Love is the cure for all ills! Love heals! Truly: even in the middle of high- drama or a global pandemic*, the centred strength of a brave and kind heart fires the spirit, soothes the soul, and relieves any tension in the tender human heart. Particularly over this Venus-ruled, Shamanic Love Goddess Healing Full Moon in Libra (!), as a fiery, relationship-orientated Venus in Aries reaches an exciting and rare ‘Star Point’ (conjunct the Aries Sun), which only happens in the sign of the Ram every eight years. When the synodic cycle between Sun and Venus creates the ‘Aries Star Point’ (within a five pointed star, a.k.a. the five-petal ‘Rose Mandla’), Sol’s ‘Light of Life’ shines solely upon Venus, the Goddess of art and beauty, peace and love – spotlighting who, what, and how we are love.

Now on the other side of the Sun from Earth, in ‘superior conjunction’, we cannot see Venus from Earth while she changes being a rosy morning beacon to the bright evening star that will twinkle and beguile with seductive magnetism throughout the coming seasons. Until the creative and feminine Venus reappears in the night sky, around the time of the Venus-ruled, New Taurus Moon, May 11^th, there is a spiritual focus upon love and for us to heed a call to love life with all our heart and ardent passion. Aries sets the intention for the year ahead. And this is the first Full Moon that sets the stage for the transformational Easter Sunday next week. Now, with brave and youthful Aries enthusiasm, we can discover the new and exciting by seeking meaningful, loving, and heart-opening situations, especially those that have a sense of adventure and excitement, as well as confirming the feel-good factor we have about ourselves, as the French say to ‘be happy in our skin’. We might even go so far to call that loving feeling ‘spiritual love’ or the divine essence within our very spirit – or just glad to be alive, getting through this challenging year.

All-the-while this head-strong and passionate Venus Star Point features strongly during this weekend’s beauty-filled, pay-it-forward Full Libra Moon. It also highlights the careful balance of the Libra Moon, which holds the scales to measure our personal levels of emotional poise around others, and those that turn us on, or off as the case may be. Doubling our luck in love is the Libra Moon’s ruler, Venus, together with the exalted Aries Sun’s ruler, Mars, all are in good relationship with each other. This is good news for whatever happens in our world; remember cool counts and karma has consequences. Understand also that self-love means loving yourself for who you are (yeah, warts and all). Doing so is the key to having healthy relationships with everyone, including those who don’t strum our heartstrings. This self-love is not in the egotistical, elbow-sharpened, head-butting, me-me-me selfie-obsessed kind-of-way, but simply appreciating ALL the good things we like about who we are, where we are, and what we do – and perhaps more importantly over this Full Moon, with whom we share our most favored activities.

Although, an exuberant youthful Sun and Venus at the Aries Star Point instinctively puts oneself forward to pursue and toy with the novelties of life and love, which may include walking the ways of the rugged Ram’s metaphoric mountain trails whistling ‘Waltzing Matilda’, but it’s now important to see how much value you place upon your own individual talent – whatever it may be – your gift, however raw, small or new, it matters not, can now be treasured and brought to the fore. Those with planets around 8 degrees of Cardinal (Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn) could feel an instinctive need to rise to the challenge and shine a brighter light, aware that creativity and culture also contribute to a wider well-being.