The sign of Aquarius is the image of two waves of
water moving in unison. In ancient Egypt this was called the male and female
water, the Nu and Nu-t. The male Nu was the river Nile flowing across the land;
the female Nuit was the body of the Milky Way flowing in a simultaneous stream
above the river. Ancient Egyptian
zodiacs depicted the god Hapi as pouring forth the waters from two jars. An
image that is repeated in the Greek astrological sign.
The
dual streams poured forth from two jars is an image also repeated in the Star
card of the Tarot. The unveiled Isis, which is the Star goddess pours one
stream onto earth (the plane of form) and the other into the pool of cosmic
mind. Isis appears prominently as Sirus twice a year--once
in summer at her heliacal rising, which annually signaled the Egyptian New Year
and the imminent Nile flood. And at midwinter when high overhead Sirius is the
brightest star in the sky, signaling the birth of the divine child through
Isis. Tonight look for her – a diamond-like star that flashes with green, blue,
pink, and white starlight. And if you continue lifting your gaze upwards, you
will see the constellation of Orion, which the Egyptians associated with
Osiris, the Beloved of Isis.
In
esoteric circles the sign of Aquarius is the cosmic Christ that appears after
the personal sacrifice that the Christ of the Piscean age represented to lead
his initiates into true humanitarian Love Wisdom in this age.
Both Isis and Christ
appear in the bleak winter as the promise of light to come. Both are associated
with the living spiritual waters that flow forth from heaven. Isis, in search
of Osiris, appeared to a group of women at the sacred well in Byblos; they
recognized her by her divine spiritual presence, a heavenly perfume that exuded
from her. And Christ appeared at the
well to the Samaritan woman, speaking to her of the living water that he
represented. The Water of Life flows from the throne of heaven. Revelation 22:1
alludes to that water of life saying: "And he showed me a river of water
of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God…”
This water of both
male and female vessel that is the energy of this particular Aquarius Full Moon has important
significance, as it follows the December 21, 2012 shift into the intergalactic
center of the Milky Way. Here, as we
enter into the new age, we celebrate this full moon in Aquarius as the sign of
movement from personal consciousness and its desires to the group consciousness
that promotes the love of all humanity. It is eternal spiritual
renewal—our consciousness merged with divine consciousness.
The Aquarian energy
is living water that flows from the throne of heaven. It is intended to slack
the thirst of many through the communal well--the acts of sharing, loving, and giving.
The Christed One has said: “Wherever two or more are gathered in my name, there
am I also.” We take this to mean that
the cosmic consciousness is strengthened by work in groups of like-minded
initiates.
Whereas Pisces has
been seen as the sacrifice of the one for many individual souls, the Aquarian
energy must be the commitment and willing sacrifice of the many (group
commitment) for the greater good of the planet and each other. By using this
full moon energy you can see the opportunities to see how to make your next
steps, to attain enlightenment, to understand brother and sisterhood.
We are being
presented with a greater awareness and a time to explore of our place in the
cosmos, greater fields of human endeavor, greater contact with spirituality
sensitive people and with groups for spiritual advancement, right timing and
use of right energies, cooperation with Hierarchy, and contact with the
Christ/Buddha consciousness in meditations and instructions.
Three
Gifts of Aquarius Full Moon are:
The Creative Work
of true alchemy -- a process of manifesting the inner Divinity through beauty,
goodness and truth. That seed of
potential exists in every one of us. You may imagine it as being watered by the
water of life of Aquarius, poured out by Hapi, by Isis, by the Christ.
Enlightenment
as if when a window opens and you see the purpose and beauty of the Life,
feeling the electricity of that moment passing through you. This is similar to
the epiphany that Thomas Merton had (an Aquarian sun with Leo full moon in his
chart) in March 1958 on a sidewalk in Louisville. He was suddenly overwhelmed
with the realization that he loved every person before him. He described it as
awaking from a dream of separateness, every individual “more beautiful than the
sunlight itself.”
Like Merton’s vision,
the third thing we are given a chance to experience is that Brother and
sisterhood as a state of consciousness in which there is no judgment, no
separateness, envy, anger, hatred for you see all is unity. True freedom from the veil of glamour or
illusion is recognizing that people really do love you, that they will
encourage you toward success. You are protected because there is only one
Light, one Truth and one Reality.
We are being directed
now to see the power of working with Group Consciousness in groups of
like-minded people who are working toward the betterment of themselves, their
society, and the planet, with regard for all sentient creatures.
Group consciousness
is the greatest lesson we can learn. Form follows thought and so when that
thought is strengthened by multiplication and purified through ritual it has
the potential to do the greatest good, especially when the little will is laid
down in order to serve the Greater Good through Divine Will.
We may find that now
in this new era spiritual practices will move away from dwelling on a dying god
whose sacrifice saves individual souls to the consciousness of group engaged in
ritual and ceremony that elevates all. We become less individually mystical and
more dynamically magical. We move away from the either/or world of material
reality vs. spiritual reality, to the more potent realm of matter AND spirit at
work simultaneously.
Even if you are working alone at this time of
Aquarius, you are not truly alone, because you may call upon the group
consciousness of the Angelic realm, the archangels and the host of
spiritualized beings and ancestors. You
may find yourself being taken out of body at night to an inner school and
taught by a wisdom teacher alongside other initiates. Know that as a disciple you are being asked at
this time to work on both sides of the veil and that you are helping with other
evolutions and the expansion of alternate realities. A lot of astral energy is
available to you now. The more we make ourselves available to work through this
less egoic astral energy (because the ego drops away from the conscious mind
during sleep), the more peace we find on the planet. You may even find your
memory of your dream time work more clear.
This time of shifting energy into a new age will be
accompanied by trials and will not be easy. We are already experiencing trials
of fire, solar flares, melting ice caps, solar heat, shifting tectonic plates,
hurricanes, war, earthquakes, greed, disunity, civil mayhem.. All of the things
we are experiencing we will continue to see for years to come as the shift
takes place. These are not signs of an apocalypse, but a sign of deep
transformation needed to the core of our consciousness. We are responsible for overseeing how our
life is transmuting and into what forms.
It is up to the group to accomplish deep transformation of energies
through Love Wisdom, through Creative Vision, through Cooperation.
At this full moon, the first of 2013, plan how you
will execute these tasks through the coming year. How will you be a light-bearer
in a darkened world?
