In our culture, being busy has taken on a life of its own and has toxic outcomes. When we over-identify with what we are doing, we lose our connection to our spiritual and soul purpose and to each other. Is it any wonder that we suffer from loneliness when we have no space in our day for spontaneous connections and community? This new moon asks you to take an honest look at where you are identifying with your competence and productivity at the expense of the quality of connection with others.
As we deepen into Capricorn season, you may become more aware of your need to control something. If you think about the depths of winter, it used to be that whatever food you harvested in the fall needed to last until the spring. You had to have self-restraint and discipline to survive and plan for the future. Even though this is not your physical reality now, the imprint of it remains on our psyche. The astrology of this new moon is asking you to look at the impulse to control something in your world. When you succumb to this desire, you likely cut yourself off from others or from the direct experience of the present. There is a time to plan and strategize, don’t get me wrong. However, the astrology of the moment suggests that you may have overdone it in an area of your life. And in doing so you’ve erected some walls and barriers that are due to come down now.
The universe is asking you to concentrate your efforts and prune off activities and situations that aren’t serving you. You deepen your faith in the unseen and invisible, that which has not been born but exists as a potential. Part of how you get in touch with this is extra rest, letting your psyche and body lie fallow to participate in the feminine act of receptivity. Let this process connect you to deeper desires you are yearning to express. You reflect on your identity throughout the Mars retrograde period and update it as needed. This new moon is an excellent time to check in and see where you are aligned in your passion, work, and identity, and where you are not.
Intentions: I trust in the strength of my divine potential and release relying solely on my personal will. I am aware of patterns of busyness that are cluttering my experience and I work to simplify and reduce my output of energy.
12.15 Full Moon in Gemini: Active Listening