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A woman holding a mirror gazes into a glowing full moon reflected in a still forest pond beneath a starry sky.
Apr 12 2025

The Beauty You Heal – A Full Moon in Libra Reflection

As this luminous Libra Full Moon rises and Venus shifts forward in the sky, you may find yourself caught between the ache of old wounds and the longing for grace. On April 12 at 8:22 PM EDT, the Libra Full Moon 2025 rises as Venus stations direct in Pisces, ushering in beauty, balance, and hope. Opposing the Sun conjunct Chiron in Aries, this lunation reveals relational wounds and inner truths. A powerful time for contemplation, healing, and choosing peace over perfection.

The Moon opens to the perfection of her Sun’s reflection just forty minutes before Venus begins her forward motion. This is no ordinary moment of lunar fullness. It is a cosmic sigh. A letting go. A hopeful love letter to beauty and balance, delivered right as Venus herself turns her gaze forward again.

At the heart of this lunation is a provocative opposition between the Moon in Libra and the Sun conjunct Chiron in Aries. Here, Libra’s deep longing for harmony is mirrored and challenged by Aries’ raw need to assert individuality—especially where wounds have been left untended. A balance between cooperation and self-motivation is the a-ha! that Libra quietly craves, and Aries boldly insists upon.

Chiron invites awareness of where you’ve been hurt in relationship. Libra asks: “What if you could move from that wound with more grace than you thought possible?” Venus’ return to forward motion in Pisces lends a subtle spiritual influence—she forms a semi-sextile to the Sun and Chiron, hoping you’ll opt to create a compassionate bridge from self-healing to reconnection. But the Moon’s quincunx to Venus suggests it might not be entirely comfortable. Some readjustment is required. It’s an invitation to realign your values, not just in romance, but in all the ways you relate.

This Full Moon asks:

  • What wounds are still shaping how you show up with others?
  • What inner beauty do you still withhold because of those wounds?
  • And are you finally ready to release the mask of harmony to live in true peace?

Identify your Muse, and allow yourself to breathe gently into their arms. Not to start something new—but to return to what you’ve always known. That beauty begins in relationship with your own soul. That balance is not stillness, but movement in rhythm. That healing is an art form.

Tonight, under Libra’s golden gaze and Venus’ forward glance, allow yourself to become the art. Let go of the pretense. Keep the beauty. Forgive the wound. And choose peace—not because you have to, but because you finally can.

Just below is a link to a guided imagery meditation I created for this incredible Full Moon in Libra. I hope you enjoy it, and please, follow me in Instagram!

Sep 23 2011

Fall Equinox 2011 – The Power of a Rainbow

Beautiful double rainbow...

Rainbow Story…

This morning on the way back from dropping my son off at school, my mom, who because of progressive dementia is usually not very cognizant of what’s around her, leaned over and said with joy in her voice, “There’s a rainbow!”

Her joy was contagious and as I looked heavenward and found the arching hues, I was astonished. Not just one rainbow – but two, following the same path, one over the other. On a morning that had been the typical rush and push out the door, my equilibrium was immediately restored. I felt my breath deepen, the corners of my mouth lifted into a genuine smile and my eyes were shining with delight. All because of a rainbow – or actually two.

Mom continued to look up and as we moved through neighborhood streets she craned from side to side to keep the gorgeous spectrum of colors in sight. She started talking about the rainbows she had seen as a child and lamented that she never saw them anymore. She asked with wonder what could possibly cause a rainbow? And I described to her the process of light refracting through water droplets in the atmosphere… I could see that she didn’t understand and because her short-term memory is completely gone I was asked how a rainbow is created several times… but it was so nice to be sharing something in real-time with her, both of us steeped in the natural glory of this phenomenon of light and water in the morning sky.

As I drove along with mom at my side, window down to the cool breeze, truly enjoying my new-found happiness, I realized something with a jolt. Today is the Autumn Equinox! A day when light and dark are equal… a day of equilibrium! My pleasure increased yet again. Here we were, rapt by the vision of the reaching colors, feeling connected, feeling joyous and centered – on one of two days in any year that symbolizes balance, equality, mystery and beauty – the balance to be found between dark/light, good/evil. When we stopped at the next traffic light, I took a picture so that I’d have a way to remember my lovely feelings and symbolic realizations.

Fall Equinox 2011 Astrology…

This particular Autumn Equinox occurred at 5:05 AM EDT, Sept. 23, 2011. Considering our feelings during that rainbow drive, it’s not surprising that the astrological alignments today have much to do with balance and beauty.

The Equinox happens annually when the Sun moves out of Virgo and into Libra – and Libra is all about balance, equanimity, grace, and gaining and maintaining equilibrium. Venus, Libra’s ruler, also has everything to do with pleasure, aesthetics and what we value – if you think about it, it is the things we find most pleasing that we tend to value, hence the connection. And not only is the Sun in Libra, but so is Venus herself, as is Saturn.

Venus and the Moon are in a lovely angle to one another today, and when they combine the energies brighten with a desire to socialize with loved ones and create harmony and peace. There is a gentleness to this combination.

And since Venus is also in a very nice combination with Mars, there is an alluring eroticism in the air just waiting to be tapped into by ardent lovers. (Don’t let this one pass you by!)

Saturn touches Venus as well… some may argue that this combination is barren and austere, putting the brakes on our relationships. But the orb is still wide and there is a bright side to these two coming together… Try tapping into these: Simple beauty. Enjoyment of clear forms. Pleasure through structure. The peace of stillness.

There are other prominent energies today… Uranus is opposite the Sun branding us with some volatile energy that revels in the unique, sudden and revolutionary. This coupling also unleashes the quality of the trickster – so be aware that all is not rainbows and unicorns! Still this is an opposition and mirrors the energy of finding balance and equilibrium that Libra portrays.

And of course, we have the long-standing Uranus/Pluto square, which the Equinox is energizing as the Sun is opposite to Uranus and squared to Pluto creating a T-Square, that brings our attention to the combined archetypes of revolution and breaking down the status quo with destruction, re-construction and transformation. But we’ve been mired in that energy for a very long time…

Today, for this beautiful Autumn Equinox, enjoy the more fleeting energies represented by the Sun, Moon, Venus and Mars… go find a little pleasure.