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New Moon in Scorpio - 2 November 05
November 2, 2005
I want to introduce you to my wonderful friend,Margaret
Koolman. She is an English astrologer and co-author with me
of our book GATEWAY TO THE SOUL: The Heart of Astrology. We
intend to have our book published early 2006.
Enjoy this very rich information from Margaret:
The Eagle (Scorpio) contains the Sun and Moon together,
representing the determined commitment required to
transform hard physical and emotional experience into
spiritual value, through accepting it.
The Bull (Taurus) holds Mars, representing strong, steady
and practical action, which takes place in its own time and
will not be speeded up.
The Lion (Leo) holds Saturn, representing structure and
authority whose aim is positive, but that can feel
oppressive to those who are subject to it, or may disagree.
The Man/woMan (Aquarius) holds Neptune, representing the
spirit of Aquarius, a sense of everyone being independent
although, at the same time, connected (not easy, but then,
we’ve only just started this two thousand years of the
Aquarian Age!).
Each of these four energies could hardly be more different
from the others and, in this New Moon chart, they are at
the four corners of a great square. As they are
geometrically connected, the principles they represent have
to work together for the next month. This particular great
square would seem to be about the intense focus and
commitment involved in bringing powerful people to an
agreed course of humanitarian action. The drive behind the
action would need leadership, at the same time accepting
each individual’s contribution as worthy of inclusion.
Mars is retrograde at this time: perhaps it’s just as well
actions are being held back until they pass the test of
practicality, in whatever circumstances are being faced.
The New Moon itself is making a fading trine aspect to
Uranus, so we are still open to inspiration from anywhere
or anyone (Uranus is in Pisces).
Communication, though, looks focussed in quite another way
(Mercury, just into Sagittarius, is making no direct
connection to the square). Our thoughts and conversations
are now more broadly based than they will have been
recently, although sometimes they may be a bit ungrounded
(Mercury squares Uranus). On 14 November, Mercury begins
20 days of moving retrograde, suggesting a rethinking
process that won’t be hurried. Putting this together with
the great square suggests the wisdom of giving time to
discussion; when people with fixed ideas continue to sit at
the table, they can be worked on by the needs of
situations. On a personal level, if you are in a difficult
situation at the moment, don’t try to solve it all at once,
but be prepared to consider any idea that arises this
month. Open discussion allows time for organic development
to take place. Solutions arise more easily when we are
patient.
The next New Moon, in Sagittarius on 1 December 05, shows
that we will then be ready for movement to take place. The
Sun/Moon will be trining Saturn and sextiling Neptune,
instead of squaring them – through discussion, there will
be greater understanding of the principles involved.
Mercury, retrograding at that time, and in Scorpio until 4
December, will ensure that the deeper issues are not
forgotten in the turmoil of change.
The way to solve a square is to find that activity, or
principle, that can fulfil all the corners at the same
time. As Scorpio, Taurus, Leo and Aquarius are the fixed
principles of each of the four elements of life, their
working together harmoniously creates, and enables, us
living on earth: they are supposed to work together! This
is a month when we can face the blocks created by our
central misunderstanding. Though most people don’t
consciously think about this, the assumption is that we are
alone on earth, unconnected with each other and separate
from the spiritual level. If we deliberately turn that
around, asking for spiritual assistance, and insisting on
looking at our experience from the broadest viewpoint we
can manage, then inspired solutions will simply arise out
of our discussions.
This may seem an overly optimistic view of the New Moon
chart, but if we don’t even hold these ideas possible of
achievement, they cannot ever be achieved. I hope you
don’t get tired of my saying this: if we endeavour to hold
our own problems in the lightest perspective, we are doing
the best we can for world affairs, and for humanity as a
spiritual family.
Jupiter is now in Scorpio for the next year, and we will
not be able to ignore the emotions, or rationalise them
into ‘sensible responses.’ You may have noticed already a
sense of grief arising for no reason, it could be a
collective grief. The only thing left to do is let the
emotions be what they are. Notice how you feel, give
yourself room to feel it, and get on with life anyway. In
discussion with friends the other day, we were remembering
the beginning of the old ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarves’
cartoon film. Just after Snow White has been set free from
death by the Wicked Queen’s hunter, she is running in
terror for her life through the dark wood, with branches
snagging her dress, and huge eyes watching her evilly from
the darkness. She collapses sobbing on the ground, and we
gradually see that she is in a gentle grove of trees, and
the eyes materialise as belonging to deer and rabbits and
so on, who gather to watch her in kindness and wonder.
This image is perfect for Jupiter in Scorpio, exaggerating
both ends of the emotional spectrum. It also shows
graphically how I feel when thoughts of worry and anxiety
for anything get the better of me. I run wildly through
the darkness of my pessimistic mind until I am exhausted –
familiar? And when I view it all from the light of my
heart, I can see that my thoughts were running
automaton-like along the same old tracks, keeping me away
from seeing how things really are.
I would like to leave you with the image of waking from
your life’s ‘nightmares,’ to find yourself in a lovely
grove of trees, with the timid aspects of your personality
stepping out of the shadows, to gather round the
heart-light of your Zodiac Sun-sign.
Let your heart glow for a moment,
let your body breathe;
then choose the next activity,
and do it.
With love,
Margaret
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