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Though the Sun came to its equinox moment two weeks ago, and so unleashed spring across the Northern Terrestrial Hemisphere, the Moon has not yet yielded its position of dominance in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. But that’s about the change, this week.

After Autumn Equinox in September each year, the Moon comes to its Full Phase in the North, abovethe celestial equator, among the stars where the Sun travels from Spring to Summer ~ an itinerant landlord. But then the Sun returns in March, and the Moon doesn’t come to Full Phase until it arrives among the stars of Virgo, which is below the celestial equator to the South. This is like a moment of surrender to the solar forces, when the Moon appears as though beneath the feet of Virgo, the woman, clothed in the light of the rising Sun.

When this occurs in the cosmic environment, an exceptional moment occurs, which is a bit difficult to explain, but here we go. When we look across the horizon of the Earth this week on Friday, the Sun will set in the West just a few minutes before the nearly-full Moon rises in the East. So the Sun sinks below the horizon and the Moon rises above. But this is only on the Earth, because, in the celestial landscape what’s happening, is that the Sun is above the celestial equator, and the Moon is now below. So here we have what presents as a cosmic contradiction, and when this occurs, it’s like a door into another world opens, or at least an opportunity presents itself for recognizing that the cycle of the year has shifted, and a mystery is at hand.

In the world of the fairy tale, this is the moment when the Earth becomes the castle that lies East of the Sun and West of the Moon, and when we enter the castle, then we will be tested in our moral nature, to see whether we have what it takes to break the spell of enchantment and free what we love to its higher, greater truth.

In the Christian tradition, the first Sunday after this moment will by Easter, and this Full Moon occurs on April 13 when measured from Jerusalem, but in the Western part of the Northern Hemisphere, it will still be Saturday, April 12 on the calendar. In the Orthodox Christian tradition, this Saturday is observed as the Raising of Lazarus, so the mystery multiplies.

Not only that, but after the Sun sets and the Moon rises, when the castle doors of the Earth swing open, the planet Venus, aligned to love and beauty, will come to a standstill, as though waiting to see what rises with human hearts as the Moon comes Full, yields its position, and the solar forces resurrect.

It is love, as Dante described it at the triumphant culmination of his Divine Comedy, a comedy because it ends well ~ love that moves the Sun and the other stars.

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