Since the beginning of human’s relationship with fire, it has been a focal point of the home and family whether it be the actual hearth or an outside fire. These goddesses are often venerated during the season of Yuletide as well as the sabbat of Imbolc.
The Moon’s Nodes will be shifting gears as they move out of Sagittarius/Gemini and into Scorpio/Taurus. Because the North Node and the South Node are related to the Moon, their effect on us is related to our moods, instincts, and our general internal worlds.
Here we are, at the final full moon of 2021. This Gemini Full Moon will occur at 27° and is bookended by the ancient festival of Saturnalia and Yule, the Winter Solstice. If we were to look at the entire year and think of it as a lunar cycle, or lunation, the Winter Solstice would be the New Moon of the year.
Lo Saturnalia! In ancient Rome, the wild, naughty street festival of Saturnalia was a lavish harvest holiday, at one point lasting a full week, marked by December 17. Historically, this is the earliest example we have of gift giving at this time of year and is one of the many pagan ancestors of Christmas as we now know.
This New Moon begins the Lunation of the Lessons of Truth. The Gemini/Sagittarius axis is the Axis of Truth in Navigational Astrology and encompasses all things on that spectrum from the truth being slippery to the truth being a righteous crusade to the truth being the ultimate TRUTH of truths.
So we begin the final eclipse season of 2021 with the longest lunar eclipse in almost 600 years. This eclipse season unites 2 lunar cycles, the lunation of Power (Scorpio/Taurus) and the lunation of Truth (Sagittarius/Gemini) in a portal of experience that has many layers, hidden messages, and is asking us to look in places we may not want to travel.
Over the years of using this asteroid in synastry readings and the subsequent research that I dove into, while undeniably important and descriptive of an entirely different type of bond, I often find myself at a loss for words to describe the type of bond indicated when the DNA asteroid contacts certain points. I have found there are patterns and certain placements that are most common as an indicator of this unique type of bond.
When the Sun and Pluto are in the challenging aspect of a square, it is difficult to ignore, and like everything in life, how we experience this energy depends so much on how willing we are to surrender to what Pluto is asking of us.
As astrologers now know, this is all in perfect design with what Uranus brings and teaches. He is the Great Awakener, the sacred rebel, and transcends any and all social programming, and we must open our minds in order to greet him properly.
