CAPRICORN SOLSTICE

In its yearly course, the Sun now crosses from the zodiac sign of Sagittarius into the sign of Capricorn. This marks the final quarter of the natural year which reaches its end and new beginning in March, a time when a new influx of energy is given to the world as the sun ingresses into the zodiac sign of the Ram.

The 4 points of the natural year ‘cross’ the circle of the heavens, marking out the beat of life on Earth. These 4 points marked by 4 zodiac signs correspond to the changing seasons. As we all know, these seasons are opposed on the opposite sides of the globe due to the angle of the earth sphere at any particular time.

There are several emblems or pictographs representing the sign of CAPRICORN. One is the goat and the design below comes from that ancient culture of Knossos in Crete. D.A. Mackenzie says on page 139 of his 1917 book called ‘Myths of Crete & Pre-Hellenic Europe’,

The faience relief of the wild goat and its young is one of the triumphs of Cretan art. It is of pale-green colour, with dark sepia markings…One of the kids is sucking…The nimble-footed mother ….. is the watchful protector and constant nourisher of her young – a symbol of maternity.

We could add that the figure just as well symbolises the nurturing and caring father figure, or symbol of paternity in the cosmic sense. There is always an element of sacrifice when the welfare of other people is a concern.