We could all feel a bit like the Fool in Tarot deck this week..right on the brink of something thrilling, terrifying or both. Travel light and leave your fears at the door if you really want the strength to follow your guiding "Star" (this is the other archetypal influence of Aquarius, this week's Full Moon).
Saturn is finally slowly soldiering forward in Sagittarius now and continuing to square Neptune. Which reality are we choosing: fear or love? We continue to live that question as our faith in ourselves and life gets majorly tested. This week's Full Moon Lunar Eclipse is ruled by Saturn after all. The other big news of the now is the current Jupiter-Chiron opposition underscoring our deepest core wound but not without the access to some amazing wisdom and glorious access to our inner healing potential like never before. Check out the next 40-Day Jungian alchemical journey devoted to the theme of cracking our core wounds through a mix of daily email guidance, Jungian journaling questions to work with, write or just meditate on for the 40 days, guided active imagination recordings, rituals and more. We start on the very first day of the official Sun in Virgo season to optimize Virgo's love of daily rituals and structure to bring true healing. Check it out at the link below:
Nothing will look or feel the same by the end of the week, Aries. There’s a Full Moon eclipse taking place on Thursday to rock your world of friendships, long-term goals and wishes. If you’ve been feeling stuck, this is your week of epiphanies galore. Ready or not, it’s time for monumental fast-forward action with a side of rebellion. You have no interest in playing by the rules during this time. Think back to some of your goals from last February. You are now witnessing the finale. The end of the week could feel incredibly dreamy if not completely surreal. Get ready to question where fantasy ends and reality begins.
Taurus:
You might be a lover of constancy and stability, Taurus but then there’s this week in the stars. You certainly wont’ be complaining about ruts or stagnation when by the time Sunday rolls around. There’s a Full moon Lunar Eclipse rocking the tip-top of your chart on Thursday. Look to your career for extreme breakthroughs, shocking news and unexpected changes. The reverberations will carry throughout other areas of your life as well. You certainly wont’ be complaining about ruts or stagnation by the time Sunday rolls around. In fact, you’ll be looking forward to your favorite form of escapism by the weekend with friends in order to process all of the new energies.
Gemini:
Get ready to question all that you once held as indisputable fact, Gemini. There’s a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse arriving on Thursday to turn the world (as you know it), upside down and sideways. Good thing you’re one of the most flexible and adaptable signs of the zodiac. You may even enjoy the extremely bizarre confluence of events. You’ll even have a different outlook on travel and worldly affairs in general on the other side of this eclipse. Career matters distract your attention over the weekend though, so it may take a few weeks to understand what hit you this week.
Cancer:
This week brings a strange mix of everything you could have never expected or dreamed of in your wildest imagination. There’s a rather dramatic Full Moon Lunar Eclipse arriving on Thursday which will reverb all week long. As long as you’re willing to change, let go and break your own rules, you’ll totally flow with the crazy stormy vibes of the week. The gift of the eclipse is that you’ll have your eyes wide open to seeing things that were once hiding out in your blind spot. If you can jet away on a little getaway for the weekend to make sense of the whirlwind energies of the week, by all means do it. You’ll appreciate some time away to gain perspective.
Leo:
Get ready for your world of relationships to be rocked and rolled compliments of Thursday’s Full Moon Lunar Eclipse. If you’ve been unsatisfied with the recent status quo of your love life, you’ll welcome the shake up to break up stagnant energy and bring in someone new. Even if you’re in a seemingly happy coupling, you’ll probably have some realizations of the ways you could revive your relationship. It’s like a giant spotlight highlighting all that you refused to see about your partnership dynamics for better or worse, Leo. Trust that this is to ultimately get you back into alignment with your significant other so you’re not only lovers but best friends again.
Virgo:
Your daily life is on the verge of a radical cleanup thanks to this week’s Full Moon Lunar Eclipse (arriving on Thursday). This could have everything to do with your health if you’ve been neglecting some important self-care essentials like getting enough sleep and nutrients in the midst of your insanely busy schedule. In any case, this is the week to make the necessary changes and adjustments to put your wellness needs first. The rest of your life cannot flourish if you’re not operating at 100%, darling. Just because you eat healthy for the most part doesn’t mean you are necessarily taking excellent care of yourself.
Libra:
Ready yourself for the most unusual and eccentric series of game changing scenarios to hit your love zone this week, Libra. The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on Thursday has a way of shaking up all of the outworn rules and lies you may have been telling yourself about love and play. If your life is lacking in either, here is the breakthrough potential you’ve been waiting for. At first the changes could feel messy and even unwelcome as you are not keen on having your balance upset. However, you’ll quickly welcome the breath of fresh air when you see that it’s come to take you back to what you adore in life.
Scorpio:
Thursday’s Full Moon Lunar Eclipse is rocking your world from the ground up, Scorpio. In fact, you may be questioning everything now at a deep foundational level, including literally where you want to live in the next six months. This could feel frustrating considering you’ve been in what feels like a never-ending personal renovation process for years. Change is your only constant, Scorpio. The sooner you embrace what a transformer you are, the sooner you’ll be off on your next fabulous and passionate adventure. Plus, the weekend brings some super sweet vibes in the romance department just in time for a late summer romance.
Sagittarius:
Your mindset/ belief system are right on the verge of a wild reformation compliments of this week’s Full Moon Lunar Eclipse (arriving this Thursday). Restlessness could strike earlier in the week as you sense you’re on the brink of breakthrough potential. New ideas and innovation could appear out of nowhere. This is also the kind of star influence that brings epiphanies and revelations about the ways in which you see and talk about the world. Nothing will quite look the same after all is said and done this week.
Capricorn:
Keep your mind on your money this week, Capricorn. Not that you’re ever one to neglect this area in any event. But with the Full Moon Eclipse arriving this Thursday there could be an unexpected twist to your current financial plot. It could easily shine a light on your overall relationship with saving and spending in a way that completely blows your mind. Be open to seeing things in a radically new way. It’s even possible that you’ll suddenly feel the urge to start your own financial revolution (with yourself and your own banking habits) by doing things so totally different going forward.
Aquarius:
This week’s Lunar Eclipse could easily be a catalyst for the record books. Aquarius. You might not see it all at once, but you can feel you’re right on the brink of something so major that your world won’t be the same in what will feel like the blink of an eye. Thursday’s Full Moon Lunar Eclipse lands in your very own stars. Think back to a storyline that started last February around your birthday and watch how many themes reach their fever pitch now. You’re so ready for the brand new, darling! Don’t hold on to the past, it no longer exists nor would want it anymore anyway.
Pisces:
Nothing will look feel or play out the same way after this week’s eclipse intensity, Pisces. At first the transformation may feel so subtle that it’s almost invisible. But trust that the ground underneath your feet is shifting quite radically in order to push you into a totally new reality on the other side of this Thursday’s Full Moon Lunar Eclipse. Pay extra close attention to your dreams, signs, omens and even fortune cookies for keys, clues and hints about what’s to come. Of course this is normal practice for you on any given week, but all of the messages and hidden meanings seem to reverberate with crazy chills down your spine now.
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.(Capricorn Supreme!)
As Mars completes his final days in Scorpio, it's a true metamorphosis, death and rebirth and finality to a long-standing cycle that could take us back to November of 2012. We're definitely at the "enough is enough" stage on so many levels. This Full Moon reveals which chains still bind. It's up to us to release the bondage and set ourselves free once and for all.
This month's Full Moon in Capricorn is full of gravitas and sobering potential. With Mars in Scorpio in mutual reception to Pluto in Capricorn, it's time to bury the past, forgive the grudge, do the shadow work and move forward with integrity. Death to the deadly defense mechanism of demonizing others. The price we pay both personally and collectively is beyond tragic at this point.
This Full Moon literally invokes the archetype of the Devil, XV Trump in the Tarot and reveals that which is binding us, enslaving us and creating any version of a living hell we may be fighting to free ourselves from (or willingly submitting ourselves to via denial, repression and other self-sabotaging defenses). It also reveals the dynamic of "scapegoating" versus taking responsibility. Saturn rules this Full Moon so personal responsibility for our actions, feelings and choices is paramount. Emotional mastery is the goal of this Full Moon ( it coincides with a Grand Water Trine between Mars in Scorpio-Chiron in Pisces--and the Sun in Cancer.) Let your feelings pierce and cleanse you. If you resist, panic or depression may set in as a result. Don't however--- buy into any downward negative spirals of the mind.
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This week’s Full Moon in Capricorn is a major purgative on all levels, especially the emotional. Do we choose love or do we choose fear? Do we choose freedom or do we choose bondage? Which inner demons, addictions or negative attachments have us by our necks, Devil in the Tarot card style? It's time do our shadow work instead of the blame the "other". There is no other. Where do we let fear, guilt or shame still rule our worlds? The Grand Water Rrine between the Sun in Cancer-Mars in Scorpio and Chiron in Pisces spells a major emotional release... so feel it, cry rivers and purify at the soul level. Forgive. Let it all go! Rinse-repeat
Aries:
Home and career demands are vying for equal priority this week, Aries. As both are exerting high pressure, you could feel torn apart at the seams. You’ll have to set clear priorities and boundaries with both worlds, especially close to the Full Moon on the 19th. It’s also an incredibly social week overall, especially Tuesday night through Thursday, so make time for friends and community. On Friday, the Sun moves into your love and pleasure zone setting the stage for a fabulous summer romance just in time. You’ll be at your seductive best between now and mid-August, so work it!
Taurus:
Travel is calling this week, Taurus. The Full Moon on the 19th is your perfect opportunity to jet, or at least start packing your suitcase. No comfort zone can keep you home now. Career demands may compete with pleasure starting Tuesday night through Thursday, so be sure you get the play time out of your system early in the week. On Friday, the Sun will move into your home zone putting you back in touch with your family and inner world. Plus, your creative energy is at its best now. Self-expression is an absolute must by the weekend and for the next few weeks. Hold nothing back, darling!
Gemini:
Change is your only constant this week, Gemini. Tuesday’s Full Moon lights up your zone of deep transformation. Nothing will seem the same once you cross this mind-blowing threshold that awaits. You sense that you’re on the brink of a major metamorphosis but not sure what’s on the other side. Trust that it’s the next level. Tuesday through Thursday brings expansion and experimentation to break up the status quo. The Sun moves into your communication zone on Friday to put you at your best and brightest with thinking, speaking and writing for the next few weeks. You’re at the top of your game in July.
Cancer:
Relationship drama hits maximum capacity this week, Cancer. The Full Moon arrives on Tuesday and lights up your world of significant others. If you’ve been on the fence about a certain commitment or questioning whether your current relationship will make it or break it, you’ll get some crystal clear clarity on all of it now. Just be sure you're not going off the deep end with your fear when what you most is love. Experimentation is where its at midweek with work and other projects. Finally, the Sun will move into your money zone starting this Friday, putting the focus on your cash for the next few weeks—both in how you save it and spend it.
Leo:
Emotions reach a fever pitch this week, Leo. The only problem is that your work load won’t give you a chance to process anything. It’s easy to feel like the world is crashing in and around you at the moment, but trust that the overload is just clearing the decks for a fabulous new cycle (which officially begins this Friday). Tuesday through Thursday puts the focus on your relationships. Don’t lose yourself in the process of trying to please and adore the other. The Sun will move into your fabulous stars for the official Leo cycle for the next month.
Virgo:
Love and more love is in the air this week, darling. Plus there’s a crazy romantic Full Moon arriving on the 19th just in time to light up your life in the best of all possible ways. Your wish is the command of the cosmos, so wish big. Work gets busy, busy, busy between Tuesday and Thursday and then you’re back to relationship mode for the weekend. The Sun will move into your house of retreat and dreams starting on Friday. If you haven’t taken pause yet this summer, the time is now. It’s summertime and the living should be easy.
Libra:
Family issues are demanding your all and everything this week, Libra. You’re not one who gravitates towards drama and yet it’s hard to get around the intensity at the moment. The Full Moon lights up your home zone on Tuesday so expect the energy to build early in the week. You might be wondering why everyone is putting such heavy demands on you, and all at once. Refuse to buy into the fear or pressure. The Moon will move into your love zone from Tuesday night until Thursday to amp up the sweentess. Next on Friday, the Sun will start his monthly tour through your social zone. Summer love is just on the other side of the Full Moon.Scorpio:
Communication rules your world this week, Scorpio. Don’t be surprised if you feel completely drained from all of the talking, texting, thinking and emailing early in the week. Silence might be your golden key. If you can take a break from the gadgets and turn your mind off for a spell, do it. Don’t overthink yourself into a negative spiral. What you need is less mind and more heart this week. Your desire to play hermit is strong until the weekend brings back the romantic vibes. Once the Sun moves up to the tip-top of your chart on Friday, you’ll feel like your star is rising once again.
Sagittarius:
Money themes are on the rise this week, Sadge. It may be hard to put your attention any anything else as so much is coming to a head in the financial department, compliments of the Full Moon in your cash zone. Spend and save with the utmost discrimination now. It’s time to make some big changes, baby. Don’t push things to the crisis zone. The Sun will move into your favorite zone of travel and long-distance adventure starting on Friday for the next few weeks. Get ready to spend the second half of the summer jetting like it’s your job.
Capricorn:
It doesn’t get more loaded than this week, Cap. Yet, emotions are so not your bag, baby so hang in there. The annual Full Moon in Capricorn arrives on Tuesday to push everything in your world to maximum intensity. Are you ready to release and renew like its your job? Most importantly you’re being asked to let go of any residual fear, guilt and shame now. Pay attention to money matters mid-week to help ground you. The Sun will move into your change zone starting on Friday to further highlight the theme of release and letting go over the next month.
Aquarius:
Your imagination rules the show this week, Aquarius. The only problem is that it’s wreaking havoc with your sense of reality testing. If ever there was a time to nip negative thinking in the bud, it’s now. This Tuesday’s Full Moon is exaggerating your worst case scenario fantasies and trying to convince you that your fears are real. The opposite is always true, darling. Only the love is real. Make that your motto, mantra and daily fortune cookie all week long. The Sun will light up your relationship zone starting on Friday for the next month. Your love life is definitely getting stronger and brighter going forward.
Pisces:
Your social life takes precedence this week, Pisces. As much as you secretly love to play solo fish, there will be little if any opportunity to hide out at home. Tuesday’s Full Moon is pushing you out and about without pause. Your only hope is saying no and sticking to your boundaries, darling. Yes, easier said than done as you love to experience it all. The Sun will move into your house of work and health this Friday to strengthen your daily rituals and overall vitality for the next month. You’ve also got the fabulousness of the Moon lighting up your stars this weekend for pure glamour and fantasy goodness.
A video on the Full Moon in Capricorn with my lovely coconspirator in all things metaphysical and healing: Lillian So of Sofit-San Francisco!
Freedom is not doing whatever we want, but really wanting to do what we must.-Nietzsche
Sagittarius Full Moon Part II:
June 20th, 2016(Look to where 29 degrees Sag-Gem-Virgo-Pisces falls in your horoscope for arenas of greatest change).
*disclaimer: Sagittarius Full Moons bring out the preacher in all of us so please forgive any pushy lingo ahead of time.
Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” ― Laini Taylor
This Full Moon + Summer Solstice is like someone shining a gigantic spotlight on every half-baked truth still lurking in the recesses of our unconscious and collective unconscious. Like why are guns still legal after countless tragedies that could have been prevented? The Full Moon falls at the very last degree of Sagittarius, AKA the nowhere to run and hide degree. It's called "Mula" as in Muladhara or the "root" chakra as the 19th lunar mansion in Vedic Astrology. It's where we insist on getting to the very bottom of things. We're fed up. We want to uproot all of the BS and start again. We long to rekindle our faith in the face of so much collective chaos and darkness.
In this way there arises a consciousness which is no longer imprisoned in the petty, over sensitive, personal world of the ego, but participates freely in the wider world of objective interests. The widened consciousness is no longer that touchy, egotistical bundle of personal wishes, fears, hopes, and ambitions which always has to be compensated or corrected by unconscious counter-tendencies; instead it is a function of relationship to the world of objects bringing the individual into absolute, binding, and indissoluble communion with the world at large.–Carl G. Jung (1916/1928/1935). The relations between the ego and the unconscious.
This upcoming Full Moon on Monday is a time when polarities get extremely exaggerated. The Sun and the Moon are not only in total opposite signs of the zodiac but they are falling at the every last degree of Gemini and Sagittarius which is also known as the Galactic Plane. It's like a portal for very intense energies to come through and uproot our negative tendencies and lack of consciousness. Many creation and destruction stories are born from these stars. The Summer Solstice and a Full Moon on the Galactic Plane converging on the exact same day --this is not an ordinary June Full Moon to be sure. No wonder our psyches are getting stretched beyond the maximum capacity. Sometimes too much light is too painful.The birth of a new consciousness can hurt like hell and feel like such a rude awakening from our old comfort zones, even the ones that were killing us. It's like wanting to crawl back into the womb, even though it was cramped and ridiculously limited in scope, coming out into the fluorescent lights of "reality" isn't always a picnic either.
We need the balance between the light and darkness, the night and the day. Like the High Priestess, the Goddess who sits serenely between the two realms, the two pillars of Dark and Light....Can we find this same space of equilibrium? Holding the tension of the opposites? Not praising one while condemning the other?
Nearly every problem in life can be solved by inhaling and exhaling…with awareness.—Buddha
It's a glaring reminder of the urgency to take our meds before someone gets hurt. Ideally in 2016, the meds would include first and foremost some form of meditation, deep breathing and journaling. We’re forced to confront our own paradoxical nature as well as our dualities and contradictions--as painful as it is. Where do we say one thing and do another? Where do we talk out of both sides of our mouth and still feel clueless about where the real truth resides? You know those conversations or emails you have with an ex where you end up trying to love and hurt at the same time. That’s where Sadge comes in: we are forced to confront the cross your heart and swear to die level of truth and uproot the contradictions. A famous alchemy quote about truth (Sadge is the archetype of alchemy as well) says it all:
But the truth is that from which nothing can be missing, to which nothing can be added, nay more, to which nothing can be opposed.--Dorn
Confronting inconvenient truths and nixing convenient lies. Write down the three biggest lies you are still telling yourself or others about yourself? And then ask yourself what it will take to change your story. This is an excellent time to monitor current self-talk. If it includes any of the following: ugly, fat, stupid, lazy, or loser—take Lotus pose or Savasana at once! We can’t afford to keep running the same self-abusive thought patterns and expect our relationships, health and lives to flourish. Gemini-Sagittarius archetypes remind us of the power of words and intentions. It’s not just what you say—it’s the thought and more importantly the energy of the intention behind the thought that leads to the words spoken. And the words lead to the actions that create the karmic seeds for the next round on life’s great Wheel of Fortune.
Trying to control the mind is like trying to dry out the ocean or catch the wind. --Amma
ALL OVER THE MAP:
Feeling more distracted and scattered than you ever thought humanly possible?
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There was a time when we loved people and used machines…now we love machines and use people.—Amma
I don’t know about you, but my brain is starting to organize itself in hashtags. Cannot even begin to describe the agony and anguish that is going into forcing myself not to just turn this into a quick fix Instagram photo, status update or 5 Tweets (which would probably be the smarter idea considering there may only be a handful of people left on this earth with the attention span to actually focus for an entire paragraph and they probably aren’t following, liking or thumbs-uping.)
This Full Moon highlights how the immediacy and boundary-exempt reality that our high tech world provides has paradoxically ripped away our ability to be present, focus and appreciate that the good things in life take time. As Ammachi says: If we try to force open a flower before its time to blossom, we will destroy all the fragrance. And the same happens when we lose patience for the process and kill all the beauty because we reverted again to iCrack urgency mode and couldn’t download the app or the relationship fast enough.
Look around and see how easily people channel the Dark Lord the second the speed of the Wifi connection slows down or they have to wait for their side of Stevia. And if you really want to witness a demonic possession—disconnect someone’s modem, or put them on hold for more than 50 seconds.
NO DOUBT:
Three D’s that destroy us when we stop evolving: Doubt, Depression and DenialThey kill our ability to trust ourselves, trust life and trust that actually everything is going to be all right. Sagittarius is the sign of faith, optimism and truth. When we go into doubting mode, what happens? We run around collecting second opinions, abusing our oracles and going into feedback overload in a vain attempt to alleviate our fears. We don’t trust and we begin a frantic search for the answer out there. We revert to our Gemini minds looking for the immediacy of reassuring sound bytes the mind can attach to. This is when we need to sit down, stop running at the Gemini mouth, power off the gadgets and ground back into the body. Mantras and affirmations are excellent to replace negative mind grooves. Actually many of us have mantras already that we’re using but sadly they are more like the rants of an abusive partner beating us down to make sure we’ll never leave them, or some insane preacher speaking in tongues.
CHANGE THE CHANNEL:We easily become our mental habits. What is the story you tell yourself? Where do you spend most of your mental energy? What do you regularly obsess about? Just a little time of sitting in meditation will reveal the answers to these questions. And most importantly what feelings are you avoiding by obsessing about something else?In one of my favorite meditation classes, the Swami said that the moment we start to think our spine bends (let alone the now classic hunchback texting body posture). Sagittarius is about expanding our mindset. Opening the mind is easier said than done which is why Sagittarius is associated with travel. By changing the details of our daily routine, we can change our thinking. Childhood wounds play a huge part in the negative side of the drama we create in our mind and spin out into our reality. Look to where you keep recreating the same scenarios that only serve to reinforce limiting beliefs about yourself and the world.
MIND MAINTENANCE:
Since Sagittarius is literally associated with gurus, please indulge my Guru quoting bender here. Amma also says we need alarms of awareness and discrimination before negative thoughts have a chance to destroy us. Especially anger. When we’re angry we release poisonous vibrations into our cells and the atmosphere. After a huge fight, doesn’t your body feel like it’s suddenly contracted every form of Cancer and autoimmune disorder known to humankind?
TRICKSTER TRAPS:
The trickster is making several appearances compliments of the Sun, Mercury, and Venus in Gemini (until Friday) and the North Node and Jupiter in Virgo ruled by Mercury. Words can be mighty tricky, so try to see beyond all of the details and get back to the bigger truth, bigger picture. Don't believe the gossip or buy into the cheap version of the story. Sadge says we must do the research. Words are the swords in the Tarot for good reason. They can easily harm, distract and put us in the defense zone. Marianne Williamson has a teaching on this too. When we feel we need to defend something we give it power and make it more real than if we had ignored it altogether. Just let it go. The other teaching is: Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?
Jupiter & The Wheel of Fortune:
Sagittarius is ruled by the planet Jupiter and is associated with the Wheel of Fortune archetype in Tarot. While we're still riding the wheel of Samsara, if we hold fast to the center we can avoid the feeling of getting dragged through the inevitable ups and downs of karmic cycles like a dead animal stuck to the rubber of the tire instead of the "Ramble on" like a good Led Zepplin song, in the center of the hub approach.
Sagittarius is the big-breakthrough sign. Sadgies likes everything super-sized. This is the second Full Moon in Sagittarius for 2016 and since Saturn also rules this domain there are huge philosophical themes and teaching to be had. Embrace those moments of killer self-realization and unexpected fortune. The Fortune archetype says: If miracles aren’t happening in your life, something is wrong. What does fortune mean to you? What’s standing in the way? Make a list of all of the mental obstacles and obstructions that prevent you from believing that something miraculously huge could happen in your life. And then keep your eyes open for unexpected gifts and possibilities. Speak your peace. When you own your truth, there is no need to manipulate or be manipulated.
Think Free Bird, baby!
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In order to heal ourselves and our relationships, we must enter into the darkness of our unconscious and develop an honorable, respectful and loving relationship with the dark goddess in our midst.-Demetra George, Mysteries of the Dark Moon, Pg.114
I love the Dark Moon, the Dark Goddess, all things deep and dark. This is such an ideal day to dive inward. The New Moon is especially magical and potent with the Grand Cross spanning the four mutable signs: Gemini, Sagittarius, Virgo and Pisces around the 14 degree mark in Tropical. This creates what Jung would call the Quarternity. A special quad of the four elements: earth, air, fire and water. Psychologically it's certainly pulling us apart at the mutable seams and stretching us in all four polarities as far as our psyche's are flexible. You can feel the extreme creativity involved in such an influence as well as a potential to feel "all over the map" and totally spaced out and scattered if you're not centered. Look to where these four mutable signs fall in your horoscope to see where you are getting hit with maximum growth/magic/manifestation potential now.
The quaternity is an archetype of almost universal occurrence. It forms the logical basis for any whole judgement. Id one wishes to pass such a judgement, it must have this fourfold aspect. For instance, if you want to describe the horizon as a whole, you name the four quarters of heaven…There are always four elements, four prime qualities, four colours, four castes, four ways of spiritual development etc. So, too, there are four aspects of psychological orientation… In order to orient ourselves, we must have a function which ascertains that something is there (sensation); a second function which establishes what it is (thinking); a third function which states whether it suits us or not, whether we wish to accept it or not (feeling), and a fourth function which indicates where it came from and where it is going (intuition). When this has been done, there is nothing more to say… The ideal completeness is the circle or sphere, but its natural minimal division is a quaternity.” (Psychology and Religion West and East, Collected Works, Vol. 11, p. 167.)
Before the new cycle begins later tonight, we're at a significant inner crossroads of "Choice." Gemini rules choice and reconciling the opposites. Here we have four to reconcile and all the mutable, wandering energies are involved.
My favorite Dark Moon/Crossroads Goddess is Hekate. She resides in some of the deepest layers of our unconscious, and in many ways acts as a guardian over the unconscious and thus our dreams at night. We could say volumes about her amazing powers but that's for a future post. In terms of dream work under the Dark Moon, she is a wonderful reminder of how the feminine dwells in the deeps, with their beloved dog, in caves, temples, and highways at night. It's so interesting because I could not stop dancing to Mazzy Star's "Ghost on a Highway" today either which did not even occur to me to have the Hekate connection until this very moment when I quoted Demetra again. The energies around this particular Dark Moon, at least the way I've experienced them and the muses, seem to adore music! We can see this in the astrology. Neptune which rules dreams and music Just as I wrote that, I heard the fog horns outside. Dark Moons help us conned to the sacred feminine which prefers a slow, grounded, sensual pace. Rushing around frantically is not Dark Moon stuff. Don't bore or piss off the Goddess! Use this day to quiet the mind and reconnect with your body, dreams, journal and psyche in the most reverential and sacred manner possible.
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