solstice
December 22, 2023 marks the solstice point at 0° of Capricorn and a Mercury Cazimi.
Being grounded is the ability to anchor the energetic body (the nervous system & emotions) in the physical form it inhabits. Connection to the material of the body is not a limitation, it is the point of access for all things esoteric and energetic. Heaven is not * out there, up there, somewhere beyond * … you are the portal to the heavenly realm. It’s omnipresent. When one’s spirit is not connected to source, it can get stuck in less than ideal realms. Stuck energy has no agency, it has no ability to transform. The gift of the body, of the material realm, is the capacity to generate enough energy to alchemize the heavy vibration of manifest form, malleable potential in the hands of a living breathing portal which is you.
Being close to the earth is not far away from the stars. By connecting to the earth, we are rooting into a place which is a part of the cosmos. Earth is not perceptually far away from anything. It is within the galaxy. Rooting into this planet we call home does not distance us from the stars, the heavens, the cosmic wonders. It anchors us into a larger body which has never lost its place in divine order. The flowers bloom, the trees breathe, the rivers flow, and we dance with the bellies of our feet reaching into the womb of the mother.
That is capricorns gift. To transcend through the repetition of pattern and form, to build upon the blocks which perpetually cycle. Elemental agency courses through the pathways held by our bones. The unceasing pulse of life which we are only given the opportunity to experience by being in our body, a body of the earth. To master the body, to connect and weave spirit within the form of the physical, is to embody a wisdom which has more information for us than we often give credit. The body becomes a map, it becomes framework, a legacy, a lineage, a structure, built from the stories and traditions and habits and disciplines which we forge by the choices we make while we inhabit this form. To care for the body is to care for the earth. They are inseparable.
If you’re not consciously in your body… guess what? Other energy can land there. Energies that are not your own will colonize your form, and the universal truth of energy work is that you cannot heal what is not yours. When you abandon the temple you have been brought here through, your vessel becomes a battleground for energies that are fighting for the power you innately hold by being given the gift of a body. That is the interesting relationship of power… that the things that have power over us require us first to give that power away. What if there was another way? What if there is power that doesn’t require sacrifice? What if their is power in resonance?
That is the beauty of the solstice + equinox points. Saturn, the ruling planet of Capricorn, is exalted in the sign of Libra. The sign of justice, reciprocity, and harmony. Saturn is in fall in Aries… the sign of the warrior, action, will, and desire. As the Nodes begin their sojourn along the Aries/Libra axis… the rules of Saturn (as it pertains to the sign of Capricorn) are in what is called the bendings. The bendings of the Nodes are time-warp points, Capricorn at this time is at the south node bend. Action is required to release the outdated structures that are no longer justified. We release, not because we necessarily want to, but because a time has come where it is undeniable that things are changing. The North Node bending while the Aries/Libra axis is activated is in the sign of Cancer. We must grow new frameworks to pioneer a justified path through this time. We must find ways to look at what is tender, vulnerable, and in need of our care… and then we must build safe space to protect what matters most.
As the solstice marks the return of the Sun (son), we celebrate the turning point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Sun begins to gain more light each day. This solstice is followed by a mercury cazimi, purifying how we communicate/express/translate/transmit/exchange energy at the 0° point of Capricorn. This initiates a power point, a fusing of the pollinating ideas that have circulated finally land. There is stillness, dazzling truths, and clear frequency shift available. This is a moment to make note of your intentions, sense the shifts and the digestive quality of stillness within the body. Condense what is true for you, and anchor it deeply in the flow of your life. This magnetic wavelength will guide you in the months to come.
A practice : call back your energy from places, people, situations it has become frozen in… find flow… digest and integrate your wisdom in your body. There is radiant, hypnotic truth to the discernment of one’s own power. Step in to yours.
