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| 'Kiss of the Muse' by Alex Grey |
New Moon in Leo: The Fire’s Flow and the Blindspot of Societal
Timing
Moon conjunct Sun- 8/18/20 @
9:41pm CDT
“Every creative act inspires
every other creative act.” -Alex Grey
In the seed phase of this
Harvest Moon cycle (which would be the seed of the Seed Moon for our Southern
Hemisphere family), there is a fiery undercurrent of creativity flowing within
this beginning. Since we are starting
this Harvest cycle with a grand trine in fire signs, the fire will be prominent
and subdued all at once. It’s not so
much a raging fire, more like the first cracklings of a campfire…the first
feelings of warmth in the dark.
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| 'Sacred Flame' by Jia Lu |
Moon-Sun-Mercury in Leo
Mars-Eris Rx in Aries
South Lunar Node-Galactic
Center-Osiris-Isis Rx in Sagittarius
Each point of the fire triangle
is connected to harmonious mythic pairings through the celestial bodies at play. The Moon and Sun, our luminaries. Mars and Eris, warrior siblings in the Greco-Roman
pantheon. Osiris and Isis, married
siblings of the Egyptian pantheon. There
is something there about partnership in all forms being supportive of the
creativity being birthed in this cycle.
Trines are easy flowing
vibrations…sometimes overlooked because there is often something more dynamic
gripping our attention. The key to
making good use of this creative Fire is in the Gemini North Lunar Node, which
makes a ‘Kite’ pattern with this Grand Trine.
In Gemini, North Node is the directive of the Collective Soul to take in
nourishment through absorbing new information with a willingness to learn. For more about this, see ‘The Dragon’s Flight into the Gemini-Sagittarius Axis’.
And still…even with this
creative, soaring Kite aspect pattern…this New Moon highlights a blindspot (quincunx
aspect of 150 degrees) with Saturn Rx in Capricorn. This same blindspot is growing into a dynamic
square with Mars, adding to the discomfort steering our attention away from the
flow.
To me, it felt like an overwhelming
‘not enough time to create right now’ vibe…which has an irritating (but not an ‘emergency’)
feel. It’s like when you have a lot you
meant to do, but you didn’t get any sleep (which was true in my case). Saturn is the Roman name of Kronos, the Greek
God of Time (where we get words like ‘chronology’ and ‘chronic’). Instead of flowing in the creativity of this
time, many of us felt like we had to work on and monitor the structure of
things set up for us by outside forces instead.
Of course, it was likely it was so apparent to me in this way because transiting
Saturn is conjunct my Midheaven (high noon of my natal chart).
But yes, we should discuss the
‘blindspot’ of the quincunx aspect to unpack what was going on here at the
start of this new cycle…because we’ll be working with it throughout too. The quincunx is considered a ‘non-aspect’ in
Astrology. Because the word ‘aspect’
refers to how the planets see each other…a non-aspect means they don’t see each
other. So, when New Moon is in a
quincunx with Saturn…they don’t work so well together because they can’t see each
other’s point-of-view. There’s little in
common between the fixed fire sign of Leo and the cardinal earth sign of
Capricorn. They express in very
different ways. So, the tendency with a
quincunx is to feel like we need to compartmentalize the two because they aren’t
working together. And yet, the very
thing we need to do is integrate both in efforts to bring growth from that
discomfort.
So, the Leo energy wants us to
create…to play…to enjoy and celebrate life.
It’s the Sun’s sign…a time to shine.
And the Capricorn energy wants us to do the work needed…to be mature and
responsible…to achieve something substantial.
It’s Saturn’s sign…an influence of wise restraint, endurance through
obstacles, and sustainability.
This ‘uncomfortable growth’
aspect was never more apparent than today…when my son had his first day of
Remote Learning with his Kindergarten class.
In the living room he is used to covering in train tracks, legos, and
various other toys for his amusement…a desk, a chair, an Ipad, and school
materials were set up as an attempt at a structured learning environment. The first day felt like quincunx energy, as
both teachers and students (and let’s be honest, the parents too) tried to be
patient with figuring out how to do this effectively. There were fails…but irritating as they may
have been, they were also learning experiences for all involved.
And here, we also had this Kite
with a Fire Trine tugging gently at us…coaxing the kids to play instead of sit
and wait for things that were largely too advanced to be interesting to
them. Imagine 20 kids learning basic
conference call courtesy like keeping themselves muted so the teacher can be
heard and understood. Yeah, they weren’t
all going to get it on the first day.
During Library time, the Librarian read a few stories that nobody heard
because multiple kids were unmuted.
Instead, Felix sat bored while listening to the dissonant sounds of many
households (and one daycare) having multiple things going on at once. One parent was working from home at the same
time, on a phone call. One kid was
sitting next to her older sibling who was on her own Ipad…so we heard a bit of
her teacher explaining something. A few
kids were just playing with their toys, talking to themselves. What we couldn’t hear was the librarian…we
couldn’t even see her book on the video.
It was a bit chaotic (thank you, Eris).
That’s the quincunx. Saturn, the Librarian, trying to read us a
story and help us learn something while the kids (the luminaries and the fire trine)
just wanted to play and draw. Beyond the
slight irritation of it…there was some humor in it, which is often important to
lean on in times of ‘everything is slightly off’. The creative teachings of humor are both
sustainable in trying times (Capricorn) and playful (Leo). Perhaps this is how we can best integrate
things that don’t quite see each other in the month ahead.
Whatever your experience with
this New Moon, give it a couple of weeks for the light within it to grow. It
will be worth it.
Love and Gratitude,
Felina Lune Kavi
