On October 6th, 2025. we have a Full Moon at 14° Aries.
Aries is the sign of individuality, the urge to say “I am” and to stand apart, unfiltered and unblended.
Who is “me” without a mee-rror?
The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s tale of a young man whose portrait ages and absorbs the consequences of his actions, while he himself remains youthful and untouched.
The story revolves around Dorian Gray, who has his portrait painted by a friend – an artist captivated by Dorian’s beauty.
Fearing the inevitable loss of his youthful looks, Dorian impulsively wishes that he could remain forever young, and that only the portrait would bear the marks of age and experience.
His wish is granted. While Dorian pursues a life of pleasure and self-indulgence, the portrait – hidden away from the eyes of the world – becomes increasingly twisted and ugly, reflecting the moral decay that Dorian refuses to acknowledge in himself.
The more Dorian seeks to preserve his perfect image, the more hideous his hidden portrait becomes.
Dorian was presenting a flawless facade to everyone around him, while his portrait got uglier and uglier.
Aries, the “baby” sign of the zodiac, longs to stay forever young – a metaphor not only for resisting physical aging, but for holding onto a pure, unchallenged sense of self. This is the part of us that wants to preserve the “I” at all costs.
That’s why Aries – and its ruling planet, Mars – are associated with boundaries, assertion, and even conflict.
Aries is wired to ‘defend’ the self, to fight against anything that threatens its sense of identity or autonomy.
But is it truly possible to preserve an untouched identity in an ever-changing reality?
Full Moon In Aries – Thesis. Antithesis. Synthesis.
Signs are not isolated; they exist in pairs, each one defined by its relationship to its opposite.
A Full Moon always falls across this axis of opposites, illuminating the tension between 2 signs – Aries vs. Libra, Taurus vs. Scorpio etc.
Without ‘interference’ – that is, without complicating aspects from other planets – the Full Moon in Aries will do exactly what it’s designed to do: expose the raw dynamic between Aries and Libra, the eternal dance of Me versus Other.
A Full Moon is a perfect illustration of the concept of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.
Thesis is the starting position.
Antithesis is the counterpoint – the challenge, the contradiction
Synthesis is what emerges when the two conflicting energies are integrated into something new
During any particular astrological season (right now, it’s Libra), we are living out the “thesis” – the main theme of the month. For Libra, that means focusing on the Other: partnership, collaboration, and how our one-on-one relating shapes who we are.
Then comes the antithesis: the opposition, which is brought in by the Moon in Aries. This is the call back to the Self – our independence, our drive to assert our identity.
Every Full Moon, when the 2 luminaries stand across from each other in the sky, we’re given a chance to move toward synthesis – not just swinging between extremes, but blending the best of both sides of the axis.
Too much Aries, and we get full-blown independence. No one bothers us, but we’re all by ourselves. Too much Libra, and we get co-dependence – unable to define ourselves without the validation or reflection of another.
The integrated path is interdependence – that space where each person retains their autonomy AND both grow together through a conscious, dynamic give and take.
If we get stuck on one side, we stagnate or lose our sense of wholeness.
We need the tension of the axis – we need the Full Moon’s bright spotlight on both sides – in order to transform and grow.
We can ONLY evolve when we dare to move beyond our initial “thesis” and actively embrace the “antithesis.”
That’s the invitation of every Full Moon: to reconcile opposites and grow into something greater than the sum of our parts.
If you’re the accommodating, Libra-type, this may mean standing up for yourself when you feel pulled into inauthentic compromise or automatic people-pleasing.
If you’re the bold, headstrong Aries type, this may mean slowing down and really listening – like truly listening – to a different perspective. Not to use it as ammunition for your next argument, but to actually let it shape you, to allow it to change your understanding.
Full Moon In Aries – The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Opposition is an essential part of life – an unavoidable stage in the individuation process.
If we want to truly know the Self (Aries), we have to meet and engage with the Other (Libra). And the reverse is just as true: understanding others helps us understand who we are, and who we are not.
Whatever we disown, deny, or dismiss will not go away – will keep staring back at us, growing uglier and more distorted, just like Dorian’s hidden picture.
The Full Moon in Aries is the moment Dorian is finally confronted by his portrait—the shadow, the reflection, the other side of himself he’s avoided.
At some point, the “self” must face what it has tried to separate or deny.
This is the moment of synthesis: the realization that true individuality cannot exist without reflection, and that our identity is not static – it’s not a flawless portrait frozen in time – but is shaped, again and again, by our engagement with the world and with others.
The journey to true selfhood is not about isolation or perfection, but about embracing all that we are – especially those parts revealed in the light of another’s gaze.
The danger, as Dorian learns, is in trying to exist as a “self” cut off from others.
The path to wholeness is found in the ongoing, messy synthesis of opposites.
The Full Moon in Aries offers us the opportunity to see who we are – and who we’re becoming – through the mirror of relationship and opposition.
We are unique individuals – yet this uniqueness is not something static or fixed; it’s constantly shaped by our interactions and our environment.
Our individuality ever evolves. We are not the same people we used to be, because every encounter, every relationship, subtly shapes who we become.
It’s called growing up, moving on with the times – with all the resistance that change implies, especially for that Aries part of us that wishes we could stay the same.
The Full Moon in Aries reminds us that it’s only by embracing both the self and its reflection that we become real.
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