DESCENT TO HADES

Today’s partial lunar eclipse occurs at 24 degrees Capricorn, conjunct Pluto. This is activating a profound moment in your souls evolution, helping you shed karmic imprinting deeply imbedded within not only your physical body, but your soul, especially around the house themes where this energy manifests in your own chart. What has been hidden, is now being revealed. With Pluto currently retrograde, he is guiding us even deeper into our shadows to be reborn like a Phoenix. You will rise from this... whatever you are going through, feeling or experiencing, you will come through this the other side. This purge cycle is to assist us in making unconscious patterns conscious, so we can break free from ancestral trauma and self-imposed prisons. It’s heavy work, but rich in evolutionary rewards.

I wrote the following during the Capricorn full moon in July 2018, and I feel these words are even more apt during the current astrological configuration:
“We are being faced with deep truths at this time. What has been seen cannot be unseen. What has been felt can no longer be pushed aside - it is forever moving closer to you. The more you dedicate yourself to stripping away the layers of yourself that you’ve constructed as falsehoods, walls of protection or limiting beliefs, the emptier your vessel becomes. This can feel frightening... to feel so exposed, so vulnerable, so seen” ...
So, what have you witnessed and experienced over the past 12 months that have felt unbearable, yet have now become a source of growth and inspiration? What did you think you would not survive, but now find yourself more resilient and empowered about than ever before?

This full moon is an important moment of recognition and release in preparation for the exact Saturn/Pluto conjunction in January 2020. If you are able to consciously face what you feel now, and take steps over the coming months to heal in ways that resonate with your soul, your truth, your path... then this great awakening will bring you to places you’ve only dreamed of. But you must be willing and committed to put the necessary work in to create and align with the new paradigm. Boundaries and structure are essential, even on the path of awakening, and are fundamental to the evolutionary teachings of Saturn and Pluto’s transit through Capricorn.

Eris, the great and powerful awakener, warrior and divine disruptor - is exactly square this moon. So many of us are sick of the story being told, the lies, the deceit, the corruption and repression of the feminine. Eris plays a huge role in the collective shakeup of the patriarchal/capitalist systems over the coming years, and this eclipse is a great activator for many, many more beings to begin to wake up and take action to be the change they wish to see for this world. I encourage you to read up on the mythology of Eris, to understand how her archetype manifests in your own life, and how you can embody your own sacred warrior-ess nature... for she will no longer be silenced.

There is some sweetness to be found in this lunation, though. Venus is conjunct the North Node, which is our guiding light out of the Hades Moon grip and into the new beginning we seek. Love, and kindness and compassion are our most precious resources. A new way of relating is anchoring through many souls destined to usher in this new paradigm of what it truly means to love and communicate with our hearts wide open. May your soul deliver your hearts desires to exactly where it is meant to go, and may it be received with clarity, recognition and of course, an open heart. Retrogrades have a surprising way of bringing true connection back into union. And with 6 planets in retrograde at this time, let the true path be revealed, without expectation.

Much love,
Katie x

Art by Harley and J