Capricorn Sun
.....
written
by Shirley Eftoda
The
Sun enters Capricorn December 21st. This
is the day of the Winter Solstice, and the shortest day and the longest
night of the year in the northern hemisphere.
The
best time of the year to tune into the peaceful stillness of the Earth is
when the Sun is in Capricorn. Capricorn
lends us a moment of silence so we can actually listen to and hear our Soul
speak to us about why we are here, what contribution we have to make to the
world. It is this experience of Oneness that crystallizes Capricorn's
commitment to serve humanity and this deep experience within
yourself that will help you define your unique contribution.
As
the cold winter sets in, and we get in touch with our deep insecurities, we
light the Yuletide fires to warm our bodies and brighten our spirits.
As the Sun emerges from its sleep, we rejoice at the fact that the
days will now become longer. We
feel spiritually regenerated as "the dark night of the soul"
fades into the past and we get ready to celebrate the New Year.
Capricorn announces its commitment to a new life and a New Year.
We
are all influenced by the energy and modalities of the particular sign that
the Sun moves through. When the Sun
was in Sagittarius we may have felt excited and restless. Capricorn gives us a moment of time out, especially
during the holiday season, to regroup, to re-evaluate our lives, to
consolidate our energy and in January to get back to work. While the Sun is
in Capricorn from December 21 through January 19, 2001 it is wise to take
advantage of the stable moment of the Earth energy to assess our past and
design our future.
Capricorn
is the most stoic of the Earth Signs.
The earth signs deal with matter and material reality and are
concerned with the laws and workings of the physical plane and how to
direct energy to create in the most solid dimension of reality.
The Earth signs are associated with physical resources, the
environment, money, work, security, basic needs, service and achievement.
*(1) The Earth signs are also
related to the five senses and sensations perceiving reality through the
rational mind, i.e. what they observe, hear, taste and touch and through
their sensations, i.e. what they feel in their bodies.
In
the physical world our efforts, mistakes, actions and thoughts produce
tangible results. Since tangible techniques and tools are required to
survive and thrive on Planet Earth for Capricorn these tools typically
include self-discipline, caution, thrift, perseverance and hard work.
Capricorn
teaches us that to feel useful, we must each offer our unique contribution
to the collective whole of which we are a part.
We establish our sense of worth by offering our service. We are
rewarded through recognition, money and material payment or gifts.
It's Earthly role is to define and encode the Laws of Manifestation.
This is the sign that creates the structures and order that bring
the Divine Plan into physical existence while teaching us to acquire the
emotional stability, surefootedness, and the ability to function wisely in
the physical world--the prerequisites for taking on a major responsibility
for world service.
Capricorn is about ambitions but when these are defined in terms of solely material gains, we create karma and activate our fate instead of our destiny. Our attachment to material wealth and gain is often challenged by the physical loss of things, situations and persons. Our "karmic lessons" teach us about our own mortality and the cause and effect relationship between our fear driven desires and thoughts. These lessons are not meant as punishment. Capricorn discovers that the purpose of loss, restriction and limitation is to educate itself about the guidelines and parameters for spiritual manifestation of its own Soul path and the expression of a spiritual life on Planet Earth; to learn to move out of egotistical greed into a mindset of sustainable abundance.
Some
Capricorns are doggedly attached to the physical world, possessions and
status: fixated on amassing objects and property.
Their obsession with creating a world of appearances is an attempt
to cover up a deep inner insecurity and fear of not getting their needs
met. What is possible and
desirable is defined by social mores, family conditioning and often a
"keeping up with the Jones" mentality.
This Capricorn denies the spiritual basis of life because it simply
does not perceive anything else than what it sees with its physical senses. Their problems are seemingly of a material nature.
They are apprehensive about not having enough, losing what they have
and not getting what they want. They
are preoccupied, worried and always seem to be fighting an uphill battle as
fear is the glue that keeps their limited worldview, trauma-oriented
outlook and excess emotional baggage strapped to their back.
Until this baggage of fears and insecurities is dropped they will
continue to re-create the same old stories and scenarios throughout their
life. Once they willingly listen to their own internal guidance and
intuition they no longer sabotage their own journey.
Other
Capricorns begin to see the spiritual value in the Earthly lessons that
they have attracted. Life
becomes less of a burden and more of a learning center.
Material forms become tools to accomplish goals.
Money becomes a means to achieve desirable ends, not an end in
itself.
One
of the major turning points now in their life is reorienting their desire
for worldly status and recognition to making their unique contribution to
the world. Since they will
always be motivated and ambitious the question now is motivated by what?
When their goals are defined in terms of world service, they feel
less burdened.
Their
inner drive becomes a viable and valuable asset to accomplishing their
tasks. There is no harder
worker than the Capricorn who is determined to reach its goals. The patience, fortitude, fairness and seriousness of
purpose empower it each step of the way.
The key ingredient now is to be unattached to the glory or even the
success of its projects; now the real goal is not the goal, but the
appreciation of the Path and the enjoyment of the moment.
The
awakening of this profound awareness in consciousness opens its inner
vision where they now tune into the Divine Plan and align their will with
Divine Will. Their evolved
intelligence is able to synthesize and integrate multiple objectives of the
Plan. Their worldly gifts
enable them to organize physical resources to bring goals to fruition by
combining physical, mental and emotional strength giving power to eliminate
outdated forms and structures and to create new ones.
Now
they are one of God's most effective servants in manifesting Heaven on
Earth. *(2) Having opened the
door of their Destiny they have liberated themselves from their attachment
to form and material illusions. They
are free to serve humanity and be rewarded for their ability to see and
manifest spiritual reality on Earth.
Capricorn's
territory includes ambition, recognition, honor, achievement, authority and
purpose. This is the
businessperson with the mental acuity that knows what needs to be done and
how to do it. It is also the
worker bee that accomplishes the task.
Capricorn
symbolizes the outer image that one projects into the world, which is
determined by the inner image that one has of one's role in the world.
The need to achieve and to prove its self worth is not a superficial
egotistical goal. It must make
a contribution to society by expressing its unique purpose.
The
life challenge is to overcome the obstacles and difficulties that seem to
always delay and get in the way of its achievement and success.
One key that unlocks the door is self-determination.
Capricorn must exercise its own free will, make its own choices and
take responsibility for its own life.
It must quit blaming others for its plight.
It must learn to accept the preparation and hard work that it takes
to manifest its dreams in physical reality.
It must honor and utilize the power of its inner drive, instead of
using it to beat itself up.
Capricorn
must learn to enjoy its work because it is not here to rest.
It is here to make lasting changes and leave a legacy.
When it realizes the importance of its "assignment",
discovers its own role and purpose and cooperates with the Plan, it is able
to transcend fate and its fatalistic mentality.
Setbacks and delays will be replaced by a slow, but steady, climb to
the summit of success. Capricorn
teaches us that we are all born with gifts, but in order to express them in
life we must be able to meet our challenges with courage, patience and
skill.
Psychological
challenges include fear of failure, sensitivity to the opinions of others,
self-questioning and a basic sense of inadequacy. Capricorn must learn how
to overcome inertia and get started. One
key is to establish goals based on its intuitive guidance, not external
values set by others and society. It
teaches us that if we truly prepare ourselves, we often find ourselves in
positions of great responsibility and authority.
Capricorn
helps us get in touch with our own mortality, not to make us pessimistic or
fatalistic, but to motivate us to truly live full, rich lives.
Capricorn helps us realize that our greatest fear is not of dying,
but the fear of the tragic possibility that we could end our lives feeling
that we never really lived.
It
is perhaps universally true that once "we see the light" we
wonder why we wallowed so long in the darkness.
Capricorn energy teaches us that the reason is we have to learn our
lessons first. Plodding
through physical reality takes time. Capricorn
instructs us to be thorough. Once we have learned and are wise in worldly
ways, we are truly ready to take the next step up the mountain of
evolution.
FOOTNOTES
AND REFERENCES
Soul-Centered Astrology, Alan Oken,
The Crossing Press, Freedom, CA, 1990.
Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil, Liz Greene,
Samuel Weiser, Inc, York Beach, Maine, 1976.
1.
Greene, p.34 2. Oken, p.229
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