Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Sphynx Moon - Full Moon Leo/Virgo Cusp

The age of Aquarius is said to be an age of plurality, collectivism and liberty through technology and new ideas, a theme that is certainly apparent through the Internet and social networking.

However each age has a hidden counterpart, an additional component that arises from the polarity of each sign. In the age of Pisces we also saw an occulted or hidden age of Virgo. As the archetype of the sacrificed God came to power and dominated the consciousness field of humanity, another more subtle age also reigned, the Age of Virgo or the Virgin. Suppressed by the church, the sacred feminine in the form of the black Madonna and concubine to Jesus Christ flourished in secret.

Each age has a counterpart. The age of Aquarius is also the Age of Leo and the age of the SUN. Co-current with the group consciousness of the internet and discoveries of new physics that we are all interconnected, is the self-centered and proud Leonic current apparent in "MYspace" and the multiplicity of spotlights that is the internet and social networking. "in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minuets" Andy Warhol, in his prescience, claimed. Fame. and everybody gets some.



Sphynx Moon

The degrees between Leo and Virgo are said to be the degree of the Sphynx as they occupy the point between the Lion and the Virgin, two component parts in the Sphynx of Giza which is the body of a Lion and the head of a Human.

The mythic archetype of the Sphyx is an archetype of Elemental wholeness, more than just Beast (fire) and Man (air). A sphynx was said to be part Lion, part eagle, part bull and part human. It is a composite of the cherubs of apocalyptic visions in the bible which are also the animals of the fixed signs of the zodiac, each of the fixed signs are where the sun rests in it's seasonal peak. Taurus the Bull is the height of spring. Leo the lion of summer, Scorpio the eagle of Fall and Aquarius the Human of winter. Each element is not simply the gross (or essential) substance of materiality but also the emotional components of the human condition.

Earth - sensiousness and the ability to maintain form
Water - Emotionality and the ability to reflect
FIre - Energy also called "intuition" by Jung
Air - Mentation and the ability to ideate

all four together allow us to imagine which is essentiall the creative act and the power of a God. The composite of these are Akasha or spirit, the 5th element. However the 4 do not make the 5th, rather the 5th like a prism, makes the 4.

The elements also have their shadows

Earth - avarice and stubborness
Water - sadness
Fire - anger
Air - caprice

when the elemental parts of the self are brought to balance the 5th elemental creature is the Sphynx, keeper of the myteries of the universe.


Use this time to contemplate your own elemental fullness and cultivate awareness of what you need to nurture and what you need to reduce to come to a place of equanimity and stillness, and to be like the sphynx herself, resting in the fullness of her secret.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

New Moon Aquarius - Inventing new realities

The yearly New Moon in Aquarius is a time where the energies of the new age are released and activated within our personal lives and the mundane world at large. Depending on how the Lunation is aspected there will be relative ease or friction in the expression of the principals cognate to Aquarius: Revolution, evolution, and Ideals associated with Liberty, freedom of experimentation and the open road to the stars that is our future.


Although Aquarius is the "water bearer", it is an air sign and the element of Air corresponds to ideas and mental constructs. The glyph of Aquarius appears to be wavy lines of water but could also be interpreted, perhaps more correctly, as waves of air. During this time we are stirred by our ideas and ideals rather than emotions and sentiment (water), need for action, stimulation and change (fire) or desire for stasis, fixity and stability(earth).

To further illustrate and add to this concept, Take the example of the process of Invention, an Aquarian concept.

First a mental construct comes to the mind. Through reflection and memory (water) we are able to refine the idea until our Will (fire) brings the creation into manifest reality (earth). Before we can bring an idea into the manifest we must mold it in the substance of imagination and before we can receive inspiration (literally in-breath) we must make ourselves still and like an empty vessel.


"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein, North Node Aquarius


During this time we are open to inspiration that will allow us to rise above the consciousness that created the problems and challenges we face.


Mars will be conjunct the sun and opposite the moon so it will be highly energetic and full of vigor unlike most new moons, which can be a bit of a lull before the moon waxes to it's fullness.

Saturn will trine Mars and actions now are blessed with Saturn's "stickyness" and potential for longevity, stability and measured output. Although this lunation contains themes of "taking action" based on needs of freedom, the usual hastiness of Mars may be diminished with this aspect active.

Although the trine is associated with ease, Saturn is still known as the Lord of the scythe and it may be that you or a loved one is able to sever ties with a relationship that has run it's course. Apparent Endings may be easier than apparent beginnings at this time, depending on your situation.

Endings and romantic transitions are underscored by a tense T-square between Uranus, Venus and retrograde Juno the asteroid of Marriage and committed relationships.

Relationships and marriages may come to an impass or transformitive point.

Venus in Sagittarius wants to be free to explore and taste the banquet of human life. Uranus demands liberty to do what t pleases and the freedom to experiment. Juno wants stability and commitment. These three planets appear to be arguing for control and venus and uranus are both semisquaring the New Moon, a sign of friction, so whatever is started at this new moon may require us to adjust our relationship status perhaps allowing for more freedom or experimentation.

The fixity of Aquarius may also slow impulsiveness although, on the flipside, it may mire us in our rigid ideals and ways of doing things.

Aquarius as a fixed sign is a bit counterintuitive. Aquarius is the sign of transformation and metamorphosis and entry into the future. but Fixed signs are dogmatic at times in their ways of expressing and embodying their archetypal spirit, so to speak. This can be illustrated in the archetypal Anarcho-atheist who is ( or becomes) as dogmatic and rigid as the structues and normative values she/he opposes. For instance, pictiure a masked, black clad anarchist punk Hurling a molotov cocktail at police over the injustice of violence.

Aquarius is an air sign but Uranus is the only planet in a water sign at the time of this New Moon and the driving force of change and liberty at this time may be emotional rather than the intellectual, which is the field of consciousness at work in aquarius. Emotions we have discarded or neglected may come to the surface with suddeness or out-of-the-blue. Again, with Mars so tight in the lunation, we may feel urgency to make changes within our relationships based on these emotional revelations.