All of life is a cycle. We traverse these cycles over and over again throughout our life, feeling like a student in some years and the master in others. Like a tiny, flickering light in the great spiral of the universe, we find ourselves in a familiar place for the first time. Somehow, we have a peculiar understanding of where we are and a feeling that we have been here before.
2024 is a #8 Universal Year. (All digits 2+0+2+4 = 8) In the Cycle of 8, attempt to approach all issues in a manner that is efficient and practical. Remain mindful as you encounter each of your months and days to apply the skills you develop in a resourceful, resolute and benevolent manner.
In a Number 8 Year (2024), December is a #2 Month. This is the number of Duality, Partnership, and Union.
Correspondences for a #2 Month
December Keyword: Ally
December is your second month of playing the supportive role during the Cycle of 8. Think back to March and assess how you succeeded or failed in your attempts to cooperate. If you are required to make similar adjustments in December, recall and learn from your experiences. Spend time with people in intimate conversation this month. Be there for others.
Planet of 2: The Moon
Our beautiful Lady Luna is the paragon of partnership, cycles, cooperation, and intuition. In astrology, she represents the lesser light—our feelings, emotions, and instincts. She is the reflective body of the miraculous greater light, the Sun—our will, purpose, and goal.
She always represents the receptive female principle and is associated with nurturing, the mother, and memories. Use her archetypal energies during the Cycle of 2 as a symbol for the nurturing you will give to others and yourself. Let her remind you to pay special attention to the women in your life throughout the year.
Remember also that she is changeable. Her phases change as quickly as your moods will during the Cycle of 2. Be especially on guard against your Full Moon lunacies this year, and find opportunities to use the New Moon, the dark phase, to stay in the background when necessary. While she may be hidden during this mysterious phase, her powers are definitely not weakened.
The Moon is also a symbol of deceit and incomplete knowledge. We are often fooled by moonlight, seeing monsters where there are none or—having been mesmerized by her softening glow—have believed villains to be heroes.
Another aspect of the Moon’s symbolism is sleep—a time of healing for the body. It is during this time that our subconscious comes alive, hinting hazily at our innermost desires. Use your dreamtime this year to both heal and awaken yourself to your subconscious feelings—a mirror to your daytime actions.
Color of 2
Orange for energy and motivation.
Orange is provocative and stimulating. Use it when you feel a lack of vitality or uncertainty about your direction. It is a combination of the driving red and the communicative yellow, so it will definitely get you out there. If you are drawn to orange, you are likely to be focused, productive, social, and vibrant. You have probably organized your goals and use your energy efficiently. It is also likely that you are swayed by the opinions of others.
Orange is closely associated with the power of desire and sexuality, and the search for a mate. If you need to rekindle the flame of passion, try using this bold and vibrant color to communicate your intentions. It spreads joy, enthusiasm, self-assurance and health—and always seeks a connection. Peach, apricot, and various other shades of orange will also convey this message in a subtler manner.
Orange requires a high degree of confidence from the wearer. If it is a color you generally don’t like or feel uncomfortable with, you may be experiencing confusion, frustration, or blocked emotions. Add a bit of orange to your environment or clothing to reattune yourself to its magnetic qualities.
If you need a break from orange’s stimulating effect, its complementary color, indigo, will relax and calm you. It will aid you in giving voice to your feelings, securing your self-confidence, and aiding you with insights and truth. If you feel that orange is too aggressive or social, use indigo to convey competence and responsibility. It will help you to feel settled.
The Tarot Twos
The twos of the tarot clearly point out the balance necessary in the Cycle of Two and reinforce the necessity of keeping an open mind and heart.
The minor arcana tarot cards ask questions for your consideration and, perhaps, offer some insights into some of the issues that may arise this month.
Fire
The World of Action:
Spirit, Vitality, and Desires
Personal Power
What goals do you envision and what supportive measures have you taken to move them forward?
We all must name something as our own. This is the personal power given to us as “dominion.” Each of us has a goal that we have envisioned and to which we aspire. A little flame burns within you that desires tremendously to be realized. Name it, and bring it to life.
Projects, ideas, relationships, dreams, goals—we have hundreds of these during our lives. It is by your personal power that they fade or mature. You are the creator of your goals, your dreams. It is under your dominion that they prosper or perish. Look for even one thing that has a true spark of life. Can you see it a year from now? Is it thriving? Look its future squarely in the eyes and name it what you will.
Air
The Mental World:
Logic, Reasoning, and Social Life
Discernment
What Are you clear on the choices you are making this year? Are you willing to take a stand, or is it more beneficial to sit on the fence?
At what point do you reach a stalemate—a time when you no longer see a way forward, when you reach an impasse, when you believe you can neither go back nor forward? Do you just sit there, refusing to decide your course of action, waiting for someone else to solve your problem and determine your future?
Only you can determine why you choose to straddle the fence in any situation that keeps you unhappy. Know why you have made your choices. If the reason is to have a peaceful existence, fine. But if it’s just an excuse to keep you in limbo, to keep you from making decisions about the course your life should take, then you must not deny your true feelings. You will find that stifling your emotions and denying your true feelings and desires will eventually turn you into a bitter, dissatisfied, stony person, with nothing to offer in partnership because there’s nothing left of you.
We all have choices. It doesn’t have to be just this or just that. It can be something else. Take off the blindfold and keep your heart open.
Water
The World of Feeling:
Emotions, Intuition, and Moods
Commitment
What are your feelings about your partnerships? How strong are your commitments?
#2 Months ask for a level of responsiveness and cooperation from you that may not have been required for quite a while. You may find that people need you to listen more, to do more, and to be there for them more. This can be a very demanding task and emotionally trying, but do not ignore the needs of others. If you are the needy one, ask yourself what you feel is lacking and what your partners may also need. Is it the same?
When you join with another, whether it is in marriage, friendship, or a business partnership, you have to work together to reach your common goal. Otherwise, you’re on your own. Obviously, you can’t have a partnership by yourself.
Be careful of clinging too tightly to another person and of completely losing yourself in someone else—the extreme of 2. This month is likely to be a very emotional one for you, depending, of course, upon your basic temperament. Stay aware of this over-sensitivity when things seem emotionally charged or melodramatic.
Earth
The Physical World:
Money, Job, Physical Sensations, and Health
The See-Saw
What is the give and take ratio in your daily life? Is your physical world balanced, or askew?
Remember how much fun a see-saw could be when you were little? The scale of life is rarely balanced. There’s always a little adjustment that needs to be made here, another there. It’s all about remaining flexible, and trying to maintain a balance. On a seesaw, our partner can let us teeter deliriously in the air or let us hit the bottom—hard! Of course, we can do the same to them, and sometimes we do.
The rolling waves in the background of this picture are a reminder to “go with the flow.” The juggler lifts one foot, then another; catches one ball, then the other—all while maintaining perfect balance and coping with nonstop action. Timing is everything, and time is in charge of itself. You have to work with it, not against it. The figure 8 in the picture, a symbol of infinity, reaffirms that this balancing act will go on forever.
An expression we’re all familiar with is “what goes up must come down.” You may choose to drop a few unessential balls this year in an effort to focus more single-mindedly on your primary goals and relationships.
In the meantime, improve your flexibility. Don’t close yourself off to new possibilities or approaches. Be adaptable so that you can handle the challenges that come your way without losing sight of your goal. Look for the potential that a change in direction or an element of surprise can bring. Try to keep all aspects of your life flowing, working together in unison. The yoke of your life should be a guide, not a burden.
Crystals for 2: Carnelian
Carnelian is a red-orange stone to use when you need motivating. It strengthens your energy to turn your ideas into a personally satisfying form. It has the ability to restore ambition and provide you with the energy to carry out your personal goals.
Carnelian is the most powerful stone for focusing, realization, and self‑actualization. Carry a carnelian with you when you want to increase your energy levels. It is a blood energizer, aiding the kidneys, lungs, and liver. A stone to enhance your self-confidence, this rock miracle is referred to as the “ginseng of gemstones” and is good for sex organs and sexual energy.
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