The Transiting Lunar Nodes Shift to Leo-Aquarius
Building on my very first blog post, on the transiting lunar nodes entering Virgo-Pisces, here are some thoughts on the imminent shift to Leo-Aquarius (December 18th).
Where Virgo-Pisces focus on service, Leo-Aquarius focus on creativity and expression. What’s the right place and form of expression? Should it be aimed at, inspired by, the personal or the collective? Is it for the present moment or is it to look ahead to a desired future? Should it be sparked and driven by the passions or the intellect?
With the transiting South Node in Virgo we’ve been facing our issues with the desire to serve by bringing in our analytical, hands-on and control- and precision-oriented faculties. The growth opportunities have been in opening to Piscean opportunities to trust, to learn to go with the flow and see the perfection in the whole as it is, and to work with the Universe instead of trying to control it.
As the nodes shift to Leo-Aquarius, the focus moves to confronting our issues with our personal here-and-now, our desire for recognition of our particular contribution (tr. South Node in Leo) with the growth opportunities involving gaining perspective, learning objectivity, and thinking ahead to what we want our particular contribution actually to manifest as and achieve down the road (tr. North Node in Aquarius).
The Sun and Uranus, the planets ruling this axis, are nothing if not creative. Their inspiration and methods differ considerably, but the emphasis with these two is definitely on creativity. Notice over the next few weeks any issues you see arising in yourself about the right kind of creativity your energies seem best suited to. And if you find yourself wanting to check out of or cut ties with groups you’re associated with because of personal differences (Leo), check yourself before making any decisions. Not that you shouldn’t make changes, but be aware of why you’re making them.
Aquarius is the sign of the collective, and many of us might be soon invited to re-evaluate the basis on which entered into any sort of group associations that involve creativity. How do we get where we’re going? Is it under our own steam or by working with others? This can even manifest as whether or not we share our creative ideas with others: Can we risk opening up to others’ input, when, while it might expand our perspective redically, it might also result in dilution of the purity of our personal voice?
Often we hear that Aquarius is the sign of friends, hopes and wishes. What’s behind this archetype as relating to friends is that we need to ally with others of like mind in order to create the kind of future we want. It’s the archetype of creating the kind of future we want to see realized. And we can’t do this by ourselves.
This is inherent in the progression of Sagittarius to Capricorn to Aquarius: In Sagittarius, we intuitively put our finger on and go with what we think is probably the most true. In Capricorn, we endeavor to take it into the world and manifest it. In Aquarius, we understand that creating a future as we wish it to be requires working with other people.
Keep an eye out for any shifts around creativity and groups. The growth opportunity for the next approximately year and a half is in learning to balance these two energies in our lives, which requires healing outstanding Leo/Sun and Uranus/Aquarius issues we may be holding on to. And with Jupiter and Pluto headed for Capricorn, the issue of who’s really in charge is about to become front and center. Given that Aquarius follows Capricorn in the natural zodiac, let whatever comes up for you about authority inform and feed what you’re experiencing about where to put your creative energies.
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December 13, 2007 By Tom Jacobs