Nov 22 – Dec 21, 2015
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Disclaimer: The Sun sign is a much-celebrated, often oversimplified astrological element. Remember – you embody a whole soup of planets!
Feeling bedraggled after a heavy spin through Scorpio? Even the thought of talking about it exhausts me. Every year it’s the same, downward strokes in the soul’s muddy bottom. And every time it ends, we rise up weak and moaning yet gloriously victorious. Tears of gratitude for the simple things, the simple loves, no regrets. What an adventure life continues to be. Exhale completely and step in to the light, my friends. We’re soaring through the upper echelon of the zodiac wheel, next stop Sagittarius.
We’ve been deep, deep within, swirling in the darkness, teeth grittin, icy bones clinging to remnants of emotional wreckage. The diver surfaces from below, gasping for breath, utterly changed. Weary friend, turn toward this new horizon. Sagittarius the Grandiose is crackling into view. The karmic purpose behind incarnation as a Sagittarius is expansion through higher learning and spirituality.
Eternal optimist, diehard idealist, potential escapist. Always looking on the bright side, conscious blindness. A propensity for denial, running from the shadow, telling the Self whatever it needs to hear in order to uphold the illusion of pure happiness. Sagittarius is so intent on having the best time ever that he’ll gleefully ignore that which rankles. A wide grin and booming laugh as he shakes his head and moves on, always moving. Sagittarius craves experiences. Release and explore. Prepare for a quickening – mutable energy moves rapidly. I visualize Sagittarius as an excitable bonfire on a winter night; a noisy circle of humans in motion; a comet exponentially gaining speed; rainbows and sunshine; a holiday party; a great success story; a glass half full; a child bursting with life; noise and color spiraling forever out into space.
The Sagittarius cycle is an especially active one. As a general rule, we need lots of physical and mental stimulation during this time. Leave room for the unexpected. We may become bored and restless with even the smallest of pauses. However, accomplishing a lot in a short amount of time is very possible if we can effectively channel this (excessive) energy. The archer’s greatest challenge: slowing down long enough to take a full breath and acknowledge the details, or make a decision.
Unlike Scorpio, the centaur archer is not typically drawn to dark or morbid subjects. Sagittarius lives in the light and bliss existing all around us. He has unmistakable charm and enthusiasm - hard not to love. In fact, the centaur finds it difficult to turn off the smile and get in touch with heavier aspects of life. Sagittarius would do well to embrace responsibility and discipline, rather than reject them in favor of half-baked shortcuts. The archer aims high and rarely misses, however.
It feels silly to read and write about this transit, as it is definitely best experienced by being in it. This weekend will deliver a fiery elevation unto this earth full of people lost and weeping. Take a breath not for any particular tragedy, but for pain. The pain that you yourself have experienced, now and before. The lessons you’ve learned from pain. The way pain clears you like a searing knife.
My only prescription is dancing. Stamp your feet, everyone. You fucking made it. Laugh until the tears come. Purple and white stars whizzing through the mind-galaxy. Joy to you.
The Sun last transited Sagittarius from Nov 22 – Dec 21, 2014. Any themes/conflicts that predominated then will now resurface.
Mantra: always learning