posted July 05, 2020 05:06 PM            

I probably won't bb very soon unfortunately.
Thank you for teaching what you have here, it is appreciated. Be well and happy.

MM

posted July 05, 2020 07:12 PM            

This hit my 3rd and 9th houses, and there are people that I want to read about, like Fred Hampton.

posted July 08, 2020 12:32 AM            

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I’m well into my fifties now, and it’s been more than 20 years since I had a living parent. And I’ll admit, there are still days that I miss being someone’s child. However much one is loved by a spouse, friends, or children, there’s something about having a loving parent that makes you feel you’ve always got a soft place to fall.
When I see friends my age coping with their ailing parents, though, part of me is relieved that I never had to watch my mother and father slowly falter, their memories disintegrating, their need for care exceeding their (or my) resources. It’s often said, and rightly so, that there is no worse fate for a parent than to outlive a child. But when I watch exhausted, worried adults in their fifties and sixties overwhelmed with care for aging parents, that doesn’t seem so great, either.

It’s a hard world, and some days it doesn’t feel like any of us really has a soft place to fall. And those who are the most capable, who have made good decisions and who always strive to do the right thing, are carrying some of the heaviest burdens. These are Saturn’s children, and if they occasionally grit their teeth and speak sharply, it’s not because they’re unfeeling, but because they’re doing what they must, against sizable odds.

A lot of truly horrid things have been written about those born with the Moon in Saturn-ruled Capricorn—that they are cold, unfeeling, or opportunistic. But what I’ve seen more often in practice is that this person did not receive a lot of tender nurturing. Some of the most responsible, self-reliant, and caring people I know were born with this Moon sign. But while they were often praised for outward accomplishments like good grades and a good job, they haven’t always received a lot of emotional support. In some cases, they didn’t really feel they got to be children.

The question posed by a Capricorn Full Moon is, how well are you succeeding—not just with taking care of business, but taking care of your heart?

This particular Capricorn Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse (July 4, 2020, 9:44 pm PDT) is the last in a series of eclipses in Capricorn and Cancer that began in July 2018. The eclipses and lunar nodes have traveled alongside a group of formidable planetary titans also transiting through Capricorn: Saturn, Pluto, and more recently Jupiter. And at this final Capricorn lunar eclipse for 8 years, the Sun and Moon stand in sharp conflict with Mars – the feisty warrior planet. For six months, Mars will travel this fiery road – including a retrograde period in the fall – eventually facing off with Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto. We are finishing this extended Capricorn tutorial with a bang, not a whimper.

Most of us have been under a great deal of stress for a long time. The global response to the COVID virus has turned the world on its head, and almost no one’s life looks exactly as it did four months ago. For many of us, life feels out of our control, and we don’t always find that we’re receiving the help and support that we need.

These are tough times and tough planetary transits, and sometimes that makes us mean-spirited, impatient, critical, and disdainful of weakness. But not always. I remember, some years ago, accompanying an frail, elderly friend on an afternoon of errands. Everywhere we went, people went out of their way to be helpful to us by holding doors, giving up their place in line, or other small kindnesses.

Those who know me are used to hearing me declare (usually after an hour spent in traffic) that people are no damn good. But I’ve always strongly suspected that if I were to keel over on the street, a half dozen onlookers would immediately run over to see if I needed help.

It’s safe to assume that just about everyone you meet is carrying a heavier burden than they feel they can bear. We are tough with each other these days, because the world is tough, and so many of us are nobody’s children, with no soft place to turn to when we have failed or fallen. But we are still capable of astonishing kindness as well. We’re all trying to survive, and we’re scared we won’t, and that makes us hard. But we haven’t yet completely left behind the urge to break each other’s fall—and that makes us human.

For insights into how this eclipse affects your chart, look back to the time periods when other lunar eclipses near this degree, 13° Capricorn 38′ – most recently: July 7 2009, July 5 2002, July 6 1982.

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