New Moon destroys false ideas of nurturance

A Painting by  Eric Wilson

The New Moon [14le35] is conjunct the star Dubhe, alpha Ursa Major, the Great Mother Bear [15le22] and her little cub Kochab, beta Ursa Minor [13le30]. Close by is Acubens, alpha Cancer [13le50], the grasping claws of the Crab. The mythology behind these stars should be enough to tell  us that the New Moon is pointing towards learning the right way to nurture and then let go.

The table below gives the aspects  (16^th harmonic) that the New Moon makes to the asteroids

Sun                Conjunct        Moon                0 00' A 

Sun                Conjunct        Vesta               0 21' S 

Sun                3xQuartoSquare  Demeter             0 04' S 

Sun                Square          Amor                1 53' A 

Sun                Square          Psyche              0 25' A 

Sun                Square          Siwa                1 59' S 

Sun                5xQuartoSquare  Orpheus             0 52' A 

Sun                Sesquiquadrate  Bacchus             1 00' S 

Sun                Opposition      Diana               0 37' A 

CERES also DEMETER: The need for nurturing; food; the relationship between mother & child; issues of "taking care of" people, plants and animals; growths/cysts; herbs and grains.

BACCHUS: Excess; addiction; attempts to manage feelings, people and situations through substitution or avoidance

SIVA: also SIWA: Episodic, catabolic (breakdown/through) process that precedes insight; destruction of density/fixated beliefs (relative to aspects); crisis of death (stagnation) or regeneration; The Far East (inc. Vietnam, India, China, Malaysia, Japan;) periodic occurrence; ascetic; attention to sound.

PSYCHE: Psychological pain; vulnerability; memories;  old wounds; insight; the state of your mental health; head wounds; brain states.

VESTA: Objectivity; emotional distancing ; impersonal or cold; sacrifice/denial of self (by others/self) for a greater goal.

DIANA: Animals

Bacchus/Demeter: an excessive  preoccupation with the mother, childhood or the need to be taken care of  (or to take care of another.)  Look for models of people who "go  overboard" being a nurturer too… the continual attempt to  manage the lives and feelings of those around her.

Demeter/Siva/Orpheus/Diana: The destruction of fixated ideas about nurturing. People may witness the destruction or death of a child by an animal.

Demeter/Vesta

You may also be aware of the need for a emotionally detached  attitude.....of or toward caretakers... mothers and  children

Vesta/Psyche/Demeter

Mothers feels hurt because they've been treated cavaliarly--as though  they hardly mattered or existed, but I think you'll also see times when  folks have to "step back" from others who are either IN an emotional  turmoil.

Given below are news items that appeared in the last few days. Readers are invited to connect the dots to understand the New Moon message.

My previous post

New Moon in Hydra: Snake 'strangles two children'. http://bit.ly/186TYk2

Today’s coverage of David Cameron’s childcare policies has illustrated how out of touch this Government is. While they give tax cuts to those at the top, they have totally failed to support hardworking families with the cost of childcare.

http://bit.ly/16oGcb7

Neither the lack of childcare nor the tearful break down in a centre is an unusual story for parents of young children living in Sydney or Melbourne…In the first quarter of this year alone, an extra 20,000 children poured into a system that is struggling to keep pace with the numbers and the additional requirements the government has put in place to improve staff qualifications, and shift the emphasis to early childhood education. Dr Hill praises Labor's changes to the childcare system when it comes to improving the quality of services, but she is critical of its decision to increase the rebate paid to families. http://bit.ly/13hu6P1

Chinese mothers cash in on formula scare by selling human milk

Like many mothers, Yan breastfeeds her child. But she's also found a way of making it pay. After noticing she produces more than she needs, Yan -- who lives with her five-month-old baby in Shenyang, the capital of China's northern Liaoning Province -- decided to sell it.

http://bit.ly/12XtDGP

For about six months, there is no mom or dad — only baby. But gradually the baby gets less dependent, and we are more free to focus on our own needs, and those of our relationship.

This happy order of events is what happens for people who have a strong sense of self and a good relationship before the baby arrives. For those who don't, the baby becomes an unhealthy focus and a distraction from what's been missing personally and relationally.

Then, the development and growing autonomy of the baby is processed as a loss, and the focus of the mom intensifies in an effort to hold on to the feelings of purpose and fulfillment that accompany motherhood. In this scenario, the investment in self and relationship seems scarier and harder than the investment in the child. A focus on self and relationship can be difficult. It can be challenging to focus inward and move toward greater self-definition. Partner relationships never offer the same degree of safety as parent-child relationships; you have to mess up pretty badly to be rejected by your child!

In my opinion, the last few generations have had an unhealthy focus on parenting. We do everything we can to prevent our kids from failing, and in so doing we deprive them of the opportunity to grow. Today's children are less independent than previous generations. They don't want to drive and they don't want to move out. I can't help but think that maybe part of the reason why is that we, the parents, don't really want them to. We want them to succeed, but we are afraid of the separation from us that is necessary to their success. http://bit.ly/18PuwAj

You are letting go of attachments to people, pastimes, judgments, and other things that no longer serve your highest good, recognize that you are evolving. You are letting go of attachments and you are releasing denser energies stored in your physical, emotional, and mental bodies. You may experience growing pains during this process. You may revisit old energies that attached to you at some time and that you have long forgotten. In order to release these energies, you may experience some discomfort. Think of any discomfort as growing pains. If you experience resurgence of memories or energy or anger around old wounds, know that these are resurfacing so that you can let them go once and for all. Once released, you may still hold the memory, but it will not have the charge it did previously.

You may re-experience physical discomforts that you thought you had healed from. Some part of you may be holding onto the energetic imprint of these old wounds and so in order to release them, they must resurface. Know it will be short-term and it will be. If you get caught up in the energy of being a victim, of experiencing pain, of needing medical attention, that is what you will manifest. If you understand that the more you take care of yourself and know that you can quickly release any discomfort, you will. http://bit.ly/13hvxNs