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To continue with the intensity of 2020, we’ve got a lunar eclipse in Capricorn today—on the 4th of July—closing out this eclipse season, which began with full moon lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on June 5th.
Think of how much the world has changed in a month. Think of how much has been brought to the surface to be reckoned with—and how much is still left to do.
One thing that I’ve come to love about the cycles of the moon, that at first confused me, is the pattern of where the new and full moons fall. Each month, the new moon is in the current sun sign, and reflects the current season (in the northern hemisphere). We are currently in Taurus season (sun sign), the earthy sign of springtime, growth, birth and generation. Taurus is the farmer, the gardener, sowing the vernal seeds.
Then, the full moon that follows always occurs in the sign opposite the sun, representing the seasonal inverse. This month, the moon reaches its fullness in Scorpio, sign of deep autumn, of decay, of death, of the underworld, the nadir, of transformation.
Spring has sprung—and yet, in these strangest and most disconcerting of times, it hardly feels like spring. It hardly feels like regeneration and rebirth. And yet… it’s important to remember that birth is not always easy. That the most well-laid of birthing plans often goes awry. Birth is always bloody and messy and on its own schedule—and it’s often also painful, and mixed with its fair share of grief and loss and even death. But in the midst of all the ripping away, all the forms being shredded and reformed—life emerges, life continues.
In all processes of creation, there are periods of downtime of quiet of rest of receiving. The creative process no less. In order to be productive, to produce creative work, we must spend time receiving, being receptive. The mutable waters of Pisces, and the cold snows of February, ask us to hunker down, hone in, hibernate, dream, daydream, listen, receive. This season and this weather asks us to tune inward, to consume more and output less. This doesn’t mean we can’t be productive… this means honoring the role of input and holding, of nurturing and germinating the seed beneath the soil, in the process of production.
Welcome to the first new moon of the decade! New moons are a time for planting the seeds, plans, and intentions for what we hope to grow in the next two weeks, six months, and the year. This one, opening our year and our decade (and falling on the Chinese New Year as well), is a great one for evaluating envisioning what we are ready to let fall behind, and what seeds we truly want to sow and invest in in the coming years. It is here we mark our future—and Aquarius, the visionary, the innovator, is a perfect sign to do it in.
Full Moon in Taurus + Mercury Retrograde in the Heart of the Sun (conjunct sun) in Scorpio Ritual
What are old patterns, stories, messages, conditioning from your past, childhood, family, society related to your creativity, sexuality, power of creation, production and destruction, or your body—which are coming up for you recently (resurfacing, replaying, playing out in new forms, etc.)?
What narrative would you like to now transform?
