Practical Understandings of Black Moons

Introduction 

The study of our Black Moons in the individual astral chart has remarkable transformative potential.

This study is one of many possible alternatives to an evolutionary practice, and it is essential to feel an attraction, a reciprocity of the method to be undertaken.

Given the frightening image that some astrological practices have disseminated about the significance of the Black Moons, it is understandable that there is some reluctance. Most people avoid undertaking such a study, and it is generally best not to discuss the BM during an astrological consultation if the person shows signs of resistance. However, there is nothing about the study and use of BM that pushes us into a neurosis that we did not unconsciously have before. However, it seems sincere to say that any method on the path to self-knowledge will inevitably require going through certain wounds, certain fears. It will be necessary at certain moments to unveil the veil of the Persona with courage and determination in order to gradually or spontaneously perceive the beauty of our essential being.

Inspired by the literary work of Luc Bigé,

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From a fundamental point of view, the meaning of the sign, the astrological house, the Sabian degree and the movement of the Lemniscate on the different points of the Black Moon Cross of our individual natal chart, holds the potential for a deep understanding of our behavior.

It seems appropriate, however, to consider that it is less about the BM than what the personality does with them.

The purpose of this article is not to discuss systematically the different positions of the Black Moons in the natal chart, but rather to present some ideas of interpretation that seem relevant to us.

The Unicorn

The Unicorn (Middle Black Moon) symbolizes the being rather than the personality. It represents the divine essence and the plans of our soul for us. In personality, the unicorn acquires a desire for purity, absoluteness and truth, to the point of believing that its truth represents the truth. It is her desires that make her proud and uncompromising because she has an innate knowledge of the meaning of the sign and astrological house in which she finds herself.

Indeed, this intransigence represents unacceptance of anything that does not conform to her desires for purity and the absolute.

As a non-exhaustive example

A Unicorn in Libra house 10 knows better than anyone what a professional relationship should look like. She will be careful not to explain it, because she sets the bar so high that she thinks it will never be perfect enough. This is why some very capable people don't find their way, or work alone, thinking that it's better not to commit than to risk imperfection! Of course, this form of intransigence will have plenty of good excuses for not having to justify their desire for the absolute.

Another example with the same positions:

The person gets married and becomes a manager in a company where she is demanding to the point of being tyrannical. She never finds the absolute that she carries within her in her colleagues and her spouse, simply because these people are inhabited by another desire for an absolute.

By wanting to live her absolute too much, the Unicorn will therefore nourish pride and intransigence towards herself and/or others, and develop a need for supremacy. The proud nature of the Unicorn, who does not yet live the essence of the being but feels it ontologically in his guts, nourishes a hyper-demand. It is this inaccessibility to live the essence of the being that provokes a need for supremacy, and it is this need that pushes the Unicorn to live its own fall. The fall is experienced as a feeling of non-existence and loss, of rejection and fear. The greater the pride of heights, the harder the fall and this is how the Unicorn's wounds have built Lilith (corrected black moon).

Lilith

Lilith contains all the suffering and wounds caused by the Unicorn's refusal to descend into the valley of imperfection.

We are not going to describe in detail the meanings of the other points of the Cross, we might as well go directly to Luc Bigé's book.

However, it should be noted that the meaning of the Black Moon Cross in personal experience may not be felt conscious. It may also be experienced in a painful way, with repetitions of self-destructive patterns and/or those around us. When the Black Moon Energy manifests in an unconscious personality, it can create a sense of incompleteness in the area of the chart where it resides. Feelings of prohibition and self-sabotage hinder personality development. In order to compensate for these frustrations, the person develops a sense of intransigence, pride and supremacy. This is how many people find themselves mistreated by bosses, spouses, teachers or parents. On the other hand, they become little bullies themselves with others.

To understand our BM and what comes from them, it is necessary to turn our gaze towards them and reconsider our interest in our inner evolution. In the latter case, it will be a questioning of our own values of purity, which may be challenged by a strong event, a trial or a contact with the sacred. We then begin an individual initiation, which generally requires time, patience and acceptance. It is about deconstructing the patterns of escape, guilt, anger, fear, sense of truth and purity.

However, at the risk of being dissolved by the forces that lurk in Lilith, we will need to begin to rebuild our personality through the meaning of the sign and house of Priape, the opposite point to Lilith (corrected Black Moon). In addition, it would be beneficial to pay attention to the sign, house and aspects of the ruling planet of the sign in which the Unicorn is located.

Another example

A Lilith in Cancer h6 with Unicorn could, for example, be interpreted as the person's desire to experience a connection to family and roots, with a sense of being protected and protecting their home.

This desire must be close to perfection, but without being able to live it concretely because of its hyper-demand. In order to find an answer to the painful frustrations that such behavior implies, the person enters therapy and experiences a regression through his memories. But the power of these memories frightens them and a process of avoidance begins. Either the person tries to connect another meaning of the Unicorn Cancer h6 with the same risk of avoidance, or he/she goes to one of the points of the Lilith cross. With, in this case, (the Point of Subjugation, rising square in Libra/h9. Showing the best will, she will serve society and become a social worker. She may also become a teacher, deluding herself that the public service would be worse without her if she were not a teacher.

Until the day when, frustrated by living with the guilt and frustration of having avoided her deep desire to form a harmonious family, she will feel a powerful anger that pushes her to assert her ideas through multiple meetings or gatherings that she will provoke with a certain arrogance.

Or she will become a journalist with undiplomatic tendencies and/or will challenge the established order (Affirmation point Aries/m3 decreasing square to Lilith's position in Cancer/h6...).

Priape:

This brings us to the central point of this article. Priape (as opposed to Lilith's position).

Whether one is engaged in one or another spiritual initiation, it is necessary to be sufficiently centered in one's personality. We should at least evolve in such a way as to initiate both anchoring in the world of the incarnation and returning to the dimensions of Lilith.

This anchoring is facilitated by the use of Priape's position in the sign, house, aspects and Sabian degree in which she is located.

Let's take a few examples, starting with Priape in Capricorn h12 opposite Lilith in Cancer h6

Priape does not correspond to our essence, but to our personality, or rather to what we make of it, to the image we want to project, to our persona.

Learning to let go through a spiritual discipline that engages to allow the unknown to manifest. Surrender to the calm of a meditative life, to benevolence, compassion and universal love. Discovering the deep meaning and peace of transgenerational connections in a safe, natural biotope with periods of solitude, centering in the body and attention to others and oneself, will facilitate the return to Lilith and her demons.

Priape in Libra h4 opposite Lilith in Aries h10

Learn to live a respectful couple relationship, to listen to the needs of the other, of the family and the children, to learn to play with them in all simplicity, with a newfound flexibility. To offer oneself to the loved one in a romantic way and to warmly gather the family in the cordiality of dinners enhanced by small moments of common life without asking anything more. A biotope also benevolent and calm, meditative and full of regenerative resources. Artistic taste, painting, writing and design projects coincide with affection and sweetness. These links prepare us to face step by step the wounds hidden in Lilith.

Priape Scorpio h9 opposite Lilith, Taurus h3

By having deep connections with distant lands, with the unknown of peoples and their cultures, by becoming a therapist or astrologer with access to the emotions and the unconscious, by doing group work based on ethical and transformative values, by giving meaning to philosophical values, those that touch the deep self in its reality, the approach of Lilith will seem less frightening.

Example with the ensemble of the blacks moons cross 

With Lilith and the Unicorn in Leo h7, Priape in Aquarius h1, the Point of Submission h10, the Point of Affirmation h4.

The person feels an absolute creativity (Leo), an ardent desire to put a work into the world, but for this, he needs others (h7). So they become theater directors, sports coaches, educators, hospital doctors, etc. But she remains unable to meet the demands of her employer, whom she considers incompetent. She develops a behaviour that leads her into a spiral of self-sabotage by provoking a strategy that will force her to leave her job while suggesting that it is because her employer is bad. These are usually people who change jobs without being able to redirect their career (SP h10). All their frustration, unaware of the real causes of their actions, is externalized in the form of anger when they return home. In this point of the cross (AP h4), the person is actually rebelling against an unconscious sense of submission and guilt they feel for their actions and their inability to reorient themselves professionally. The anger of the AP represents an opportunity to reverse the conditions of the repetitive patterns by allowing the person to say no and get back on their feet in order to make a fresh start. Mostly unconscious, but potentially capable of small changes in perspective.

(this description can also be applied to the marital relationship.)

It is common to observe the person devoting themselves to their work in order to escape the marital relationship that does not correspond to their desire for absolutes. However, the problem remains the same at work, and it is sometimes at both levels of the relationship that self-sabotage can take hold.

With Priape in Aquarius h1:

It is possible to allow leadership, but without the need to shine. Turning to the group with ideas and actions based on innovation, change and an openness to professional reorientation. For example, dedication to the living, ecology, permaculture, psychotherapy, science approached in an innovative way or technology. Taking care of oneself, one's body and mind through movement, sports, yoga, tai chi or other. By learning to become a whole person, sure of what motivates her and who she is. In this way, the courage to face Lilith will be multiplied.

Conclusion:

These are just a few examples to present a tendency, a state of mind that can be deepened by an astrological study. This study allows us to better understand how we can initiate a restructuring of the self with the Priape position. It is necessary to observe the different movements characterized by the different points of the cross of Lilith. It is also essential to be alert to the identifying side of Priape's ephemeral and evasive well-being in order not to get stuck on this point. For with Priape, we manage to be appreciated and loved while feeling that we exist, until one day we feel a deep frustration in realizing that our essential desire is not in the position of Priape, but in that of the sign and astrological house of the unicorn.

It is important to understand that Priape represents a capacity for personality reconstruction, not a sense of fulfillment of essential being. As mentioned earlier, while the essential call of the unicorn is powerful, so is the danger of getting stuck in Priape. It is important to re-evaluate that Priape is a passage that should only be passed through intermediately, until we are centered enough to face the meaning of the fears contained in Lilith.

The unicorn (middle black moon) is ambivalent between its dual divine and prideful nature, but it invariably remains the part of all the components of the crosses that relate to the divine gift. In order to best receive it, the person must cross-Lilith to atone for the pride, intransigence and sense of supremacy caused by the fall of the Unicorn.

If we examine our Persona with honesty, looking at Lilith in the sign and house where she is positioned in our natal chart, we will clearly see our greatest fears.

The day we are ready to face our fears, to accept them and to welcome them in all sincerity, that day, the splendor of Lady Unicorn will open the door to our inner star, the SELF...

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