2023.08.25 full blue moon in aquarius take 2
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[00:00:00] The full blue moon, meaning the second full moon happening in the calendar month of August, 2023 is coming up on Wednesday, August 30th at. Around 9:45 PM. And it's going to be all about mastering your destiny, holding that space for yourself. To fulfill your Dharma and releasing situations. Um, people in your circle, uh, habits, anything that is not serving you really sort of mastering your own destiny and fulfilling your Dharma. And we're going to talk about astrologically. Why, of course, on this podcast episode, And how you can better work with this full moon, how you can sort of harness it best in your life, through your yoga practice and some journal prompts, which is what we always do here on the Yogi scopes podcast. That's what a Yogi scopes is. So first of all, I'd like to extend you a warm welcome, or a welcome back. Um, I'm your host, Rosemary Holbrook. I am a Vedic sidereal astrologer, which means under this ideal Zodiac, which is what we use in Vedic, astrology, which pairs in my opinion, way better with yoga. If you're going to, um, if you're into yoga, especially if you're a yoga teacher and you want to theme your classes, or you like to teach full moon or new moon classes, and you like to incorporate the seven to your classes, I, 100% think that you should be using Vedic astrology for several reasons.
[00:01:27] One reason that feels really. Good to me is this idea. Your Zodiac is a little bit more astronomic. It's a lot more astronomically accurate than the tropical Zodiac. It's about a full sign off it's like 26 degrees off from the tropical Zodiac. Um, and it just keeps getting more off as time goes by. It's one degree every 72 years is how much it's changing, which over the course of 2000 years, since the systems are sort of together, Long ago. Um, what we call Western astrology, or if you're in the states, what most people just call astrology before you learn about Vedic astrology uses the Zodiac that was accurate 2000 years ago. But is no longer accurate because it does not factor in the procession of equinoxes. And so I have like a whole other podcast episode about that on my other podcast called the science of light. If you go to like my Lincoln bio on social media, or I also put that it's Yogi scopes.com/lincoln bio. You can find direct link to that podcast episode. Um, I think it's called like astrology versus astronomy. It's like the 11th episode or something. It was a long time ago. So if you want to nerd out more about that, the astronomy of it, you can check that out. I have some other resources. But the important part is that this full moon is happening inside the cereal. Aquarius. Whereas you may see on social media, this is why I like to point this out and bring it up because I hear from people, people tell me, like, it's hard to sort out the noise because everybody's just out there saying stuff. And it's hard to tell because most people, unless they call the, they specifically say this is Vedic astrology, or this is Siberia astrology.
[00:02:57] The assumption is when somebody says astrology, they're using the tropical Zodiac. So. All those folks. Um, we'll be saying that this full moon is in Aquarius. When, in fact under this idea, Is there any act which is more astronomically, accurate? It's happening in Aquarius. The next full moon will be in Pisces. Um, there's a lot of. Stuff. Um, going on around this full moon and the next full moon. And so I'm going to tell you that today on this episode, that's what we're about to get into is all this other stuff going on that makes this full moon a little extra special. Um, but first I also want to start with a moment of personal disclosure because I, this is actually the second time. I'm, this is like, take two for recording this episode for me, which I almost never do. And I'm actually thinking back to the, the last time I had to do a take two on an episode, mercury was also retrograde like it is right now. And I just find myself stumbling over my words more than I usually do.
[00:03:52] And so I'm just going to roll with that. I'm going to stumble over my words. Sorry. Here I am. I'm not perfect. Um, but the reason. The last time I had to do a take to have an episode. Was it the Saturn in Aquarius episode. That I put out like last December or something. I had to record that episode like four times and edited a lot because I just kept like getting off track and like, Not feeling super clear, which mercury was also retrograde at the time. I think. Maybe, but, um, what's important though. The personal disclosure piece is that. I have moon and Saturn and some other placements, but importantly, my moon and Saturn are very nearly conjoined in Aquarius. In this narc Shaw tra. Era of shadow. Bisho where this full moon is happening. So it just feels a little extra personal for me. And when I recorded it, Um, when I started recording, which it was actually yesterday, like I, I was like, all right, this is no good. I need to take some time. I took some time to like step away from it kinda meditate, which I'm doing. Um, for the mercury retrograde meditation challenge is meditating a little extra than usual. It's there's still time to join that if you're interested. But I was like, I just need to like take myself out of it. And I had to like have a moment. Because it is a little extra personal for me. And I feel like some of the stuff I was saying yesterday was a little bit more like it was like a projection of my experience than. What may be true on a collective level. So I just want to say that because I feel like it's important to, um, acknowledge that because I've adjusted my notes and I've taken time to meditate on it and kind of clear out my brain and my space before I rerecord right now. But there's still some degree of like, This is like everything to me. This is like, you know, um, so anyway, let, let's talk about it. This. Full moon is happening inside of the real Aquarius. It is happening in the of shadow Bisha, which is known as the 100 healers. We'll talk about, more about what that means in just a moment, but I want to tell you about the other stuff happening. Um, Over the course of this year, because this is a big deal because just before. The moment, the peak of the full moon, kind of like the last full moon we had, or it was the last new moon in cancer. Just a couple of weeks ago. We had, um, the moon had crossed paths with retro grading Venus right before the moment of the new moon. So I was telling you. It was also the second new moon in cancer in a row is a really good time to consider. What Venus retrograde is being, bringing up in your life and how you're going to sort of work with that in your life. Then at this full moon, we have a similar thing happening where. It's like six hours. It's a little bit longer before. The full moon than it was with the last new moon. But around I haven't written down three 30, 3:00 PM. Eastern time. Synchronous number, I guess. Um, A little synchronicity for me personally, this is why I'm like, I'm having a hard time, like taking myself out of it with this one. It does feel a little extra personal for me. And I want to acknowledge that so that, you know, Um, that's just what it is. That's the thing. Um, so just before the full moon, which is at 9:45 PM on that day, the moon will cross paths with retrograding, Saturn, and Saturn is the ruler of Aquarius. Along with RA who Ramu the north node of the moon is considered a co ruler of Aquarius. And the knock shot tra of shadow Bisha is ruled by Roku. So this full moon in general has like big connections to Saturn and RA who like already just by nature of it happening in Aquarius. Um, And of course, we'll talk more about what that means. If that just sounds jargony to you now, um, But I want to bring up some other stuff that's been happening with Saturn and Ramu over the course of this year. So just first Saturn is. It's like the planet of hard work and selfless service. And so Saturn is where queries gets the qualities. If you're familiar, Aquarius has these qualities of being like. Um, eccentric. And I just saw a meme this morning. That was like, if it's one thing and Aquarius is going to do it's disagree. And I was like, true. Like I think I had just gotten done like disagreeing with somebody in the comments. Somewhere else respectfully. So, but I was disagreeing. And so I was like, ah, that's true. That's valid as a very strong Aquarius person. Yes. Um, so like Aquarius in general, the qualities are like, Um, there's the hardworking quality. There is like often a stereotype that Aquarius gets is like, Thinking they're better than everybody or thinking they're like an alien and they're like different and I'm like, yeah. Okay. Like valid, like that's something I've been working through in my personal life. So I can validate this. Um, And, but that comes from. Saturn and RA who these qualities of Saturday and Ramu, because there is like a very hardworking. Nature to a query is which will be coming up at this full moon. The reason I bring these qualities up is because these are the qualities you're going to want to harness. At the full moon. So there's this element of, of hardworking. Um, towards your Dharma. So shadow Bisha then our Shandra. DRA is. Um, It's aim. It's purushartha it's aim of life is Dharma. Which I, I think I spent some time talking about this. Also on the last episode and I have an episode on the science of light. If you want to dive more into the four aims of life, the With those, but there's a big connection at this full moon to. Your Dharma towards a working hard towards your Dharma. And that comes from Saturn. Being the ruler of Aquarius in general. And the fact that Saturn is in Aquarius right now, retrograding in Aquarius. And we'll just moments before moments. I mean six hours, but moments before the full moon while the moon is in its full phase. So moments before the peak, but certainly while it's in the full phase, Um, of the moon cycle on that day, the moon will cross paths with Saturn. So it's, um,
[00:10:00] It's a good time to consider what are you working hard towards, right? Like, what are, are you. Uh, working hard towards your Dharma towards your unique. Path. And so that's where the RA, who qualities come in this like east centricity. That's what RA, who being a co rule of Aquarius. It's like what gives Aquarius this like more ecentric. So that's where sad. Saturn rules, both Capricorn and Aquarius and sort of the difference. Between Capricorn being like the hard working, maybe also sort of like on wall actually kind of energy, you know? Um, That kind of like hardworking. Uh, maybe even looking down on people who. We perceive to not be working as hard. There's this like almost condescending, I guess, kind of quality. Is the more like shadow side of these signs. Um, And prioritizing hard work over emotions. Those are the Saturn qualities that both Capricorn and Aquarius share, but the difference with Aquarius. Is that it's an air sign rather than an earth sign. So there's that there it's a little bit more like woo, like airy rather than super grounded and earthy like Capricorn, but then also having RA who as a co ruler. Aquarius. That's where it gets the east centricity and the. Um, Quirkiness I guess, are, is coming from raw, who. And so those are the qualities in a nutshell of like, Sort of what's going on at this full moon, but let's talk about some other astrological things happening that are important. So we're going to talk about in the scheme of this year, and then we're going to zoom out and talk about in the scheme of like this decade. Okay. Because there's some other stuff going on. At this full moon. Um, or like around this full moon that this full moon might be sort of, um, bringing to fruition, bringing full circle or like. Uh, we'll talk about it. Okay. So, um, another, the reason I say full circle, I always say that for a full moon in general, because the full moon is kind of like bringing the lunar cycle full circle. It's like the full circle of the moon. Right. And then also it's like the peak it's like the. The full moon is like, when things come to fruition and from there, you're only shedding, right? So that's just the full moon in general. But this one happening in shadow. Bisha. the symbol for shadow Bisha is a circle, an empty circle. So. Part of what we'll be considering. For this full moon is how you're holding space for yourself. What, what are you like? Drawing a line in the sand, like the circle in the sand around yourself, like where are you drawing these boundaries? How are you holding these, the space for yourself? And then also like your circle, um, like the circle of people around you, because Aquarius being the 11th sign of the Zodiac has this. Connection to the collective and to your network circles. So those things are coming up as well. Um, But then because of that circle symbolism, it's like, what are you bringing full circle? This year. And so remember I was saying there's connections to Saturn and Ramu already because Aquarius is ruled by both of them. Um, and then there's been some interesting stuff going on with Saturn and RA who in the sky around. Aquarius this year. So let's rewind to February. So in January, Saturn moves to Aquarius, which is a big deal, especially if you're a Capricorn, Aquarius or Pisces moon that makes you in your Saudi Sati. So it's a big deal for those folks. A little bit extra, but it's a big deal for everybody because that's where we kind of see like some of the lifting of COVID restrictions. It's like when people just kind of like stopped caring was really strongly related to Saturn. In Aquarius rather than Capricorn. So that's one thing and you might be able to track. Um, some ways things have changed in your life over the course of this year, since that transit. Um, But in February. We had a new moon. In Aquarius, which means the sun was in Aquarius because wherever a new moon is, it's like the moon is conjoined with the sun out a new moon. At a full moon they're opposite each other in the sky. Which makes sense. Cause that's how the moon is reflecting all of the sun's light at a full moon. And if it's in the same, like. Line from. From earth. In the same place in the sky. That's what makes a new moon. And so in February, right after Saturn moved to Aquarius, the sun was there, which makes Saturn combust. And in Vedic astrology, when planets are combust, they are, when they get within a certain. Degree of the sun and it depends like it's different degrees for different planets, but what's important is at the time of the new moon in February, that was in Aquarius. Saturn was combust. Meaning. I don't know is having a hard time. Right. And Saturn is again, having a hard time now because it's retrograde. Right. And so it's just like these energies of Saturn and Saturn related things, which is. Um, like your hard work, your, your duty. Your sense of discipline and duty? Like what, what are you due to fall towards and what are you working hard towards this sort of concept of Dharma? Like what is worth. Working hard towards for you. It's being a little bit challenged and was being a little bit challenged at the new moon in Aquarius earlier this year, which I was probably telling you at the time you can go back and listen to the podcast episode. I don't remember, but I'm sure that I said something related to like set your intentions for this entire Saturn in Aquarius transit. And especially for this year, like what. What are you working hard towards? Like what. Um, what is, what work is Saturn doing in your life? Right. And. At the time, the day of that new moon. In February. RA who was, um, moved to Ashwini, which is the first Knox Yatra. Tra of the Zodiac, the first knock Shasha at lunar mansion of, um, Of Aries where raw, who is. And so that was kind of a big deal. It was like a shift, um, As we're working with this raw, who in areas in K2 and Libra. Transits. Uh, there, there was a decent, like shift happening around that new moon. And so now. At this full moon, which in general, any full moon. You can look back to six months prior, so you can think of a full moon as like it's time to sort of bring to fruition, anything over the past lunar cycle, the past month. Or the past six months since there was a new moon in that sign, and that goes for any full moon. But this one is like, A little bit of an extra big deal because of all these other things going on that I'm talking about, um, with Saturn retrograde. Saturn being there and Aquarius it being a blue moon, which I sent this out of my newsletter a couple of times. Um, like in the August newsletter. That a blue moon is not a Vedic astrology concept. It's purely like it's not really astrology at all. It's purely like calendar-based is like, we have two full moons in the same month, but Vedic astrology recognizes that. The lunar cycle. There's like 13 moons and a year 13 moon cycles. In a 12 month calendar year, we base our calendar off the solar cycles. And, um, Vedic astrology is a more lunar based system than Western astrology is a more solar based system. Everything's placed on the sun sign in Western astrology. And so are our calendars. So. There's like some validity to that. But Vedic astrology has this concept called a DECA Masa. The inter calorie month. It's extra auspicious. I might've talked about it on the August outlook episode, but I definitely sent a newsletter out about it. Actually to, um, how this month in general, because of the DECA Masa in Chavez.
[00:17:46] it's a good time for like listening. It's a good time for, um, like slowing down and being more spiritual in general and sort of listening to the whispers of. Of the universe, listening to the people around you, listening more than you talk, listening more than you speak. In general. So that's already sort of going on making this, this full moon a little extra special, and then right now, Um, so I talked about what was going on with Saturn and rah, who at the new moon in February. And then right now, Saturn is retrograde here in Aquarius. And the moon conjoins. PSAT retrograding Saturn at 3:33 PM on the day of the full moon, which just to me, I'm like, that's gotta mean something. Maybe it means something a little extra to me because in fact, Saturn will be like within degrees of my natal, Saturn. And so will this full moon. Of my natal once. So it's a little extra impactful for me. Maybe then. Than others. And I want to point that out, but, but it's still valid that this is a big one. Right. I hope that's what I'm communicating. Um, and then on August 28th, Which is Monday. So just before. The full moon bra who is going to move into it's gon daunted zone. Which means. It is in the first Pata or the first part of Ashwini Knox Yatra. And so gun Donta is the, the first Pata. Uh, which is three degrees in 20 minutes. If you're curious of, um, a fire sign and the last pot, a of a water sign and typically planets move forward. Through the Zodiac, all other planets, except for Ramu and K2 move from water signs to fire signs. But Rohit and K2 are technically, always retrograde. They only, they don't go retrograde. They just always move in the opposite direction of all the other planets. And so anyway, so RA who was moving back from Aries to Pisces, because that's just the direction it goes. Whereas other planets would move from Pisces and then to Aries. But, um, RA who is moving into its going Dante zone. Meaning if there's anything you're sort of working with. Related to this. Um, transit of the nodes of Rafa and K2, they are probably like, Things are going to pick up, like if you haven't. Uh, gotten the message from the universe related to that. Uh, you can expect the messages to get a little louder at this point. And so this full moon in general will, because it is related to Ramu in the ways that I described earlier. It's, um, going to be a time to consider. Maybe, what are you holding onto that, that RA who's trying to show you is, is not something you should continue to be holding onto. Um, in what ways can you like bet on yourself some more, I guess that's very raw wound areas like. Um, thing. Can you bet on yourself? And, um, become the master of your own destiny. We'll talk. About that more too, but I want to talk about zooming out the larger cycle. So, so this is kind of going on in the cycle of this year. Of how are you? Working hard towards your, your Dharma, your destiny, like what is worth your obsession in your life? What is worth your hard work? And this kind of stuff is what this full moon and this just stuff going on with Saturn and RA, who is trying to. Ask you or show you. Or point you in the direction of. So any challenges you might be experiencing? You could consider how that's related. We'll talk about that more in the June journal prompts, but in a larger cycle. That we're in. Um, This full moon is happening in Aquarius, which means the sun is in Leo. Okay. And we've also, if you've been listening to the podcast for a little bit, we've had a lot of stuff going on around Leo lately. We've had Venus begun retrograding there, and we have mercury retrograding there now. Venus has moved back to cancer, but cancer is ruled by the moon. So that's kind of getting tied into this. Um, full moon still is like any challenges you might be experiencing around. The cancer area of your chart around the Venus retrograde. Um, this full moon might be kind of like a tipping point or a time to really let go around whatever challenges you're experiencing there. But then so with the sun, In Leo. And with mercury retrograding in Leo and the. The Aquarius and Leo axis. So Leo is ruled by the sun. So it's great that the sun's there right now. Um, it's great for this, like self-expression and mercury retrograde might be like, kind of challenging yourself expression. And so that's what we're sort of working with in the challenge, which again, it's still not too late to sign up for. I actually have the signups closing on the day of the full moon, which is next Wednesday, one week. Into mercury retrograde. Um, So anyway, so that's what we're kind of working with is like what's coming up around. Your self-expression and, um, then with it being on an axis with Aquarius, what this axis, this Aquarius and Leo axis is all about in general is Leo is all about your creativity, maybe also your children, but like if you have them or want them, or just your relationship with children. So inner child work to a degree. Um, Is coming up. And, and how is that impacting how you express yourself now, but where the Aquarius axis comes in is to sort of temper this, this just. Full expression of yourself when you're like, I just want to be like fully expressed and be me and, and show off and be flashy. And Aquarius is like, okay, good. How does that serve the collective, right? Like, what is so good about you that the world needs, right? And so that's this like dynamic that we have going on right now on the Aquarius and Leo access. And looking back historically, historically, meaning like within the last eight years and then the next, like two, so a decade. From 2015 to 2025. There's some pretty important stuff happening. Around the Aquarius and Leo axis. And so again, I'm going to say like the reason I'm probably thinking. This might be a big, bigger deal to me as an Aquarius. Are you, if you're an Aquarius or Leo's in general, or then also maybe tourists and Scorpio folks is my, this stuff might be, feel like a bigger deal for than some others. So I just want to say that that's why like, Brought up the personal disclosure. I think the reason this stuff sticks out in my mind a little bit more is because these times have been really big turning points in my life, but that's because as an Aquarius moon, Um, It's just been, it's been a big deal for me. So it might be like a smaller deal for you, but it's worth pointing out is what I'm getting at. The last time Venus was retrograde in Leo. Was in 2015. In like, July and August of 2015. And. So there is this element of, with this Venus retrograde of like completing a cycle there, hopefully, hopefully with anything astrologically when you're like completing a cycle. You're like learning the lesson because his thing is like, you're going to keep getting presented with challenges until you sort of like learn your lesson. Um, And so hopefully between whatever challenges you were experiencing in 2015, maybe you remember, maybe you don't, um, To now, hopefully you're like reaching a new level related to all the Venus retrograde things. So if you want to know more about that, go back and listen to that episode. Um, But so that, and at that time there was a blue moon. In Ana on August. First of. 2015. And so we're in the month of Strava right now. So it's like, there's this. Um, and we're having this inter calorie month. In Covena. So that's sort of drawing the connection there, right. To completing cycles between now between 2015 and now, and then there's another important date in 2017. The eclipses. Brought him in K2 were, um, on the Aquarius and Leo access then. And they will be again in.
[00:26:11] 2025. Um, so they're about to move to Pisces and Virgo later this year, which I will talk about on an upcoming podcast episode. Of course, I'll give you a whole podcast episode about what that's going to mean. Um, but in 2025, so that's where that's coming up is that's when from 2017, They will be. Rocco and K2 will be doing their thing again on the Leo axis, but there was an eclipse. In Leo. In 2017 and at the time. Um, Venus was in. Cancer with Ramu. And they were both going Donta in Ashley's HSA, which is where Venus is retrograding right now. So there's also like maybe some stuff that was coming up for you around August of 2017. Is coming up again. Now, um, and so. Yeah. And so I just want to point that out that like, look back at those August of 2015, August of 2017 and see if there were sort of related themes. To those times for you, what was coming up for you? And so that's why I'm like in my life, I'm like, Ooh, that's a big deal. Um, but if you're not in Aquarius earlier or maybe Taurus or Scorpio, It might feel like less of a deal. I don't know. I would love to hear from you and hear like what. You're experiencing with that. Um, Like hit me up on Instagram or something, you know, you scopes on Instagram. Or in the Facebook group, the yoga plus astrology Facebook group. Those are both good ways. To find me and that, that it clips in fact, Saturn was in Scorpio at the time. But was aspect ING. The eclipse. So it's just like, there's very similar energies that were going on. Ben. That are going on now. And these are sort of like larger cycles that may be sort of being brought to fruition now. So from August of 2015, August of 2017, To February of this year. Over spending over the last six months. Two now. And then there's another element of like, whatever's going on in your life now and whatever you're working with. Um, we'll be experiencing. Some more challenging energies, some more. Potential for upleveling. In 2025, early twenties, like spring spring in the Northern hemisphere, I guess that's fall in the Southern hemisphere of 2025. So. Hopefully that all made sense. Hopefully. Um, That brought up some stuff of like what, what you've been working with and what, how you want to like. Set your intention. So let's just, uh, recap with the overall energies of this. Full moon, because of all the stuff I was talking about because of what's going on with Saturn. What's going on with RA who, um, the co rulers of Aquarius what's going on with the sun and Venus and Roku, Russia, and all this other stuff that's impacting. This full moon. Let's just recap it with these overall energies before we get into. Your yoga practices and journal prompts and quickly, I also would like to invite you to moon day. There's still two spots left for our full noon. Event that's here locally. If you're in the Asheville area and can come on Sunday, there's two spots left. Um, I would love to see all there. Otherwise I would love to see you in the meditation challenge or at moon day. We'll now be live on YouTube. Um, if you want to do a practice with us for this. Full moon. And, um, Yeah. So the overall energies. Oh, also before I say the overall energies. Um, Congrats to the astrology for yogis graduates. That's actually why I planned it to be for this week. It just felt really auspicious for this week for you all to sort of being, bringing full circle your selves as astrologers in this journey, you've been gone, been going on to learn astrology and to lean into the homeworks and projects we've had to lean into like your unique, special flavor and how that can serve. The collective and that's what we're sort of working with over this week, in our final week of the program. So I just want to congratulate you all for making it through for putting in the work and. And I wish you, the utmost success in. Now the work really begins of this. Aquarius and Leo access that we have going on. And so if you're ready to become a Vedic astrologer, and want to learn more about that, you could start with the burst heart basics, mini course, which is if you go to yoga, scopes.com/offerings, you can just find that there. And sign up for it, but you can also get on the waitlist for astrology, for yogis, because it will open again for enrollment in. mid-September so just a couple of weeks now, really it's like really flying up and, and, you know, time is just flying by and it's sneaking up on me. So if you get on the waitlist. The weight. The enrollment will open for the waitlist first. And there'll be a special deal. Um, For folks on the waitlist that will go away. When enrollment opens for everybody. About a week later. So, um, Just FYI. If you want to know, the waitlist is going to open the day that mercury goes direct, which is September 15th. The enrollment will open. The day mercury goes direct and. Um, It will have been for everybody a week later. So if you're really super interested and want to get a special deal, you might as well just go to Yogi scopes.com/waitlist. And sign up. All you have to do is put in your email and I will email you when it's time. So just to recap the overall energies of this. Full moon. Are holding space for yourself to act independently and tap into your own medicine or follow your Dharma because remember shadow Bisha knock chapter is the 100 healers. It's 100 stars within the constellation of Aquarius that makes the circles. So that's where the circle, um, Symbolism that's coming from. And so w the way I interpret Shada, Misha, which again, this is coming from like my own cause I have moon in Saturn in shadow vicious. So, um, this is why I think of it this way, I guess, is that it's less about the. It's less about. Be thinking surrounding yourself with a hundred healers or a hundred physicians. It's you have the power of a hundred healers and a hundred physicians. Within you and the goal or the task is to just uncover that it's to find it. And that's hopefully. What I've have hopefully communicated to you all in the astrology for yogis course and. And my goal is to teach more people. How to be a healer in the sense that you uncover that within your clients, which is kind of revolutionary. Um, Uh, compared to most other Vedic astrologers, because a lot of people come to astrology. And this is the way a lot of astrologers approach it is that they have some wisdom that they're bestowing on you because they know the secrets of astrology and you have to go get the secrets from them, but hopefully a good astrologer. In my opinion will. Not treat it that way. And that's what, what I've hopefully really communicated to the folks in the astrology for yogis course is that our goal is to help people unlock their own inner wisdom within themselves. So. Hopefully you're following your Dharma. Remember that's what an Aquarius and Leo access is all about is like your unique. What makes you, you. And. So if it's just that and being flashy and being used for just like, just to do it that that's like, Hey. You know, but if you're like really tapping into what makes you, you, and you're like, the world needs this, the world needs my unique. Medicine my uniqueness. And you're taking that from that you get from Leo and applying it to the hard work and maybe even Essenture city of Aquarius. Um, And really rooting yourself in your authenticity and working hard to make some change in the world. That's what the world needs more of. And that's what this full moon is all about. Um, and then, so with that, With Aquarius being the 11th sign all about like networks and, and your friends and your circle. If you will, especially with shadow Misha, being the circle. Um, It's also a good time at this full moon to examine your circle. Examine. Who doesn't support your Dharma. Are there people that are kind of like holding you back? Um, just by nature of having a relationship with them, maybe because they're not on the same page as you, or, um, maintaining the relationship is keeping you from. Doing the things you need to do. Which I'm also like. Sometimes you can find. New ways to do the things you need to do without giving up on people or treating people as disposable. So take that with a grain of salt. Um, And also maybe to a degree, like be that person for people that's like really supportive of them, like being them and doing what's right for them and saying, Hey, we can still be friends, even though we're all like, kind of doing this unique thing. That's very Aquarian. And hopefully you're tapping into some of that, this full moon, which is why I'm really excited for the full moon circle. We'll ha we're having here, um, on Sunday because that's what hopefully we'll be doing is connecting in a circle. Um, but sorry, you have to be local for that. Um, there will be another one in September that will be on a Friday night and then one in October that will be on a Saturday. So be on the lookout for those I'm planning to announce them next week. If you want to try to get to Asheville for those. Um, and then also another overall energy is examining things that you want to bring full circle. On the Aquarius and Leo access of your chart. So you could look, you could grab the birth chart, decoder. It will be scopes.com/decoder, D E C O. D E R it's always linked in the show notes to. Um, to find out what houses those are in, or if you want to grab the birth chart basics mini course, it will explain houses in more depth. If you're sick of Googling it because. Google is scary and hard sometimes when it comes to astrology. So that's what the mini course is all about. And we'll explain houses in more depth than how it's like the Burkhart decoder. But you have an hour's worth of 10 minute videos of me explaining various things. If you were, if you're into that. Um, so it could be those houses in your chart, or it could be also, um, Just in general. The things I talked about Aquarius and Leo, like your Dharma, your like, what makes you, you and how are you applying that into hard work that serves the collective, right? Like, how is that? Going for you. And what do you want to bring full circle since February of this year? Over the course of this year, as we head into the harvest season. Since August of 2015, since maybe what was being brought up SIM similarly. Maybe a similar area of life, but a little bit different energies in August of 2017. And then what. What have you learned since then? And what could you do better between now and early of 2025? Right. So hopefully that makes sense. So your yoga practices for this full moon in general will be men dollar flows connecting with circles. So if you can do that, sort of like bringing things full circle, because another characteristic of Mandela flows is they're really creative, which is like very Aquarian, right? Um, and so if you want a Mandela flow sequence, I will be releasing it in the membership, um, on Monday. So. If you're, if you want a sequenced on for you, I sent out the last couple of, cause I wanted y'all to see what they were like, but this one is only going to go in the membership along with the signed by sign. Of like what you might be working with it. Uh, this full moon for your rising and moon sign. So if you want that, if that feels supportive, I'd love to see you in there. The. Mercury retrograde meditation challenge along with a whole bunch of other stuff are included with membership. So, and the birth chart basics many courses already in there. So it's like a better deal, but if you want to like pick and choose. Instead of signing up for the whole shebang, you could get the mini course, you could sign up for the challenge, blah, blah, blah. Anyway. I'm just trying to like support y'all in a way that works. For you in your astrology study. Journey, and then maybe also. Theming your classes or practices. Around astrology. So your journal prompts are, what are you trying to bring full circle this year as we had into harvest season? And then zoom out. And think about what nudges have you received since 2015. And in what ways could you embrace the direction? They're trying to send you in a little bit more fully, a little bit more like towards expressing yourself in a way that serves the collective. How could you like. What have you noticed? What has been hard? Um, and, and how could you be a little bit more aligned there? And then third question, how well do you hold space for yourself? Reflect on how well you hold space for yourself and various aspects of your life, including self care boundaries, personal growth, like where do you draw that line in the sand around yourself? To say, this is what I really need to show up as the person that I want to be. That's also being brought up a lot by this. Um, Venus retrograde and mercury retrograde. And how are you sort of fitting in fitting that in so that you can be more fully expressed, right? Um, and then are there any areas where you need to create. More space. That could look like time, like a physical space. Whatever for self-expression self care and self discovery. Are you holding the space for yourself for that? Because nobody else is going to do it for you. You can just be grumpy and resentful that you don't have time for yourself. And be mad at other people like it's their fault, or you can get better at thinking of what realistically that could look like and communicating, because I imagine most people are going to be happy to oblige. And if they're not, maybe there is some of the people that need to fall away out of your circle, right? At this full moon, like we were talking about. And then last question is where do you fall? On the ego-driven versus collective minded continuum. So think Aquarius. As the collective minded. Um, of like working hard towards the greater good and Leo as the like, flashy, like I'm so good. And this is why. You're probably somewhere on the spectrum. Like. Maybe you're always worrying about other people less than about yourself. And you can stand to be a little bit more self confident, or maybe you are really confident, but you don't do stuff for the collective much. And you might feel better if you did. So could you stand to pull yourself closer to center and further away from either? Always prioritizing others' needs ever yourself, or, um, maybe it might feel good to start to think about how, what you're so good at could serve the greater good, because that's what, we're all, you know. It's the question I've been thinking about all Venus retrograde is like, If your spiritual practice, doesn't make you a kinder, gentler person to yourself and to others around you in an everyday life. Like, why are you doing it? Like genuine question. Uh, that's really important to me and my values. And I just wonder if it's as important to other people. So again, that's another thing I'd love to hear from you about. So I hope you have a beautiful, full moon. I hope to see I'm excited for those of y'all that I'll see in person on Sunday. Um, I'm excited for those of y'all that I'll see bright and early Monday morning to do a meditation for free live on YouTube or those of you in the. Challenge or the membership that will be joining us for a flow practice on Wednesday, on the morning of the full moon. So please remember to keep your feet on the ground, your head in the stars. And stay in the light until next time friends take care.