Capricorn Full Moon Eclipse 2009

Revolution by the people.  Military coups.  Global warming legislation.  Hypocrisy exposed.  Jobs lost as economic structures fail.  'Stars' passing over.  Public health insurance options.  These are the issues facing our world.  These are the issues reflected in the Cosmic
Story.

The Full Moon Lunar eclipse at 16
Capricorn on July 7, 2003 is the first of three eclipses
coming up in the next month.  There is a
solar eclipse at 30 Cancer on July 21 and another lunar eclipse on August 5 at
14 Aquarius. 

This unusual triple event will
mark an energetic shift that will finally move us forward in August.  If you've been feeling stuck, you're not the
only one!   It seems like we're in a
holding pattern and while it can be frustrating, it can also be very liberating.   If you're on track with leaving old
patterns, habits and beliefs behind, you have to remember that you are creating
a vacuum which needs to be filled.

Since things are not moving
forward at the quick pace we've gotten used to in our computerized society,
it's a good time to stop, take a deep breath and step into an alternate
reality.  If you find yourself with some
extra time on your hands, or empty spaces in your life, this is a chance to do
something you really like - something that feeds your soul. This is a good time
to bring your everyday life into balance, leaving time for your body, your
mind, your emotions and your spirit in your busy work week. 

We are coming to a major turning point
where we will have to take a stand on what's important in life – like our
sisters and brothers in Iran have been doing.  On a personal level, you might have to decide
where you're going to spend your time or money. On a societal level, we are
also called to take a stand on what we really believe in – capitalist greed or
community welfare, huge corporate profits or saving our environment.  Our structures are being renovated, and when
Pluto finally leaves Capricorn in 2024, the changes we institute now will
create the new life we want for our children and their children.

So we need to DREAM BIG!  And that means we need to access the creative
imagination, a big part of our spiritual heritage, to dream.  That means we have to leave behind the
materialism that flattens our world and makes us see only one dimension of
reality.  The ladies on the View had 'psychics' on this morning, and
all of them except Whoopi reject those other realities.  What are we so afraid of?  All our ancestors – especially the ones who
helped create our Western society, such as Pythagoras and Plato, Galileo and Newton – believed in the spiritual,
mysterious aspects of life.  But that all
changed with the Industrial Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment.  Since America was 'discovered' and settled
during this era, these beliefs are part of the American psyche.

Did you know that Americans work
more than any other people in the world? 
Why?  This might be a good
meditation for you on the full Moon eclipse, since Capricorn represents the
social structures that rule our lives. 
What does work mean to you?  And
why has it become the center of our lives? 
Our present out-of-balance belief about work goes back a few Pluto-in-Capricorn
cycles to the Protestant work ethic.  Do
you realize that this belief stated that if you had money, you were favored by
God?  And if you didn't have money, well,
I guess you were definitely going to that 'other' place where sinners belong!  With Pluto beginning his new journey through
Capricorn, this might be a good belief to discard!  What would you feel like if you didn't have
to work to have value?  If you were
valuable because you were loving and creative? 
What would happen if our need for money suddenly disappeared?  Who would we be if we didn't describe
ourselves by our work?

Eclipses mark endings and
beginnings, and you're probably working out some issue that needs to be
resolved so that you can get on with your life. 
It's a good time to eliminate anything that no longer serves your vision
of life.  That includes finances,
relationships, jobs or belief systems. The patriarchy is dead - it just doesn't
realize it yet.  If you stand in your
personal integrity, what do you really owe the old system?  In the big picture, our society is changing
and we're seeing more and more clearly how the old limiting beliefs are no
longer viable – such as the view held by some in the US Congress that global
warming is a myth, or the hypocrisy of leaders who say they are moral examples
while letting their libido run wild.  This
change will become clearer and clearer through next year as we continue with
the on-going Uranus-Saturn oppositions. 
The NEW will win out in the end. 
But the Old will continue to try to stop it.

Cancer is the sign where our souls
incarnate, where we become 'Self' conscious.  In Aries, we begin by learning mental control;
in Taurus, we see the spiritual light that shines in Nature and in our human
nature; in Gemini, we see that we are dual-natured - both human and divine –
and we seek to understand life.  Now in
Cancer we nurture our emotional body and listen to our instincts and intuition,
understanding that we are, indeed, unique. We are LIFE!  This is the time to nurture that unique bit of
Life, so that when we come to Leo, we will have the self-confidence to Create.  As we see cultural icons pass over into
death, what they can give us is this wisdom: 
Life is meant to be lived fully and without fear or restraint.  Life is a blessing.  So nurture your life – not just your work!

This full Moon eclipse has the Sun
in Cancer and the Moon in Capricorn.  A
full Moon brings us awareness – awareness of how well we are manifesting the
seed we planted on new Moon.  Since
Cancer is 'ruled' by the Moon, this is an especially significant full moon,
aside from the eclipse.  Cancer, like the
Moon, creates form.  Capricorn Moon urges
us to take responsibility for the form we are living in, as well as the forms
we create to make us secure and safe. 
This eclipse tells us to get rid of any form that no longer serves our life
purpose.

At this Capricorn lunar eclipse,
the light of the Cancer Sun is blocked from the Capricorn 'form' by the Earth's
shadow.  We get a chance to feel what
kind of nurturing we need without the old behavior patterns that our society
has created for us. Those patriarchal patterns have twisted our emotional
lives.  It isn't only women who have been
repressed for thousands of years.  It is
the feminine values of life that have really been disrespected.  And while women have had to learn the
masculine aspects of life, men haven't had to learn the feminine ones.  And so our men are suffering.  For the most part, they don't know how to
access their feminine soul as easily as women do, and so they don't know how to
use their emotional intelligence or their intuition without it being twisted to
the patriarchy's service.  The Cancer
'mother' of the patriarchy has not been free to nurture our lives in
appropriate ways.  For too long, Mother
had no sovereignty and had to play by the rules.  But as we leave the old Capricorn paradigm (patriarchy)
behind, our innate feeling life will begin to flourish.

Cancer and Capricorn form the
'parental' axis in astrology, Cancer representing the Mother and Capricorn the
Father.  So take time to be thankful not
only for your parents, but for anyone in your life who has nurtured you,
protected you, shown you the way or loved you. 
And thank yourself for having the compassion, creativity, responsibility
and endurance to keep going in hard times. 

At this eclipse, we might also see
old patterns that have been played out in our shadow.  A wounded Cancer inner child is never
satisfied – there's never enough nurturing. 
Or our repressed emotions might suddenly erupt and we're finally forced
to confront our 'issues'.  Or our
Capricorn responsibility might be seen as the power-tripping it really is. Or
we'll be able to clearly see the irresponsibility that is rampant in our
government and our corporate life.  This
full Moon eclipse can end Capricorn's 'blame, shame and guilt' and Cancer's 'sensitivity
and self-indulgence' and we might find that we can be healed if 'we let go and
let God/dess'.  Become your true and
authentic Self and you'll begin to manifest your life purpose. Trust in your
new vision.

That vision has been sparked by
the ongoing Jupiter/Neptune/Chiron conjunction in Aquarius.  All three planets are now moving retrograde,
so the inspiring visions of new possibilities are sinking deep within us
all.  You might find yourself more
sensitive to the suffering in the world, more open to Spirit, more
compassionate with yourself and others. 
GOOD!  It's about time we
reclaimed these spiritual aspects of life. 
Now we have to incorporate them in our own lives so we can make them
part of our collective life - not in service to one religion, but in the spirituality
that is shared by all religions.  The
great minds and hearts who nurtured our Western civilization were Idealists who
believed that the spiritual aspects of life permeated all of life.  The scientific community, just as much as the
great religions, will have to expand its vision of the world.  Spirit and matter are really one and the same
thing. 

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