FULL MOON IN VISHAKA

Between Indra and Agni: The Split that Burns

“One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Full Moon over Singapore last night!

Hi darlings!

My apologies for a brief MIA period. I was wrapping up one very intense project with the Muse immediately followed by a new project on the Black Moon Lilith Mysteries!

Happy Belated Mother’s Day to all mothers, i.e., all women, and special love to all of those who have lost their mothers, as this day can be especially painful. The emotional intensity coming off the heels of one of the most brutal Pluto Retrograde stations ever in the past two weeks, here we are now with a full moon glowing over Singapore last night in the sidereal sign of Libra in the same placement where my natal Sun, Venus and Jupiter fall, the Vishakha Nakshatra, Scorpio in western astrology and Libra in Vedic. For my diehard Western Astrology fans, I’ll write one dedicated to the Western astrology behind this Full Moon as I can’t resist a good Scorpio Full Moon with Black Moon Lilith piece. But I’m equally compelled by the powers of this Libra Full Moon in Sidereal energy with so much talk about war and peace dominating the news scene while I travel between my two worlds literally of East, India and West, Zurich (my Jungian roots)! I just landed and am writing to you from one of my favorite secret hotels hidden on a private little backstreet with the most perfect of perfect cafes, and corner writing tables adorned with mutiple beverages and candles even in the morning! Plus, it hasn’t changed a bit since I first started coming here for my very first Jungian training back in 2006! Not a bit! That is so rare these days! It’s as perfect, classic, Venus and inspiring as ever!

Vishaka is one of the most initiatory and divided stars of the lunar mansions, sometimes referred to as “the forked one.” It’s placement is governed jointly by Indra, the god of thunder and celestial might, and Agni, the fire of transformation and sacrifice. To be born or to stand in the light of Vishakha is to be summoned to a choice. Not the either-or pendulum of the animus, but something that stretches us internally to our max.

Look at the perfect pink Moon pink chandelier on the 18th floor hovering above reflecting pink light like the Moon! As Libra is the sign of mirors and Venus, the planet of beauty, I tried to capture all the archetypal moments over the last 24 hours between Singapore and Zurich.

This moon, rising under the full light of relational Libra while carrying the fierce undercurrent of Vishakha’s dual fires, touches the part of the psyche Jung described as enantiodromia—the inevitable emergence of the opposite when one principle is lived too long or too exclusively. In the architecture of the soul, balance is not stasis but the living dance between poles. Vishakha reminds us that devotion often appears as disruption, and that the soul’s most genuine alliances are rarely formed in comfort. There is no placid neutrality here. To be claimed by one flame means to forsake the other.

one of my favorite photos of the Master of Balance, Balanchine and his cat of perfect balance and grace!

Libra, the sign of the Scales, is not so much about harmony as it is about the struggle for it—particularly in the mirror of the Other. When this Moon is full in Libra under Vishakha, it beckons a reckoning in the realm of relationships, contracts, karmic entanglements, and the disguises we wear in the name of “keeping the peace.” Jung said, “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” Under Full Moon, there is a natural grace and adherence to balance within intensity!

In Vishakha, there is also a theme of delayed victory. What is initiated now may not bear fruit for some time, yet the commitment must still be made. Easier said than done of course when we feel pulled apart at the seams. This Nakshatra pushes us beyond lukewarm complacency, it demands a passionate inner vow. The crossroads it represents is not indecision, but sacred pressure. Being born under this Nakshatra x 3, trust me, I am the most indecisive creature ever! And under this full moon, that pressure may rise in the body as restlessness, in the mind as evaluation, or in the heart as sudden clarity about what—or who—no longer belongs, fits or makes sense on any level.

Though popularly called the Pink Moon, its beauty lies not in hue but in metaphor. It arrives during the season of beautiful blossoms and new life! It is not a roaring bear of conquest but perhaps the gentle bear of return—the one who emerges slowly from the cave, blinking at the light, guided more by scent than certainty.

A World at the Crossroads

I can’t speak of this Vishakha Full Moon without acknowledging that we, as a collective, stand at the precipice of multiple fires—political, ecological, psychological. In the weeks surrounding this lunation, we’ve been bombarded with stories of explosions, possible but very tenuous ceasefires, borders tightening, wars intensifying, economies teetering, and truths slipping through algorithmic filters. And yet beneath all the noise is a deeper archetypal chord: the world is in a Vishakha moment. The pressure to choose is mounting, yet clarity is elusive. False binaries seduce the collective psyche—good/evil, left/right, safety/freedom—when in fact what we are experiencing is the breakdown of a former worldview, the slow crumbling of paradigms that no longer carry the weight of soul.

Jung warned that when the collective unconscious is neglected or repressed, it erupts. Not only in personal neuroses, but in historical catastrophes. This Full Moon exposes not just personal relational dynamics, but the relational dysfunction of entire systems. Libra asks: what contracts has the collective made in the name of diplomacy that have now grown hollow? Vishakha asks: Will we finally dare to name what no longer serves, or will we remain stuck in the corridor between two burning altars, waiting for someone else to choose?

The fires are not only literal, though in many places, they are burning. They are ideological, mythic, and in many ways ancient. And in their light, we must re-learn how to see. To find discernment in the mirror of history, to choose carefully which gods we serve—not the gods of fear, control, or comfort, but the ones who ask something of our soul, especially at the crossroads! Vishakha is the meeting place of dual allegiance, inner pressure, and delayed, sacred victory. It is symbolized by a decorated archway—a ceremonial threshold—and its themes often involve choosing between competing paths, spiritual commitment, and the fire that burns away indecision.