Musings on the Sagittarius Full Moon
Welcome to the full moon in Sagittarius!
This was such a funny moon musing for me. I'm a Sagittarius rising, as well as having my sun in the house that Sagittarius rules, so I got my fair share of Sag running through my veins. Which comes as no surprise to anyone who knows much about me/Sags ;) So I thought I would bang this musing out like nobody's business. If I know a sign, it's Sag. And yet as the days approached, I was at a complete loss, I had no idea what I wanted to write about. This week was a challenging one for me, for the world, and I realized I was feeling anything but Sag like.
Sagittarius is the sign associated with freedom, with expansiveness, with continuously seeking The Truth. It wants, it needs to find meaning in the mundane. It needs to understand what this is all for. It wants to learn and expand its horizons through travel, through different cultures, through different philosophies. It wants to stand on top of a mountain top, looking over the vast expanse below and believe anything and everything is possible. It wants to laugh and have fun, be the last at the party, bringing lightness and a dash of playfulness to everything it touches.
I'm not sure about you, but playful hasn't been in my vocabulary the last couple of months. Feeling free to go wherever my heart desires? Nope. Scratch that too. Believing that anything and everything's possible? A little tricky when the sheer amount of suffering, pain and anger is palpable the world over (or at least here in North America).
Looking for a bit of inspiration I decided to read an article on Sagittarius by a fellow astrologer who I know has a Sag sun, figuring it'd be a good dose of what I needed. I had barely finished reading the first line - " To keep his mind right, a man should look to the horizon at least once a day" said an elder with some Navajo blood in him'(1) - that I felt my Sag nature start to run through my body. Nothing soothes my soul more than looking out over a horizon, especially a body of water with no end in sight. By the time I had finished reading the article, I was in full Sag swing, I was buzzing - my day of plans gave way to an overwhelming need to go out and hike. I wanted hills, I wanted to use my thighs (the area of the body that Sag rules), to climb and look over vistas, one of my favourite words for the sense of freedom it fills me with.
As fast as I could move I got myself in the car, put down the windows and blasted a playlist of mine called 'get that groove on.' Road trips being another one of my favourite Sag outlets, I started to feel an excitement that was more than welcome, a massive grin spreading over my face. I set out on a new hike that would take me about an hour. As soon as I entered the forest, I was in love. I felt a sense of freedom and wonder that I haven't felt in months. I felt the expansiveness of the world surrounding me, despite being in a forest.
Nestled in tall trees, I imagined that the entire world was this forest. It was so freeing I can barely put it into words. My Sag nature was returning strong. I reached the turn around point after an hour and there was no way I was ready to leave this place, this feeling. True to Sagittarius who wants to keep going and going and going (sometimes to its detriment of not knowing when it stop), I... kept going! I took an extension of the trail, and then another, and another, turning my planned one hour hike into a total of four hours. And I loved every fucking minute of it.
Exploring this new terrain, I sat by a stream and realized how much of a gift this full moon felt like to me. How much I needed it. I realized that I hadn't been feeding the parts of myself that thrive off of Sagittarian qualities - freedom, fun, playfulness. Qualities that allow me to show up and be my best badass self. And in turn be of service to those around me.
So I let my Sag nature lead. I explored like I was an adventurer, with a sense of curiosity and excitement of not knowing what I could possibly find (which included a wild orchid and wild rhubarb!). I exchanged the best mischievous smile with a young girl who was too busy gathering flowers to listen to her mother's call to hurry up. I saw myself in her and I felt in that brief, genuine smile we let each other know that we were both living among the faeries.
That energy continued as I laughed deeply with a friend about how creepily into an actor I am. He's soooo sexy!! To the point where I had to rewind the show because I wasn't paying attention because I couldn't stop thinking about how hot he was. I literally pinched my own cheeks when I saw him without a shirt on. I laughed AT myself when I yelled "you don't know how lucky you are!!" at fictional characters on a TV show that when they were hanging out at a bar and playing pool.
I felt joy at seeing my mum hang out with her friends outside and drink wine under the setting sun. I felt hope at hearing about my friend's new initiative (see the end of this email!) and her search for meaning during this time. I felt filled with inspiration at hearing about another friend's creative inspirations. I felt so much happiness as a song I hadn't heard in years suddenly came on and made me smile oh so wide. I felt a Sag again.
I needed to feel all this. We all need to feel this. I struggled whether to write something uplifting for this full moon with so much violence, injustice and death surrounding many of us. But I needed to. And I'm wondering if there are others (you?) that need it too right now. This isn't a dismissal of what is going on around us, a 'put your head in the sand' solution. Rather I am hoping it acts as a dose of medicine to give you the courage, the strength, to keep seeking your truth, your meaning, your new terrain with this full moon.
To remind us how soothing, healing a good belly laugh can be. That if you're feeling the weight of the world on your shoulders, to see if you can find something that gives you a feeling of expansiveness. Mine was walking through the forest for hours, yours could be closing your eyes and listening to your favourite album like it was the first time you'd ever heard music, losing yourself in a book, going into your garden just to feel your fingers in the dirt. The list is endless. Much like the horizons that the Sags continuously seek.
We're heading into a hefty astrological month - today starts the first of three eclipses (usually there are only two at a time), we're still in Venus retrograde and about to head into mercury retrograde in a couple weeks. We have Mars, the warrior, in a hard aspect to the full moon tonight - increasing feelings of restlessness, impatience, anger - or a drive, determination, and will to get our warriors on and continue to fight the good and necessary fight.
So we need, I need at least, to keep my Sag nature available to me if things get a bit weighty. To remember that sometimes all you need is a fucking good laugh with a good friend. Even if it's laughing at the absurdity of what we're living through. No, especially if it's laughing at the absurdity of life. That I might not be able to get on a plane on a whim, but I can find my expansive horizons in other unexpected places. Like meeting a faery girl in the forest, arms bursting with flowers. Reminding me to see the world from her eyes, even if just for a day.
I just so happen to be going into visit friends this weekend and I can barely contain my excitement at the inevitable laughs I know will fill me over the coming days. If you listen close enough, you might be able to hear the heftiest Faye laugh possible. If not, just give me a call ;)
Xx Faye
(1) "The Noisy Birds of Sagittarius" by Dana Gerhardt, The Signs - And Hercules' Twelve Labors, https://www.astro.com/astrology/in_dg_sagittarius_e.htm
** My great friend, and fellow Sag rising, Mila Olumogba, has started an amazing new organization, SESA COLLECTIVE. It is a volunteer run organization that provides access to free business growth services to BIPOC entrepreneurs or not-for-profit organizations benefiting BIPOC communities. SESA Collective is currently recruiting volunteers. If you have any skill set that can support business growth and would like to help, please reach out and send an email to sesacollective@gmail.com . Let's come together and expand the horizons of what's possible as we venture into a new world together.**
* If you're needing some support during these times and as we enter a hefty astrology month, I am still continuing to offer a special for astrology readings for 1/4 of the price! This is my way of giving back in a time when we all need to receive. Message me for more details and feel free to spread the word! *