angstoic.com Astrologer, Ang Stoic
My fellow travellers,
It is shaping up as one hell of a precarious moment in the cosmos, and those of you tuned into the most recent eclipse cycle already sense the cosmic hyperanxiety building up in your bones. The Aries Solar Eclipse from a fortnight ago thrust us into a state of disquiet that won’t easily dissipate, at least not by simply wishing for calm or some sort of negligent bypass. Indeed, we are teetering on a precipice: old structures appear to be veering out of control, and mighty, mostly unseen forces are seeding a new reality that is neither subtle nor particularly forgiving to anyone refusing to evolve. My commitment here is to situate these dizzying changes in a coherent context, even if what we face feels downright unnerving. Those who sense the dying clutches of a lazy, needy little world past its expiry date might take solace in my series of warnings: forging on, unafraid of going it alone if necessary, remains our only viable strategy as we hurtle manically towards a bold, possibly tumultuous future.
The Libra Finale: Tensions at Full Tilt
This Full Moon, exact on 13 April 2025 at 23° Libra, stands not just as the culminating phase of the Aries Solar Eclipse from late March but as the raising drawbridge of a series of Aries/Libra eclipses that began in 2023. Libra is classically associated with balance, harmony, and fair play, but having undergone the Moon’s South Node antithesis, these conditions—its penchant for playing nice, courtesies and politeness—can stretch so thin that they metastasise into paralysis or hollow appeasement. Intensifying that tension is the building of critical mass in the opposing Aries, namely the Sun, in this case fortified by a nearly exact conjunction with Chiron and Eris. Hence, the Full Moon’s impetus to “keep the peace” grinds head-on against Chiron’s raw impulse to expose deeply entrenched insecurities, especially those around self-worth and identity. We can only “play nice” so far, before we lose all essence of what it means to be unashamedly honest and true.
Hence why things start to appear brutish and raw, wild and unapologetically offensive. At the Libra Moon’s height of opposition, expect heightened demand for equitable dealings—but watch for the raging, stormlike flipside, where swallowed grievances risk boiling over at the slightest provocation. Libra’s gift may be to see multiple perspectives and maintain a sense of civil diplomacy, social grace, and capacity to restore, yet in a climate as heatedly aggrieved, fervently inflamed as this, overcompensation or forced pleasantness could feel superficial, lame or even manipulative. Faced with an Aries Sun that demands unwavering authenticity, many will find themselves caught between longing to preserve connections—even ones detrimental to their primary cause—and the urgent need to stand their ground, rashly or even violently, possibly raising issues that have lain dormant for far too long.
Aries Sun over Chiron/Eris, opposite the Libra Moon
Let’s observe how the Sun, exalted in Aries, now illuminates long-standing residents in this sign. Chiron in Aries symbolises the wound of selfhood: the hurt from lifetimes (or at least formative years) of being dismissed, overlooked, or forced to question whether one’s very right to exist is legitimate. Eris in Aries, meanwhile, embodies the raw, unbridled confrontation that arises when festering transgenerational resentments and obscure power struggles are finally forced into the light. Due to her vast distance (three times farther than Pluto), when invoked or projected into the picture, she operates like an irascible truth-serum tale-teller—uninvited and unwelcome, yet impossibly excoriating and necessary—exposing fractures in relationships and societal structures by triggering long-buried envies, rivalries, or aggression among the indigenous classes. This quality goes beyond anything we can affect, describing the translineal grievances that lie in our collective gene pools rather than social constructs. In this sense, the Libra Full Moon doesn’t just highlight the ache of personal invalidation (Chiron), but also the explosive energies of centuries of suppressed conflict (Eris) that can detonate into all-out fire and fury (Aries) if we insist on cling to a veneer of polite mannerisms and performative niceties.
As Chiron approaches Eris, the wound of exclusion knots into undercurrents of interpersonal competition which, like Pluto’s fascination with dominance and power, resonate at the lowest common frequencies of survival instinct, subconsciously driving each of us to claim the recognition or resources we may have been quietly denied. Societal “unspoken truths” swept under the rug can surface as tensions so heated they threaten scorched-earth outcomes. Taken positively, Eris’s scorned force for reckoning can be channelled into a transformative “judgement day” scenario, a hell-bent wake-up call that dismantles superficial niceties and paves way for genuine evolution—personally and collectively. Taken negatively, it fuels bitter wars, pitting wounded individuals against each other in a Darwinian struggle for supreme dominance. It happens in the course of “natural selection, although we know that nature is often violent and cruel when deciding “the fittest”. Here, the Libra Moon tries to keep everyone civil, but faced with Chiron’s vulnerabilities and Eris’s volatility, the dynamic can rapidly devolve into defensive placation or explosive blame campaigns. Neither approach solves anything; in fact, it merely intensifies the friction.
Ultimately, the real healing key (Chiron’s contribution) lies in confronting discomfort directly, naming it without shame, and giving it the oxygen of honest expression. Even Eris—that unsightly side of us kept banished and deeply repressed—serves as the fiery crucible in which hidden agendas and unhealed grudges are burned away rather than festering indefinitely, from one generation to the next as class-struggles or other forms of pent-up collective psychosis. Only through such raw candour—often expressed as wild, unhinged eruptions, persecution ‘which hunts’, or mass movements that rail against the tide as sweeping revolutions, unweighted by hypocrisy or societal pretence—does proper relational balance (Libra) stand a chance. If you’re willing to engage with these forces consciously, you’ll find they can provoke real change rather than perpetual resentment, unweighted by hypocrisy or subterfuge, forging a new equilibrium built on authenticity rather than polite deceit and systemic propaganda.
Naming it without shaming it requires enormous enlightenment, and yet allowing the toxicity to surface and breathe is the only true antiseptic in an environment where truth can seem elusive. Only then can genuine relational balance begin to be restored
The Mars T-Square: A Pressure Cooker on the Brink
As if the Sun–Moon opposition woes weren’t enough, Mars, still in Cancer forms a tense T-square to both lights. Mars, archetype of sheer aggression and ruler of Aries, has been crouching about in Cancer far beyond its usual two-month stint, thanks to prolonged retrogradation and out-of-bounds antics. In Cancer, Mars loses its typical directness and becomes far more reactive, inexplicably and unpredictably moody, and occasionally vicious when threatened. Since late last year, this combative houseguest has been fraying nerves, taking every slight intensely personally, often lashing out erratically over perceived slights or emotional insecurities. Whilst no longer retrograde, he remains in his shadow, so the lingering frustration still simmers.
At this Full Moon, expect a peak surge in irritability, where petty quarrels, and moments of mad exasperation so sudden they catch you off-guard flood the domestic scene. Feeling cornered and misunderstood, people may snap or retreat into silent brooding that stews into passive-aggressive pot-shots. Nothing is ever what it seems, as Mars squared by Chiron and Eris seems to flick the switchblade over sores that stem as far back as Columbus reaching the new lands. Nonetheless, tensions in close relationships can reach boiling point, especially if you have skirted pliantly around conflict to keep up appearances. This cosmic T-square configuration, stressing and already tense lunation, demands immense release of pent-up frustration. If you let that pressure escape in small, sincere but well-received increments—asserting your boundaries clearly, instead of letting resentments fester—you’ll avoid a meltdown. But if you’ve spent months skulking and pandering around sensitive topics and tiptoeing around emotional landmines, you might be in for one mother of a thermonuclear-grade blow-up—one that cracks open everything you tried so carefully to contain.
Pisces Stellium (Neptune Just Inside Aries) and the Shift from Illusion
Meanwhile, a significant cluster of planets in Pisces—Venus, Mercury, Saturn, all along the transiting North Node—sits on the brink of Aries, with Neptune itself barely a degree into the new sign. This line-up has been magnified by both Mercury and Venus lingering in protracted retrograde phases around the Aries point (the “World-Axis”, affect global events), each forced into an extended station near Saturn’s sobering truth serum and Neptune’s ultimate evasion into fantasy. Mentally, Mercury’s crucial retrograde demanded we revisit unfinished business, illusions we clung to out of habit, and old mindsets that only delayed progress. Emotionally, Venus’s lockstep alignment to Saturn’s steely presence has challenged our rose-tinted ideals in love, personal values, and creative expression—dissolving fantasy where reality calls for stark honesty.
Pisces at this juncture radiates an aura of disillusionment and existential fatigue. The longstanding ploy towards escapist crutches and addictions, the polite euphemisms and handy self-deceptions, the borderline romantic pipe dreams have all run their course, especially under Saturn’s exacting gaze. The final degrees of Pisces often signal the full dissolution of those illusions that once made life bearable but now undermine genuine growth. A wave of crashing disappointment or ennui can sweep in as beloved myths evaporate, yet that confrontation with truth ultimately liberates the psyche. [cue, every Morrissey/Smiths song ever sung…]
In combination with the Libra Full Moon, this scenario underscores how “business as usual” feels untenable. If Libra is exhausted from presenting a superficial veneer of balance, Pisces is equally depleted from shoring up illusions that no longer shield us from harsh reality. From this point forward, we see forces conspiring in our lives, each poised to make a grand exit into Aries territory, where fierce, impatient, often rude and sometimes violent action supplants rumination and direct experience trumps dreamy conjecture. Before we can harness Aries’ unfiltered impetus, though, the stubborn remnants of clever denial, conflict aversion or codependence must be eradicated. It’s a draining but climactic clearing-out process—one that might leave us trudging through a fog of frustration, only to emerge galvanised by Aries’ raw spark. Not until that frustration catches fire and purifies the ego-attached soul from prior nonsense are we ready to stand up, charge ahead, and reclaim an existence founded on authentic momentum rather than sentimental inertia.
Saturn/Uranus Yod to the Full Moon: Collective Upheaval
Adding yet another layer, Saturn in Pisces and Uranus in Taurus form a sextile and simultaneously quincunx the Libra Full Moon. This “Yod” or “Finger of Fate” formation shoots pointed energy straight at the lunation, signifying a cosmic ultimatum around illusions (Pisces) and radical shifts in values or stability (Taurus). On the societal level, we see illusions in governance, finance, and collective identity fracturing. Scandals, economic shake-ups, or sudden realisations about resource scarcity jolt the public out of complacency. Uranus in Taurus recklessly redefines value, challenging us to find security not in outdated comfort zones but in our capacity to stand on the edge of adaptability and innovation.
The Full Moon, receiving pressure from these outer planets, intensifies both personal and collective confrontation. Where we’ve built entire lifestyles on shaky fantasies or hollow alliances, the cosmic crack-down is fierce. Libra’s refined social niceties are forced to yield under Saturn’s demand for truth and Uranus’s impetus for radical upheaval. The tension from these titans can be insurmountably irritating, manifesting in large-scale unrest, as entire populations awaken to deep-seated dissatisfaction and clamour for real change—often with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. A sense of “enough is enough” pervades the collective, spurring abrupt pivots that might look chaotic but ultimately break new ground.
Inner Theatre: Personal Upheaval and Psychological Seesaws
On an internal level, the synergy of these transits can produce crushing fatigue, as if we’re carrying the emotional weight of a world gone awry. Many will oscillate between clinging to phony equilibrium and longing to rip everything apart just to feel real again. Guilt, existential dread, and fierce surges of independence all swirl at once, leaving us uneasy and slightly disoriented. The repressed self demands recognition; she screams to be heard with screeching banshee hysteria: Where you once capitulated to keep a fragile, unsustainable peace, you may now erupt with “I’ve had it—this is my life, too!”
We’re also forced to acknowledge ways in which we’ve concealed truths about who we truly are. Relationship patterns that revolve around superficial courtesy, empty compromises, or fear of rocking the boat become suffocating. Passive-aggressive behaviour, subtle manipulations, or toxic codependent attachment complexes might spiral into infernal blow-ups if not addressed. Bridges will be burned, without remorse or regard for—consciously or not—we wish never to return. Ultimately, this Full Moon triggers a clarion call: if you don’t speak honestly about your needs and pains, the tension can trigger meltdown, meltdown triggers confrontation, and confrontation either permanently breaks or remakes the bonds in your life.
Something Must End: The Eclipse Finale
Because this lunation follows on from the Aries Solar Eclipse, it seals a two-year eclipse series across the Aries–Libra axis. In many respects, it marks the end of the more untenable Libra qualities: endless vacillation, aesthetic or diplomatic posturing over genuine resolution, and the fear of conflict that leads to shallow half-measures. The environment is primed for confrontation. When the Full Moon meets the Chiron–Sun in Aries, there’s an insistence on direct expression—stifling it simply fosters further fragmentation. That fragmentation can look like random outbursts of rage, meltdown, or an abrupt withdrawal from relationships deemed suffocating or pretentious. Like a traumatised animal lashing out, old wounds from being sidelined or ridiculed come roaring forth, demanding immediate acknowledgment.
What we’re witnessing is the last gasp of the “polite pretence era.” The shift into Aries is unstoppable now, with multiple planets—Mercury, Venus, Saturn—preparing to join Neptune, Chiron, and Eris in the primal territory of self-definition. No, we are not turning our back on the ideals of cooperation and synergy; we are simply acknowledging that polite superficialities no longer cut it. We either address our shared anxieties openly and bravely or risk letting them burst out in destructive ways. The next stage may require a willingness to stand alone, even fight or bravely go to war for your truth rather than remain in the soul-killing safety of the groupthink that refuses to address its own dysfunction.
Advising the Path Forward: Harnessing the Aries Momentum
- Name the Hidden Wound
If you feel a raw discomfort that you can’t quite articulate, push yourself to name it. Denial keeps you stuck. Full Moons reveal what’s normally concealed, and with Chiron in Aries, that hidden ache around identity is front and centre. Journal it, voice it, scream it if you must—just don’t pretend it isn’t there. - Confront but Don’t Cannibalise
Healthy confrontation is necessary. Passive aggression or forced politeness will sabotage relationships quicker than hosting an honest, bare-faced argument. Speak plainly and hold others accountable, but do not indulge in perfunctory character assassinations or melodramatic warfare. Aim for resolution, not total annihilation. - Acknowledge the Explosive Factor
Mars in Cancer, forming that horrendous T-square, is simply a tinderbox. Do not underestimate or forget entirely that, at least for a few more weeks, emotional reactivity runs high. If you sense yourself nearing a blow-up, step back for a moment of clarity rather than unleashing chaos and all hell. However, stifling everything is equally damaging—find a measured release valve. Physical movement (boxing, dance, a raw primal scream, however silly it sounds) can help bleed off tension. - Courage to Evolve
If relationships, jobs, or living situations feel stale, this is the impetus to blow the whistle and call out “time”. The inertia of “keeping the peace”, or playing along in a game that seems like it’s going to end badly, has become toxic. You don’t need to scorch the earth, but you do need to break from patterns that have you locked in purgatory. The cardinal energy begs for forward movement: do it consciously instead of waiting for crisis to shove you over the edge. - Trust the Emergence of Genuine, True, Authentic Bonds
Libra’s gift is establishing meaningful connections. Aries reveals the raw self. Together, they promise relationships that are real and supportive, rather than codependent or performative. If a bond survives the searing honesty of this dreadfully climactic period, it’s probably worth preserving. If it crumbles, it frees you to be a more authentic person for another, to form alliances where you don’t have to wear a mask. - Embrace the Aries Wave
The cluster of planets piling into Aries will energise everything in such a way that, even in relationship, you will want to strike out on your own. After the Piscean slump of disillusionment, where we’ve all melted into each others’ gooey energies, we’re collectively starved for individuality, spontaneity and direct engagement with life. There may be an urge to leap headfirst into new ventures, even if it means forging ahead alone. Rejoice in that impetus to live, to do, to act, rather than wallowing in gloom. Just mind the difference between boldness and recklessness.
Empowering Horoscopes for the Twelve Signs
Below is my more individualised, comprehensive guide for each sign, showing how you can harness the oncoming furore of Aries fire while navigating the tail-end of Libra’s policy-constrained asphyxia and the looming finale of Pisces’ dissolving illusions:
ARIES: Libra Full Moon Reading
TAURUS: Libra Full Moon Reading
GEMINI: Libra Full Moon Reading
CANCER: Libra Full Moon Reading
LEO: Libra Full Moon Reading
VIRGO: Libra Full Moon Reading
LIBRA: Libra Full Moon Reading
SCORPIO: Libra Full Moon Reading
SAGITTARIUS: Libra Full Moon Reading
CAPRICORN: Libra Full Moon Reading
AQUARIUS: Libra Full Moon Reading
PISCES: Libra Full Moon Reading
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