Lynda Hill's Sabian Symbols

Resolutions, Revolutions and Revelations: 2009 - The New Year!

Change starts when someone sees the next step. William Drayton

January and the New Year always invoke feelings of the need to make new starts and promises; to do better, to strive harder or to 'turn over a new leaf'. Even though time is a man-made construct, we certainly respond to the changes and shifts in gears that the New Year brings.

January is named after the god Janus, the god of doorways and gateways, and also of new beginnings. The Romans believed worshiping Janus ensured smooth endings. His temple in the Forum had doors facing east and west for the beginning and the end of the day, and between them stood his statue with his two faces looking in opposite directions. In Roman art he is portrayed as a porter, with a staff and key in his hands and with two bearded faces placed back to back.

A Veiled Prophet Speaks, Seized by the Power of a God: The Capricorn New Moon

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Ben Jonson

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
Lord Byron

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have it.
Ernest Hemingway

In medieval times, people thought that evil spirits could enter a person through an open mouth. These days they more often leave that way.
David Deckert

The Capricorn new Moon, happening on the 27th December, is a very powerful one as Mars and Pluto are smack together with the Sun and the Moon, all in the first 6 degrees of Capricorn. We also have Mercury and Jupiter in Capricorn, so that makes 6 planets occupying this rather practical, money and security-oriented earth sign. This is a powerhouse of energy packed-up and backed-up and needing to be released in some way.

It is especially powerful as the Sabian Symbol for the new Moon is one that contains enormous energy in its own right; Capricorn 7: A Veiled Prophet Speaks Seized By the Power of a God. This Symbol makes this new Moon a very strong time to be making your affirmations and intentions not only for the month, but for the year ahead.The message is to get started on your new year's resolutions now as the energy is geared up and ready to go forth.

Celebrating the Harvest vs. Working in a Laundry - Our Choice: The Gemini Full Moon

Life is a festival only to the wise.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.
John Petit-Senn

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Romanian Proverb

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.
Groucho Marx

December's full Moon, happening on December 13 in Australia and the United Kingdom and December 12 in the United States, is a big one.

Such an amazing Moon this full Moon, particularly as the Sabian Symbol is one of joy, harvest and celebration in the weeks leading up to the festive season and new year. It should be noted that the effect of the new and full moons lasts into the future. So if you're reading this a little later on you can be assured that the energy and repercussions of it still are in effect for quite a long time to come. The Sabian Symbol for this full Moon is Gemini 22: Dancing Couples Crowd the Barn in a Harvest Festival.

This degree Symbol is about celebrating the warmth and providence of the earth, the joy of nature's harvest, joining with others to celebrate, the reality of rhythmical or seasonal adjustments, agriculture, good old-time values, going out, having fun, listening and dancing to music, barns and dance halls.

Oh Poetry! - Moon, Venus, Jupiter Together in Capricorn

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. Samuel Goldwyn

Fortune favors the brave. Virgil

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Mark Twain

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. Peter Ustinov

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. Jack Benny

When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing. Rabindranath Tagore

The Moon, Venus, Jupiter conjunction is a wonderful sight to behold. Those in Australia will see it at night on December 1. In the United States, the conjunction will be exact at 10.30am and in the United Kingdom at 2.30pm. The display in the sky will be worth watching the night before and the night after the conjunction. On the Sydney Morning Herald website, they described how the conjunction would look - like an emoticon :). Well, that symbol certainly fits what it describes; it's something worth celebrating and enjoying. This event is celestial in magnitude in terms of bringing good luck, abundance and joy into your life. Certainly thoughts sent out in the next 24 or so hours will have a wonderful wave of energy behind them. What better than Venus and Jupiter together (and throw in the Moon to make the stronger emotional and body connection with us here on Earth).