky ground for a while. Since Aries is involved, the good news is that as fast as tensions rise, they can also quickly fall and dissipate. The best way to work with this energy is to bring issues out in the open, and find ways to resolve whatever divisions have been festering in your psyche or in your external life.

With Mars set to go retrograde in early December and moving through Leo and Cancer until the end of February, we can expect this Full Moon lunation to give us a preview about the things we will be revisiting and reflecting on over the next few months. Knowing that Aries and Mars connect us to warrior and trailblazing energy, we have a clue that some of these reflections will be on how we need to courageously step up and face some things that scare us. It will also be a time to reflect on our desires that were left unfulfilled, choices we’ve made, initiatives we’ve taken or failed to take, and possibly to confront some of our past challenges and conflicts that still feel unresolved. To get a better idea of what might get stirred up, look to the house that Leo and Cancer activate in your chart.

To prepare for Mars retrograde, you may want to start considering these questions: Where do you need to take more initiative? What is yours to claim? What has been holding you back? Where have your insecurities been getting in the way of your progress? What do you need to heal so you can initiate more? What do you need to ignite in your life? Where do you need to take up more space?

All of this energy might feel really intense and bring up some uncomfortable feelings around our insecurities and how we assert ourselves, but we also have Chiron, the wounded healer, making a helpful alignment during this lunation. Chiron will bring a sense of healing and comfort and can even help us find the courage we need to assert ourselves more. Interestingly, the Solar Eclipse that happened in April was also in this same alignment with Chiron. This suggests that this Full Moon will highlight what’s healed in us over the last six months, what hasn’t changed, where we are in our healing journey, and what we’d still like to heal.

Lastly, since Aries is a go-getter and tends to want everything right NOW, you might feel an urgency to make everything happen right away. It’s okay to still feel unsure of how to actually put it all in motion. Just remember you have to start somewhere.

We will all experience this lunar energy differently depending on where Aries is located in your chart or if you have a natal planet associated with it. If you would be interested in a more personalized reading, I’d love to set up a session with you. 

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