This is an extremely potent cleansing and decisive New Moon.
There is a lot going on, fascinating symbols and really powerful energy. I've pulled Oracle Stones that involve Shadow Work for three weeks in a row- ever since Mercury entered Scorpio. Duality came up with both the Tarot Card and the Animal Medicine cards breaking down to 11 and 2. Shadow Work doesn't involve going from total darkness to total light but actually encourages a balance of the Light (Divine Masculine) and Darkness (Divine Feminine) within. Knowing when to give (masculine active energy) and when to receive (feminine receptive energy) can be tricky and it is super important that we have these aspects of ourselves in balance. Further the numerology can represent the balance between the individual and collective. Individual needs and desires are important but they don't always align with the need of the Collective. As our Hebrew Letter for this lunation symbolizes the heart (emotional feminine energy) and mind (analytical masculine energy) must be in balance with one another. The Divine Feminine Energy is waking up after a nice long nap. A lot of people are Awakening to their True Divine Nature as systems that control people are perfecting using Fear as a tool against them. The good news is that when truly Awakened to the Oneness of all Life there is no room for fear. Instead, it's easy to come from a neutral state of being-ness. Unfortunately, this process of the Divine Feminine Awakening will probably last through 2023 when the 'worst of things' will be over based on a dream that I had years ago and that just happens to be the year Pluto leaves Capricorn. The Astrology The Sun and Moon are at 23 degrees of Libra. Right off it's clear to see that there is change in the air during this New Moon because 23 is 5 in Numerology and that is a powerful number. Five is the number of change and transformation. All of that deep Shadow Work that we've been doing is starting to pay off. Five and 23 are considered a heavenly union as well as it's when the feminine 2 and masculine 3 combine to multiply. The star of this show is Mercury in Scorpio even though Venus (the Heart chakra) in Virgo is the ruler of this New Moon. That's because Venus is negatively impacted in Mercury's sign by what the host is doing and she's not doing too much herself. Mercury is having one heck of a time down in the 'underworld.' Mercury is retrograde as it explores what feels like familiar territory evolving around all things dark or repressed. Even though these two are connected with this New Moon energy there is a disconnect between the Mind and Heart since Mercury is retrograde. Mercury is also opposing electric Uranus which means that technology may glitch more than usual. This is definitely not the time that I would depend on my phone or laptop because things are gong to be so electric. Our minds may be blown as a lot of weird or interesting developments come out during this time period. Meanwhile we have multiple squares between the two Stellums going on in the sky. We have Saturn, Jupiter, and Pluto in Capricorn. Then there's Mars, Eris, and Chiron in Aries. In a lot of ways it's the Old School (the Capricorn gang) and the New School (the Aries gang which represents a Youthful Energy since Aries is the first sign of the Zodiac) butting heads, although, perhaps thankfully Mars is still retrograde and is offline. That means as all of these conflicts are happening there is a lack of personal vitality. The Sun and Moon in Libra seem to be weighing the New (Aries Stellum) and Old School (Cappy Stellum) as Mercury explores the old familiar realms of The Shadow. Our Conscious and subconscious may be focused on the conflict by the two opposing viewpoints provided by Aries and Capricorn but our Minds and Hearts are exploring the depths of the Shadow in search of balancing the seeming duality. Only Love can unite both. The Medicine Card: Frog Medicine Frog is the Animal Guardian of the Western direction to which this New Moon belongs. This powerful Animal Medicine Card represents cleansing. The frogs ribbet is attributed to calling rain. This powerful card is associated with Water Ceremonies of cleansing. Frogs are known to cleans negativity and brings new life through the process of cleansing. This card is number 38 and breaks down to eleven and that breaks down to two so there is a dualistic element The Hunters Moon This is the first moon of the West direction and the Water Element. This is the last moment we have to "catch our breath" before diving deep into the Underworld of the year. Much like Mars we are at the start of Shadow Season when we work with the mysterious energy of the Divine Feminine. The plant of this direction is Bearberry which is used in many Indigenous Sacred Tobacco blends. Bearberry can be drank as a tea and it's been known to help break fevers. Hebrew Letter Lamed The letter Lamed (found on the left hand bottom corner of the Justice Tarot Card) looks like a Yod with a Serpents tail. Lamed is the ox-goad and the concept is tied to the Saturn principal. The full spelling of the glyph's name(lamed) means, "A heart that understands knowledge." This is also the tallest of the Hebrew letters. Lamed literally means teaching and learning but it also begins the word for 'slander.' Just like anything else in life knowledge can be used for ill means. To me Lamed looks like a Yod with the serpents tail in the shape of a 5. This reminds me of the light trails that you can see after light has moved quickly and the snake that is associated with knowledge. Knowledge to me is the result of a quick mind but it's not usually but to use in an appropriate way until the heart is involved. We may know that we disagree with someone but we can choose not to fan the fire of disagreement by using. We don't have to choose to engage in divisive energy but use our energy to amplify unity by sharing love to all indiscriminately. The ox-goad also makes me think that sometimes Spirit has to prod us where we need to go. If we don't listen to the first intuitive clues Spirit becomes louder and louder until we finally listen to it's direction. We have the choice to align ourselves with Spirit when it's just whispering that things need to change or we can wait until Spirit brings what appears to be disaster upon us in response to us not listening. Sometimes Spirit has something better in store for us then we can imagine and as long as we are being narrow minded and rejecting the Will of Spirit we will keep experiencing more wake up calls until we do something about it. Justice Card The tarot card for this New Moon cycle is the Justice Card. This is the card for Libra (especially interesting given that this is a Libra New Moon) and it represents decisiveness. Within one hand of the Divine Feminine's is the sword which is Saturn according to Jason Lotterhead and in the other is the balanced scales. That which is not in balance is cut off. In the physical plane of existence much of our work is learning how to be balanced in a realm of limitation. That limitation encourages us to be creative in developing and envisioning the lives that we want. The card number is 11 which breaks down to 2 suggesting, just as the Frog Medicine Card, duality and balance at the same time. Jason Lotterhead explained the Saturn Principle this way: "An artist must have a resisting medium, whatever the field of expression...The more we practice on this material, the stronger and sharper we get. Thus we should enjoy the pressure because it means we're advancing all of the time.,, This is the process of elimination by which you find out what it is you really want...The whole point is that your joy and your life depend on no one but yourself." pg 182 Later he explains: "Don't forget that the sword is the essential tool of the creator, and you are the creator of your experience. In the act of creation you make a division between what is going to be in and what is going to be out...You have to limit your expression but you have infinite choice as to what you're going to do." pg 184 Finally, there is the beautiful statement: "There's an outer conspiracy against the individual because the individual is just too hard to handle. The system wants sheep; lions are not encouraged. In the Kabbalah it's the other way around." pg 185 The Justice card, to me, appears to represent both limitation and balance. When we are in a limiting situation and retain our "center" we are powerful indeed. Tools The tools I'm working with during this New Moon is a Blue Intention Candle for working with the elements of Air and Water. I really want to call upon the purifying energy of water while working with this dualistic energy. I decorated the candle with some Lemon Grass essential oil. I will also be working with Rainforest Incense to help invoke that purifying water energy. Shadow Work Balance Grid I wanted to make a Shadow Work Grid to honor this Moon Cycle. We have so much dualistic energy with the cards and purification energy with the Frog card and Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio that it's the perfect time for powerful Shadow Work. In addition to that we can honor the time of the year, according to Athena Perkins this is the Shadow Season because we are going into the time of year (in the Western Hemisphere) when the amount of night outweighs the daylight. I really wanted to work with contrasting stones of dark and light to bring a balance between the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine within. All of these are crown and root chakra Shadow Work stones. Here is the list. 1. Smoky Quartz Generator: The great transmutation stone. Smoky quartz draws out the negative leaving only spaciousness in it's place. 2. Snowflake Obsidian: A powerful shadow integration stone. Brings balance to the body, mind and spirit. 3. Spider Web Jasper: This stone represents the interconnection of everyone in the great web of life. What happens with one person invariably sends out ripples that effects another. 4. Dalmatian Jasper: This is the stone of loyalty Dalmatian Jasper also represents a balance of the dark and light within one another. This is the stone of a balanced Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine. 4. Zebra Jasper: This one represents the union of heaven and earth. This one also balances the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine. 5. 2 Rainforest Jasper Chip Stones- A heart chakra stone that is one of the most cleansing and fertile stones that you can possess. Rainforest Jasper reminds us that water brings life. The moist water of the rainforest supports a myriad of species and bounty of plants that thrive nowhere else. 6. 2 Pink Himalayan Quartz Points- I brought these soft pink stones into the grid to bring in loving support. Shadow Work can seem so heavy and lonely so I wanted to bring in some loving levity. Conclusion Justice comes when our emotional Hearts and analytical Minds are both aligned with love. While some might say that the analytical and emotional are opposites that is not true. There is intellectual love as much as emotional love. When you truly know someone and love them with all that you are it is on both levels. The experience of limitation helps us to grow by facing the adversity of the situation. When we're out of balance- whether on a collective or individual level it is easy to feel chaotic. Yet, the 'ox-goad' of that imbalance forces us to learn quickly how to regain our balance. We learn what makes us unbalanced so that in the future when a similar event happens we know how not to react. That's the process of learning and growing represented by Lamed. This New Moon is calling on us to unite and balance two seemingly different aspects within ourselves. When we can balance these two on an individual level it sends ripples out into the outer world creating harmony to the Collective that very much needs this energy. References Callahan, Kathy L. (2010) The Path Of The Medicine Wheel Dobin, Rabbi Joel C. (1999). Kabbalistic Astrology. Hoffman, Edward. (1998). The Hebrew Alphabet Lotterhead, Jason C. (1989) Thursday Night Tarot. Lembo, Margaret Ann. (2013). The Essential Guide To Crystals, Minerals and Stones. Perkins, Athena. (2020) SageGoddess.com
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