by Robert Wilkinson
This initiating, anticipatory, practical and self-gathering Full Moon at 23 Capricorn-Cancer will help us use the understanding of the New Moon and find ways to consolidate, integrate, and prepare for the transition into a new “land” or way of life.
An Overview
Many will experience rough crosscurrents due to the barely separating Grand Cardinal Cross, but at least the turbulence is behind us! This Lunation continues the extraordinary productivity of Jupiter in Libra sextile Saturn in Sagittarius, releasing the energy through the forming Mars square Saturn. Very productive for planets in late Fire and Air signs, a bit more frictional for those with planets at the end of the second decan and beginning of the third decan of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces.
Take care of details, and find the right “order of priority” when executing plans. Look at it as a training period, be a good juggler and alert to “seed knowledge,” since it will help you integrate everything from the angle of the Higher Self. As Pluto leads the Sun, keep purifying, take charge of the transformational process willingly, and you’ll find great protection in the new life order presenting itself.
At a Full Moon, that which has opened since the previous New Moon surfaces in a public form, and heads toward the culmination and fruition symbolized by the second half of any cycle. First half, birth into form and field. Second half, culmination and completion of the purpose of that cycle.
That’s why it’s important to regard the New and Full Moon charts as “God’s Footprints in Time,” since one follows the other in an unending sequence of births of newer and newer seeds. The New Moons show us the seeds that will flourish under the reflected light of the Full Moon.
Full Moons heighten feelings, due to the opposition of the Moon and the Sun. This particular Lunation has no other forming oppositions, even though Jupiter will go retrograde soon and begin its second opposition to Uranus, renewing “the tension of opposites” helping many to “break on through to the other side.” While that opposition is and will be resolved by Saturn in Sagittarius, we can learn how to adapt, which will give us essential tools we’ll need beginning in May.
As Mercury occupies the last degree of Sagittarius, it assists the Jupiter sextile Saturn to a “blessing of uniqueness” by its quintile to Jupiter and tredecile to Uranus. This will lead us to a higher standard of living or performance, helping us play with ideas and perspectives with creative intensity. This Lunation will help us with a part of emotional-social personality integration, while opening our understanding to different forms of tenderness.
Be alert to synthesizing your ideas and views from the angle of your Higher Self. Be aware of the relationship between “the above and the below,” embrace your spiritual Truth of Being. The continuing strong Sag energies show the need for honesty, whether to expect it or spot when someone is being dishonest.
Jupiter sextile Saturn in opposition to Uranus will be with us for many weeks to come. The challenge is to turn the tensional awareness into productivity and understanding. At this time, Mercury offers us specialization and serendipity related to the Libra-Sag-Aries dynamic.
Dispositors - What's the Backdrop to the Energies?
The Moon is in Cancer, the sign it rules. It is its own dispositor. The Sun is in Capricorn, making Saturn in Sagittarius its worldly ruler, and Uranus in Aries its spiritual ruler. Obviously this continues Saturn’s major influence behind the scenes, since it governs the backdrop to the Sun and Pluto.
That said, while it has been a major player in the larger governing “chain of dispositors” ruling the backdrop of all the planetary functions, in this Lunation Venus and Jupiter are in mutual reception, making them the primary governing influences for all the other planets except the Moon. Of course, since Neptune is the spiritual ruler of Pisces, it figures as a “final dispositor” in its own oceanic realm.
The “chain of dispositors” at this time shows Jupiter in Libra ruled by Venus in Pisces. Jupiter is the worldly ruler of Pisces, and Venus is the ruler of Libra. This is the mutual reception governing everything else, since the Sag planets are ruled by Jupiter (bringing in the Capricorn planets), the Pisces planets are also ruled by Jupiter, Uranus is ruled by Mars in Pisces, and only the Moon in Cancer stands outside this chain of dispositors.
Planets involved in a chain of dispositors or a mutual reception are both “closed loop” powerful self-reinforcing energies that dominate the backdrop for all the other planets in the map. You can find out more about dispositors in general, chains of dispositors, and mutual reception by going to Astrology Class – What Is A Dispositor and What Is Mutual Reception Between Two Planets?
The Sabian Symbols for the Full Moon
This Full Moon falls at 23 Capricorn and Cancer. It is said that the last third (decan) of any sign deals with the individual, mental, and spiritual levels of life, and as the Lunation is in the third decan of those signs, invokes a sub-influence of Virgo and Pisces.
The Sun is the Light, while the Moon gives form to that Light. With the Sun in Capricorn, we are illuminated by accepting personal responsibility for initiating a practical authorship in the world. Capricorn accepts power to be administered in responsible ways on behalf of a social order.
The Moon in Cancer shows the Light of Capricorn will take form through the Cancer qualities of mobilization in ways that benefit the self, whether by moving in a different direction or by “circling the wagons” to secure material, emotional, or mental “territory” we occupy. What do you care about? That’s where you have to take an objective view of what is, and what will be.
Since the Moon always focuses the light of the Sun in specific forms, the degree symbols for both are important. The Sun degree is the illumination or enlightenment of the Lunation, whereas the Moon shows us the potential forms that enlightenment will take. Though I’ve given you a sense of what this is about up to now, here’s where we go into detail.
The Solar degree symbol for the 23rd degree of Capricorn is "Two awards for bravery in war." In the original notes from the Marc Jones class on the symbols, Rudhyar says this degree is one of "Reward offered by society for the fulfilling of individual responsibility," "recognition of worth," and "unearned good fortune."
In the Mandala, he goes on to say that this degree is about being recognized in concrete ways by the community for our efforts, whether they "succeeded" or "failed." Here the collectivity appreciates the individual, where there is a "Recompense" for performance and a "balancing of accounts." He states this degree falls in the Span of Dependence, Act of Capitalization, and Scene of Group Performance on the Social-Cultural level.
Dr. Jones says this is a degree of "resourcefulness in developing new areas of experience," and of our "genius for dramatizing the fruits of an everyday aliveness" so we have a "broadened self-expenditure." Here an effort to "hold social and political gains demands an exaltation of personal vision and character," where over time we can come to a broader understanding of others.
With this degree, "the goal of living becomes a preservation of values." He offers us the keyword RECOGNITION, and states that when operating in a positive manner, this degree "is the social stewardship which demands a continual self-dedication."
The Lunar degree symbol for the 23rd degree of Cancer is "Meeting of a literary society." In the original Jones class notes from “The Astrology of Personality,” Rudhyar says this is a degree of "interchange of ideas among any elite as a basis for the cultural development of the whole." Here we find the light of "Mental or physical fellowship."
In the Astrological Mandala, he goes on to say that this degree symbolizes "an objective and critical approach to the common factors in our culture and to its psychological problems." Here "especially sensitive and intellectually gifted individuals" can "give form and meaning" to situations and interactions, "mirroring and influencing" society, "discussing the significance of what is, and ... image what might be."
A degree of "Intellectualization," here we find light and power in being objective yet fully involved in "events and hopes" of the times, and can make real what to others may be an aspiration. He says this degree falls in the Span of Ingenuousness, Act of Stabilization, and Scene of Consolidation on the Social-Cultural level.Dr. Jones, creator of the Sabian Symbols, says this is a degree of"resourcefulness in developing new areas of experiences" through imagination. This degree states that our "genius for widening (our) interests and stimulating everybody to broader ideals and more rewarding goals in everyday living" helps us get clear about who we are within a broader social context.
Here our "continual re-examination" of our "intellectual and aesthetic inheritance" boosts our identity in ways that others can recognize, where all can find esteem for others' special knowledge and experience. He offers the keyword CRITICISM, and states that when operating positively, the degree is "accomplishment through an exacting appreciation of common effort and a rigorous revaluation of private acts and attitudes."
From these symbols it seems we can see the light of rewarding forms of recognition and things, where we understand ourselves and others more excellently, and come to a greater self-dedication demonstrated on emotional, social, and cultural areas of experience. Be alert to circumstances and people who recognize your genius, or special qualities arising from your self-dedications, and how well you've discharged your duties on behalf of a greater whole or some special element of your social existence.
These can takes shape and express through reflections and projections generated by our interactions with others who share specialized interests, helping us achieve personality integration on social, emotional, and cultural levels of life. Open to social and mental interactions where sharing, mirroring, and discussions contribute to broader ideals which allow all to show forms of excellence, where evaluation and re-evaluation brings forth the best for society.
TransPluto, Divine Mother, Neptune, and the Polarization in the Collective Atmosphere
In the Full Moon charts of 2009-2012, Neptune was in a very close opposition to TransPluto, the planet symbolizing Divine Mother Energy. That’s a major factor in why things became so polarized during those years, teaching humanity compassion and the need for Viveka, or Divine Discrimination. This has offered all of us opportunities to join together in the Great Mother and realize our interrelatedness on a feeling level with All-That-Is.
The energies of Divine Mother will only grow stronger throughout this century, and these will be demonstrated each time the planets make significant aspects to TransPluto. In this chart TransPluto is still at 2 Virgo, giving us another experience of the 2nd step in our entry into this new Virgo era where Divine Mother takes center stage and shows us the long term future of humanity. As it is now conjunct the North Node, we will all be pushed toward a greater liberation from ego, a greater compassion, or a redemption we’ve wanted for a long time.
We are now revisiting the lessons of the last times it occupied 2 Virgo. The first time we went through this “liberating ordeal” was between October 2014 and mid-January 2015, at which time it retrograded back to 1 Virgo. It re-entered 2 Virgo in early September 2015, and stayed at that degree until February 2016, when it retrograded back to 1 Virgo.
In mid-May it went stationary direct at 1 Virgo, and then re-entered 2 Virgo in early August 2016. It remains on this second degree of Virgo until the end of March 2017, when it again retrogrades back to 1 Virgo. As you can see, we’ll be dealing with themes related to 1 and 2 Virgo for a long time to come.
So we again re-visit the themes of 2 Virgo, where the Divine Redeemer is giving us ways to demonstrate a higher and broader level of discernment through accepting experiences that liberate us so that “compassion and understanding” may come forth. Give up all that suppresses your compassion and spiritual understanding, and you will find both inner strength and invisible help in the future.
In terms of the larger Era, we’ve now ended the TransPluto (Percephone, Parvati) in Leo era that we knew from September 20, 1935 through July 4, 2014. The transition period where this planet danced at the last degree of Leo and first two degrees of Virgo began October 2011 and ended July 2014.
On July 4, 2014, TransPluto left Leo for many centuries, and entered into Virgo for the next century. Because 2 Virgo symbolizes “a liberating ordeal” and the planet occupying that degree symbolizes Divine Mother energy, I would think that would mean we all will be tested to allow compassion and understanding to come forth as humanity stands at the crossroads of time.
Of some importance is that Saturn squared TransPluto from December 2014 through June 2015, and again in late September and October 2015. That severely tested our ability to be far sighted, compassionate, and discerning in seeing the larger redemptive possibilities of this time in history. However, the first two months of 2016 Saturn made a waxing biseptile to TransPluto, showing that time was a huge turning point in finding responsible, future oriented truth teaching ways to demonstrate this “Divine Mother energy.”
Mars biseptiled TransPluto the last 4 days of August and first 5 days of September, triggering previous Saturn in Sagittarius biseptiles to that planet involving lessons of huge “crisis of compassion and connectedness” for humanity. This activated the forming direct biseptile of Saturn to TransPluto of Jan-Feb 2016, the Saturn retrograde biseptile of May-June 2016, and heralded and activated energy that being structured in the final Saturn biseptile to TransPluto between mid-October and mid-November which gave us major shifts and “liberating ordeals.”
Saturn has now moved past its tredecile to TransPluto between late November through early January 2017. This began a long wave sequence of serendipitous relationship pulses between these two important planets. The first tredecile was made when Saturn went stationary retrograde in March 2016. This activated when Mars made its tredecile to TransPluto from September 5-14.
The tredecile is an aspect of “serendipity,” and indicates some very unique and specialized interactive gifts. That means the earlier tredecile between Saturn and TransPluto set up what’s happened in recent weeks, when Saturn made the tredecile again in November and December 2016. This sequence will be resolved this Summer when Saturn goes SD at 22 Sagittarius, creating a “hot spot” tredecile that will be activated by future transits.
Also, when Jupiter conjuncted TransPluto in August 2015 for the first time in Virgo, it began a new 12 year cycle of how these “Divine Mother energies” will manifest. It also began a new long wave era, since Jupiter will conjunct TransPluto in Virgo every 12 years until the 22nd century!
To finish this brief section, Venus also went stationary retrograde exactly conjunct TransPluto in late July 2015, setting up Venusian manifestations of Divine Mother that will show each and every time 1 Virgo is transited. That means the Venusian Divine Mother promise of late July 2015 was expanded, or set into motion somehow, by Jupiter's transit of 1 Virgo in mid-August 2015, and then took expression due to Mars’ transit of that degree in late September, and found “beauty of form” when Venus transited it in early October 2015.
Those two conjunctions have dominated the Virgo landscape in our charts since then, and were given new value, new power, and new understanding with the inner planet transits over those early degrees between late July and late August 2016. The Mars-Jupiter cycle set into motion in October 2015 in mid-Virgo will continue through their next conjunction in mid-Scorpio January 2018.
So we’ve officially entered a different Spiritual Era that will last through July 2107, when it leaves Virgo for good and re-enters Libra for the first time in many centuries, also after a few years of dancing on the cusp of Virgo and Libra. I offered you a bit more about this vast spiritual energy field in Astrology in the Age of Aquarius - Transpluto, a.k.a Divine Mother, Parvati, and Percephone.
Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend
Because Saturn disposits the Sun in this Lunation and the next one, it’s the backdrop to the Light during this time of the year. It’s on a degree of anticipating the entry into a new realm, so prepare for a future that’s right around the corner! Because Saturn is such a powerful force right now, if you haven’t already gotten your copy, please consider getting your copy of my new book “Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend.”
This book takes an entirely new look at our inner Saturn and the power it gives us to take command of our lives and destiny. If Saturn represents all that limits us and holds us back, it’s only because we must master those lessons so we may become spiritual adults and fulfill our purpose for being alive on Earth. By knowing our Saturnian strengths, we can overcome fear and any sense of victimization or powerlessness.
It was written for both astrologers and non-astrologers, and gives the reader the power to understand why some things happened when they did. Throughout the book, it offers ways for us to “make friends” with this part of our existence and take command of our destiny. As you read each chapter, you’ll become more aware of all the factors assisting Soul growth through understanding how our Saturn lessons relate to Dharma (our Highest Spiritual Function) and various types of karma, both those we cause and those which are "Sacred Wounds" leading us to a greater compassion and understanding.
And as you've just sampled, we explore the concept of Saturn representing our Ring-Pass-Not, or that part of us which is limited while we learn certain lessons related to our understanding of who we are and why we can or cannot do certain things. As our Saturn expands its understanding and wisdom, then our Ring-Pass-Not expands so we can find purpose and meaning in each chapter of life. It is the secret to our power to guide our own evolution as we become conscious of the meaning of why we are on Earth.
The second part of the book examines how Saturn cycles mark major points of choice and change throughout life, and what we can expect when Saturn makes conjunctions, squares, and oppositions to our planets and Ascendant. There are tables assisting the reader to know when Saturn was in each sign, so even those with little or no understanding of astrology can track the timing on their major life changes. There is an entire chapter dedicated to the Saturn Return, perhaps the most important times in life when our decisions profoundly shape our future.
Part two closes with a chapter on one of the most crucial factors in our personal unfoldment: how the progressed Moon and transiting Saturn cycles track each other throughout life and relate to our emotional growth, and a chapter on a global phenomenon happening since 2003 impacting everyone on Earth. The Epilogue offers a few insights about living “the spiritual life,” and opens dimensions of higher and broader possibilities of personal evolution, regardless of which path to Truth we may be on.
This is a book you will reference many times for many reasons, and each time you pick it up you’re sure to find undiscovered gems of insight on each page. This book can help you throw off all the attitudes and memories which have held you back from finding and living the life and purpose you’ve been searching for since you were young. Welcome to the journey of self-discovery, and finding your power to live your life on your own terms, fulfilling your reason for being alive as an Eternal having human experiences!
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See you soon with part 3, covering aspects, planetary sequencing, and other important factors in this Full Moon!
© Copyright 2017 Robert Wilkinson
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