A Libra Full Moon of Tenderness and Healing

The April 12 Full Moon in Libra illuminates the sacred mirror of relationship, drawing our attention to the delicate balance between self and other, solitude and togetherness, autonomy and dependence, individual wounds and shared healing. With the Moon at 23° Libra directly opposing the Sun, tightly conjunct Chiron in Aries, this lunation asks us to reflect deeply on how our past hurts — particularly around self-authority, identity, and attachment — show up in the context of relating and partnership. This Full Moon follows the potent Solar Eclipse of March 30, and the intensity stirred by that eclipse is now reaching a point of culmination and illumination.
 
The Libra archetype reminds us of our longing for harmony, beauty, and relational equilibrium as one factor of this lunation; yet this Full Moon is far from light and airy. With Chiron conjunct the Sun, we are drawn into the raw, aching territory of our inner wounds, and perhaps those that arise most sharply in the mirror of close relationship. This is not just about being hurt, but about the slow, sacred process of becoming more aware, and of tending to those hurts over time, as we mature. Ideally this Chiron signature invites us into the process of encountering our inner wounding with loving witness and presence, and, by doing so, alchemizing and transmuting our pain into the medicine we need to unfold our greatest gifts. 
 
Venus, as ruler of Libra, plus exalted in Pisces, is a key planet in this lunation chart, and she is sitting nearly motionless as she stations direct on the same day of the Full Moon. This adds appreciably greater gravity to her influence. Venus greatly triggers the presence of Saturn a degree away in Pisces, and Venus/Saturn is also sextile Uranus in Taurus, forming a Yod – or "finger of fate” – to the Full Moon itself, with the Sun and Chiron anchoring this rare and potent configuration, making it a Yod Kite. This celestial formation is an invitation to radical healing, especially through pleasure, beauty, and connection. In a world that often prioritizes productivity and preys on fears and scarcity, choosing joy becomes a form of rebellion in and of itself. Prioritizing your body, your senses, and your nervous system regulation is not frivolous — it is deep medicine, and crucial for finding resilience and stability in these arduous and challenging times.
 
This Yod formation, anchored in Aries, suggests that true liberation begins within by meeting what is most tender in ourselves. The Sun–Chiron conjunction acts as the chart’s rudder, steering us toward the places where our healing asks for renewed presence, and guiding us toward greater emotional balance, symbolized by the Libra Moon. Neptune, having just entered Aries on March 30, begins a 14-year journey through the sign of fire and individuation, marking a new era, and the start of a new 165-year Neptune cycle at the first degree of the zodiac. This is the first lunation with Neptune in Aries, thus signaling a turning point in the collective dream, from dissolution and surrender to initiation and embodied courage. We’re being called to act on inspiration, to bring our visions to life through bold, heartfelt engagement.
 
Saturn sextile Uranus also symbolizes some strange antithetical alchemy that, placed with stationary Venus there as well, and with the Full Moon Sun, plus Chiron, and the new 21st century planet Eris at the midpoint, could represent determined resistance to authority or, combining within your psyche along with your own natal positions, a steadfast intention to innovate in productive ways, entering with aplomb and commitment your next evolutionary stage.
 
This Full Moon additionally takes place under the ethereal influence of a rare Pisces stellium. Stationing Venus is tightly conjunct Saturn, and Mercury, newly direct, is conjunct the North Node just a few degrees further, while Neptune, although out of sign, is just a few degrees away as well. Saturn conjunct Venus in Pisces emphasizes devotion, spiritual commitment, and the reclamation of worth through yin and intuitive modes of being. This configuration speaks to the power of consistency in our spiritual practices and the deepening of self-worth through connection to the divine. Mercury conjunct the North Node suggests that the current stretch of our evolutionary path is being revealed not through logic, but through intuition, dreams, and non-linear awareness.
 
This Pisces stellium is also trine Mars in Cancer, which is a soft yet fierce connection. Mars, still emerging from its retrograde journey, will soon cross into Leo, where it will oppose transformational Pluto for the third and final time. This watery trine in the current configuration highlights a sacred imperative to protect what is vulnerable, to create containers for innocence, sensitivity, and wonder in a world that often feels too harsh for these things. This archetypal combination may represent a visceral urgency to reclaim our willpower not through aggression, but through surrender — choosing trust and being in right relationship as well with mystery.??If the start of 2025 has felt like a whirlwind, you’re not imagining it. The intensity has been immense, both personally and collectively. All three personal planets, Mercury, Venus, and Mars, have been retrograde in recent months, engendering self-reflection. March was nothing short of extraordinary with all the immense astrological activity — Eclipse Season, Venus and Mercury simultaneously retrograde, with Neptune crossing into Aries for the first time in over a century. The 2025 astrology has mirrored the sense of swimming upstream, of being caught in emotional undercurrents while tectonic shifts rumble beneath the surface. While the transitional energies are still very much in motion — and likely will be all year — perhaps there can be some relief in knowing that, as of the day of this Full Moon, all these inner planets are now direct. The load may start to feel just a little lighter.
 
And humming behind all of this, the big story of 2025 continues to unfold: all three outer planets are either newly arrived or preparing to enter new signs. Pluto, freshly into Aquarius. Neptune, newly into Aries. Uranus, soon to move into Gemini. These outer planet shifts signal profound collective evolution. With such sweeping change in the air, it becomes ever more vital to ground ourselves in practices that nourish our nervous systems, anchor us in presence, and keep us connected to our purpose.
 
This Full Moon offers no quick fixes or simple answers. But it does offer a powerful reminder: healing is not linear, and grace does not arrive through force. Instead, may we endeavor for it to arrive there through beauty, through presence, and through surrender to what is. Art, poetry, sensuality, softness — these are portals. And so is the willingness to feel the ache of old wounds without turning away. 
 
May you let your deepest longings be your guide, your tenderness your teacher. May your healing journey, however winding, be your act of devotion to survive, take your stand, and even thrive, amidst the stresses of this wildly changing world.