On the 2nd of January 2022, we have our first Dark Moon of the year at 12 degrees of Capricorn. The first of 2022 with Jupiter just back to his nighttime house of Pisces. Moon also closes the eclipse season that had started with the Dark Moon in Scorpio on the 4th of November 2021. This Dark Moon represents the closing and the beginning of new phases.
Moon in Capricorn
Moon in the Earth sign of Capricorn is a very tricky position for the Moon. Capricorn is the house of Saturn. And Saturn and Moon do not go well together. When Moon is in Capricorn, it is the furthest it can get from what Moon calls her home, Cancer. It is like when someone is in a completely different country and culture without knowing the language. Not only, but the customs in that country are also precisely opposite of what you are used to. It can become very distressing. In fact, the Moon is said to be in exile.
The Earth element of Capricorn, however, brings some amount of luck. Earth, with its coldness, brings a slowing of pace that the Moon loves. Moon doesn't like to rush things. Earth element strengthens the desire of the Moon to be reflective more than reactive. However, the dryness of the Earth in Capricorn is what stresses the Moon most. Moon is wet in nature; it loves creating bonds and connecting with the world around it. Lack of humidity brings detachment, the breaking of bonds and separation like earth passing through a drought.
Moon in Capricorn under Saturn must learn to fight against its own nature. Under Saturn's tutelage, Moon grows tough, sometimes harsh, because it must make do with Saturn's way of doing things. And that is posing limits, delayed gratification, negation.
This is the Moon we are talking about in this lunation. So, keep this in mind when reading further.
Who is the Moon talking to?
The last talk Moon in Capricorn has before going dark is with Uranus in Taurus, Retrograde. Something has disrupted the otherwise stable landscape. This might come as an initial shock to the Moon, but it finds it can use the accident to its own advantage.
Moon meets the Sun. Secretly, New Year resolutions are being formed. You know the ones that require a very long commitment.
Moon then talks to Neptune in Pisces. Moon needs some pick me up, and Neptune gladly offers some respite.
Moon and Venus then run in each other's arms in Capricorn. These two understand each other very well. There is no need for much talk. Both share the plight of passing through Saturn's house and meeting the Dark Lord Pluto in Capricorn. Life can be very callous. And yet it is just in these moments that we either decide that life is not worth living and succumb or something clicks, and we give our best.
In Capricorn, retrograde, Venus can't give much advice to the Moon except advise him on the Dark Lord. However, they share the comforting knowledge that there will always be someone who takes care in this wild, stern, sometimes very dark world, even if it is in a very odd way.
Moon then meets Pluto. What Venus warned the Moon about is accurate, and it is happening. Very much so. There is a lot of manipulation, coercion, power play to deal with.
Saturn in Aquarius
Aquarius is the daytime house of Saturn. The Air energy of Aquarius is directed from the inside out, reactive to the outside world. It is fixed; it knows how to keep the narrow and straight path without wavering. Here the cold and dry Saturn uses his steady influence to push through logical thinking that quickly becomes a dogma. There is the ability to look straight ahead in the future and tirelessly work towards that vision.
Saturn has just had his last tense conflict with Uranus in Taurus, lasting through all of 2021. As I said here, Saturn has won in the short term period; however, it has suffered many stress fractures from Uranus in Taurus. This is a battered Saturn we are witnessing, trying with all its power to do it the way it has always done it, come what may and whatever it takes.
Although the winner of the 2021 contest, Saturn in Aquarius must, very unwillingly incorporate thinking he tried to repress for all of 2021. Saturn is learning, the hard way, that things can be worked out and need to be worked out differently.
Time can't be stopped, nor the change, evolution, and revolution it brings with it. Not even Saturn has that power.
Lunar Mansion
The Dark Moon is in the 22nd Lunar Mansion called Sa'd al-Dhabih, The Fortunate Assassin or The Fortune of the Sacrificer.
This Lunar Mansion's image is a man with wings on his feet, bearing a helmet on his head.
The keywords are:
Escape from limitation, liberation from constraint, swift flight, deliverance, healing energy.
When the Moon passes through this Mansion, Luna gathers speed and strength. Speed gives the ability to make events happen quickly. Power provides the ability to create events that can have tremendous repercussions. Everything gets pushed in the first gear. Things shift, move and change.
A message will be delivered, or an answer finally is provided to our queries. The medicine for the sickness is coming, and recovery will start. An undesirable situation will change for the better. For situations where we are feeling imprisoned, Sa'd al-Dhabih says we will soon have the opportunity to escape.
However, the Mansion comes with a warning. Yes, you will be allowed to change the outcome, recover from sickness, and escape, but you need to take action. If you do not choose to take medicine, you will not get better. You will not flee from prison if you do not grab the key to open the prison lock.
Freedom always comes with a price. Most often than not, that price has a very stressful price tag. If you are willing to pay it, you will be fortunate. Assassins, slaughterers train themselves for years to hone their skills to make the right move at the right time to have the perfect kill.
Summary
The term ruler of this Dark Moon is Jupiter. Yes, Jupiter in Pisces where Creation Eternally Falls in Love with Itself. This means that Jupiter has ways and means to grant safe passage, although limited because of his jurisdiction in this Dark Moon. To this dry, parched, battered Moon, it brings water. Jupiter is also triggering the Lunar Nodes still in the Gemini-Sagittarius axis. We might be given a chance to find a remedy, a medicine for the jabbing axis and all that the mess annexed.
This Dark Moon has the seeds of deliverance. In the darkness, situations are changing, power plays are shifting. We might not be aware of them yet, but Uranus in Taurus work on Saturn in Aquarius will bear its fruits in due time. The stress fractures, the cracks in the previously thought impenetrable logic castle of Aquarius have formed. They are minute, we can't see them yet on a macroscopic level, but the whole structure is now compromised.
Be on your guard. Venus and Pluto interplay, raising eyebrows in the house of Capricorn is still ongoing. The false prophets bearing salvation, apparent saints or red flags are ready to attract those with eyes wide shut. They are crafty and have studied their prey very well. Assassins get lucky, but they have also assisted Fortune by being more than ready for the right moment. Some have the vow of silence, and they shall keep it until death.
Whatever seed is planted in this Dark Moon, its germination will only be triggered through molten lava. Its roots will find anchoring in the crevices of a society that is crumbling down.
Its leaves will emerge through the rubble of a dead civilisation; its fruits will be harvested by those who have believed and worked hard towards a more humane world.
The word sacrifice comes from combining the two words sacred and make. That is the act of making holy.
This Dark Moon in Capricorn in the Lunar Mansion of the Fortune of the Sacrificer asks us: Which things, dreams, and visions are we ready with daily commitment and hardship to make holy?
What are you ready to sacrifice now, to make holy in the future?
Wishing you health, joy and prosperity,
Hilary
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