“Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.” ~ Meister Eckhart
FULL MOON in CANCER: Dec 25 @ 6:11am EST at 3 degrees
We are coming HOME and coming ALIVE this Full Moon Christmas day. It’s a super charged Cancerian vibe and we are all wanting to love and be loved, to nourish and be nourished… And mostly, to feel “at home”. Our ideal image of home elicits the feeling of acceptance, ease and openness, so that we can freely be who we are. Being ourselves takes courage and can feel threatening if we suspect alienation or judgement. This lunation is all about being transparent and honoring the wisdom in the reflection of those closest to us. It’s about… TRUST! And, trust requires that we let go and let life (in other words, not take things personally).
Family is highlighted with both holiday and Cancer themes, and time with family can often equate to heightened emotions. As my beloved Guru would always say: “If you want to know how evolved you are spiritually, spend a week with your family.” Whether we are with our family or not and no matter the nature of the relationships buttons are often pushed and triggers fired. Fortunately, this lunation culminates from the positivity of the New Moon in Sagittarius with its Boundless Vision, so chances are we will have countless opportunities to transcend our family nuances. An optimistic view is one of the greatest gifts we can give to our loved ones – creating feelings of support and encouragement. Respect begets respect. Acceptance begets acceptance. What we give we sow.
This full moon has a strong link to the Winter Solstice portal of connection and to the Deep Abode – creating an opening of opportunity to harmonize our inner and outer world, the feminine and masculine aspects of our being, our family responsibilities and our career or work obligations. This lunation is calling on the divine feminine (the moon in Cancer) to harmonize and integrate with her equal, the divine masculine (the Sun in Capricorn). A powerful yin lunation that lands on the potent yang day of christmas, the point in our calendar/seasonal year when the sun begins its ascension. The activating yang (masculine) is necessary to bring the wishes and dreams of the creative yin (feminine) to form.
We can no longer live unbalanced or seperately within ourselves or in the world. Family inevitably brings us back to the basics, what we need most to cultivate the harmony we seek. We have all the clues necessary to solve the mystery of our lives. The symbols are apparent, now we simply heed the messages, take the advice life is conveying…. This Full Moon Christmas we are rebirthing ourselves and lighting up the wisdom of our soul.
In yoga the swan or hamsa (holy gander) symbolizes a homing coming – a communion with the individual self and the universal or cosmic self. This union is a remembrance of the totality of all things, our cosmology. We exist in an innate web of intricate connection with everything around us. And, within the family network there exists predisposed conditions and responses based on habits, fears, and insecurities that have been instilled through generations and often leave us feeling isolated or seperate. As we learn to let go and trust in ourselves and our existence we can begin to receive the blessing of divine order, or rita, and experience gratiude for all the beautiful souls that lead us toward balanced conscious awareness.
Trusting in ourselves is being transparent. Trusting in what we know is true for us, is being transparent. Respecting others for being themselves is vital in the exchange of transparency. If we want others to be honest with us and with themselves, then we too must be honest. Change begins within… With the planet Uranus going stationary direct in Aries today, there is a radical shift and awakening… a revelation of the Self. May the wisdom of our souls soar to ever greater heights!
Suggested Kriya Practices:
- Chant SoHam Mantra – Soham, Soham, Soham, Shivoham – I am that I am, that I am, that I am – I am the transformer.
- Meditate using SoHam – On the inhalation repeat silently Soooooo…On the exhalation repeat Hummmm…
- Accept yourself and others as they are.
COSMIC BLESSING
May the luminous source of light within each of us become a vibrant ray on the wing of our rising golden star (the Sun) and may every petal of our consciousness flower with harmonizing perfection; aligning our inner cosmos and uplifting our souls.
COSMIC HAPPENINGS
Moon trine Neptune
Moon opposite Sun in Capricorn
Uranus stationary direct in Aries
Wishing you and yours the happiest of Holy Days and a sweet and harmonious New Year!