Lynda Hill's Sabian Symbols

The Ups And Downs And The Ins And Outs: August's Virgo New Moon

The wheel goes round and round, some are up and some are on the down, and still the wheel goes round. Josephine Pollard

We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the Secret sits in the middle and knows. Robert Frost

Life is a roller coaster. Try to eat a light lunch. David A. Schmaltz

If only bad habits could be broken as easily as hearts! Christopher Spranger

It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another—it’s the same damn thing over and over. Edna St. Vincent Millay

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled; the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day. Simone de Beauvoir

An umeboshi plum is a little Japanese salt plum. The best thing for motion sickness is to take one of these plums . . . and tape it to your belly button. I’m not kidding you. This really, really works. Marilu Henner

The Virgo new Moon, occurring on August 28 in the United States and August 29 in Australia, is on Virgo 6: A Merry-Go-Round. This new Moon seems set to bring at least some measure of light relief after several months of very intense lunations (full and new Moons). The following is from my book The Sabian Oracle: 360 Degrees Of Wisdom

Assessing Asserting Assuming and Aligning Again: August's Aquarian Full Moon

Life is what we make it, and the world is what we make it. The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears to them. Albert Pike

Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again. Frances Rodman

Remember that too many people who faithfully follow the prescription to work hard, sacrifice, achieve, accomplish, create and get ahead either “crack up” in the process or find an emotional vacuum at the end of it all. Arnold Lazarus

Some people are sympathetic; others are just pathetic. Peter Wastholm

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. Charles Caleb Colton

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays. Persius

Even when I’m sick and depressed, I love life. Arthur Rubenstein

Occurring on August 13 in the United States and August 14 in Australia, the Aquarian full Moon is set to bring all kinds of realizations, challenges and gifts. As so many new and full Moons have been, this one is yet another doozy. 

The Sabian Symbol for the full Moon is Aquarius 21: A Woman Disappointed And Disillusioned, Courageously Facing A Seemingly Empty Life. This Symbol is a challenging one and it's energy will have many people wanting to realign their lives. I have long felt that this Symbol would better be read: A Woman Assessing Her Life, as the 'disappointed and disillusioned' part of the degree could then manifest as many good things that the person has to be grateful for. There are challenges, for sure, and they can be big ones with this degree, but this 'Woman' (and this, of course, can relate to men), can find meaning and purpose in their life by focusing on what is possible, what is worthwhile and worth striving for. Other things in life may have to be left behind, walked away from, forgiven and released. 'Disillusionment' can be a positive thing as one wakes up and removes the veils that have been in place, perhaps for a very long time.