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Full Moon Reflections:
Looking for Lightning
by April Elliott Kent
In the middle of an exceptionally busy week when a series of deadlines had worn me down to a nubbin, I dragged myself to a client's office to do some bookkeeping. .Bookkeeping is such precise, Virgo work that I enjoy doing it now and then; it's a bit like working a crossword puzzle. In an uncertain world, there's something comforting about getting numbers to line up right.
But everything went wrong on this particular morning, as it often does when you're feeling rushed and overextended. I was buzzing with tension; my attention wandered, and I kept making foolish mistakes. In the end I made a catastrophic blunder in the checking account reconciliation, blurted a frustrated profanity, and nearly burst into tears.
This client has known me for ten years; he's no stranger to my moods, but somehow likes me anyway. So today, as I sat there with blurry eyes, apologizing profusely for my mistake, he just came over and stood by my desk. "You need a break," he declared. "If you keep pushing yourself so hard, you're either going to become a very angry person, or just a very…" He struggled for a word. "A very stiff one."
During Virgo's season - especially a Virgo season that's fraught with the extra tension of eclipses - the world of work beckons with such allure that before we know it, things can get out of hand. Suddenly our calendars are packed far too full and we are wound far too tightly. We look at the world and see only its imperfections, an endless Dead Sea Scroll of tasks that need Virgo's capable hands to sort it all out and its methodical brain to analyze the root causes of the problems.
But when you begin to look at the world as a problem to be solved, you may forget that it's also an enchanting mystery that defies both logical explanation and our best efforts to keep it tidied up. Fortunately, the world does its best to remind us, delivering shape-shifting numbers that stubbornly refuse to be wrangled, or trickster hard drive malfunctions. When we're too entrenched in Virgo's linear mindset, even our keen minds begin to rebel, refusing to stay focused. When we overdose on Virgo, our wise spirits instinctively reach out for a gentle Piscean antidote of music, beauty, and daydreams.
I came home from my bookkeeping excursion longing to take my client's advice and have a bit of a break, but a writing deadline loomed at the end of the day. I dutifully, if wearily, sat at the computer to wrestle with the article.
A half an hour later, the phone rang. A dear and cheerful friend would be in my neighborhood later in the afternoon; would I be available for an impromptu visit? My Virgo sense of duty immediately flew into a tizz… "But you can't! You're on deadline!" In a split second, my Pisces self intervened and called for a general strike. "If you're too busy to see a friend," admonished a sassy voice from my heart, "then you are just too busy for your own good." Indeed. I heartily welcomed the visit, which ended up being exactly what I needed. Not to mention that relaxed and renewed, I later knocked out the article in record time.
A solar eclipse in Virgo (September 11) is looming, and the world seems especially chaotic just now with bridges and mines collapsing, floods bedeviling the Midwest, and the depressing morass of governmental gridlock. Like an old house fallen into disrepair, so much of our world needs fixing - and Virgo loves the challenge of a renovation. But even Virgo becomes overwhelmed in the face of so many tasks; and since much of the world seems beyond our control, we may overcompensate by overdoing it with the more human-scale tasks in front of us, taking on more than we can conceivably tackle.
But at this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces, remember that trying to do too much to save the world, without taking time to remember why it's worth saving, is a recipe for anger and brittleness. Pisces grasps that entropy is the natural state of the universe; that without constant maintenance by mankind, the world would take care of itself quite nicely, thank you. A new book by Alan Weisman, "The World Without Us," hypothesizes that within about 20 years of humans disappearing from the earth, New York City would already be in a state of advanced decay. Whether you consider that a scary thought or an intriguing one probably depends on how comfortable you are with a Piscean view of the world.
"There is so much work to be done!" Virgo insists, and it's true enough. But at the Pisces Full Moon, we're also reminded that "dust we are, and to dust we shall return." Virgo, who holds strong opinions about dust, shudders at the very idea. But our wise Pisces natures shrug, in cheerful acceptance of life's inherent messiness - the missed deadlines, the world in disarray, and the house that needs dusting. At this Full Moon eclipse, take your cues from your heart, and relax a little. Sneak away for lunch with a friend, or take in a movie. The world will keep turning even if you take your eye off of it for a minute or two — and even if your checking account doesn't balance.
© 2007 April Elliott Kent
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Dana Gerhardt
A popular columnist with The Mountain Astrologer since 1991, Dana Gerhardt is an internationally respected astrologer.
She has lectured extensively and written for astrology publications on several continents. Her ongoing passions are the moon and living the intuitive life.
Dana worked for many years in the corporate sector, where she observed the undeniable influence of natural cycles. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles and did graduate work in literature at Columbia University and CSULA.
She is joined on her Mooncircles website by a community of accomplished astrologers.
Jean Hinson Lall
Jean Hinson Lall is a professional astrologer and psychotherapist who has been in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland since 1975.
A former Peace Corps staff member and Fulbright scholar in India, she holds an M.A. degree in archetypal studies.
Her writings have appeared in Spring, Common Boundary, and The Astrotherapy Newsletter. She has lectured widely on astrology, myth and archetypal psychology and is Director of the Institute for the Study of Imagination.
Julia Bondi
Julia has been a busy counseling astrologer, intuitive, teacher and writer for more than 30 years.
With degrees in clinical psychology and esoteric philosophy, Julia draws her wisdom and dedication to spirituality from her moon rising on her ascendant, her 12th house stellium in Gemini and her Pisces midheaven.
Pythia Peay
Pythia Peay is an astrologer and inspirational journalist whose articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including "George" magazine," Common Boundary," and "The Utne Reader."
She studied and taught meditation with the Sufi teacher, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, and is the editor of his book, Awakening: A Sufi Experience. She has also written Soul Sisters: A Sacred Way for all Women and Mercury Retrograde.
April Elliott Kent
April Elliott Kent is a practicing astrologer, writer, and web designer. Her writing has been featured in The Mountain Astrologer and Wholistic Astrologer magazines, and in Llewellyn's 2005 Moon Sign Book. Her specialty is wedding electionals. She recently graduated from the California State University at San Diego with a degree in communications.
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