The Moon is at its maximum fullness at 11:57a PDT this morning. With the Full Moon in Aquarius reflecting the Leo Sun, this is your chance to see how your own Light is received and reflected back to you by others. It is an opportunity to recognize your unique gifts and place in humanity – your one-of-a-kind contribution to All-That-Is.
The key in this Full Moon cycle is to recognize that YOU are responsible for shining your Light in the world. How you choose to shine is entirely up to you, and your motivation for shining is yours as well. The Aquarius Full Moon is calling upon you to TAKE OWNERSHIP OF YOUR LIGHT! Recognize your individuality. Find a way to share yourself with others in a way that brings joy to you and all who receive your expression of Light.
Aquarius is the sign of collaboration and collective radiance, yet within that collective there is also a need the individual components of said collective to fulfill their unique roles. Every one of us has an Aquarius component and a Leo component, and whether or not those components are very understated or very boldly stated is unique to each person. Nevertheless, they are present in all of us, and no matter how much we may say that we are okay not standing out, each of us needs some sort of acknowledgment for our individual being and expression as it contributes to the greater whole.
That said, the Light of the Aquarius Full Moon provides access to the impact of who we are being in the world for others. Yet remember that the Sun is still in the sign of Leo – the Light is originating from that source, and this time around, Mercury Retrograde is also in Leo right now. As result, recognize that what you are communicating is more than likely to be about how you feel and think about yourself than about others. In turn, what others may be saying about you may tell you more about their thoughts and feelings about themselves than about you. In this Full Moon cycle, there’s more of a projection of energy than in any other Sun-Full Moon combination. Listen very closely to what is being said and how it is being communicated. It can reveal to you how you are shining in the world.
Upon listening, take a moment to assess:
- Is what is being said is true about you, or is it really the other person projecting themselves onto you?
- Are you rejecting or in denial about what is being said about you and accusing others of projecting themselves onto you because you don’t want to own the truth of what they are saying about you?
- Are you taking ownership of other people’s feelings, beliefs or behaviors?
The answers to these questions may not be easy ones. You may find yourself blaming others or trying to play victim to others to avoid taking responsibility for your own choices, feelings, beliefs or behaviors. You may martyr yourself to others, taking responsibility for their feelings, behaviors and beliefs. (By the way, martyring is another more complicated way of avoiding self-responsibility – losing yourself in others to avoid yourself.) You may even find yourself just in denial or rejection of what people are saying because you don’t want to acknowledge that what they are saying may actually be true about you.
As those questions are answered, they open up another set of questions and considerations, as this Full Moon cycle also gives you an opportunity to find out what motivates you to express yourself the way you do.
- Are you doing in for pleasure, or are you doing it for power and control?
- Are you doing it for Love, or are you doing it for ego-based pride?
- Why do you do what you do…and are you really shining your Light or are you revealing your darkness?
And consider these perspectives:
- Some of us act or do things for others thinking it will come back to us…and often it will – it just may not come back to us the way we think it will or it should.
- Some of us act or do things for ourselves believing that others won’t be able to do it for us or won’t do it the way we want them to.
- Some of us won’t act or do things for ourselves, needing and wanting others to do for us to prove to us how important we are to them.
- Some of us act or do things for others to prove to others how important they are to us.
- And some of us act or do what we do because it’s what we feel called to do – because it’s our passion, because our spirits feel drawn to do so.
Do you take action and do what you do for power in and control over situations and circumstances, because you trust or don’t trust yourself or others involved, because you are afraid, because you are Truly loving or actually manipulating?
What is YOUR motive? What is YOUR inspiration?
Recognize how acknowledgement from others can lead to recognition and acknowledgment of ourselves which can lead to recognition of who we are and what motivates and inspires us to be so. All of this can enable you to take ownership of your Light, to own your unique expression in this world.
The Sun and Mercury Retrograde in Leo with this Full Moon in Aquarius are giving us a very wonderful gift…if we are willing to receive it and appreciate it.
It is the gift of seeing how you shine! It is the gift of owning your Light. It is the gift of self – self-awareness, self-responsibility, self-esteem and self-empowerment as result of accepting and owning your unique expression of Light. It’s available to you now if you choose to accept it.
Until tomorrow…
~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
