The Curse of Dead Horse Canyon: Cheyenne Spirits

FULL MOON

This month's Full Moon on 2 September emphasizes the polarity between practical reality (Virgo Sun) versus emotional visions (Pisces Moon). Most people agree that the year so far has been less than cooperative in a plethora of ways. Hopefully this culmination and its coming next phase will be favorable. Uranus is intervening from Taurus in what should be a favorable way, however. He's the planet of breakthroughs and sudden change as well as innovation and technology, rebellion, explosions, and so forth. There have certainly been too many of the latter this summer so we can always hope that this lunation will help bring those issues to a peaceful resolution. On a more personal level, look to these same principles to resolve any conflict you're dealing with between what you should do versus what you want to do. Much of it depends on being able to differentiate between wants and needs. Only you can make this determination since one person's need may only constitute a want for someone else. Needs that are denied can be harmful psychologically and many needs have been compromised through the various problems caused by this pandemic. Maybe you can't achieve your needs in their entirety, but by thinking outside the proverbial box you may be able to satisfy them enough to keep you sane until this insanity is over.

Mercury, who's quite comfortable in Virgo where his need for detail and clarity is supported, is still opposing dreamy Neptune, who's likewise quite content in his Pisces home base. As always, an opposition calls for balance, so in many ways this complements the lunation. It's getting a little extra help,  however, from Pluto and Saturn, who are mitigating the opposition from Capricorn. Their energy in authoritative and conventional Capricorn implies leaning toward tradition and assuming as much control of the situation that you can may help resolve the difference between dreams and reality.

There's been a persistent T-square in play between Mars, Venus, and a conjunction between Saturn and Pluto that has brought a lot of tension. In less than a week Venus is going to go into Leo, which will help a little, though maybe her caring, human side has been a good thing. Mars easily represents the many who are fighting authority figures of all varieties. Saturn has been retrograde, which puts him in a contemplative mode pondering change and rebuilding, while Mars in Aries is at full-throttle attack mode. What's interesting is that a week after this lunation Mars stations retrograde and by the end of the month, Saturn stations direct. This makes Mars passive-aggressive while Saturn will finally stand up to the situation, so some changes should be afoot. More on Mars retrograde a bit later. The point here is that it looks as if the culminating effects of the lunation will ultimately reflect upon that T-square as well. I think we're all ready for a reduction in stress, don't you think?

NEW MOON

I'm in a bit of a quandary here. Between the Full Moon and New Moon there are several important cosmic events. Mars stations retrograde on 9 September; that infamous asteroid, Wuhan, stations direct 10 September; and Jupiter stations direct 12/13 September. These are all important energy shifts. Retrograde motion internalizes it while direct (or posigrade) motion brings full expression. I think it will be less confusing if I go in chronological order, so let's look at those stations, then move on to the New Moon and, after that, Saturn stationing direct.