At 1:18 am EST this morning we will have a Full Moon in Leo. The Full Moon is a time of culmination and the promise of fulfillment of that which was started at the New Moon. It is an emotional time—a time of romance, fertilization, and relationships.

If one of the things that this Full Moon represents is the culmination of things started at the New Moon, then it’s instructive to re-examine what was going on at the last New Moon, which was in Capricorn, just after the beginning of 2010. One of the reasons we focus on the astrological sign in which a New Moon occurs is because this is the most opportune time for working to incorporate into our lives the constructive qualities that sign embodies and the areas of life it rules. Capricorn, the tenacious Goat, is resourceful, disciplined, wise, ambitious, prudent, and constant. These Capricorn qualities are ideal to help anyone who has made a new year’s resolution, or something of the sort, realize those goals.

Did you make a new year’s resolution? Set goals for 2010? Simply wish for a positive shift of energy in the new year?

Numerologically, 2010 is a #3 year (2+0+1+0=3). The grace and charm of a 3 Universal year like 2010 can be either a gift or a pitfall – this year it will undoubtedly be both, alternating at wildly unpredictable moments as numerology and astrology interact to create a high-octane potboiler. Some heavy astrological influences are going to be pushing us to transform the structures and beliefs we most fear to change. Then, when Chinese New Year ushers in the additional drama and intensity of the Year of the Metal Tiger on February 14th, the brew of explosive energies will probably reach a boil.*

In any new year we look for signs of positive change, and after the year we had in 2009, this seems to be especially profound among most people I know. A 3 Universal year has just the gifts needed to take the optimistic, humanitarian visions of 2009 (yes, there were some) and package and market them so they’re pretty much irresistible to everyone – conservatives, liberals, militants, pacifists, ecologists, international corporations, competing national interests and religions, and just about everyone else.

In many spiritual traditions, the number 3 is very powerful. For those who choose to follow a 3-style path of worship — one with a greater focus on enlightenment than fear, love over hate — the spiritual experience throughout 2010 can be almost euphoric.

I, for one, have seen positive change in a number of areas of my life since 2010 began – new beginnings that bring me much hope. What better way to celebrate such auspicious harbingers of things to come than under the influence of Leo? This is a time of warmth and enjoyment. It is a time for romance and pleasure, with our emotions at the forefront of our consciousness. I’m drawn to luxuriate in the feelings Leo evokes and to savor the happiness that the last few weeks of 2010 have brought me. And since Leo is ruled by the Sun, I want to spend my day (here in chilly New England) daydreaming of being on a lovely beach with someone I love.

Cafe Astrology says:

The Leo-Aquarius polarity deals with the balance between all that is personal (Leo) and all that is impersonal (Aquarius). The energy of the Leo Moon is creative self-expression and the boost to the individual ego that we receive through pleasure and romance, while the Aquarius Sun rules the group, more impersonal friendships, and objectivity. This Full Moon urges us to strike a balance between romance and friendship, and between expressing ourselves in personal and impersonal ways.

For one thing, this sends a clear message to me that there couldn’t be a better time to be launching my new blog! It also suggests that this is a time to celebrate love in all its forms – romantic love, the love for friends, love of life.

*The source of numerological information for this post was California Psychics.