The heartbeat of the world slowed a bit
under the long Void Pisces Moon that still lingers in our morning.
There was a moment that felt like the collective took a deep breath,
exhaled and then fell backward into the abyss. As I felt this, I was
driving from my suburban type neighborhood and into the rural
countryside. It's been a hard week, for my family and I. I felt off
center and scattered. In times like those, I head for the woods and
hills. There is something about the silence and gentle strength of a
forest that replenishes me and reminds me of what is important. On my
way out of town, I was shaky. I had not cried, yet. I had been too
busy dealing with the aftershocks of circumstance. My emotional body
was turbulent and swampy. I could feel my insides churn as my eyes
threatened to well up. I was waiting, though, to get to the safe
shelter of the trees before allowing the tears to stream down my
face.
Very often, the Universe talks to me
through music. As I crossed out of the town limits, I looked out
through the windshield at the darkening sky and whispered a short
prayer, “Tell me what I need to know.” My car radio fell silent
for a few seconds shortly after and then...
Receiving that message was like a
quenching cool drink of water. The seas inside my soul calmed a bit.
The tears came gently instead of flooding. A gentle rain pittered on
my vehicle echoing the tempo of the salty tears falling down my
cheeks. For the first time within this internal storm, my chest
loosened enough so that I could breathe. And breathe, I did, deeply,
deliberately, pulling in fresh air and pushing out stale air as my
lips moved silently to the lyrics, “Love is all around you. Love is
knocking outside your door.”
This morning the veil of the Void Moon
in Pisces lingers begging us to release, let go, surrender, forgive
and accept. The days of the dark moon leave us without outward
illumination save the twinkling stars. It is within those darkest of
nights that our inner illumination shines the most brightly...like a
candle burning in our souls that we are to follow instead of relying
on guidance from the light reflected by the Moon.
At 5:01 PM the Moon enters Aries and
releases her Void status. Something in side us begins to tingle and
stir. The water begins to dry up and ground emerges under our feet as
the Moon meets Saturn by trine (11:31 PM). Stand firmly on this
feeling of groundedness as you strive to recenter and prepare to
engage in beginning again.
Meanwhile, Pluto grinds to a halt and
begins retracing his steps at 9:19 PM at 15 degrees 33 minutes of
Capricorn. With both Pluto and Saturn Rx, it's time to examine the
inner structure, the foundation of our lives. What have we built?
What needs to be reinforced? Where do we need to smooth edges and
miter corners? With Jupiter direct, we are called to do this in the
best interest of our future selves while employing the lessons we
have learned from Jupiter in Leo thus far. These lessons have been
introduced, reviewed and tested. Now, it is the time for employment
of those lessons while bearing in mind the picture of the person you
wish to grow into.
The sabian for 15 Capricorn (where
Pluto is now headed via retrograde), “In a hospital, a children's
ward filled with playthings. The goodness of life in the tragic
trials of first attempts at self-regeneration.” There are times
when life is so poignantly bittersweet.
We may begin to review ecliptic events
in our rearview assessing the damage this erratic energy left behind
in its aftermath. The Moon will pass over both of our recent ecliptic
points before she reaches the Sun again. Echoes. Emotional
incorporation followed by a joining of our luminaries that heralds
the break of dawn that brings a chance to stand back up with a fresh
perspective and new eyes in an effort to begin again.
Today is quiet and introspective. I
encourage you to listen very closely to your heartbeat; breathe
deliberately and deeply; allow toxic emotions to be released through
tears and subsequently replace those purged waters with clear, clean
water. Reach for ground, solidness, truth with the willingness of
acceptance. One final sweep. Inhale. Exhale. Release and stop
fighting the waves. Let them carry you while trusting that everything
is unfolding as it should. Fall backward into the embrace of the
Universe while knowing, love will find a way. Nurture your inner
flame and fear not the darkness that lingers in the moonless night.
Light your own path with your flickering embers. Acknowledge where
you shine and where you have been blessed. Acknowledge the shine you
find in others. Prepare to begin again.
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