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ALTThe nearest future Full Moon phase which will also mark the end of this year, Winter Solstice, and the beginning of the new lunar cycle with Imbolc in February, is going to be in Cancer according to Tropical zodiac. Cancer is sign of clairvoyance and intuitive insights on a collective scale, different outer manifestations of our inner longings and a release of lingerings.
Thereafterward a light among them brightened,
So that, if Cancer one such crystal had,
Winter would have a month of one sole day.
— Dante Alighieri, Paradiso
Nevertheless, astronomically, and due to the Vedic one, this will be the Full Moon in Gemini, I see as a time of a good opportunity to demonstrate some correspondences.
● January 3
Full Moon in Cancer (Wolf Moon) — Gemini (Ardra – Betelgeuse – “the storm god”; Punarvasu –Castor and Pollux – "the two restorers of goods", also known as yamakau "the two chariots")
● February 1 ● Imbolc
Full Moon in Leo (Snow Moon) — Cancer (Pushya – γ "Asellus Borealis", δ "Asellus Australis" and θ Cancri – also known as sidhya or tiṣya; Āshleshā – δ, ε “Āshleshā Nakshatra”, η, ρ, and σ "Minchir" Hydrae – “the embrace”)
● February 15 ● Maha Shivaratri
● March 3
Full Moon in Virgo (Worm Moon) — Leo (Maghā – Regulus – “the bountiful”; Purva Phalguni – δ "Zosma" and θ "Chertan" Leonis – “first reddish one”)
March 20 ● Ostara ● Vernal Equinox
● April 2
Full Moon in Libra (Pink Moon) — Virgo (Uttara Phalgunī – Denebola – “second reddish one”; Hasta – α "Alchiba", β "Kraz", γ, δ "Algorab" and ε "Minkar" Corvi – “the hand”)
May 1 ● Beltane
Full Moon in Scorpio (Flower Moon) — Libra (Chitra – Spica – “the bright one”, a name of Spica; Svati – Arcturus – “Su-Ati (Sanskrit) Very good” name of Arcturus)
● May 31
Full Moon in Sagittarius (Blue Moon) — Scorpio (Vishakha – “α "Zubenelgenubi”, β "Zubeneschamali", γ and ι Librae – “forked, having branches”; also known as rādhā "the gift; Anuradha –β "Acrab", δ "Dschubba" and π "Fang" Scorpionis – “following rādhā”; Jyeshtha – α "Antares", σ, and τ "Paikauhale" Scorpionis – “the eldest, most excellent”)
June 20-21 ● Litha ● Summer Solstice
●June 29
Full Moon in Capricorn (Strawberry Moon) — Sagittarius (Mula – ε "Larawag", ζ, η, θ "Sargas", ι, κ, λ "Shaula", μ and ν "Jabbah" Scorpionis – “the root”; Purva Ashadha – δ "Kaus Media" and ε "Kaus Australis" Sagittarii – “first of the āṣāḍhā”, āṣāḍhā "the invincible one" which is the name of a constellation; Uttara Ashadha – ζ "Ascella" and σ "Nunki" Sagittarii – “Later invincible”)
● July 29
Full Moon in Aquarius (Buck Moon) — Capricorn (Shravana – α "Altair", β and γ Aquilae – “the one who hears”, “the one who limps” having the power of possibility of subtle connection to others; Dhanishta – α "Sualocin" to δ Delphini – “most famous”, also Shravishthā "swiftest")
August 1 ● Lammas
● August 28
Full Moon in Pisces (Sturgeon Moon) — Aquarius (Shatabhisha Nakshatra – γ Aquarii – “Sadachbia” “requiring a hundred physicians”; Purva Bhadrapada – α "Markab" and β Pegasi – “the first of the blessed feet”)
● September 23 ● Mabon ● Autumnal Equinox
September 26 ● Full Moon in Aries(Harvest Moon) — Pisces (Uttara Bhādrapadā – γ "Algenib" Pegasi and α "Alpheratz" Andromedae – “the second of the blessed feet”; Revati – ζ Piscium "Revati" – “prosperous”)
● October 26
Full Moon in Taurus (Hunter’s Moon) — Aries (Ashvini – β "Sheratan" and γ "Mesarthim" Arietis – “physician to the Gods”; Bharani – 35, 39 "Lilii Borea", and 41 Arietis – “the bearer”)
October 31 ● Samhain
● November ● 6 – 10 Diwali
● November 24
Full Moon in Gemini (Beaver Moon) — Taurus (Krittika – Pleiades – an old name of the Pleiades; personified as the nurses of Kārttikeya, a son of Shiva; Rohini – Aldebaran – “the red one”, a name of Aldebaran, also known as brāhmī; Mrigashira – λ "Meissa", φ Orionis – “the deer’s head”, also known as āgrahāyaṇī
● December 21 ● Yule ● Winter Solstice
December 24 ● Full Moon in Cancer (Cold Moon) — Gemini.
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What shapes our image of protagonist and antagonist on a larger scale? And what ideals do we preserve for the forces of light, in order to make enough space for the darkness to emerge?
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… In its symbolism chess is the most significant of all games. It has been called ‘‘the royal game’’—the pastime of kings. Like the Tarot cards, the chessmen represent the elements of life and philosophy…
… Of the philosophical constitution of man, the kings represent the spirit; the queens the mind; the bishops the emotions; the knights the vitality; the castles, or rooks, the physical body. The pieces upon the kings’ side are positive; those upon the queens’ side, negative. The pawns are the sensory impulses and perceptive faculties—the eight parts of the soul. The white king and his suite symbolize the Self and its vehicles; the black king and his retinue, the non-self—the false Ego and its legion. The game of chess thus sets forth the eternal struggle of each part of man’s compound nature against the shadow of itself. The nature of each of the chessmen is revealed by the way in which it moves; geometry is the key to their interpretation. For example: The castle (the body) moves on the square; the bishop (the emotions) moves on the slant; the king, being the spirit, cannot be captured, but loses the battle when so surrounded that it cannot escape…
An encyclopedic outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian symbolical philosophy : being an interpretation of the secret teachings concealed within the rituals, allegories and mysteries of all ages by Manly Palmer Hall
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🖤 Adramelech’s peacock tail fans over Samael: Hell’s Chancellor poisons ethical chains, birthing Nietzschean self from Qliphothic venom. Hierarchies shatter like Emperor’s illusions—beauty trumps all.
Leviathan whispers & Thaumiel’s dual thrones echo this: separations forge true union in the Abyss.
Thank you @ial-avatar-of-the-abyss and everyone who got me to 50 reblogs!
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