The month of Sagittarius is when the northern hemisphere is at its darkest. As we sink to the depths of the Dark, our hope is that we will find the Light shining there in all its splendor. This has always been a time of faith--faith that light and warmth and life would go on. In these dark times, hold a vision of peace on earth because the Mothers will it so.

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The Cosmic Story: Sagittarius New Moon 2015:

True or False: One World Is Enough For All of Us

Have we grown up enough to know that we're all in this life together? That we are indeed One World? Looking at the news, you might doubt it. US presidential candidates want to blame all Muslims for the fanaticism of a few, while ignoring our own fanatical Christians who terrorize women at Planned Parenthood or Jewish fanatics who kill Palestinians and keep them in ghettos. It seems as if everyone has their own version of the TRUTH and many are willing to kill for it.

This urge to stand up for our truth is reflected in the Cosmic Story as Saturn once again transits through Sagittarius, the sign of the Seeker and the Truth-Speaker. Saturn can show us both the worst and the best of who we are. When Saturn transits through a sign, we can be sure we're in for some tests along to the way to see how mature and disciplined we are regarding the field of life experience that sign represents. We have to slow down, which is frustrating, but it also makes us deal with reality. Saturn shows us our limitations, our weaknesses and the rules we live under. If we take the time--Saturn is, after all, Father Time--we can develop the inner strength to take responsibility for our choices and our lives.

Saturn in Sagittarius offers us lessons in maintaining a balance between expanding our vision (Sagittarius) and committing to it (Saturn), in goal-setting and the achievement of those goals so we grow in a deep, mature way. Saturn here tests us to take responsibility for living our personal truths and principles. It's a time to look at those beliefs and principles that no longer reflect our authentic selves and change them if need be.

Saturn's goal in Sagittarius is to experience the fullness of life and discover its meaning, and then to cull the wisdom that is the truest gift of Sagittarius. As we begin this first stage of Saturn's transit through Sagittarius (until 2018), we'll get to see how well we actually live out our beliefs. Our tests will be to keep focused on the goals (depending on where the first 15* of Sagittarius lies in our charts) we set for ourselves--the Centaur's arrows can fly straight and true to the heart of the matter. Saturn's practicality can keep us from loosing ourselves in the big picture (Sagittarius), especially with the ongoing square from Neptune in Pisces. As we act on our idealism (Sagittarius and Pisces) Saturn can keep us on-track by rooting us in our moral principles and forcing us to face the truth about how to live out those ideals. If we find ourselves rigidly holding to certain truths, you can bet Saturn is going to squeeze them out of us by the end of his transit. It's best to practice flexibility to offset Saturn's natural bent towards structure, discipline and rigidity.

The Sagittarius New Moon

When the Sun and the Moon join together at the New Moon, there is a union of conscious awareness (Sun) and unconscious needs (Moon). The New Moon is a time to plant a new seed, a seed of energy that carries an intention. Each New Moon offers us a chance to plant different intentions throughout the year. This Sagittarius New Moon asks us what our intentions are regarding our relationship to Cosmic Law. What moral values do we uphold? What meaning and awareness do we seek? How do our beliefs shape our lives? Are we living our Truth?

Saturn's influence will permeate Sagittarius for the next two years so the lessons we'll all share are about walking our talk, speaking our truths, incarnating our purpose. At this Sagittarius New Moon on December 11 ^th , Jupiter (the ruling planet of Sagittarius) in Virgo challenges it and us to find our own truth, walk our own path, discover our own destiny. We'll be challenged to choose between what is true and what is false. It's all about our beliefs.

With Chiron in Pisces also squaring this New Moon and opposing Jupiter in Virgo, it's all about healing the Mind of false beliefs. Religious beliefs will be held up for questioning and perhaps we'll finally be able to see that instead of giving power to our deep-seated belief in our 'original sins' we can join the theologian Matthew Fox in looking at our Original Blessings. If we are going to create One World--not the new world order of the Bushes, but a united world comprised of people of good will--we have to hold onto the promise of life rather than the fear of life.

Venus in Scorpio trines Neptune in Pisces, gifting us with an open heart that sees the spiritual reality that encompasses compassion and love for all those people and things our patriarchal culture disregards as irrelevant: the feminine imagination and dreams, financial fairness, gender and racial equality, a healthy environment, the livingness of Mother Earth.

The Uranus in Aries-Pluto in Capricorn energies are still in play as well. This month, Mars in Libra gets a good dose of this revolutionary/evolutionary energy. Fairness and justice vs. war and fear are in the balance. Which will we choose?

The Sabian Symbol for the Sun and the Moon at 20* Sagittarius is: In an old-fashioned northern village men cut the ice of a frozen pond for use during the summer. These men are in touch with nature and know the seasonal cycles. With this knowledge, they can plan for future needs. If we allow ourselves to align with Earth's seasons, we will have the resources we need for the future. Perhaps this bods well for a good outcome at the Paris Climate talks.

The month of Sagittarius is when the northern hemisphere is at its darkest. As we sink to the depths of the Dark, our hope is that we will find the Light shining there in all its splendor.

May you all walk in the Light,

Cathy

East to the West

Michael Franti

To the east to the west
To the north and south
To the east to the west
One love people never gonna stop

One to creation, one to the sun
One to the morning, one to the one
One to air and the freshness we breathe in
One to the force of the change in the seasons

One to the mother from which all the things come
One to the daughters and one to the sons
One to the father who helps us believe that
Nothing's ever gonna harm you see.

One to the soldier who walks city streets
One to the soldier who fights over seasons
One to the man who gets down on his knees and
Prays Oh, God send protection, peace and

One to the woman, one to the man
One to the culture from the time when it began
One to destruction, one to birth
One to the people who use to fight for the earth

One to the people who suffer for their needs
And one to the rebels who'll rock in to their beats
And one to the healer who fights our disease
And one to the lorax who speaks for the trees

'Cause no amount of money and no amount of man
Can bring back to life what's gone when it's gone
And one to the people who rise with the sun
And one to the people who sleep when it's down.

Life is too short to make just one decision
Music, true large for just one station
Love is too big for just one nation
And God is too big for just one religion

Authors Website: http://www.cathypagano.com

Authors Bio:

Cathy Pagano is a spiritual advisor and Jungian psychotherapist, storyteller, author and teacher.

She is the author of a book on the return of the Goddess, "Wisdom's Daughters: How Women Can Change the World".

Cathy trained at the C. G. Jung Institut-Zurich in dream interpretation, has an M.A. in Counseling Psychology in Feminine Spirituality, and is a certified Life Coach.

As an astrologer and storyteller, she weaves the Cosmic Stories written in the stars. From The Bard's Grove, she writes about emerging archetypal themes in movies and books.

Cathy works with the tools of the imagination - dreams, alchemy, myths, astrology, symbolic language, storytelling, ritual - to awaken the Soul's wisdom.



I believe that Americans are called to a higher consciousness at this point in our history. We are called on to live up to our ideals and create the country our forefathers imagined. Inner consciousness needs to be acted upon for social justice.



Cathy believes that our writers and artists must take up our responsibility to create art that inspires, teaches and heals our humanity.



Cathy writes about political, psychological/spiritual, and cultural issues.