As the Sun makes its way into Leo (Tuesday at 5:41 pm EDT or 21:41 UTC), we are again confronted with a painful world situation — the loss of another Malaysia Airlines jet in the war zone in Ukraine, the latest recurrence of a vicious war between Hamas and the Israelis and the situation in Iraq and Syria that has temporarily faded into the background.
There remains the ongoing puzzle of how you translate what you feel into words. Anyone who has been friends with a dog knows that it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. With humans, what you say is as meaningful as how you say it, and this often translates to the feeling behind the message. That is also the challenge — actually feeling when you speak, and aligning your emotions with your words. It’s worth stepping up to that one.
As Jupiter and the Sun move toward a conjunction in creative Leo, Eric delves into the theme of self-esteem. He explores the guilt and shame that inhibits our full expression, particularly the shadow material surrounding sexuality in our culture, and offers down-to-earth guidance to encourage confidence and develop a healthy self-perception.
This weekend’s Full Moon in your opposite sign Capricorn will shine the light on how much potential your relationships have, and how far you’ve come redefining yourself in the context of partnership. Having Capricorn as your relationship house is not easy, because it places an emphasis on structure in our already over-structured concept of what it means to share an experience of love with another person.
As we head into the second half of 2014, the planetary landscape shifts as Mars and Jupiter make their way out of the Grand Cross configuration and into fixed signs. Eric describes this week’s Capricorn Full Moon as a psychic gateway into a new phase of existence. He looks back at the major cycles that have defined this pivotal era in history, and looks ahead to the intensely creative potential in the astrological forecast.
