2021 SEPTEMBER FULL MOON & MERCURY IN RETROGRADE
The end of September is going to be the start of a few weeks of emotional and mental imbalance! Not only do we have a full moon coming up, but we will experience the start of our 3rd and final Mercury in Retrograde of the year. Pull up your socks folks, we are in for an interesting time, indeed.
So, this month’s full moon is called the “Harvest Moon”, aptly named because this was the time that corn was typically harvested due to the extra light this ‘large’ moon gave off at this time of year. Interestingly, this full moon happens on Monday, September 20th at 7:55pm which is also the start of the Fall Equinox. Happy Autumn everyone! It’s also a time when the sun enters the sign of Libra! This is a time all about balancing both emotions and day to day activities.
The full moon is a time for culmination and hopeful fulfilment of what we started to work on two weeks prior. As I’ve mentioned in past full moon articles, the moon already governs our feelings and emotions. This harvest moon, however, lands in the water sign of Pisces which will make us all even more sensitive and emotional. Oh boy!
We’ll also notice our own intuition kicking in and tuning us in to our compassion and emotional sensitivity. We could also feel a “knowing” towards people and situations without any concrete proof – yet! This moon allows us to act on our feelings because we can trust them. This is also a time to beware of having a wishy-washy attitude about what we want, or becoming passive aggressive in relationships.
Since this full moon is in Pisces, being around (or in) water will be very therapeutic at this time as it will allow us to feel - and understand - the directions we need to take. Just watch out for blowing expectations out of proportion or allowing fantasies to take over at this time. We must use these feelings as our motivation instead of wearing them on our sleeve. This is really just a time to purge our emotional baggage of the summer, so we can start Autumn with a clean slate and a knowing direction.
As we all know, the full moon is capable of influencing the ocean’s tides. This powerful beauty can also affect our organs as she travels through all the stages of her 28-day cycle. This month’s full moon will affect our feet, toes, and the all-important pineal gland (which regulates the circadian rhythm in our body). It’s time to give some tender care to our hard-working sensitive feet. How about massaging some cream into that soreness? This, of course, can be done AFTER you stand outside barefoot in the grass and marvel at her glorious energy! And, of course, I invite you to share pics of your full moon with me!
Now… onto discussing the upcoming Mercury in Retrograde!
This final retrograde will occur on September 27th and continue until the end of day on October 17th. This one will affect our social circles as well as our love life because it’s all about balancing our emotions and our lives. Because this retrograde occurs in the sun sign of Libra (which is all about balance), we can expect to want to try to figure out how to gain a perfect equilibrium in our life during this phase.
Remember, retrogrades are all about the “RE”. It is time to RE-examine our lives, RE-solve any drama that will crop up from miscommunications with our loved ones, RE-balance our perspective on things that were weighing on us, and RE-alize that we need to understand we will not be able to think trust ourselves to think logically during this cycle.
Remember Mercury is the ruler of communication, mind, and technology. As it goes retrograde Mercury creates havoc in the three areas it rules. This is not the time to make impulsive decisions, make major purchases, or sign contracts.
This can be a pretty difficult time to deal with all the topsy-turvy feelings we will be going through. We will be faced with abrupt changes and have to deal with obstacles cropping up in our path, along with needing to RE-move anything that is making us off-balance in our life. We have RE-sponsibilities we have to fulfill and it will take quite a bit of RE-structuring in order to reach our goals.
This is a time of RE-examination and RE-flection. We are to use this energy to RE-organize areas of our home and social life that seem disheveled. When we get burned out, we must RE-connect with nature and go for a walk, actively paying attention to our surroundings as we do so, which of course, will RE-plenish our souls.
At the end of this cycle, we should come out feeling RE-solved to apply what we’ve examined, now having a clear understanding of what needs to be done to RE-balance us in our work, with our social groups, and in our relationships. The transformation we will all go through in this last retrograde of 2021 is to RE-define our future with clarity. It is imperative to our future success, so use this time and energy well, my friends!