Starcodes Sept 13, 2019 Heather Roan Robbins

Emotions can flood in like a hurricane at high tide as a full Moon in sensitive Pisces, conjuncts Neptune this Friday morning. Whether it’s the Pisces Moon, hormones, lowering barometric pressure, or paraskevidekatriaphobia-fear of Friday the 13th, we can feel emotionally tossed by the winds and waves. Every cross word and any uncomfortable headline can feel like a burr under our saddle, and any kind word a balm. We also feel for those who have actually been storm-tossed. It will pay to do whatever mindfulness training or gardening trick helps us feel centered and grounded, able to make steadier decisions.

The swirling winds of this full moon can also help us let go of old angers, though leave us easily triggered into a fresh snit — whether we are right or wrong -as Mars opposes Neptune under this sensitive Pisces Moon. It’s easy to feel weepy or go off about something that’s not really true. One may also be unusually permeable under this Pisces Moon and pick up feelings from the people nearby, and from all over the world. The emotions are real but maybe we don’t have our facts straight, or are reading existential angst into our personal woes. So, acknowledge the feelings let them flow, but don’t get too attached to their story.

But it won’t all be an emotional projection. As the weekend progresses, we can be triggered by real events and moved to action. The Sun and Mars both form a helpful trine to the tough Saturn/south node/Pluto conjunction in Capricorn, which is this year’s chief astrological feature. Peoples’ actions will give us…