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Thursday, November 12, 2015

New Moon Phase: intend, initiate

Moon in Scorpio/Sagittarius (10:14 am ET/3:14 pm UT)

Goddess of Wisdom: Kamala - Goddess Who Transcends Limitations, Goddess of the Lotus

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West, God of Transformation

Skill: find clues

Catalysts for Change: surrender, coming up short or late, automatic responses/being on "auto pilot," believing there is only one answer, cowardly, not listening, immoral (hurting others through actions), unfocused, out of control wild

True Alignments: going back and finding or seeing what was missed, channeling, unconventional, the beauty of transformation, allegiance, return to love, sharing information, signs and synchronicities (pay special attention to nature)

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a woman draws aside two dark curtains that closed the entrance to a sacred pathway" (transcending limitations)

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres" (recalibration of consciousness)

As darkness is drawn aside and a sacred pathway revealed this lunar month, today's energy is about clues.  So before I give my take on the degrees of the planets, here are the primary Sabian symbols archetypally present today.  What do they speak to you?

SUN: "obeying his conscience, a soldier resists orders"

EARTH: "a moving finger points to significant passages in a book"

VENUS: "a man teaching the true inner knowledge of the new world to his students"

MERCURY: "a path through the woods, rich in autumn coloring"

MARS: "a butterfly preserved and made perfect with a dart through it"

There are two themes weaving through the energies today:

INFORMATION - Without question, the situations, circumstances, and conditions of our day will yield very valuable information regarding the course of our lives.  This may involve integrating information that we already had, but is taking some time to fully settle in to our reality. 

It is wise to take the position that we do not know it all -- that we may have missed or overlooked something or that it was not yet the time to know it for whatever reason (usually pertaining to our personal growth and ability to see the truth).  This holds for interpersonal and professional situations.  Leave yourself some room or time to go back and check. 

These symbols remind me of the adage "the more we learn, the more we realize how much we do not know."  This is humbling energy, best kept in mind as such when going into situations or meetings or gatherings.

ACTION OR FROZEN - The information and insights that we gain today serve to help us take action or stop and reconsider (freeze).  The universe is in constant motion (dance) and does not foster stopping or surrendering for too long.  But when something is frozen or a freeze-frame is taken, detail can be seen and studied.  Nuances can be gleaned.  Innate beauty can be appreciated.  Knowledge can be added.

In the symbol of the soldier resisting orders, we do not know the circumstances of the soldier.   The soldier is you.  Where are you?  Where is your mindscape?  If you feel like you are in "combat" (with yourself or others or life), trauma responses are fight, flight, or freeze.  Any and all of these will do.  One response is not better than the other.  But, with the freeze response, at some point, action must be taken.  To not take action is to resist the nature of the universe, the nature of life.

The wisdom of the symbol of the soldier resisting orders is found in the part "obeying his conscience."  We have to do the right thing - for our hearts and our paths.  For this we must listen to the inner voice, the voice that directs us along the sacred pathway.

What will you learn today?  What will you do?  The mystery of this lunar month is only beginning, but today we have clues.

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

New Moon Phase: 12:45 pm ET/5:45 pm UT - initiate, intend

Moon in Scorpio

Goddess of Wisdom: Kamala - Goddess of the Lotus, Goddess Who Transcends Limitations

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West, God of Transformation

Skill: open up

Catalysts for Change: rigid, insincere, superficial show, two-faced, sinister thoughts, overly-dependent on others, looking for an excuse, missed opportunities, limitations, going too fast, impermanence

True Alignments: fluid, genuine, heightened intuition, playing nicely with others, longevity, messages, looking in the background, faith, courage, curiosity, willing to relate, knowing one is not alone

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a woman drawing aside two dark curtains that closed the entrance to a sacred pathway"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

The Sabian symbols of the degrees of the planets at the time of the New Moon today tell us a story about what the next month has in store for us:

Wisps of clouds, like wings, stream across the sky over a group of young people sitting around a campfire.  A girl's face breaks into a smile.  She recognizes the sign.

At the same time, followers of long-forgotten teachings, hear a call in the distance.  They recognize the sign.

They all race to the place they are guided, where seemingly out of nowhere, a woman draws aside two dark curtains that closed the entrance to a sacred pathway.

Lining up like a grand parade, they take the Sacred Road, the Flight with Spirit.

Welcome to the New Moon in Scorpio -- the Lunar Month of Scorpio -- which seems rather mysterious, but is really, rather simply, opening us more fully to the Divine.  When that happens, the world changes.

The entire astrological year is about evolving (re-tuning, re-calibrating) human consciousness to be in accordance with what is in integrity, harmony, and the value of life.  So all things that fall along that side are being empowered and supported.  The power of all things that fall along the other side, the side of dominance, control, and deception, are unsupported and are dissolving away.

Another road opens for us this month, one that takes us along the path of creating the unfolding Second Renaissance, the Rebirth of Wisdom.  It's also the "return of sanity" which is synonymous with "ending of archontic control."

The past month was the indicator or assessment of the new world order's (unnatural world order's) power level.  The juxtaposition of the Sabian symbol for that month and the fact that it came at the time of solar year that is like a month-long Full Moon, with the fullest potential to manifest anything, but especially anything that was intended during the Aries Lunar Month (April 18 - May 17, 2015), was highly significant.

It's not looking good for them because the only (with respect to those who were lost) "active ritual" the illuminati minions could perform was the downing of the Russian jet to incite the next world war.  Clearly, this is not panning out the way it was hoped.

If the cabal couldn't get something big done during the last lunar month, it was curtains for them.

And now, the dark curtains are being drawn aside by a mystery woman, opening what was previously closed or hidden.  This path is sacred.

Here are the Sabian symbols for the locations of the planets with today's New Moon, and as such, the energy that will unfold all month long:

SUN/MOON: "a woman drawing aside two dark curtains that closed the entrance to a sacred pathway" - Darkness parts, sparks are ignited or re-ignited, the Animating Spirit of Liberty inspires.  New opportunities, direction, and potentials emerge.  Faith is what overcomes any fears about "the new."  Things that have been elusive or hard to comprehend are revealed.  Our personal "worlds" or "spheres" become larger by the end of the month.

EARTH: "wisps of clouds, like wings, are streaming across the sky" - This energetic always carries us forward. It will drag us if it has to.  A "fleeting-ness" accompanies this, as in fleeting opportunities or paths.  It also helps us "see what is in the wind" or what is impending.

MERCURY: "a girl's face breaking into a smile" - What made her smile?  What made her happy? What makes you happy?  This symbol is about recognizing what is genuine and then choosing it.  The CHOICE between happiness and unhappiness is always implied with this symbol.

VENUS: "a group of young people sitting in spiritual communion around a campfire" - This is the energy for PIONEERING with like-minded people.  As opportunities open this month, it will be sourced in the resonance between people.  This symbol brings people together.  And fire transforms.

MARS: "having an urgent task to complete, a man doesn't look to any distractions" - We don't want to be distracted while taking the Sacred Path and following our hearts.  It is easier to be lured, seduced, or tempted into thinking negatively about ourselves or to buy into other's beliefs about us with this energy.  We stay the course.

JUPITER: "a swimming race" - We are enticed to compete, but would this distract us from the path?  Scorpio energy is naturally competitive, and detests losing, so this energy is best used to strengthen the inner athlete - the spiritual warrior - in each of us.

CHIRON: "an Easter parade" - In astrology, Chiron is closely related to the Christ energy.  Pisces is also.  But with Chiron, the "sacrifice" element is stronger.  The wounding of self-sacrifice is addressed this month.  The other octave of the energy brings people together to celebrate what they share, particularly shared ideals.

SATURN: "a game of cricket" - Games continue, but only the players with integrity find success, given the dynamics of the planets' energies this month.  This symbol helps us close gaps and protects us from intrusion and interference. 

NEPTUNE: "a girl blowing a bugle" - She is still blowing that horn, still sounding a call within us, still stirring us to action and to living life fully.  Are you listening to what is resounding inside of you?  At the macro-level of humanity as a whole, people are waking up en masse.  Neptune will soon station direct, and will bring action from this call.

URANUS: "an empty hammock" - Rest and a certain amount of "detaching" may be needed this month, more than usual. 

PLUTO: "an ancient bas-relief carved in stone, stands witness to a long-forgotten culture" - Pluto has been on and off this degree for a while, bringing permanence and wisdom.  The ancient wisdom is returning and it is forming solid foundations and structures.

BLACK MOON: "three old masters hanging in a special room in an art gallery" - Truth is always revealed with this, so another month of people, places, and things showing true continues.  This is certainly showing people's true nature, and is demonstrated on the stage of political theatre.

Gaia Sophia is drawing back the darkness to reveal a new way for us.  Where will she lead you?  It is not a great mystery - she is leading us to the Divine.  It should make for quite a nice journey, though. 

Happy New Moon!

 

 

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Balsamic Moon Phase: release, dream

Moon in Scorpio

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West, God of Transformation

Skill: release any thought, belief, feeling, outlook you do not want to carry into the next lunar month

True Alignments: infusion of energy into a project or endeavor, processing large amounts of information to gain one's one view, discernment, integrating something into one's consciousness, believing what is evident, repairs and upgrades, receiving, sparks

Catalysts for Change:  gossip, repeating oneself, packaged talking points, difficulty comprehending, holding on to the past or what is falling or failing, outright refusal without consideration, not believing what is evident

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

The Sun released an M3.9-class flare with coronal mass ejection yesterday at 8:12 am ET/1:12 pm UT.  This activated the energetic of 23 Libra and the Sabian symbol of "a rooster's voice heralds the rising Sun with exuberant tones." 

We had a day of "exuberant tones" with this symbol and "rich color" from the Sun's location at the degree of "a path through the woods rich in autumn coloring."  The CME enhanced the already-dominant energetics of new opportunities, paths, and openings.  Both symbols are about beginnings and the unknown. 

Roosters do not know what the day holds when they herald it, but owls have a better vantage point.  So as owls, let's look at how the energy is flowing from yesterday to today, but showing the same themes of new opportunities and new things emerging:

VENUS: "the dawn of a new day reveals everything changed" - Yesterday we had the energetic of the Earth at "a woman airing an old bag through a sunny window."  This is a lot of archetypal energy around seeing things a new way/gaining new perspective after it something being held up to the light of day.  The lunar month that is waning (ending today) is, in the natural cycles of time, the month that is like a month-long Full Moon phase.  It shines full light to reveal the most that it can to help us grow.

As the dawn of a new month approaches, what has changed for you since the beginning of the last one, October 12?  Do you have a different perspective about something?  Uranus was heavily in effect this past month, bringing sudden, unexpected, shocking things.  The month was designed to create a shift.

EARTH: "a new continent rises out of the ocean" - If a new opportunity or something surprising hasn't happened for you yet, it just may come along today.  This energetic is a mass of potential. What do you want to do with it?

SUN: "a parrot listening and then talking, repeats a conversation he has overheard."  More birds!  This energetic reminds us to think for ourselves and not merely or immediately go along with the crowd or prevailing mindset.  If something comes up related to this, what do you think about it?  Does some act or action need to happen?

MERCURY: "telephone linemen at work installing new connections" - Given all of "communication" type of these energetics in play, we very well may hear, overhear, or be told something of significance.  This energy is designed to make communications between people more efficient and clear.  It's always an upgrade.  Also, I note that on November 5, 2013, when this degree was activated, a solar magnetic crochet was engaged and X3 class flare was released. Just some data.

As the last day of the lunar month unfolds, we herald a new beginning and a new month tomorrow.  The New Moon occurs tomorrow, November 11, 2015, at 12:45 pm ET/5:45 pm UT at 19 Scorpio 00 which is 20 Scorpio in the Sabian symbol code and the image of:

A WOMAN DRAWING ASIDE TWO DARK CURTAINS THAT CLOSED THE ENTRANCE TO A SACRED PATHWAY

What do you think?

 

 

Monday, November 9, 2015

Balsamic Moon Phase: release, dream

Moon in Libra/Scorpio 11:02 pm ET/Tuesday 4:02 am UT

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West, God of Transformation and Alchemy

Skill: watch for a path, opening, or opportunity

True Alignments: cleaning and clearing, new habits, rewards coming from concerted efforts over time, sustainability, innovation, learning from "errors" or experiences and discovering something, infusion of nature's healing power, preparation, going back to basics when confounded, tradition honored, patience, trying new combinations, past life memories surface

Catalysts for Change: pretense, obfuscation, too late, failing to value the amount of time or experience one has, hanging on to what is outworn, leaving messes for others to clean up, impatience, locked in, holding things in, something becoming seen as pointless, seeing what has built up around things, lashing out at others

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

The Balsamic Moon phase, the time of the lunar month when the "veils between the worlds" is thinnest, continues today with energetics that highlight:

 PATHS, CHANGES, AND NEW WAYS:  The Sun discharges the luxurious energy of "a path through the woods rich in autumn coloring."    "Harvest" or the time of "reaping" is at hand in the image.  This symbol always implies changes and a time of shift.  Our journey through life today offers colorful experiences, with a path to lead the way.  The more we can "open" up, the better the results.  An adventure to gain wisdom is available to everyone, if we can see it as such.

CLEARING THE AIR:  Along the lines of "opening up," today the Earth is located at "a woman airing an old bag through a sunny window."  This symbol is so helpful for clearing and releasing, one of the missives of Balsamic Moon Phase.  We can hold things up to the light and get them out in the open.  Things can be broken down into "just the facts" so that common sense can reign.  It's excellent energy for shifting because it helps us change habits, patterns, behaviors, and anything that is restrictive or holding us down like baggage.  This energetic gets things leaner, more refined and defined.  We can drop something.

CREATING REALITY: Whatever we are able to "drop" or release or clear helps us along the "autumn path" today.  The position of Venus gives us a clue about the nature of the "path" or "opening" or "opportunity" that comes with it.  Venus is located at "the light of the sixth race transmuted to the seventh."  This symbol always brings evolution or development or a higher order to situations.  One of the keywords is "transmuted," which describes a process, an alchemical process even.  It is a process that is experiential.  We "go through" it.  Again, the theme of letting whatever needs to fall away or be left behind is part of this process. It can be challenging and sometimes frustrating.

Help with the any challenge or frustration comes from Mercury moving to the degree of "an inventor performs a laboratory experiment."  So the wisdom is, when challenged or frustrated today, try a new way.

Most likely this will involve the insertion of a different thought, since Mercury rules our thought processes.  The symbol is of an "inventor" -- not a scientist.  An inventor may be a scientist, but the goal of the person is to create.

That said, perhaps some consideration should go into whether we are inventing our challenges and frustrations.  Are we giving over our power to something outside of ourselves, maybe something that is rather powerless when held up to the light of day?  Can we invent or create a new thought or way to view  "baggage?"  Everyone has emotional baggage; we are a traumatized species.  But the term has a negative connotation and, in my opinion, given more attention than it deserves.  It only implies the need for change, the need to transmute.  Emotional baggage is nebulous, which means it can just as easily be undone or sent away.

All of this is absolutely perfect energy for shifting with the cycles and for what we are truly interested in: bringing heaven to earth, creating Renaissance.  We are watchful of the color of paths, openings, and opportunities.  We are looking through sunnier windows.  We are releasing what holds us back.  We are inventors -- creators -- co-inventing and co-creating while walking the path with Spirit.  Let's take a walk.

Saturday, November 7 - Sunday, November 8, 2015

Balsamic Moon Phase: release, transform, heal

Moon in Virgo/Libra - Saturday 10:14 am ET/3:14 pm UT

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West, God of Transformation

Skill:  accept transformation

True Alignments:  beauty frozen in time, new approaches, doing something honorable, choosing happiness in the face of sadness, appeal, expressing joy, focus, relatable, resistance to darkness, true to self, rescues, fellowship, renewing bonds, lessons, completing a task, repairing things that have been damaged, symbols and synchronicities

Catalysts for Change:  rigidly adhering to a thought or plan (which closes out the field of possibility/co-creation), doing it all by oneself, unrealistic expectations of self, control struggles, projection of one's feelings onto another, projecting the blame on others, overblown idea of self, distracted from plans, outside influences, perfectionism (especially with appearance), pushing through to finish when time should be honored and taken, gaps, choosing sadness in the face of happiness, challenging others

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

Prepare for a shift in the cycles, thus a shift in the energetics and situations and events that develop in our lives.

Without going to into detail why this is so (because that would take some explaining and there are many things to cover for this weekend), we are now in the "waning" part of the year, if the year was like a cycle of the Moon.

Picture yourself one night staring up into the inky sky at the biggest Full Moon you have ever seen.  Picture yourself the next night staring up again, only to see that the Full Moon is not as big as it was last night.  A small sliver has slipped away.  The Moon is waning, or losing its full potential.

Beginning this weekend, the remainder of the "natural year" based on the cycle of the Sun, Moon, and Earth also begins to wane.  We enter the "second half" of the "natural year" that began on April 18, 2015. 

This does not mean the second half or the waning half of the year is weaker.  It is not.  It is actually a much more refined energy, gained from wisdom and experience.  As the year begins to wane, we naturally go inside of ourselves to reconnect with the inner home fire.

But for the next four days, the next hundred hours or so, energetics will shift dramatically and ask us to keep up, move forward, and not linger behind.  The next four days, the Balsamic Moon phase, the time of the lunar month that is mystical, dreamy, and transformative, is a powerful time of release.  This is like moving from one state of "being" or "frequency" or "mind" to another, via spiritual transformation.

Transformation is facilitated this weekend by several important astrological aspects:

SATURDAY approximately 7:00 am ET/noon UT: Destiny comes into prominence with the conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and the North Node.  This combination sets relationships on proper course, one way or another.  The conjunction was at the degree of "a man gaining secret knowledge from an ancient scroll he is reading."  The dreamtime was active for this degree (even if you a wise owl in an earlier time zone when it was not night time - your daydreams or trains of thought were similarly affected).  The thing to note is that wisdom comes to us just before the Balsamic Moon phase begins, and just as...

SATURDAY 10:14 am ET/3:14 pm UT: The Moon moves into Libra, joining the Black Moon in that sign.  When the Moon moves into the sign that the Black Moon is transiting, I call it a "Black Moon Day."  This means only that rebirth and restoration is trying to occur.  Black Moon Days tempt our shadow sides (core fear) to come out for projection onto someone else.  What we cannot own within ourselves we project onto others, and it is more likely to occur on a Black Moon Day.  Everyone's shadow side (newer readers can find the free download of this book on the Books tab).

Everyone's shadow side is somewhat activated on Black Moon Days, but those with the Sun or Black Moon in Aries or Libra undergo the most transformation (a nine-month process in effect until May 16).  These wise owls are undergoing massive rebirth, which requires much self-care and compassion. 

Feelings and questions about worthiness, being good enough, perfectionism, abandonment or separation, and acceptance are pervasive this weekend.

SUNDAY 3:12 am ET/8:12 am UT: The Moon makes exact conjunction with the Black Moon at "three old masters hanging in a special room in an art gallery."  Energy moves in waves, and the purpose of round of the Moon and the Black Moon in the same sign is to brings truth and wisdom.  This centers around our relationship with ourselves and others, since it is happening in Libra.  What is a masterpiece now, under new light?

SUNDAY 10:32 am ET/3:32 pm UT: Venus moves out of Virgo and into Libra.  The two sisters, Venus and the Black Moon, the Shining One and the Dark One, are united for a journey together through Libra.  More on this later.  This dynamic can be life-changing with relationships.  Relationships that are meant to come to an end do so.  Relationships that are meant to come into being or grow further also do so.  Venus will make exact conjunction with the Black Moon on November 16   Mercury and the Sun will be in conjunction that day and Chiron will change degrees, so energetics will be very strong.  It's all for the best, though, so no fear.

SUNDAY 9:20 pm ET/MONDAY 2:20am UT: Saturn moves from the degree of "an old owl up in a tree" to "a game of cricket."  Integrity comes into play.  Players and playing games shows out.  This should make for an even more revelations about political farces through November 17, when Saturn moves to "Cupid knocking at the door of a human heart."

This is a lot of energetics for one weekend, but remember this is a shift in the cycles, in the energy.  The Balsamic phase can make things very clouded (because it is co-ruled by Neptune), but a transformation is happening, and it is much easier to flow with the natural change of the cycles than to fight against it and hold on to what is changing.  Wise owls follow the directives of the universe and accept transformation gracefully.

 

Friday, November 6, 2015

Third Quarter Moon Phase: revise, realign

Moon in Virgo

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West, God of Transformation

Skill: "build" what is long-lasting

True Alignments: polishing, creating the future, great potential, learning, gentle, feeling of home, inner calm, finding humor or the lighter side, connecting with the inner child, playing, determination, creativity, inspiration, poised, elegance

Catalysts for Change: deception, moodiness, shallow, not using common sense, taking little things too seriously, discontent, engaging the same storm, verbal and other blasts, misogynistic, affronts to decency, guilt, grating on nerves

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

Today, the Sun is sextiling (60 degrees away from) Pluto, empowering whatever we build (even in our minds) to be long-lasting.

The Sun is located at the degree of "children playing around a mound of sand," and Pluto is located at the degree of "an ancient bas-relief carved in granite remains witness to a long-forgotten culture."

So the key is to know what you are doing with the "sands" of your mind (mound)?  Are you sand-blasting or sand-storming?  Making a mountain to climb?  Creating a sand castle?  Maybe you are joining with others building sandcastles, creating a realm.  The important thing to know is that, at another point in space and time, the content and quality of what we are thinking about has enormous potential to become a very real and permanent part of the future.

It should be noted that the symbol does not say that the children are playing in a sand BOX; they are playing around a mound of sand.  It is one mound - one dune.  Nothing implies that we are boxed in.

If sand castles aren't mystical enough, we also have tea leaves today.  The Moon and Jupiter conjunct (come to the same place in the sky) at "two girls playing with a Ouija board," while Mars is at the degree of "aristocratic elderly ladies drinking afternoon tea in a wealthy home."  The combination reads "tea leaves" to me.  What do you think?  What messages about the future or our "fortune" are revealed to us today?

Does today indicate something about the future of the oligarchy?

And, finally on a Friday, this last day of the Third Quarter Moon phase of "the month that was like a month-long Full Moon with the Great Moon Mirror in the Sky" we have the fantastical.  Mercury is making a trine (120 degrees away) with Neptune today.  This is happening in the water signs of Scorpio and Pisces, meaning the energy is highly emotional in nature.

The warning about being careful with one's words is in full effect today and tonight.  This combination easily heightens intake of alcohol, which can bring down filters and defenses. This can get very dramatic, so be aware.  Words leave the biggest scars.

The fantastical part is Mercury located at the degree of "the Moon shining across the lake," and Neptune, we remember is at "a girl blowing a bugle."   The Great Moon Mirror continues to reflect what we need to see, even on what is essentially the last day of this month's energy.  What is long-lasting?  The Moon speaks.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Third Quarter Moon Phase: revise, realign

Moon in Virgo

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West

Skill: come into balance

True Alignments:  developing discernment, tempering situations, taking your time, providing expertise, openly communicating, decisive, bending time and healing the past, self-sufficient, peace of mind, co-existence

Catalysts for Change: getting involved in others' business, imbalances, chasing or looking elsewhere, failing to communicate, loss of will, harsh words or criticism, hyper-masculinity, rushing or pushing forward

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

The Sun released another flare (M3.7) with coronal mass ejection yesterday at 8:52 am ET/1:52 pm UT.  As I discussed yesterday, we look at the position of the Moon to understand the nature of the super-charged energetic of the CME, and thus what is "discharged" into life on Earth (yesterday's report remains posted below). 

The Moon was located at 24 Leo and the Sabian symbol of "totally concentrated upon inner spiritual attainment, a man is sitting in a sate of complete neglect of his body."  This energy came in to provide epiphanies, aha moments, understandings, and correlations so that our minds and bodies could come back into balance.

When the time of year that is like a month-long Full Moon is coming toward a close, all of the energetic levels of the body (emotional, mental, physical, spiritual, cosmic...) are "hyper-driving."  This lunar month (the Libra lunar cycle which began on October 12) has taxed the physical body because it has been so involved in seeing with the eyes, hearing with the ears and then processing with the brain.  (Maybe this is one of the teachings of why the wolf howls at the Full Moon - he/she finally has had enough?)

The CME speeded up the epiphanies, aha moments, understandings, and correlations so that the body could begin to recover.  You may have experienced a major insight and then an incredible need for sleep.  Those two CMEs came in a relatively short span of time.

CARPE DIEM: Speaking of time, today it's time to carpe diem in some way.  Venus moves to the degree of "a bald headed man who has seized power," which brings a naturally "pushy" sort of energy.  It can turn into hyper-dominance and hyper-masculinity rather quickly, with aggressive interactions and conflicts.  What's happening is the WILL of each individual is naturally seeking expression, and in situations where power and control dynamics (anti-love) are operating, drama can ensue.  People can grab for power or control.

This is seen most clearly with the petty power plays in workplaces.  Anyone who has a very weak inner sense of self and has been given any sort of "authority" tends to act out under this energetic.  We can respond to the situation or person with compassion (for they are deeply infected with the madness of the archons), but we won't let our guard down.  We are free beings and not to be trodden upon.

REPAIR AND REFORM: The Sun moves to the degree of "telephone linemen at work installing new connections."  This energy repairs any damage to communication within our relationships.  It also brings new ideas, people, places, and things into our lives.  We can really experiment with "bending time" with this energetic in play.  Go back to any point in time that you want and view it from your wise owl perspective of today.  How do you feel about the situation now?  You can go back as far as you want, but the present can change the past, and also the future.

MASTERFUL MOON:  The Black Moon moves to the 9th degree of Libra today and begins disseminating the energy of "three old masters hanging in a special room in an art gallery." 

Recall that Venus stationed retrograde in July at the degree of "in a portrait, the best of a man's features and traits are idealized."

Now we see truth.  The "masters" reveal the over-idealizations, the illusions.  Their clarity and skill are impeccable, so we see what a true "picture" looks like.  The over-idealized "picture" may even appear cartoonish now.  It will be more and more difficult for anything or anyone standing on the outside of truth and love to hold together.

Reality is revealed through the art of the Sabian symbols, also, isn't it? 

The Black Moon will bring us this energetic through November 14, and with it, the "three old masters" will bring darkness to light.

Today, we are seizing the day, integrating all that has happened and all that has been revealed to us by the Great Moon Mirror this month, and bringing ourselves back into balance.

(Note: I think it is a perfect day, given the energetics, to tell everyone who doesn't already know that wise owl Carolyn Barnes' book Return To Ease: Gently Reconnect With Your Body's Natural Mobility and Joy is now available!  It's a gorgeous coffee table art book giving skills for self empowerment.  How much better can it get?  Your body and soul will thank you.)

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Third Quarter Moon Phase: revise, realign, complete

Moon in Leo/Virgo (9:22 pm ET/2:22 am UT)

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West, God of Alchemy and Transformation

Skill: transform your consciousness/the way you think/your outlook, especially when unusual, surprising, or life-changing things occur

True Alignments: out of the norm, peace of mind, bringing meaning, owning feelings and actions, reverence, things illuminated, hope, aspirations, lightening up, compassion for self, not shouldering alone

Catalysts for Change:  traps, self-indulgence, separation, anger, being ripped apart from something or someone, insincerity, unfulfilled promise, obscuring, snobby, self-sabotage, codependency, unappreciative, overburdened, not wanting to see what is clearly being shown

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

Sabaoth, the name of the Sun according to the ancient Gnostics, sends a message - finally!  The Sun released an M1.9-vlass flare with coronal mass ejection last night at 10:26 pm ET/this morning at 3:26 am UT).  We look at the degree of the Moon and associated Sabian symbol to get the clearest message.

The CME was released at 19 Leo and the Sabian symbol of "a houseboat party."  This message tells us that things are safe, secure, and structured, though they are going into unfamiliar areas or places that would seem incongruous or going into "different waters."  But, it is still a party, so it is supposed to be fun.

It is also supposed to be different, not only because a house boat is an uncommon place to live or have a party, but also because the Sun was making a trine (120 degrees away) with Uranus, the planet of changes, shocks, surprises, putting us where we need to be no matter what, and all things unusual or even weird.  Above all, Uranus changes things up and saves us when we are off course.  And, not to forget, "Uranus saves us by our rejections."

It is interesting to me that Mercury retrograded at the degree of "a boat landing stands in need of reconstruction" and we had so much activity at that degree, and the first significant CME since September 20th happens at a degree with the similar motifs. 

Is the Sun telling us that the structure and construction of our lives and world, undergoing so much renaissance, now is reconstructing to where the value of love, life, freedom, wisdom, and beauty can be more fully experienced?  What if we affirmed this and devoted ourselves to the notion?  What would we create? 

Here are our other clues about what is in play today:

THE SUN: "an inventor performs a laboratory experiment" - This energy wants to understand or find a greater meaning to what is already "on the table" but is curious to change or add other elements.  If something is not working out the way you would like, change it up or add or take away something.  Experiment! On a grander scale, an alchemical transformation of consciousness is happening under the purview of the Sacred Masculine (in many ways, one of which is the emissary of the aeon Thelete.  I am instructed that Elias, God of the West, God of Transformation, God of Alchemy, is the scientist among the Band of Brothers, as I like to call them).

EARTH: "a porter carrying heavy baggage" - This symbol shows burdens and where we are carrying too much of a load.  We may be taking on too much responsibility for others' "stuff" or "baggage."  What needs to be put down or released?

MARS: "a boy with a censer serves near the priest at the altar" - Oversight and holding accountability is the nature of this symbol nowadays.  The "uninitiated" are beginning to keep tabs and keep people true.  The boy serves God, not the priest.  He serves "near the priest" but he is the true light of innocence.  Added with this is..

MERCURY: "a youth holding a lighted candle in a devotional ritual" - Mercury is at 04 Scorpio, opposite the Chiron Point.  This re-engages the "wounding, healing, teaching" and "inner child" elements today, which could come in the form of a surprising communication or connection. It is always a good idea to light a candle and re-connect with our inner child, remembering our dreams.  Be aware that traumas may be re-triggered today as Mercury transits this degree of the zodiac.  This would particularly affect how we think and what we say.  Ultimately, the energy is designed to heal through light.  Added with this is...

BLACK MOON: "a blazing fireplace in a deserted home" - The Black Moon has almost reached the end of this degree, and I have not discussed it.  This symbol is always about energy that is unseen and sustaining.  We forget that it is always there and that we can reconnect with it anytime.  It is the inner heart fire.

NEPTUNE: " a girl blowing a bugle" - I mention this one since it is a big part of the clarion wake up call that has been the primary function of Neptune for several months.  Neptune can either cloud and shroud or it can clear and steer.  Since we are in the time of year that is like a month-long Full Moon phase - full light - the addition of Neptune's power to send out a call is strong.  Neptune will continue to "sit" at this degree and send out a call until it stations direct on November 17.  What does the blowing bugle tell you?

So today, we are like inventors performing experiments to create something better.  Lucky for us that there is a lot of light available today for working late into the night to figure something out, change it up, or transform it.  We are mighty beings who are not waiting around.  We are creating the Second Renaissance - the return of wisdom, will, and sanity.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Third Quarter Moon Phase: revise, realign

Moon in Leo

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West

Skill: consider what needs to be revised or realigned and take responsibility for it

True Alignments: leagues, building upon ideas and improving them, individuals coming together for a common cause, being with like-minded people, fellowship, professional comraderie, generosity and kindness rewarded, allowing the grieving of a loss, recognizing what is being taught, following a high standard or protocol, planning for the future, seeing the true worth of what is already available

Catalysts for Change: longing for things that fill a void of emptiness, using others to fill a void of emptiness, playing a role - especially political or "politically correct" roles, wanting what others have materially or otherwise, manipulating the generosity or kind nature of others for self-gain, jealousy, avoiding responsibility, not playing well with others in group endeavors to benefit all, trying to operate far out of league

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

Please rely on the themes of True Alignments and Catalysts for Change for today's themes.  I am going into depth about something else with this report. 

We have entered the Third Quarter Moon phase, which is the seventh of the eight Moon phases that begin at the New Moon.  Third Quarter phase is also called Last Quarter phase, which speaks to it energetically being the "energetic last" phase of the lunar cycle - even though it is only the seventh, not the eighth.  The eighth or "technical last" phase of the lunar cycle is the Balsamic Moon phase.  Balsamic Moon phase hovers in between the month that is ending and the new month that is getting ready to begin.  It is when the veils between the worlds are thinnest.  Essentially Balsamic phases exist between time.

That said, two things are important as The Third Quarter Moon phase begins:

1) We are reminded that emotional energetic shifts happen with the shifts of the Moon.  So even though each day has unique features and themes, at a higher level, our emotional states do not shift until the Moon shifts to the next phase.  Sometimes when energetics are intense or if our personal astrological charts are being impacted by the ever-changing positions of the planets, we have to "hold tight" until the Moon phase changes.  And it always does.

2) Since Third Quarter Moon phase is essentially the last of the energy that was imprinted or intended or set in motion at the New Moon phase, it is the last opportunity for those themes to come to fruition.  The Moon phase that we begin today is the last chance for anything of consequence to develop from the New Moon energetic of "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties."  It's the weakest chance, as well, because the odds progressively diminish after the Full Moon.

The chances are best for something of consequence to develop when we look back to all that has happened not just at the New Moon but also to the BALSAMIC PHASE BEFORE THE NEW MOON (Balsamic was October 9, 2015; New Moon was October 12, 2015), and decide what needs revision or realignment now and then take responsibility for that.  This is the highest "use" or "nature" of Third Quarter phase.  It closes the deal, so to speak.

The questions are What needs revision? What needs realignment?  What beseeches us to take personal responsibility? Beliefs, feelings, facts, conditions, circumstances, opportunities, hopes, dreams, and reality are all factors.

Before the lunar month began I said it would be a pivotal one in history.  When the month essentially completes with the completion of the Third Quarter phase, it will be appropriate for me to analyze and offer my take on what's been revealed by this "month long Full Moon" - the month of the Great Mirror in the Sky.

Today we take notes and answer the questions that this Third Quarter Moon phase asks of us at this stage of growth.  Being in nature always works best.  And when you capture a photo of beauty, please send it in for everyone to enjoy.

 

 

Monday, November 2, 2015

Disseminating Moon Phase: share, communicate

Moon in Cancer/Leo (10:48 am ET/3:48 pm UT)

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West

Skill: be fluid with changes

True Alignments: recognizing one's blessings, looking to find meaning, taking the high road, relief, observing, restored strength and vitality, new outlook on life, recognizing what it took to get somewhere

Catalysts for Change:  drawing attention to oneself, hyper-drama, sacrificing the self, naïve, stepping on others to get to the top, superficial, bitter, deceptive appearances, taking advantage of someone else's misfortune, abandonment

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

Things transform or transition from one way to another today, as some of the planets make big shifts.

MERCURY ENTERED SCORPIO overnight, so today we have the first day of that combination.  The first degree of Scorpio (01 Scorpio) is the Sabian symbol "a sight-seeing bus filled with tourists."  So every time a planet enters Scorpio, it goes into new "territory" or goes on "an adventure."  It goes somewhere different.  Mercury "rules" our thought processes/thinking and is called The Messenger and The Traveler, so when Mercury enters Scorpio and begins to discharge the energy of the first degree of Scorpio, our minds can go to a very different place.  Our mindset changes.  Today you may find that the way you thought or felt about something undergoes a change.

A side note about Mercury in Scorpio is the heightened potential to say things that hurt very deeply.  We are in the last day of the Disseminating Moon phase, the phase when we naturally communicate, share, or express more with others, so we want to be cautious, not caustic with our words.  This may be more of a challenge after the Moon moves into Leo today, as Leo can get fiery and worked up.  Mercury will transit (go through) Scorpio until November 20, 2015, so this in effect until that time.

VENUS AND MARS WILL CONJUNCT or "come together" at the same location in the sky at 7:39 pm ET/00:39 am UT.  This is the primary energetic in effect today and it is a biggie.  It's big because Venus is meeting up with Mars after traveling (retrograde) backward this past summer.  It's an interesting dynamic today as the conjunction happens at 24 Virgo 01.  So even though Venus trails Mars all day today at the degree of "Mary and her white lamb", Venus doesn't catch up to Mars until Mars just barely crosses into the degree of "a flag at half mast in front of a public building."

Venus and Mars making conjunction at "a flag at half mast in front of a public building" deals mostly with honoring or recognizing accomplishments and losses, particularly in romantic relationships since its Venus and Mars.  Grief and loss of any type can easily resurface with this energetic.

At a deeper level, this energy shows us what is missing - not just what is not being seen, but what is missing or what we miss.  Venus is re-vitalized from its "travel backwards" where it helped us to see or learn what we truly value.  The conjunction of Venus and Mars today will bring insight into the "what is missing/missed" dynamic.

THE SUN is located at the degree of "a drowning man being rescued."  In the natural cycle of the Sun, Moon, and Earth, this lunar month (beginning October 12) has been like a month-long Full Moon.  Full Moons bring full impact, full light, and full-on craziness.  Events that have happened thus far this month may have stretched the ability to cope.  The Sun literally provides the energy of rescue and resuscitation today.  Space opens and we can breathe.

THE EARTH blesses us at the degree of "a woman sprinkling flowers."  Nature is the outer expression of the inner beauty of Gaia Sophia, the aeon of Wisdom.  This symbol reminds us to nurture and nourish ourselves - to take care of ourselves.  Take the time that is needed for this today.  A natural-alignment of sorts is in effect, so we want to maximize that energy.

All of this serves to transform or transition us from one way or thing or thought or feeling or belief to another form.  This can be scary.  But change is the nature of the universe.  That means change is natural to us.  We may not like it, but it is natural for us.  We believe change is bad.  Change will bring pain.  What is not often seen is that change often alleviates pain.

Today, we transform and transition with whatever the divine providence holds for us. 

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Full Moon Phase: illumination, fulfillment, shadow side, realization

Moon in Gemini

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West

Skill: practice balance and forward movement

True Alignments:  acceptance of others as they are, admiration, admissions or confessions of truth, change of mindset, seeing clearly, shared impulses, renewal of respect or self-respect, going under the surface

Catalysts for Change: elitism, judgmental, selfish, feelings of meaninglessness, stealing money or happiness, forsaking the self, hyperactive, imbalance, hiding behind a poor excuse

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

The Full Moon phase continues and the Great Mirror in the Sky continues to shine the light of reflection.  Today, reflection, realization, and illumination comes from deep places to bring balance and forward movement:

SUN: "deep sea divers" - When a planet reaches this degree, we most always have to look under the surface or the veneer of things to make sense of them.  When the Sun reaches this degree, it brings things up from the depths.  The people in the symbol are not snorkelers, they are divers.  They are capable of diving many fathoms,  perhaps, in order fathom many things.

EARTH: "a woman of Samaria comes to draw water from the well" - When we return to "the well," we come to replenish ourselves.  This symbol involves returning to our true selves or returning to our true Source, especially when we are running dry or running low.  Deep sea divers would certainly be qualified to investigate the well and what's down there.

But deeper analysis of the symbol involves admitting something, possibly something related to our shadow side.  All bodies of water can reflect, like a mirror, and show us ourselves.  During a Full Moon, there is ample light for this.  We return to the sources of matters in order to clear them and wash them away with unconditional love (the source spring for the well).

With Mars located at "a royal coat of arms enriched with precious stones," the facets of our souls shine brilliantly and help us remember who we are at heart when we face ourselves in the reflection of the well.

VENUS: "a caravan of cars headed for promised lands" - This energy brings people who are like-minded or in resonance closer together.  Often they come from distant places.  There is common vision and people are moving toward it.  The symbol is about moving, in all forms.  Moving forward, moving in line, moving on is the essence of this symbol, but no one is alone.  There is a caravan, others following along, too.

MERCURY: "a third wing on the left side of a butterfly" - This energetic helps us recognize what is out of balance.  The symbol implies over-development of the right side of the brain, which is the more emotional, creative, or intuitive side. A more logical mindset helps to offset any imbalances that we have right now.  Imbalances would include unrealistic expectations.

We may need to dive below the surface once again to move out of confusion, chaos, or crisis to get to the source of things.  We can draw upon that source for whatever we need to be balanced and well.  The Source is limitless.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Full Moon Phase: realizations, clarity

Moon in Taurus/Cancer (2:24 am ET/6:24 am UT Thursday)

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West, God of Alchemy

Skill: follow the path that is lit for you

True Alignments: stability, brilliant ideas, overcoming distance, helping others, building the Second Renaissance, working hard for what is truly rewarding, collaboration, mysteries

Catalysts for Change: instability, "strikes," temptation, greed, comparing self with others, in a battle with one's emotions, trying to dominate, bragging or believing the hype

Sabian Symbol for the Lunar Month:  "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

The Full Moon phase of the Great Mirror in the Sky continues.  The energetics are complex, but the simple trail of truth leads right through it.  Here are some of the things and themes that would tend to cross our path today:

1) A RESCUE - The Earth moves to the location of "a bridge built across a gorge."  A bridge out of deep emotions is exactly what we would want during a Moon phase (especially a Full Moon phase!) at the Chiron Point (degree where wounding, healing, and teaching are activated).  In astrology, Chiron "rules" bridges, particularly Rainbow Bridges.  So if you feel like you've been "going under" with anything (emotional states, relationship issues, work issues, family issues), energy for rescue and resuscitation is in effect today.  The Great Mirror reflects the light of healing along the full spectrum. 

2) SEPARATION AND DIVIDE/CONQUER - The Sun discharges the energetic of "a gold rush tears men from their native soil." Temptation about the grass being greener somewhere else often arises with this energy.  Things can seem too good to be true.  We learn discernment when this energetic is in play.  If important decisions need to be made, being bold works out well if your intentions hold integrity.  If not, it will likely be a bust.  The heart of this symbol is about home and what "home" is to us, means to us, and feels to us.  We are all on a journey home (with our patroness-habitat Gaia Sophia), but sometimes we are taken far away from what makes us feel at home.  Today's energy wants to re-establish the inner hearth fires by showing us what and how well we value what we hold dear.

3) COMPETITION - Venus is located at "a swimming race" and Mars is still located at "a girls basketball team."  This will play out primarily in relationships, with issues or challenges coming to light or continuing to come to light so that the truth of them is revealed.  People, places, and things are in the spotlight of the Great Mirror in the Sky.  If things go "sideways," remember to value yourself.

4) MESSAGES AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUTURE - Today Mercury disseminates the energy of "a rooster's voice heralds the rising Sun with exuberant tones."  What is on the horizon for you?  What would bring exuberance?  Newness, in all its forms, comes with today's energy.  Breath returns and opens hearts.  What speaks its way to you today?  It may be quite dramatic.

The "parliament of wise owls" of Oracle Report readers continues to grow, and with it so does our focus on "holding the space" while intense energetics re-shuffle the field of experience - the nature of reality for humanity.  We observe from the position of the old owl in the tree, watching and learning, ready to respond to the call of beauty, love, truth, and freedom.  These things we hold dear.  They are "home" to us, where all trails lead back.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Full Moon Phase: realizations, clarity

Moon in Taurus

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali - Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias - God of the West, God of Alchemy

Skill: realize

True Alignments: rock solid foundations showing, regaining sense of self/identity, letting go, cooperation, teams, things that benefit all involved, finding inner peace, shared values, transformation of beliefs about self, purging or clearing, fulfillment, bright future, release of illusion, connection with nature

Catalysts for Change: not taking different levels of skill or experience into account, covering up, things coming apart/fracturing/unraveling, seeking an answer outside of yourself, immaturity, harsh self-criticism/judgment, self sabotage/self loathing, not grieving, loss, bereft, living in the past

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

The Moon has become Full, and with it the Great Mirror in the sky shines, day and night, offering us the chance to grab the elusive or evasive.   Something we have not understood suddenly becomes quite clear.  These moments can happen all day long with all types of things - nothing should be considered trivial.

We often get "aha" moments of inspiration, understanding, or guidance during Full Moon phases, but this is the one of all the months of the (astrological/natural cycle of life) year that has the most luminosity.  It has the most power by which to see.  Some years we have two lunar months like this, but this year we only have one.  So, it emits the most light in the shortest time.

When we have higher amount of light (from various types of contributions - coronal mass ejections, pronounced astrological alignments, among many others), all levels of the body become supercharged.  As a whole (and as a transformational wave for creating the Second Renaissance - the return of sanity and balance in line with the value/love/freedom/respect for life), we become "smarter" under increased energetics that produce light.  The collective of humanity comes closer into unity.

This Full Moon is focused like a giant mirror in the sky, reflecting back not only the truth of matters that we need to see.  But it is returning or reflecting back (to whatever/whomever is the origin) the energy and intentions that run contrary to the value/love/freedom/respect for life, especially actions during the Leo and Virgo cycles (roughly August and September of this year) and anything that has developed since October 9.  In other words, all that was intended or held in mind or acted upon that was not in integrity or alignment with life will be "energetically returned."  In turn, all that was intended or held in mind or acted upon that WAS based in integrity or alignment will similarly be energetically returned.  The Great Moon Mirror reflects back everything it has watched.

When the entire lunar month is like a month-long Full Moon, the first day of the Full Moon can be intense.  The Sabian symbol for the Sun's energy today is "a massive rocky shore resists the pounding of the sea."  This energy can come in like a barrage or an assault.  The energy may be "pounding" out in your own astrology chart.  But this symbol tells us that the shore is so massive, so rock-strong, that the pummeling of the sea (the churning of emotions) has little effect.  Something may seem to have the power to overpower us, but it is not stronger than the shore. Turn to face a different direction if the winds of the way you are thinking and feeling are becoming more than you would like to handle.

The emotionality of the day is enhanced by the Earth's position at "a widow at an open grave."  This energy always asks us what needs to be left behind, what "grave" of the past needs to be filled in.  Grief and loss are SIGNIFICANTLY higher under this dynamic, and can bring feelings of not wanting to go on or continue.  Since the degree of the Full Moon is the Chiron Point or the encapsulation of the archetypal energy of Chiron, which includes self-sabotage, some could feel today's energy very deeply.  Chiron wounds, heals, and teaches, so this is the underlying design. Our beliefs about ourselves are undergoing the most healing.

Mars reaches the familiar degree of "a girls basketball team"  - the Sabian symbol of the Virgo lunar cycle - September 14 - October 11, 2015 - so a recurrence or evolution of something from that time could come today.  (The Wisdom Goddesses- the girls basketball team - is reflecting everything back - what was sown is being reaped, and if what was sown was "ugly" it will wither greatly from the Great Moon Mirror's reflection.)

Mercury us located at "a crowd on a beach," enhancing social gatherings or meetings and engagements.  Like minds join together.  Unification occurs.

The important question for each of us this Full Moon is what do I realize?  In other words, what am I making real?  What is not real?

The next 100 Hours will be revealing.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Gibbous Moon Phase: trust, believe

Moon in Aries/Taurus (Tuesday 2:07 am ET/6:07 am UT)

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali, Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Wisdom/Will: Elias, God of the West

Skill: honor what you are experiencing as a great teaching

True Alignments: see below

Catalysts for Change:  see below

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

Today is the eve of the Full Moon of the Libra lunar cycle, which brings the most "light" all year by which to "see."  It's reflection is bright and covers a wide area.  This makes it a Great Moon Mirror in the Sky, and what is being shown to us is important to our futures, individually and collectively.

The energetics of the Full Moon will actually begin to enter at 2:04 pm ET/6:04 pm UT today, when the Sun moves to the degree of 04 Scorpio - "a youth holding a lighted candle in a devotional ritual."  This is the energy the Sun will be disseminating when the Moon becomes directly opposite it and Full when it reaches 04 Taurus at 8:04 am ET/12:04 pm UT tomorrow. 

The Sabian symbol for the Full Moon at 4 Taurus is "the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow."  This is the degree of the Chiron Point - the degree in the sky where Chiron was located when it was discovered.  It is a compression of the themes of Chiron: wounding, pain, grief, suffering, healing, discovery, adventures, teachers and teachings, alternative healing, alchemy, the hero's journey, mission and service, gathering information from many sources, and innovation (especially treatment innovation).

Before the Moon becomes Full, the "rainbow" of experiences can follow these themes:

1) Feeding energy into situations that have gone cold.

2) Restoring life to what is true, simple, and innocent.

3) Entering into a match or contest or power/control struggle with self or others.  Clashes of opinion (especially about what is fair and just) emerge.  The need to defend oneself may come in to play.  Words that probably need to be spoken tend to come out before one is aware of it.  Given the Chiron energy in effect, things that are said and done during this Full Moon phase can wound deeply.  They can also heal and brings us closer to the real truth of matters.  Above all, Uranus is the primary ruler of everything right now, and with Uranus we are saved by our rejections.  Staying true to honor and duty is the compass through this particular wave of energy.

4) Volcanic eruptions of anger, but also of love.  Venus has moved to "a volcanic eruption" so this dynamic clearly shows.  This can occur in any type of relationship - interpersonal, professional, romantic, etc.  Paraphrasing Tom Petty, watch what you say; watch what you do. 

5) Stepping up or stepping into your place.  This involves expressing our will - our desire.  "The gate to the garden of all fulfilled desires" is open for a while.  Take advantage of opportunities that open up.  State your intention.

6) Carrying great burdens and trying to keep it concealed from others.

7) Fresh air entering to clear out situations that have become stale or worn out and also to clear the way for better ways, ideas, and plans.  This would be the "healing" and "teaching" aspect of the energy entering.  Imagination will facilitate this.

8) Double promises, double dealing, double timing, double trouble.

9) Revelations of the abundance that is present, despite dominant conditions.  Blessings are there, though they may be underneath a lot of other things.

10) Adjustments.  Adjusting is the name of the game right now.  Wise owls do it naturally, as the wind changes.

As attendants to wisdom, we hold space and maintain equilibrium (structural integrity) under strong astrological influences.  We know that the Full Moon phase will bring a gift - a healing and teaching that is like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for such as us - the soul's gold.

We turn to honor the teachings of the Great Moon Mirror.

 

Saturday, October 24 - Sunday, October 25, 2015

Gibbous Moon Phase: trust, believe

Moon in Pisces/Aries (Sunday 2:22 am ET/6:22 am UT)

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali, Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias, King of the West

Skill: tread delicately

True Alignments:  repairing, acceptance of truth, seeing through things, allowing the forces of nature to direct the course, the essence of something lingering, brilliance, winning a prize, cooperation, honor, duty

Catalysts for Change: excuses, powerless, loss, sacrificing self, sympathy through false stories, things not being what the appear to be on the outside, disguise, careless and caustic words, immobilized, tensions, tipping points or breaking points

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

Though the Moon will not appear to be Full until Monday night, this weekend's energetics may feel like early-onset Full Moon Lunacy, which we can call Full Moon Clarity.  These are the same thing in many ways since enlightenment brings with it a whole new slew of realities with which we have to deal.

This weekend, emotions run high and cause all sorts of things.  Here's why:

THE SUN is located at "A BROKEN BOTTLE AND SPILLED PERFUME."  When this energetic is activated, things can easily shatter, break down, break apart, and cut open, and then the essence of something is released.  Something comes to light or comes to the surface, and it can feel like a loss.  The loss can be great.  The greatest loss is the loss of spiritual essence that arises from deep disappointment, betrayal, hopelessness, and absence of desire for life.  This energy wants to release whatever has been hidden or pent up.  Ultimately it wants to reveal true contents so that can be hidden by what is on the outside.

THE EARTH is located at "AN ELECTRICAL STORM."  Tensions and conditions that have been building start to spark.  Power builds and situations start to get out of control.  We often feel at the mercy of life's events when this energy is activated.  It can seem like we have no control.  As the lightning builds in our bodies, high anxiety and headaches can arise.  But the symbol is specific; the storm is electrical -- no rain is mentioned.  This means that the emotional cleansing is not in effect here.  The energy primarily charges up whatever is in the atmosphere.

MERCURY comes fully out of the "shadow" of its retrograde (September 14 to October 9) as it comes back to the degree where it retrograded at "AFTER A STORM, A BOAT LANDING STANDS IN NEED OF RECONSTRUCTION."  So the "storm" of Mercury's retrograde is now fully ending, and our mental structures (our minds) need to be restored.  Our minds cannot be restored to factory setting before the retrograde, because we have learned much and much has changed.  We restore ourselves now in the manner that fits now.  Perspectives, mindsets, and hearts may have changed, and these factors are taken into account for reconstruction.

VENUS is at "A FINE LACE HANDKERCHIEF," reminding us to be careful with words and actions. Appreciation of what you think of as "finery" will moderate situations.

Half past midnight ET Sunday night (00:35 am ET/04:35 am Monday, October 26), Venus will move to the degree of "A VOLCANIC ERUPTION."  This comes in advance of the Full Moon on Tuesday. 

All of the energetics of this Gibbous Moon phase "load in" to the field what is brought to full light at the Full Moon.  Therefore, the thoughts, feelings, and BELIEFS that we hold between now and the Full Moon invoke certain flavors and edges to the waxing Moon.  Gibbous Moon phase is the most "magical" time of the lunar cycle.  The power of our minds to manifest thought is higher than any other time of the cycle.  In a way, people born under the Gibbous Moon phase effortlessly say "poof" and then it appears. 

We can make some magic of our own this weekend by understanding the energetics and choosing our reactions instead of reactions choosing us.  We see a bigger picture where what is in alignment with the value and respect for life emerging from the dissolution of what has been in alignment with devaluation and disrespect for life.  We watch the interplay of energies from the ever-so-slight disengagement of the wise owl in the tree.  

Friday, October 23, 2015

First Quarter Moon Phase: step out (of comfort zone) and take action (engage your will)

Moon in Pisces

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali, Goddess of Endings and Beginnings, The Mother

God of Will/Desire: Elias, God of the West, God of Alchemy and Elements

Skill: do it a different way

True Alignments: attuning to cosmic phases, observing from a distance, objectivity, seeing the true nature, strength in tradition, guidance, destinations and goals understood, fresh perspectives and alternatives, true enrichment, scenes on the journey of life, grace under fire

Catalysts for Change: aimless or lost/out of sorts/disconnected, extreme indecision, falling into watery depths of addictions, overly-focused on details, emotional underworlds, words that cut, illusions, secrets coming to light, self-sabotaging decisions

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

The light of the Great Moon Mirror in the Sky continues to grow, illuminating new paths or expansions of the path we are on.

Today's energy takes us along familiar roads, places, or mental spaces we have been before.  Mercury, The Traveler and The Messenger, travels to the degree of "circular paths," which brings blasts from the past, repeating situations and choices, and, most importantly, the opportunity to do something differently -- to do it better based on what's been experienced and learned.

Adding it's role to the production, the Sun moves into Scorpio and begins to disseminate the energy of "a sight-seeing bus filled with tourists."  Essentially, we are offered a ride to "places" we have never been before - places we may even have been afraid to visit.  This should be thought of in terms of beliefs, ideas, ideals, feelings, wishes, dreams, and hopes.  The key element of this Sabian symbol is the sight-seeing bus -- a vehicle of transcendence, as it takes us to places we have never seen.  Some of these places we couldn't possibly imagine being in, yet circumstances have made it so.

It's a lucky thing to be on a sight-seeing bus, filled with others in the same situation, when a Full Moon is illuminating new paths.  Things that we could not see before, we are seeing now.

And, just in case we don't see (or don't want to see) a new path or way, at 1:17 pm ET/5:17 pm UT (thereabout, remember energy moves in waves), the Moon will conjunct Neptune at 8 Pisces and send "a girl blowing a bugle" at the crossroads.  It is wise to pay attention to what develops during that two-hour window.  We are shown something important to make sure we do not miss it.

The Great Mirror is also reflecting light off of "a clear mountain stream" - the degree of the location of the Earth today.  Vitality, refreshment, and clarity are offered with this energy.  The sight-seeing bus always follows the course of the clear mountain stream when the Sun and Earth are in these positions, so the way is divinely guided.  It cometh from down the mountain.

Venus, always delivering beauty, brings us a magnificent scene on the landscape as she moves to the degree of "a family tree."  This tree happens to be watered by a clear mountain stream, so it is strong and wise.  It's traditions and stories are held throughout time.  Our ancestors teach us by us knowing about their lives.  

This "family tree" is also the spiritual family of humanity, and that tree is the biggest and strongest one on the planet. Take note of the teachings of the trees today, and listen closely to see if an ancestor is trying to share something as wind whistles through the trees. 

Some days the Sabian symbols come together like elements in a painting or scenes in a story.  In kind, the day often progresses to express the energies involved.  So, a certain part of one of today's symbols may feel very similar to something you experience.  Underneath the metaphor and imagery lies the heart (or root) of the matter - What needs to be healed?  What do we need to learn?

These two questions are the drivers to the approaching Full Moon (October 27 - around 8:00 am ET/noon UT) .  Why is it so important?  Because the Full Moon occurs at 4 degrees of Taurus, which happens to be the Chiron Point.  The Chiron Point is the degree in the sky where the planet Chiron was located when it was discovered.  It encapsulates the energetic, archetypal themes of Chiron - primarily wounding, healing, and teaching.  More on this later, but for now keep in mind what the undercurrent or understory or underpinning of the energy is: a mission to heal wounds and teach us something.

We still have the wondrous Gibbous Moon phase to go before the Full Moon, so much more is on the way to shine up the Great Mirror.  Today, we are watching and doing things a different way.  We are getting off the path that takes us in circles.  We forge ahead.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

First Quarter: step out, take action

Moon in Aquarius

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali, Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire:

Skill: growing up

True Alignments: inspiration, things happening in the blink of an eye, ability to see beyond the surface, piercing the veil, aware of signs and synchronicities, child-like wonderment, fascination, desire for deeper wisdom, nurturing, bringing together different pieces of information, new solutions revealed

Catalysts for Change: not taking a risk when an opportunity is presented, talking too much and not listening enough, over-disclosing at inappropriate times or situations, distasteful, denying self over others, the continual search on the outside, for something missing on the inside, overburdened with responsibility, confrontations, drama that is not entertaining

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

The Great Mirror in the Sky continues to grow and shine, and today it sets up issues that reveal the two poles or opposites of several things:

POWER V. POWERLESS:  The Sabian symbols that are in effect today involve either children or powerful adults.  From the broad view of this, the "innocent" or "less aware" part of us may feel in over our heads with some things, outmatched, or at the mercy of other people and their feelings and actions.  Situations where our naïveté became or is becoming evident are in focus with the approaching full light of the Moon.  So are any areas where there is imbalance between self and other or giving and receiving.  There is wisdom is there to be gained here.

RESONANCE V. DISSONANCE:  It's quite easy to see where or with whom we are in resonance or like-minded.  The purpose behind this is to reinforce our understanding and appreciation of ourselves.  Under this energetic, we see where we compromise ourselves and why we would.in the first place.  Today, the answer to these types of self-reflection are "the experiences of the inner child," so if you are trying to come to a higher understanding of something, the answer is sourced in childhood experiences.  The reason for this is...

MARS OPPOSES CHIRON:  Mars is located at the degree of "two girls playing with a Ouija board" and Chiron is located at "in a huge tent, a famous revivalist conducts his meeting with a spectacular performance."  The activation of both energies at once gives potential to be played, rooked, fooled, robbed, deluded, or overpowered.  Mars is aggressive energy and Chiron works first by wounding.  This brings the potential for deep pain to be inflicted or deep pain from the past to be re-experienced. 

The symbols imply that a message or teaching comes from the experiences, most likely showing us how we rely on something outside of ourselves too much or how we have given over our power to something or someone else.  Both symbols involve seeking something - an answer, a revelation, a fulfillment - from outside ourselves.  (Note: Potential for attack on Christians is higher under this dynamic, as Chiron is heavily associated with the Christ energy.) 

Mars will make the exact opposition with Chiron at 4:36 am ET/8:36 am UT tomorrow, Friday, October 23, but is strongly in effect until that time.

Be aware of the octaves of Mars and Chiron.  Mars Highest: action, energizing, initiating, and impulsing.  Mars Lowest: overblown egos, selfishness, violence, and impulsivity.  Chiron Highest: service to others, healing, teaching, innovation, and missions.  Chiron Lowest:  self-sacrifice, suicide, hurting or wounding others, abuse of alcohol, and fighting.

SUN:  The Sun disseminates the energy of "three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher's head."  This gives us all we need to figure things out today.  Three pieces of knowledge or information may come your way.

As the Great Moon Mirror grows, so do we. But today, the inner child seeks to grow.  It wants to grow up and be free.  What part of you needs to do this today?

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

First Quarter Moon Phase: step out, take action

Moon in Aquarius

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali, Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Will/Desire: Elias, God of the West

Skill: seek clarity

True Alignments: (see below)

Catalysts for Change: (see below)

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

A Great Mirror in the Sky is shining down, reflecting. 

In the cycle of the Sun and Moon, the Full Moon phase of this month (October 27 - 30/31) is parallel to a "double Full Moon."  (It is the Full lunar phase of the Full solar phase.) The fullest amount of light and therefore the fullest capability by which to see or become enlightened by what the MIrror is reflecting comes next week during the Full Moon phase. 

Until then, the light builds and revelations/insights continue. All that's needed to understand about this coming Full Moon phase is that is the most powerful Full Moon of the year - more powerful than recent "Supermoons." 

So, things that tend to rise up during Full Moons - emotional reactions, power and control issues, relationship triangles, reckless abandon, shadow projections, and general lunacy - rise up to reveal knowledge or information.  Pairing the new knowledge or information with our experience produces a new level of wisdom.

As the Great Moon Mirror in the Sky continues to grow, these themes begin to come into effect today:

SUN:  The Sun is discharging the Sabian symbol of "mankind's vast enduring effort to reach for knowledge transferable from generation to generation."  What we are learning now (and what we are changing now) is important to our futures.  What knowledge has sought you since April 18, 2015?  Much effort has been expended for this knowledge to be revealed.  You could say that it took a complete re-set of the "music of the spheres" - the properties of life itself - for it to occur.

In perfect timing, however, the EARTH reaches the degree of "the music of the spheres" - the primary energetic theme for this year (this new epoch) since it was the degree of the New Moon in Aries on April 18, 2015.  As we experience the 180-degree influence, or the fullest expression of what we need to learn this year, we are wise to deeply consider all that the Great Mirror is revealing to us about ourselves, others, and the world.  As I mentioned before the lunar month began, this is a pivotal - historic - month in our individual lives and in the world.

MARS continues to disseminate "a volcanic eruption" today, so be aware of the potential for fiery outbursts, impulsivity, and a fair measure of road (or other) rage.  The goal here is release of what has been suppressed, what has built up, and what has been hidden.  Always interesting when Mars reaches this degree.

MERCURY is at "miners emerging from a coalmine" an as Mercury moves out of the full shadow of its retrograde in a couple of days, it is enhancing the "transfer of knowledge" theme of the current energy.  This symbol's energy wants to bring things into the light.  It seeks air.  It seeks relief and release.

VENUS is still at "a bride with her veil snatched away" - bringing revelations and information on us quickly.  But this energetic tries to come back into control as Venus moves to "a powerful statesman overcomes a state of political hysteria."  This energy is about general politics, but it is also the "politics" of relationships - which are anathema to life.  Our true nature does not seek to dominate or control.

At 5:17 pm ET/9:17 pm UT, Saturn will move to the 4th degree of Sagittarius and the Sabian symbol "a little child learning to walk."  The revelations of the Great Mirror in the Sky can make us feel vulnerable, but they can also free us for other adventures.

It takes owls that are not only wise but also ones who are brave enough to respect and honor the teachings of the Great Mirror.  One has to be brave of spirit to look at one's spirit when truth is revealed. Let's watch the Moon grow over the next week together. Let's accept the wisdom that is beaming upon us.   

 

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

First Quarter Moon Phase: step out, take action

Moon in Capricorn/Aquarius- 9:38 pm ET Tuesday/01:38 am UT Wednesday

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali, Goddess of Endings and Beginnings

God of Desire/Will: Elias, God of the West, God of Elements

Skill: rise above

True Alignments: truth revealed, ability to adjust, asking for help, expressing feelings respectfully, something dawning on you, realizations, coming out of distortions, things welling up, spiritual guidance and direction, active dreams and prophetic dreams, harmony, self-evident truths

Catalysts for Change: violence, explosions, angry outbursts, the powerless trying to maintain a feeling of power, losing one's temper, low frustration tolerance, feeling at the end of the rope, fear of endings, hopelessness, extremes and distortions about self that are untrue

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

Planets are lining up in the sky in a specific way.  This translates into specific things happening here for us.  It's an electromagnetic-harmonic property of life - one of the myriad fields of science.  But it is also a spiritual property of life - one of the myriad fields of the arts of free will.

So today we will be sure to consider the themes that are developing within our lives and throughout the world from the proper perspective.  We attend to the perspective of wisdom.  We acknowledge the presence of two levels of things happening at once.

The most important thing to remember is that all of that is developing now is designed to put things into better alignment with truth, freedom, love, harmony, respect, kindness, sanity, and life. 

This is due to Uranus' influence.  You could say that this is the Lord of Lightning's Year.  Uranus is the Planet of change, shock and surprise, revolution, and re-alignment.  Since April 18 (the beginning of the solar-lunar astrological year), many changes, shocks, surprises, revolts, and re-alignments have happened to us as a collective, but to many individuals if their natal astrological charts are being personally activated.

Now, in late October, we come almost 180 degrees from the time those changes, shocks, surprises, revolts, and re-alignments began back in April.  We come to the farthest point away, and thus, the best view.  The fullest view.  The greatest panorama.  In astrology, this is called an "opposition" but it is best understood as a full view of light like a Full Moon. 

That was more of an introduction than I intended to write this morning, but I think it helps put the energy that is in play today (and continues rather strongly until the Full Moon, actually), in a bigger picture.  The juxtaposition of the planets and the energies (harmonics) they are disseminating is certainly tidal.

Here are the Sabian symbols in effect with analysis from the perspective of two levels of things happening at once. 

ASK FOR A LIFT:  The Sun is disseminating the energy of "a man in deep gloom; unnoticed, angels comes to his aid" and the Earth is disseminating the energy of "a large disappointed audience."  These energies are generally two of the more painful of the 360 degrees of the zodiac, so when a planet reaches these degrees, deep shadows, melancholy, and darkness can emerge within us.  Our thoughts can become very negative. 

This gloomy or defeated energetic is highly amplified by Venus, Jupiter, and Mars making opposition to Chiron, the planet that inflicts (and also heals) wounds.  There's much ado about Venus, Jupiter and Mars aligning, but what is not understood is "where and what" they are lining up.  And what is mostly overlooked is the fact that Chiron sits at the opposite place in the sky -- 180 degrees away, giving the full view, the most light, the greatest potential for healing. 

We are receiving a great teaching from the heavens this week.

In this symbol, we do not know why the man is in deep gloom.  We know that aid, an airlift, comes to his rescue - if he sees it.  If he wants it.  It may be harder to see that things are getting better or that we have been saved by our rejections under Chiron's influence.

If the very challenging themes of Chiron (feelings of failure/disappointment, self-sabotage, self-loathing, deep pain/grief) are activating for you, raise your hand and request an airlift - an uplift - from Spirit.  Then prepare to be aided - flown out of that place.

THE VEIL:  Once again, the Sabian symbol of "a bride with her veil snatched away" is being activated, this time by Venus.  The bare truth of things, especially relationships is being revealed.  If this becomes too stark or oppressive, again, raise your hand and ask for an airlift out of it.

THE ERUPTION: Mars, Planet of Fire, Planet of Action, Planet of Impulsivity, and Planet of Action, moves to the degree of "a volcanic eruption."  Catharsis is the highest octave of this energy; out of control and explosive is the lowest octave.  Best to maneuver your airlift around that.  Be aware that people will be responding to this dynamic.

Let's rise above it, secure in the knowledge that a higher dimension of change is operating to rectify things.

 

Monday, October 19, 2015

Monday, October 19, 2015

First Quarter Moon Phase: step out, take action

Moon in Capricorn

Goddess of Wisdom: Kali, The Destroyer of Time

God of Will/Desire: Elias, God of the West

Skill: rise above

True Alignments: depth of feeling and thought, creative and innovative ideas, seeing what is coming down the line, balancing one's viewpoint/being objective, revitalized, recapturing something that was lost, things happening for the better, transformation of relationships

Catalysts for Change: egocentric and knowing it all, focusing too much on the present on not giving time to wishes and dreams, hopelessness, feeling unappreciated or unrecognized, selfish, thinking one is better than others, disassociation or disconnection from true nature, forgetting who one really is due to society/matrix dictates, emanations and revelations of truth, being fooled by another

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: "a Jewish rabbi performing his duties"

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres"

The Sun reaches the degree in Libra of "an airplane flies high in the clear sky" and the Earth reaches the degree of "through imagination, a lost opportunity is regained."  These symbols imply that the energy today is about transcending the current state of things and revitalizing something that seemed lost, hopeless, or forgone.  We have second chances to rectify,or bring something back to life or existence.

What would you like to transcend or rise above?  What would you like to return?  What would you like to come back to life?

These are the questions the universe asks us today.

Balance and equilibrium come today through drawing upon our heritage and what we have learned from the past.  A more balance view between the emotional, metal, and physical bodies helps us see things clearly - the "clear sky" of the airplane's voyage.  

Venus disseminates the energy of "an expressionist painter making a futuristic drawing."  This energy adds an individual quality to the day's events.  It asks us to conceive of what we desire - what our will is the future - and to visualize that scenario.

To help with a clear vision of the future we want to project, Mercury moves to the degree of "three old masters hanging in a special room in a gallery."  This symbol gives homage to the great dreamers and creators who held to their vision.  They may not have been recognized as great in their time, but certainly time told the tale.  The greatest minds and the greatest plans have staying power.  They endure.

And, what's more, they are part of the human family, which is empowered today through Jupiter at the degree of "a family tree."  We are rooted to our ancestors.  Our actions reflect on individual family line and the human collective.  If you ancestry leaves something to be desired, it can start now or have a second chance starting with you.  But, somewhere back in our family lines are valiant souls.  And when you take it as a whole, our ancestry extends to the aeons Sophia and Thelete.  If you can muster no affinity for your personal family tree, draw from the original source.

Primitive, immature responses (child-like temper tantrums when one doesn't seem to be getting their way) are more prone to occur today.  Those with the Black Moon in Cancer or Capricorn may feel this the most since the Moon is in Caprcicorn.  In general, any of us who feel overlooked, unappreciated, and unsupported may find today challenging because everything that one does not have in one's life or the things that have been removed through the actions of Uranus lately, incite a response.  Since we are in a month that in the cycles of the Sun is like a month-long Full Moon phase, things could reach a fever pitch (become highly emotional and hard to control.

Some days we "dive deep" to remain in the objective stance of power, and some days we fly high to transcend above and reach clearer skies.

Today, wise owls go beyond the limits to a higher place of action and understanding.  We revitalize the dreams we have of building the Second Renaissance (bringing heaven to earth).  Today, we will attend to wisdom and allow ourselves to be lifted up with wings.

(Note:  She, as in me, takes a massive hit, goes down hard, but gets back up.  The archons certainly inflicted some major damage to this wise owl over the past two weeks - the hardest hit yet.  But this is the lesson: no matter what happens, we always come back. We may need to rehab in the healing arts of the Mahavidyas for a time, but we come back stronger.  In response, I will be recording a series of audios about various topics to the times: more on the Second Paralemptor Rebellion, the supermoon attacks on the sacred feminine, and how what develops for the remainder of this month tells us how badly the new world order - via parastic hive-intrusion, and the necessity to not focus on the trauma reactions but begin building the new world that is balanced and sane.  

So, note to archons: do what you will but it will only make us stronger and wiser because we are the contingent dedicated to Sophia and our motto is Sofia acousome.  Wisdom, let us attend.  Our attendance to wisdom will enable humanity to overcome AND TO PREVAIL. Your ranks are diminishing and your power to control withering before your eyes.  Turn to the truth and save yourselves.

And, most dearly to me, much love to all the wise owls who send heartfelt wishes.

We persevere.)  

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Balsamic Moon Phase: release, dream

Moon in Libra

Goddess of Wisdom: All - led by Shodashi, Goddess Who Aligns with the Highest and Best Fulfillment of the Soul, and Matangi, Goddess of the Wind, Goddess Who is the Advocate for Enlightenment

God of Will/Desire: Kathe, God of the South, God of Music, God of Experience, God of Waves

Skill: join spiritual wings together in preparation; find beauty

True Alignments:  building strength through connecting, things coming to the light of day, transcendence, clarity and having a clear purpose, aiming high, heightened analytical power, protection, calling upon something deeper or higher, immersion in nature

Catalysts for Change: disconnection, denial, emotional anguish, eruptions, trust issues, feeling wronged or victimized, strife, worry, indecision, robbed of something - possibly an illusion, taking advantage, an unlived life, lost

Sabian Smbol for the Lunar Month: "a girls basketball team" (unifying)

Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: "the music of the spheres" (re-tuning or recalibrating consciousness)

Ok, let's line up and get the picture of the energy today as the Balsamic Moon wanes towards tomorrow's New Moon in Libra.

The New Moon in Libra on Monday, October 12, 2015 is the real story of the recent much-touted "supermoon."  This is because few hold more of the knowledge of the cycles of the Sun and Moon.  The power of the SUN has been the hidden, more esoteric part of the wisdom.  "Esoteric" would mean "deeper" or "hidden" in our context.  Native cultures and remnants of ancient cultures have maintained the knowledge of the influence of the Sun in the cycles of the Sun and Moon. 

Yes, recent the super Full Moons have disseminated intensity beyond belief.  But, when we jump above the monthly solar and lunar cycles (a lunar month) and expand into the yearly monthly solar and lunar cycles, we see a much bigger picture. 

If we break the Sun's year into 8 parts (8 phases, like the 8 Moon phases), we see that this upcoming lunar month falls when the Sun has moved into the "Full" part of it's year.  It will be empowering the energetics it usually empowers during a Full Moon phase, but it will do this DAILY until November 10, 2015, when it moves into the next piece of the eight parts.

The totality of the astrological aspects present at the exact time of the New Moon are what is imprinted to unfold for the entire lunar month, not just the day of the New Moon. On the eve of the New Moon in Libra, we are preparing for a month of surprises, shocks, changes, and revelations of truth that we have never seen before.  These things can feel traumatic, setting off various types of responses -- trauma responses.  This happens at both the micro-levels of our lives and the macro-level of the geopolitical world.

What do we do with this information?  The astrology of this is briefly detailed below for those who want the data, but let's continue our focus on today like wise owls in a huddle or a "team in a huddle," to use the motif of this month's Sabian symbol.

Emotional, mental, and physical stability is maintained above all.  This can happen when you know the potential for upset or disruption is higher - from having the knowledge.  But the real effort comes from seeing the potential and rising above it to a higher calling.  This is a response to trauma within the trauma,  and it is a much different thing.  It's the ability to do something important - something beyond yourself - when you are in the middle of something very challenging, upsetting, or painful.  You merge with something greater.

This is the job for those who attend to Wisdom.  We are wise to the higher energetics involved at this important time in history.  Much hinges on what happens this month.  So let's see what's in the wind today, as we prepare for tomorrow.

JUPITER MOVES TO 14 VIRGO: Jupiter is close to Mars and the two are expanding anger, action, and expectations.  Clashes between what others expect of us and what we desire ensue.  Jupiter moves to the degree of "a family tree."  Where are your roots?  Our collective roots take us to the one root of the planet, Gaia Sophia.  Her family is galactic, and thus we are galactic beings, with souls of the cosmos.  Our own aspirations and ideals are being shown to us.  Our heritage sustains us.  We honor it today.  Jupiter moves to 14 Virgo at 2:17 pm ET/6:14 pm UT.

SATURN MOVES TO 03 SAGITTARIUS:  Saturn has been stirring the pot of emotions at "an ocean covered with whitecaps" but moves to the degree of "two men playing chess."  More on this later, but be aware that a shift from emotional to mental energy is underway today.  This will bring clarity. Saturn move to 03 Sag at 6:11 pm ET/10:11 pm UT.

SUN OPPOSES URANUS:  When the Sun and Uranus make opposition, shocks, changes, surprises, and accidents occur.  The Sun moves from "two men under arrest" to "a gang of robbers in hiding."  It can be hard to TRUST things under this energy.  Things that have been hidden come to light and it can blind us or take us off our feet.  But, the energy is designed to align us with what is better for us, what is on our best and happiest course of life.  Uranus is located at the degree of "a magic carpet ride of oriental imagery," so what is revealed to us may be almost unbelievable or surreal.  Exact opposition occurs at 11:42 pm ET/3:42 am UT.

VENUS MAKES A TRINE TO THE CHIRON POINT:  When Venus aspects the Chiron Point, wounding can occur in relationships.  But, in proportion, healing can occur in relationships.  From these we gain wisdom.  Venus is located at the degree of "two guardian angels bringing protection."  Call upon a higher power to lead, guide, and direct you at any time.  The assistance is unseen but very real.

(In the world of the Wisdom Goddesses, the Mahavidyas, Shodashi and Matangi, who often work in tandem, are standing byFor those who follow this part of my work, let us give honor and thanks to all of the Mahavidyas, especially Shodashi- the Desert Rose - and Matangi, for their actions this month.  Let's also thank Kathe, the Knight of Sophia, for the winds of powerful experiences over the last three months.)