Be still as the moon
As it hangs in the sky
As silent, as luminous
As this beautiful satellite
🌚🌝 The M O O N 🌑🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑
It’s funny because when I look at the pages in the Astrology for Yourself workbook, the information written on the Moon takes up the entire page, whereas the Sun page is only half-writ. Not to say the Sun isn’t important because obviously it is the (heart)center of our solar system, but the Moon is likewise very powerful and correlates to a rich inner landscape of EMOTIONS 🌊
The Moon is our emotional container or vessel. I like to think of it as the ways in which we feel safe in the world. The ways in which we navigate or feel our emotions and what we need in order to feel safe, full or contented. It is the planetary ruler of Cancer, a water sign known to be the nurturer or Mother of the zodiac. It is in this way, the Moon pertains to our feelings and daily habits or routines. While the Sun informs what we want in life, the Moon communicates what we absolutely need. Wants v. Needs.
“The moon’s function...is to offer a receptive container in which to give form to the Sun’s energy.”
In Greek mythology, the moon has been personified as the Goddess Aphrodite, and “in her triple form she displayed herself as Artemis the new moon, Selene the full moon, and Hecate the dark moon. These symbolized the maiden, mother, and crone phases of a woman’s life span.” We know that the moon corresponds to menstrual cycles and it is the reason for the ocean tides. The power of the moon is undeniable. Interestingly, the moon formed at around the same time as Earth when a piece of rock near to the size of Mars came crashing into our planet- the debris from that collision slowly formed the moon, kept in orbit by Earth’s dominant gravitational pull. The Earth and the moon are in a symbiotic relationship, and it is my belief that the Moon really does reflect (and can influence) our emotions, just as it reflects the light (and mission) of the sun.
We can look at the moon ( our emotions)
But we can’t look directly into the sun.
Maybe this means- it is hard for us to accept our own brilliance. Part of the human condition…
(Solar Eclipse 2021 from Michigan USA)
🌕Natal (Full) moon opposing Pluto🌝
Talk about putting one’s emotions on display!!
I have found this placement/aspect to be just as challenging as Venus in Scorpio, perhaps more so. It brings a lot of conflicting and intense emotions. 🎭 Many of us are in the throes of pandemic blues, and yet so many of us were in some kind of depressive trance under the constant grind of Capitalism long before the “new” now.
⚡️💧Emotions are not something to be controlled but to be worked with, as are challenging aspects in the natal chart.
I still sometimes let intense emotions, fears, paranoia (Pluto) overwhelm me, but I am finally learning how to approach my so-called shadows with a certain compassion, understanding and ultimate gentleness. It’s like the inner beast who needs to be comforted, held- a vision I described while in session with Jane Ridder Patrick for medical astrology discussing epilepsy. She offered the insight that epilepsy stems from an overwhelm of emotions in the body. I am sure that the intense post partum period caused enough stress and depletion to activate full blown grand mal seizures. It was my mind and body’s way of shutting down. Pluto is our point of regeneration- where we go far out and far within to see what must die and be fed to ashes before something new can rise up. After so many challenges, I am aiming to reach to the sky, instead of constantly isolating myself out of fear that others won’t be able to “handle” my intensity- being a full moon bb, others often drain me, so that’s a thing.
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🌌 Universe, sacred cosmic creator: sacred, never scared.
Speaks to me- says “do not focus so much on what you don’t want: you live in your fears this way.”
The way to conquering fear and worry is to focus on what we DO want. Make our dearest visions so crystal clear that even when we encounter stressors, our faith in the benefic powers of the above AND within, let us know that they are, in fact, working in our favor.
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