Full Moon in Aries – The Image of Dorian Gray

On October 6, 2025. we have a Full Moon at 14° Aries.

Aries is the sign of individuality, the desire to say “Am”and kept separate, without filtering or mixing.

Who is “I” without a mistake?

The Portrait of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s story about a young man whose portrait ages and absorbs the consequences of his actions, while he himself remains young and intact.

The story revolves around Dorian Gray, whose portrait is painted by a friend, an artist captivated by Dorian’s beauty.

fearing the inevitable loss of your youthful appearanceDorian impulsively wishes that he could always remain young and that only the portrait would bear the marks of age and experience.

Your wish is granted. As Dorian leads a life of pleasure and self-indulgence, the portrait, hidden from the eyes of the world, becomes increasingly twisted and uglier, reflecting the moral decay that Dorian refuses to recognize in himself.

The more Dorian seeks to preserve his perfect image, the more gruesome his hidden portrait becomes.

Dorian was presenting a impeccable facade to everyone around him, while his The portrait became increasingly uglier..

Aries, the “baby” sign of the zodiac, longs to remain forever young, a metaphor not only for resisting physical aging, but also for holding on to a pure, unquestionable 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 programmed to “defend” himself, to fight anything that threatens his sense of identity or autonomy.

But is it really possible to preserve An intact identity in a constantly changing reality?

Full Moon in Aries – Thesis. Antithesis. Synthesis.

The signs are not isolated; exist in peerseach defined by its relationship with its opposite.

The Full Moon always falls on this axis of opposites, illuminating the tension between 2 signs: Aries versus Libra, Taurus versus Scorpio, etc.

Without ‘interference’ – that is, without complicating aspects of other planets – the Full Moon in Aries will do exactly what it is designed to do: expose the raw dynamic between Aries and Libra, the eternal dance of Self against Other.

The Full Moon is a perfect illustration of the concept of thesis, antithesis and synthesis.

Thesis is the initial position.
Antithesis is the counterpoint – the challenge, the contradiction
Synthesis It is what arises when the two conflicting energies integrate into something new

During any particular astrological season (right now it is Libra), we are living the “thesis“: the main theme of the month. For Libra, that means focusing on the Other: partnership, collaboration, and how our one-on-one relationship shapes who we are.

Then comes the antithesis: he oppositionwhich is provided by the Moon in Aries. This is the call back to Being: our independence, our drive to affirm our identity.

Every Full Moon, when the two luminaries are facing each other in the sky, we have the opportunity to move towards synthesis – not just oscillate between extremes, but combine the best of both sides of the axis.

too much ariesand we put ourselves in full order independence. Nobody bothers us, but we are all alone. too much poundand we get codependency – unable to define ourselves without validation or reflection from another.

The integrated path is interdependence – that space where each person retains their autonomy AND both grow together through a conscious and dynamic give and take.

If we stay stuck on one side, we stagnate or lose our sense of wholeness.

We need the shaft tension – we need the bright focus of the Full Moon on both sides – in order to transform and grow.

We can ONLY evolve when we dare to do so. go beyond our initial “thesis” and actively embrace the “antithesis.”

That is the invitation of every Full Moon: to reconcile opposites and become something greater than the sum of our parts.

If you are complacent, pound typethis can mean defend yourself when you feel pulled into inauthentic commitment or automatic people-pleasing.

If you are the bold one, stubborn Aries typeThis may mean slowing down and really listening, such as really listening – to a different perspective. Not to use it as ammunition for your next argument, but to let it shape you, to allow it to change your understanding.

Full Moon in Aries – The Image of Dorian Gray

Opposition is an essential part of life, an inevitable stage in the process of individuation.

If we want to truly know the Self (Aries), we have to meet and relate to the Other (Libra). And the opposite is equally true: understanding others helps us understand who we are and who we are not.

Everything we repudiate, deny or discard will not disappear: it will continue to stare at us, becoming uglier and more distorted, just like the hidden image of Dorian.

The Full Moon in Aries is the moment when Dorian finally faces his portrait: the shadow, the reflection, the other side of himself that he has avoided.

At some point, the “I” must face what it has tried to separate or deny.
This is the moment of synthesis: the understanding that true individuality cannot exist without reflection, and that our identity is not static – it is not a flawless portrait frozen in time – but is shaped, again and again, by our engagement with the world and with each other.

The journey toward true identity 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” isolated from others.

The path to plenitude is found in the continuous and disordered synthesis of opposites.

The Full Moon in Aries offers us the opportunity to see who we are – and who we are becoming – through the mirror of relationship and opposition.

We are unique individuals, but this uniqueness is not something static or fixed; It is constantly shaped by our interactions and our environment.

Our individuality constantly evolves. We are no longer the same people we used to be, because every encounter, every relationship, subtly shapes who we become.

It’s called growing up, moving forward with the times, with all the resistance that change entails, especially for that Aries part of us that wishes we could stay the same.

The Full Moon in Aries reminds us that only by accepting both ourselves and our reflection do we become real.