Early this morning, our Leo Moon is
fairly active. She begins the day creating a Yod with Pluto in
Capricorn (8:34 AM) and Chiron in Pisces (9:50 AM). This can bring
creativity and empathy to leadership. Adhering to the needs of the
emotional body are highlighted under this aspect. By 4:17 PM, the Sun
is added to this Yod as the Sun, Pluto and Chiron are within a 4
degree orb.
The rest of the day, the Moon waxes
toward a conjunction with Jupiter that perfects right around
midnight. Whatever emotion you plant or entertain during the day
expands and grows in our evening hours. This can be quite an
exuberant feeling if you choose your emotions wisely. Choose despair
and by evening you will be completely desperate. Choose gratitude and
by evening you will be overwhelmed with the acknowledgment of your
blessings. Choose love and fill the garden of your heart with sweet
tender blossoms by nightfall. Jupiter is non-discriminatory in that
it expands whatever it touches. So it's best to offer up something
you want more of rather than allow the energy to swing for itself.
You could start out selfish and stingy in the morning and end up
wailing like a spoiled, yet, denied child by tonight, for example.
Are you able to identify and choose
your emotions? I talk about it as if it were a natural thing. But, I
was surprised to discover that quite a few people can do neither. I
was working with a gentleman not too long ago. We were talking about
beginning a Moon Diary so that he could begin keeping track of his
intentions and keep them better organized. I told him that he could
also jot down a few notes about how he felt under each Moon phase and
under each Moon sign. In the process of working on his Moon Diary, we
discovered that he had a very small emotional vocabulary and was not
accustomed to consciously checking in with his emotional body. He was
not accustomed to taking a few moments out of his daily life and
discerning whether he was happy, sad or indifferent. Beyond that,
when he did start checking in with his emotions, he wasn't really
sure how to identify them.
We began to resolve this by using
something called a pain scale. This is used by medical professionals
to help patients identify their level of pain. It's a very simple
scale. We also identified the face on the scale that the man would
like to identify with. Then, we started mimicking the smile that face
was displaying. We started talking about things the smiling man on
the scale may have experienced to make him happy and what things
could produce similar feelings for my client. In very little time,
the atmosphere had lightened and the man was laughing. He had
fostered an ability to identify his current emotions. Now, he was
working on choosing which emotion he wanted. This was his first
success.
I guess I just thought that I was the
only person who had ever had this problem. I have a Pisces Moon in
the first house square Neptune in Sagittarius. With a Moon in the
first, I initiate through my lunar or emotional body. So, how I'm
feeling has a great deal to do with what I engage in and how. When
emotions are uncontrolled or confused then efforts toward successful
initiation can be difficult for me. Or, I end up being controlled by
an overwhelming emotion and subsequently engage in activities that
(when under more calm seas), normally, I would not. Problem with that
was my emotions were OFTEN confused. Identifying how I'm feeling and
separating myself from the emotions of others or whatever has been
projected upon me became a key exercise in bringing my life toward
consciousness. Then, when I discovered you could CHOOSE your emotions
AND direct them instead of being held slave to them...well, my life
changed forever.
I'm still not a master at this. But, I
can tell you that with practice and conscious emotional check-ins,
you sure can get better at it rather quickly. Besides, keeping a Moon
Diary and consciously checking in with the Moon's current aspects and
comparing it to how you are currently feeling is a fast track to
learning how Astrology works...double bonus!
Consciously changing your emotional
state is not as easy as flipping a switch either. Turning your
emotional body from one emotional state to another takes an ability
to, first, recognize the offending emotion, validate it and work
through it before you can surface somewhere else. You can't just say,
“I'm feeling depressed but now I want to be happy.” It doesn't
work like that especially if you have some sort of chronic emotional
illness. In those extreme instances you may need medication and a
therapist to help you wrangle deeper and more forceful emotional
tides. Plus, you not only need to identify the emotion but also
identify the root cause of that emotion. What circumstances or event
catalyzed the emotion for you? How can you change your reaction to
such things in the future? Why did it upset you so much in the first
place? Is there a hidden trigger there? It's a process. But,
definitely a worthy process if you struggle with intense and
sometimes swamping or confusing emotions. I personally think it's a
worthy process even if you aren't a highly emotional person. I mean,
your emotions are part of you...shouldn't you know a thing or two
about them?
This process really helped me identify
how empathic I was, too. It catalyzed a whole spiritual hygiene
routine that helped with that (smudging, meditation, boundary work).
I mean, no offense, I do care about how others feel but I've got
enough baggage to carry on my own without carrying everyone else's at
the same time. But, I would have never learned this was the case had
I never started checking in. At any rate, I was surprised to discover
how many people don't take the time to assess their emotional body
but, a quick look at the condition of mental health in this country
will show you that those odds shouldn't be surprising. This type of
activity is not valued in our current culture even though it really
needs to be. And, people who seek help with such things are often
stigmatized which isn't exactly an encouraging fact for someone who
may be thinking of seeking help.
So. At the very least, today offers a
chance to learn (Jupiter) a little more about our emotional body
(Moon) while learning a bit more about ourselves at the same time
(Leo). With the Finger of God pointing at our Moon early in the day,
it would appear that we won't be the only one's checking in on that.
Plus, Jupiter retraces these degrees by retrograde. He re-creates the
Yod with Pluto and Chiron just as he also meets Uranus in Aries by
trine in late February and the beginning of March. He passes through
it again when he turns direct and the whole machine stays within orb
for quite a while. Meaning, the Moon will pass through this
configuration several times throughout that period bringing pointed
focus to our knowledge of and ability to work with our emotions. We
are going to be confronted with high emotions and the catalyzing
power of Uranus all at the same time. Knowing what you are doing in
light of that is going to pay off on a personal level. So, if you are
a person who needs more knowledge and expertise in this area, today
is a good day to start learning more about how it works.
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