Today is the full
moon, and there is a lunar eclipse.
This is a powerful day with powerful energies! The full moon is seen as the end of a cycle of growth, a
time of peak power and pause with the next step being the beginning of
degeneration. This particular full
moon is in Pisces, the 12th or last sign of the astrological
cycle. Pisces is a mutable sign
(read: able to go with the flow and deal with changes) that corresponds with
intuition, feelings and emotions, an inner focus, and duality (the symbol of
this sign is two fish opposing each other). This full moon is also close to
Mabon, the Fall Equinox and the beginning of longer nights, and we turn our
focus toward the approaching Winter months.
Interesting that my
Dreams of Gaia card for today is the Two of Air reversed. The image on this one is similar to the
Ten of Air from the other day in that half of the card is dark and the other
half is light, but the lack of ornamentation or detail in this image tells me
that it is presenting a concept, rather than presenting a summing-up of a
concept. The keywords for this
card are duality, polarity, separation, unity, dichotomy, integration, choice,
and the big picture. In an upright
position, the Two of Air presents the concepts of duality and polarity. Duality is defined here as two opposing
forces that come together to create chaos (or perhaps, a dynamic balance). If we think of positive and negative
poles, we get the idea. These two
poles are opposing, and they repel each other; in doing so, they create motion,
maybe even chaos (depending on the situation). Polarity also recognizes the concept of duality, however it
sees these two opposing forces as a part of the whole, with each extreme
dependent upon the other for existence.
The example given is a magnet; it has a positive pole and a negative
pole, but if you take one pole away, you don’t have a magnet any more. The card is reminding me duality tends
to divide, while polarity tends to unite.
They are neither good nor bad on their own; seeing through the eyes of
duality just creates an either/or viewpoint, while polarity brings the
possibility of “both.” Upright,
the Two of Air tells me that I might need to choose between the two. Reversed, the card is reminding me that
being too rigid might end up causing me to miss something important. Yes, there are situations that require
an either/or choice, but most of the time we benefit from seeing the whole
picture with non-judgmental senses.
I just might find out in the end that there is no absolute right, and
there is no absolute wrong.
The entire day seems
to be presenting the concept of change, but these energies are asking me to be
aware of three things: where I’ve come from, where I am now, and what might be
ahead.
A
bit of info about my Elemental Guide of Air: Eurus, the east wind, was
considered the bringer of bad storms; he was called Vulturnus by the Romans. Euros is seen as male, and is said to
bring both warmth and rain. Eurus
appears to me as a slender man with sharp features, light blue eyes, and long
medium brown hair, usually wearing a hooded cloak of grayish blue. His hair and the cloak always flutter
gently in a breeze, even if I am not feeling the air moving at all.
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