libra full moon eclipse
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2024, 00:00 PST
the venusian revolution begins.
The fog has been so thick
the waves: nauseating.
the wind: dampening,
your thoughts
at the fore
drown all perception.
You may not have had a clear visual of this outcome—
the descriptions and tales told from lips and books written long ago
provoked wonder —not certainty.
Yet you followed the siren’s call
and here you are.
Maybe this was the wrong decision
Maybe
this may have been the wrong path to take
and your knees buckle as the boat,
floating groundless,
docks at last.
The anticipation stirs, experienced crew movement
those weary travelers gather belongings and burdens
and you freeze.
There’s been so much discomfort to accustom to
The adjustment from land legs to the
inconsistent pulse-like movement of tides
that adaptation
was an achievement
now you’ve arrived at the sought destination
the hesitation
the held breath
the “oh f*ck”
arrives in full force.
You delay, last to exit,
those lay lines of choice drifting down the gangway
to return to shore after such a transition
sh*t.
resistance is on.
How did my body get me here?
How have all my little choices stacked to make this?
The micro agreements and half-a*sed yeses and okay maybes
and now
here you are.
and it’s happening.
it’s been happening.
How do you call your soul back to your body
when you’ve dissociated so long?
Where nothing felt safe enough
or real enough
to experience the overstimulating sentience of reality?
Someone places a hand on your shoulder
shocking you back to your held breath
a cold, wet breeze
shrouded in fog, this space, this port
is filled with equal stalls of curiosity and concern
a sailor, looking for their port
drifting.
it is okay to drift.
The bucket formation of this chart highlights the movement from imagination into reality: Pisces, Aries, Taurus: the dream, the power, the skill.
This partial eclipse on the Aries/Libra axis reminds me of Octavia E. Butler’s words: “G*d is change.” All life is change and the emphasis on our personal growth is highlighted, asking us to clear space, to pour ourselves out so that we may be refilled.
The sweetness of this chart is in its dominant character, Venus, exalted in the robe of Pisces sextile to Jupiter in Taurus. Slow down. Taste the salt or snow in the air or the spring sweat in the soil. Slow down. Do less.
Jonah Emerson Bell and I discussed this on this week’s Inspired Astrology Podcast and Jonah coined the term “Venusian Revolution.”
What would it mean to focus on pleasure — YOUR pleasure — during turbulent times? If we are to engage in collective liberation, we are indebted to ourselves for taking care of our well-being so that we may offer that to another. This is the classic “secure your oxygen mask before assisting another” analogy. This is not new information, this is not unique or revelatory. Look towards authors like Adrienne Marie Brown and pleasure activism, the work of the Nap Ministry, or towards the words of the incredible Audre Lorde in bolstering community towards collective change by encouraging rage and rest both.
What’s more Mars and Venus in Pisces than that? Rage and rest. Tense and release.
No warrior can fight a battle, on-going, non-stop without rest. There must be refueling, recalculation, pleasure, and a reconnection to what this fight is for.
I ask you to consider what is it you’ve been building towards. What resistance are you meeting as you climb closer to your goals? What level of self-sabotage is creeping into your psyche? What people pleasing? What remorse? What compromises and stories are you telling yourself about what others believe about you?
I ask you to consider what it would feel like to believe in you.
What would it mean to take care of you?
