Horoscopes for Full Moon in Pisces 2023
This astrology forecast will discuss the Full Moon in Pisces and important astrological events up to the New Moon in Virgo in mid-September. The first section reviews the general astrology, followed by sign-specific horoscopes. These horoscopes are written for your rising sign, but please feel free to read your Sun sign and/or Moon sign. Learn how to pull up your chart here.
The gorgeous super blue moon in Pisces occurs on August 30th, 2023 at 9:36 pm ET. This is the second Full Moon we have in August, making it a blue moon, and it sits very close to the Earth meaning it will appear to be larger than normal on the horizon. Astrologically, this Full Moon sits in Pisces, a mutable water sign. Virgo season has been heavy on the details, especially regarding practical material needs that demand work and attention. But this lunation pulls us back into our feelings, emotions, and how we exist in life outside of everything we control. Pisces views our world within the system of collective experience, reminding us that we don’t live in isolation, and that every event or interaction we have is connected to another in some way.
This Full Moon also sits close to Saturn, who has been in Pisces since March 8th. Saturn is a planet that likes to establish boundaries, restrictions, containment, and put life into law and order. In Pisces however, Saturn struggles with grasping the flowing water that has no form. In a way, this Full Moon highlights the shapeless structures you’ve been trying to build since early March, and reflects on what has been created here and what’s still somewhat of a soupy mess. Saturn is now retrograde, and so much of this process has been under review. Does this goal or system we are trying to create necessarily need strict containment right now? Or is it okay to allow creative flow to guide the process?
On the psychological level, this Full Moon may also highlight the ways we are too attached to something or someone that’s out of our control. We can only contain or restrict things that are directly within our reach. By learning to let go of fearing what we cannot control, we can establish a better relationship and stronger connection with others and society. It’s important during Saturn in Pisces to remember we are not responsible for everyone and their actions.
Venus finally stations direct in Leo on September 3rd. This retrograde has been more personally significant. For forty days, Venus has been reviewing your sense of self, how you love, how you show up, and how you find the fullest self-expression. During this retrograde period, it may’ve brought some uncertainty about what it means to be YOU exactly, and a little more doubt or unease as you try new things and attempt to find what expands your heart. Now direct, there’s a little more clarity on this direction, and as she progresses forward you may find increased passion in your life. Venus won’t leave Leo until October 8th, so this is still an ongoing journey.
On September 4th, Mercury retrograde in Virgo will make a helpful trine to Jupiter in Taurus. This is a powerful day for practical matters and being able to get things done that need attention and brainpower. If something hasn’t been working out for you, or if it feels like a certain idea or plan needs changing, this day provides a great aspect to help expand your mind and make adjustments. It’s still within the trial-and-error process, but the desires and outcomes are becoming a little clearer.
Jupiter also stations retrograde on September 4th, and while Jupiter retrogrades occur every year so this isn’t necessarily a huge event, it’s still a good moment to reflect and journal about where Jupiter in Taurus has brought expansion and growth in your life since May 16th. What areas of your life have changed and been brought more into focus since then? How are you reviewing that growth and switching gears to refocus or experience growth in another area of your life?
The heart of the Mercury retrograde cycle occurs on September 6th, when the Sun in Virgo conjuncts with Mercury Rx in Virgo. This is a moment where ideas, goals, and plans may finally start to click into place and make a little more sense. If there’s a process or direction you're taking in your life that needs heavy attention to detail and a review, this day will bring in more information and insight about how to make the most of the Mercury retrograde and what the different avenues may look like when it comes to moving forward.
Finally, a few days before the New Moon in Virgo, the Sun in Virgo will make a beautiful trine to Jupiter in Taurus on September 8th. This aspect feeds off the past few aspects with Mercury, where it’s another powerful day to accomplish plans and goals. This may also bring some affirmation and expansion to your sense of self and what you have been working on and building over the past two weeks. The Sun and Jupiter help solidify what you wish to bring into fruition during the upcoming New Moon in Virgo.
Let’s look at where this Full Moon astrology is happening for you specifically.
PISCES & PISCES RISING
Welcome to the Full Moon in Pisces, sitting in the area of your chart that rules you, your needs, self-expression, the way you unmask in the world, and even your body health. Saturn entered this sign in early March, asking you to get serious about yourself, what it means to show up as you, and how you wish to grow. This may’ve pulled you back from the spotlight and asked for more internal work and development. It can feel like a frustrating time when you’re asked to contain more of yourself that is usually free-flowing and creatively endless. But there’s a reason for borders and boundaries. Sometimes we can find ourselves taking on the identity and responsibilities of another, especially those we are close to in life. The purpose of Saturn is to clarify what is ours to hold onto, and what we need to release that’s dragging us back and is not actually in our control. Through that containment, we can truly access more of ourselves.
Venus finally stations direct in Leo on September 4th, wrapping up the review of your work life, routines, pet needs, and exercise. Where have you been able to find a little more sweetness or fun in your daily work rituals? What coworkers or work relationships have grown? How is daily life a little more enjoyable, or what are you learning you need from it so it can be?
ARIES & ARIES RISING
The soft Full Moon in Pisces pulls you away from your daily work grind into the hidden corners and cushions of your mind, internal world, mental health, and connection with spirituality and otherworldliness. Saturn has been doing so much work behind the scenes of your external life, re-routing the structures of the mind and how you process events, the past, and the ways you heal through pain. This Full Moon illuminates the growth and internal shifts you’ve experienced since early March of this year. In what ways have you been limiting the connections with your pain and loss? Or have you been taking on more than you can handle, embodying the hurt of others in your life, and failing to draw boundaries when necessary? This Full Moon reminds us that the message we speak to ourselves internally, and how we hold a burden, is important to address as it also shapes our worldview and experience even if others can’t see the struggle. Sometimes not everything can be contained, and sometimes strict boundaries are needed.
Venus finishes her retrograde in Leo on September 4th, which has been a heavy review of your creative life and projects, children, and/or any ways you have fun or experience pleasure. What lights up a fire inside of you and fuels your self-expression? How has your relationship with creativity changed or grown? What new innovative inspiration or projects are you now pursuing?
TAURUS & TAURUS RISING
Friendships, community, and the people you surround yourself with to find fun and pleasure are highlighted by this sweet and emotional Full Moon in Pisces. This area of your life may’ve felt more limited or restricted since early March, prompting you to reflect on what community truly means to you, and the slow steady build to create that vision. Sometimes we’re asked to step away from the more fun parts of life and socializing to build our foundations behind the scenes, establishing who we truly are, before we can see the underlying support. This Full Moon highlights that progress, however slow it may be, and encourages you to get clear on establishing the structures that make up your friend groups. This may involve getting precise on what you want your community to be and zeroing in on that space and vision. This also means not allowing yourself to be fully responsible for others in your community, and making sure any losses experienced there don’t overpower your own life the same way.
Venus finally stationing direct in Leo on September 4th wraps up the review and reflection on your home life, living environment, and relationship with family. What have you learned is important for you to have in a home space? What has changed about the definition of home for you? What new or old relationships are starting to blossom in this space that’s providing deeper foundational and emotional support?
GEMINI & GEMINI RISING
Career and public roles are illuminated in your life under this Full Moon in Pisces. Since early March of this year, you have been shifting attention to your career and work needs, and where the boundaries sit between your role and the overarching organization and vision. This is a good time to reflect on what your career looks and feels like now, and if you have a clear direction in this area of your life, or if you feel a little more confused and frustrated with its progress. It’s also important to reflect on where the boundaries stand – are you taking on too much work that’s not explicitly yours? Are you feeling responsible for things in your career or with your community that are out of your control? Ruled by Jupiter in Taurus, take advantage of some alone time to process and reflect on what’s important for you regarding work, and where some boundaries and restrictions need to be put in place so you can achieve that desire.
Venus finally stations direct in Leo on September 4th, which has been all about your daily life, neighbors, close friends that feel like family, and rituals. What have you learned about daily living since this Summer, and what are you realizing is important to maintain in your life to keep it sweet and fun? How can your daily life and routine feel more like a sweet escape than a chore?
CANCER & CANCER RISING
Long-term plans, visions for the future, and your overarching direction in life is where the spotlight is placed from this Full Moon in Pisces. Since March of this year, this area of your life may’ve grown more slowly or felt increasingly limited in terms of what’s possible and feasible to achieve. You may’ve reevaluated the old plans and dreams you had and determined they weren’t for you. Or perhaps some goals you had in mind to accomplish aren’t able to fully manifest yet. While containment is good for zeroing in on an overarching direction, sometimes we can miss out on other opportunities that could equally be exciting. This lunation encourages you to broaden your scope if it has been too narrow, and allow yourself to explore other paths to life. On the flip side, if you have been entertaining too many different directions, you’ll be asked to start to set a border around what it is you truly want. It’s okay to have big dreams, but a vision in place to make them possible is equally necessary.
Venus finally stations direct in Leo on September 4th, wrapping up a summer-long review of your money, income, and overall resources you have that support you. What have you learned about earning money this summer? How have you been able to align your passions and relationships, and even a little more fun, into this space?
LEO & LEO RISING
Shared resources, collaborations, and your partner’s income is the focus for this Full Moon in Pisces. Much emphasis during Virgo season has been about your money and resources, and how you generate support and stability for yourself. This lunation pulls you back to look at the whole picture, and what collaborations have been shifting structures since March of this year. Perhaps your partner (either business or personal) has experienced limited income, or maybe there’s a lack of separating each other’s finances and expenses. It’s a good time to get clear on who owes what, what contracts are in place, and what needs to be negotiated or broken out more clearly. If you are entering into any agreement, make sure there are clear structures and responsibilities in place. Otherwise, you may find yourself taking on more commitment than necessary, and it can get confusing. Even if this slows the process down, it’s important to protect yourself.
Venus is finally stationing direct in Leo on September 4th and finishes up the review of you, what you like, how you present yourself, and how you are personally experiencing growth this Summer. What have the last two months taught you about individuality? What are you finding that is so important for you to nourish and grow? What are you also learning to let go of that no longer suits your new rebirth?
VIRGO & VIRGO RISING
Relationships and one-on-one partnerships are highlighted under this Full Moon in Pisces. So much of Virgo season has been around you, your needs, and how you wish to establish yourself in the eyes of others. Under this lunation, you are pulled back into the partnerships and the deep, important relationships you have in your life, and what structures, boundaries, or developments have been made with them since early March. Perhaps there’s a lack of borders, and the boundary between mine and yours has dissolved. This is fine if it’s working for you both, but if it’s not, you may be asked to think about your long-term vision and five-year dreams and use that as the backdrop of divvying out responsibilities and roles with those important people in your life, whether they be romantic partners or platonic ones. Remind yourself during this lunation that you are not fully responsible for others in your life, and making sure their burden doesn’t completely come your own is important.
Venus will finally station direct in Leo on September 4th, finishing up the summer review of your internal world, mental health, and spirituality. What have you been nourishing or working on healing behind what everyone else sees in the past two months? How have you reconnected with your beliefs and internal practices in a way that better supports you? What are you still exploring in this space?
LIBRA & LIBRA RISING
The Full Moon in Pisces illuminates your daily work routine, work life, relationships with coworkers and your boss, pet needs, and body health. It’s throwing the spotlight on what it means to be busy with life but also take care of yourself in the ways that truly matter. Saturn entered Pisces back in early March, potentially throwing on more responsibilities and roles in your routine, asking you to get serious about establishing a daily work structure that you truly want. There also may be limits here – you may potentially have a vision of what your ideal work-life should look like, but are asked to step into responsibilities that don’t necessarily align. This Full Moon may highlight that discontent but also remind you that you can set up boundaries and borders between the job(s) and activities as needed. There are things we have to do, and there are things we choose to do. Carving out the space between both and making sure one doesn’t run into the other, allows this transit to be more malleable.
In Leo, Venus is finally stationing direct on September 4th. This finishes up the review of your community, friendships, and the ways you have fun or experience creativity and self-expression in your life. What has changed in your relationships with other people, especially friends? How have you learned more about yourself in that process and what it means to make space for fun? Or where did this feel more challenging?
SCORPIO & SCORPIO RISING
Your creative life, the ways you experience fun and love from others, and your relationships with children are highlighted under this Full Moon in Pisces. This lunation encourages you to think about this area of your life and what has changed here since early March. Saturn may be limiting this space, shifting around what creative pieces can be contained, and loosening the ability to hold onto others. Frustrations, loss, and areas where you haven’t felt inspired may be emphasized. If finding fun has been more difficult lately, it’s not without reason. There are challenges you are working through. But this Full Moon asks you to release some of your feelings of perfection and responsibility, and take the moments of pleasure, love, and connection as they arise. It’s okay if it doesn’t look like what you envisioned. Your creative life is a process, and treat it as such. If you are feeling stuck, lean into your partnerships and close relationships for support as needed, and share the responsibility when it’s possible.
Venus has been reviewing your career and public work since June, and finally stations direct in Leo on September 4th. This may be a good time to tap back into this space and how you wish to be seen with your work. What clarity are you gaining here around what you wish to attract? What career connections are growing? In what ways are you now being recognized for your work that you haven’t been before?
SAGITTARIUS & SAGITTARIUS RISING
Home and family is where the spotlight falls from this Full Moon in Pisces. This may involve your living environment, relationships with the past and your current family, and what home really means to you. Saturn entered this sign in early March of this year, limiting and potentially putting more pressure on the need to establish a firm structure or containment of this space, asking you to get serious about finding a home or strengthening your current one. This lunation highlights this growth, and also shows where there are holes or leaks from your inner energy reserves. Where are you taking on too much responsibility when it comes to home life? Or potentially, where you are taking on the burden of other family members in your life when it’s not necessarily in your control? How can you establish what you actually direct in home life and focus on the slow, steady build there?
In Leo, Venus is finally stationing direct on September 4th. This wraps up the review and reconnection of your long-term plans, vision for the future, and overarching dreams. Use this time to reflect on how you have deepened your connection to your prospective visions, or perhaps separated from them because a new image is forming. This is a reminder that it’s okay to switch gears, especially as humans we are not fixed beings, and a change can always be helpful.
CAPRICORN & CAPRICORN RISING
This is a softer Full Moon for you, but in Pisces, it highlights your daily life, routines, neighborhood, and relationship with siblings or those that feel like family. This structure of your life has been changing since early March of this year, and you’re asked to reflect on what has been built in terms of establishing a routine or ritual, or what close relationships have grown since then. This may also be a time when you’re asked to review the boundaries you have created, and notice if there seems to be a lack in terms of living your life through or with someone else versus how you want to spend your days. Do you feel like there is enough space for you to ritualize life in a way that is enjoyable, or is there a lack of fun and pleasure due to feeling the need to be responsible for the order of everything? Communicate, write out, and reflect on what is working and what is not, then find ways to restructure your days so you can have a little more joy.
Venus will finally station direct in Leo on September 4th, wrapping up the summer of review that has been heavy on your money and collaborations with others. What have you learned about which agreements, contracts, or work with other people best suit your career and creative needs? What kind of people do you wish to unite with in life moving forward?
AQUARIUS & AQUARIUS RISING
Money, resources, and your income gets the spotlight from this Full Moon in Pisces. This area of your life has been under intense scrutiny since early March when Saturn entered this sign, asking you to get serious about what it means to build stability for yourself. You’ve been asked to find more containment with your resources, including restructuring the ways you make money but also directing or limiting how it’s spent. This lunation will highlight your successes and losses here, and where the boundaries of your money may still have holes and is leaking out. If you have a dual-income household, how are you holding onto some of the fiscal responsibility that may or may not be necessary? If it’s just you, what has felt too frustrating and difficult to maintain lately, and maybe it’s just time to release? This is all about finding a balance between what you can control financially and what you can’t, and focusing on what’s important.
Venus finally turns direct in Leo on September 4th, finishing up a forty-day review of your relationships and one-on-one partnerships. What have you learned about the important people in your life and what they are going through? In what way have you been asked to prioritize your relationships and also find support and love from them during your challenges? What are you learning about what you need from your relationships to feel more seen?
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