Full Moon - 12-12-08 - Gemini-Sagittarius

[katty]

www.EcoAstrology.com

>Pay special attention to your intuition and your shadow from 12/12
>through 12/22. The astrological energies during this period greatly
>accelerate and illuminate what we are moving towards, as well as what
>is blocking our path.
>
>The full moon, which peaks Friday, December 12 at 8:37 AM PST at 21º
>Gemini-Sagittarius, is not only the brightest of the year, but
>perhaps also the most galvanizing. This is the fifth and final
>SuperMoon of 2008, where the Moon is both at perigee (its closest
>approach to Earth) and syzygy (directly aligned with the Sun and
>Earth). Gravitational pulls are intensified around a SuperMoon, which
>impacts our bodies and psyches as well. Even more important, this
>Full Moon forms a grand cross with Saturn, the principle of physical
>reality, and Uranus, the gateway to metaphysical reality. A grand
>cross (also known as a grand square) signals that we have reached a
>crossroads and that we must ?square? or align our actions with our
>beliefs. The Sun in Sagittarius illuminates what we need to see; the
>Moon in Gemini, what we need to say. Saturn in Virgo exposes what no
>longer works, and Uranus in Pisces reveals where we are ready for a
>quantum leap. Mercury?s close conjunction with Pluto at 1° Capricorn
>prods us to examine and address the real issues. What assumptions
>need to be questioned? What is your deepest truth?
>
>The farther a planet orbits from the Sun, the more encompassing its
>perspective and the greater the challenge to include that archetype
>in our awareness and identity. In this grand cross and in the ongoing
>opposition to Saturn, Uranus offers the way out and up. Uranus is the
>archetype of chaos and creation, symbolizing the conception of new
>forms, new paradigms, and new realities. In Pisces, Uranus represents
>the need for a spiritual revolution, the need to wake up to who we
>really are and why we are here. Uranus?s transit through Pisces (2003?
>2011) represents the breakdown of whatever keeps us in suffering and
>separation, and the remembrance of our inherent divinity and unity.
>Saturn and Uranus remain within 11° of opposition from August, 2008
>to October 2010, keeping up strong tailwinds for major reforms, as
>they generate five exact oppositions during that period (November 4,
>2008, February 5, 2009, September 15, 2009, April 26, 2010, and July
>26, 2010).
>
>The Winter Solstice this year forms on December 21 at 4:04 AM PST.
>This is the Return of the Light in the northern hemisphere, a time of
>rebirth and renewal celebrated by many cultures. In Egypt, the mother
>goddess Isis gave birth to Horus, the sun god, on the Winter
>Solstice. In the Greek myths, Leto gave birth to Apollo, another sun
>god. In Rome, this was the birthday of the Invincible Sun, and in
>Persia, the birth of Mithra, the god of light. As the Sun enters
>Capricorn and climbs higher in the sky, the increasing daylight
>rekindles our hopes and faith in life. Do something to mark this
>shift; light a candle, make a prayer, give thanks for all that has
>gone, and all that is to come. The potency of our intentions are
>greatly amplified by the Sun?s conjunction with Pluto (1º Capricorn)
>and Mars? conjunction with the Galactic Center (27º Sagittarius) on
>December 22.
>
>Sometime in the next 10 days, contemplate and record your answers to
>the following questions:
>
>What is the meaning of life? What do I believe?
>Why am I here? What means more to me than anything else?
>What are my assumptions? (i.e. life is___, men are___, women are___,
>relationships are___, money is___ etc.)
>What judgments are holding me back?
>What am I longing for? What are my feelings telling me? What is my
>body showing me?
>What are my relationships mirroring to me?
>Where do I give away my power? Where do I still see myself as a
>victim? What am I most afraid of?
>What have I learned so far this year? What am I learning now?
>What grounds and centers me? What helps me stay in touch with my truth?
>
>Follow your heart. Focus on what really matters. Remember: "Too often
>we follow a path that is not really our own, one that others have set
>for us. We forget, that whichever way we go, the price is the same:
>in both cases we will pass through both difficult and happy moments.
>But when we are living our dream, the difficulties we encounter make
>sense." (Paulo Coelho)

[NJCher]

1. and....the biggest full moon of the year

http://www.physorg.com/news148139410.html

Pics and diagrams at the link.

[catzies]

2. Been feelin't it all day. Good thing I just get to stay home tomorrow

and try to be calm and peaceful, because I'm feeling rather apprehensive about something happening somewhere soon, I know not what. Everyone seems short-tempered and impatient that I've had to deal with, including me. :crazy:

[Habibi]

3. Well, it's been sucking for me.

Having a crisis of the spirit at the same time as this full moon really bites out loud.

[Kookaburra]

4. I have been dizzy and disoriented

Will take any energy you can send me. This full moon is really messing with me (gemini).

Thanks in advance for the help!!!

Love to you all.

:grouphug:

[pink-o]

5. I've had a creeping malaise all day...

I read this article posted on DU

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_49/b4111040876189.htm

about the private equity company who bankrupted Mervyn's and now owns most of Chrysler and got REEEEAALLY depressed! I mean, it's dire and sad, but I totally overreacted.

And then I saw that moon looming out my window and it all came clear.

I'm a Saj, birthday on Tuesday, so maybe the Gem opposition did me in. Anyway, I'm holed in at home with the phone turned off for the rest of the day!

[JanusAscending]

6. Here, in the NW corner of Ct.,

The moon is HUGE, and it has a very large ring around it. The circles of the ring go from pink and shade into purple!! I've seen rings around the moon before, but never like this. We had an ice storm last night, but it's been sunny and windy all day. I know rings are caused by the ice crystals in the upper atmosphere(or moisture in warm weather), and usually foretells bad weather the next day, but tomorrow is going to be sunny and windier than today??? The only anomaly I've encountered today is that I can't seem to be able to keep my wrist watch set at the right time. I've set it three times today, and each time it was totally off!! I'm wearing my late husbands Timex windup. I have three battery watches in the house in need of new batteries, and I just can't afford them!!! :shrug:

[MorningGlow]

7. Total whompage today

It didn't affect me directly, but Mr. MG got hammered. MG Jr's kindergarten holiday concert was this afternoon, but just before it started, Mr. MG got paged that a major server had crashed at work. He spent half the time on the phone, but managed to stay for the concert. He left soon afterward (during the punch and cookies portion of the event), but when he got to work and joined the investigation, it turned out that neither he nor anybody else could figure out why the server crashed and rebooted. It just...did (inconveniencing hundreds of medical personnel in the middle of the day).

THEN he stopped at a store after work, and when he came out, his car refused to start. Took forever to get auto club service, because it began to snow pretty heavily. He suspected it was the battery, even though he never had any warning light come on.

He called me to fetch the pizza he had ordered and had intended to pick up on the way home, so I tossed MG Jr. into the car, and it took us an hour to get there and most of the way home because of the snow, when it normally would have taken half that time. Just as we neared home, my cell phone rang--the auto club couldn't get Mr. MG's car started, so we had to turn around and drive ALLLL the way back to pick him up. We were on the road for a total of TWO HOURS (traveling with a cold pizza).

*Sigh.* My brother and his family are taking the red eye from California tonight to visit for Christmas; I hope this doesn't affect them.

[loudsue]

8. Really good article...

thanks! :hi: