28th December: Full Moon in Cancer at 9.21 pm AEDT at 7 degrees 06 Cancer..the divine mother opens her heart to us!
At this full moon we
have the feminine moon in her fullness in Cancer, facing off in
opposition to the masculine energy of the Capricorn sun. The Cancer Full
Moon is larger than life as the Moon is the ruler of Cancer so the energy of
the moon at this time seems enhanced and expanded.
All emotion:
The moon rules the emotions, the unconscious, memories...our inner lives.
When the moon comes to fullness, these often untapped, held in emotions and/or
memories seem to explode out of us with blinding realisations and what can feel
like irrational manifestations. I am not suggesting negativity here, although
as we all know, when 'the shadow' emerges from us, we can feel emotions we'd
rather not feel, emotions buried in past times. We can feel like
'lunatics' as though some kind of wild madness has gripped us.
The Full Moon offers
a natural release from emotions which have held us hostage to some past reality,
recreating past scenarios of pain, suffering, fear and limitation. The
movie 'Groundhog Day' where the main character gets 'stuck' in a time warp of
one day, living it over and over again until he changes his attitudes and
behaviours which give him the key to freedom.
Culmination and
completion: From the Full Moon to the New Moon in Capricorn
12th January!
This is what happens
at the full moon...something culminates, comes to a head, completes. This
'completion' may come from the last New Moon which was in Sagittarius two weeks
ago. Then again, it may relate to the broader energies of Cancer, something
related to 'mother', the childhood, home (present and/or past), emotional security/insecurity,
loving nurturance, 'belonging'/place of belonging. This is not a
negative/positive experience, just a freeing up of energy that has been
withheld, contained, bottled up etc. With Pluto opposing the Full Moon,
we can expect a BIG release of buried energies.
Whatever 'completes',
the full import of what it is will be playing out over the next weeks until the
New Moon in Capricorn on 12th.
The Full Moon can
provide the opportunity to gain incredible insight into knowledge that has
eluded us: what nurtures our 'authority', our strengths!
It opens us up to the
world of emotions, something which is so often avoided in our mentally
polarised world of rational, logical thinking and behaviour. We are
humans and our emotional world is a part of us, the part of us that takes us
into artistic expression of our unique individuality, our unique perspective,
our unique truth. The emotions are a creative powerhouse which give
passion and meaning to our existence.
Cancer Crab protects
itself from harm: The moon in Cancer is home of the divine
mother energy and offers us nurturance and the self-love that comes from
our inner mothering energy if we are preparing to nurture, love and accept
ourselves, 'warts and all'. However, it can also bring up emotions around
our own mother, our mothering and/or our inner child. This is a good time to
take care of the inner child's insecurities, fears and doubts. Cancer
energy can bring up emotional insecurities around feeling safe and protected.
Cancer rules 'home',
whether childhood or now and/or patterns associated with home. Nurture
yourself and 'family' at this time.
Capricorn Sun
opposing the Full Moon energy: Balance the physical needs with the
emotional needs
Capricorn energy is
concerned with physical security and calls us to lay down the foundations and
structures in the material world which will support our physical well
being. This includes all aspects of the physical...money, work, shelter
and physical body. The Sun is highlighting this area of our lives.
The Cancerian
opposing energy calls the Capricorn Sun to balance by helping us to consider
emotional well being. One without the other becomes an unbalanced
life. We can a roof over our head, but we need to feel good about where
we live, to feel peaceful and content.
Taking our authority: However, the
underlying message of Capricorn is tapping into the feeling of respect for
ourselves, the call to step up and take our authority in our particular area of
expertise. This is very much the focus at this Full Moon as the Finger of God
with Saturn/Pluto and Jupiter uplifting us to a higher vision.
Pluto adding weight to the Sun and opposing the Full Moon: Death to the energies of 'the old order', the old
paradigm!
Pluto will be almost
on the same degree as the Sun in Capricorn, facing off to the Full Moon in
Cancer. Pluto, Lord of the Underworld, rules death and transformation and
digs deeply to purify energies which need purification.
Pluto will call us
into drawing out of the darkness those deeply buried issues around our physical
security, bringing up issues around emotional security. Be prepared to go to
the depths to find the gremlins and release them from their underground cavern.
Finger of God' is
strongly activated at the Full Moon...uplift to the divine truth and wisdom of
Jupiter in Gemini!
Saturn and Pluto are
at the base of this formation in a positive interaction supporting our changes
for restructuring and transformation. Pluto's got support from the Capricorn
Sun lending weight and authority to his transformational force. We
will purge and some parts of us will perish!
Jupiter's calling us
to lift our minds into the highest expression of ourselves we can be.
Elevation of thoughts to the expression of our truth and wisdom is calling
us. If you feel the urge to express your heartfelt truth, don't hold
back.
Grand Water Trine at the Full Moon: We're being called to
come home to ourselves emotionally! Feel and release!
Full Moon in Cancer:
comfort and nurturing releases the emotional insecurities, feel safe with
yourself
Neptune/Chiron
together in Pisces: Deep emotional healing of the collective
unconscious wounds frees us up
Saturn in Scorpio:
Karmic release and transformation of old structures and energies
All the water signs
are in play and supporting each other to help us feel the flow of life, the
flow of our emotional selves, calling ourselves home to the depth of our
emotions. There's nothing we need to do except remain loving and kind to
ourselves, family and others. It's all flowing for us.
If you haven't seen
'The Secret of Roan Innish', this is a good time to do so. It's all about
the mythology of the seal and coming 'home' to your soul. It's time to 'come
home' to yourself, your soul, your place in the world.
The book 'Women who
Run with the Wolves' tells the same story in the chapter 'Sealskin, Soulskin'
about coming home to ourselves, to our soul.
It's for us
all...women and men.
There is one story
above all others in the gorgeous, multi-layered book Women Who Run With the
Wolves which sings to my heart. Sealskin, Soulskin is the story of a selkie
who lives on land in her human form for almost 8 years due to the theft of her
sealskin. Her skin is ultimately restored to her, and she returns to her seal
form and takes once again to the waves.
The story itself is
incredibly beautiful and it haunts me in ways like no other. However, it's not
just the story which I return to; it's also Dr Estes' interpretation.
She reminds us that
this is a story of what happens when we become separated from our soulskin, our
true home. She empathises with us over the depletion of our resources, our
difficulty in stating our own need to return to self. She calls us to turn
homewards.
Physical healing and
emotional healing at this Full Moon:
Digestion: Be aware of the
digestive system at this time as it holds so much emotional energy. With
Pluto opposite the Full Moon, a purge is quite likely. Cancer energy is often
impacted in the digestive system.
Of course Saturn in
Scorpio, long term, means bones, teeth, knees and joints, spleen are areas
ruled by Saturn and now have the potential 'snake healing' energy of
Scorpio. Pluto(ruler of Scorpio) in Capricorn (ruled by Saturn) reaffirms
the focus on the body and its purification.
At this time we have
so many planets and astrological signs being tied in with the Full Moon energy
and the Finger of God, that any 'portal' of release from the body/bodies
depends on your own personal astrological energy. This is always the
case, but it seems particularly relevant at this time.
Insecure and hidden
gremlins will be released!: This is one thing we can count on with
the Cancer/Capricorn opposition at the Full Moon. Anything hiding 'under
a rock' with Pluto will be uncovered and released by the light of the Capricorn
Sun and the Cancerian Full Moon.
Sabian Symbols for
the Full Moon in Cancer: from Linda Hill at the following
website:
Linda has a more
detailed study of the Sabian Symbols at this Full Moon covering Sabian
Symbols all the planets at this time. Below is just the first few lines.
The Moon:
Cancer 8: A Group Of Rabbits Dressed In Clothes.
A Group of Rabbits
Dressed in Clothes can picture people who may be trying to be more, or act like
they are more, or different, than they really are. The fact that they are 'On
Dignified Parade' means that they are working to put on a good show and to
stand up for themselves. Our outer garments and demeanor act to both show and
disguise who we truly are and what we are really feel about ourselves. It's
difficult to completely disguise the attempt, but the effort of trying to advance
themselves may be appreciated and rewarded with people taking them more
seriously. The 'Rabbits' are still 'Rabbits' after all.
The
Sun: Capricorn 7: Birds In The House Singing Happily.
This degree implies
the ability, or the need, to spread joy, happiness and laughter to those around
you. It also shows that music can lighten people's spirits. Further, thinking
positive thoughts and being loving and accepting of others are the hallmarks of
this degree. Listening to the songs of birds can be rather magical and can bring
spiritual messages to you.
28th December 2012 Full Moon in Cancer
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