Lunation

January, 2012

The triumverate of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun form a relationship that keeps us in balance from a holistic perspective: Body, Soul, and Spirit. In relation to the Earth's daily rotation, the Moon orbits, monthly, demonstrating an ebb and flow, a waxing and waning, while yearly, the Sun appears to travel the loop of the analemma from north to south declination. In addition to current lunations, there are phases and eclipse patterns at work to support our goals and intentions to manifest a holistic sense of well-being.

CURRENT LUNATION:  January 23, 2012  2:39 AM EST 2 Aquarius 41
"The New Moon teaches
gradualness and deliberation,
and how one gives birth to oneself, slowly."
                               --Rumi
                               Coleman Barks
                               The Essential Rumi
                               NY: Harper Collins, 1995.

(Sabian Symbols from Rudhyar, D. The Astrology of Personality. NM: Aurora Press, 1991)

Spirit and Soul (Sun and Moon 2 Aquarius 41)
Sabian Symbol: A deserter suddenly realizes the fallacy of his conduct.

The Physical Environment (Ascendant 28 Scorpio 34)
Sabian Symbol: Princess pleads before an Inca King for her captured sons.

The Public Realm (Midheaven 14 Virgo 22)
Sabian Symbol: An old lace handkerchief; some rare perfume; a mirror.

Reevaluate.

The phase quarter marks, useful for the unfolding, are:

First Quarter (action): January 30

Full Moon (balance): February 7 (Snow Moon)

Last Quarter (results): February 14

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IMPACT AT PERIGEE
If in doubt about the impact of celestial bodies on the Earth, go to an ocean and watch the tides. This is where you'll find physical evidence of the interrelationship between the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun, which translates into the Body, the Soul, and the Spirit in metaphysical terms.

The Moon has an inconstancy due to its travel in an eliptical orbit around the Earth. When the Moon is at apogee, the furthest from the Earth, it appears smaller and has less gravitational pull. When it is at perigee, closest to the Earth, it is brighter, larger, and has more gravitational pull. The remaining 2012 perigee dates are:

Feb. 11
March 10

April 7

May 6

June 3

July 1

July 29

Aug. 23

Sept. 19

Oct. 17

Nov. 14

Dec. 12

A Super Moon, known for extreme effects, swift course, and high tides, occurs when the Moon is new or full, and at perigee. Earthquakes, eruptions, and storms are likely, both internally and externally. An additional phenomenon, occuring in early January, is when the Earth is closest to the Sun, called perihelion. With the Moon orbiting the Earth, this results in an array of extremes, most noticeably the fast-rising and very high tide or weather patterns. Earth's perihelion occurs on January 5, 2012.

ECLIPSES, 2012
Eclipses occur with regularity over the course of the year. During an eclipse, the Earth, Sun, and Moon align to block out either the solar light (solar eclipse) or the lunar reflection (lunar eclipse). One interpretation is that eclipses serve as "safety valves", regulating the balance of will and emotion.

During a solar eclipse, the Sun energy must pass through the lunar detritus before it reaches the Earth. The usually flowing will and conciousness of the Sun is blocked, overridden by the unconscious motivations represented by the Moon. The emerging instincts of the New Moon cycle are more primal.

During a lunar eclipse, the flow of Sun and the flow of Moon are at opposing poles, but their energy is blocked by the Earth's alignment; intensity of both will and emotion are manifested.

Body, Soul, Spirit--the Hermetic triumverate--seek emergence and balance during eclipses.

There may still be some reverberations from the December 10 Total Lunar Eclipse at 18 + Gemini.

2012

May 20-22 Annular Solar 0 + Gemini

June 4 Partial Lunar 14 + Sagittarius

June 5 TRANSIT OF VENUS 15 + Sagittarius (Last time, 8 years ago)

Nov. 13-14 Total Solar 2 + Scorpio

Nov. 28 Penumbral Lunar 6 + Gemini