Happy Chinese New Year.
We entered into the year of the Water Rabbit at the last New Moon.
We are looking to a year of more peace, gentleness and fruitfulness. We leave behind the fierce and feisty Tiger
Fixed Energy
Last month we started to unpack the three modes of astrology.
1) Cardinal
2) Fixed
3) Mutable
These are the next layer to understanding yourself through the archetypal lens of astrology and life.
These three energies link to a season. We start the season with a cardinal sign, fix into the season with a fixed sign and begin to shift season with a mutable sign.
This month as the sun travels through a fixed sign that is where we will focus.
Fixed energy is the middle wo/man, well into the season in question and not ready to leave.
As such it is pretty set in it’s ways, beliefs, ideas, and wants. So we may think of fixed as stubborn, resilient, resistant, consistent, and fixated.
There are four Fixed signs; Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.
If you have strong energy in any of the 4 you may feel this mode resonates strongly with you.
Remembering that you are likely a combination of all three with a stronger predisposition to one of them.
There is a way to tally up your mode and your element score.
For example, I score; 6 Cardinal, 10 Fixed, 8 Mutable
In this example, fixed is the dominant mode, though the breakdown is fairly even.
If your fixed energy is very high by comparison to the others, it can be a case of how to mitigate it, or if it is excessively low, how to build it up.
There is a fixed sign in each of the 4 elements, each has a different hyper focus…and does not approve of the ‘obsessive’ ways of the other three, forgetting that they too have an obsessive nature.
These signs are at 90 degree or 180-degree angles from one another. If you remember from our Aspects theme these are tricky aspects…a reminder below.
The Opposition – 2 planets at 180 degrees from each other…opposite
Think tug-of-war, they are polarized and represent opposite points of view. This will always be a challenge to mitigate internally because it would be like trying to placate waring siblings on opposite sides of the room, you can only focus on one at a time and feel constantly pulled between the two.
The Square – planets at 90 degrees from one another.
Pressure to change. Think of a right angle and a planet on either side, both adamant that their way is the right way and a rather stubborn refusal to compromise. This creates uncomfortable pressure, but if we surrender, we may transform into a diamond.
I do have posts on my website www.rainbowwisdom.co.za covering the Planets, the Signs, Houses, Aspects and more, should you want to refresh on any of those.
How does this help?
Start by looking at your chart and seeing where (the Houses) your Fixed energy is and if you have planets or points there.
Now look at how you hyper focus through which element and where.
Taurus – Fixed Earth
I LOVE good food, comfort, luxury and beauty. I get obsessive about a bad smell of a scratchy label; I will not rest until my environment appeals to my five senses.
I am not afraid of heavy lifting and hard work, I take the slow and steady approach. I do love to laze though, and once stop, it can be pretty hard to get me started again. Don’t push me, or rush me, I will dig in my heels. I can be a bully but don’t take well to being bullied.
Leo – Fixed Fire
I LOVE all things pleasurable. Fun, games, love and laughter…but never at my expense.
I am sovereign after all, the One who delegates. I have the strength and fortitude to wear the crown but DO NOT show me up.
I can get a little obsessive about my image, and how I am seen.
I so badly want to be a benevolent head of state but my wounded ego sometimes takes me to the dark side.
Please lavish me with love and praise and I will do the same for you.
Scorpio – Fixed Water
I can read people, like a human lie detector.
I know what it is they hide, in the shadows, ashamed to show the world. I know because my shadows are deeper, and darker.
I know it is not a competition, but if it were, I would win.
I will investigate and solve any mystery and I will not stop until I do.
Don’t call me obsessive and dark, I won’t let you close enough to pierce my armor and see my secret sensitivities.
It takes a lot to earn my trust, but once you have it, I will kill for you and die for you.
Aquarius – Fixed Air
I can see how to improve the future, and that is all I want to focus on.
It is so much more important than brushing my teeth! We must solve all of these problems and support a thriving future for humanity.
Dinner? That is hardly as important as saving the world! Don’t get so melodramatic, this is bigger than me, it’s bigger than us.
Four very different focal points which ones resonate more with you…do you have planets there?
Example Leonardo Da Vinci had his Sun and Venus in Taurus, but Mars in Aquarius.
He was naturally creative and artistic (Taurus) and ambitious in his out of the box, futuristic ideas (Aquarius). Though ahead of his time hi was also very present in his understanding of individuals.
These two Da Vinci classics speak to these two archetypes in his chart.
If you see planets in more than one of the fixed signs in your chart, read the little synopsis of each sign and ask yourself if you can feel those internal struggles and how to manage them.
Astrology Buzz
Aquarius Jan 21st to Feb 18th are you remembering to breathe? Do it not, three deep breaths, drop into your heart and your body. There are huge revolutionary changes afoot for humanity and for you. Remember to plant your feet and take your time.
Pisces Feb 19th to Mar 20th the end of the season is near, both Summer/Winter (hemisphere dependant) and the end of the 12 month zodiacal wheel ends in the sign. Allow for release of the old and all the feelings that come with that, so you are ready to birth anew in Aries.
Full Moon
February Full Moon is in Leo on the 5th opposing the Sun in Aquarius.
Watch for the summery, and shadow questions.
Physically for Leo and Aquarius, heart, blood, circulation, calves, ankles and Achilles tendons.
Questions are tailored to the exact planetary alignment over this Full Moon.
They will be most potent if started over the 3 days of Full moon 4th, 5th, 6th, there is never a wrong time to reflect however, all is in divine timing.
New Moon
Pisces New Moon is on the 20th of February.
Another early degree New Moon, showing a new beginning, in a sign to do with endings.
Seems paradoxical, but new beginnings stem from endings, perhaps that is a point to ponder or meditate upon.
Crystals Made Simple
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Looking at Fixed crystal energy I will give one option for each of the Fixed signs.
I have chosen the Agate family to explore, as Agates form in layers, creating bands and are a combination of other crystals, chalcedony and quartz primarily.
It is as if they take time to fix in, layer by layer…setting in stone.
Moss Agate – Taurus – Fixed Earth
This beautiful Agate has web like moss patterns inside it. It is referred to as the midwife’s stone, holding space for gestation and then birth. A strong feminine energy like moss on a tree trunk, holding, securing, grounding and fixing us into our bodies, the earth and our lessons.
Crazy Lace Agate - Leo – Fixed Fire
Not your ordinary layers, but filled with swirls and orbicular ‘crazy’ patterns.
Crazy Lace is loud, playful, fun and likes to get your attention. Don’t try to put this crystal in a box, but rather on a throne or a stage, it needs to be seen to bring joy and creativity.
Merlinite (Dendric Agate) – Scorpio – Fixed Water
Like a magician this crystal helps to go deep into our innate knowledge pool and draw up what we need.
It is powerful and lucky.
Helpful in attracting abundance in all areas, fixing its focus on old and deep wisdom.
Blue Lace Agate – Aquarius – fixed Air
This gently expressive stone helps to calm the electrical Aquarius energy enough to communicate in a way that us laymen can understand.
Drawing the out and up obsessions into down and through expressions.
Soothing the nervous system so we can conceptualize in an expansive way but gently bring change to the masses.
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Aromatherapy Made Simple
Same again let’s look at one example of a good Fixed oil for each sign.
Jasmin – Taurus – Fixed Earth
Call me Jazzy, but don’t for a moment think that my pretty and flirty aroma makes me a push over.
I can seduce and sedate you as easily as arouse and relax you…I prefer to keep it pleasant and pleasurable.
Frankincense - Leo – Fixed Fire
I am Frank, yes I am your king, but don’t let that scare you away.
I love an audience and am really powerful, I can fix almost anything.
Bring your problems to me and I will obsess about getting them fixed.
Tea Tree – Scorpio – Fixed Water
That is Dr T to you, I am a surgeon for a reason.
I have a surgically precise approach to everything I do.
I am not afraid to search out the septic and putrid and painstakingly clean it out.
I go to the smelliest most painful places, and though you may not always appreciate my burning approach, the clean smell of antiseptic I leave is welcome.
Pine – Aquarius – Fixed Air
Tall tree, reaching high, needle like leaves to pierce your mind and wake you up to a bigger, brighter future.
They call me P-we, because I am always thinking of the whole forest and our collective health. Clean air is a great place to start…reach up above the pollution and search outside of the ordinary for solution.
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