Uranus Retrograde + Full Moon in Pisces

Stationing retrograde on August 29th, Uranus joins Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto in their call for a collective and individual moment of stillness and reflection.

Transitioning from 23°-19° of Taurus (where it shall station direct on January 27th 2024), Uranus will ask you to reflect on what isn’t working in your day-to-day life and encourage you to break free from the stagnation, in order to make the relevant changes required in order for you to be truly happy.

However, the question will be, are you willing to embrace the chaos of destruction, when it comes to the process of rebuilding.

Merely days later, on August 31st, the skies will illuminate courtesy of a Full Moon in Pisces at 7° (2:35am BST). As the second Full Moon of the month, making it a Blue Moon, this lunation comes with some notable potency.

In opposition to the Sun in Virgo and conjunct Saturn, it’s time to get real. Thus, whatever delusions you’ve been operating under, whatever emotional unrest that’s laid dormant, unresolved - since the New Moon in Pisces, back on February 20th - will require your honest attention.

Therefore, you may do well to prepare for a reality check, as Mercury Rx in Virgo will be opposing Neptune Rx in Pisces, making evident the difference between how things appear and the truth of how they actually are. However, the issue will be as to whether you are willing to finally accept what is shown, or continue to live in wilful denial, recognising that perhaps sometimes, you are the perpetrator of your own delusion.

Regardless, whatever revelations emerge in the light of this lunation, know that the onus will be on you, in regards to how you choose to deal with them. That being so, can you utilise this moment as an opportunity for you to resolve that which has until now, felt too heavy to deal with. That which has been holding you down.

Of course, this may trigger the release of some deeply held emotions, as that which has long been dwelling in the subconscious is pulled to the surface for processing, bringing with it the muscle memory of painful experiences long-gone and yet still felt.

Yet, when it comes to what has hurt you, is it possible for you to affirm a boundary between how something made you feel and holding yourself accountable for dealing with those feelings. In the acknowledgement that no matter who or what inflicted the wound, the healing is still your responsibility.

Thus, can you master your emotions, stepping into your personal power and liberating yourself from any form of victimhood.

Learning to honour your own needs and boundaries will be vital and as such, with Mars in Libra inconjunct the Moon and Saturn you will be encouraged to embrace healthy conflict, over habitual, passive avoidance. Accepting that sometimes in order to keep the peace within, you may need to get comfortable disturbing the peace, and sometimes the egos, of those around you.

If utilised wisely, this has the potential to be a time of deep healing, whereby you release old, stagnant energy around patterns, dynamics, and experiences, in order to create space for something altogether new and more aligned to develop.

And whilst it’s fair to say new growth won’t be imminent, due to the retrograde action in the sky, if you can accept a period of absence, a moment of stillness, away from the security of the known and the distraction of the outer world, you may just find that delving introspectively into your inner world, offers you the clarity you need when it comes to where you’re heading and what it is you truly want to come next.

Something which will be essential when things get moving again in due course, beginning September 4th, when Venus stations direct. Square to Uranus Rx conjunct Jupiter, both in Taurus, the question will be as to whether you are able to take what you’ve learnt over the past six weeks and utilise it to move forward in an expansive manner.

By the end of January 2024, when all planetary movement is once again direct, the shape of your life may be entirely different and as such, know that what you actively choose to do in the interim will be key in its development. So choose wisely.