So the Sun is in Capricorn now.
And on Tuesday Mercury enters Capricorn and the Moon will enter Libra on Christmas Morning and Mars will oppose Uranus and…
Heard enough? The Cardinal signs (Cancer, Capricorn, Libra, Aries) are at war with each other. At war with you. At war with themselves. You will want to take action. Like the Wands suit in the Tarot. You will feel energized, mobilized, annoyed, agitated, even enraged. And then it’ll pass and then another transit will come to take its place and knock you off balance. Reminds me of a pinball machine.
A saving grace in all this cardinal hot mess: the Sun and Mercury in early degrees of Capricorn will sextile Neptune and Chiron. Yeah, that’s the sky we’re talking about. When a SEXTILE TO CHIRON is our lifeboat. Be kind like Chiron.
And the Moon entering Scorpio on Friday the 27th is a RELIEF (rather than a dark descent – which is how it usually feels to me).
Sun and Mercury square Uranus on the 29th…
Mars squares Pluto on the 30th..
I really don’t want to overwhelm you with the dirty details, but giving you a soft focus approach.
I think you need to… take a deep breath.
And then another.
And don’t do anything rash. And maybe hide the cutlery.
And can you get take-out for Christmas? I know I can Being Jewish and all — it’s my tradition 🙂
And then on the 1st is a New Moon in Capricorn conjunct Pluto. Yes you heard me right. THE NEW MOON (and thus the Sun as well) IS CONJUNCT PLUTO.
This is.. stillborn energy. Stillborn. It’s DEAD. And I’m sorry to be dramatic and gruesome but I’m also not. Because I want you to be aware that it’s NOT YOU.
That EVERYONE is under this same sky.
And when something is dead, the right thing to do is to give it a proper burial, with respect, dignity, a little ceremony, some food and drink (if that’s your tradition), say something heartfelt and/or solemn, and then sleep it off.
Remember, please do remember, that during the first week or so after a loved one dies, their soul is… extra close to you. I mean this literally. Extra close, they are around you. You can see them when you squint your eyes just a little. Or in your peripheral vision.
So whatever it is you’ve lost – even if you wanted to lose it – you’ve got these weeks now to make a little peace from the ravages of your own little war. And do give it some structure, for the sake of SATURN (Capricorn’s ruler). I’m picturing a proper Japanese tea ceremony. Or sit shiva-like for a day. Mourn your losses, peer into them, get as close as you can get, embarrassingly so.
What advice would you give?
Love, MP
7 thoughts on “Kind Like Chiron: Getting Through The Holidays”
I too see some positives in what looks like disastrous stars. It must be where this moon falls in an individuals chart, Also, their progressions. This build-up of tension has cracked through some false layers of security and brought forth into light some previously forgotten issues, some quite traumatic, which when gazed at through the gauzy mist of memory, seems right to bury as deep as possible. Now here it is again, when I have the life experience to observe with a more objective eye. Moved to compassion right now, for my younger, more foolish self. Thanks Pluto!
Well-said, Siobhan
What if the New Moon conjunct Pluto is discovering something that has been hidden from public view for a long time instead of something stillborn? Maybe whatever this secret is, it will now seek justice…
I read an article on the CBS website on December 19th talking about Obama wanting to address the 26,000 military members who were sexually assaulted last year alone. He called it an “epidemic” and said it had to change. Traditionally the military tried to hide things like this because it reflected bad on the commanders. They’d rather remove the individual who was assaulted, and hush them up, instead of addressing the problem within their other unit members. It was happening to both women and men who were perceived as weak. Sadly, this is nothing new. But now it’s getting so bad that Obama wants to actually do something about it. Do you see justice on the other end of these squares?
Taking a deep breath is what I SHOULD have done last night, Instead I was…in your words…ENRAGED. Went off on a tangent that scared even me. I lost my mind to anger. I have significant Mars and Saturn in my natal and I felt like I was at battle with the whole universe. One of the worst fights I’ve ever been in. Thought my neighbors were going to call the police. I also have Pluto on my ascendant right now.
God willing I will take advice from this post and BREATH, and not get caught up; cause once I’ve been hooked— forget it.
xoxo
So solitude, silence, stock-taking. That’s the advice I would give. With my three comments. :p
Ps and definitely taking the deep breaths and simple meals!!!!
For me I’m seeing it/sensing it as a quiet season of inaction, being present, letting the daily be, tending to it, not fretting about big picture concerns or unknowns. I was in such turmoil last Christmas, this year I’m in the midst of a huge transformation and haven’t settled yet but I’m so much more grounded and accepting. So that’s how I’m reading kind like chiron. 🙂