Full Moons try to unite two opposing and yet complementary energies. Virgo sets us the task of integrating our personal body, soul and spirit. Pisces asks us to open our hearts and merge with everyone and everything -- we are called to integrate other realms of existence into our human life.

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What do Pisces and Virgo have in common?   Both are mutable signs, meaning they are flexible.   They are both considered "feminine' signs by their element -- one is a Water sign and the other is an Earth sign -- so they are receptive to their environment and open to using their gifts where needed.   And their purpose is similar - they are both signs that deal with integration.

Virgo sets us the task of integrating our personal body, soul and spirit.   Pisces asks us to open our hearts and merge with everyone and everything -- we are called to integrate other realms of existence into our human life.

Virgo brings its practical mind and organizational skills to the task of uniting body, soul and spirit.   Pisces brings its connection to the Creative Imagination and the power of empathy to open us to feeling our unity not only with each other and our world, but with the god-force.   That's when magic happens.   Virgo is the individual manifestation of a spiritual entity in a human form; Pisces is the spiritual essence of the Collective Unconscious or World Soul, that unites all human beings and creates and destroys life.  

This Pisces Full Moon is an opportunity for all of us to heal the split between Spirit and Matter.   This doesn't mean that we lose our unique individuality; rather it helps us see that our unique gifts and talents are a gift from the great Source of Life that we all share.   We have to ask ourselves how people in power can use the pain and destruction caused by hurricane Irene to promote their own agenda?   How can individuals not know that we are all undergoing this great transformation of our culture together?   When we ignore the lessons life gives us, it only gets worse.   When we ignore the pain and suffering in our world, it will get worse.  

A full moon asks us to unite two opposing points of view: the Sun represents our conscious awareness while the Moon provides a doorway and a light into the unconscious -- with a Pisces Moon, into the Collective Unconscious.   In this case, the Sun shines its light on Virgo issues -- work, health, food, the environment, a sense of service.   It calls us to question our sense of ourselves and asks if we can "get it together' so we can function as a separate entity.   Virgo is the sign of the harvest, the manifestation of our unique personality and purpose.   We stand up for what we've made of ourselves.   Pisces, on the other hand, calls us to our shared sense of humanity, our common longing for peace and beauty and spirit.   It offers a glimpse of how our unique gifts can help and heal a collective wound.   It calls for compassion, wisdom and ultimate truth.

  If we could balance this Full Moon energy, we would create a heaven on earth.   Isn't that what we all want?   We all want to live our lives in freedom, in creativity, in love, in pursuit of happiness.   But it takes each one of us standing up for our beliefs to "make it so'! So call on your spiritual essence and let it infuse you with trust and belief in yourself and those wonderful, wild and creative thoughts and feelings that run through you.   Become what Jean Houston calls The Possible Human -- the new human being who consciously choses to evolve, the individuated human being the Carl Jung believed was our destiny.    It all begins with Virgo!

But Remember!   Living as a "possible human being' -- a self-aware human being who practices free will - does not mean being perfect.

The Virgo story of "Rumpelstiltskin' cautions us that working at being perfect could result in losing the things that are really important in life -- like the Queen's child -- unless we can discern and name that part of our personality which can create wonders.   But "wonders' are also subject to Nature's Laws, and so there must be fallow times when we replenish ourselves with our loved ones, Nature and just living!   The naming of the power gives us control so we can consciously use our talents without them carrying us away.   Because of course, work and creativity are only part of the human story.   Our connection with others and Spirit are equally important.

There is a Pisces story that balances our Virgo story and which speaks to the magic of wishing and trusting called "The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack'.   In this Grimm's fairy tale, three poor brothers go off when their father doubts their abilities to provide support for him.   The first brother apprentices himself to a joiner, and is industrious and indefatigable in learning his craft.   When he sets out as a journeyman, his master gives him a table that produces any food he desires.   He decides to go back to see his father and sets off for home.   He stops in an inn, and when he shares his bounty with people there, the innkeeper covets the table and exchanges it with another while the young man sleeps.   When the young man tries to show his father what he has, it isn't the magical table and they are both disappointed with this "failure'.   The second brother apprentices himself to a miller and he conducts himself so well that the miller gives him an ass that spews forth gold pieces when he calls his name, Bricklebrit.    But on his way home, the second brother stops at the same inn, and when the innkeeper spies on him and sees how the ass spits out golden coins, he steals the ass and replaces it.   The second brother arrives home to show his father his magical ass but nothing happens when he said "Bricklebrit' and so he too cannot help his father's poverty.    Meanwhile, the third brother apprentices himself to a turner, and since it is a skilled labor, it takes longer to learn.   While he is there, his two brothers write to him and tell him about the innkeeper who stole their wishing-gifts.   When the young man finishes his apprenticeship, his master gives him a sack which contains a cudgel which jumps out and hits anyone who threatens him.   And so the third brother arrives at the inn where his brothers had been robbed, and when the innkeeper tries to find out what his sack contains, the brother yells, "out of the sack, Cudgel!' and it beats the innkeeper until his gives back the wishing-table and gold-ass.   And so the youngest brother goes home and returns the wishing-gifts to his brothers.   And their father is finally satisfied.

This fairy tale is pertinent for this Pisces Full Moon, because if we want to create the magic (Pisces) we imagine, we have to disciple (Virgo) ourselves and learn how to create the magic first.    Once again, "The Secret' was a secret for so long because it takes mental, emotional, imaginal and spiritual disciple to produce magic.   We need the Virgo part of ourselves to create out of the Pisces part.  

If we want to bring spiritual realities into our wounded world, we have to do the work within.   Otherwise, the "innkeepers' of the world can steal it away.   This is a great moment in time to ground in your spiritual essence -- become the real you!    Winter is always a magical time of rest, imagination and renewal.   Go within and see what's there.   Throw off the veils that hide you from the world and shine out.

Pisces/Virgo Full Moon

The Pisces Full Moon occurs on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 2:27 am PDT/ 5:27am EDT/ 9:27am GMT.

          The Pisces/Virgo Full Moon forms a Grand Square with the Lunar Nodes in Sagittarius/Gemini.   This is a turning point in our quest for Sagittarian TRUTH.   This is especially magical so near the 10th anniversary of 911.   The Gemini facts are available.   You need only watch the videos of the President when he heard the news -- look in his eyes.   What kind of message are they broadcasting?    Eyes are the windows of the soul.   What is happening in that president's soul?   Not only are the facts out there, your own inner guidance will tell you what you need to hear.   It is up to each of us to integrate our human understanding of our world, our spiritual vision of what's possible and the deep hope of finding our purpose in life.   It's not about condemning as much as it's about purpose.    We each need a "fire without a spark' -- we need something to inspire us to greatness.  

          The Moon in Virgo, so abundantly full of the harvest of the year, is also in a nice sextile to Mars in Cancer, helping us figure out how to prioritize our desires for peace, family and emotional nurturing.   When we look at this truth we have to decide which things support and sustain us in life.   When people find ways to do things differently we can change our society.   We just need to band together -- watch for it coming soon.   But we each have to have a good sense of ourselves so we don't get lost in "mob' psychology.   That's why we have to know what we want and what we don't want.

          Saturn in Libra is joined by the asteroid Juno, which represents our ability to be in relationship.   These two energies want us to learn the power of real partnership, the ability to be fair and balanced in truth, the need for social justice and personal accountability.   This is how we can learn to work as a group.   These two energies support this full Moon, so watch how you relate to others at this time.   Saturn   returns to 17*14' Libra on September 19th, the degree it went retrograde at on January 25.   How much fairness and justice have you brought into the world since then?   Perhaps we'll see some movement in Egypt that re-ignites the revolutionary energies of peace and equality that the world saw last January.

          Jupiter in Taurus and Pluto in Capricorn made a grand trine (a powerful energy for expression) with the Virgo New Moon a few weeks ago.   Now these two planets form a similar grand trine with Mercury, which is back in Virgo at the same degree as the new Moon.    Mercury, which went retrograde at 2*Virgo back on August 2 and went direct at 19* Leo on August 26, goes back into Virgo on September 8-9, finishing off the Mercury retrograde cycle by returning to 2*Virgo on September 10, right before this Full Moon.   If we know (the purpose of Mercury's retrograde this time) what we want to build, we can use this visionary energy on creating it in the Imaginal World first (Pisces Moon) while finding ways to build it (Virgo).    If you build it, they will come -   if it is your real purpose and not the old patriarchy's purpose.

          Pluto goes retrograde a few days after this full Moon on September 16th.   The planet of evolution, of death and rebirth is especially strong this full Moon since it is slowing down to turn around.   It gives us the energy of transformation that we've been cultivating since it went retrograde on April 8th.   What changes have you implemented in your life?   How are they working out now?

          The Sabian Symbol for 5*Capricorn is: At a Native American camp, a fierce wardance begins.   This is a symbol of how groups get together to "fire up' our emotional body to participate in some collective action.   We have to remain true to ourselves and not get lost in mob psychology.   The question then is, how do we share energy without being overwhelmed by it?   The answer is by being grounded in our own being.

          Do you know what you want to do yet?   If not, keep digging.   As we change our thoughts about LIFE and our life in particular, we can change reality.   We have so many opportunities awaiting us if we can just let go of the ideas and beliefs that disempower us.   I call those beliefs "patriarchal' because they are the "father's' rules that have shaped us thus far.   But they aren't the truth, especially because the patriarchy does not value the feminine aspects of life, which serve life at the deepest levels.   As we throw off the chains of patriarchal thinking and belief, we discover a whole new realm of possibilities.  

          So Free Your Minds! as we said in the 60s!   Imagine!

          The Sabian Symbol for the Sun at 20*Virgo is: A Caravan of cars to the West Coast -- arranged from the most antique to the most modern.   This caravan emphasizes the idea that we are all heading to a new frontier.   We have to understand where we've come from so we can chose how we want to get to the future.   Do we go back and use the "old cars' which were only prototypes and which are definitely gas-guzzlers or do we create a new model for moving into the future?   Our personal future as well as our collective future.

          The Sabian Symbol for the Moon at 20*Pisces is: In the quiet of evening, the farmer's supper awaits him.   There is a feeling of deep experience and quiet reflection that I get with this image.   There is nourishment in completing our tasks and understanding the meaning of what has gone before.   One thing is promised -- our needs will be met.   Our supper awaits us if we've done the work -- we will have our needs met.

          The world is moving faster and everyone seems to feel that time grows short.   Change is really in the air this time.   How will you take part in these transformative times?   If you need help, don't forget to ask for it because any type of partnership (Saturn in Libra) can be transformative now if you work on yourself.   We all need another person who can help us reflect on ourselves and our truths.   Good luck on the journey!

Blessed Be,

Cathy

Authors Website: http://www.cathypagano.com

Authors Bio:

Cathy Pagano is a spiritual advisor and Jungian psychotherapist, storyteller, author and teacher.

She is the author of a book on the return of the Goddess, "Wisdom's Daughters: How Women Can Change the World".

Cathy trained at the C. G. Jung Institut-Zurich in dream interpretation, has an M.A. in Counseling Psychology in Feminine Spirituality, and is a certified Life Coach.

As an astrologer and storyteller, she weaves the Cosmic Stories written in the stars. From The Bard's Grove, she writes about emerging archetypal themes in movies and books.

Cathy works with the tools of the imagination - dreams, alchemy, myths, astrology, symbolic language, storytelling, ritual - to awaken the Soul's wisdom.



I believe that Americans are called to a higher consciousness at this point in our history. We are called on to live up to our ideals and create the country our forefathers imagined. Inner consciousness needs to be acted upon for social justice.



Cathy believes that our writers and artists must take up our responsibility to create art that inspires, teaches and heals our humanity.



Cathy writes about political, psychological/spiritual, and cultural issues.