This is an alchemical drawing of the Sun and the Moon in battle. As you probably know, the Full Moon is a time when the Sun and Moon stand at opposite points in the heavens. Since this month the Sun is in Aquarius, the Moon is in the opposite sign of Leo. At the Full Moon I normally focus on the how the Sun and the Moon can resolve the differences of these opposing signs in order to connect in harmony. But this Full Moon is a time to focus on the conflict. There is an essential difference between the Sun and Moon. The Sun is yang energy, full of push and shove, and penetrating light that fills crevices with force and power. The Moon is yin energy, saturated with softness and filtered light. She dissolves into, softens, and absorbs. The Sun is espresso coffee and the Moon is green tea. Sometimes you need coffee to be alert and on top of things. Sometimes you need tea to slow down and relax.

This image has some similarity to the yin/yang symbol. The Moon holds a shield with an image of the Sun, and the Sun's shield has an image of the changing Moon. Even though the Sun and Moon are in battle with one another, they are still dependent and interconnected. The Sun is clothed, protected with battle armour, surrounded with the intellectual conventions of what society says we "should" do. The Moon in naked, exposed, vulnerable.  She moves on interior emotion, intuition, and is willing to take the risk of being fully seen.

This month the Sun is forcefully pushing Aquarian energy of social justice, equality, globalization, technology, friendship, visions for the future, working within groups, being interconnected and expanding networks. The Moon is softening into things Leo, which include a strong and solid sense of self, bravery, drama, being on the public stage, having a stake in things, demanding to be seen and heard in an expressive and forceful manner. Both Aquarius and Leo are powerful, fixed, and stubborn. Imagine the events in Egypt and you can see this conflict in action.

For You: The revolution that we watched this week in Egypt is the same revolution that is taking place within you, your relationships, your community, and your country.  From Wednesday night through Saturday give yourself some time to reflect. Find a quiet place, get comfortable, take a few deep breaths and center yourself. Let your thinking quiet down, and let your body easily expand with your breath, like you are a balloon, ready to be filled. Once you have settled into the present, reflect on the situations in your life that are currently in opposition. Oppositions may exist in the exterior world with your partner, children, job, home, ecological sensibilities, and financial reality. Oppositions may exist in your interior world between your head and your heart, your longing to live a life that fully expresses yourself, and your sensible decisions to put hearth and home ahead of dreams for the future.

It is in seeing where you are in conflict that you can come together in resolution. Don't back off from your demands. Listen fully to the demands of the other, whether it be another person or the voice within yourself. Be fully in conflict. Be fully engaged. Hold your position. Don't back down. No retreat. No surrender. But compromise... now there's an option. Once you fully experience both sides, open up to compromise and believe, with all your heart, that a solution will occur. Take the stand that you won't settle for anything less. Since the Sun in Pisces comes right on the heels of this Full Moon, be sure to use the compromising energy of Pisces to find peace.

Within sixteen hours of the exact Full Moon, the Sun will move from Aquarius into Pisces.  What this means is that on Thursday night the solar/lunar alignment will be between the Aquarian Sun and Leo Moon. Then Friday night the alignment will be between the Pisces Sun and Virgo Moon. This provides a great opportunity to bring some soothing Pisces energy into the opposing conflicts in your life.  Pisces, a water sign, has a quieting sensibility that can cool down the hot nature of Aquarius and Leo. Pisces is known for being compassionate, loving, caring, spiritually attuned, and sensitive to what is needed.

In all transformations there is a point where life is no longer what it was, and not yet what it will be. Take Egypt for example. The revolution has ended, but the new democracy has not yet begun. Egypt is betwixt and between, in that transitional womb-like space where all new births occur. But there is risk in that dark place and it is possible for things to go wrong, especially with Uranus out and about causing trouble.

Right now Egypt needs lots of positive, hopeful, honorable, caring, and high frequency energy. There is more at stake than just the political future of Egypt. What happened in Egypt points to what is happening within the microcosm of each of our lives, and the macrocosm of the entire world. We need as much help as we can to make this transition to freedom, and to come out on the other side renewed and regenerated. This image of Isis is a wonderful representation of the Pisces Sun. Isis is an ancient goddess of Egypt. For over 4000 years she has been worshiped as a caring and loving wife, mother, and protector. She is compassionate, spiritually connected, mystical, and willing to provide help to those in need. Take time to focus on Isis and imagine that she is bringing forth stability and integrity to the chaos of Aquarian revolution.. She can find the broken and scattered pieces, and through persistence, love, and compassion, make them whole again.

The planet Uranus goes into the zodiac sign of Aries on March 11th at 7:49 pm est. It will stay in Aries, the rash ram that charges full force ahead, for the next eighteen years. Uranus is a planet of unpredictability and represents the part of yourself that is rebellious. Your Uranus knows with absolute certainty that change is necessary. But because change is usually scary and probably resisted, by the time Uranus takes action, your energy has been bottled up and is ready to explode. There is a struggle taking place in the world, as seen in Egypt, and within you. There is a sense of being bound by the past, tied to present expectations, chained to convention. This image of Prometheus is a good symbol for Uranus. Prometheus took fire from the gods and gave it to humans. Fire provided such a monumental change that humans were never the same again. But Prometheus was punished by Zeus for his daring act. Punished in the most cruel way. If Prometheus had known the price he was to pay for his action, he might not have done it. He might have decided to just let humans stay in the dark a while longer. Sometimes changes can occur only when we don't consider the consequences. Sometimes change is messy.

For You: Uranus reminds you that sometimes you need to take chances, move into the unknown, accept the fact that you can't know what will occur, since it has never occurred before. These changes are not predictable. The seismic shifts in the world stage as Egypt is birthed anew are dangerous, and create anxiety and uncertainty. Likewise the shifts that need to occur in you are full of risk and the unknown. But change will happen, it is the nature of things to move further and further into evolutionary growth. You can not stop change, so you might as well face the facts full on,  be bold in your actions, and from the battle find a way to create resolution and compromise.