The Full Moon occurs at 18:57 (UT time) on the 13th August at 20AQU41. The Moon is conjunct asteroid Nessus, fixed star Castra, trine Saturn and semi-square both Uranus and Pluto.
Nessus is a centaurs with a rather nasty reputation. His most famous part in the myths is that of the killer of Heracles. Nessus attempted to rape Deianira who was the wife of Heracles. Understandably outraged, Heracles shot Nessus with a poisoned arrow. As Nessus lay dying, he told Deianira that his blood would stop Heracles being unfaithful. Naively believing him, Deianira put the blood of Nessus onto a shirt belonging to her husband to cure his wandering eye. Continue reading
