Moon Collage by Achintya Devi
The Full Moon in Libra is exact on Saturday, April 12th at 5:22 pm PDT.
This Full Moon in April, known as the Pink Moon or Gaia's Moon refer to all of Nature coming to life after winter. This is a time of celebrating all that has been released from last season and all that is now coming into bloom.
Ruled by Venus, the Libra Full Moon amplifies our desire to create Beauty and enjoy heartfelt connections. It is a powerful gateway for creating healing and transformation in how we relate and connect to our selves, each other and life, and how we can choose to create balance and harmony in our inner and outer worlds. In addition, it is helpful to remember to practice Self-love, have compassion for others, and honour your boundaries.
The Full Moon will rise in the same alignment to where the Sun rose at Equinox. This initiates (Sun in Aries) the Venusian Libra Moon to act as a reflector and transmitter to illuminate yet again the Equinox mysteries. Thus, this Full Moon amplifies the energy of the Sacred Marriage / Cosmic Egg activated by the Serpent of Fire (with Libra ruled by Venus, reflected in the Moon and Aries ruled by Mars, reflected in the Sun) for the integrated relationship of the masculine and feminine, seen and unseen, above and below, within and without. We honour these energetics of Divine Union / Life / Death / Rebirth and Resurrection as portrayed through the lives of Inanna & Damuzi, Isis & Osiris, and Mary Magdalene & Yeshua.
This Full Moon is imbued with potent energy for co-creating with Gaia. To Recalibrate, Rebirth and Renew. For Self within and as a Living Prayer for the Whole. This Libra Full Moon also amplifies the energetics of partnership and relationship. Remember to practice Self-love, compassion for other, and honour your boundaries.
GAIA MOON ATTRIBUTES
Tarot: The Magician
Herbs: Basil, Chives, Dragon’s blood, Geranium
Colors: Crimson Red, Fushia & Gold
Stones: Ruby, Garnet, Rose quartz
Animals: Bear, Wolf, Hawk
Goddesses: Hathor, Ceres, Ishtar, Venus, Bast
Medicine: energy into creating and producing; change; self-reliance; tempering emotional flare-ups; receptivity
PLUS…
Venus moves direct at 8:02 pm PDT, exalted in Pisces.
Venus has spent the past 42 days (since March 1) in a potent transformation of her retrograde phase, where she aligned with the Sun on March 22 and shifted from her Evening Star phase to her Morning Star phase. Pisces holds the energy of cosmic compassion, spiritual union, and soul surrender. When Venus is exalted here, her expression is at her most devotional, transcendent, and heart-centered.
This retrograde mirrored for us deep reflection, the reassessing desires, values, and emotional patterns. Unresolved relationship dynamics, karmic connections, and past creative inspirations may have resurfaced for healing or reevaluation. Now, as The Queen of Heaven and Earth moves forward, there is a greater sense of clarity, renewal, and integration, what has been revealed in the upper world of transformation.
This moment of Morning Star Venus moving direct aligns with ancient myth of Inanna, Sumerian Queen of Heaven when she hears the knock from the Great Below from Queen Ereshkigal.. She knows her descent is near. She feels the summons in her bones.
It is a call to Initiation.
In the myth of Inanna, this descent is not a fall, it is a conscious choice. A sacred vow to meet the shadow, surrender her worldly power, and face the trials of transformation. Likewise, this phase of the Venus cycle prepares us to walk the path of release, purification, and rebirth. A necessary descent to strip away illusions, identities, and masks so that the true essence of love can unfold.
VENUS DIRECT - FULL MOON INQUIRY
Feel into the relationships you have with yourself, your dreams, with Beloveds, with Spirit and the Earth.
What are you grateful for?
What lessons and insights is your heart revealing to you?
What needs to be amplified and what needs still needs to be composted, shifted, transformed?
How can you create beauty within your current creations and relationships?
What will create balance and harmony in your life?
RITUAL SUGGESTIONS
Authentic Inquiry Journaling: Bring your pen in hand to paper and let your heart answer these potent questions: What truth, power and wisdom have I left behind or hidden away that is now ready to come into the light? What is resurrecting within me that will create balance in my life? What relationship dynamics am I holding on to that may feel safe, but is truly not serving? What do I consciously choose to release and create with love? What am I changing? What am I celebrating? What is the deep unwavering truth of who I am? What do I truly desire? What is shaking loose within me? What does my soul/heart need right now?
Sacred Meditation: Visualize an emerald and rose gold glow around your body and opening rose petals at your womb space, heart and mind. Extend this glow to encompass all of you. Receive this rejuvenation and then extend it out to your loved ones and the world for Blessings, Beauty and Healing.
Make Love: To life, to your garden, to yourself, to your creative artistry, to your Beloved, including but not limited to sex, infused with sensitivity, open-heartedness, and passion.
Remember: Put out your gemstones and jewels outside under the moonlight or in a window (in water if you can) for cleansing, renewal, and activation.
Commune: Gather is an intentional way with loved ones and do any of the above together and create your own. Now is a time to be with the energy of the collective.
Full Moon Blessings,
Achintya Devi
