August 15, 2019
5:30 am PST
22 Degrees Aquarius
Ruler of Full Moon, Uranus, in Taurus @ 6 Degrees
Stationing Retrograde on August 11th
Uranus in Taurus Square Mercury in Leo
Mercury in Leo officially out of Retrograde Shadow
Mercury in Leo Trine Chiron
Jupiter Stationed Direct on August 11th
Happy Aquarius Full Moon!!
This Aquarius Full Moon will be a strong mix of Aquarius and Leo energy, with so many planets now placed in Leo. And Uranus, the ruler of Aquarius, will be Squaring Mercury in Leo, who will have just moved out the retrograde shadow! Thank goodness! We’ll also be having a strong Venus signature and likely be focusing on relationships, love, values, and children within the bigger theme this Full Moon.
Quirky, spontaneous, intelligent, visionary, and unique are the positive qualities that Aquarius is known for. They are future-minded and often connected with information, technology, humanitarian efforts, community and networking. They will never allow themselves to be put into a box or confined. They need freedom and space to be themselves and they honestly don’t really care if you approve or not! These are qualities we can embrace during this Full Moon, bus as always, there’s a shadow side to every planet/sign.
Aquarius can be aloof and disconnected from emotions. They can be selfish, unpredictable (and not in a playful way), rash, stubborn, and even mean sometimes. Aquarius/Uranus is also connected to trauma that has more of a shocking, sudden, electric, or separating quality to it. The pain from this shock can cause dissociation, disconnection from one’s body and negatively impacts the ability to connect with others. It can affect the nervous system and leave us in a survival state of fight/flight/freeze.
This is often at the root of Aquarius’s aloofness and disconnection as there’s a general sense of lack of safety and security from past events that caused one to retreat inside, away from others, often into the mind and creative process. Aquarius is an Air sign after all.
This mental connection can sometimes translate as downloads of psychic or spiritual information. If we consider thoughts and information as frequency, like a radio, then Aquarius has a unique ability to tune into different frequencies and receive information that is beyond what we can normally physically see and hear. Aquarius often has the stigma of being alien or bizarre, when in reality they are just accessing information that they eventually express outwardly. Sometimes this can even be in the form of dreams or insights that eventually end up as new innovations, inventions, and technologies.
The positive outcome of a more aloof or disconnected state is that sometimes this can give us more perspective and take things less personally. This can help balance out the very personal and dramatic Leo heavy chart at the moment. The only challenge is that Uranus has just moved retrograde and what we know about stationing planets is that they impact us more. So with Uranus stationing retrograde, we may be experiencing sudden and shocking events that trigger core wounds.
This could be happening on a personal and collective level as Aquarius is associated with the greater community. We may come face to face with some social injustices and/or core wounds that are needing attention. Aquarius can help us find new solutions to long term problems and give us the opportunity to heal, empathize, connect, and create a more sustainable and compassionate existence.
Uranus is also in a Square to Mercury in Leo, and Mercury is Trine to Chiron in Aries. Shocks may come through some form of communication rather than action. With Mercury out of the retrograde shadow, new information that was previously hidden may be surfacing that disrupts our stability and security, but also offers opportunity to heal and find connection again. This could include areas of friendships, creative projects, children, finances, values, and love relationships that impact our own sense of self-worth since Venus is closely connected to this Full Moon.
