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Winter Solstice & New Moon in Capricorn by Astrologer Chani Nicholas
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Tomorrow we enter a new cycle of changing “seasons of life” with the approaching Winter Solstice coupled with a New Moon. This provides a supportive time to honor the remembrance of light that you are, for making those leaps in consciousness by moving within to shine your own light, and to “see the light” even when things get dark and you’re unsure of what to do, where to go, or even how to think or feel.
As I wrote earlier this month, “The promise of increased and expansive light is always just ahead. Welcome your inner illumination to throw the light of understanding and compassion onto the rich gifts all around you and within you. They are not always the obvious and may be in the form of things you’ve come to fear, that you turn away or hide from, or want nothing to do with.”
Chani’s insightful share delves into understanding the energy of Capricorn that this New Moon and cycle spirals into our life – something close to home for me, as I have a Capricorn Ascendant and Mars ruling it as well, which keep my Pisces nature in check and balance (more so these days since I’m integrating/embodying my Capricorn North Mode), but also provides some challenging mountains for the Goat in me to climb and some bottomless oceans to explore both as Pisces fish and Capricorn fish serpent.
Since Capricorn is a sea goat (half goat/half fish serpent), she provides us all with the capability at this time to really make some momentous shifts in our life if we embrace the courage she offers us.
As Chani shares:
“Given that Capricorn is mountain-goat master with fine deep-sea diving flippers, this sign can both scale the heights of the outer world or dive down to the depths of the inner one.”
I giggled at her mentioning Capricorn having an “Eeyore-like reputation”, which is misunderstood, given my stuffed Eeyore has made a reappearance in my life and I’ve been infusing him with love after bringing him forth from the shadows of a box in a cabinet in the garage.
I’m also a Winter baby, being born in February, so what Chani describes here is not foreign to the nature of what I’m always intentfully exploring, although not easy:
“To say that this is a time to remember to bring the light back into our lives is not to turn away from what is difficult, in fact difficult is where the light is strongest most times. Conflicts create sparks and sparks lead to roaring fires. Remember that we are dealing with Capricorn energy which does not shy away from difficult work or roads that look to be a challenging route.”
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I spend much time delving into the challenges and dark with a now unwavering knowing that the light of my own heart will see me through anything, no matter the depth or recurrences of the “dark night of the soul” experiences that cycle around through out life. It wasn’t always that way, but each time the light grows stronger and the transmutation becomes easier, understanding the reflections mirror the nature within myself to be loved. The darker times become welcomed friends rather than the enemy to fear. They also become more gentle and begin to mirror Nature’s effortless and graceful cycles the more we consciously accept their hand in the dance.
This is something available to us all and a way we can deepen our collective compassion and unconditional love and kindness toward everyone from the understanding of this process and our connection to everything and everyone.
You can read Chani Nicholas’ full article here that explores these energies of the Winter Solstice and New Moon from a personal and collective perspective:
Winter Solstice & New Moon in Capricorn: Light Workers
A New Year & New Moon in Capricorn To Seed 2014
We fly into 2014 with a powerful Super New Moon on the 1st of the year. This New Moon in Capricorn will be the perfect way to initiate strong intention seeds to unearth a renewed life into blossom, as the year unfolds. It is time to write a new story and live out loud, the beautiful, uniquely creative expression and love of you.
And with Pluto joining the New Moon, there will be revitalization and energetic evolution that comes from rebirthing, after having embraced the deep journey within. Unconscious conditioning is the old way and now is about becoming a conscious agent of evolution through engaging and welcoming change so you do not self-destruct.
As with all things, this is a choice. As we initiate this New Year with the seeds of fresh beginnings, how will you choose to continue your journey? Responsibly, with dedicated, mature integrity and balanced heart, or rashly and obnoxiously like aggressive and undisciplined adolescents?
Literal and symbolic deaths and rebirths are part of this cyclical journey, but Pluto promises valuable transformation, one way or another.
I’ve also noticed just recently, a link to a condition I have with my own processes changing, that happen to be tied to this New Moon energy. The condition is a cross between symphysis pubis dysfunction and sacroiliac join dysfunction – but mostly residing in the pelvic area, which gets exasperated with rigorous leg-lifting and uphill strains. I hadn’t experienced it until recently when having those cleansing and repatterning shifts taking place for my own new upgrade. I find this to be symbolically connected to the very theme of remnants of old deeply shifting in order to move forward in new and freer ways.
I happen to have Capricorn as my rising sign and most of my life have been that very determined, relentless goat that will climb any mountain its challenged with and not give up. However, this is the old way and its time to realize that contracts have been completed. What I’ve been letting go over the years included shifting from the “work hard” and “over-achieving” mentality that came from a place of control, and instead, have been embracing things in stride and only taking on what is in balance and alignment with me – the new way.
This to include enjoying more of the freedom and joy of the pastures, as well as intuitively and leisurely climbing to new heights with gentle discipline from an authentic heart, rather than calculated or strained steps from devised ideas.
Part of the Capricorn energy is to realize that there is no rush and that you are in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing. Patience and allowing your inner guidance to align that right timing becomes key. So yes, there is the letting go aspect around this New Moon and really embracing the integrity of your heart to create the quality of life you deserve and desire.
This is a great time for both a literal and symbolic cleansing of everything toxic that will impede your wholeness that comes from being in your frequency and accelerating your vibration. And while things are purging and shifting, realize it’s not important to see the result, it’s only important to trust you are on the right path and that you will be guided and supported to each perfect step on the journey.
So tune in to the natural rhythms of nature so that you may hear and follow the guidance of your heart, as it is aligned with our Earth Mother. Live as the example of your own empowered authenticity and let others find the power of their own sovereign free will to live in their wholeness as well. Truth begins with you and from there you can create lasting change with the honesty and integrity you consistently activate and embody within yourself.
If you didn’t get a chance to read my post on the energies we are moving into, you may enjoy this post:
Wishing everyone an empowered and expansive New Year!