{"id":63248,"date":"2014-04-13T17:46:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T17:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moonkissd.com\/?p=5707"},"modified":"2014-04-14T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T16:35:51","slug":"libra-full-moon-lunar-eclipse-peace-love-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/?p=63248","title":{"rendered":"Libra Full Moon Lunar Eclipse: Peace, Love & Understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Peace_by_kalani1980These aren\u2019t the easiest of times. Everyone\u2019s cup is filled to the rim, and living with daily stressors can really wear you down. Paradoxically, stress lowers our tolerance for handling the complexity it brings into our life; science says stress chemicals hi-jack our brains, and narrowing our ability to think we literally become dumber.\u00a0Under stress, we become reactionary and reductionistic. Even ordinary discussions are bigger, hotter and redder as, we, and the people in our lives, find it all to easy to forego nuance, ambiguity and instead jump to conclusions.<\/span><\/p>\n

When life resembles a shaken up can of 7-Up, calm Libra rolls in like a smooth ocean breeze, passing out tropical drinks, soothing ruffled feathers. Libra is the civilizing force of society. A mental air sign, Libra rules objectivity, impartiality, neutrality, subtlety. When confronted with the conversational equivalent of a car full of screaming quintuplets who are all cutting teeth, empathic Libra deftly attempts to maneuver the topic onto reasonable ground.\u00a0\u00a0By empathically feeling into a situation and\u00a0thoughtfully, deliberately\u00a0offering a calming word, a sweet, a gentle gesture, Libra relaxes and pacifies us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like an expert hostess or host, Libra accommodates, and often with panache and class. I loved the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel for this reason, as the head concierge of this grand hotel (wonderfully played by Jude Law) exemplified the civility, dignity, sophistication and mutual courtesy of a bygone era. I used to work in the hospitality industry, where accommodation is king. Yet even there I learned that no matter how respectful and helpful, when the there\u2019s a hot-head freight train headed your way \u201cnice\u201d will never stop the train, only slow it down.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a subtle art, being Libra. Libra expertly notices the nuances of a situation, and defuses bombs with sensitivity. Just imagine what this world would be like without Libra. Diplomacy would cease. Red-eyed emotions would run amok. A winner takes all mentality would supersede negotiations. But peace at any price is the shadow of Libra.\u00a0And in these days of \u00a0Uranus in Aries, of \u00a0hard earned\u00a0Truth-to-Self moments, Libra’s impartial gaze is not always met with warm eyes.<\/strong>\u00a0When life is edgy, objectivity, graciousness and tact isn\u2019t always welcome. To the hot, urgent, fiery Self it can even feel manipulative, slick.<\/p>\n

I experienced this when I recently found myself in a discussion with a good friend who was feeling victimized, angry. Because of my closeness to the topic, I grew increasingly uncomfortable. I found myself playing out my Libra rising: countering her every angry statement with an objective and impartial one, she finally exploded, \u201cI feel so judged by you!\u201d I didn\u2019t see it that way. My Libra Rising was frantically trying to maintain equilibrium and balance, trying to hold two different views instead of collapsing into extremism and self-righteousness. There we were, two people having very different experiences of the same conversation, a classic Aries-Libra scenario (and we were both having Mars transits that day).<\/p>\n

At this Libra Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, we need to experience sweet release of tension, a spot of serenity, yet the other planets aren\u2019t being so cooperative.<\/strong>\u00a0The explosive tensions of Uranus, Pluto, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter loom nearby.\u00a0 Pluto is station retrograde. \u00a0Old wounds are triggered. Eclipses shine light into the dark shadow corners of our psyche; we need to discover what\u2019s impeding our peace, and because the nature of eclipses<\/a> are unpredictable, revelations may be unsettling or surprising. With Mercury in Aries conjunct Uranus at this Full Moon, revelations are fueled by fiery veracity; we can no longer ignore our bottom line, our truth.\u00a0<\/strong>If we\u2019re unhappy in our relationship, we may discover we need new relationship tools. We may realise we\u2019ve been codependent, compromising too much, or conversely that there\u2019s been a lack teamwork, a unified \u201cUs\u201d togetherness. We may have run-ins with people who are irrational, high-strung, tense. We may feel that way. In short, at this lunation we may not feel peaceful at all.<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re on edge, misunderstanding looms large especially while Mars is retrograde in Libra and casual social interactions can bring out our heat, fire, sense of injustice. As Mars continues his retrograde journey (thru 5\/19, continuing in Libra thru 7\/24), we\u2019re being given a crash course in learning the subtleties and nuances of every person and situation.\u00a0Let’s aspire to keep balanced in the eye of the storm; let’s choose to carry love & peace in our consciousness.<\/strong>\u00a0Considering another\u2019s point of view is never mandatory, but it is extremely helpful right now. Aries\/Mars forever aims for victory for the Self, but that’s a great way to live in a world of exactly one person. Ideally, there\u2019s a setting at the table for everyone\u2019s experience. After all, Libra\u2019s endpoint is peace, love and understanding -and that happens when everyone is honored.<\/p>\n

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These aren\u2019t the easiest of times. Everyone\u2019s cup is filled to the rim, and living with daily stressors can really wear you down. Paradoxically, stress lowers our tolerance for handling the complexity it brings into our life; science says stress chemicals hi-jack our brains, and narrowing our ability to think we literally become dumber.\u00a0Under stress, […]<\/p>\n

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