The drums are still calling in the
distance. I heard them earlier this week. They still persist. I
believe the drumming is the call of the Full Moon. Distant drumming
calling us to return to our tribe.
This morning, we wake up to a Void Capricorn Moon that becomes an active Aquarius Moon at 9:53 AM EDT.
This is the FIRST TIME in our history
that people can so easily connect with others who are not in close
proximity to them selves. The telephone connected local tribes. But,
in the beginning of the telephones history, international calls were
an expense and a rarity. Today, though, we casually connect with
people in different cultures, foster interpersonal relationships with
them and incorporate them into our tribe or sense of community.
The Aries/Libra axis highlights the Me
vs We continuum. The Leo/Aquarius axis illustrates the “I am”
versus the “we are” continuum. In Leo, we craft our identities.
In Aquarius, we welcome the unique expressions of each of those
identities and put each of those special gifts to use in a collective
action. You are unique, just like everyone else. You do have special
talents and gifts. And, each of these factors contribute to both your
sense of community and the type of community that you build for
yourself.
At this Full Moon, we are asked 1) who
are you and what are your unique gifts 2) share them with the group
3) welcome the gifts of others 4) realize that our uniqueness as
individuals loses worth if not expressed and shared amongst those we
commune with. We suffer. The group suffers. We flourish, community
flourishes. One affects the other infinitesimally. There is a call to
balance “I am” with “We are” just as much as there is a call
to balance Me against We.
It can be as simple as harvesting
something from your garden and sharing it with your neighbors. It can
be as easy as calling up a friend that is down and offering a caring
ear because you are good at listening. Donate food to a food pantry.
Or better yet, volunteer some of your time there. Make a date for a
video chat with your friend from across the seas. Reach out. Your
tribe is calling. We are gathering around the drum taking turns doing
our own dances to the rhythm. Come...show us your dance so we may
cheer you along. How do you contribute to the dance of your tribe?
This morning, we wake up to a Void Capricorn Moon that becomes an active Aquarius Moon at 9:53 AM EDT.
Overlaying the day, like a heavy wet
blanket, we have Sun in Leo perfecting in square to Saturn in Scorpio
at 11 AM. This is heavy and serious. It can bring to mind all your
responsibilities and task lists for you to examine and weigh against
the fun you could have instead. You can balance this out. Work a
little. Play a little. Though, it can be hard to soften Sun/Saturn
enough to play to begin with. That aspect is not going to be happy
just playing. Something needs to be accomplished. Something on a list
somewhere needs to be checked off. That's going to distract from any
potentially fun plans. So, just do it and be done with it.
Moon in Aquarius opposes Jupiter later
tonight at 6:45 PM. So, getting work done this morning bodes well
with feeling lighter by this afternoon. Then, around 11 PM tonight,
the Moon squares off with Mars in Scorpio. This can be a feeling of
ambiguity, a notion that you are working at cross purposes, an
argument or...you could be feeling a bit RrRrandy...baby. Either way,
its nothing to get to bent out of shape about.
In the meantime, our Full Moon
continues to build. I saw her peeking out between the cloud cover
last night. And, her message is....community. To me, the word
community is our modern version of tribe. In this day of technology,
a person's community can encompass people from foreign lands.
This is the FIRST TIME in our history
that people can so easily connect with others who are not in close
proximity to them selves. The telephone connected local tribes. But,
in the beginning of the telephones history, international calls were
an expense and a rarity. Today, though, we casually connect with
people in different cultures, foster interpersonal relationships with
them and incorporate them into our tribe or sense of community.
This full moon is prompting us to reach
out to that “community”...however you define that, and offer up
what we possess that is truly an expression of ourselves. On the Leo
New Moon, we held the baby lion up to the world. At the Aquarius Full
Moon, we return with the babe and his gifts to our tribe and allow
him to contribute.
The Aries/Libra axis highlights the Me
vs We continuum. The Leo/Aquarius axis illustrates the “I am”
versus the “we are” continuum. In Leo, we craft our identities.
In Aquarius, we welcome the unique expressions of each of those
identities and put each of those special gifts to use in a collective
action. You are unique, just like everyone else. You do have special
talents and gifts. And, each of these factors contribute to both your
sense of community and the type of community that you build for
yourself.
At this Full Moon, we are asked 1) who
are you and what are your unique gifts 2) share them with the group
3) welcome the gifts of others 4) realize that our uniqueness as
individuals loses worth if not expressed and shared amongst those we
commune with. We suffer. The group suffers. We flourish, community
flourishes. One affects the other infinitesimally. There is a call to
balance “I am” with “We are” just as much as there is a call
to balance Me against We.
All of this sounds pretty complicated.
Find my unique gift? Define my community? Offer said gift to
community? Build stuff? What?
It can be as simple as harvesting
something from your garden and sharing it with your neighbors. It can
be as easy as calling up a friend that is down and offering a caring
ear because you are good at listening. Donate food to a food pantry.
Or better yet, volunteer some of your time there. Make a date for a
video chat with your friend from across the seas. Reach out. Your
tribe is calling. We are gathering around the drum taking turns doing
our own dances to the rhythm. Come...show us your dance so we may
cheer you along. How do you contribute to the dance of your tribe?
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