TRANSCRIPT Ep. 277 (2.10.25)
Leo Full Moon: Crossing the Desert!
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Whats up, invisible good friend, April right here, and the date at the moment is February tenth, 2025. Welcome to Episode 277 of the Huge Sky Astrology Podcast.
This week, you might have comparatively quiet skies to your Valentine’s Day celebration. However each the Solar and Mercury are clashing with unpredictable Uranus. Mercury enters light, imaginative Pisces. The Full Moon in Leo is each thrilling and disruptive. And I reply a listener query in regards to the transiting lunar nodes in opposition to the natal lunar nodes.
Mercury sq. Uranus (Feb. 10, 2025, 11:28 am PST)
Solar sq. Uranus (Feb. 11, 11:30 am PST)
Nicely, as I discussed on the introduction, it’s a fairly quiet week within the skies, nevertheless it does deliver squares to Uranus from Mercury, on February 10th at 11:28 am Pacific Time, and the Solar, on February eleventh at 11:30 am Pacific Time. Each are on the Sabian image 24 Aquarius, Man turning his again on his passions teaches from his expertise.
Squares to Uranus from different planets set off disruption. Mercury’s sq. to Uranus is about telling a brand new story, studying new issues, and particularly educating new issues. As we see on this Sabian image, A person educating from his expertise, there’s completely a time to bask in speaking about what you’re enthusiastic about, however this explicit side is about educating from what you’ve really skilled. And people two aren’t all the time the identical factor. To not point out the truth that the best way you might have skilled issues is usually at odds with the best way they’re usually anticipated to be. And folks don’t essentially all the time love to listen to about your experiences in the event that they don’t match up with the accepted knowledge of how issues are “speculated to be”.
The Solar’s main arduous points to Uranus come 4 occasions annually: When the Solar makes a conjunction to Uranus when it makes an opposition six months later, and when it makes its two squares, which lie in between these two factors at both facet. That is the primary of the squares for this yr. It’s ending a cycle that started in Could 2024. The conjunction this yr will probably be on Could seventeenth, then one other sq. on August twenty fourth, and an opposition on November twenty first. So these are moments of the yr when we’ve got these points that inform a narrative of particular person freedom, our particular person genius, and the way they’re developed by means of standing up for ourselves and difficult current knowledge and guidelines.
The Solar in Aquarius is type of custom-designed for doing this stuff anyway, so this must be a really dynamic transit that may even colour the Leo Full Moon as we’ll see in a couple of minutes. That is a side that calls us not solely to face as much as exterior forces that we disagree with – our boss, our dad and mom – but additionally to confront the inside resistance that retains us from being our true selves, being and doing what feels really proper to us.
We are able to discover ourselves in confining circumstances, nevertheless it’s what’s inside us that all the time dictates whether or not or not we are going to be happy. The Solar in side to Uranus additionally talks about how we wish to recreate ourselves. We’d determine that we don’t wish to stay out the actual persona that we’ve got all the time lived out, that others affiliate with us. If we’re an individual who thinks, oh, I’m not superb at getting up and talking in public, only for instance, this is a chance to alter that sample if you need to, otherwise you really feel like it could be useful so that you can rise up and do some talking, like the person within the Sabian image, educating from his expertise. That is the chance to say, nicely, who says I can’t do this? Who says that’s not a part of who I’m? After which we are able to shift our method and do a few of the most outstanding issues that we by no means thought we may do.
Leo Full Moon (Feb. 12, 2025, 5:53 am PST)
And now for the Moon Report, and it begins with the Full Moon in Leo on February twelfth at 5:53 am Pacific Time at 24º06’ Leo and Aquarius. The Full Moon is the part that shines a shiny mild on no matter is lacking in our lives. What do we want extra of? What have been our intentions on the Aquarius New Moon on January twenty ninth that now appear unlikely to deliver us what we actually want or need?
The Leo Full Moon annually awakens us to artistic urges that we would have been ignoring or to the truth that we simply want extra enjoyable or play or romance in our lives. This Full Moon is the response to the decision of the Leo New Moon on August 4th, 2024. What was your dream then? Since you’re now midway by means of the yr that started with that Leo New Moon and you’ve got somewhat clearer image, possibly, of what you could do going ahead.
At this Full Moon, the Solar, Moon, and Mercury are sq. Uranus. I spoke earlier than in regards to the Solar and Mercury a part of this equation. Uranus says you’ll be able to have all of the issues that you just lengthy for, however first, it’s essential to change. However the lunar a part of us doesn’t essentially really feel that snug with change. The Moon is an emblem that by its nature is all the time altering, adjustments indicators each two and a half days, adjustments part about each three and a half to 4 days, and so it tends to welcome somewhat little bit of fidelity. As we see ourselves and our lives by means of the mirror of this Full Moon, it might be unsettling. Full Moons typically are. And, we might really feel as if issues round us are so disruptive that we might by no means really feel protected and really feel as if we’ve got what we want.
However I very very similar to the Full Moon Sabian image 25 Leo, A big camel crossing the desert. This can be a image of self-sufficiency and possibly this Full Moon is a reminder that so as to create, to play, to get pleasure from ourselves we may have extra time to ourselves. The Aquarius season typically has us being somewhat bit hyper-social, and this can be a Full Moon that actually wants a while by itself. Nothing and no person from exterior us goes to have the ability to utterly maintain us. We now have to have a robust heart inside ourselves to maintain us going.
Lunar Part Household Cycle
That is the Full Moon in a lunar part household cycle that started with the New Moon on August sixteenth, 2023, at 23º 17’ Leo. At every New Moon, we start a three-year cycle of a selected Moon signal. Each 9 months after the New Moon, there’s a main lunation close to that very same diploma and signal. The First Quarter, or preliminary motion part on this cycle, was on Could fifteenth, 2024, at 25º 8’ Leo.
Now we’re on the Full Moon in that cycle, and it offers us a possibility to look again on the New Moon in Leo, what we would have been hatching at the moment, after which on the First Quarter taking some type of daring motion. After which we could have the Final Quarter on this Lunar Part Household Cycle on November eleventh, 2025, at 20º 04’ Leo.
I like the Lunar Part Household Cycle as a result of relatively than simply having the 29 and a half days of a typical month-to-month New Moon cycle to get one thing executed, on this case, we’ve got three years to perform one thing that we set out at a New Moon that appeared particularly necessary to us, however that can take some time to understand.
Void-of-Course Moon intervals
Let’s take a look at the Void-of-Course Moon intervals for this week. On February tenth, the Moon in Most cancers trines Neptune at 5:49 AM Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for 3 hours and 12 minutes earlier than it enters Leo at 9:01 am. Void-of-Course Moon intervals all the time give us a possibility to alter the best way we’re doing issues, our day-to-day habits, and Void-of-Course Moon intervals that start with the Moon trine one other planet inform us that there’s a reward obtainable to us. Instinct and sensitivity to different folks’s emotions are strongly indicated by this Void-of-Course Moon. So use it to get into the behavior of separating your emotions from different folks’s emotions. It’s good to be empathetic, however generally we are able to take it somewhat too far. Simply because any person else is in a funk doesn’t imply that you could be as nicely. Follow empathy, however don’t overlook about boundaries.
On February twelfth, the Moon in Leo opposes Mercury at 11:12 am Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for five hours and 55 minutes after which enters Virgo at 5:07 pm. A Void-of-Course Moon that begins with the Moon opposed to a different planet brings consciousness. Here’s a Void-of-Course interval to get within the behavior of utilizing your thoughts alongside your coronary heart to make selections or to speak. Strike a steadiness right here between logic and emotion.
And on February fifteenth, the Moon opposes Neptune at 12:35 AM Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for 3 hours and 10 minutes, then enters Libra at 3:45 am. That is one other Void-of-Course interval marked by consciousness. And oppositions, particularly, are usually related to relationships. When you occur to be awake throughout this time- many people received’t be on the West Coast of america, however lots of you can be – use this Void-of-Course interval to domesticate relationships with the folks you understand who’re creative or non secular or who not directly encourage you. Make {that a} behavior once you come throughout these folks in your life to essentially domesticate that relationship.
And, you understand, gaining inspiration from others doesn’t essentially should be one thing we do in particular person. This might be through a YouTube creator whose channel we very a lot admire, a non secular heart, or perhaps a meetup group. Surrounding your self with folks whose work or philosophy you admire may assist you to enhance your craft or get insights into your individual non secular follow.
Mercury enters Pisces (Feb. 14, 2025, 4:06 am PST)
And on February 14th at 4:06 am Pacific Time, Mercury enters Pisces. After touring by means of the Saturn-ruled indicators of Capricorn and Aquarius since January eighth, the planet of what we predict and what we’ve got to say about it melts into the signal of the ineffable. Neglect about guidelines, about ought to or shouldn’t, should or should not, and let your self downshift to light, if generally barely confused, realm of Pisces.
This can be a time to take a deep breath and simply chill out and soften into heart-to-heart communications. Make amends for sleep. Dig into some creative tasks, into music and into poetry. Mercury is alleged to be deprived in Pisces as a result of it is extremely robust within the reverse signal, Virgo. Mercury is a planet that prefers logic. However Pisces prefers instinct, desires, visions, and illusions. So, you’ll be able to see that Mercury has to shift gears somewhat bit in in a position to work nicely in Pisces.
However it’s a pretty time for letting your self spend somewhat time in these imaginative realms. In case you have been wanting to start out a meditation follow, undoubtedly do it whereas Mercury is in Pisces. Mercury will probably be on this signal by means of March 3, after which after it turns retrograde on March 14, it revisits Pisces from March 29–April 15.
An previous good friend is shifting to city, and we’re going to start to search for choruses that we are able to sing in. We sang in a refrain collectively in highschool. So, it appears like Mercury going into Pisces is a superb time to try this. And for something that’s type of group-oriented, as a result of we nonetheless have planets and Aquarius that love doing issues in teams. So, on the lookout for organizations that assist you to develop these Piscean qualities, music, poetry, artwork, meditation, yoga, any of this stuff are rather well suited to the Mercury in Pisces season.
Listener Query: Transiting Nodal Opposition
On this week’s listener query, listener Judy writes, “I admire how you’re employed with the lunar nodes in your follow. They’re like a guiding mild within the north, steering us towards new, enriching waters. The South, like a buoy out at sea, reminding us the place we’ve got been and the treasures we feature from voyages way back.
How does the reverse nodal return have an effect on working with the nodes? I’m so confused. If the South Node is some extent of launch, and the transiting North Node, the place we should always go, is on it – what’s an individual to do? They appear like contradictory influences. If the natal node is the beacon the place we’re headed, then the transiting South Node is on it. What will we do with the ship? Jettison cargo? Make a U-turn? As somebody whose reverse nodal return is approaching, I may go for higher readability. That’s particularly so given the node’s change of indicators into the Virgo-Pisces axis, residence of my natal north, second home, and south (8th) nodes.”
Judy, thanks for that query. I talked briefly in regards to the nodal opposition, as we name it, on Episode 188, however the actual focus of that exact query was in regards to the nodal return. So let’s take a better take a look at the nodal opposition, which is when the transiting North Node is in a conjunction along with your natal South Node, and naturally which means the transiting South Node is in a conjunction along with your natal North Node.
It does sound fairly contradictory. Right here is the analogy I exploit to grasp this necessary nodal opposition, which is the midpoint within the 18-year transiting nodal cycle.
Let’s start by picturing the Moon’s South Node as being like a storage unit, the place you retain all one of the best qualities and accomplishments that belong to your natal South Node. I don’t consider the South Node as a poisonous image, although lots of astrologers are likely to see it as a reasonably unhelpful place within the chart. I really feel, as you phrased it, that it comprises the treasures we feature from long-ago voyages. The issue with the South Node comes once we attempt to transfer into the storage unit and stay on previous laurels, as a substitute of utilizing these abilities and presents and treasures to assist us transfer ahead.
When the transiting North Node comes right into a conjunction with the natal South Node, the North Node journey ahead is a chance to make use of a few of these South Node treasures. Think about the transiting North Node then as a truck backing as much as your storage unit to select up a few of the extra useful stuff that you’ve saved in there. The qualities that you just’ve saved away are actually very useful to maneuver you alongside the transiting North Node path.
In case your natal South Node is in Pisces, for instance, you might have a superb deal with on Pisces qualities like being nonjudgmental, empathetic, taking a extra versatile method to issues. These are qualities that will probably be useful throughout the subsequent 18 months or in order that the transiting North Node is in Pisces.
In the meantime, the transiting South Node is in a conjunction with the natal North Node. I might learn this as that means that even alongside a North Node journey which is designed to maneuver us ahead, there are traits, behaviors, and previous patterns that must be let go of alongside the best way. For instance, the transiting South Node is now in Virgo. In case your natal North Node is in Virgo, your natal path ahead relies in cultivating sensible abilities and actuality, the power to prepare, to enhance. However as you progress alongside that natal path, you’ll in all probability develop a few of the much less fascinating qualities of Virgo alongside the best way every so often. A bit an excessive amount of perfectionism right here, a bit an excessive amount of criticism there.
And because the transiting South Node makes a conjunction so far, it’s somewhat like a trash truck that comes alongside, and you may simply throw in all the unfavorable qualities and particles that you just’ve picked up alongside the best way.
I suppose I see the nodal opposition as a time to tidy up your natal North Node path, and to reclaim some useful qualities out of your natal South Node that may assist you to alongside the present path.
Judy, I hope that that is sensible to you. I’m not presenting this as The Reality, by the best way. It’s just a bit analogy that helps me perceive what this necessary stage of the transiting nodal cycle is perhaps about. I hope it helps you as nicely.
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