Wed., Jan. 19th – 1:20 p.m. PT
29 degrees and 26 minutes of Cancer
The first Full Moon of the year is known as the Wolf Moon by the Native people because the wolf packs howled hungrily outside their snow laden villages. Our brothers and sisters of the stars are known by the Native peoples as the Great Star Nation, and Wolfs are represented by the Dog Star, Sirius, which many Astrologers and ancient cultures believe is the original home of our teachers from ancient times. Sirius was also known to be the home of the gods by the ancient Egyptians and is still considered so by the Dogon tribe in Africa.
The Moon is a power ally for the Wolf as its senses are very keen. If you’ve been following my Astro-Grams you already know that the Moon is a symbol for psychic energy, and the unconscious that holds the secrets of all knowledge and wisdom. The Full Moon in January is an auspicious time to access this inner wisdom because it falls in the watery sign of the crab – Cancer. Cancer is the Astrological sign associated with our inner – versus – outer world. Therefore, this is a great time to set intentions for creating more balance between your inner and outer life.
When the Moon is in Cancer the Sun is in Capricorn. These two opposite signs are seeking balance between outer-world responsibilities of social, political and career interest and inner-world security of family, home and self. The Moon will also be in an opposition aspect to Mars all this week which can manifest itself in a couple of ways: we can choose to initiate action to make the changes we desire, or we can become angry, and lash out at whomever gets in our way as we project our sense of disempowerment onto others. The 2012 shift is asking that we each become aware that our actions deeply affect each other, and the collective as a whole.
The Astrological pattern of the past few months has been the twenty-nine degree planetary aspects. This Full Moon is once again emphasizing the 29-degree theme of endings so a rebirth can occur. Simultaneously, the planet Jupiter is also sitting at 29-degrees for three more days when on the 22nd of January it will once again enter into the sign of Aries (the Spring Equinox point) and kick off the Cardinal Cross which many of you may remember is initiating great change on a collective level. At the same time, Jupiter will also be in a challenging square aspect to the nodal axis of the Moon and Pluto. Jupiter is the planet that represents our individual and collective belief structures and can manifests as the teacher sharing truth consciousness, or the preacher of dogma. While Jupiter aspects the nodal axis and Pluto, it is extremely important that we take responsibility and align ourselves with our personal truth from within.
The Wolf Moon is a reminder to all of us to empower the sacred being within and to come forth to aid humanity in its spiritual awakening of understanding the Great Mystery of connection to all of life that is unfolding on Earth at this time.
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Copyright 2011 by Linda Kaye
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