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Leo New Moon Solar Eclipse

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - August 12, 2018 - Blog post

“How People Treat You Is Their Karma; How You React Is Yours.” ~ Wayne Dyer

Let’s consider what the heavens are trying to tell us at this Leo New Moon solar eclipse at 18-degree 42-minutes, which occurred at 2:58 a.m. PT & 5:58 a.m. ET on August 11.

We astrologers know that no heavenly occurrence happens in a vacuum, and that it’s the faster moving planets that trigger the energies of slower moving ones into action at precisely the right time for each of us.

Such events—be they internal or external–are triggered into action depending on our ast karma. Our reactions to these events help us to move forward and create new, more positive karma through our decision to allow the heavens to assist us to symbiotically co-create our own futures as we move forward in this lifetime.

It’s important to remember there’s nothing we can do to change past karma, whether we trace such karma to this lifetime, past ones, or both. However, we must not let that keep us stuck in any mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual loops that serve only to reinforce self-blame, self-criticism, or self-judgment.

Rather, just as they are finding in the scientific world of neurobiology, we may create new mental grooves that help free us from past ideas, beliefs, assumptions, rationales–or anything else that no longer serves our greatest good moving forward.

When we remain stuck, we usually find outselves with one of two choices:

1) deciding we are the helpless, hapless, victim who blames everyone else for our own misfortune without taking responsibility for our own role in the energetic dynamic of our life; 2) continuing to move forward with externally-imposed beliefs, judgments, and criticisms that come not from our inner higher self (or soul) but rather from people and events that convinced us that such beliefs, etc., are right for us.

This Leo New Moon solar eclipse calls us all to look deep within our hearts (Leo=HEART!) and find the courage to discover what makes us uniquely special–regardless of what we were told, taught, or forced to believe by others or through our circumstances growing up.

It asks us also to look beyond our fixed world and to imagine a future free from such negative internal dialogues–be they conscious or unconscious–and to fill our lives with greater reverence for our own true light. Doing so allows us greater perspective on the fact that’s neither all our fault or the fault of others, but rather that we bear responsibility for hiding ourselves away out of fear of being noticed and thus drawing to ourselves additional victimization OR criticism & judgment…

“The Past Is The Present, Isn’t It? The Future, Too.”
~ Eugene O’Neill

All new and full Moon lunations may act as triggers, though they also set the tone for the remaining approximate 14-day period of the waxing lunar cycle (in the case of a new Moon) or waning lunar cycle (in the case of a full Moon.)

To best understand the energies of this August 11 Leo New Moon solar eclipse, let’s look back before we try to peer ahead…

Here’s what we already know:

The July 12 Cancer New Moon solar eclipse called us to recognize our deepest emotional vulnerabilities, & to plant seeds of self-compassion that allow us to come out of emotional hibernation
The July 27 Aquarius Full Moon lunar eclipse reminded us that we’re part of a greater whole—yes–but one that needs our individual, unique, creative, solar talents to help humankind survive & thrive

We also know that, according to astrologer Bernadette Brady in her bookPredictive Astrology, The Eagle & the Lark, the theme of both these eclipses was “action concerning relationships.” Brady points out that these eclipses may have brought about unfortunate news concerning separations or endings of friendships or relationships…however, due to quick action the final outcome may well be positive.

July 12’s Cancer New Moon solar eclipse asked to plant seeds that will grow into the healthy, strong desire to reveal to the world our emotional vulnerabilities without shame, blame, self-criticism or judgment.

Here are some questions we might ask ourselves since this eclipse:

Where have I been forced to acknowledge my most vulnerable self?
How did I deal with this and can I now be honest with both myself and others about what really hurts me most?’
Can I feel the self-compassion necessary to recognize I am only human and that my capacity to feel hurt is something I share with every human being, regardless of the circumstances that created the hurt?

“Turn Your Face To The Sun And The Shadows
Fall Behind You.” ~ Maori Proverb

The July 27 Aquarius Full Moon lunar eclipse asked us to apply our growing sense of self compassion and ability to withstand hurts, slights, and emotional pain without resorting to negative past karma that drives us underground or back into hiding in our emotionally protective shell.

At a full Moon, the Sun’s light is reflected back to it.This serves as a reminder of both the positive and negative archetypal range of energies inherent in any given zodiacal Sun sign. At the same time, it reminds us that no archetypal energy exists in a vacuum because there’s always an archetypal polar opposite, in this case Aquarius.

The July 27 Aquarius Full Moon lunar eclipse highlighted back to the Leo Sun that we must jettison whatever it is about the Leo archetype that no longer serves our highest and best interest. At the same time, it reminded us that if we let go of any negative Leo traits (arrogance, excessive pride, selfishness, etc.), we may find it easier to integrate our own unique creative specialness into the collective.

Since this eclipse was about relationships as well, we might now ask ourselves these questions:

Where do I still need to let go of friends, groups, associations, whose ideological beliefs I don’t truly share?
How I can both honor AND integrate my own creative unique talents & abilities into my community, tribe, family, groups, etc., without losing a strong sense of myself?
What will it take to allow me to see myself more clearly and objectively, without feeling either too small or too large a part of this world?

In short, the Aquarius Full Moon lunar eclipse reminded the Leo Sun to individuate. Yet how can we individuate without knowing and fully appreciating who we truly are, and by possessing true Cancerian self-compassion for that true soul within us?

Releasing that which keeps us tied to society, the collective, personal groups, tribes, associations, and/or friends who don’t allow us to express our solar gifts–or worse yet, denigrate or ignore such talents—will not serve us as we create more positive future karma…

By the same token, we’re not necessarily to demand being treated like a star, but rather accept our place as a cog in the wheel of a society that needs our talents and gifts to help promote the betterment of humankind.

“It’s During Our Darkest Moments That We Must Focus
To See The Light.” ~Aristotle

The third eclipse in this series, the August 11 Leo New Moon solar eclipse, returns once again to the seed planting theme. Now that we’ve received the message that we must develop true self-compassion to release our fears around being part of any group in a meaningful way, we can work on developing & expressing our unique creative identity.

Bernadette Brady reveals that this eclipse may well result in the collapse of “plans or life-styles,” and that this may result in confusion. However, “the long-term effects are those of rebuilding and transformation,” which can result in long-lasting consequences. “This eclipse family changes a person’s direction through the sudden collapse of an existing structure,” Brady concludes

As the Sun and the Moon come together in the Sun’s dignified sign of Leo, we’re reminded it’s always darkest before the dawn. It takes faith to hang on to the hope that we’ll be able to glimpse that miraculous first sliver of light as the Moon begins to pull ahead of the Sun.

Meanwhile, Uranus in Taurus, newly retrograde as of August 7, squares the transiting Nodes, and is squared by retrograde Mars in Uranus-ruled Aquarius at this eclipse, a strong signal that change is in the air, like it or not…

Uranus remains in retrograde motion until January 6, 2019 & brings to a total 7 planets appearing to move backward through the heavens right now. Together with Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto, & Chiron, Uranus asks us to withdraw inward and do a bit of soul searching.

With so many planets retrograde, we know it’s not a time for action, but rather one to plan, strategize, think, analyze, and generally plot our future instead of simply stumbling forward aimlessly. As noted, Mars’ retrograde through Aquarius–the sign ruled by Uranus—since June 26 placed emphasis on the message not to fly off the handle right now, but rather to take everything as slowly as possible to allow mental revelations to happen.

The symbiosis between these two planets and their movements tells us we’ve been reviewing the ideological basis upon which we formulate both our values and our actions.

Mars moves back into the sign of Capricorn on August 12, where the warrior god should be far less impetuous, anxious, or accident prone, & more capable of planning for future security. However, we must remember that he’s still square Uranus in the sky right now, which may make us yearn for some type of action, and in the absence of our ability to act, cause us irritation and annoyance.

I Forgot I Had A Choice…

The Leo Sun, Moon, & Mercury (now retrograde) waxed into frictional quincunxes with evolutionary Pluto retrograde in Capricorn at this Leo New Moon solar eclipse, confirming that this lunation is indeed a part of our evolutionary process.

To me this energy feels a bit like the Nine of Wands in the tarot, which depictsthat we may feel depleted, exhausted, depressed, discouraged, or weary at this stage of our evolutionary journey. However, if we can muster jut one more ounce of energy, simply make one final push forward, we can meet successfully whatever challenges life has thrown at us thus far.

Though irritated, annoyed, or aggravated, we must remember that the only alternative to evolution is extinction.

Meanwhile, this lunation also squares a Juno/Jupiter opposition, confirming again the theme of a possible break in relationships. Juno=Hera, the wife of Jupiter=Zeus in Roman & Greek mythologies respectively, and they enter the limelight now since both square the transiting Nodes we well…

Jupiter trines Neptune, however, signaling that it’s possible altruism can win the day, especially if we focus our efforts on sharing those gifts of ours with those to whom we are connected by virtue of being human.

Venus in Libra, her own sign, squared Saturn in Capricorn at this lunation & eclipse, highlighting that obligatory issues in our partnerships may factor heavily at this time.

Where do we do what we what we think we must in our relationships vs. doing what we truly desire? The answer to this question is bound to allow us to proceed further along our evolutionary journey by allowing us to express our true desires vis-à-vis relationships, rather than simply follow an arbitrarily decided upon set of “rules.”

When Mercury stations direct August 18, Mars does the same August 27, and Saturn moves forward again on September 6, we should begin to see the momentum pick up in terms of our outward actions and expression…at least until Venus stations retrograde in Scorpio October 5…

The good news? Venus will join only Uranus, Neptune, & Chiron retrograde then, though Juno will join the backward parade October 12 as well, so be sure to stay tuned!

Here’s Katy Perry’s ROAR, which seems an appropriate example of how to move away from hiding one’s light under a bushel, whether that opportunity is granted us
by choiceor by circumstance…

ROAR

Katy Perry

“I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess
So I sat quietly
Agreed politely

I guess that I forgot I had a choice
I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing
So I fell for everything

You held me down, but I got up
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground

You held me down, but I got up
Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter,
dancing through the fire
Cause I am a champion and
You’re gonna hear me ROAR

Louder, louder than a lion
Cause I am a champion and
You’re gonna hear me ROAR
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar

Now I’m floating like a butterfly
Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes
I went from zero, to my own hero

You held me down, but I got up
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground

You held me down, but I got up
Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter,
dancing through the fire
Cause I am a champion and
You’re gonna hear me ROAR

Louder, louder than a lion
Cause I am a champion and
You’re gonna hear me ROAR
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me roar
Roar-or, roar-or, roar-or…”

#solar, Aquarius, Cancer, Capricorn, eclipse, karma, Leo, lunar, Mars, Mercury, new moon, retrograde, Taurus, Uranus

Cancer Full Moon January 1, Happy New Year!

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - January 2, 2018 - Astrology, Blog post

RESOLUTION TO BUILD A FIRM & LOVING FOUNDATION

The message emanating from today’s Cancer Full Moon is one that reminds us to relax and release any rigid thinking keeping us chained to a tough love mentality of the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps and simply succeed, man!” kind…

What’s wrong with that way of thinking, you ask?

Nothing, as long as it’s NOT at the expense of one’s ability to feel and to exhibit compassion—especially self-compassion.

Since Saturn began his journey December 19 through his own sign of Capricorn—where he’ll reside for three years–he’s joined Pluto, the king of slow transformation, already in Capricorn since late 2008.

The Sun & Venus followed Saturn into Capricorn for their monthly stays on December 21 & 24, respectively, and we’ve seen a shift over the past two weeks since December 18’s fiery Sagittarius New Moon energy into staid Capricorn–a far more grounded, earthy, ambitious, practical, success-oriented archetype.

In short, we got a whole lotta Capricorn energy goin’ on right now…

This Cancer Full Moon is fine with that, but what she craves most is emotional safety and security. To her, achieving THAT defines success!

At this lunation, The Cancer Moon—the sign of family, security, the past & its memories, habitual behavior, nurturing mother, vulnerability, & deeply ingrained emotional psychological patterns—opposes the harsher less emotive Capricorn energy.

As she stands in opposition to not only the Capricorn Sun, but to Saturn, Pluto, & Venus in Capricorn as well, she tells us now’s the time to release any fears that prohibit the building, maintaining, or expanding of our foundation for future success.

And by foundation, I mean both the inner & outer structures upon which we may work toward a successful future…

NO LOVE WITHOUT COMPASSION!

The Cancer Full Moon highlights for us all the issue of fear, and asks that we initiate the process of non-attachment—from both our material and emotional worlds…

In its quest for success, Capricorn energy often forgets how rigid and cold (two archetypal traits of its ruler, the planet Saturn) it can appear when making judgments, signing cut and dried contracts, and myopically climbing the ladder of personal success.

We can almost hear the uber-sensitive, compassionate Cancer Full Moon beseeching this cluster of planets (stellium) in Capricorn to hear her plaintiff plea: “Yes, but what’s all of your success FOR? If it’s NOT about building a heartfelt connection to those we love for the purpose of emotional security & fulfillment, then WHAT?”

This Cappy stellium is likely to reply ingenuously, “what’s love got do to with it?”

Ah, yes, what indeed?

Capricorn, ruled by Saturn–Father Time & Lord of Karma–is always about structure.

And any foundational structure encompasses our fundamental belief system because it’s our beliefs which provide us a strong sense of external reality. Capricorn, a cardinal earth sign, represents taking initiative in the material physical world.

On the more metaphysical side, Capricorn the goat wasn’t always a dry land creature—he was once of the sea. This sea-goat, who climbed ambitiously out of the chaotic emotional waters of the ocean deep and onto terra firma, did so to adapt, evolve and, eventually, to thrive.

Think of the huge amount of motivation & ambition it took for this sea creature to drag himself from the ocean onto the shore, and the subsequent power he must have felt through accomplishing this goal. Such a feat was seconded only by his survival, adaptation to new terrain, and his ability to sidestep any potential environmental perils.

Despite the sea-goat’s metamorphosis—or more precisely because of it–the symbolism is clear: the Capricorn archetype originated from emotional beginnings. Its watery inception, however, was shed—like a snake sheds its skin—and replaced by earthy, practical, physical concerns.

The Cancer Moon in opposition to this strong Capricorn energy alerts us to remember that the Capricorn archetype contains within it the watery beginnings of the sea-goat. Ergo, it’s very existence is rooted in FEELING…

EVERY TIME I OPEN UP IT HURTS

Capricorn is uber-responsible; Cancer uber-sensitive…existential loneliness is the potential plight of the Capricorn archetype, while extreme emotional vulnerability through fear of abandonment is the Cancer archetype’s Achilles heel.

Cancer represents a more obviously emotionally vulnerable and compassionate archetypal energy rooted in early family life. However, her plight is the same: she’s driven not by fears of a dearth of physical resources, but rather by a lack of emotional ones.

Capricorn energy is more likely to take an uber-responsible stance and emotionally FEEL: “I’ll do it because I HAVE to—because nobody else will!” At his inner core, Capricorn is not convinced there are enough resources to go around, so he strives to achieve emotional security and satisfaction through the physical material plane.

It’s almost like saying the sea-goat realized intuitively that staying in the ocean forever wouldn’t ultimately provide enough boundaried security and safety. The sea is uncertain, amorphous, ever-moving. Capricorn’s archetypal energy isn’t comfortable with such uncertainty and inconstancy.

What’s was a Cap to do when he feels so ungrounded?

One possibility is that his deeply ingrained distrust of the finite nature of his world (read: current resources) led to his compulsive expansion onto land. Once there, however, his distrust that scarcity might leave him vulnerable again convinced him to keep pushing upward and onward…

Meanwhile, exposure of one’s soft white underbelly to the world at large frightens the heck out of the Cancerian archetype, causing her to fearfully run and hide from the world she deems to be too big, cold, and cruel to emotionally bear.

Fear can become the Cancerian manta and color everything in her world. Often this energy “hides” her extreme emotional vulnerability behind a mask of nurturing, compassionate mothering-type energy, and deflects attention away from her own deeply hidden emotional insecurities and fears of abandonment.

This Cancer Full Moon reminds us of the juxtaposition between these two archetypal energies, and that it’s integration that’s necessary.

We can’t go around being hard-asses our whole lives out of a desperate fear of losing our resources—a deeply hidden fear that simply perpetuates our need for more and more physical accoutrements.

Neither can we weep profusely, mire ourselves in fearful worry about emotional exposure and abandonment, or hide behind the guise of a “mothering” role forever…

YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART

Ah, but wait! It’s possible this Cancer Full Moon’s formation of a grand water trine to Neptune in Pisces and Mars/Jupiter in Scorpio can be of help!

While water equals emotion, a grand trine can work in one of two ways: it can cause us to tap into our emotional natures and have compassion for both ourselves and our fellow human beings, or it can create a kind of emotional closed circuit.

The latter means that our sensitivity at the Cancer Full Moon may flow inward ONLY and result in a kind of “why me?” mentality that sends us scuttling into our hard, protective shell. A shell from which we won’t emerge again until we feel completely, totally, unerringly SAFE.

What other defense does water energy have against such a seriously driven, boundaried, less emotional earth one like Capricorn?

The trick here is to recognize that, although Cancer & Capricorn are polar opposite energies, both have their origins in the watery emotional realm.

Helping us out is the sextile formed by Venus & the Sun to Neptune, providing us the opportunity to benefit from this a whole lotta feelin’ goin’ on now, too…

None of us survive on money alone. We can try, and many do, but when we recognize that our ambitious need to acquire is driven by our deeply hidden fears we see, if we are smart, the opportunity to better define and subsequently release these fears.

This Cancer Full Moon reminds such strong Capricorn energy—so likely to feel like the last man standing who develops an “I know this is gonna hurt, but it’s got to be done!” mentality—to remember that at heart it’s about HEART.

Capricorn may say “I’m doing it this way because this is the way it’s always been done!” Cancer reminds him that none of his knee-jerk rationales guarantee freedom from emotional hurt, and that lurking in the subconscious of Capricorn energy lies emotional depths about which this archetype is often unaware.

We know the Capricorn archetype seeks success but often perceives the universe as finite. So, it does not necessarily contemplate the emotional expansiveness that’s possible. Such expansiveness includes widening one’s definition of “success” out into the emotional realm. It’s here that safety and security for his soul might cause him to adjust his previous hard sought after goals…

If not, it’s too easy for the Capricorn archetype to continue to take his definition of success at face value, and to dismiss the more watery emotional realm that lies beneath.

The most obvious cliché stereotype is of the successful, rich, “I can have anything I want, long as I have money” business man who—although he owns a beautiful house in a desirable neighborhood, marries a beautiful wife, fathers beautiful children, and acquires many possessions—finds himself empty and unhappy. Charles Dickens’ Scrooge is a perfect example.

And so, this Cancer Full Moon reminds the Saturnian/Capricorn energy within each of us to be gentle with itself and to become aware of its vulnerabilities.

“Take down that mask of steely resignation and acknowledge from where such commitment to succeed comes!” this Moon cries. “Wo/man cannot live by reason and empirical success alone! WHY do you do what you do?”

Nor can one live by pure visceral gut-wrenching emotion alone.

This Cancer Full Moon asks us to get rid of anything that prevents us from integrating these two archetypal energies: the task master who wants to build the firmest boundaries possible through the material world, and the sensitive, vulnerable, frightened, hurt child within.

You know, the one who cries out in the night for love, acceptance, protection, solace, and healing…

SURPRISE, SURPRISE, URANUS STATIONS DIRECT

Almost exactly 12 hours after the Cancer Full Moon, Uranus, the planet of unexpected events, change, and revolutionary revelations, reverses course and will begin to pick up steam to travel full speed ahead.

What does this mean?

Well, within the context of the Cancer Full Moon, it’s going to be about not only tapping into your own capacity for self-compassion and forgiveness, but to then extend that out to loved ones and the world in general.

Uranus takes seven years transit through a sign, and usually a zodiacal house depending on the configuration of one’s individual birth chart. He retrogrades (appears to move backward) once annually for approximately five months each time.

Uranus last stationed retrograde on August 3, 2017 and now begins forward movement again on January 2, 2018.

The retrograde period for this planet, which rules the zodiacal sign Aquarius, is a time when we may reconnect to parts of ourselves that have been split off. If we think of Uranus/Aquarius as the harbinger of sudden unexpected events, we know that many times surprising events can be traumatic.

For this reason, sudden happenings can have long-term repercussions, both positive and negative in nature, depending.

What Uranus asks us most is to NOT stay eternally, perpetually, mind-numbingly the SAME forever! He’s anti-stagnation and for that reason seeks to shake us out of whatever rut we may have dug ourselves deeply into over the course of time.

Hence, his connotation with revelations, some of which may lead us to revolution in our personal lives or the wider world.

Erin Sullivan writes in “Retrograde Planets,” that “…the long-term process of the Uranus cycle is to gradually produce a new perspective.”

Aha! Eureka! Now we can ask ourselves as we begin the new year 2018 ahead, WHAT perspectives of ours need to be replaced? Where have our ways of thinking or our situations become outdated, no longer useful to us? And how can we replace the old with something new?

As we make our way into 2018, this theme will be prominent. It’s obvious in the politics of the world around us. Even if you’re not into national or global political happenings, one cannot fail to see that change is all around.

The external representation of internal changes? Methinks so…

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” ~ Lao Tzu

It’s up to us all to recognize the silver lining in any cloud of change we incur in our lives and to make lemons into lemonade!

And we can start—this Cancer Full Moon tells us—by examining the beliefs by which we live, upon which we’ve built our foundational security, and determine whether they still hold true for us or whether they actual hinder us more than they help…

Into the deep dark shell of Cancerian vulnerability and the vastly hidden iceberg-like nature of Capricorn’s darkest fears that finite resources will assure his demise—for who can outrun physical death–can we shine a light?

Can we acknowledge that change is good and that no matter what happens we can go with the flow instead of becoming more rigid and inflexible due to fear, or burrow our heads deeper in the sand believing that if we can’t see it we won’t have to deal with it?

Uranus says “no!” It’s time for forward thinking solutions to any problems. The grand water trine with Mars/Jupiter squaring the Nodes is another clue that a “skipped step” within the collective is ripe for a karmic replay.

Ceres in Leo, conjunct the North Node & squared by Mars/Jupiter, indicate that issues around “sustenance”—faith and/or literal food/resources—are in play right now. Let’s not forget that Ceres/Demeter is the mythological mother of Persephone, who was kidnapped, raped, and made queen of the underworld by Pluto/Hades.

Ceres is not only a mythical mother figure, she’s the goddess of the grain/harvest, the holder of the secret to fertility–from which both heavenly & earthly manna is made.

Mar/Jupiter is quick & easy action; as part of the grand water trine to the Cancer Moon & Neptune, it can cause us to act impulsively, or provide the spark we need to ignite our inner fire…

The universe is asking “where do you engage in angry nurturing” rather than allowing yourself to gain the necessary sustenance (both literal and metaphorical) in a loving compassionate way?

The answer to that question may lead you to discover that your self-talk isn’t so nice, and that you might better benefit from replacing the tape in your head with a new, more positive and affirming one.

So, plant the bravest smile on your face, and sally forth reminding yourself that you DO have faith in the universe’s infinite wisdom, that everything happens precisely as it should, and that’s it all meant neither to hurt nor harm, but to allow us to co-create our own futures in a world that’s ever-changing…

Happy new year!

Namaste..

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Sam Smith’s song/video, Too Good At Goodbyes provides a telling glimpse into what can happen when we defend ourselves too dearly against our emotions. Check it out here!

“You must think that I’m stupid
You must think that I’m a fool
You must think that I’m new to this
But I have seen this all before

I’m never gonna let you close to me
Even though you mean the most to me
‘Cause every time I open up, it hurts
So I’m never gonna get too close to you
Even when I mean the most to you
In case you go and leave me in the dirt

And every time you hurt me, the less that I cry
And every time you leave me, the quicker these tears dry
And every time you walk out, the less I love you
Baby, we don’t stand a chance, it’s sad but it’s true

I’m way too good at goodbyes
(I’m way too good at goodbyes)

I know you’re thinkin’ I’m heartless
I know you’re thinkin’ I’m cold
I’m just protectin’ my innocence
I‘m just protectin’ my soul

I’m way too good at goodbyes
(I’m way too good at goodbyes)

‘Cause every time you hurt me, the less that I cry
And every time you leave me, the quicker these tears dry
And every time you walk out, the less I love you
Baby, we don’t stand a chance, it’s sad but it’s true
I’m way too good at goodbyes…”

#astrology, #sea-goat, #surprise, #zodiac, Cancer, Capricorn, change, full moon, karma, Pluto, Saturn, success, Sun, Uranus, Venus

Sagittarius New Moon, Saturn Into Capricorn!

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - December 18, 2017 - Astrology, Blog post

Out With The Old, In With The New!

The Sagittarius New Moon brings together heart & mind—as do all new moons—allowing us to plant seeds around the Sagittarian archetype. At 26 degrees 31 minutes of the sign of the archer, this new moon occurs at 10:30 pm PT on December 17 & 1:30 am ET on December 18.

Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter–the planet of expansion of consciousness–is an adventurous, optimistic, glass is always half-full type of energy. This sign represents expansiveness in general, but particularly in relation to our ability to expand our way of thinking…

Why?

Because this is how we develop our general belief system, or philosophy about life…

The December 3 Gemini Full Moon asked us to look at where old beliefs may no longer serve us and to jettison those deemed to have outlived their usefulness or purpose. The upcoming Sadge New Moon says: “hey, now you can replace old ideas by planting seeds for new ideas, philosophies, and beliefs!”

The importance of getting rid of old, outworn, inflexible, no longer profitable philosophies & beliefs was paramount during the waning Gemini Full Moon because as we did, we created space for new ideas and beliefs!

This is the gift of the Sadge New Moon! It tells us that now we can envision what we want for our future that’s more in alignment with what our soul truly believes is right for us individually, instead of what we’ve been taught, told, or forced to believe in the past.

Supported by Mercury, Venus, and Saturn—all in Sagittarius—this Sagittarius New Moon is the perfect time to get fired up about the new year as it approaches! As Venus moves into a favorable trine aspect with change-maker Uranus, we can easily see how new ideas and ways of thinking may support positive change and growth around our value system…

Co-Create 2018!

Likewise, Mars waxing into a trine with Neptune at this Sagittarius New Moon sets the stage for us to dream ourselves into the altruistic kind of energy necessary to achieve success in the new year…

This Mars/Neptune aspect tells us that—whatever changes we conceive of making for 2018—we’ll benefit most by playing neither the victim nor the martyr, but rather by understanding we’re part of a greater “each man’s joy is joy to me; each man’s grief is my own” whole…

This is important to remember moving forward, not least because a more realistic and compassionate view of the world (and our role in it) will undoubtedly increase our chances of greater success over time…

When you spend time thinking about 2018 and how to move forward to co-create your own future, you may notice new ideas slowly replacing old ones as they become less and less useful to you now…

Lending us a hand with this process, we’ve got Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius until December 22, calling us still to review situations, projects, relationships, etc. We’ll find ourselves going over old ground to revisit what needs to be tweaked in any of these areas.

However, Mercury’s retrograde period assures us this is necessary so we may either continue forward on more solid footing, or end or abandon what’s not working. In this way, when Mercury stations direct on December 22, we can embark on our plan for a new course of action, if need be…one that espouses a different set of beliefs, perhaps more grounded in reality…

Meanwhile, Mars entrance into Scorpio on December 9 is still in effect until January 26, when the warrior god moves on into Sagittarius. For now, motivated Mars in the sign of secrets—especially those to do with taboo subjects such as sex & money—will likely continue to excavate and reveal additional information about those who’ve crossed the line and perpetrated crimes in these areas.

This Mars/Neptune aspect tells us that—whatever changes we conceive of making for 2018, we’ll benefit most by playing neither the victim nor the martyr. Rather, part of our success will be derived through understanding we’re part of a greater “each man’s joy is joy to me; each man’s grief is my own” whole…

This is important to remember moving forward, not least because a more realistic and compassionate view of the world (and our role in it) will undoubtedly increase our chances of success over time…

Saturn Enters Capricorn: Time To Get Real

In order to really discuss the “truth” about astrology, it’s important to understand that this metaphysical tool can lead us to greater insight and understanding–both about ourselves and the world around us.

This entails not only understanding the positive attributes of planets and signs and their configurations, both in the sky and our individual charts, but also the negative side of their archetypal meanings.

Why bring this up now?

Primarily because Saturn’s entrance into the sign of Capricorn, where it will be from December 19, 2017 until March 22, 2020, tells us two things: we can use this time period to get real and get down to business, or we can waste it by avoiding our responsibilities.

The penalty for avoidance is that nagging oppressive notion that we SHOULD be doing something, but we’re not. You know, the kind that hangs over your conscious mind like a cloud, that sits just behind you when you’re trying to be in the moment & keeps tapping you on the shoulder, constantly reminding you of your “duties” and your inability to adequately fulfill them…

This, over time, can cause a type of slow spiraling depression from which it often feels like we cannot extricate ourselves. We may feel crappy about ourselves, like we don’t deserve good things happening to us, or that life it hard—often simply too hard—to even make us want to try. In short, we may develop a defeatist attitude par excellence!

When this happens, we may sink further and further down, increasingly aware of all the things we meant to do that have now piled one on top of the other, and all the things we mean to do now and in the future, but that we’ve done none of…

The reward for getting down to business now, while Saturn transits through its own sign, is that, as a result of hard work—often VERY hard work—we can not only accomplish much, but after doing so, we’ll roll into bed each night exhausted but far more fulfilled.

Why?

As a result of having tackled what needed (and needs) to be done, even if we’ve procrastinated in the past, even if we’ve made a million excuses, come up with a thousand reasons why we can’t or won’t or don’t have to do it, we’ll feel good that we accomplished something…

And, if we build on this momentum without allowing ourselves to self-sabotage, if we stand up to Saturn in Cap’s inevitable self-judgmental attitude when this energy is at its worst, then we can feel successful in the end…

Success, mind you, doesn’t have to be BIG. Rather, it can be incremental, on a day by day basis…please keep this mind, as Rome wasn’t built in a day…

When The Lord Of Karma Comes A ‘Callin’

“Seven moons and seven suns, Heaven waits for those who run…” ~ Audioslave

Let’s talk about Saturn as the Lord of Karma, which is also how this planet’s archetypal energies are often interpreted. In this astrologer’s opinion, it’s not simply all that happened in the past (either in this lifetime or past lives) catching up with us in order to torture/punish us as we stand helplessly victim to any “crimes” of our past.

Rather, karma is something we create every moment of everyday moving forward.

Therefore, we have the opportunity to change up our karma as we move forward, not because we need to eradicate the past (which is impossible to do, as those of us who’ve tried well know!) but to change our future, a.k.a., our destiny…

A time of reckoning is upon us all, but this is not the grim reaper calling. Rather, it’s the Lord of Karma, as Saturn is known in mythology, attempting to teach us into greater levels of maturity.

The method of Saturn’s lessons?

To learn by experience! When we have the guts to face our perceived inadequacies—meaning those areas where we feel “less than,” or like stupid, inexperienced, scared, lazy, far-from-perfect, no good, rotten ne’er-do-wells–Saturn rewards us for our bravery.

However, often the trouble is this: We don’t like to learn Saturnian-type lessons if we don’t have to. We’d much rather drift, coast, lay back, procrastinate, or generally avoid, avoid, avoid doing the kind of hard work Saturn requires of us.

And this means that Saturn’s lessons are designed to wake us up to the notion that “karma” is a fluid, ongoing, living, breathing, energy. It’s NOT a static, gloom & doom, no-way-can-you-change-your-future-no-matter-how-hard-you-try.

However, Saturn’s lessons, at the time they are being administered, often seem harsh. They can leave us to bemoan our fate, wallow in our

misfortune, mire ourselves in the darkness of depression, don the cloak of victimhood, or react in any other negative ways to people and events around us–especially those we feel have abandoned us in our time of need…

“The frustrating experiences connected with Saturn are obviously necessary, as they are educational in a practical, as well as a psychological sense,” writes astrologer & Jungian psychologist Liz Greene in her book Saturn, A New Look at an Old Devil.

“The basic fact remains the same: human beings do not earn free will except through self-discovery, and they do not attempt self-discovery until things become so painful that they have no other choice.”

In short, Saturn’s a “no pain, no gain” type of guy.

Sun In Capricorn Joins Saturn At Winter Solstice

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” ~ Desmond Tutu

On December 21, the shortest day of the year is finally here! For those of us in the northern hemisphere, we can rejoice that our days will lengthen in light by about 2 minutes each until we reach the summer solstice in June when the opposite will become our reality…

For now, however, it’s good to remember the adage “it’s always darkest before the dawn,” and to hang in there, even as we feel the morphing of energy at the winter solstice away from a more happy-go-lucky Sagittarian nature into decidedly more serious Saturnian territory.

This serious message is enhanced by the Sun’s meet up with Saturn in Capricorn on this day, too. It reminds us now that if we let go of old ways of thinking we’ll begin slowly to solidify our future ideas, plans, beliefs, and philosophies, so that they’ll be given the respect they deserve going forward.

How’s that?

Because they’re rooted in a more expansive personal value system–one that contains increased self-compassion and the kind of love for others that generates true brotherly/sisterly love.

How can such self-honoring and recognition that “there but for the grace of God go I” fail to result in the planting of seeds now for a realistic & more successful future?

Answer: It can’t…

**Here’s my tribute to the end of the shortest days of the year via Audioslave’s video The Last Remaining Light…Remember, it’s a future of sunnier skies from here!:**

“Roll me on your frozen fields
Break my bones to watch them heal
Drown me in your thirsty veins
Where I’ll watch and I’ll wait
And pray for the rain

Curl like smoke and breath again
Down your throat inside your ribs
Through your spine in every nerve
Where I watch and I wait and yield to the hurt

And if you don’t believe
The sun will rise
Stand alone and greet the coming night
In the last remaining light

Seven moons and seven suns
Heaven waits for those who run
Down your winter and
Underneath your waves
Where you watch and you wait
And pray for the day

And if you don’t believe the sun will rise
Stand alone and greet the coming night
In the last remaining light…” ~ Audioslave

Namaste…

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Virgo New Moon Solar Eclipse September 1

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - September 11, 2016 - Astrology

This Virgo New Moon occurs at 9 degrees 21 minutes in the sign of health, service, and daily routine. Virgo is the sign of discernment, or of seeking out details for the purpose of clarity of understanding.

New Moons are always about new beginnings; they are a time of seed planting in the hope that whatever has been planted will grow to full fruition within the next six months, or by the next Virgo Full Moon.

Time To Tackle The Truth!

This particular Virgo New Moon takes on greater importance because it’s also the degree of a Solar Eclipse. Eclipses often act as jump starts–or sudden shocks or revelations that may change our course and set us off in a new direction.

According to Bernadette Brady, who writes about this particular eclipse series in her book “Predictive Astrology, The Eagle and the Lark,” this solar eclipse provides us all the opportunity to come down to earth and be more realistic.

“The individual will become aware of an old situation, and see it for what is rather than what he or she thought it was,” Brady explains. “This can be a constructive time for tackling the truth.”

Move Forward Or Hang Back?

Brady’s point becomes clear when we realize that the catch to this Virgo New Moon/Solar Eclipse is that it squares Saturn and opposes Neptune, which is situated very close to the South Node in the sky.

Seizing the opportunity to view an old situation “for what it is rather than what” we thought it to be would seem to be the tailor-made remedy for moving away from any negative Pisces South Node conjunct Neptune energy!

Archetypes are neither good nor bad. They may be deemed positive or negative, but in general it’s best to keep judgment out of it. However, this astrologer believes that both planets and the zodiacal signs they rule are comprised of archetypal energies, which present to us a wide range of potential manifestations–of both the positive and negative kind–within our lives.

The highest form of Pisces energy is artistic creative expression and spirituality. But all too often, this archetypal energy can confuse the real for the ideal and get lost in a hall of mirrors that distort reality.

For this reason, low side or negative energy around the planet Neptune and the sign of Pisces can represent lack of clarity and wishful thinking—or seeing people or circumstances through rose-colored glasses. In other words, seeing only what one wants to see, or generally being prone to illusion, confusion, and/or delusion!

Karmic Direction

When we travel from the South Node toward the North Node, we are to bring forward with us the positive attributes of that node’s archetype, and jettison any of the negative energies that no longer serve our highest and best good.

The current transiting Pisces South Node represents our collective comfort zone, that familiar place or energy to which we may cling or be drawn back toward again and again because—whether it’s positive or not—it’s what we know. It’s made up of our “been there, done that” experiences.

The North Node represents new territory and, as such, is often uncertain, unclear, and scary to us. It takes courage and daring to pioneer our way toward it because moving in this direction tends to make us feel uncomfortable.

The North Node is a road sign, if you will, that proclaims “the right direction!” It’s a clear signal that staying stuck in negative Pisces/Neptune South Node-oriented collective unconscious energy prone to idealization and the all-too-often resulting disillusionment is unwise…

That’s because, once disappointed or disillusioned, Neptune/Pisces archetypal energy can yearn to escape from a world it perceives as harsh, cold, and unfeeling.

Thus, often we run the risk of such disappointment or disillusionment creating addictive behavior as the siren’s call here is toward the type of escapism that may manifest as the loss of ourselves into something less than healthy, i.e., alcohol, drugs, food, depression, sleep, sex, etc.

Out Of Chaos Comes Clarity…

However, take heart—there’s hope!

The alignment of the Virgo New Moon/Solar Eclipse with the transiting Virgo North Node of the Moon provides us with just the extra added push we may need to propel us forward and away from negative Pisces energy…think Olympian Michael Phelps pushing off the side of the pool and rocketing toward the other side ahead of the pack, and you’ll get what I mean…

However, moving toward the Virgo North Node, where this Virgo NewMoon/Solar Eclipse energy is helping direct us to go, requires letting go of fantasies that no longer have (or never had) a basis in reality.

Instead, we are called to outline new detailed plans that make greater logical sense. In doing so we may avoid the negative pull of the Pisces South Node/Neptune to stay entrenched in behavior that no longer serves us.

And what’s at the Virgo North Node?

With the Sun right now in Virgo, this Virgo New Moon/Solar Eclipse calls us to place emphasis on clarity, but not on the shadow side of Virgo energy, which is the ever-elusive search for perfection.

As this Virgo New Moon’s opposition to Neptune calls us to try to stay grounded and to remember NOT to chase rainbows or to fall into victim/martyr mode, it asks us also to strive for clarity rather than seek perfection.

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
~ Galileo Galilei

Your Body Is Your Temple

The archetypal energies inherent in the Pisces/Virgo axis indicate that we are to take that empathic Piscean/Neptunian energy that allows us to merge into not only our personal unconscious but the collective unconscious, and to move it forward first via self care and compassion.

That right–it’s time to put our own oxygen masks on first before we go out and try save the rest of the world.

As we set our New Moon intentions, let’s think about the ways in the which we might better fortify our temple, our body, and how structuring our physical environment can create better harmony physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

This Virgo New Moon says: your body is your temple. Treat it with respect and love. Institute healthy (or healthier) daily rituals and, if you have any hope of being of your temple first.

THIS is from where the hearth fire burns. This to where the prodigal son always finds his way home. If the structure isn’t sound, the temple will collapse.

Expanding Consciousness: Part Of The Quest For Clarity

This means leaving behind any victim “life is too hard and everybody’s against me!” thoughts and behavior, and propelling forward the knowledge that we are our own best guides in this lifetime if only we listen to our higher selves.

What may stop us in our tracks, however, aside from the pull back toward the Pisces South Node, are the Virgo New Moon’s square to Saturn, and the fact that Mercury is currently retrograde.

Right now Mercury’s retrograde has him backtracking to Jupiter, an auspicious sign, until September 4.

When the ancients looked up at the sky and saw a conjunction like this, they assumed Mercury, the messenger, had important news for Jupiter, the king of the gods.

What’s the message?

Well, we may all interpret it differently, depending, but I’d say he’s probably warning of Saturn ahead and Neptune across the way, both of which may be throwing up roadblocks as we speak.

The enemy has captured the bridge, and the tide is rising. In order to get across, we must reassess the situation, reevaluate our weaponry, and rethink our strategy, especially as the Virgo New Moon energy will give way to the final exact square of Neptune to Mercury on September 10 (more on this anon…)

My best guess is that Mercury’s telling Jupiter to hang in there and weather the obstacles by outwitting them…Mercury equals communication, and since we have Jupiter moving into Libra on September 9, perhaps it’s about a negotiated truce or settlement designed to bring our hearts and minds into better alignment.

In any case, we have until September 22, when Mercury stations direct again, to figure out what needs our review and to get down to tackling it…and it will be October 10 when Mercury (out of its shadow by October 6) will meet up once again to confer with Jupiter…

The Virgo New Moon/Solar Eclipse Square To Saturn

The square to Saturn can bring forth insecurity of the “I don’t know if I can do

it,”and the “yeah, but…” kind of rationalized excuse-making.

In other words, it’s hard to push through that energy when we’re feeling like there are too many obstacles in the way of moving forward toward Virgo North Node energy.

Instead of excuses, rationalizations, and defensive reactions, this Virgo New Moon’s square to Saturn asks us to ask ourselves: “who’s in charge—my heart or my mind?”

Virgo can be a particularly cerebral sign because it pays so much attention to the details. The danger is getting lost in minutiae and not seeing the forest from the trees.

All New Moons indicate the opportunity to bring one’s heart and mind into better alignment. So when Saturn throws us a curve ball, the universe is clearly asking us to check in, go deep, and figure out where our blockages lie…

To sum up, here’s some general Saturnine advice about how to best internalize and personalize these energies:

Take care of yourself first, and others second, in the name of your andthe collective’s greater good
Find new ways to overcome obstacles through clever thinking and review
Move away from chaos by accepting and dealing with the truth

Here’s a little reminder from to keep the faith from Los Lonely Boys How Far Is Heaven?

“Save me from this prison
Lord, help me get away
‘Cause only you can save me now
from this misery…

I’ve been lost in my own place
and I’m getting’ weary
How far is heaven?

And I know that I need to change
my ways of livin’
How far is heaven?
Lord, can you tell me?”

“Cause I know there’s a better place
than this place I’m livin’
And I just got to have some faith
And just keep on givin’…”

Namaste…

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Pisces New Moon Solar Eclipse March 8

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - March 10, 2016 - Astrology

This Pisces New Moon solar eclipse brings huge emphasis onto the Pisces archetype–renowned for its ability to dream, but also dissed for its indulgence in fantasies that never materialize into reality.

This Pisces New Moon solar eclipse at 18 degrees 55 minutes falls on the south node of the Moon, making it a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse is often unpredictable–likened to a lightning bolt or a jump start to a car–it’s a game changer. Often it’s effects are sudden, unexpected, erratic, and Uranian in nature.

Therefore, it’s always hard to predict what the outcome of an eclipse will be before the fact. The general effects of the solar eclipse itself will be felt in the house in which it occurs in your chart and around any planets or angles with which it has direct contact. Eclipse energy can be felt up to three weeks prior to the actual event and for up to two to three years after.

The transiting nodes reflect the collective and are separate from one’s natal nodes of the Moon, which translate into our individual karmic destinies. Therefore, this solar eclipse affects us all, although for some its results may prove momentous while for others it’s barely a blip on the radar screen.

The momentousness, or lack thereof, of this particular solar eclipse is going to be determined by whether or not it hits a sensitive point (or points) in your particular chart, meaning within two and a half to three degrees away from one of your planets or angles.

The South Node & Letting Go Of The Past

What we know for sure is that the south node location of this eclipse means it’s occurring near the energies concerning our past. Whether one believes “past” means simply this lifetime’s past, or includes past life karma as well, the Moon has come to meet the Sun in the sky in the sign of Pisces (a New Moon) on this sensitive spot, which represents the portal through which we entered into this lifetime’s incarnation.

Regardless of which past (or both) the south node represents, the issue at play is that this is not where we want to stay. Rather, south node energy is what we want to move away from in order to achieve soul growth and greater consciousness now…

The south node is where we jettison unwanted energy we no longer need. It may have served us in the past—hell, it might even have saved us in the past—but now it’s done, redundant energy that can keep us stuck and reliving rather than living…

I always think of the south node of the Moon as the point from which a rocket ship launches. Once the spacecraft reaches a certain height, it jettisons a portion of its propulsion system, so that it’s lighter and can move higher.

A little later, once it goes through the sound barrier, it does the same thing again and detaches from a second portion so that it may enter what’s defined as outer space. The rocket doesn’t need to carry all that weight any longer; it needs to be free to move forward in a much lighter fashion.

Like the rocket ship, our lives must be free to move forward without carrying around the weight of our past—forever.

The Pisces New Moon Solar Eclipse, Chiron, Jupiter, & Healing

What’s most significant about this particular solar eclipse is that the Sun and the Moon join Chiron at the Pisces south node, while Jupiter transits close to the north node in Virgo. North node energy represents our potential destiny should we choose to become aware and try to live our lives to their highest potential.

Chiron, the wounded healer, so close to the Pisces south node right now, asks us to let go of that which has wounded us in the past, particularly during our early childhood years. And this eclipse in Pisces, such a sensitive energy and at such a sensitive point, presents us the opportunity to free ourselves up to move forward in a lighter, more buoyant fashion–without the heaviness of our burden.

This south node Pisces New Moon eclipse contains the message important for our souls to bring forward into this lifetime’s journey–a message of hope that’s born out of past pain, but now knows how to make use of that pain in a most positive way.

Why?

What we know about Chiron is that he represents the wound in all of us in which we have a vested interest not to heal. And that’s because, as we move forward in life and come into contact with those with the same or similar wounds and attempt to help them, we begin to truly heal ourselves.

How? Jupiter on the Virgo north node reminds us to keep expanding our consciousness through daily rituals, by using discernment to sort out fact from fiction, and by keeping the FAITH…Jupiter signals from above that if we continue to move forward (instead of backward) we cannot fail to succeed…

The Piscean Nature

Back now to the Pisces archetype so prevalent in this New Moon and solar eclipse: dreamy, spiritual, ethereal, psychic, and artistic, this energy is both uber-sensitive and empathic.

This preponderance of Pisces energy can propel us toward self-protection by attempting to escape form life’s harsher realities.

Escapism into alcohol, drugs (including prescription medicine!), depression, sleep, food, sexual activity, or anything else that represents removing one from the harsh realities of life around them, is fair game.

What Piscean energy really longs for is to escape into something better, sweeter, more unconditionally loving, and less difficult, less complicated, and less painful.

It’s the nature of the Piscean archetype to quest longingly after unrequited love or to fall back on dreaming about becoming rich and famous, without actually taking any concrete steps to help make that happen.

When we carry this energy within, we may project our unfilled emotional longings out into the world around us, and those who come into our immediate environment will simply mirror this lack of fulfillment back to us.

Inherently this may not sound like a bad thing. But this Pisces Full Moon solar eclipse provides us with the opportunity to take a clear look at these Piscean emotional longings and to figure out from where they come.

For example, early or past life issues around abandonment, abuse, or neglect–and the resulting physical, emotional, mental, and/or spiritual wounds–provide us the backdrop against which we now can take the opportunity to heal by letting go…

In doing so, we begin to experience greater self-compassion and self-forgiveness, which in turn projects out to others a higher sense of self-esteem and self-worth. Ultimately we may find that these positive energies mirror back to us from those who radiate the same or similar energy.

Concentrating now on self-compassion, forgiveness, and doing away with self-judgment and self-criticism is the fastest and best way to reflect that sense of the whole, united, healthy, self-loving YOU out into a world where you will attract your like kind.

One More Time: Victim, Martyr, Or Conscious Creativity?

When we bring our wounds up and out of the realm of the unconscious (or the psyche), where it drives our emotional actions from the vantage point of “woe is me,” or “I’m ok so I’ll save you!” we undoubtedly end up depleting our inner spiritual well rather filling it even higher.

The Pisces New Moon solar eclipse can allow us to transform the energy from that of the victim or the martyr into one that essentially can save the self—and doesn’t need to play either role anymore…

Whether this energy is easy or difficult for one to identify in one’s own energetic makeup, the truth of the matter is that the proclivity toward it is always there when one carries Piscean energy to any great degree…

Victim behavior is easy to recognize. This is when one leans back in one’s chair or comfy bed, arms behind her head, and says “what do you want me to do? It’s not my fault!”

Alternatively, we may–instead of falling back into victim mode–think we’re moving more proactively forward, but discover we’re really maneuvering into savior mode. If we’re doing it for purely charitable reasons, meaning we expect nothing in return, then go ahead and martyr yourself all you want.

But if we’re looking for a return on our investment, meaning praise, adulation, promotion, winning a person’s love and undying commitment forever because we sacrificed for them, then we may find ourselves—to say the least—vastly disappointed.

And what happens to a disappointed savior? She turns into a victim:

“I’m so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
‘Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won’t leave me alone

These wounds won’t seem to heal, this pain is just too real
There’s just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried, I’d wipe away all of your tears
When you’d scream, I’d fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me…”

Watch Evanescence, MY IMMORTAL here!

So, this Pisces New Moon asks us to plant the seed of self-compassion, and to allow ourselves to understand the well of self-love and self-worth must be filled from within before it can be satisfied by others whom we allow to take care of us.

How do you plant the seed of self-love and self-worth?

You can begin this process by transposing your longings to be cured, healed, helped, enabled, and unconditionally loved into a creative endeavor. When you do, all of that emotion that pours out will free space internally for you to begin to build up a substantial well of self-love and self-compassion.

First, take a step back from either your tendency to play the victim or the martyr. As you do so, attempt to visualize yourself in that role, whichever one that may be.

Play the scene out in your mind as if you’re watching a movie and check out what happens. Usually both scenarios culminate in a fantasy-driven, imaginal, happily ever after.

But is this realistic? Usually, if we adopt one of these roles, the answer is no.

How do we prevent ourselves from relying on a happily ever after scenario as a way to keep ourselves from continually dissolving into that pool of disillusioned unhappiness or sorrow?

We draw boundaries.

Saturnine Realism & Its Square To The Eclipse

If Saturn’s about anything, he’s about BOUNDARIES. Often, he doesn’t make things easy for us but that’s because Saturnine energy realizes what’s at stakewhen we refuse to grow up, take responsibility, be a mensch.

At this New Moon eclipse, we not only feel other peoples’ pain, but absorb it as well, as this is a Piscean archetypal trait.

So, how can we move away from our own pain–which may well be tinged by the pain of others whose emotions we either allow to permeate our psyches unknowingly or because we don’t know how to stop such emotional infiltration?

This is SO important to grasp right now, especially as Saturn’s square to the Pisces New Moon solar eclipse can give us just the push we need to ward off unwanted energies that don’t stem entirely from within.

Saturn’s square to this New Moon eclipse brings us up against the cold, hard, truth of reality, and represents a “no pain, no gain” kind of energy. It may not be easy to abandon our comfortable victim or martyr identities, but it may well be necessary for successful future soul growth.

But again, we have a choice: we can choose to view Saturn’s square as the perpetrator behind an unkind, inflexible, punishment for refusing to mature that we allow to slam us back to our hurt-filled past. OR we can see him as the life boat into which we may climb as we’re tossed about on the stormy seas of emotion…

In typically unclear Pisces fashion, Saturn’s life boat can APPEAR to be either our pursuer or our rescuer. However, in fact, it’s our OWN choice to either evade it or to reach out, grab it, and hoist ourselves in that changes our fate and perhaps the course of our ultimate destiny…

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