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Polarity signs represent another projection of the personality and character that brings greater self-awareness and personal growth. Opposites are highly attractive to one another, because a relationship can reciprocally increase personal strengths and cancel out any weaknesses. Basically, it acts like a mutual support system, but there is a higher level of human and universal chemistry associated with polarities that has always been used in ancient magical rituals for reconciling opposite forces or elements. The ancient Greek symbol of the mercurial caduceus – two snakes entwined around a wand – represents two opposing forces now in harmony and balance, and is associated with the Geminian sign of the Twins – a fundamental duality found in every aspect of life that needs to be reunited in order to form the sacred ‘One’ or whole, which means being healthy and complete.

Your Celtic Moon sign polarity is the Holly, symbolized by the fabulous Unicorn and ruled by the planet Earth. The astronomical position of Earth is always directly opposite the Sun and, in the Celtic lunar zodiac, this highly significant polarity has been restored. Sun and Earth gods have always been associated with fertility and, according to the druids, the rebirth of their Sun gods was a time of celebration because the changing light in the sky now meant new growth and life. Your ruling planet under their system was the Sun, having escaped the hand of Saturn, the ‘Keeper of Time’. This is a very different concept to that of the Greeks or Romans who believed that Saturn, ruler of Capricorn, controlled and limited personal potential.

In Celtic astrology the polarity signs of the White Stag and the Unicorn both represent a beautiful soul that lights the way for others to follow. In this ancient tradition you are said to be a spiritually enlightened individual who can win hearts and minds and lead a very fulfilling life. So where do your true ambitions lie? Are you a proud White Stag who follows a different path to that of the Capricorn Goat who climbs rocky mountains, only to find a place of solitude? If your Celtic polarity signs are well integrated it can become an inspiration that will enable you to use and develop all your personal potential. Sun signs alone only show one side of the coin and, as a Sun Capricorn, you will appreciate this as your sign is often dubbed ‘the gloom and doom merchant’ in Sun sign astrology. The observation of light and darkness by the druids provides a more balanced and integrated approach that reveals the ‘missing parts’ that shape your whole psyche.

The druids also believed that people born around the time of the solstices had inherited a pole position in life that still needs to be maintained because it symbolizes stability in the universe as well as human morality. So when you reach out to your polarity sign, you are discovering a part of your nature that must be more fully developed and expressed. Holly signs can also learn from you as it should be a two-way process of mutual benefit and you will find that they will cross your path at frequent intervals in your life. They may be family members, and here you are both learning some of the hardest lessons in this life because the Celts believed in reincarnation. In other words, if you do not sort out these disagreements, you will have to begin again in another lifetime.