collective – Fiesta Estrellas

In theory or perhaps in the depths of our beingness (Leo), we dissolve into the state of the all-ness (Aquarius). This would be “us” experiencing non-separation from all of life. While identity, then, looks as a thin veneer (Leo). It holds us in unique contrast to the whole (Aquarius). We still find ourselves awkwardly fleshing out and standing tall as ourselves, non-the-less—as a phenomenon (Leo/Aquarius). We just are. Our identity is our apparatus.

While this “Selfhood” or apparatus is distinct, it’s not merely marked by one’s preferences of likes and dislikes nor of one’s performance scores on all dimensions of human output. It’s not fully lit, either, by being called a name, or by virtue of having our own tell-tale gait.

Sometimes what makes us stand out is the ways in which we simply cannot conform. No matter how hard we try, we stick out like sore thumbs against a sea of sameness. This shows up clearly when we attempt to perform or people-please. We find ourselves failing.

The individual vs the collective is the main theme of the Leo/Aquarius dynamic. It expresses this “divide” on the surface, but on the deeper level, shows us how one carves out a true “role” in life, by conforming to one’s inner alignment. That alignment may stand in stark contrast to what the collective is doing at any given time, but it does not mean that it doesn’t serve the collective, nor act as its agent.

The collective needs our self-agency.

Getting really clear on what’s true for us is what this time calls for. It’s the clarion call of courage for facing fears/and those delusions around what hides or masks our lifeforce.

It’s important to continuously “take time out” for reflection and deep diving into what makes ourselves a “good fit” for the collective, for just this reason. Because we do have a role. We do matter, and we are important. It is just this beautiful combination of self-assigned and divinely-assigned role we play as we move through our daily lives interfacing with the collective.

Maybe by listening with courage to the inner, stable voice of confidence (Leo), we gain our sustainable freedom (Aquarius) to explore from places where we are already anchored into our knowing. Holding step with this ‘divineness within’ simply helps us to pilot our humans better. When we can better pilot our human, based on its own flight and optimization requirements, (such as a living, organic vessel would demand), then we can be of better service and in better rapport with the collective.

Should you find yourself well-rested, nourished, and resourced: well now……there’s the full freedom to live a life of meaning and creation just waiting for your specific, attuned actions!

When we explore the depths of this Leo archetype, we flow with the light of our beings as the beacon. We need not steam-roll others and be arrogant (that’s not even on the table for offer!) because we come from a place of purity and innocence in our simplicity. We are in part responding to the needs of our bio-organism while simultaneously creating and producing from inspiration. This is the basic chemistry of our true selfhood–the one that is ‘ready to play’ with the synergy of the collective.

Thank you for being here! Thank you for reading!

Below is a really lovely meditation that I hope you get to enjoy in honor of this Leo Full Moon.

Hello lovely friends and visitors,

Whether I’ve known you for a while and we are constantly exchanging endearments (thank you!I can’t enjoy that enough!), or you are new to my world here at Fiestaestrellas.com, you are equally welcome 🙂 Come, and warm yourself by the virtual fire. You are welcomed into this space of our remembering unity.

I’m sitting here in the firelight with the chart for the full moon in Leo. See above, above. As a “Leo Sun,” myself, it gives me something to draw from: my own limited (yet nevertheless valuable) experience. Ironically, my own experience is deepening and expanding so much so that I am not identifying with the same “I” as I used to. Take a pause here with me.

Does the “I” have context and contents that are really real?

There is more awareness around myself AS others. You and me, we are one. Sometimes I can see myself sitting at my desk, writing. Doing the things I do with awareness of both being in the body, and not of the body.

We are.

It’s odd how the mind just needs to be trained to see things as they really are.

The Course In Miracles and many other tools exist to try to train/untrain the mind into clarity. You may ask, why isn’t clarity just inherent? It’s a great question.

I think the answer is that the mind is malleable, flexible, and at best: ‘neutral’ as its own inherent quality. But this also makes the mind impressionable. We are formed and forged by our backgrounds, environments, ancestors, connections, and familiarity. Eventually these impressions harden like any good molding material that you want to use for later (memory!).

What I learn from my deepening with Buddhism through the lens of my current teacher Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, or “Geshla,” is that the nature of reality really is emptiness. Nothing exists on the other side of the mind. The mind is the generator of all phenomena on the mind’s side of things. So if we identify this mind with the “I” we are lost in the woods, so to speak. But, if we never form memories or impressions, we are also lost in the woods, so to speak. chuckle.

What the meaning is of life therefore is the meaning you give it. Who is “you?” Where are its boundaries?

A fun experiment to meditate with is to feel the edges of your awareness, and practice softening to it.

For this Full Moon in Leo, we have Uranus in a nearly perfect square (90 degree) aspect to both the Sun and Mercury (in Aquarius) as one point of focus and the moon in Leo on the opposite point of focus. Dividing that opposition (180 degrees) or line, is Uranus: the Great Awakener. The planet does have this reputation for a reason. In 1781, the astronomer William Herschel looked up into the constellation of Gemini and thought he found a comet but it turned out to be the 7th planet in our solar system. In fact, Herschel wanted to name Uranus after a British monarch but many others in the world disagreed so they stuck to the convention of naming the planet after a figure in mythology; however, Uranus is Greek, and not Roman like the other planet names, which makes Uranus “unique.” This is a “break” from convention. If that’s not weird enough, Uranus’s orbit is virtually perpendicular to its orbital pathway; Uranus is laying down and spinning. Since Uranus was a later discovery from Saturn (the rule-maker), Uranus gets the reputation of reality construct breaker. Uranus is also “in charge” of what we consider the collective for humanity. Well, as if we aren’t completely thrown into a new world, already this year in 2025 with great billionaire bulls in the China shops of politics, government, and businesses, slashing and burning our structures and institutions one by one. Institutions (like Rome) that weren’t built in a day. The majority of us would probably agree the slash and burn is happening without any ideas of reasonable replacement. It FEELS careless, at best.

So, where does all this put a Leo full moon? Well, you can run around talking about how Leo is so self-important and aiming to just “show off” or you could see how the “individual,” “me” and “I,” is really a veneer or avatar FOR the collective. No one gets anywhere without their ego to help them stay alive. If you are dead, then, well, you aren’t doing anything–at all. Unless you are a strong ghost (but even then, you probably needed to have a strong ego in life before you died). Ego is almost synonymous with the mind in the way I am defining here. It’s inherently neutral and merely a creator. It’s a little creator, though. It doesn’t make anything real. The false Ego is the one that generates the delusions. The healthy ego is the one that is in balance with the whole, as part of it, as a collaborator with the collective.

Imagine if we didn’t have names. It would be very confusing in the early days of telephones when they used to be SHARED by households. Who are you calling for? What if you wanted to get someone’s attention in a crowd? What if you are the one holding the “hot potato” in the “hot potato” game. WE can’t call you. Having a name is like having an existence. Having an existence allows you to be considered, heard, referred to, etc etc. So the mind is so important for sorting things out and helping all of us be US– getting through our days with some healthy little bit of order.

This is where Leo comes in. What stands out to me with Leo, as a sign, is COURAGE. Leo exists. There’s an organizing principle not because anyone is special and deserves it. But, nature and energy, is organized. When we watch and marvel at life being formed, we look at how the cells collect and specialize. That’s a lot like us. We are nature. We are not separate from it. We are not merely destroying nature separate from ourselves. We are organization. We are an organizing force, and this is where, to me, the APPEARANCE of Leo shows up. The energy to BE. The energy to exist. It requires collaboration. It requires creation even in the form of little “i.” That “i” cannot be negated, nor should you really want it to be. It need be integrated, but not to fully dissolve. It can gain momentum and organizing power, momentum. Courage is not just a quality of character, its a quality of energy. It requires health to be courageous. It requires strength. This is what we want to cultivate during our Leo times.