Full Moon Eclipse & Venus Transit

The full moon Lunar Eclipse chart for June 4th, shows Mercury posed at the 23 degree mark that began Venus' retrograde motion, May 24th the day of the previous eclipse (solar), two weeks ago.   The solar eclipse opens the Pleiadean doorway of energy and infused us with light (if we slowed down enough to embrace it) just before Venus begins her transit occult-ation on June 5, 2012.

In the full moon chart, Venus retrogrades at 16 degrees Gemini, the Sun and Moon are in opposition (full moon energy) at 14 Sagittarius/Gemini in addition to the transiting nodes also in Sag/Gemini at 5 degrees.

The Sun, Moon and Venus square Mars in Virgo (more below), plus the Moon will cross over the nodes (rulers of the collective mind-conscious and unconscious) just before the full moon, and  then the Moon will occult Pluto (ruler of secrets, death, mysteries, obsession, soul, desire) right after the Venus transit on Tuesday night.   This energy highly charged (on many levels)!

In the ancient world eclipses were feared, and especially during a Venus occult-ation.  These phenomena do have undertow to them, so it is wise to be mindful and grounded, and to honor the energy they bring.  By nature they are yin--internal, feminine, hidden, deep, mysterious.  If you know anyone who is deeply internal and intuitive by nature, they are directed by these yin symbols.

My niece comes to mind.  She was born in a Full Moon Solar Eclipse in Leo and she has a retrograde Venus--she is highly intuitive and gifted, but in her environment there is no support for this or acknowledgement, thus she acts out her environment and is the scapegoat, rather than the seer.  We may think we know people, but if they are of a yin ilk, it takes some real quality time to connect with them, otherwise they never really show their true Self.

As it goes though, retrograde functions serve their purpose.  They help us burn off, what would otherwise be full steam ahead, thus they are necessary--they help us regroup, literally.  When we disregard; others, our work, family, our personal evolution--whatever our personal dharma is in this life (and its different for everyone) we create karma--setting up the threads the soul has to work through in the next life.

Back to the full moon...Mars wants action, in Virgo, it seeks to level the playing field, demanding sensibility and accountability in real-time reality.  On a grand scale this speaks to the economy and healthcare--on a personal level to our own health and our work.  Relative to retrograde Venus squaring Mars--the planets are asking us to re-evaluate our work, health, and our relationships.  Are we doing what our heart desires and is our bodymind up to par, mentally and physically to carry us towards those desires?

Mars previous retrograde journey brought our issues to the surface.  Now in direct motion, across the same degrees it traversed earlier this year, we are able to move forward with more clarity, vitality and power (if we cleaned house, embraced its message and were able gain from its long stay in the sign of analysis).

If not, can we embrace the disconnect and find our way back to ourselves, or seek help?

The full moon also loosely squares Chiron/Neptune in Pisces, so we could see crises with water.  Vesta, Ceres and Jupiter are conjunct in the earth sign Taurus. 

Vesta and Ceres, feminine asteroids with the powerhouse Jupiter bare witness to the great need we have to embrace natural law, especially with the transiting North Node in Sagittarius, ruler of natural law.

This chart in unison with the Venus Transit, marks what is to come, as the nodes begin to move into an exact square to Neptune in Pisces and the upcoming first quarter square between Uranus and Pluto, June 24th.  From 2012-2017, there will be seven exact squares (see Grand Cross link) between these two planets, similar in nature to their conjunction in the 1960's.  Change is coming.

All the aspects now call us to our destined roles.  Those born between 1964-Oct 65 are called to action, and those that have any mutable planets, and cardinal ones.  To understand the Venus Transit in depth, rather than begin to re-write what has already been so clearly and beautifully written, I share with you an article (A MUST READ), in a gorgeous magazine, Science 2 Sage, out of Vancouver, on the culmination of the Venus transit and the un-foldment of its cycle.

Namaste,
Wendy Lynne Magdalena