Unconditional Love

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We could experience the waning Aries Moon as an uncomfortable Moon because Aries, the cardinal fire sign, is not particularly interested in waning for anyone, and the Moon, our celestial mother is likely to convert Aries self asserting fire into steamy emotional migraines. When under the influence of Aries we are more interested in striking out on our own and rather impatient having to consider the emotional needs of others. That aspect of our self expressing Aries is not unkind by design but can often appear insensitive. It is after all the warrior aspect in each of us daring to explore the unexplored!. When the Moon is in Aries, which it is for two days every month, we are given the opportunity to explore our emotions with courage and learn emotional independence which can add fortitude to the nurturing qualities of the Moon. The unique offering of this Moon is the mutual exchange between Sun and Moon, each in the sign of the other’s ruler ship ( the Sun is technically exalted in Aries), interweaving courage and independence with sensitivity and nurturing.

The Sun in Cancer is creatively expressing the sensitive, emotional aspects of our individuality, and if we can keep our heart open, along with the encouragement of the waning Aries Moon, we can receive the celestial gift of self nourishment and feed the vulnerable aspects of our individuality, you know, the bits and pieces of our self that we reject, dismember, only to re-discover them in the behavior of others. The theme of dismemberment is dramatically evidenced in the Mayan Myth of the Goddess, Coyolxauhqui. She was slain by her brother Huitzilopochtli, he cut off her limbs, then tossed her head into the sky where it became the moon, so that his mother would be comforted in seeing her daughter in the sky every night. The theme of Moon and Sun (mother and son ), resonate with the waning Aries Moon square the Cancer Sun, and offer us a time when we can become more emotionally detached if we understand that detachment is “the love a mother has for her only child.”* It seems most likely that the child we need to love unconditionally is the divine child in each of us seeking conscious expression. Now is the time for our creative potential to bloom full with life.

One area of difficulty in allowing our creative spirit to bloom could be if we have our natal Moon and Mars in conflict ( conjunction, square, opposition, or quincunx ). If your natal Moon and Mars are in conflict you may be feeling the old shadow of having to fight to have your needs cared for and you may be experiencing real or imagined rejection as a threat to your survival. It is important to understand the roots of these feeling so that you do not inadvertently dismember potential emotional relationships with people whom you perceive as a threat. It may be helpful to keep in mind the image of The Stone Disk of Coyolxauhqui to understand the force that is stimulating your will for self -protection. And if you have either your natal Moon or Sun, or both, in a cardinal sign then you will be especially alert to the need to nourish your creative impulse and you could spend this time sustaining or aborting you efforts. What is important to understand is that we can are creating the opportunities in our life depending on how we perceive what we are experiencing.

* Axiom from Tibetan Buddhism