ASTROLOGY ::

THE ART OF AWARENESS

Tag: Libra

Disarmed

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Every Full Moon promises self- awareness  heralding a time of awakening when something which has been gestating in our unconscious ripens ready for birth in consciousness. Today, knowing that our conscious birth is eminent we direct our attention within and standing perched on the edge between  our unconscious motivations and conscious realizations we prepare for action. An Aries Full Moon always accentuates the polarity between self -interest and the interests of others, but this Full Moon in high relief is poignantly reflecting the gross imbalance between the two. When we are under the influence of Aries we are new born, actively in a process of becoming, and not tempered by experience prone to impatiently rush without forethought or awareness of the consequences of our actions. The Aries Full Moon brings to light the necessity for each of us to discover our courage, and dare to look into the face of our inner warrior prepared to wage battle on behalf of what we value in life distilled into what we consider to be our self-interests. Remembering that Aries stimulates our impulse to act without forethought we are well advised to seriously consider what exactly constitutes our self- interest before going to battle. Read the rest of this entry »

The Face of Our Fear

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The waxing phase of every lunar cycle, better known as the first quarter Moon, is visible to us on Earth as two equal half circles one of lightness and the other of darkness. The waxing phase always marks a period of equilibrium before we are urged to take action along with the advancing light of the Moon culminating in the glowing face of the Full Moon. The Libra new Moon has the waxing face of Capricorn challenging us to behave with emotional maturity in our relationships in order to give form to something that we value. Capricorn brings sobriety to our relationships highlighting self-discipline and personal responsibility. On the side of the light Capricorn garners stability leading to lasting commitment and on the  side of the dark it tends toward blind allegiance to a cold authority.  Saturn, ruler of Capricorn, has a propensity for introducing us to our shadow self by showing us the face we fear within reflected in the behavior of others, Sadly we then judge and severely punish the other without awareness that we are also punishing ourself. Our fear of facing our darker self is clearly the roots of racism, sexism, bigotry, and all other forms of social injustice. When we are under the influence of Capricorn we are sensitive to the cold hands of authority limiting, restricting, denying, and when the Moon is under the influence of Capricorn it is worth considering which of our emotions we may be denying expression. The Capricorn waxing Moon is a challenged calling for us to look at the face of our fear in hope that we can see the source of our emotional denial. Read the rest of this entry »

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