New Years Eve

The end of 2009 features a Full Moon partial lunar eclipse in the sign of Cancer at 19:12 Universal Time.

This Christmas holiday season has been rather a potent one for many - strong aspects all around ending with this eclipse.  The Full Moon is a time of culmination and fullness.  As a partial eclipse this is enhanced somewhat and promises to be an eventful evening for many.  In Cancer, powerful feelings could emerge - a time when we may be introduced to our shadow natures - we may bring them forth ourselves or meet them in the disguise of others during the evening.  It may feel rather like a rug being pulled from under us - the rug symbolising the place we go back to - our comfort zone.  We therefore may encounter situations where we are out of our zone and irrationality could ensue.

With a plethora of planets in Capricorn all opposing this Cancer Moon eclipse (these being Pluto, Venus and Mercury) the light shines on our pleasure and desire natures and the wish to extend them - to project these values in the glare of transformation - to release, to communicate this 'fullness' and potency and ultimately to find some peace within it.  It may be a time of endings, which of course in themselves are times of beginnings.

Hotspots for all this energy are family and relationships.  In family scenarios the question of control and authority may arise, but of course the real questions we need to be mindful of at this time are tuning into our own sense of authority and emotional condition.  Similarly with relationships, a desire to 'let go' and release perceived restrictions should cause us to question how we hold ourselves back from relating.

A time of astrological oppositions and squares such as this might feel like straddling a boat that is tipping back and forth; the boat being a metaphor for the dynamic of emotional release/control.

Considering the nature of New Years Eve it would be wise to go forth with caution on this evening - especially in large crowds, and to watch our consumption of alcohol.  A perfect way to spend it might be in intimate settings, perhaps with loved ones, family and close friends.  A place where intimacy with people we know and trust can illuminate the end of 2009 and bring light into a new year.

Picture copyright Ibon San Martin