Jogging the Memory

Full Moon – 5^th January 2015 04h54 (GMT) 

Apologies for skipping the last full moon. I gave every minute of my awake time to a crazy busy season which has now slowed to a gentle pace. As we take the first few steps into 2015, in fact, a mere five days into the year, we discover a full moon standing strong in a Cardinal Grand Cross.

    Early this morning, in the first rays of sunlight, a moment with a fish eagle in the Salt River Cove inspired the writing of this blog. So I wound my way up the pass to put thought to paper on this strong and influential full moon.
    Before tackling the significance of the Grand Cross, I shall first look at the relevance of its position in the zodiacal sign of Cancer, the sign it rules with great dignity. A powerful force is felt with profound intensity, a force to build inner strength and security. This force surges through our beings, eliminating insecurity and fear and inspires determination to resourcefully solve personal problems.
    The brightly lit moon brings renewed understanding of home & family matters and with it an instinctual sense of belonging – to a place and/or to the people in our lives. Over-sensitivity and imagined fear cause anxiety and a turbulent mind. Rejection or fear of it lurks in shadowy crevices and undermines the construction of inner security. However, courage drawn from the most unlikely place, allows us to face the unbearable and admit to weakness. Then we find strength in vulnerability.
    Should things get tough, it would be wise to find a sanctuary, a place to rebuild the broken parts of our life, to restore belief after the damage caused by dysfunctional patterns. In this haven we heal the wounds caused by conflict. Then we emerge with strength and the knowledge of how to proceed, how to build, brick by brick, a more secure personal world. When ready we step not just out of the sanctuary but right out of the comfort zone and into unknown territory that holds the promise of adventure and with it huge personal growth.

The Cardinal Grand Cross / Square

Now to look at the importance of the full moon in one corner of the Grand Square, a complicated picture to be sure, one of crises that leads not to failure but to eventual success.

    This planetary configuration installs inner power and amazing strength of will to achieve something great. The achievement usually follows tremendous inner tension, the carrying of a massive burden, facing repeated mistakes and general mayhem. The best way to harness its wayward energies is to carefully find the middle of the Square – a place of calm the centre of a personal world. Instead of dashing desperately to find answers to seemingly unsolvable problems, find the quiet spot and draw the answers in. Truth will flow into the square, not necessarily a comfortable truth, even brutal at times but honest nonetheless. It is in this truth that the way out the Grand Square is found.

The Four Corners

Corner One – occupied by Uranus in Aries

An unusual opportunity to break free from dependence and pioneer a better way forward. Personal needs are asserted differently and a fresh start is made.

Corner Two – occupied by the moon in Cancer   

We build inner strength to support a new vision that better fulfils personal needs. We know with certainty where on the earth our feet walk best and discover the people to whom we belong. We build loyalty.

Corner Three – occupied by the north node of the moon in Libra

After confronting difficult issues, new grounds for relationship are established. The art of balance and healthy compromise is practiced. New connections are pursued – personal and business.

Corner Four – occupied by the Sun and Pluto in Capricorn

We re-build and we re-structure the foundations of our personal and career goals. We bring to an end the out-lived parts of our lives and we birth new ones. We construct a new way, one that has a better chance of success. We re-direct existing projects. We find a new position and construct the appropriate boundaries to protect and support that position.

The full moon’s task in the Grand Square is to jog a memory, to remind us that a year or two back we endured the agony of loss to create a new vision, a new path and a better way to live life. Let us not forget how we struggled through months, even years of Yods and Grand Crosses to let go of people and jobs and patterns and things and how we slowly built the foundations to support a different life path.

    We are reminded of what is important, of what we have to focus on to achieve our goals. We are reminded of who we intrinsically are, which relationships are valid, the place to which we belong and which career or life path is best to follow.

With reluctant love for the Grand Cross,
Sharron.