Cue the Neil Young and let the culling start — a harvest supermoon in Aries is bringing hellfire and the imperative to share the wealth of what we’ve gathered.
Rising just after sunset on Thursday and reaching its peak illumination around 6 a.m. ET on Friday, this can be the last supermoon of the yr and a robust opportunity to reap, reflect, and revel.
Full moons have a habit of intensifying emotions and illuminating that which has been hidden and is in dire need of addressing, what can not be ignored or endured.
The sign that the total moon falls in lends its energy to the lunar cycle. On this case, we have now war-lording, boat-burning, matches-for-fingers Aries on the lunar helm.
Aries favors contact sports, the colour of blood, impulse over reason, and authenticity over likability.
“Supermoon” is a sexier shorthand for what astrologers call a perigean full moon, wherein the total moon appears brighter, bolder, and higher since it’s at its closest point to Earth in its elliptical orbit.
Supermoons exceed the disk size of the common moon (shakes fist, there aren’t any average moons!) by roughly 8% and may appear 16% brighter.
As full moons rise, they carry to the surface issues, emotions, intestinal parasites, menses, and other stickiness that demand to be handled.
Full moons are about fruition and closure. The very shape of the shine is a metaphor for a way we culminate, close circles, and/or end cycles. A supermoon, as a result of its proximity, heightens these effects; more revealing, more feeling, folks.
Full moons reflect not only the actions and intentions initiated throughout the most up-to-date recent moon, but in addition what we put into practice throughout the recent moon within the corresponding zodiac sign.
On this case, we forged ourselves back six months to the brand new moon in Aries on March 21, 2023. Consider the themes presented, questions raised, bridges built or burned, seeds planted, and patterns began during that first day of spring, as it’s possible you’ll find them coming to full-blown fruition right about now.
You reap what you sow, and never is the adage more apt than under the ever-loving light of the harvest moon.
Meaning of the harvest moon
Unlike other full moons related to the Farmer’s Almanac, the harvest moon doesn’t relate to a particular month, but fairly the primary full moon after the autumn equinox.
Supermoon notwithstanding, the brilliant AF status of the harvest moon stands. Normally, the moon rises roughly 50 minutes later than the day gone by.
Nonetheless, within the Northern Hemisphere, near the autumn equinox, the total moon rises at sunset and roughly at the identical time for a handful of nights in a row. Traditionally, these bonus early-arriving, late-shining moon beams gave farmers an entire night of sunshine for harvesting and celebrating, hence the name.
In an analogous spirit (and spirits), alternative names for the harvest moon include wine moon, song moon, and barley moon. Imbibing and bellowing, can dig.
The lunar gospel of the Libra/Aries axis, in keeping with Cardi B
Full moons point to zodiac polarities, because the sign the total moon falls in is at all times in opposition to the sign the sun is shining through.
We’re currently in the beautiful on purpose, poetic by principle, people pleasing to a fault, diplomatic sugar baby season of Libra with our full supermoon falling in Aries.
The total moon in Aries is joining forces with the North Node, heralding a time to chop or cauterize bad habits and detrimental ties. We will’t carry what holds us back into the winter ahead.
This imperative is amplified by love-centric Venus in Leo squaring buck-wild Uranus in Taurus, pushing us towards sudden revelations or abrupt cessations in our intimate relationships.
Burn the bad and sift through the ashes at a later date.
Libra is worried with partnership, and Aries is in regards to the self. These two signs are respectively ruled by the divine feminine (Venus) and the archetypal masculine (Mars).
Libra wants peace in any respect costs, and Aries wants progress at any price.
We see this polarity made manifest within the spirit and birth chart of Libra sun/Aries moon folks like Cardi B, Anne Rice, Marie Kondo, and John Coltrane — who used the firepower of their undeniable, absolute, and unapologetic infernal selves to create recent paradigms to draw/influence and subvert with a smile the collective at large.
The late British author Denise Levertov, a fellow Libra sun/Aries moon, sings to the spirit of this polarity in her poem “Eros on the Temple Stream.”
The river in its abundance
many-voiced
all about us as we stood
on a warm rock to clean
slowly
smoothing in long
sliding strokes
our soapy hands along one another’s
slippery cool bodies
Quiet and slow within the midst of
the fast of the
sounding river
our hands were
flames
stealing upon quickened flesh until
no a part of us but was
sleek and
on fire
Sleek and on fire with hands on one another in an abundant river? What higher image to carry within the cave wall of the mind and under the total harvest moon than this?
Harvest moon ritual
As Libra and Aries are opposites, they feed one another; air lends fire logic, and fire moves air to motion.
That is the axis of identity, between balance and boldness, radical individuation and receptive collaboration.
Under this full moon, the next questions are ripe for reflection: How do I boldly support beauty? How can I balance the drive of “me” with the needs of the collective “we”? What have I gathered? What can I share? Where can I make space for what is going to sustain me? Is my impatience an indicator of a necessity for change or a necessity for stillness?
Astrology 101: Your guide to the star
Harvest moon rituals can include spending time in nature — the source of all abundance, taking notice of the physical sensation of respiration fresh, cooler air, and welcoming within the darkness and abbreviated daylight that follows the equinox.
Libra is a social sign, it operates and defines itself in relationship to others, and harvest is a time to share what we’ve gathered, literally and metaphorically.
To honor this collection, assemble a feast of food, music, stories, and good company; offer to one another what you’ve gotten made and what you’ve gotten turn out to be.
As full moons are synonymous with release and Aries with fire, incorporate flames in whatever way feels appropriate/secure/legal, be it a bonfire or a single candle. Speak with a grateful heart and a full belly the oldest prayer the mouth knows — and the moon recognizes, thanks, thanks, thanks.
When is the following full moon?
The subsequent full moon is the total hunter’s moon in Taurus, shining vivid, daring, and bull-horned on Oct. 28, 2023. See you soon for the season of the witch.
Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports back on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, popular culture and private experience. She can be an completed author who has profiled a wide range of artists and performers, in addition to extensively chronicled her experiences while traveling. Amongst the various intriguing topics she has tackled are cemetery etiquette, her love for dive bars, Cuban Airbnbs, a “girls guide” to strip clubs and the “weirdest” foods available abroad.