Pushaya, "The Star of Nourishment," the main symbol is the milk yielding udder of a cow, representing "The Universal Mother." Our Full Moon is offering us the feeling of being nourished, safe and secure.
The ruling energies of Pushaya: the Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn, when combined, create a mind that expands and contracts, and a life that follows, sometimes to extremes.
Ask any mother, and she will tell you that this is what it's like raising kids. All-day long, she vacillates between yes (expansion) and no (contraction). Yes, you can go out and play; no, you can't play with that kid. Yes, you can have something to eat; no, you can't have that. Yes, you can watch TV; no, you can't watch that.
Mothers would love to give you absolutely everything you desire, but would that nourish your soul? Would that teach you to make good choices when she's not around? Is that safe? Is that security?
This may not have been your Mother; it may have been your Father, Grandmother, or someone else. Gender is not the Mother; it is the Universal Mother that is within each of us.
"Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed.
Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding.
The two as beautifully balanced and coordinated
as bird-wings.”
-Rumi
It is imperative to learn how to balance the expansion and contraction and the contraction with the expansion. Too much on either side can leave you paralyzed in "Yes'ing" or "No'ing" everything.
Above and Below the Clouds
Above the clouds, the Moon feels at home in the Moon Mansion of Pushya. However, its placement creates turbulence for the mind with all the opposing energies of Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, and Pluto in Capricorn. The mind will be lost in a sea of emotion, trying to make sense of all the merged energies and which way to go. Find stillness and allow yes and no to occupy the same space.
Furthering the tensions, Mars and Uranus are still in conjunction and square (imagine an overstretched rubber-band that about to snap) all the energy in Capricorn. Uranus is a subtle, powerful planet on its own, but another planet's aspect can trigger explosive change. Mars/Uranus conjunction triggered the most recent protest here in the United States, India, Russia, Netherlands, Mongolia, and others. This combination is also responsible for the impeachment of the 45th president and the inauguration of Kamala Harris as the very first Asian/Black Woman to hold the position of second in command. Uranus stands for radical, revolutionary change. On a personal level, this placement helps break down any barriers that have been holding you in an expansion or contraction pattern to bring about much-needed change.
As this Full Moon rises, listen to your Mother. Yes, and No can and must occupy the same space. That space is Love. When operating from the space of Love, you nourish your well-being, leaving you nourished, safe, and secure no matter what is happening all around you.
Love & Wisdom
Sachi
