The Fixed Sign Witches  Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius 

I always imagine the fixed signs as having a secret ceremony together in the blanket of the night. They conduct their daily lives as if they are performing rituals, self regulatory patterns of prescribed procedures that are forms of personal preservation, honour, and regeneration of the inner Goddess. Like they have sceptre wands fused into their hands, every action has an intended outcome and every movement is a subtle manipulation of the universe. The Fixed signs are revered in astrotheological history. They are written in the Book of Revelation as the Four Beasts of the Apocalypse, and the architecture on the Chartres cathedral built between 1194 and 1250 displays the four Fixed signs with a Taurus Bull, a Leo Lion, a Scorpio Eagle, and an Aquarius Angel encircling the Christ figure at the entrance. It gives even more mystique to these Prophetesses, meeting in seclusion inside old cathedrals and raising through the symbolism that immortalises them in mythic form. They can call upon the elements like any ancient and present sorceresses, and all of the particles magnetise and move to their hands held together. The Taurus prophetess calls upon Mother Earth and Mother Moon to align gravity and activate divine consciousness The Leo prophetess calls upon the Light of the Sun and conjures a honeycomb hex. The Scorpio prophetess calls upon the Spirits trapped on earth to rise the underworld Gods into a ceremonial service The Aquarius prophetess calls upon the sky and the clouds, conducting lightning and acid rain drops that activate the frequency of the soul itself.  The Fixed modality know the intricate cosmic ingredients that can bend or break the laws of physics completely, and they can follow the enduring, precise, technical and methodical sequence of preparing and casting spells. It’s just as they move throughout the day, as if the routine of living follows the procedure of an ancient magic charm. The fixed signs are very aware of the tidal wave across the world that their tiny breath could stir, and their operative depth in the function of the universe.  This is how they know they can raise, spellbind, and disrupt it. 

 C

Saturn in the 12th House - A Haunted Mind  

The inner self, violent waves of emotion, and the unknown depths inside can feel like they belong to somebody else with Saturn in the 12th. There can be trepidation diving into the internal world, it can represent a daunting and  unknown part of herself in a dark and murky sea. She may prefer to reside on the shore bank, paralysed by the fear of drowning in a mysterious black hole and submitting herself to madness, permanent exile, or helplessness. This aversion to relinquishing to the inner experience and allowing the water flow only distances her further from herself and her true, ultimate longing and desire. Conscious or unconscious, there is a powerful ache and empty space for the personal love and reunion with the divine father. The individual may have suffered some form of literal or figural abandonment, loss, or trauma with the father. She may have lost many years of the relationship due to alcohol or substance use, illness, confinement, or instability. There may be no traceable identity, or there may have been harsh emotional coldness and lack of empathy. This sense of loss opened a desolate void inside that howls to crawl into all-embracing arms of nurturing, acceptance, and protection of the father. It’s very possible to re-enact this relationship with the God the Father, the divine source inside. This is the place that she desperately longs to be, but this is on the island surrounded by deep water in the channel she would rather not cross. When she willingly submits the alchemist transmutes a sea-bound carriage just for her on the shore, steered by the compass of magic, rocking to a tidal lullaby and calling her with seductive saccharine song. 

Compassion can be an undeveloped or overdeveloped trait with Saturn in the 12th. There is a vividly empathic response to any form of collective or personal suffering and emotional activity in circulation. The display of compassion, emotionalism, and sensitivity can be quite overt and almost disproportionate to the situation. On the other hand, the individual may also occlude and internalise this heaviness and a convey detachment or unresponsiveness that puzzles company. It can generate exhaustive self-sacrifice out of obligation, responsibility, or compensation for lack of response. It’s also very possible for the individual to activate both of these qualities. She can see-saw between highly stimulated internal activity where she is devoured by emotions, receptivity, and unseen forces and descend into an emotional coma, numb and dead inside. The imagination can take hostage with ideals that crash against anxiety in a hurricane, and then the capacity for fantasy and mental imagery can atrophy itself. This hostility creates a greater urgency to escape from herself and separate from her authentic experiences. It’s possible that solitude is a haunting and vulnerable experience where she is confronted with the unknown cavern that she avoids at all costs. On the other hand, alone can be a very comfortable and safe place due to the trauma of rejection and exile. She can feel that she is too raw and ill equipped to acknowledge what she truly feels, senses, and has potential for doing. It can spill into her professional life and relationships. She may feel to fragile or unready for the world, unable to materialise her creativity and resources into reality, and repeat the circumstances of her earliest relationships through present partners. There can be a lack of self and emotional awareness and shame associated with satisfying emotional needs, being dependant, and the various lovers she invites inside out of desperation and lacking a sense of existence. Sleep is vital with Saturn in the 12th, but it may not be a dreamy time. She may go through periods of sleeplessness followed by inability to wake, disturbed sleep, repetitive dreams and nightmares, sleep paralysis, or even self-induced sleep deprivation.  

The obstacles are invisible with Saturn in the 12th, as with her battle armour and prizes for triumph. The individual may find it challenging to acquire the suitable support networks or assistance from people, they may find it difficult to understand her problem and have uncertainty about how to help. She is forced to be self-sufficient during her most delicate and raw moments, and she may reflect and wonder how she made it out of these alive. Her achievements are unseen, but they are not unnoticed. There are some people who mark success with fame, fortune, or role. But success for Saturn in the 12th is written on sacred sand, beyond the atrophy of prying eyes. Inner battles she has fought and won, wounding moods and anxieties, moving through life despite feeling incomplete or lacking substance, a secret contract between the master and the student. The ghosts that haunt her are her lost selves, her wounded inner child, and her self-critique and condemnation. The empty space is also the reservoir that collects psychic energy and contaminants from her company. It can be too static, energetic, or confusing to comprehend until she is seclusive and still. Solitude provides the personal time with God to reflect, rationalise, and integrate the large volume of intuitive material that search and find her. When she does not go alone, her mind and body become paralysed, heavy, too exhausted to sleep. Her body is her captor, but its also her temple of worship. It’s a vessel that contains inherited centuries old healing recipes, the service of angels, collective wisdom, the sacred crone’s analgesia and miracle restorative elixir. The deeper inside she goes, the higher she rises and surrenders. The exit from captivity is through the entrance, submitting everything but faith to enter the darkness and swim beneath the waterfall that paints her golden mermaid tail. 

-C.

Leo - Bloodshed in a Blood Moon

Leo is a sign designed to be revered and feared. The battle armour is built with the grit of honour, heart, fury, fanaticism, and pride. Leo inherited the kingdom to command and defend, and there are no shortages of leadership challenges and outside opposition. They are born to rule, conduct, inspire, and sustain. Leo is not the conservative and predictable leader, they are the rogue The Leo heart is resilient, repairable, and pumps blood of cosmic iron. This is the first place that enemies strike, but they strongly underestimate its resolve and will to beat life straight back through them. The wolves respond to the howls of their heartbreak, and its fury roars scarlet solar flares loud enough to move the earth. Leo directs intense passion, power, heat, and emotion into every pursuit and pleasure. They take assault to their land, loved ones, friends, community, children, animals, and family heritage personally. The spirit in Leo has a resounding desire for vindication, supremacy, and immortality. The individual expects excellence from themselves and the people in their lives. They make a memorable impact that leaves a lasting legacy behind. Their presence remains influential long after its physical death. Leo does not fear death if it involves sacrifice in the cause of virtue, nobility, and wider acclaim. 

Opposition lines are drawn from the radius of sun light. They arm themselves with solar arrows, confidence, and faith in goodness overcoming evil. Leo is the venerated combatant who embarks on a daily war that begins at sunset. The spirit warrior charges through darkness to win back light and life from the clutches of dead night. The early morning amber glow is the tribulation and declaration that the war has been won and darkness has perished. The following hours are to be spent basking in honour of the Leo’s courageous crusade, brush with divinity, and exalted excellence. They are hurtled into the depths of darkness because their inner light is taken hostage for almost half the experience. The combat can also be undertaken with a kind of grace and lustre, the wolves are not slain in a senseless massacre but rather tamed into submissive slaves. The grandest battle for Leo is forever and always love. They will confront the fire breathing dragon and tear out the heart of the heart of the enemy in the pursuit of desire. Life isn’t just something that happens to Leo. Leo is something that happens to life 

Venus, Mars and moon.

Taurus - The Mother of Ordered Chaos

Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”  - Walt Whitman

The Age of Taurus birthed the worship of Gaia, the ancestral mother of all life, and personification of natural earth. Venus is the ruler of Taurus and casts the eye that beholds all beauty. The Taurean Age correlated with the neolithic epoch and the conception of agriculture, domesticated animals, and the construction of megalithic architecture like the Stone Henge. Taurus exalts in the moon. In gratitude to the moon’s comfort and receptivity in Taurus, the glyph is sculpted with the base of a full moon and horns shaped like a crescent moon. At first, Chaos, or the great ‘chasm’ came - Aries, and from the void Gaia was born - Taurus. Black sheep reflecting the Aries ram or lamb, were sacrificed to Gaia. It is written that the predominant primordial deity of the Age of Taurus was Enlil, the God of wind, air, land, earth, and storms whose energy connected heaven to earth. It was Enlil who called the rain to fall in the Babylonian flood myth because his sleep was disturbed by the loud noise of humans. And so, have you ever woken a Taurus up, or prevented them from sleep? That’s almost enough to bear its own natural disaster, and you are standing in the storm’s direct passage. The Taurus physical body is a solar system, creatively bursting stars, enduring wild winds in panic and rage, heatwaves as hot flashes, and discomfort relating to temperature, weather patterns, lunar cycles and time.

Taurus symbolises matriarchal consciousness and the ruling empress, as well as the male fertility principle, the bull symbolising fecundity, and “Father Bull”, the Hebrew expression for ‘God’. The supreme creator converges through these qualities, so its no wonder that Taurus exhibits such natural artistry and talent with the material plane. Taurus has the instruments that can turn their inner reality and experience into a living mosaic, and it’s quite common for the home, belongings, and compositions to act as extensions of the internal world. This is part of the reason why it’s very common to meet agnostic or atheist Taureans, because they feel it in their bones and deep in their body that from the earth they came and back to her they shall return. When Taurus is conserving nature, nourishing animals, and remaining mindful of their ecological footprint, they are essentially doing so on behalf of maintaining their own longevity and immortality. As the earth changes, they contour with it, which seems antithetical to the stubborn and immovable Taurus we hear so much about. This is because Taurus does not proceed on human time and deadlines, but rather in loving synchronicity with nature’s timing and nature’s way. They are very much intimate with kairos, or ‘spirit’s time’. The moon makes a home in Taurus, and its rhythm corresponds with the 28-day menstruation cycle, so Taurus can become very in tune with cosmic timing and dynamic equilibrium inside their own bodies. In Qabala, the Bull is the vital life essence that activates and flows through all of natural life, like cosmic blood that spills and congeals onto everything. A mother between two children, cradling side by side the first born Aries and the young Gemini twins, a mother channeled by Gaia herself, nourishing all creatures, creeks, crystals, and earth children with her milk spilling directly from the milky way.

-C.

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