This astrolonaut is weary of applying Planetary insights to world events, not only because I hesitate to become next in a long lineage of failed fortune tellers, but because I'm called to use the astrological arts for healing, and fortune telling is most certainly not that. One of my working principles states, "Astrology is not a way out, it is a way in." People ask me, "when will this Saturn thing let up?" They want to hear a date, but I say, "when you honor Her presence." People ask me, "when will life bring me love?" They want to hear a date, but I say, "when you love the life you live." Then, if they're ready for it, I suggest a few dates and emphasize strategies to participate with Planetary energies for the creation of greatest good. But, still, I am not about fortune telling.
That being said, I've recently been flooded with insights regarding the stormy world waters so I'm about to crystal ball some dates that emphasize crazy currents in the current crazy. No need to get all Nostradamical now. I'm not here to raise flags of fearful foreboding. Not at all. My aim in analyzing these alignments and events is to find my way to spiritual strategy for the empowerment of our collective alchemy. For it is WE who create the craze and WE who possess the power to propagate peace by dispelling the daze. If nothing else, this will be an interesting way to present principles of Shamanic Astrology and to dive into my devotion for releasing myself and other willing stellar swimmers from the limitations of star-vation.
We will begin and end with our closest friend. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you... The Moon. As my practice progresses, I find myself developing the ability to intuit others' archetypes, though it is not their Sun Sign I'm seeing, but rather their Lunar Lineage. Shamanic Astrology looks to the Moon as such. The Sign of the Moon and other secret sauces determine your lineage and, therefore, your natural gifts, skills, tools, habits, and expectations. Shamanic Astrology scores the Script of your Soul Path as a symphony in three movements... Lineage, Strategy, and Soul Intent. I will sing the tunes of present strengths and obstacles shown by the Strategy here to color current events and evaluate those events' currents.
That being said, I've recently been flooded with insights regarding the stormy world waters so I'm about to crystal ball some dates that emphasize crazy currents in the current crazy. No need to get all Nostradamical now. I'm not here to raise flags of fearful foreboding. Not at all. My aim in analyzing these alignments and events is to find my way to spiritual strategy for the empowerment of our collective alchemy. For it is WE who create the craze and WE who possess the power to propagate peace by dispelling the daze. If nothing else, this will be an interesting way to present principles of Shamanic Astrology and to dive into my devotion for releasing myself and other willing stellar swimmers from the limitations of star-vation.
We will begin and end with our closest friend. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you... The Moon. As my practice progresses, I find myself developing the ability to intuit others' archetypes, though it is not their Sun Sign I'm seeing, but rather their Lunar Lineage. Shamanic Astrology looks to the Moon as such. The Sign of the Moon and other secret sauces determine your lineage and, therefore, your natural gifts, skills, tools, habits, and expectations. Shamanic Astrology scores the Script of your Soul Path as a symphony in three movements... Lineage, Strategy, and Soul Intent. I will sing the tunes of present strengths and obstacles shown by the Strategy here to color current events and evaluate those events' currents.
This article will not focus on Lunar Lineage, though I will be presenting that information throughout the Northwest in October. What this article will do is establish a MoonBase, by which I mean to say we'll analyze the short cycle of Earth's satellite through the Zodiac and apply it's astrological energies to the grander current cycles of the outer planets.
Let's start with the significance of the four major Lunar phases... New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Last Quarter. My love for language suggests I share the irony that Quarter Moon alignments give us Half Moons in the sky and my overall astronerdism requires I relay the following information: the Lunar cycle is actually Lunisolar, meaning it is an effect of the orbits of both Moon and the Sun. The Moon orbits the Earth and, therefore, completes one full trip through the constellations of the Zodiac every 27 days, but because the Sun is also moving through the Zodiac in the same direction, there are 29.5 days between New Moons.
New Moon occurs when the Moon's orbit positions it between Earth and the Sun. Astrologically, this is called Moon Conjunct Sun. Of course, we cannot see the New Moon because it is blinded by the Sun's light, but from our perspective on Earth, the Moon and Sun share the same position in the Zodiac during New Moon. The First Quarter Moon occurs about a week later when the Moon's orbit has taken it exactly 90 degrees from the Sun in the Zodiac. This is called Moon Square Sun in astrological terms. Let's call it the First Moon-Sun Square. Full Moon occurs in another week when
the Moon is exactly 180 degrees away from the
Sun in the Zodiac or directly on the other side of Earth from the Sun. Astrology calls this Moon Opposition Sun. The Third Quarter Moon occurs about a week later when the Moon's orbit brings it within 90 degrees of the Sun's Zodiacal position. This is also called Moon Square Sun. We'll label it Final Moon-Sun Square to differentiate it from First Quarter.
I'll expand further upon conscious celebration of the Lunisolar cycle at the end of this article especially because the cycle beginning with New Moon tomorrow, September 5th, is key to conscious collaboration capable of calming the current crazy, but for now I'll say this: the Conjunction (New Moon) is a time for planting seeds of intention, the First Square (First Quarter Moon) introduces conflict and resolution to those intentions, the Opposition (Full Moon) illuminates them, and the Final Square (Last Quarter Moon) is a time for integrating what has been illumiated. This general four-stage psychological model can be applied to the much longer cycles of the outer planets with respect to each other as well.
the Moon is exactly 180 degrees away from the
Sun in the Zodiac or directly on the other side of Earth from the Sun. Astrology calls this Moon Opposition Sun. The Third Quarter Moon occurs about a week later when the Moon's orbit brings it within 90 degrees of the Sun's Zodiacal position. This is also called Moon Square Sun. We'll label it Final Moon-Sun Square to differentiate it from First Quarter.
I'll expand further upon conscious celebration of the Lunisolar cycle at the end of this article especially because the cycle beginning with New Moon tomorrow, September 5th, is key to conscious collaboration capable of calming the current crazy, but for now I'll say this: the Conjunction (New Moon) is a time for planting seeds of intention, the First Square (First Quarter Moon) introduces conflict and resolution to those intentions, the Opposition (Full Moon) illuminates them, and the Final Square (Last Quarter Moon) is a time for integrating what has been illumiated. This general four-stage psychological model can be applied to the much longer cycles of the outer planets with respect to each other as well.
For example, the most significant Outer Planet alignment of today is the Pluto-Uranus Square. Embellishing on a previous post entitled Crossing the Cardinal Grand:
"I'll be writing about the Pluto-Uranus Square again and again until it ends in 2015. Then I'll still be writing about it. It's about the biggest show in town. When these two planets play together... serious shazam goes down. I'm talking American Revolution, French Revolution, World War II, Vietnam, etc., etc., etc. You say you want a revolution? You got it!" But what kind of rEvolution do you want? It is your right as a divine soul to choose how you will you play with this Planetary energy in your life.
"This Pluto-Uranus Square can be seen as the First Quarter Moon phase of the 'New Moon' those outer-planet players created when they were conjunct in Virgo between 1964 and 1968. This means we are experiencing the conflict / resolution stage of what was seeded then. Vietnam, yes, but also War Protests, Black Planthers, Women's Rights, Earth Day, Herbalism, Hippies, and all sorts of other Revolutions. Virgo is about Service to Spirt through Sacred Work. Is is about true Independence... Undependence, I say. The seeds planted by the Ceremonial Virgo Priestess of our Collective Consciousness almost 50 years ago are being stressed today.
Pluto, the planet of Evolution, entered Capricorn in 2008. The financial crisis we experienced then was just the first sign of Capricorn being evolved back to the rightful, feminine nature of her Earth element. Capricorn is not the Father as the old astrological ways teach. It is feminine Earth energy... The Circle of Grandmothers, perhaps Gaia herself. It is not discipline as the old astrological ways teach. It is devotion. It is not this nonsense debt-based financial system. It is not the so-called law and order of this out-of-control Police State patriarchy we've manifested as an alarm clock. Capricorn is true law and order... Divine law and order...the order of nature and the She Goat will be returned to her rightful role as Wise Elder before Pluto rolls on to Aquarius in 2024.
Uranus, the planet of Revolution, first squared Pluto in 2012. They are tied in a dynamic dance that will feature seven precise 90-degree Square alignments before they spin free in 2015. The next exact square will happen this Halloween. Wear something special. Uranus is squaring Capricorn Pluto from the Sign of Aires, the house of the Warrior. Many will tell you this will be war in the streets and, indeed, that is going down in many, many more places than most of us are lending our attention to."
"I'll be writing about the Pluto-Uranus Square again and again until it ends in 2015. Then I'll still be writing about it. It's about the biggest show in town. When these two planets play together... serious shazam goes down. I'm talking American Revolution, French Revolution, World War II, Vietnam, etc., etc., etc. You say you want a revolution? You got it!" But what kind of rEvolution do you want? It is your right as a divine soul to choose how you will you play with this Planetary energy in your life.
"This Pluto-Uranus Square can be seen as the First Quarter Moon phase of the 'New Moon' those outer-planet players created when they were conjunct in Virgo between 1964 and 1968. This means we are experiencing the conflict / resolution stage of what was seeded then. Vietnam, yes, but also War Protests, Black Planthers, Women's Rights, Earth Day, Herbalism, Hippies, and all sorts of other Revolutions. Virgo is about Service to Spirt through Sacred Work. Is is about true Independence... Undependence, I say. The seeds planted by the Ceremonial Virgo Priestess of our Collective Consciousness almost 50 years ago are being stressed today.
Pluto, the planet of Evolution, entered Capricorn in 2008. The financial crisis we experienced then was just the first sign of Capricorn being evolved back to the rightful, feminine nature of her Earth element. Capricorn is not the Father as the old astrological ways teach. It is feminine Earth energy... The Circle of Grandmothers, perhaps Gaia herself. It is not discipline as the old astrological ways teach. It is devotion. It is not this nonsense debt-based financial system. It is not the so-called law and order of this out-of-control Police State patriarchy we've manifested as an alarm clock. Capricorn is true law and order... Divine law and order...the order of nature and the She Goat will be returned to her rightful role as Wise Elder before Pluto rolls on to Aquarius in 2024.
Uranus, the planet of Revolution, first squared Pluto in 2012. They are tied in a dynamic dance that will feature seven precise 90-degree Square alignments before they spin free in 2015. The next exact square will happen this Halloween. Wear something special. Uranus is squaring Capricorn Pluto from the Sign of Aires, the house of the Warrior. Many will tell you this will be war in the streets and, indeed, that is going down in many, many more places than most of us are lending our attention to."
On August 21st, 2013 around 2:45 am, just as the Aquarius Blue Moon was approaching exact opposition to the Leo Sun, chemical weapons were unleashed in Irbin, Duma, and other Eastern suburbs of Damascus, Syria, killing nearly 1,500 civilians and public attention returned full sail to the Middle East... at least until Miley Cyrus humped a teddy bear at the MTV Video Music Awards four days later.
More than a year ago, on July 23rd, 2012 President Obama publicly warned Syria's President al-Assad that using chemical weapons would be a "tragic mistake." Obama repeated the warning one year before the attack on August 20th, 2012 saying deployment of chemical or biological weapons would be a "red line" for the United States and on December 3rd 2012, he sent a message to Assad that "the world is watching."
More than a year ago, on July 23rd, 2012 President Obama publicly warned Syria's President al-Assad that using chemical weapons would be a "tragic mistake." Obama repeated the warning one year before the attack on August 20th, 2012 saying deployment of chemical or biological weapons would be a "red line" for the United States and on December 3rd 2012, he sent a message to Assad that "the world is watching."
In June of this year, the White House vowed to increase aid to Syrian Rebels as Cancer Jupiter moved into the the crosshairs of the Uranus-Pluto Square bringing Expansion and Opportunity to this time of rEvolution. Last week, Libra Venus also moved into alignment with the Square to create a Cardinal Grand Cross as Secretary of State John Kerry said all nations must stand up for accountability on the undeniable use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government. "Let me be clear: The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity." If you don't know the astrological glyphs, the lines drawn on the chart to the right connect Cancer Jupiter (top left), Libra Venus (bottom left), Aires Uranus (top right), and Capricorn Pluto (bottom right) in a Cardinal Grand Cross.
Before he was elected President in 2008, Obama told the Boston Globe that no president should use military force without first getting Congressional approval unless there is an "actual or imminent threat to the nation." However, he certainly approved attacks on Libya without asking Congress in 2011. Perhaps attacking Syria poses a more "imminent threat to the nation" since China, Russia, and Iran have warned the US they would not tolerate a Syrian strike.
Last week, Parliament denied British Prime Minister David Cameron's request for military action in Syria. Can expect the same from US Congress? More importantly, why hasn't Obama called for an emergency Congressional meeting to vote on this decision now? He has instead announced a debate will be held when Congress returns from summer vacation September 9th. Seriously? Summer vacation is more important that a decision that could possibly provoke World War III?
My crystal ball cannot say what happened during his walk with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough that caused Obama to back off until he could win Congressional support, but perhaps an astrological analysis of the August 31st and September 9th charts can provide some insight.
Last week, Parliament denied British Prime Minister David Cameron's request for military action in Syria. Can expect the same from US Congress? More importantly, why hasn't Obama called for an emergency Congressional meeting to vote on this decision now? He has instead announced a debate will be held when Congress returns from summer vacation September 9th. Seriously? Summer vacation is more important that a decision that could possibly provoke World War III?
My crystal ball cannot say what happened during his walk with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough that caused Obama to back off until he could win Congressional support, but perhaps an astrological analysis of the August 31st and September 9th charts can provide some insight.
It was not as "tight" on August 31st as Venus had begun moving along Her way, but The Grand Cardinal Cross still held. In fact, it's Cancer corner was bolstered by the Moon finding Her way to conjunction with Jupiter. It appears as if the Cancer archetype of the Nurturing Mother came through to stay the war hammer... at least for a time.
I'll translate the strengths and obstacles of the 8/31/13 Strategy as if I were reading this chart for a client. Those of you who have hired me for readings will find some of this language familiar. Shamanic Astrology reads the story of the Strategy in the placements of and alignments between the Personal Planets... the inner planets... those known to the ancients... those visible in the night sky. We start with the Sun. Unlike most astrological paradigms, Shamanic Astrology does not base the principle psychological archetype on the Sun Sign. We look to the Moon for the Linage, to the Ascendent or Rising Sign for the Soul intent and, for the movement in between, the Strategy, we look to Mars on a man's chart and to Venus on a woman's.
TO BE CONTINUED VERY SOON...
I'll translate the strengths and obstacles of the 8/31/13 Strategy as if I were reading this chart for a client. Those of you who have hired me for readings will find some of this language familiar. Shamanic Astrology reads the story of the Strategy in the placements of and alignments between the Personal Planets... the inner planets... those known to the ancients... those visible in the night sky. We start with the Sun. Unlike most astrological paradigms, Shamanic Astrology does not base the principle psychological archetype on the Sun Sign. We look to the Moon for the Linage, to the Ascendent or Rising Sign for the Soul intent and, for the movement in between, the Strategy, we look to Mars on a man's chart and to Venus on a woman's.
TO BE CONTINUED VERY SOON...