Stillness of Winter - Capricorn
Season of winter. Saturn’s earthly kingdom of Capricorn. Walking through the frozen landscape, we can clearly see the material shape and form of things around us. Everything is stripped to bare bones. There are no embellishments. Even the color palette is limited to different shades of whites, greys and browns. Yet when we look at a snow-covered landscape with the sun coming through there is this almost ethereal kind of beauty. Imagine walking through heavy snow. The air is crisp, it takes a lot of effort to move forward, to breathe. It feels like someone put some extra-weight bags on your body. You are exhausted. But then you pause, take a slow, deep breath, calm down and look around. You notice the stillness of nature. You notice the world, transformed by the winter, resting. Moving through the wintery landscape can be arduous labor but if you allow it, it can feel like a contemplative walk through a sacred temple. Saturn in its earthy, feminine expression of Capricorn e...