Should auld acquaintance be
forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintence be
forgot, and auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my jo
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak'a cup o'kindness
yet,
for auld lang syne
Sabian for Mercury, ruler of
the Moon, at Sagittarius 5: The old owl high up in a tree
If that symbol sounds
familiar, it's because it was also the symbol of our New Moon in
Sagittarius at the end of November. What have you learned since then
wise owl? What truths have you seen from aloft in your perch?
Mercury is in new territory,
finally, having exited his retrograde shadow earlier this month. At
this point, we may have gleaned wisdom from that transit or may have
even been introduced to new information.
Since that New Moon,
Sagittarius' ruler has set off on new journey. Now in Capricorn, we
find him trine Uranus in Taurus. This aspect is waxing and perfects
on 12/15.
Jupiter's entrance to
Capricorn opens a new chapter that leads us into 2020, the Year of
the Rat. Which, definitely is a critter that may seem offputting or
repulsive. But, it's also one we could learn quite a bit from. This
is especially true due the Rat's supreme capacity to perceive of
opportunity. He also has a “no hesitation” approach to snatching
that opportunity up and using it toward his own benefit.
Even the world
“opportunistic” is used to describe a person as someone who
“displays behavior in a partnership motivated by the maximization
of economic self-interest and occassioned loss of the other
partners.” Your loss is their gain. Webster's even straight up
calls the adjective out as “exploiting chances offered by immediate
circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral
principal.” Seeking out and maximizing upon opportunity doesn't
have to be something that takes you on a journey of stepping on the
faces of others to get to the top. We can monopolize upon opportunity
as we find it using it toward our own benefit without manipulation or
at the expense of someone else.
With Jupiter in trine to
Uranus, this is the time to be on the lookout for opportunity. This
is also true in relation to our incoming Solar Eclipse on 12/26. That
eclipse is conjunct Jupiter in Capricorn and could very well give
rise to some unexpected opportunities of its own. Having the
resourceful and opportunistic energy of the Rat to lead us through
2020 simply seems like a natural extension of those energies.
Sabian for 20 Sagittarius
(Sun): Men cutting through ice.
Bovee mentions a potluck
dinner with offerings of recipes from cultures all over the world.
Both themes found in the symbols for the luminaries resonate with
variety, gatherings, connection and food.
It will behoove us to bear
in mind, though, that Rat doesn't exactly lead a glamorous lifestyle.
He has actually had to develop his opportunisitic and resourceful
talents out of necessity. Those skills are pretty integral to his
mere survival. It could be matters of necessity or periods of lack
that leads us into discovery of the opportunities that have newly
emerged. It would be very easy to miss the emergence of such
opportunties if we merely allowed ourselves to wallow or lament in
the initial stages of necessity or loss instead of taking the
initiative to find or create solutions for our own issues.
I'm not saying we should
skip grieving following loss. I'm just saying we shouldn't set up
camp there. Rock bottom leaves you with no way to go but up. And,
Jupiter in Capricorn's lessons are all about teaching you to dust off
the seat of your pants and get back up. We learn from failure. We
learn by being misled. We learn through direct experience. We learn
with time and maturity. We learn to value the light after having been
forced into darkness. Jupiter's lessons from the sign of Capricorn
are not easy. In his schoolhouse, we learn through difficulty. We
grow in cold and unsupportive environments. We learn to get up
because we are continually being knocked down. Goats are excellent
climbers because mountains exist. Those mountains are just
there...the goat didn't create them to practice on nor declare he
wanted to be known as a climber. You know?
Let's say you are looking
for a job. You manage to draft a very beautiful resume that captures
your talents and experience succintly. You send this resume out to
several employers and get an interview. You save money to purchase
clothing that reflects the persona you believe they are looking for
in the position. You rehearse answers to questions that you believe
will be asked. You study up on job interview ettiquette and research
the company thoroughly. The night before the interview you go to bed
early having already laid everything out for the next day. Your
clothes are carefully and neatly pressed. You have left yourself a
little encouraging note next to your keys. You get up early the
morning of the interview and eat a supportive breakfast. You get
dressed continuing to rehearse your hypothical conversation. You are
nervous. But, you are prepared and that helps.
What you didn't plan for was
the pop up and quite severe thunderstorm raging outside. Thankfully,
though, you have gotten up early enough to accommodate the potential
extended travel time. As a result, you show up to the interview a
little early. You park and begin making your way into the building
where the interview will take place.
On your way inside, you slip
and end up tumbling backward into a mud puddle. Your clothes are
ruined and your perfectly prepared self is basically a mess. You have
a few choices. You could go to the interview advising of the mishap
that occurred and hope for the best. You can call and attempt to
reschedule. Or, you could simply take it as a “sign” that maybe
this wasn't meant to happen today. Get up. Get back in your car and
just pretend like it was all a bad dream.
I'm sure there are more ways
a person could go about addressing a situation like this but I'm
betting very few would decide to set up camp and just live in
whatever mud puddle they just fell in. Eventually, each choice other
than wallowing in that puddle for eternity leads to standing back up
and continuing to move on. We fill in the “now what?” with our
chosen action even if the action we choose is to scrap the whole
thing and just go home.
Surely there is
dissapointment in that scenario for the interviewee. But, how the
interviewee handles the dissapointment makes all the difference in
the world in the eyes of Jupiter in Capricorn. If he chooses the road
of maturity, accountability and integrity, he'll discover the nugget
of good mixed in with all the bad. That doesn't mean he will enjoy
doing what he eventually discerns is the “right thing.” Nobody
said he has to enjoy it or has ever promised him that doing the right
thing would even be easy. Surely there would be plenty of folks who
could lend him advice for what his next right move should be. He may
seek those opinions and listen to them. In the end, though, a
learning growing goat knows it matters most to do the thing that
feels most right to him. Afterall, it is he who will eventually bear
the consequences of his actions. So, at the very least, he should be
able to feel that his choice of response is his own.
Sabian for 20 Gemini (Moon):
A cafeteria with an abundance of choices
Bovee: The genius of the
cafeteria is that it brings many people together in a common
humanistic scenario. Observe/seek out how you are connected to others
socially and culturally. This degree is known for pleasant gatherings
and groupings that resonate harmoniously.
Uranus' relevance in trine
to the ruler of the Sun during this Full Moon is amplified when he
consider the condition of Taurus' ruler. Venus is sitting right in
the middle of Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn. She is under pressure
thus increasing the amount of discomfort/dissatisfaction that Uranus
in Taurus is so graciously delivering.
Uranus in Taurus IS the
energy that birthed the phrase “necessity is the mother of
invention.” I'm certain of it. His frustratingly slow and tedious
wrecking ball energy careening through our previous gardens of
stability stripping us of things we thought were important inspires
us toward awareness of what is truly important. What is truly stable.
What is truly valuable. What is worth it and what is not. As we are
forced to accommodate this wreckage, we also increase our expertise
in regard to our ability to endure, to keep plodding forward and
create our own opportunites out of what may be initially perceived as
devastation. No wonder he gets along so well with Jupiter in
Capricorn.
It's the South Node that is
in Capricorn at this Moon, though. That point may be the one that is
getting the most attention by transit and by way of eclipse. But, in
theory, it is the North Node that we are being called to reach for.
The North Node in Cancer says, “as for me and my house, we shall
follow the Moon.” And this Full Moon is Gemini sitting upon a
degree that holds a variety of options. To follow that notion, we are
encouraged to assess them all knowing that it's most likely going to
be something new we choose to put on our plates instead of last
Wednesday's leftover meatloaf. After we evalute what's being offered
on the cafeteria menu, we could be overwhelmed with the plethora of
options not sure which one is just the most perfect. We could think
about it and talk about it with our friends. A Gemini Moon would
certainly encourage that. We may begin to decide thorugh process of
elimination ie: the fried mozzarrella sticks are a possiblity but the
brussel sprouts are a no go.
Perceiving of the options
and subsequently letting loose the ones that don't appeal to us is
surely representative of a positive energetic expression of this
Moon. Full Moon's are a time of release. A time of culmination. The
beginning of the end of a Moon cycle which calls us to clearing out
space for the “next new.” So all this fits here. But, remember,
the best choice may not be the most logical one. Rather the one that
FEELS more right than the others even if you really cannot explain
why. It will not be the self-punitive one either. Punishment and
strict regulation is not Cancerian territory. She feeds. She
nurtures. She supports. She accepts and strives to help you feel
better. And, so will the right choice for you in the face of any kind
of loss, devastation, getting set humbly down on your butt or
perceived failure.
Now that I've set a
perfectly morose underscore for this Moon, let me continue by saying
the Moon in Gemini is a light energy. It's a wisp of fresh air into
an atmosphere that is largely lacking the element. It presents an
opportunity for elimination of options in decision making but it also
presents and opportunity to nurture ourselves with supportive
friendships and lighter interactions. It supports us is pursuing our
curiousity while the Sun in Saggittarius stokes our desire for growth
and expansive horizons. Moreover, answering the North Node in Cancer,
it is an embracing and supportive energy that bouys us gently upon
it's tickly champagne bubbles. It is supportive of conversations and
questions. Learning and leaning into connections that encourage the
same. Moon in Gemini is the friend you turn to when you just need to
talk.
Yet our Moon in Gemini
doesn't understand Venus' or Mars' current positions in Capricorn and
Scorpio respectively. It really doesn't see eye to eye with either of
these energies. That represents a potential feeling of being “out
of touch” with what to do or even what is important. It's an light
emotional affect that could be avoiding or denying deeper and more
personally confusing issues while answering to a ruler, Mercury in
Sagittarius, that runs the risk of falling into a thinking trap
labeled by “I already know it all.” That disconnect between the
emotional, desire and personal priority along with the polar
separation of intuitive/emotional and the mind are temporary
energies. They sustain only for the duration of the Moon in Gemini
and then connects again with them directly under the following Moon
in Cancer. So, to avoid the potential pitfalls of all that use this
Moon to talk it out, gather information, elminate the options you
know you don't want but save the final decision for when we are more
well grounded and in better connection with all the parts of
ourselves.
Tarot renders the Collective
Guide for this Full Moon as the 4 of Wands. Fours always come with
the word “stabilization” for me in relationship to the suit
presented. Swords, we are stabilizing the mind. Resting our thoughts.
Sleeping on our decisions and sheltering our thoughts/opinions. With
Cups, we are stabilizing our emotions by relaxing and allowing
ourselves to day dream while we grounded sitting right on the Earth.
For Coins, we are stabilizing resource. Protecting our self-worth.
Along those lines the 4 of Wands represents stabilization of creative
and physical energies. It always reminds me of something likened to
an energetic forcefield. Inside which we are protected and perhaps
even celebrating in spite of what may be going on outside of it.
When I draw the card for
myself as advice, I generally take it as a nudge to reinforce
energetic protection measures. I may shelter myself so that I can
focus on a creative project thus disallowing outside elements to
usurp energy that could be used more effectively or in line with how
I would like to use it. It's good practice to actually keep creative
projects under wrap and protection from the harsh external world for
now. Instead, we build a fortress around our muse and spend our time
dancing with her protected from the judgmental eyes “out there”
for now. Because for now, she is only ours to enjoy. We may create
from this place of stabilization something that might, indeed, grow
into something that we want to share with the world. But, for now,
it's for our enjoyment only and we are providing safe shelter for it
reside.
The Four of Wands can be a
place we retreat to when we need break from the cold harsh edges of
the world at large. It is our sanctuary where we replenish our
reserves of physical energy. It is our personal “church” where we
seek to commune with the divine. It is, in many respects, a
collective nudge toward building boundary in effort to protect our
sparks of “joy” when find them. It is also energy that urges us
to shelter in place. Inside the walls could look like a hurricane
party or perhaps it's more quiet with a clutch of candleslit and
placed upon newly decorated altars allowing us to safely seek the
face of the Divine.
With Mercury now in the sign
of Sagittarius we could notice an uptick in tempo as we move forward
through the remainder of this Moon cycle. Plus, the next two weeks
shuttles directly into the ecliptic which is a time known to contain
massive amounts of erratic energy. There is no better opportunity to
prepare for that by taking a few moments of sanctuary while creating
protective measures around our own warming house fires than now.
Speaking of the home's
hearth, in closing, I'd like to speak of our Goddesses. We find Vesta
still in Taurus peddling backward in retrograde status. She is in
trine to Ceres in Capricorn. Her devotion to Mother Earth, our
personal values of species being supported by her bounty. She holds
vigils at the temple of common sense. Ceres in Capricorn may be in
the season of wither. She could create harsh restrictions around food
or call us to accountability as a human family to ensure that each
member is provided with the sustenance they need to be successful.
Juno resides in Libra. Our
commitments are best aligned with the concepts of truth, justice and
equality for all. We are drawn to work upon the health of our
existing relationships and to marry ourselves to the fact that no
person is an island. She is nicely sextile to Pallas in Sagittarius.
We can work together to come up with a strategy for the future.
Together, they aspect this Full Moon nicely. That is certainly
encouraging for encircling ourselves with supportive friends. Folks
that will encourage our dreams and support our ideas. We can (and are
encouraged to) encircle ourselves with people we want to cherish and
bring with us regardless of the future we create or the circumstances
we must endure on the way there. Those who are not? Those malefic
hauntings from the past? Those who would oppress us or use their
power malefically to abuse or take advantage of us...make us doubt
ourselves or shut us down for merely asking questions or daring to
speak about how we feel...they aren't invited into our sanctuary. So,
not only are we likely narrowing down our options by way of process
of elimination, we are also whiddling away our friends list. No more
frenemies. No more fair feather chatty gossip birds. No more nay
sayers and two-faced fiends. Those are the types we are cutting loose
at this Full Moon. We are free to dismiss ourselves from the “head
games” that people play. In that, we may see in retrospect how
we've wasted time, energy and resource in all the wrong for us places
in our past. We can narrow our focus to embrace lighter and more
supportive relations gleaning our lessons as we go. With that, we may need to par down our guest list to only those we can easily connect with and talk to while...maybe even disinviting some of the folks. Especially those known for their disloyalty, non-support and fickle grasp on their relationship with us.
We are also being called to
let go of things we may have thought we already knew. Along with
releasing our attachment to always doing the same thing in the same
way because it's the way it's always been done. This is a time for
ingenuity and embracing the brand new. A time for remembering there
are many paths, many voices, many truths and many souls here with us
on this journey called life. Yet even with all the differences
between us; we are more alike than we are unalike.
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