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Posts tagged "belief system"

Sun Moves Into Capricorn & Winter Solstice Dec 21

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - December 21, 2015 - Astrology

On December 21, as the Sun moves into Capricorn & the winter solstice arrives, we experience the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the day of least light.

Despite unseasonably warm weather here in the U.S. northeast, it IS winter.

That means December 21 is the longest night with the least light–the darkest darkness lasting the longest—of the whole year!

Accepting The Dying Of The Light

Many pagan rituals have become incorporated into our more modern religions and thus we celebrate the end of this season’s dying of the light with various different religious holidays, including Hanukkah & Christmas.

As the Sun moves into Capricorn & out of Scorpio, which has taught us the energy & power of the process of transformation–& the knowledge that something must die in order for something new to be born–its entrance into the sign of Capricorn asks us now to translate this knowledge into concrete matter.

Capricorn, ruled by the planet Saturn, is earth energy. It’s not only associated with responsibility, success, achievement, work, & business–but also with our conscious ego, or the part of us influenced by our strongest beliefs.

Often our foundation or recipe for success rests upon these beliefs.

Our conscious beliefs–the ones we often stick to or defend adamantly, especially when we smell doubt or fear creeping up from within–are most often comprised of what we’ve been told, taught, or forced to believe since birth.

As the Sun moves into Capricorn and the winter solstice arrives, it asks us to go deep within to rediscover whether or not our current conscious beliefs are ones that will best help us form the foundation upon which we may build our way to true future success.

And it’s this foundation upon which will rest our capability to transform our thoughts into the kind of tangible concrete matter that brings our soul true gratification and happiness…

“Let Us Love Winter, For It’s The Spring Of Genius.” ~ Pietro Aretino

On this shortest day of the year, we move inward in order to recognize our less conscious higher self & most authentic voice. It is this voice that speaks to us of our truest beliefs.

But we cannot hear this voice if we are not silent…

Capricorn, Oh Capricorn!

Capricorn, ah Capricorn, the sign of Scrooge, the sign most connected with the mantra “another day, another dollar.”

As the solstice hits, we are called to go deep about WHAT we’re doing it all for…where Capricorn energy can go astray is when it hardens into a more rigid judgmental thought process about the who, what, why, where, when, & how of our lives…

The solstice is a time when we go inward–and Saturn loves to go inward! Much of the time, as he transits our natal chart, he’s asking us to stop and pay attention to something important.

Capricorn energy can get a bad rep because it’s deemed to be all about deprivation, loneliness, misery, and other dire circumstances when people & things seem to disappear from our lives…and we mourn…

But by understanding that the depth of our mourning is meant for us to be able to appreciate that–even if we have no others in our lives who can feel compassionate toward us–we have it within ourselves to light this fire from within.

Now he’s saying pay attention to the shortest day of the year and go inward fortified by the light emanating from your own heart & soul. In this way you move forward more joyfully into the new year with the wisdom & flexibility to create a foundation more closely aligned with your soul’s true needs & beliefs.

In this way we may begin the process of transforming our true beliefs into concrete success. Thus, when we begin to see the external light grow once again, it represents the growth of our internal light, the light of our soul…

And this light gives birth not only to the miracle of new life in the spring, but also to our movement closer to allowing a new vision of self to take root…

Namaste…

belief system, Capricorn, conscious, dying, inward, light, Saturn, solstice, Sun, winter

Sagittarius New Moon December 11

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - December 12, 2015 - Astrology

The Sagittarius New Moon on December 11 is ruled by the planet Jupiter, known in traditional astrology as the great benefic, or one who brings blessings and good fortune with him where ever he goes.

Jupiter to the Romans, Zeus to the Greeks, is the king of the gods. There is none mightier. He ruled over Mt. Olympus and the other gods and goddesses there–though the god Pluto/Hades had domain over the underworld, & Neptune/Poseidon ruled the seas.

Conscious Growth & Expansion of Faith

The planet Jupiter possesses a connotation around royalty, while Sagittarius energy represents the adventurer, the seeker, the traveler, the philosopher, and one who’s always up for the ride–be it literal travel (as in where’s the party? Let’s go!) or travel of the mind. The latter often manifests through concerns about politics, law, international relations, philosophy, & religion.

The Jupiter/Sag association includes religion not because this energy represents any one particular set of religious beliefs or tenets, but rather because religion has helped explain the world around us from the time of the ancients. In turn, this helped them–and now many of us–to develop philosphies that promote our sense of faith in the world.

In the end, the all-inclusive energy of Jupiter & Sagittarius is synonymous with the concept of expansion. Jupiter brings this expansion to us anywhere he travels…in this regard he has a great connection to faith.

Where Jupiter’s influence appears in your chart shows where you possess the greatest capability to expand your horizons through knowledge gleaned via opening yourself up to outside influences and new ideas.

Depending on where Jupiter is in your natal chart, what he aspects, what house he rules, & where he’s transiting currently in the sky vis-à-vis your natal birth chart, his true mission is to help you–by sending you (through your curiousity & desire to explore) out into the wider world in order to learn more about it & thus expand your consciousness…

Til I Reach My Highest Ground…

Expansion in consciousness may sound like a lofty term, especially to those who think they’ve got it all figured out. But Jupiter asks us to investigate whether what we believe with our mind is really what is true for our soul. This Sagittarius New Moon asks us what is it that we believe & in which we have true faith? And are our beliefs a product of having listened to our soul’s true higher self, our inner voice, or is it based on what other people have told us, taught us, or forced us to believe in the past?

The difference between the two cannot be underestimated.

In other words, does what you believe truly mirror what’s in your soul? Or do you need to get in greater touch with your soul’s true nature & higher purpose through expansion of your thoughts & beliefs via letting in new information that introduces new perspectives?

Part of Jupiter’s mission is also to impart to us the knowledge that we are a member of the greater whole, the collective, as well as an individual within this collective.

When our philosophies of life are taken from indoctrinated teachings, we can develop certain belief systems. However, without discerning whether these beliefs systems are part of our soul’s true nature or simply that of those around us–we can fall into the trap of having our growth in consciousness stifled.

So when Jupiter is not being expansive, he decides on a particular philosophy or ideology in which he believes and then he stops. This lack of growth, or rigidity, or structure around one’s belief system of the kind that does not allow in new information or the expansion of one’s own horizons is anathema to Jupiter’s true purpose in our lives.

This energy, particularly relevant in today’s world (see Saturn In Sagittarius Square Neptune In Pisces /) ​may hinder rather than help us..

Plant Your Seed & Grow Your Soul’s Purpose

This Sagittarius New Moon on Dec 11 calls us to plant the seed of expansion through allowing our level of consciousness to grow by opening up to outside information, and to others’ viewpoints & perspectives.

This widening out of our narrow belief system–or one we deem to represent absolute truth–moves us in a direction consistent with Jupiter/Sagittarius energy: The expansion of knowledge through higher learning which in turn helps us form our philosophies about life.

However, it’s all about not being rigidly married to these philosophies, but rather about allowing ourselves to grow in consciousness through continual learning of new information so that we may get in better touch with our soul’s true needs.

Such expansion in consciousness then feeds the soul’s true purpose in a way that gives it individual meaning. Jupiter energy helps bring about this expansion of knowledge which then becomes incorporated into the psyche as wisdom…

The connection between opening up oneself to new ideas & new philosophies of life–be they religious or otherwise–is a step toward getting in touch with one’s own psyche & higher self.

Then we can bypass the more rigid philosophies, morals, mores, religious codes, etc., of those outside of ourselves and truly begin to feed our own soul internally. And as we do so, we grow in consciousness which, in turn, allows us to become wiser…

Does this mean you can’t place your faith in others? Absolutely not! But when another’s belief system opposes your own–when it hampers or stunts your ability to grow or to hear your own inner voice & higher self–then it does not help you expand your consciousness & grow your own faith in yourself…

When we are able to get in touch with our higher self and hear our own original authentic voice, we can then begin to develop faith in ourselves…

Namaste…

Stevie Wonder’s Oldie But Goodie HIGHER GROUND

People keep on learnin’
Soldiers keep on warrin’
World keep on turnin’
‘Cause it won’t be too long

Powers keep on lyin’
While your people keep on dyin’
World keep on turnin’
‘Cause it won’t be too long

I’m so glad that he let me try it again
‘Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I’m so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna 
keep on tryin’
Till I reach my highest ground

Lovers keep on lovin’
Believers keep on believin’
Sleepers just stop sleepin’
‘Cause it won’t be too long…

 

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