Fortunately for both of us, Julie Demboski has now published her well-considered insights concerning the New Moon of January 22, 2012 but why does she call it a Forgiveness Moon?
Here are two Sabian Symbols for your consideration–see if they remind you of anything going on in the news this week since the week begins with this particular Aquarian New Moon:
1.22.12 New Moon @’3AQ’ = “A Deserter from the Navy”…Keyword: DEFIANCE.
positive expression: genuine psychological courage in a repudiation of all meaningless loyalties;
negative (unconscious/shadow side): complete inability to follow the rules of any game.
Sounds something like a certain Italian cruise ship captain who deserted his sinking ship, doesn’t it?
The Illumination Point for ‘3AQ’ is its opposite degree/sign, ‘3Leo’ (conjunct President Obama’s natal Mercury–his SOTU Address is at 9:00 pm est Tuesday, January 24, 2012 so will a new cycle of activity be announced? Plus, the New Moon @ ‘3AQ’ conjoins Inauguration 2009’s Jupiter in 10th house so a new cycle or project involving money and investment may be mentioned in President Obama’s SOTU 2012 script.)
‘3Leo’ = “A Woman Having Her Hair Bobbed”…DECISION.
pos: exceptionally effective self-mobilization for the sake of personal ambition;
neg/unconsc/shadow side: wholly inadequate appreciation for the self and its destiny.
(The Sabian Symbols in Astrology, Marc Edmund Jones; except for the ‘unconscious/shadow side’ part, I tend to add that myself because it’s how I tend to think of the symbols’ negative expressions.)
Hmm. Perhaps ‘3AQ/Leo’ expressing simultaneously indicates on some level a defiant decision or a decisive defiance!
