February 22/23: The Full Moon conjunct the Vela Supernova invites us to purify our minds, penetrating deep into situations to contemplate them clearly from a different perspective

     The Full Moon symbolizes a moment of consciousness, as it reflects with its entire surface the Sun's light, which is what allows us to see and understand the world around us through our visual senses. And when it is aligned with a supernova explosion, the insights are often shocking, disturbing, intense, as well enriching.

      The Vela Supernova is a star that exploded approximately 11,000 years ago in the southern constellation Vela, and its astrological effect suggests a distortion of the practical approach of our routine in favor of a heightened perception of different realities in our daily lives. This trend allows us to perceive other dimensions, small or big, physically, spiritually, or mentally, but it allows us to penetrate beyond the apparent reality and see what is behind it. The Vela Supernova is one of the strongest sources of X-rays in the sky, therefore the trend associated with it is, naturally, to be able to see beyond the surface.

Photo: Carlos Duarte

     The resulting insights can produce an emotional change, which can be strong as well as clarifying. The Full Moon usually intensifies emotions, and although in some cases this will coincide with dramatic explosions and catharsis, this will have the effect of a purge that eliminates elements that obstruct our vision and do not allow us to see the underlying reality. And we may find out that it can be much more harmonious than we might believe at first, as the Full Moon is also at the midpoint between Venus and 0° Aries, the Equinox point. This represents, as the initial impression of  any  emotional explosion wanes, the tendency to slowly enter into a state of peace and harmony: the calm after the storm!

     Perhaps our own mental programming does not allow us to see the love and harmony behind our prejudices, and this is the sad reality of today's world. But, as individuals, there's much we can do about it... Thus, during the two weeks of the explosive, penetrating and purifying February Full Moon, we can clean our mind and our emotions to expose an underlying reality in which it is possible to find and consciously promote love, balance, courage and harmony. It's worth a try!

Carlos Duarte
Research Astrologer

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