New Moons are times of new beginnings, planting new seeds and setting of intentions.
With the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Venus in Libra this is one of the most favorable times to look at our relationships with others through objective eyes. The question we need to ask is, do we attract relationships in our lives that are vital and sustain us? or do we attract others into our lives that wound and devitalize us? Like the country singer Kenny Rodgers says, “ You have to know when to hold them and when to fold them”.
This is a powerful time to examine our relationship with ourselves. If we cannot love ourselves, value ourselves, certainly we’re not going to truly relate to another, understand their needs and love them. Libra needs to understand that self-love, self worth is something that’s internally generated and we don’t need to be dependent onfinding the significant other for personal fulfillment and happiness. Chinese proverb says “ He who looks to others for fulfillment, will never be fulfilled”.
With Libra there is a tendency of over identification with looking for someone or something outside of us to fulfill their most essential core needs.
The degree for the New Moon from Zodiacal symbology reads: A woman naked standing on a crescent moon, the stars glittering behind her in a sky of blue. Denotes an attractive person who is in danger of being held in the chains of sense and at the will of others. His nature is impulsive and artistic, restless and pleasure loving. His desires are strong and a very sensuous love of earth life. It is a symbol of Vacillation.
The astrological glyph for Libra represents the setting sun. The ancients thought it was an altar to the gods of light. Sunset is a sacred time to our people as the Elders tell us that when the sky begins to turn orange (sunset) this is when the doors to the spirit world are open. The veil between the two worlds are at their thinnest. This is when we begin the fire for the sacred sweat lodge ceremony and offer our prayers to the creator and our ancestors. Libra corresponds to the west point on the Medicine Wheel and is called the “looks within place” a point of reflection and healing.
The animal totem for the west point on the wheel is the Grizzly Bear who retreats into the darkness of its cave to renew and heal itself. The bear in most native cultures isoften associated with healing.
Mars enters Leo on the 16th and stays there until June 2010 because of its retrograde cycle beginning on December 20,2009. The warrior (Mars) bows before the King (Leo) and offers a new strategy of attack. Mars retrograde in any fire sign suggests a Slow Burn!
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