Today is Wednesday, July 13, 2011. The Moon enters Capricorn at 10:14 am EDT, where it will be full overnight Thursday to Friday. A set of minor planets will square that Full Moon to the degree. And at the heart of that set of aspects is a slow-moving, long-standing square between Varuna and Eris. Planet Waves covered this square back in April when the quarter Moon brought it to light.
Now the Full Moon is shining an even stronger spotlight on this arrangement, which has been working the whole time in the background. One way to figure out what the Varuna-Eris square means is to look around to see what in our world, and our lives, has increased in luminosity — whether you choose to define that as glare or glow.
In one realm, the US debt ceiling issue and the unfolding Murdoch/NoTW scandal are clearly the things blasting into focus right now; only you can say for sure what is being brought to light in your personal life. But we can all be sure of one thing: it’s getting our attention for a reason. Chances are both realms, looked at from the right perspective, have something to do with a fracturing and wholeness; with presenting a unified face; or to borrow from yesterday’s post at Len’s suggestion: casting off layers for some skinny-dipping by the soul/self.
In the meantime, as we feel our way into this unfolding landscape, the Moon in Capricorn is far from her home sign of Cancer. In Capricorn, she is in the sign of the beginning of winter, a time when traditionally you have to be careful to structure and ration your food supply in order to make it to spring. So the Moon in Capricorn can make us feel a little fussy or even somewhat neurotic around issues of safety and nurturing and perhaps trigger themes related to your past, your heritage, your habit patterns, and your comfort zones. Conversely, if these are not a problem for you now, this Capricorn Moon could lend some serious, stable and self-starting energy to kick off a long-term project or the next phase of one. Either way, this will involve some choices.
The choices are outlined by the major aspect of today which is a square between Venus in Cancer and Saturn in Libra. Cancer is the Moon’s rulership, domicile or home sign and Saturn is the ruler of Capricorn, where we find the Moon now. So this square is reinforcing the archetypal themes of preparation for scarcity vs feeling safe and nurtured enough to seek growth, but through another self-starting cardinal sign, Libra. This means that the choices you need to make are likely coming at you through your relationships, particularly a one-on-one relationship where the power balance is relatively equal.
Relative is the keyword here, because with all this self-starting energy abounding it is possible that the partner who feels more powerful at the moment will want to make ‘command decisions’ and kind of blindly or automatically assume or expect the other to follow. If this scenario unfolds it will definitely be a moment of choice. Being reactive or demanding is not going to help. The good news is that the Capricorn Moon ruled by Saturn (or Kronos, aka “father time”) reminds us that we do indeed have plenty of time. Take the time to slow down and have a discussion. That starts by simply stating your need to have one. In fact stating the need for discussion in the first place is a great way to avoid the above scenario.
The things that need to be decided via this discussion/negotiation will be variations on three themes: who is in charge right now, are we advancing or fortifying our position, and how do we balance these polarities by introducing win/win choices to foster a consensus which allows, acknowledges and mitigates any seemingly ‘minor’ or ‘minority’ concerns. As you enter any authentic discussion, come forward as your true, unified, unmasked self. It will both put you on solid ground and keep the light shining on what truly needs to be healed.
By Gary Caton and Amanda Painter, with Eric and Len
I feel very lucky and honoured to be part of such a unique and kewl collaboration, and that fact that it helps get people talking, sharing and living is really awesome icing on the cake. thanks everybody and namaste
gc
Dear Clare
Thank you SO much for sharing your inspiring story. You never know who you might touch and today that was me. Am a copywriter (on my own) who just lost my client that pays the bills due to budget cuts. Have worked so hard on my fear vs. faith issues for a very long time and have come a long way. But here I am again with dwindling resources and yet for the most part I am now able to stand strong and shun the fear. Your story helped me keep on the faith path today in the knowing that something even better will come along. May you continue to be blessed.
Len,
I used alabe.com to get a chart for Mumbai, India with local time of 6:54 PM
be,
Thank you. Your chart analysis has once again contributed to my continuing education. Your reasoning appears to be very sound, lining up with the lunar eclipse aspects and good catch on the yod. Not sure what latitude-longitude you used so can’t comment on the house arrangement, MC, etc.
Liz, Linda, Len….
Heartfelt – and tearful – thanks for your generous words following my disjointed contribution this morning.
And double gratitude once more to you Len – plus Amanda, Gary and, as always, brother Eric – for what inspired Liz and me to write in the first place.
You’ll never know how much I owe to you all at Planet Waves.
Love,
Clare
17 dead so far in a 3-bomb blast in Mumbai, India. Although reports vary, the first blast was reported to have gone off at 6:54 local time, putting the Moon in the last 30 minutes of Sagittarius, 15 degrees of Capricorn rising and 27 Libra on the midheaven, with the Moon, Pluto and the north node all in the 12th house. So far nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack, so it is being called a “coordinated attack by terrorists” by government spokesmen.
So was it Saturn square Venus (ruling 1st & 10th)? Varuna square Eris, with the Sun 2 degrees from Varuna? Perhaps the Moon’s square to Ceres only minutes away, or even the sextile of Mars and Mercury forming a yod to the Cap ascendant (opposite the midpoint of Venus and Sun) could give us a clue as to who is responsible.
My feeling is the answer will be found in the lunar eclipse one month ago. There was the Sagittarian Moon in shadow and she opposed Mercury in Gemini as well as the Sun and the south node. At that time Ceres was still in Pisces and squared Mercury while she sextiled Mars. Ceres at 26 Pisces sextile Mars at 26 Taurus would put today’s disaster chart’s midheaven (26-27 Libra) in the obligatory point position of a yod. That midheaven is ruled by Venus who was being squared by Saturn.
My instinct tells me that the responsible group feels alienated from the “whole” (the timing of the attacks were at the busiest time in the busiest areas of working people and shoppers) for whatever reason. They probably feel that rights have been stolen from them, probably by the government and/or elite. It remains to be seen but would love to hear your thoughts.
be
Ah! another role call:
Huffy: hear ye!: “What a treat, to have you fantastic people all together at the same time!” second the motion!
Clare: what Len said! So many of us have been forced in some way or other to “feel insecure” and yet we are coming out the other side – not with the old ways intact, but with faith in new ways – I am beyond excited to see where this opportunity for vast change; new choices, leads us.
Len: xo (dare I repeat myself day after day! lol! and more XO)
Amanda, Gary, of course Eric — “to infinity and beyond”! (well, a non-sequitur to be sure, but somewhere in my yesterday I gave appreciation for the ideal of embracing the joy of being “just” a child’s plaything, that is, how we make peace and compromise is all relativity and perspective is it not? I love seeing the world with new eyes, new perspective each day.
“As you enter any authentic discussion, come forward as your true, unified, unmasked self. It will both put you on solid ground and keep the light shining on what truly needs to be healed.”
With Gratitude,
Linda
Sometimes it takes a village to write a blog. Today’s expository is a pithy complex of volatile subject matter. My thanks to Amanda, Eric and Gary for accepting and crediting my humble collaborations. Special gratitude to Amanda in particular for stepping up into the role of quarterback, skillfully abstracting and pulling it all together.
Special thanks also to commenter Claire for so eloquently reading my own experience and reflections back to me. Bless-ed may you be.
Dearest Clare,
what an angel you are! I can’t thank you enough for your beautiful words, and for sharing your experiences. I will print your blog out and hold it tight to keep me warm on cold nights. Well done for taking the steps you did. And yes it’s true when they say ‘Fortune favours the brave’ – which is exactly what has happened with you.
“…which would allow me to take authority over my own mission, make my heart sing, be beautiful and serve the world at the same time”. This is beautiful, and where I feel I’m heading. I live in Italy, where it is particularly hard. There are no state benefits, and you are screwed every step of the way. However, I know that there’s another, better way of living ones life – and I’m tired of being scared of hardship. Thank you again my dear, and good luck with your beautiful journey.
Much love
Liz xx
Good morning Planet Waves family…
…and warmest greetings from Abergavenny in Wales, where it’s a beautiful morning.
Huffy – you took the words out of my mouth: how wonderful to read such a beautiful collective piece this morning. Inspiration-power off the scale – such is the exponential effect of intelligent, loving collaboration.
And such a feminine thing to accomplish, too. We really are letting go of all that old patriarchal, over-competitive, dog-eat-dog rubbish, it seems.
Huffy, I really resonated with your heartfelt message and with your decision. Oh, those sleepless nights! II was there too, for more decades than I dare admit to, jailed within a “respectable profession” which sapped me daily in every possible way, yet rewarded me so little (except financially, and even then only just enough…).
So much so, that whenever some particularly evolved individual actually expressed gratutude or appreciation for my efforts, I experienced the energy and self-esteem boost for days.
Having been “let go of ” because of “the cuts” back in the spring, I decided then that this was it: major change of direction for me, and not before time, into some way of earning a living which would allow me to take authority over my own mission, make my heart sing, be beautiful and serve the world at the same time (thanks Eric, for my Cap sun and Libra ascendent LB and mid-year reports!).
I had no clear idea how that would roll out, but have been subsisting on last year’s accrued tax money until it became clear, and using the time to rest, de-stress, practice regular meditation, start blogging (huh? me?); and – most importantly – discover and put into daily practice a technique which has enabled me to process, and let go of, five decades of fear: fear of many things, but mostly fear of my own power.
Having got to within a whisker of the last of my meagre resources having met my July monthly bills, I was just on the brink of signing up for benefits (welfare) and resurrecting my professional CV to launch a jobsearch (horrible term! And not that there are any jobs..), when I forced myself to stop, breathe, remember my decision back in the spring, continue processing the fear and panic and have a little faith.
Did it work? Well, call it coincidence, but I heard just yesterday that an old frozen pension from a 10-year stint back in the ’80s of working within a large financial institution – the one where I did my professional studies and exams – is accessible to me now, because I’m over 55 (can this be true?!). Not only that: the fund has been so well-managed by my old employers that it has grown sufficiently to enable me to take a large (to me!) tax-free lump-sum now, and also pay me just enough per month thereafter to cover my home energy, food and local tax bills.
Well! Saved at the eleventh hour from the benefits vortex and/or being forced to seek another all-consuming “professional” job just to stay “alive”: and by an almost-overlooked staff pension scheme, to which I contributed not one single penny piece (as was usual in those days – such a perk would be rare now!), the value of which I had assumed to be practically negligible by now, in the light of the erosion of these schemes globally.
I tell you this for one reason only: in the hope that it will inspire you to keep your faith and believe in yourself and your decision, even when things start to get tough. Be true to yourself, seek your dharma and the universe will provide what you need.
Congratulations to you and I confidently predict that new energies and new vistas of possibility will open up from this moment. Such courage – you can do it, Huffy!
If my comment about processing your fear raises a ? then I would throroughly recommend the work of Lucia Rene, her book “Unplugging the Patriarchy” and her website unplugfromthepatriarchy.com. The book alone has been a great source of sustenance to me – it reads like a thriller, and is riveting! It also starkly demonstrates the enormous power of collaboration, by the way.
The website contains, inter alia, an archive of wonderful, inspiring, free videos and audios; the latter, especially, providing loads of information plus feedback from listeners with regard to their experience of her own “fear processing” method.
Good luck!
With my love,
Clare xx
What a treat, to have you fantastic people all together at the same time! Thanks for this wonderful blog. So lovely to start the day with! Tossing and turning all night, came to the decision that I have the strength and resources to give up a lousy job – that it’s just toxic to carry on with it – and that with a little courage and patience, I can stagger out into the universe and do better, even if ‘better’ just means not having to work for lousy pay and conditions any more, without having anything solid to put in its place. Very liberating, to make such a choice.
Much love xxxx