Part I – The Shadow Mother
Tomorrow, Friday July 1st, both the moon and the sun will be in Cancer, the sign of the Mother archetype, ruler of our inner world and our relationship to needs, dependency and belonging. On the same day, Pluto, ruler of the underworld, the principle of death and rebirth and deep transformation will be stationed exactly opposite the moon in the sign of Capricorn, the Father archetype, ruler of culture, order, and external reality. Uranus and Saturn are squaring both Cancer and Capricorn creating a marvelous, powerhouse of change called a grand square.
This configuration can lead to a need to address incomplete business with your parents, a big upwelling from the unconscious of buried feelings and emotions and a desire for the soul to feel free and liberated from old deals you may have made to survive your childhood. Simply said, there’s some big shit going down with Mom and Dad.
So this week I’m going to cover the Mother with Part 1 of a two part post. I will take a look at The Father in Part 2 on July 14th.
The Mother
I opened up a great book today that I read awhile ago and it really helped me understand and transform an underlying feeling of tired, sluggish, heavy energy I’ve been experiencing the last couple of weeks. Linda Schierse Leonard, in her book Meeting the Madwoman, outlines four distinct “Mad Mother” archetypes – destructive/harmful faces of the feminine archetype. She talks about how when the feminine aspect of the soul’s needs are not met the energy can begin to manifest negatively rather than creatively. (more…)