December 27th ~ January 3rd
Father Time
In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance. ~ Jeanette Winterson
We enter the void between the Solar and Lunar Eclipses that stand like bookends at New Year’s End. As if in the eye of the storm, or swimming in the funnel of a great water spout, we are being launched into eclipse season. Something is fading, and no matter how longingly we may cling to what was, it is time to let go. Meanwhile, a future is emerging which we cannot yet see clearly. Eclipses are so unpredictable. Therefore we proceed on faith that everything will turn out as it should, without knowing where we will land once all the dust has settled.
Eclipses are often felt weeks in advance, and the ramifications up to 6 months after. These can be turning points that seem to shift things about on the playing board. Some may feel like they are free falling in a vortex of activity, confronted with impending change, and a feeling of chaos. Others will feel like they are being drained of their life essence. This is the veil between the eclipses where change, evolution, and time warps converge, and all we can do is walk through the veil to the other side.
Father Time is often portrayed with a scythe, which symbolize the harvest of the wisdom and experience we have gathered from the year before, while also clearing the field for the New Year’s seeds yet to be planted. The Roman two-faced Janus is the god of beginnings, endings, transitions and time. He is portrayed with two faces, where one face looks to the future, while the other reflects on the past. He presided over doorways and the gates of Rome. Because he presides over the New Year, the month of January is bears his name. Like Janus we are looking back to reflect on the year that was, while also looking forward to the year that is yet to come.
These eclipses occur in the signs of Capricorn and Cancer, the signs of the current Nodal axis of the Moon. This is where the paths of the Moon and Sun intersect, allowing for this exact alignment of the Sun, Moon and Earth. When the Nodes first entered Cancer/Capricorn in November 2018, we had an election here in the United States in which an unprecedented number of women were elected into Congress. Then at the time of their inauguration, for the first time members of congress were encouraged to bring their children, grandchildren and families. Among other things, the North Node in the sign of Cancer, has domain over women, families and children. After these two eclipses we will have one other Solar Eclipse in Cancer next June, followed by a very weak Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn. But otherwise, after the Nodes move into Gemini/Sagittarius in May 2020, these will be the last of the Cancer/Capricorn eclipses.
The North ascending Node is in the sign of Cancer, while the South descending Node is in the sign of Capricorn. The South Node represents that which we are needing to release, in order to allow for further evolutionary growth. The North Node shows us what we are needing to cultivate. With so many strong planets in the sign of Capricorn, it has been even more difficult than usual to cultivate the qualities of the Cancer North Node. What we are needing to release through the South Node in Capricorn are:
Tyranny: Old established traditions, governing parties or oppressive authorities that refuse to evolve, or relinquish their control or power.
Convervatism: Clinging to conservative values: smaller but more controlling and isolating governments with the power being leveraged by a few.
Isolationism: The South Node in Capricorn values stoicism, isolationism, and the rule of law. And so they use laws to build walls, and limit inclusion.
Fear: Holding on to power by sowing fear and divisiveness.
What we are needing to cultivate through the North Node in Cancer:
Women: Capricorn symbolizes the patriarchy, while Cancer extols the matriarchy. The Great Mother. Empathy, nurturing and protecting.
Community: Family, Home, Mother, Children, Infants and Community Social values that take into consideration the welfare and needs of the whole group, not just a chosen few.
Empathy: The values of Cancer lean towards the greater good of the people: nurturing one another, caring for one another.
Cultural values: Both Capricorn and Cancer value traditions; but Cancer has respect for the value of cultural tradition as a foundation for societal unity and strength. This includes a reverence for land, home, family, community and country.
Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. ~ Goran Persson
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