Full Moon Capricorn: Resovling Conflict - Healing Father Issues

A Full Moon in Capricorn today involves Saturn - bringing a focus on the need to : prioritize - get serious - take responsibility. Man up! Get er done.  Capricorn words.

The Moon in Capricorn is about Emotional Maturity and Integrity. Key words: Discipline/Commitment. Serious stuff. Father issues. Chiron is involved - meaning painful issues can be brought to the surface so that  deep healing can occur.

‘Healing the FATHER WOUND’

 Outer events can stimulate interpersonal interactions; emotional integration (Moon)  is the challenge.

"This aspect gives a deepening and concentration, or a blocking of our self-expression. It symbolizes someone ambitious who wants to make their mark in the world. There may also be a barrier between self- and self-realization, so that our true feelings are denied outlet. 

This Full Moon makes us strong-willed, or even autocratic, and can appear selfish, or cautious and reserved. There is usually a sense of rejection or coldness in relationship to the father, and a sense of lack of love in ones life, generally, leading to a subconscious desire for recognition. 

There may be feelings of hostility or a physical ailment that prevents our total participation in life activities. The heart-center may need developing. " (Time Passages)

A lot of the above quote could describe my father. He had other, more positive attributes as well. Creativity. Kindness. Commitment to family. Steadfastness. Sense of humour. But the autocratic side of him made it hard to connect sometimes. The ID is said to be our internalized parent. How much have you subconsciously - or consciously - modeled yourself on these traits?

One of the key  lessons now is to examine our relationship to authority - to our own inner authority-  and/or authority figures in our life: fathers - teachers- priests- rules and rule makers - to see how they may have set us on a course of actions/ reactions. Someone similar (or they themselves) may appear in our life now to get us to deal with our father issues. Perhaps, like me, you are beginning to forgive your parents their mistakes - finally letting go of resentments and anger (life's too short) and remembering some of the good stuff (if there was any).  Either way - honest self-reflection  allows us to be more authentic and to live with more INTEGRITY (another Capricorn word). 

Shortly after the Full Moon, Mercury moves into Leo and squares Uranus in Taurus. Our projects and commitments will be questioned - challenged - scrutinized. We may have sudden insights into our relationships with our father. Or experience sudden changes in our physical circumstances.

New approaches will suddenly be revealed that are - Exciting. Challenging.  Character building!

Capricorn says its Time to get Real!

You know you want to!

One more thing:

Because a Full Moon is an opposition of Sun and Moon, we may find ourself dealing with  opposition or conflict - and even more so because there are  several planetary oppositions occurring right now.

Opposites both attract - and repel.

Moon/Saturn opp Sun
Mars opp Venus
Mercury opp Pluto

“Conflict is a necessary part of life.Tension upon the strings of a violin can make majestic music.
The critical mass of two hydrogen atoms trying to occupy the same space fuel the sun that nourishes our solar system.
Most conflicts you face in life are the result of your Path converging with another's.
Your Path is not theirs, and one Path is not necessarily more right than the other.
Can you work together to remove the blockage?” 

I Ching #6 Conflict

 Oppositions often occur as relationship issues.  Is someone challenging or confronting you right now? Relationships are a powerful mirror.  Who is standing across from you?  Conflicts arise when we see ourself as being right and the other person wrong. There are so many polarizing narratives occurring in social media - politics - the news. Yet the reality, in truth,  is usually somewhere in the middle (though not always). We don't all have to be enemies. We are after all - all fellow travelers on this beautiful planet. Surely we can find a way to get along!

Try to meet the other person halfway. You know you want to....