Sedna – the Frigid Goddess
In this blogpost, I will endeavor to explain some of the
issues discussed by Nick Fiorenza in his commentary for the current Lunar Month which he entitles Karma & a New Birth in Consciousness [1]. In this context let
us first understand how karma is created. Karma is nor produced so much by a wrong
kind of action as by the type of action which derives from a refusal to perform
creative acts, when the need for them had come. As the potential of a moment in
time is left unexpressed by man, it must become a slave of more time. The November 7 New Moon in sidereal Libra is conjunct the
star Zubenelgenubi. This star requires that
we address unfinished business, or simply entrapping patterns and
scenarios in our lives.
The several
astronomical events that occur during a lunar cycle of about 30 days are
pieces of a Grand Design that need to be understood holistically. I urge
readers to go through the reference articles without which it may not be
possible to understand what follows. Here is partial list of the cosmic events:
Jupiter left intense Scorpio for sunny Sagittarius on
November 8, 2018. Jupiter is the planet of luck, faith, opportunity, travel,
and expansion. In Sagittarius, man seeks to put in working order what he
experienced with great depths of feelings in Scorpio. If he was successful in
confronting his “shadow” and the issues
faced in partnership, Jupiter in Sagittarius provides an opportunity for change
and growth.
Venus stations Nov.
16 to begin its direct motion after about 40 days of retrogression. The meaning of this was explained in the
previous post [2]. Essentially changes in relationship can follow a revaluation
or change in attitude.
Juno, asteroid of soul colleagues and Sedna, the frozen woman, begin their new
synodic cycle. Sedna, orbiting the Sun at an extreme distance, in the coldest
known region of our solar system was discovered in November of 2003.
Mythically, their are several versions of Sedna's story.
Basically, Inuit Sedna is a beautiful but vain maiden who is quite content
living at home with her parents. She refuses several potential husbands but is
finally coerced to marry by her father. She ends up marrying an evil bird
disguised as a man and is whisked away to a distant island for a life of misery.
Her father comes to rescue Sedna, but on their way back in her father's kayak
the birdman attacks the kayak. In a vicious struggle and in fear of his life,
Sedna's father either inadvertently or deliberately pushes Sedna overboard into
the frigid Arctic waters. Sedna eventually drowns in a dramatic scenario of
deceit, betrayal and abandonment.
Sedna's myth may exemplify how the repression of the
feminine has reached a stage where women
no longer participate with men on the journey of the evolution of consciousness. This may be due to their fear of being hurt—an unresolved
issue or molding from their unfortunate past, one that only perpetuates a life
of loneliness. But hopefully that is
about to change, as Sedna's path through the heavens reveals. [3]
Positively expressed, Sedna articulates the “return of the exiled
feminine principle.” Her message is that
humanity must recognize the truth about the suppression, persecution, abduction
and exploitation of the feminine force in the world (both of females and of the
feminine principle); and the mentality perpetuating such must be addressed and
changed. (For an in-depth understanding, please refer to Nick Fiorenza’s article The Juno-Sedna Synodic Cycles, Emergence of the Feminine Principle into
Relationships and Partnerships of all Types [4])
Medusa
Sedna is currently conjunct the star Algol in Medusa’s head.
In Greek mythology, Medusa was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described
as a human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. However, Medusa was originally a ravishingly
beautiful maiden who was raped by Poseidon. It was her anger against men that
had turned her into a monster. Those who gazed upon her face would turn to
stone.
In most versions of the story, she was beheaded by the hero
Perseus. When Perseus beheaded her, Pegasus, a winged horse sprang from her body. Pegasus, the winged horse is a symbol of
freedom. Recall that it is Perseus mounted on Pegasus who is able to free the
chained Princess Andromeda and subsequently marries her and establishes the kingdom
of Persia.
Metaphorically, this story is telling us that it requires courage and the overcoming of fears to free the entrapped feminine (Sedna?).
The Sabian symbol for the current New Moon of November 7
also appears to suggest that a change is in the offing.
PHASE 226 (SCORPIO
16): A GIRL’S FACE BREAKING INTO A SMILE.
Keynote: The fervent
reaching out on the part of the young of heart to new experiences.
Faith in life and in other human beings enables us to go
forth towards relationships with whatever attracts our senses or stirs our
imagination. Smiling is perhaps a uniquely human characteristic because it
implies a conscious acceptance of relationship, thus a choice. This symbol
pictures a glowing warmth of feeling.
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