Cancer Full Moon January 10-11 2009

Saturn, the Sun and the Moon work together to make you aware of what you really want and what you need to do to get it. This is a very good aspect for getting in shape – body, mind and spirit. Or for figuring out how to make your business grow in these confusing times.

Meanwhile, Uranus, the Moon and the Sun are also working together. Uranus opens us to spiritual, imaginative ideas which support the new direction Capricorn senses is coming its way. What if our current 'reality' is only one of many? What happens when we get out of fear and look at the world through the lenses of love and creativity? What if peace is really more powerful than war and we all took steps to ensure that we have a peaceful world? We would be learning to think outside the box!

Instead of dieting, try to feel what really nurtures you – what foods, music, stories, people, work energize you. Instead of worrying about how to pay the bills, think about what talents you have and how to share them with the world. Ask spirit to provide what you need – it might only be 'just enough' but it will take you to the next stage. Take in what's healthy for you and give your gifts out to the world. Create a positive energy exchange between inner and outer, self and other, microcosm and macrocosm.

The Sabian symbols for these planets are:

Sun at 22 Capricorn: A general accepting defeat gracefully.

Moon at 22 Cancer: A young woman awaiting a sailboat.

Saturn at 22 Virgo: A royal coat of arms enriched with precious stones.

Uranus at 20 Pisces: A table set for an evening meal.

The Sun says to us: this General who accepts defeat gracefully is a proven warrior. He realizes that his plan of action did not work. But he still has his self-worth and his noble nature. What new thing has he learned?

The Moon says: Reflect on this defeat. Where do you have to go next? Perhaps like the young woman, you must wait for the sailboat and let the winds of fate take you to the next stage of your life. What are you longing for? It's a good time to dream big! When we feel defeated by life, it just means that one dream has died. Let another be born.

Saturn says: Our royal/spiritual nature demands that we live up to our values (precious stones). When we take ourselves seriously as spiritual beings, we have to put our values at the center of our consciousness to make the right choices for ourselves.

Uranus says: Come to the comic table and eat. Like the Grail table, if we are living our deepest values, we will be nurtured by the food we desire most.

These four energies work together to show us we can make new choices about our lives. That's a good story to start this year off right.

Jupiter moved into the sign of Aquarius yesterday, January 5th. On the 11th day of Christmas, Jupiter makes his appearance as the archetypal Santa Claus, bringing expansive possibilities and visions to the 11th sign of Aquarius.

After a year working with Capricorn's energies, Jupiter leaves behind the decay of our social structures. Our infrastructure is breaking down, our economic structures are tottering, and our national moral fabric is in shreds. Jupiter seems to have had a rare old time in Capricorn! Jupiter expands anything it touches, for good or ill.

Now Jupiter takes on Aquarius, the age of high ideals, world unity and technological advances. Jung said that the age of the water bearer would be an age when the contents of the collective unconscious are poured out for humanity to see and deal with.

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