photo: Bruce Lhuillier
Tuesday is a full Moon in Cancer where the pleasures of feeding (Cancer’s speciality) another species may be the key to healing our own. We hold in our hand the ability to feed us all, to celebrate our connection and universal needs and talents. Chiron, the healer has a tight relationship (Square) to the Sun and Moon at this moment of peak expression in the Lunar cycle. So we have the Sun, the Moon and Chiron, in a very neat triangle of Cardinal energies. Cardinal signs are the seasonal markers, the Solstices and Equinoxes. The Sun has just entered Capricorn, the Winter Solstice, when the Sun appears to turn and head Northward. Chiron is in the realm of Aries (Spring Equinox) and the Moon is in the sign of the Summer Solstice (Cancer).
photo: Sarah Fuhro
It’s exciting to see Chiron, the healer in this close square to Sun and Moon. Chiron is symbolized by a key. To find a key is to experience the healing of Chiron from another dimension. We are all caught in the labyrinth of healing at this moment of worldwide pandemic. Just as Jupiter and Saturn entered Aquarius , vaccines arrived ready for use. Aquarius is a sign of science and technology (and astrology)! Jupiter and Saturn had been lurking in Capricorn from January until December. During this time, the vaccine was being developed by scientists all over the world, but it needed the final push from the combination of Saturn (formation) and Uranus (revolution) to put this new form of vaccine into the arms of those who need it most. Saturn and Uranus are the astrological rulers of Aquarius. They are an interesting combination of tradition, irrefutable rules and deep commitment, which is Saturn and the wildly erratic and innovative nature of Uranus to develop this vaccine so quickly and with so many new features.
Uranus is also very much part of the powerful pattern of this chart. His position in relationship to Sun and Moon is that of willing helper. He might be ready to turn our minds in new directions. We are in a crisis of hungry and homeless people in our country. It’s not revolutionary to imagine a change of direction away from ‘bottom line’ and ‘trickle down’ economics (Capricorn) to the Cancer Moon’s deep love of children, food, home and family, the family which includes all. Capricorn could then be the organizing energy behind a deep change of heart, which is put into Earthy form.
photo: Bruce Lhuillier
The road ahead is not clear, but it is lit by a most beautiful Capricorn Sun. Was it only this Monday we celebrated the winter Solstice and the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn? We seem to be headed in a new direction of hope (Jupiter) and and deep commitment to constructive action (Saturn). Venus is rising with the Sun each morning. May she be our guide of love where we see the beauty in everything around us.
Angel Musician from the Aosta Cathedral
The Sabian Symbol for this Capricorn Sun who illuminates the brilliant Cancer Moon is ‘AN ANGEL CARRYING A HARP. The revelation of the spiritual meaning and purpose at the core of any life situation.’ The promise of this degree is the illumination which is always available when we are ‘open and listen to the total harmony of life.’ For life to be harmonious we must open our eyes and hearts to the needs of everything around us. Angels and birds have so much in common. They have wings and sing to make us joyous. Birds evolved from dinosaurs, huge lizards who couldn’t walk the Earth any longer, and so took to air.
Chiron
Here is Chiron illustrated by the artist, Amelia Leonards.
painting: Amelia Leonards
The bird has the key to unlock a powerful secret of healing. Even with the key, she needs to understand the lock. We are perched at this moment at a turning point. Can we share the answer to the key question which the tiny bird poses? How do we work together? It’s an ecological healing of balance in which we allow natural forces to do their work.