Full Moon in Libra

And All Planets Direct

Sunday’s Full Moon in Libra heralds a positive shift for Visionary Writers. As the moon is at its fullest, Venus also stations direct in Pisces, bringing us into a phase where all planets are now direct.

Projects or ideas that had been feeling stuck, uncertain, or on hold, may now receive the clarity and illumination of this Air Element Full Moon, which will keep us moving forward until after the lightning illuminator Uranus enters quicksilver Gemini in July.

Essentially, all planets are now direct until July - with the exception of outer planet Pluto, which will retrograde in the early degrees of Aquarius again from May. Though we’ll feel this, the real retrograde pull back doesn’t start until July - when, in addition to Pluto, Neptune, Saturn and Mercury will also begin their next retrograde phases.

This year may have felt like a rollercoaster of successive ideas and inspirations that have been paraded in front of you like kittenish muses, only to swerve away playfully any time you thought you might get near enough to grasp one of them and run with it.

The next few months may help to open up some clarity, direction, and momentum that will help you move toward the emerging vista that’s only now opening to your vision.

You might feel grateful for the delays and distractions - because what’s truly here for you now is so much more expansive that previously imagined.

Libra connects with the Tarot cards Justice and 2 of Swords. Both are blindfold: inviting us to let go of what we think we know, tune in to the wisdom of our bodies, our hearts, our intuition, and act from that place of inner balance and stillness that is eternally connected with the Web of Life.

During this Full Moon, Justice opposes the Emperor - Sun in Aries - and asks us to ensure we are moving for the highest good of all, and not from murky self-motives. This Full Moon also engages Chiron, the Wounded Healer, conjunct the Sun (opposite the Moon) and shines a new light on what we have been healing in ourselves that we may now be ready to share with others through our words.

Both Jupiter in Gemini and Sagittarius Rising are in full support of this healing breakthrough, encouraging us to expand into the hard-earned wisdom of our Soul and share that wealth in everything we write.

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Full Moon Journaling Enquiries:

🕯 For this practice, first light a candle, and take some time to drop into the wisdom of your body - perhaps taking a few deep breaths to help quieten and still your mind.

🌬 When you are ready to begin, exhale deeply and allow yourself to write freely, without editing, stopping, or criticising. Just let the words land on the page through your pen.

✍🏽 Where have you been feeling stuck in your life recently?

✍🏽 Is there any healing alchemy that is now arising out of any sensations of fear or frustration that you’ve held?

✍🏽 What wisdom and clarity can you find in this situation, and how is that inviting you to move forward?

Libra Full Moon Astrology Chart from Astro.com

Sally-Shakti Willow

Writing my PhD in Utopian Poetics showed me what it means to be a writer. I wrote four books of poetry and a 50,000 word thesis, and I started journaling as a way to ground and heal myself.

While I was studying, I also wrote and maintained the Contemporary Small Press website, writing regular reviews of new fiction and poetry published by small presses. I was on the judging panel for the 2018 Republic of Consciousness Prize for literary fiction from the small presses. So I was reading a lot of great writing too. And I co-developed and taught a series of workshops called WELLBEING WHILE WRITING for doctoral researchers at the University of Westminster.

WELLBEING WHILE WRITING used practical techniques from Creative Writing pedagogy to support PhD students of all disciplines with the work of WRITING their thesis. I also used my knowledge and experience of yoga and meditation to provide MOVING & BREATHING FOR WELLBEING workshops to graduate students at the University.

I’ve been teaching English since 2004 and I’ve been teaching Creative Writing at the University of Westminster since 2017.

https://www.writingthriving.com
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