The
Cosmic Story: Sagittarius New Moon 2017
Winter
Solstice: Saturn into Capricorn
Time
to Birth a New World
Milky Way Galaxy
This
very powerful Sagittarius New Moon occurs days before Saturn’s
ingress into Capricorn and the Winter Solstice. The New Moon
conjuncts the Galactic Center – the black hole at the center of the
Milky Way Galaxy – close to where Mercury turned retrograde on
December 2-3rd, to go back to retrieve any last messages from the
Sagittarian Sun on December 12th (the Feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe) and to be integrated once Mercury stops to move forward on
December 22. Saturn leaves Sagittarius after 2 ½ year and moves
into his own sign of Capricorn on December 19, beginning our journey
toward the big conjunction between Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in 2020.
And of course, Winter Solstice arrives in the northern hemisphere on
December 21st when the Sun ‘stands still’ for 3 days
before starting to move back North. For those of you in the southern
hemisphere, Happy Summer Solstice!
Saturn
into Capricorn
Where
to begin? Let’s start with Saturn, since his energy signature is
all over these three events. Saturn has gotten a bad rap from
ancient astrologers who saw him as a hard taskmaster and even as a
malevolent force in life. Saturn represented limits, fear,
depression and melancholy. But those are the dysfunctional
expressions of Saturn. So don’t go into fear when thinking of him,
since that’s the most negative manifestation of Saturn. In
reality, Saturn is the energy of our material reality, the reality
that there are limits in life, that we have to take responsibility
for our life and that often takes discipline and perseverance. He is
the trickster of delays and denials. He is teacher, tester, mentor
of life. Saturn is our teacher of self-discipline and self-respect.
Saturn
was originally the ruler of the Golden Age, a time of peace and
prosperity. He rules time – so in Capricorn, slow down
– and initiates us into our fate. He often evokes
fear and anxiety and tests you with them. He represents authority.
so we have to ask, ‘Who is the author of my life?’ When this
planet passes through a sign, we know we will be tested on our
maturity and our willingness to accept the limitations of life and do
something with them. In alchemy, Saturn is the lead that the
alchemical process turns into gold. Our work is to turn our
unconscious acceptance of our collective reality into a conscious
spiritual self-awareness and responsibility.
Saturn
has been in the sign of Sagittarius since late December 2014, forcing
us to look at our beliefs – both religious beliefs and our personal
beliefs about life and what is possible. We’ve been struggling
with ideological divisions – my truth, not yours. We’ve seen the
death of moral authority in government and religion. During those 2
½ years, we’ve had to deal with the question, ‘What is true and
what is false?’ Fake news
has been a sticking point since the Neptune in Pisces square to
Saturn in Sagittarius in
2016, asking us to discern
between what is real and what is illusion. I find it heartening that
Judge Roy Moore was just defeated in the Senate race in Alabama,
perhaps Saturn’s last gift to the U.S. before he heads into his own
sign of Capricorn.
As
the 3rd
fire sign, Sagittarius asks us to be the flame and the fire, to
invoke the power of light in our lives and in the world.
So
the question is: Have we finish our Sagittarian work of knowing
in our bones what we believe?
Sagittarius is the sign of cosmic law – the laws of the universe
which our patriarchal society has tried to ignore or overrule to our
detriment and the Earth’s degradation. Our culture is out of
balance with those laws and so we are at a turning point. We have to
become our own moral authority. As Saturn leaves Sagittarius, are we
ready to act?
The
whole Earth is suffering from our unconscious and compulsive
conspicuous consumption, which has become the whole focus of life
under capitalism. Our corporation culture has turned us into
consumers so we won’t engage in the active responsibility of being
citizens. It’s time to take responsibility for our world as Saturn
enters his own sign of Capricorn, which is concerned with our social
structures and communal life, as well as government and our financial
systems.
Thank
you to Daniel Giamario for enlightening me about how some ancient
cultures saw Capricorn as a Council of Grandmothers, who shared their
wisdom for the common good. This is the wisdom of the Earth and also
the body. How do we bring in our spirit’s purpose into the world.
Through our bodies! It’s called Incarnation.
This aligns with Capricorn’s connection to our dharma – our soul
work and responsibility to our society to bring it peace and
prosperity.
The
last time Saturn was in Capricorn was in 1988 – just a year after
the Harmonic Convergence in August 1987. Remember that? That was
the beginning of a world-wide spiritual revolution that is about to
manifest in our society in a big way if we’ve done our inner work.
That was a big year in my life. What was going on in yours? Perhaps
you’ll get a chance to finish up some old business in a more mature
way now. What have you learned in the past 30 years (assuming you’ve
lived that long!)?
You’ll
be hearing much more about the big happenings in 2020 as we get
closer, but let me begin by saying that we cannot predict how this
big energy will play out. But we can look at the different energies
involved. With Saturn in Capricorn, now is the time to step into
your maturity and wisdom and manifest your vision. It’s time to
show up. Do it with integrity, please. Whatever you know is enough
now. What can you do with the tools you have gathered? We are all
called to heal the Earth and our society. If we’ve healed
ourselves, now it’s time to heal others. Look at the house(s)
where Capricorn lies in your chart. And if you have planets in early
Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn – you’re the ones who will be
challenged the most. Lucky you!
Pluto
has been bringing down those institutions which are no longer viable
– we are seeing their last gasps in the Trump administration as it
tries to turn the clock back to unfettered greed and domination by
‘old white guys’. But it isn’t working. And they’re going
down – maybe, hopefully in 2020. Jupiter will accelerate and
enlarge whatever Saturn and Pluto bring up.
If Saturn is
the energy of structure and
limits, and Pluto is that of
death and rebirth, and
Jupiter is the energy of
faith, curiosity and
expansion, we could be
looking at the re-birth of our republic and a renewal and
re-structuring of social institutions that will support our
collective well-being, not just the well-being of those 1%ers. But
in the end, it’s up to each of us to make that happen. We need to
do it for ourselves and each other, for Mother Earth and most
importantly, for our children to the 7th
generation. We are the Ancestors of the Future and what we seed now
will determine what that future looks like.
Winter
Solstice
Saturn
is also associated with the Winter Solstice, not only because it will
conjunct the Solstice Sun as it enters Capricorn, but because back in
ancient Rome, the time of the Winter Solstice was called ‘Saturnalia’
a 12 day period of death and chaos, when the rules of society were
turned upside down – when slaves were equal to their masters, when
a fool, the Lord of Misrule, could sit on a throne. (Sounds like this
whole year, doesn’t it?)
Many
cultures had days or weeks that were ‘out of time’ due
to the working of their calendars, and these were viewed as times of
chaos, a time out of regular time so the world could be renewed.
During this time of chaos, the old king was
sacrificed to make way for the birth of the New Light, dies
natalis solis invicti – the birthday of the unconquerable sun. And
of course, we have the birth of Baby Jesus on December 25th
and the 12 Days of Christmas, which are supposed to foretell the
future year.
(I’ve
been doing the 12 Days of Christmas dreaming for over 30 years. If
you’re a dreamer, starting December 25th
into the 26th, record your dreams each day
and they will stand as a prophesy for the 12 astrological months.)
Saturnalia,
like our Christmas and most other Solstice celebrations, was a time
to evoke abundance, joy, generosity, hope, fertility and life, so
these ancient ancestors of ours celebrated much as we do, with music
and dance, food and laughter, community and worship, fun and games,
evergreens (for eternal life) and light. We need to bring these
elements back into our Solstice celebrations as well as our own
family traditions. Let’s bring back singing and storytelling,
dancing and games to our Christmas/Hanukkah celebrations as well.
Gifts are wonderful expressions of love and appreciation, but when
most of us live in such abundance, do we really need to keep shopping
– which is the need of our economy but is it our need?
Don’t we need community and
laughter and hope just as much as another tech toy?
Make
it a ritual – create a great holiday happening
that goes against the stereotypes of our modern holiday season.
Create, create, create, moments of laughter and joy and shake off the
old year so a new possibility can start to take shape. And then go
out and keep up the good work of stopping the outrageous measures our
government is fostering on us.
The
Sagittarius New Moon, December 17-18, 2017
The
Sagittarius New Moon occurs on Sunday, December 17th
at 10:30pm PST and on Monday, December 18 at 1:30am EST/ 6:30am GMT.
This
is the first New Moon to trine the degrees of the total solar eclipse
New Moon in Leo. So we are also bringing that energy into the mix.
Remember the Sabian symbol for the eclipse: A mermaid
emerges from the ocean waves ready to take on human form.
She is the longing of our collective heart – the longing to create
a better world. And she is going to take on that human form through
those women and men who see a better, possible future.
There
are 5 planets in Sagittarius at this New Moon, so the cosmos wants us
to pay attention. Sagittarius is the sign honoring truth, vision,
belief and optimism that can light a fire within each of us.
Occurring during the darkest time of year in the northern hemisphere
brings the image of Light into clear focus. In the
dark, we seek the light.
Our purpose (Sun), our emotional body (Moon), our mind (MercuryRx),
our body’s wisdom (Venus), and our authority (Saturn) want to be
clothed in that light. But Sagittarius is also playful and fun. So
don’t forget that the Divine Feminine manifests through the
imagination, through play and fun.
This
New Moon is seeded in the Galactic Center, so let the eternal truths
of the cosmos take root in your hearts so they blossom in these next,
oh so important years for humanity. Let go of old perceptions and
open to extraordinary possibilities that might whisper in your hearts
during meditations and journeys. Trust that the Universe knows what
It’s doing when it chooses YOU to channel its creativity and
vision.
Mercury
is retrograding back over the Galactic Center degree, so it will go
over this degree three times – and you know that the Goddess always
works in 3s. So just let the information come in – you won’t
know it all until after the New Year.
Saturn
at 30* Sagittarius is also conjunct this New Moon, offering us the
grounding we need to internalize these higher frequencies. Take
authority for what wisdom you receive and find ways to make it a
living source of life for you and the world. Saturn will make you
grapple with your vision so it will come to birth in the best
possible way.
So
slow down. It’s not going to happen all at once. It’s going to
take time (Saturn)
to manifest.
There’s
a grand fire trine in this New Moon chart between Eris, Uranus and
Pallas in Aries, the North Node and Ceres in Leo and this New Moon
with Venus, Sun, Moon and Saturn in Sagittarius that adds
inspiration, creativity, passion and purification to the New Moon
seeding.
We
also have a water trine between Neptune in Pisces and
Jupiter/ Vesta/Mars in Scorpio, which adds deep emotional healing,
imagination and empathy. It’s time to embrace our feelings instead
of suppressing them. Emotions (energy in motion) flow through us to
tell us how we’re reacting to life. When we name those emotions
they become feelings and we can put a value on them – how should I
act on these feelings instead of reacting to life.
The
Sabian symbol for the Sun and Moon at 27* Sagittarius is:
A sculptor at his work.
Here is the image of creation, of projecting a vision into matter.
That’s our goal.
The
Sabian symbol for Saturn at 30* Sagittarius is: The pope
blessing the faithful.
While many of us are turned off by the idea of the pope, Dane Rudhyar
asks, ‘Are you willing to live a transpersonal life as a symbol?’
Here’s the need to take on an archetypal role – whether it’s
The Healer, The Bard, The Leader, The Magician, The Priestess – we
need to find our archetypal pattern and live it out.
The
Sabian symbol for Venus at 22* Sagittarius is: Jehovah
looking down on the Earth from his heavenly throne.
This is an image of divine justice and protection. Venus is
beginning her underworld journey, traveling and disappearing behind
the Sun until February 20 when she rises as an Evening Star of
Wisdom. She is in the process of transformation and
this image implies she will be protected.
The
Sabian symbol for Mercury retrograde at 16* Sagittarius is:
Equatorial explorer drifts down a jungle stream
in a sailboat. This
feels like an image of a grand adventure which will take all our
determination and spirit to accomplish. That’s the kind of passion
we’ll need to complete our task here. A sense of adventure and a
sense of determination,
powered by the winds of clarity, upheld by the waters of the
imagination and enclosed by the fertility of Mother Earth.
Mercury
is retrograde until December 22nd.
It turns to direct motion at 14* Sagittarius. The Sabian symbol is:
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx.
This
is symbolic of the power of our spiritual ancestry. These great
structures symbolize archetypal energies which are still available to
us today.
Jupiter
is the ruler of Sagittarius and it is at 15* Scorpio, the power gate
of Scorpio. The Sabian symbol is: Laughing
children play on five mounds of white sand. This
is about our need to play in our physical bodies, play with the five
senses, to get a firm grounding in the physical world. It’s fun!
If Saturn is our ground of being and Jupiter is our spiritual vision,
we have to become as ‘little children’ again to ground that in.
I
love this time of year. The evening sky is cobalt
blue, the air is cold and crisp, and it’s alright to stay inside
and get cozy. Winter is a time for inner work, inner reflection and
stories! Pay attention to your dreams now – especially during the
12 Days of Christmas from December 25 – January 6.
May
the peace and love of the Goddess, who births the Light, be ever in
your hearts.
Cathy
A
Winter Solstice Prayer
The
dark shadow of space leans over us. . . . .
We are mindful that the darkness of greed, exploitation, and hatred
also lengthens its shadow over our small planet Earth.
As our ancestors feared death and evil and all the dark powers of winter,
we fear that the darkness of war, discrimination, and selfishness
may doom us and our planet to an eternal winter.
We are mindful that the darkness of greed, exploitation, and hatred
also lengthens its shadow over our small planet Earth.
As our ancestors feared death and evil and all the dark powers of winter,
we fear that the darkness of war, discrimination, and selfishness
may doom us and our planet to an eternal winter.
May
we find hope in the lights we have kindled on this sacred night,
hope in one another and in all who form the web-work of peace and justice
that spans the world.
hope in one another and in all who form the web-work of peace and justice
that spans the world.
In
the heart of every person on this Earth
burns the spark of luminous goodness;
in no heart is there total darkness.
May we who have celebrated this winter solstice,
by our lives and service, by our prayers and love,
call forth from one another the light and the love
that is hidden in every heart.
Amen.
burns the spark of luminous goodness;
in no heart is there total darkness.
May we who have celebrated this winter solstice,
by our lives and service, by our prayers and love,
call forth from one another the light and the love
that is hidden in every heart.
Amen.
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