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It's a Marvelous Moonth for a Moon Dance
The Moon Game is a way of intentionally honoring all of the Archetypes through the Lunisolar Months of New Moon to New Moon... the Moonths, if you will. The game is to set intentions to honor the light and to release the shadow of the astrological Archetype of the New Moon. On Libra New Moon, we set Libra intentions. On Scorpio New Moon, we set Scorpio intentions. And so on.
YOUniversal AstrALLogy is the idea that we are ALL of the Signs. Yes, our natal chart, our Celestial Fingerprint does indeed express strengths and obstacles through natural Archetypes of our lineage, present, and soul intent. But what about the Archetypes that are not shown on our natal chart? I have no Planets in Capricorn or it's associated 10th House. Does this mean Capricorn is totally unavailable to me? Absolutely not. Some Archetypes will unfold naturally, others can be brought in through intention. In fact, I feel more and more that the blank Signs we chose for our Celestial Fingerprint are as important to us than the jam packed ones.
Playing the Moon Game helps us to complete our astrological circuits and connects us through intention to the astrological archetypes. It also helps us feel into the relationships between the archetypes and allows us to connect to the flavor of a full planetary cycle on an experiential level. Once we feel how the 29.5 Day Moon Dance feels for us, we can get a better perspective of the 29.5 Year Saturn Cycle, the 12 Year Jupiter Cylce, etc. It's a Marvelous Moonth for a Moon Dance! I hope to see you in the game.
YOUniversal AstrALLogy is the idea that we are ALL of the Signs. Yes, our natal chart, our Celestial Fingerprint does indeed express strengths and obstacles through natural Archetypes of our lineage, present, and soul intent. But what about the Archetypes that are not shown on our natal chart? I have no Planets in Capricorn or it's associated 10th House. Does this mean Capricorn is totally unavailable to me? Absolutely not. Some Archetypes will unfold naturally, others can be brought in through intention. In fact, I feel more and more that the blank Signs we chose for our Celestial Fingerprint are as important to us than the jam packed ones.
Playing the Moon Game helps us to complete our astrological circuits and connects us through intention to the astrological archetypes. It also helps us feel into the relationships between the archetypes and allows us to connect to the flavor of a full planetary cycle on an experiential level. Once we feel how the 29.5 Day Moon Dance feels for us, we can get a better perspective of the 29.5 Year Saturn Cycle, the 12 Year Jupiter Cylce, etc. It's a Marvelous Moonth for a Moon Dance! I hope to see you in the game.
Back into the Eclipse Cauldron we go!... and this one is EXTRA POWERFUL... Ring of Fire Annular North Node Solar Eclipse in Virgo Opposite Pisces Neptune and Square Sagittarius Saturn and Mars. Wowza. Here's are some charts and a bunch of short videos for exploration and practice...
Hear all about it in this here
78 minute seaside astrobabble podcast
Some 2016 Leo Moonth Heavenly Happenings (all times PST):
Leo Venus Trine Aries Uranus-Eris
8/2 10:49am – Mars Ingress Sagittarius
8/2 1:44pm – New Moon at 10 Leo 58 - Trine Sagittarius Saturn
8/3 9:12pm – Leo Moon Conjunct Venus (Goddess reclaims Root Chakra)
8/4 12:33am - Moon Occult Regulus
8/4 2:44pm – Virgo Moon Conjunct Mercury – Square Saturn
8/5 12:49am – Moon crosses Ecliptic at North Node (13th Degree Virgo) – Opposite Neptune and Trine Pluto
8/5 8:26am – Venus Ingresses Virgo (Regulus), initiating a serious Goddess Gathering - Pisces Athena Sextile Taurs Ceres Sextile Cancer Vesta Sextile Virgo Venus Sextile Scorpio Juno (only point missing for the Grand Earth/Water Sextile is the Winter Solstice Point, which is always filled in my book)
8/5 8:20pm – Moon Conjunct Jupiter at 24th Degree Virgo
8/6 5:19pm - Virgo Venus Square Sagittarius Mars (2nd Degree)
8/6 6:17am - Virgo Mercury Square Sagittarius Saturn (10 Degree)
8/7 9:23am - Virgo Mercury Opposite Pisces Neptune (12th Degree)
8/8 4:20bro pm – Mercury Conjunct North Lunar Node at 13th Virgo Opposite Pisces Neptune
8/9 7:10am – Moon Conjunct Juno at 5th Degree Scorpio Opposite Pisces Ceres, Sextile Virgo Venus, and Trine Cancer Vesta and Pisces Athena
8/10 11:30am – First Quarter Moon at 18 Scorpio 32
8/11 6:04pm – Sagittarius Moon Conjunct Mars (4th Degree)
8/12 5:51am – Sagittarius Moon Conjunct Saturn (10th Degree)
8/12 11:45pm – Pallas Athena Regresses back to Aquarius
8/13 2:49am – Saturn Station Direct (10th Degree Sagittarius)
8/13 7:30am – Virgo Venus Square Sagittarius Saturn (10th Degree)
8/14 10:03am – Virgo Venus Opposite Pisces Neptune (12th Degree)
8/15 2:04am – Capricorn Moon Conjunct Pluto (16th Degree)
8/15 5:24pm – Venus Conjunct North Lunar Node at 13th Degree Virgo Opposite Neptune
8/15 – Mercury Evening Star Maximum Elongation (27degrees, 20minutes from Sun)
8/18 2:26am – Full Moon at 25 Aquarius 52
8/18 6:49am – Aquarius Moon Conjunct Pallas Athena (29th Degree)
8/19 4:21am – Pisces Moon Conjunct Neptune (12th Degree)
8/19 5:07am – Virgo Mercury Opposite Pisces Chiron (25th Degree)
8/19 6:04am – Moon crosses Ecliptic at South Lunar Node (13th Degree Pisces)
8/22 2:04am – Mercury Conjunct Jupiter at 27th Degree Virgo
8/22 4:47am – Aries Moon Conjunct Uranus/Eris (24th Degree)
8/22 9:38am – Sun Ingresses Virgo (Regulus)
8/22 – 11:00pm – Taurus Moon Conjunct Ceres (6th Degree)
8/24 4:26am – Sagittarius Mars Conjunct Saturn at 10th Degree (Antares)
8/24 7:12pm – Virgo Venus Opposite Pisces Chiron (24th Degree)
8/24 8:41pm – Third Quarter Moon at 02 Gemini 22
8/25 9-10am – Gemini Moon (Aldebaran) Opposite Sagittarius Mars and Saturn (10th Degree - Antares)
8/27 7:01am - Venus Conjunct Jupiter at 28th Virgo
8/27 7:01am - Cancer Moon Conjunct Vesta (14th Degree – Sirius)
8/28 11:21pm – Mercury Conjunct Venus at 29 Degrees Virgo
8/29 7:06pm – Venus Ingress Libra
8/30 6:04am – Mercury Station Retrograde (29 Virgo 05)
9/1 2:03am – Total Solar Eclipse 09 Virgo 21
9/2 10:18am – Retrograde Mercury Conjunct Jupiter (29th Virgo)
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9/9 4:17am – Jupiter Ingress Libra
78 minute seaside astrobabble podcast
Some 2016 Leo Moonth Heavenly Happenings (all times PST):
Leo Venus Trine Aries Uranus-Eris
8/2 10:49am – Mars Ingress Sagittarius
8/2 1:44pm – New Moon at 10 Leo 58 - Trine Sagittarius Saturn
8/3 9:12pm – Leo Moon Conjunct Venus (Goddess reclaims Root Chakra)
8/4 12:33am - Moon Occult Regulus
8/4 2:44pm – Virgo Moon Conjunct Mercury – Square Saturn
8/5 12:49am – Moon crosses Ecliptic at North Node (13th Degree Virgo) – Opposite Neptune and Trine Pluto
8/5 8:26am – Venus Ingresses Virgo (Regulus), initiating a serious Goddess Gathering - Pisces Athena Sextile Taurs Ceres Sextile Cancer Vesta Sextile Virgo Venus Sextile Scorpio Juno (only point missing for the Grand Earth/Water Sextile is the Winter Solstice Point, which is always filled in my book)
8/5 8:20pm – Moon Conjunct Jupiter at 24th Degree Virgo
8/6 5:19pm - Virgo Venus Square Sagittarius Mars (2nd Degree)
8/6 6:17am - Virgo Mercury Square Sagittarius Saturn (10 Degree)
8/7 9:23am - Virgo Mercury Opposite Pisces Neptune (12th Degree)
8/8 4:20bro pm – Mercury Conjunct North Lunar Node at 13th Virgo Opposite Pisces Neptune
8/9 7:10am – Moon Conjunct Juno at 5th Degree Scorpio Opposite Pisces Ceres, Sextile Virgo Venus, and Trine Cancer Vesta and Pisces Athena
8/10 11:30am – First Quarter Moon at 18 Scorpio 32
8/11 6:04pm – Sagittarius Moon Conjunct Mars (4th Degree)
8/12 5:51am – Sagittarius Moon Conjunct Saturn (10th Degree)
8/12 11:45pm – Pallas Athena Regresses back to Aquarius
8/13 2:49am – Saturn Station Direct (10th Degree Sagittarius)
8/13 7:30am – Virgo Venus Square Sagittarius Saturn (10th Degree)
8/14 10:03am – Virgo Venus Opposite Pisces Neptune (12th Degree)
8/15 2:04am – Capricorn Moon Conjunct Pluto (16th Degree)
8/15 5:24pm – Venus Conjunct North Lunar Node at 13th Degree Virgo Opposite Neptune
8/15 – Mercury Evening Star Maximum Elongation (27degrees, 20minutes from Sun)
8/18 2:26am – Full Moon at 25 Aquarius 52
8/18 6:49am – Aquarius Moon Conjunct Pallas Athena (29th Degree)
8/19 4:21am – Pisces Moon Conjunct Neptune (12th Degree)
8/19 5:07am – Virgo Mercury Opposite Pisces Chiron (25th Degree)
8/19 6:04am – Moon crosses Ecliptic at South Lunar Node (13th Degree Pisces)
8/22 2:04am – Mercury Conjunct Jupiter at 27th Degree Virgo
8/22 4:47am – Aries Moon Conjunct Uranus/Eris (24th Degree)
8/22 9:38am – Sun Ingresses Virgo (Regulus)
8/22 – 11:00pm – Taurus Moon Conjunct Ceres (6th Degree)
8/24 4:26am – Sagittarius Mars Conjunct Saturn at 10th Degree (Antares)
8/24 7:12pm – Virgo Venus Opposite Pisces Chiron (24th Degree)
8/24 8:41pm – Third Quarter Moon at 02 Gemini 22
8/25 9-10am – Gemini Moon (Aldebaran) Opposite Sagittarius Mars and Saturn (10th Degree - Antares)
8/27 7:01am - Venus Conjunct Jupiter at 28th Virgo
8/27 7:01am - Cancer Moon Conjunct Vesta (14th Degree – Sirius)
8/28 11:21pm – Mercury Conjunct Venus at 29 Degrees Virgo
8/29 7:06pm – Venus Ingress Libra
8/30 6:04am – Mercury Station Retrograde (29 Virgo 05)
9/1 2:03am – Total Solar Eclipse 09 Virgo 21
9/2 10:18am – Retrograde Mercury Conjunct Jupiter (29th Virgo)
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9/9 4:17am – Jupiter Ingress Libra
Here's what I'd like to share about Moon Game today...
Tea Spirit, The Lunar Masculine, and the Cure for Cancer
Tea Spirit, The Lunar Masculine, and the Cure for Cancer
Happiest Gemini New Moon to you! We are journeying through the Pillars of Truth! I've been looking forward to this time for over a year as I feel it is the most charged time of 2016. Hope to record a podcast under the stars tonight about this Mutable Grand Cross and much, much more.
Love and Planets,
GB
Love and Planets,
GB
Getting ready to travel to Hawai'i to celebrate this solar eclipse and Equinox so I don't have time to write. Here's a link (on the right) to a 30-minute YouTube tutorial on Eclipses which ends with about 5 minutes of a suggested way to connect ceremoniously with this one. It's a big one. Solar and Lunar Eclipse Charts below. See you in Space! |
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Full Moon Update (1/23/16)...
Happiest Leo Full Moon to you!
Happiest Leo Full Moon to you!
The short version:
IT doesn't get easier... WE get easier. The flexible branch dances in the wind. Will we Choose Freedom through honorable action or simply Use Freedom to escape contraction???
“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
- C.G. Jung
"Ooh Heaven is a place on Earth"
- Belinda Carlisle
A Black Whole emits and attracts. I'll tell you what I mean by that if you care to read...
The long version:
SOVEREIGNTY!!!
That's the name of tonight's Leo Moon's game, which I can say, without hesitation, is absolutely the most important Full Moon of the calendar year thus far. Meow. Now, let's honor the Aquarius Sun and get all scientific with it. Isaac Netwon... he's one of the fathers of science, right? Cool, then, let's call Sir Gravity in as our guide.
"The Sun is its father, the Moon its mother, the wind hath carried it in its belly, the earth is its nurse." (The Emerald Tablet of Hermes - Isaac Newton translation).
Wait a second, you're telling me Newton translated ancient alchemical texts? Hmmm... maybe there's more to science than what I was taught in school. I'm confused. Better go straight to the Source.
However, it might be hard to get a message through to Hermes right now. His inbox is full of hate mail from the Mercury Retrograde curse campaigners. Besides, there's a few reasons why I'd rather not bother the Trickster Guide at this tricky time. First of all, He's moving very slowly today as he's about to put it in Park to shift from Reverse (retrograde) to Drive (regularly scheduled forward zodiacal motion) this Monday afternoon and it's been said that the Speedster doesn't dig slow. He probably doesn't dig traffic either. Do you?
What does it mean, then, that Mercury is hiding out in the shadows with Pluto as the bright beams of this Leo Full Moon rise in the East? Is the Hidden Hand of Shamanic Shakeup (Pluto) pulling our Consciousness (Mercury) into our inner darkness like a black hole does light? If so, why? Well, if you read Astronerd, you'll notice how strongly Capricorn Pluto is Square to Aries Uranus on the charts this month and next. Perhaps we are being called to remember and even relive some of the challenges and pains that presented during the 2012-2015 window of the seven exact alignments between the Planets of Revolution (Uranus) and Evolution (Pluto). Perhaps we didn't have the courage to completely grieve the losses that came our way during those crazy days. Perhaps the Leo flames will help us journey into those dark caves to mine gems of wisdom that are now ready to see the light. A black hole attracts AND emits, after all.
Wait a second... this is a Leo Moon, Jack! Shouldn't we just be talking about partying in the bright light and making beautiful art and leadership and stuff? Okay... how was that cocreation party you led on the beach today? Mine was pretty rainy, gray, and cold. Oh, and it happened alone in my home so please forgive me for sharing the truth that, for those of us who reside in the extremes of the Northern Hemisphere, the Leo Full Moon is a Sign of the coldest times. It is also certainly a bright spotlight on a long, cold night... a black hole attracts and emits.
So how will the magic mirror of Mother Moon reflect the bright light of Father Sun tonight? How does Leo reflect Aquarius? How does the Sovereign Spirit of the Lioness reflect the Revolutionary Mad Scientist of Expanding Consciousness? Does a Queen not wish to reflect and to be reflected by a King? And how am I personally called to reflect upon the synchronicity of fishing a soaking wet King County Official Voters Ballot from my mailbox a moment ago as I took a breath of fresh winter air as break from this transmission? Mercury hits the brakes as He prepares to shift gears. Oh, the Galactic Giggles of Great Mystery that seek the light of Her-story within the black hole of History!
Should I let this document dry so I can respond to its cry for me to choose sides? Should I dance with that "lesser of two evils" business once again or should I emit the roar of Sovereignty by retracting my voice from a chorus of lies and dishonorable deeds chanted on repeat by false Kings and Queens? Would tearing this crazy contract in two be Choosing Freedom through honorable action or would it simply be Using Freedom to escape another retraction??? How does this symbol reflect the many challenges that hide in the shadows Within and Without the Aquarian Shine of my Retrograde Mind? How will I find Truth in the fog of this doubt? A black hole attracts and emits. I shall go in to get out. No, I shall go in to get it.
The wet letter reminds me not to fall prey to shadow strategies of running away from the waters of heart. If saturated with Water, Earthly wood will not catch Fire and taste the grace of Spirit unless the Air of Consciousness is applied. In other words, the alchemical marriage of Fire and Water cannot be arranged when we hide from ourselves. "The wind hath carried it in its belly, the earth is its nurse." What the consciousness finds will be healed by the body-mind. The torch of the Leo Full Moon illuminates the higher conscious callings of the Aquarian Fuel and reminds us that “No tree... can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell” (C.G. Jung). The true revolution is won, not by running away from the tidal wave, but rather by diving into its depths to earn genuine peace within the all-memory of the Seas. A black hole attracts and emits. Sovereignty is anything but avoidance.
This revolution will not be televised, but the television certainly is revolutionized as soon as it is unplugged from the lies and deceit of the dishonorable. "Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth" (Belinda Carlisle). Okay, but when's the last time anyone saw their Heaven on the News? Nope, only an incredibly consistent Hell-buffet on the tube: a false Hell, at that. How can we know what is and what is not true in this game where enlightenment is born from illusion? The answer lies Within. And so we remember that every moment is but a frame of the film. Wheels within Wheels, you know?
Yes, this Leo Full Moon certainly reflects the Light of an Aquarian Sun. It can be no other way, but let us remember that our luminaries met to set intentions two weeks before today in Cardinal Capricorn. Let us remember they also invited Pluto and Pallas Athena to that party. Let us remember that, on that day, Mercury was Retrograding his way back to join that conversation as well... His first reverse course in a Sign of Earth since 2008 and 2009 when the Capricorn Pluto energy first came online. We are being reminded to anchor into the Roots of our Truth. We are being called to release ourselves from false traditions and structures, to retrieve the forgotten ways of the Elders that actually make sense, and to compost it all in to soil in which new sprouts will be nurtured for the sake of the seven future generations.
And let us know that, today, as the Full Moon illuminates the intentions set within the soil of that Capricorn New Moon two weeks ago, that as those seeds now find flower, the truth has found its way to the tips of our tongues. Let us tip our hats to Mercury Retrograde and roll out the mats for the blessing of Venus dancing her way into the Capricorn fold on this Leo Full Moon day. Wheels within Wheels suggest that She is the Greatest Guiddess in our quest to find summer Leo flowers from the seeds of Capricorn winter. Care to open your ears to the roaring soverign scepter of that morning star lioness? (https://www.facebook.com/groups/758424620935398/).
Care to open your hearts to tomorrow's Grand Fire Trine? It's a serious surge of Yes We Can. But for real this time because we'll do it ourselves, not through surrender to false structure, but through allowance of our own power. Is this Sovereignty? Yes It Is. Will the Moon carry the Spark of Aries Uranus' revolution of Self through the Roaring Flames of Leo Honor to birth the Smoke of Sagittarius that travels far and wide a rises to the Heavens? Will Saturn stoke the flames or attempt to quench them? Is there a difference? There is no freedom without the cage. Sovereignty is knowing that it is you and only you who can open the door and walk away. IT doesn't get easier, WE get easier. The flexible branch dances in the wind.
Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth. So is Hell. Choose wisely. Wouldn't a bit of both be the Middle Way? Is the line between Yin and Yang black or white? It is neither. And Both. Me we always be Both says Gemini. As it was said to me, "anchor the Love and Light in your heart, but live in the gray so you can see it All." Is that Truth? Is that flexibility? Is that Sovereignty?
Is that easy? No, but We are being supported in this incredible quest by so many graceful guides, many of whom are aligning to shine in the darkness of our pre-morning skies. This is not about post-mourning... it's all about completion and roaring because the echoes of our sovereign truth will resonate richly only when we inhale deep from our roots by courageously choosing to face that which we no longer need to fear. A black whole attracts and emits. That Black Whole is you. And me. Let's just call it We and "Let's Dance" with Mr. Bowie to the Heavenly Harmonies. See you in Space!
Love and Planets,
Gemini Brett
Happiest Leo Full Moon to you!
Happiest Leo Full Moon to you!
The short version:
IT doesn't get easier... WE get easier. The flexible branch dances in the wind. Will we Choose Freedom through honorable action or simply Use Freedom to escape contraction???
“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
- C.G. Jung
"Ooh Heaven is a place on Earth"
- Belinda Carlisle
A Black Whole emits and attracts. I'll tell you what I mean by that if you care to read...
The long version:
SOVEREIGNTY!!!
That's the name of tonight's Leo Moon's game, which I can say, without hesitation, is absolutely the most important Full Moon of the calendar year thus far. Meow. Now, let's honor the Aquarius Sun and get all scientific with it. Isaac Netwon... he's one of the fathers of science, right? Cool, then, let's call Sir Gravity in as our guide.
"The Sun is its father, the Moon its mother, the wind hath carried it in its belly, the earth is its nurse." (The Emerald Tablet of Hermes - Isaac Newton translation).
Wait a second, you're telling me Newton translated ancient alchemical texts? Hmmm... maybe there's more to science than what I was taught in school. I'm confused. Better go straight to the Source.
However, it might be hard to get a message through to Hermes right now. His inbox is full of hate mail from the Mercury Retrograde curse campaigners. Besides, there's a few reasons why I'd rather not bother the Trickster Guide at this tricky time. First of all, He's moving very slowly today as he's about to put it in Park to shift from Reverse (retrograde) to Drive (regularly scheduled forward zodiacal motion) this Monday afternoon and it's been said that the Speedster doesn't dig slow. He probably doesn't dig traffic either. Do you?
What does it mean, then, that Mercury is hiding out in the shadows with Pluto as the bright beams of this Leo Full Moon rise in the East? Is the Hidden Hand of Shamanic Shakeup (Pluto) pulling our Consciousness (Mercury) into our inner darkness like a black hole does light? If so, why? Well, if you read Astronerd, you'll notice how strongly Capricorn Pluto is Square to Aries Uranus on the charts this month and next. Perhaps we are being called to remember and even relive some of the challenges and pains that presented during the 2012-2015 window of the seven exact alignments between the Planets of Revolution (Uranus) and Evolution (Pluto). Perhaps we didn't have the courage to completely grieve the losses that came our way during those crazy days. Perhaps the Leo flames will help us journey into those dark caves to mine gems of wisdom that are now ready to see the light. A black hole attracts AND emits, after all.
Wait a second... this is a Leo Moon, Jack! Shouldn't we just be talking about partying in the bright light and making beautiful art and leadership and stuff? Okay... how was that cocreation party you led on the beach today? Mine was pretty rainy, gray, and cold. Oh, and it happened alone in my home so please forgive me for sharing the truth that, for those of us who reside in the extremes of the Northern Hemisphere, the Leo Full Moon is a Sign of the coldest times. It is also certainly a bright spotlight on a long, cold night... a black hole attracts and emits.
So how will the magic mirror of Mother Moon reflect the bright light of Father Sun tonight? How does Leo reflect Aquarius? How does the Sovereign Spirit of the Lioness reflect the Revolutionary Mad Scientist of Expanding Consciousness? Does a Queen not wish to reflect and to be reflected by a King? And how am I personally called to reflect upon the synchronicity of fishing a soaking wet King County Official Voters Ballot from my mailbox a moment ago as I took a breath of fresh winter air as break from this transmission? Mercury hits the brakes as He prepares to shift gears. Oh, the Galactic Giggles of Great Mystery that seek the light of Her-story within the black hole of History!
Should I let this document dry so I can respond to its cry for me to choose sides? Should I dance with that "lesser of two evils" business once again or should I emit the roar of Sovereignty by retracting my voice from a chorus of lies and dishonorable deeds chanted on repeat by false Kings and Queens? Would tearing this crazy contract in two be Choosing Freedom through honorable action or would it simply be Using Freedom to escape another retraction??? How does this symbol reflect the many challenges that hide in the shadows Within and Without the Aquarian Shine of my Retrograde Mind? How will I find Truth in the fog of this doubt? A black hole attracts and emits. I shall go in to get out. No, I shall go in to get it.
The wet letter reminds me not to fall prey to shadow strategies of running away from the waters of heart. If saturated with Water, Earthly wood will not catch Fire and taste the grace of Spirit unless the Air of Consciousness is applied. In other words, the alchemical marriage of Fire and Water cannot be arranged when we hide from ourselves. "The wind hath carried it in its belly, the earth is its nurse." What the consciousness finds will be healed by the body-mind. The torch of the Leo Full Moon illuminates the higher conscious callings of the Aquarian Fuel and reminds us that “No tree... can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell” (C.G. Jung). The true revolution is won, not by running away from the tidal wave, but rather by diving into its depths to earn genuine peace within the all-memory of the Seas. A black hole attracts and emits. Sovereignty is anything but avoidance.
This revolution will not be televised, but the television certainly is revolutionized as soon as it is unplugged from the lies and deceit of the dishonorable. "Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth" (Belinda Carlisle). Okay, but when's the last time anyone saw their Heaven on the News? Nope, only an incredibly consistent Hell-buffet on the tube: a false Hell, at that. How can we know what is and what is not true in this game where enlightenment is born from illusion? The answer lies Within. And so we remember that every moment is but a frame of the film. Wheels within Wheels, you know?
Yes, this Leo Full Moon certainly reflects the Light of an Aquarian Sun. It can be no other way, but let us remember that our luminaries met to set intentions two weeks before today in Cardinal Capricorn. Let us remember they also invited Pluto and Pallas Athena to that party. Let us remember that, on that day, Mercury was Retrograding his way back to join that conversation as well... His first reverse course in a Sign of Earth since 2008 and 2009 when the Capricorn Pluto energy first came online. We are being reminded to anchor into the Roots of our Truth. We are being called to release ourselves from false traditions and structures, to retrieve the forgotten ways of the Elders that actually make sense, and to compost it all in to soil in which new sprouts will be nurtured for the sake of the seven future generations.
And let us know that, today, as the Full Moon illuminates the intentions set within the soil of that Capricorn New Moon two weeks ago, that as those seeds now find flower, the truth has found its way to the tips of our tongues. Let us tip our hats to Mercury Retrograde and roll out the mats for the blessing of Venus dancing her way into the Capricorn fold on this Leo Full Moon day. Wheels within Wheels suggest that She is the Greatest Guiddess in our quest to find summer Leo flowers from the seeds of Capricorn winter. Care to open your ears to the roaring soverign scepter of that morning star lioness? (https://www.facebook.com/groups/758424620935398/).
Care to open your hearts to tomorrow's Grand Fire Trine? It's a serious surge of Yes We Can. But for real this time because we'll do it ourselves, not through surrender to false structure, but through allowance of our own power. Is this Sovereignty? Yes It Is. Will the Moon carry the Spark of Aries Uranus' revolution of Self through the Roaring Flames of Leo Honor to birth the Smoke of Sagittarius that travels far and wide a rises to the Heavens? Will Saturn stoke the flames or attempt to quench them? Is there a difference? There is no freedom without the cage. Sovereignty is knowing that it is you and only you who can open the door and walk away. IT doesn't get easier, WE get easier. The flexible branch dances in the wind.
Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth. So is Hell. Choose wisely. Wouldn't a bit of both be the Middle Way? Is the line between Yin and Yang black or white? It is neither. And Both. Me we always be Both says Gemini. As it was said to me, "anchor the Love and Light in your heart, but live in the gray so you can see it All." Is that Truth? Is that flexibility? Is that Sovereignty?
Is that easy? No, but We are being supported in this incredible quest by so many graceful guides, many of whom are aligning to shine in the darkness of our pre-morning skies. This is not about post-mourning... it's all about completion and roaring because the echoes of our sovereign truth will resonate richly only when we inhale deep from our roots by courageously choosing to face that which we no longer need to fear. A black whole attracts and emits. That Black Whole is you. And me. Let's just call it We and "Let's Dance" with Mr. Bowie to the Heavenly Harmonies. See you in Space!
Love and Planets,
Gemini Brett
Happiest Capricorn New Moon to you! Time to play the Moon Game of setting intentions to anchor Capricorn light and purge Capricorn shadow. Have you set New Year's Resolutions that are impossible to keep? Are you following traditions that weigh you down with guilt? Are you in touch with the deepest wisdom of the Earth and the ancient ones?
With Mercury Retorgrading our Consciousness towards the New Moon Conjunct Pluto, the ghosts of Capricorn Past come to mind. With Capricorn's chief of operations Saturn hanging out in Sagittarius it would seem we're called to break through rules, traditions, beliefs, and other programming that would prevent us from seeking truth. Saturn's Square to Neptune suggests these programs are hiding in the fog of the unconscious side. Venus joins Saturn to help shine Morning Star light on this quest as Jupiter with the North Node in Virgo shows the future will gracefully unfold when we release patterns that "don't grow corn." Time to playfully investigate some of those traditions we've been unconsciously following for all of these years. Here's how I recently approached that strategy with the most magical Marya Stark:
StarryTelling Podcast Presents The Santa Pause
www.MaryaStarkMusic.com
With Mercury Retorgrading our Consciousness towards the New Moon Conjunct Pluto, the ghosts of Capricorn Past come to mind. With Capricorn's chief of operations Saturn hanging out in Sagittarius it would seem we're called to break through rules, traditions, beliefs, and other programming that would prevent us from seeking truth. Saturn's Square to Neptune suggests these programs are hiding in the fog of the unconscious side. Venus joins Saturn to help shine Morning Star light on this quest as Jupiter with the North Node in Virgo shows the future will gracefully unfold when we release patterns that "don't grow corn." Time to playfully investigate some of those traditions we've been unconsciously following for all of these years. Here's how I recently approached that strategy with the most magical Marya Stark:
StarryTelling Podcast Presents The Santa Pause
www.MaryaStarkMusic.com
A new Moonth has begun! Time to set intentions to anchor Sagittarius Light and to purge Sagittarius Shadow. I see Sagittarius, the third Fire Sign (after Aries and Leo) as the Smoke that rises, traveling far and wide and ascending towards the Heavens. What are you aiming for this Moonth? How are your belief systems limiting you from seeking Higher Truth? Let us enter this Sagittarius Moonth's mysteries by aiming for Jupiter, the traditional Ruler of this Fire Sign.
Lately, I've found myself frequently contemplating the (Northern Hemisphere) Seasonal associations of Planetary Rulerships: Sun (Leo) and Moon (Cancer) hold down the Summer heat, Saturn (Capricorn and Aquarius) lives in the chill of Winter, Venus (Taurus and Libra) and Mars (Aries and Scorpio) answer the calls of the Equinoxes, Mercury (Gemini and Virgo) embraces Summer, and Jupiter (Sagittarius and Neptune) embraces Winter.
If that's too esoterically astrological for you, just meet me here: Jupiter's Months (Sagittarius and Pisces) lead us Northern Hemisphere folks from Autumn into Winter and out of Winter into Spring. It's as if, on the way into the darkness, He's saying, "You can do this!... Don't worry about it... I've got your back... You're going to make it through," and on the way out, He's saying, "You made it! You have successfully surfed the waves of Saturnian Symphonies. I'm so proud of you!!!"
Let’s take that Seasonal trip a little further by going back a little. When the Sign of Libra (Venus) presents at the time of Autumnal Equinox in late September, we reach one of two annual days of balance. The Scales hold equal day and night, equal light and shadow, but they are tipping towards the latter. This diurnal metaphor would be Twilight: the Sun has Set… darkness quickly approaches. Scorpio (Mars/Pluto) fixes the energy of Fall. Leaves fall from the trees. The veil is thin because Death is in the air. Sagittarius (Jupiter) tickles the Philosopher’s Fancy. We are encouraged to ask the unanswerable questions: Why does life die? Why are there Seasons? Does Demeter strike the crops from the land because Persephone descends into the Underworld or so She can?
This is the glory of Sagittarius… the Vision Quest for Higher Truth. But there is not much time to ponder the mysteries. We are heading into the Darkness. Are we prepared? Follow the guidance of the squirrels! Gather the nuts. Can the peaches. Find the cave that will shelter us from the Cold. And here we might be tempted to engage with the scrolls. What advice is spoken in Scripture? What do the Priests have to say? Careful now Seekers! We wouldn’t want our beliefs to limit our Quest. The fascination with Faith shared by Jupiter’s Signs also open the potential pitfalls of Religiosity. It would seem too many fell in during this age of Pisces that we are transitioning away from.
And speaking of those Shadows… this Moon Game’s week of tensions to our Sagittarius intentions begins with the First Quarter Moon in Pisces on December 18th. How intriguing it is that Moon will align EXACTLY to Her South Node at that time. After residing in Libra/Aries since February, 2014, the Lunar Nodes shifted on November 11th, the date of our last New Moon. The Nodes typically travel in retrograde so they shifted from Libra to Virgo (North Node) and from Aries to Pisces (South Node). It is my feeling that the 18.6-year retrograde cycle of the Nodes around the Zodiac opens windows to the Astrological Ages like no other short-term cycle because the Ages also move in transition in Retrograde Zodiacal Order… from the Age of Pisces into the Age of Aquarius, for example.
Since we are in the midst of that transition now, what could possibly challenge us to face the Shadows of the Piscean Age we are leaving behind more than this 11/11/15 - 5/9/17 passage of the South Lunar Node through the Sign of Pisces? I’ll tell you what… Sagittarius New Moon Square Pisces Chiron, Neptune “at home” in Pisces Squared by Sagittarius Saturn, a most wild Aspect that was fully activated by the first of their three exact alignments on Thanksgiving Day. Faith, Religiosity, Delusions, Fog. Is it a Wave or is it a Particle? Is it a Dream or is it Reality? Confused yet? Are we in the midst of Jihad or engaged with a psychological operation of media manipulation conducted by the crazies that named the tearist group they created after the Great Goddess? All of the above perhaps? The week of tension for this Moonth beginning with an exact conjunction of Half Moon to South Lunar Node in Pisces is FOR REAL!, but we’ll be challenged to dismiss it as illusion. Wouldn’t a week of television be easier? Jesus save us! Wait, isn’t that just the kind of thing we’re being challenged to release? Holy Moly.
Isn’t it some kind of wonder then that the Full Moon is delivered on Christmas kids try to sleep? I mean, who’s choreographing this cotillion… God? Goddess? Which one? The One??? Can I please just go back to sleep now? Or if I choose to stay awake, will Moon “at home” in Cancer please bring me a cup of hot cocoa? Yes, She will. Can you hear Her hug?... "You can do this!... Don't worry about it... I've got your back... You're going to make it through.” Now, where have I heard that before? It would seem that longest night brings forth the Sun’s birth. Isn’t it a trip that we begin our days at Midnight? There’s a bright light born in the darkness, friends, and Mama Moon gonna hold you tight as you descend to the depths of the night. The lowest Capricorn Sun is balanced by the highest Cancer Moon***. Then one foggy Christmas Eve...
The Week of Wisdom opens with a Third Quarter Moon in Libra… communication, partnership, peace. We are reminded not to abandon society in search of Truth and we are allowed, even encouraged to share what we’ve found. Libra’s Ruler Venus will shine brightly as Morning Star from the Sign of… Sagittarius. Isn’t that special. It seems our destination is our starting line. Oh the questions that can only be answered with greater questions indeed. And now we find Venus setting New Year’s Resolutions in Jupiter’s House. And isn’t it something that we find the Gas Giant Guru aligned to the Virgo North Node at this most sacred time? The Fruit is ripe on the branch. Can we eat of its flesh, but devote ourselves to planting its seeds in the soil of the next cycle rather than hoarding the wisdom?
And speaking of Wisdom… In a Moonth that begins with a Sagittarius SoliLunar embrace Squaring Pisces Chiron and features the Dream vs. Reality challenge of Sagittarius Saturn Squaring Pisces Neptune. Sagittarius and Pisces???... we must look to Jupiter. We’ll find that His risings have shifted from morning to night. Oh, what a treat to have a bright light in the dark winter times. The invisible North Node will follow him over the horizon. What does it mean the the Conductor of the Celestial Symphony (Jupiter) and the Calling of Our Collective Consciousness (North Node) now meet in the Sign of Virgo. What I hear is this: in the madness of our times, if we intend to seek Truth, we must stay tuned to our devotion, our yoga, our practice. We must stay grounded into the Earth. While the Sun drinks from the roots of the Capricorn Trunk, the Virgo Leaf asks us to reach for the Light and to do the Inner Work that will photosynthesize our fuel. ###
It doesn’t get easier, folks. WE get easier and then it just gets more exciting. I’ll see you in the dark of the night. You bring the Truth and I’ll bring the Tea. Okay... hot cocoa. No.. make that Cacao. Life is a Ceremony.
Should we look to Mercury since Virgo is HERmes' Sign? If we do we'll find the Trickster dawning into Aquarius as the Third Quarter Aligns.
"Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revalation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius!
Aquarius!"
Nope. Make that Sagittarius. What is YOUR aim this Moonth?
See you in Space!
Love and Planets,
Gemini B
*** The Moon will rise on Christmas Eve at it’s minimum maximum northern stretch from due East. Confusing, right? Astrolonauts!... look into the Lunar Standstill Cycle, for this is one of the most sacred alignments in the Moon’s great 18.6 year act on the balance beam of the horizon. You will find great mysteries encoded in the alignments of Chaco Canyon, Chimney Rock, Serpent Mound, Newark (New-Ark) Earthworks, Stonehenge, and more. Some secrets are not to be revealed, but I hope you will choose to seek. Time for a Vision Quest!
### The pattern of Jupiter’s alignments to the Lunar Nodes is a very interesting one indeed. If you are keen to the Elements, you might find some windows open in my chickenscratch notebook.
Lately, I've found myself frequently contemplating the (Northern Hemisphere) Seasonal associations of Planetary Rulerships: Sun (Leo) and Moon (Cancer) hold down the Summer heat, Saturn (Capricorn and Aquarius) lives in the chill of Winter, Venus (Taurus and Libra) and Mars (Aries and Scorpio) answer the calls of the Equinoxes, Mercury (Gemini and Virgo) embraces Summer, and Jupiter (Sagittarius and Neptune) embraces Winter.
If that's too esoterically astrological for you, just meet me here: Jupiter's Months (Sagittarius and Pisces) lead us Northern Hemisphere folks from Autumn into Winter and out of Winter into Spring. It's as if, on the way into the darkness, He's saying, "You can do this!... Don't worry about it... I've got your back... You're going to make it through," and on the way out, He's saying, "You made it! You have successfully surfed the waves of Saturnian Symphonies. I'm so proud of you!!!"
Let’s take that Seasonal trip a little further by going back a little. When the Sign of Libra (Venus) presents at the time of Autumnal Equinox in late September, we reach one of two annual days of balance. The Scales hold equal day and night, equal light and shadow, but they are tipping towards the latter. This diurnal metaphor would be Twilight: the Sun has Set… darkness quickly approaches. Scorpio (Mars/Pluto) fixes the energy of Fall. Leaves fall from the trees. The veil is thin because Death is in the air. Sagittarius (Jupiter) tickles the Philosopher’s Fancy. We are encouraged to ask the unanswerable questions: Why does life die? Why are there Seasons? Does Demeter strike the crops from the land because Persephone descends into the Underworld or so She can?
This is the glory of Sagittarius… the Vision Quest for Higher Truth. But there is not much time to ponder the mysteries. We are heading into the Darkness. Are we prepared? Follow the guidance of the squirrels! Gather the nuts. Can the peaches. Find the cave that will shelter us from the Cold. And here we might be tempted to engage with the scrolls. What advice is spoken in Scripture? What do the Priests have to say? Careful now Seekers! We wouldn’t want our beliefs to limit our Quest. The fascination with Faith shared by Jupiter’s Signs also open the potential pitfalls of Religiosity. It would seem too many fell in during this age of Pisces that we are transitioning away from.
And speaking of those Shadows… this Moon Game’s week of tensions to our Sagittarius intentions begins with the First Quarter Moon in Pisces on December 18th. How intriguing it is that Moon will align EXACTLY to Her South Node at that time. After residing in Libra/Aries since February, 2014, the Lunar Nodes shifted on November 11th, the date of our last New Moon. The Nodes typically travel in retrograde so they shifted from Libra to Virgo (North Node) and from Aries to Pisces (South Node). It is my feeling that the 18.6-year retrograde cycle of the Nodes around the Zodiac opens windows to the Astrological Ages like no other short-term cycle because the Ages also move in transition in Retrograde Zodiacal Order… from the Age of Pisces into the Age of Aquarius, for example.
Since we are in the midst of that transition now, what could possibly challenge us to face the Shadows of the Piscean Age we are leaving behind more than this 11/11/15 - 5/9/17 passage of the South Lunar Node through the Sign of Pisces? I’ll tell you what… Sagittarius New Moon Square Pisces Chiron, Neptune “at home” in Pisces Squared by Sagittarius Saturn, a most wild Aspect that was fully activated by the first of their three exact alignments on Thanksgiving Day. Faith, Religiosity, Delusions, Fog. Is it a Wave or is it a Particle? Is it a Dream or is it Reality? Confused yet? Are we in the midst of Jihad or engaged with a psychological operation of media manipulation conducted by the crazies that named the tearist group they created after the Great Goddess? All of the above perhaps? The week of tension for this Moonth beginning with an exact conjunction of Half Moon to South Lunar Node in Pisces is FOR REAL!, but we’ll be challenged to dismiss it as illusion. Wouldn’t a week of television be easier? Jesus save us! Wait, isn’t that just the kind of thing we’re being challenged to release? Holy Moly.
Isn’t it some kind of wonder then that the Full Moon is delivered on Christmas kids try to sleep? I mean, who’s choreographing this cotillion… God? Goddess? Which one? The One??? Can I please just go back to sleep now? Or if I choose to stay awake, will Moon “at home” in Cancer please bring me a cup of hot cocoa? Yes, She will. Can you hear Her hug?... "You can do this!... Don't worry about it... I've got your back... You're going to make it through.” Now, where have I heard that before? It would seem that longest night brings forth the Sun’s birth. Isn’t it a trip that we begin our days at Midnight? There’s a bright light born in the darkness, friends, and Mama Moon gonna hold you tight as you descend to the depths of the night. The lowest Capricorn Sun is balanced by the highest Cancer Moon***. Then one foggy Christmas Eve...
The Week of Wisdom opens with a Third Quarter Moon in Libra… communication, partnership, peace. We are reminded not to abandon society in search of Truth and we are allowed, even encouraged to share what we’ve found. Libra’s Ruler Venus will shine brightly as Morning Star from the Sign of… Sagittarius. Isn’t that special. It seems our destination is our starting line. Oh the questions that can only be answered with greater questions indeed. And now we find Venus setting New Year’s Resolutions in Jupiter’s House. And isn’t it something that we find the Gas Giant Guru aligned to the Virgo North Node at this most sacred time? The Fruit is ripe on the branch. Can we eat of its flesh, but devote ourselves to planting its seeds in the soil of the next cycle rather than hoarding the wisdom?
And speaking of Wisdom… In a Moonth that begins with a Sagittarius SoliLunar embrace Squaring Pisces Chiron and features the Dream vs. Reality challenge of Sagittarius Saturn Squaring Pisces Neptune. Sagittarius and Pisces???... we must look to Jupiter. We’ll find that His risings have shifted from morning to night. Oh, what a treat to have a bright light in the dark winter times. The invisible North Node will follow him over the horizon. What does it mean the the Conductor of the Celestial Symphony (Jupiter) and the Calling of Our Collective Consciousness (North Node) now meet in the Sign of Virgo. What I hear is this: in the madness of our times, if we intend to seek Truth, we must stay tuned to our devotion, our yoga, our practice. We must stay grounded into the Earth. While the Sun drinks from the roots of the Capricorn Trunk, the Virgo Leaf asks us to reach for the Light and to do the Inner Work that will photosynthesize our fuel. ###
It doesn’t get easier, folks. WE get easier and then it just gets more exciting. I’ll see you in the dark of the night. You bring the Truth and I’ll bring the Tea. Okay... hot cocoa. No.. make that Cacao. Life is a Ceremony.
Should we look to Mercury since Virgo is HERmes' Sign? If we do we'll find the Trickster dawning into Aquarius as the Third Quarter Aligns.
"Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revalation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius!
Aquarius!"
Nope. Make that Sagittarius. What is YOUR aim this Moonth?
See you in Space!
Love and Planets,
Gemini B
*** The Moon will rise on Christmas Eve at it’s minimum maximum northern stretch from due East. Confusing, right? Astrolonauts!... look into the Lunar Standstill Cycle, for this is one of the most sacred alignments in the Moon’s great 18.6 year act on the balance beam of the horizon. You will find great mysteries encoded in the alignments of Chaco Canyon, Chimney Rock, Serpent Mound, Newark (New-Ark) Earthworks, Stonehenge, and more. Some secrets are not to be revealed, but I hope you will choose to seek. Time for a Vision Quest!
### The pattern of Jupiter’s alignments to the Lunar Nodes is a very interesting one indeed. If you are keen to the Elements, you might find some windows open in my chickenscratch notebook.
Happiest Scorpio New Moon to You! Time to set intentions to honor Scorpio light and purge Scorpio shadow. Magic, Power, Desire, Passion, Excitement, Life Force! Are you willing to dive into the depths of the unknown? Are you willing to devote yourself to the deepest waters of YOUR heart? Are you ready for the absolutely authentic experience and expression of your deepest feelings, passions, desires, and excitements or would you prefer to hide? Are you willing to take back the power of your magic or are you afraid you'll be burned at the stake? Diwali, the five-day Hindu festival of lights, begins with Scorpio New Moon this year (as it often does, though they wouldn't call this Scorpio in those parts), reminding us that in the darkness, we might just find the most beautiful lights. Fireworks will be seen from the darkness of Space during these next five nights.
North Node will ingress Virgo on the night of of this Scorpio New Moon after dancing through Libra since February 18th, 2014. We are being called into our practice, our yoga, our devotion. What is sacred to you and how can you honor that every day... every hour... every second? Every moment is ceremony. Every space is sacred. Should we see this Nodal shift on the day of Scorpio New Moon as mere coincidence or are we willing to embrace the magical weave within the web of all that is? Are we being called to a practice and devotion of emotional authenticity? This is an amazing day to start something new, especially if it calls you to initiate a quest into the depths. Especially especially if it is something you can devote yourself to until May 2017 when the Node leaves Virgo.
Aquarius presents the tensions to help our Scorpio intentions grow this moonth. You can not think your way through the web of feelings. You can not rocket ship away from your pains and pleasures. During this same "conversation" last year on October 28th, an unmanned rocket blasted off from a NASA launch pad in Virginia aiming to bring a payload of supplies to the International Space Station... an unmanned rocket bringing "hope" to a community... how incredibly Aquarius. But it was the Scorpio moonth and it was an Antares rocket, named for the bright star of the Scorpion constellation. And it exploded! We will not expand our consciousness by running away from the matters of the heart. We are called instead to dive straight into them. Will we be allowed to see the many ways we have been trained to escape? What will we do about it? Perhaps it's time to deactivate the eject button.
If we don't try to think our way out of the darkness of our hearts, those hidden feelings might just surface within the mind after all for a Gemini Full Moon will illuminate our Scorpio intentions. This is serious magic we're talking about. If we are willing to engage fully with our felt experience... if we are willing to honor all of ourselves, light and shadow, we might just get a chance to giggle at the hilarity of the whole thing until it actually makes sense. Maybe. Is there a light in the shadow? Is there a shadow in the light. Of course there is. Of course there is. But what does this have to do with the intentions we set about living a life a authentic passion? How will the Sagittarius Saturn - Pisces Neptune Square contribute to this adventure? Are we ready to become lucid in the dream of our waking life or we will choose to snooze?
Virgo Last Quarter reminds us to anchor the wisdom of the felt experience into our bodies so that we may stay grounded in the practice of our magic. The heart lives in the body, after all. We have been taught to hide our desires, our passions, our powers, our pleasures, our grief, our ecstasy, our depression. What if we decide to commit ourselves to a higher cause of celebrating our authentic feelings in every moment instead? What does that even look like? Perhaps this Moonth, we'll answer that question... without words.
North Node will ingress Virgo on the night of of this Scorpio New Moon after dancing through Libra since February 18th, 2014. We are being called into our practice, our yoga, our devotion. What is sacred to you and how can you honor that every day... every hour... every second? Every moment is ceremony. Every space is sacred. Should we see this Nodal shift on the day of Scorpio New Moon as mere coincidence or are we willing to embrace the magical weave within the web of all that is? Are we being called to a practice and devotion of emotional authenticity? This is an amazing day to start something new, especially if it calls you to initiate a quest into the depths. Especially especially if it is something you can devote yourself to until May 2017 when the Node leaves Virgo.
Aquarius presents the tensions to help our Scorpio intentions grow this moonth. You can not think your way through the web of feelings. You can not rocket ship away from your pains and pleasures. During this same "conversation" last year on October 28th, an unmanned rocket blasted off from a NASA launch pad in Virginia aiming to bring a payload of supplies to the International Space Station... an unmanned rocket bringing "hope" to a community... how incredibly Aquarius. But it was the Scorpio moonth and it was an Antares rocket, named for the bright star of the Scorpion constellation. And it exploded! We will not expand our consciousness by running away from the matters of the heart. We are called instead to dive straight into them. Will we be allowed to see the many ways we have been trained to escape? What will we do about it? Perhaps it's time to deactivate the eject button.
If we don't try to think our way out of the darkness of our hearts, those hidden feelings might just surface within the mind after all for a Gemini Full Moon will illuminate our Scorpio intentions. This is serious magic we're talking about. If we are willing to engage fully with our felt experience... if we are willing to honor all of ourselves, light and shadow, we might just get a chance to giggle at the hilarity of the whole thing until it actually makes sense. Maybe. Is there a light in the shadow? Is there a shadow in the light. Of course there is. Of course there is. But what does this have to do with the intentions we set about living a life a authentic passion? How will the Sagittarius Saturn - Pisces Neptune Square contribute to this adventure? Are we ready to become lucid in the dream of our waking life or we will choose to snooze?
Virgo Last Quarter reminds us to anchor the wisdom of the felt experience into our bodies so that we may stay grounded in the practice of our magic. The heart lives in the body, after all. We have been taught to hide our desires, our passions, our powers, our pleasures, our grief, our ecstasy, our depression. What if we decide to commit ourselves to a higher cause of celebrating our authentic feelings in every moment instead? What does that even look like? Perhaps this Moonth, we'll answer that question... without words.
Happiest Libra New Moon to you!
A new moonth and new moon game begins this afternoon as Moon and Sun align in the 20th degree of Libra. So much of what our collective consciousness has been called to contemplate since the North Node ingressed Libra around Valentines Day 2014 is arriving fully to our awareness and practice. The Node will ingress Virgo as the next Moonth begins with Scorpio New Moon on November 11th.
For now, we are called to alchemize the lead Libra Shadows into the gold of Libra Light. These themes of partnership, communication, and peace have been called forth through the magic of Blood Moon Tetrad and Cardinal Grand Cross. They have been initiated by 2015's three Venus-Mars Conjunctions, the Sacred Marriage of Yin and Yang that has brought to us an opportunity to rewrite relationship to relationship itself.
This Libra New Moon aligns just minutes from where the Sacred Masculine investigation of 26 months began in April of 2014 with Mars' opposition to Sun. Tomorrow, on Mars' day, I will post a new episode of the StarryTelling Podcast that expresses how the recent discovery of evidence of running water on Mars' surface as a symbol of the Sacred Masculine's tears shows us the Yang energy has been true to this initiation.
However, this Moonth is all about Venus whose energy is said to best represent Libra (New Moon of this cycle) and Taurus (Full Moon of this cycle). The last investigation of the Divine Feminine as represented by the Venus Synodic Cycle was aligned to Capricorn (First Quarter of this Cycle) and her current quest is to riddle the mysteries of the Lioness (Leo Third Quarter of this Cycle). I have currently devoted myself to a 19-month sharing of the great Guidess' mysteries through a project called the 13th Flower and have, as a result, have replaced moontly astrological insights of the Moon Game with videos that honor Venus' path through her Gates. However, those gates are signaled by the embrace of Venus by Crescent Moon, which was even more significant this moonth to me because I correlate the Third Eye to the Moon and it is these mysteries of Sixth Chakra that the Guidess now asks us to investigate. What perceptions can we release to align ourselves to the Higher Callings of partnership and peace?
More information at these links... a Moonth's worth of Venus astro video that tickles the mysteries of the Venus-Mars Conjunctions and so much more, the 13th Flower YouTube Playlist and Facebook group (all free offerings of my devotion), and a lightning-fast telling of the Inanna stories and Venus Synodic Correlations from a recent conversation I had with Soma on his Exploring Astrology Podcast (start at 30 minutes if you want to dive straight in).
My favorite Libra prayer:
I Am experiencing Peace
I Am at Peace
I Am Peace
Perhaps we could also try:
I Am experiencing Partnership
I Am in Partnership
I Am Partnership
Love and Planets,
Gemini Brett
"Beloved" painting by Autumn Sky Autumn Skye Morrison
A new moonth and new moon game begins this afternoon as Moon and Sun align in the 20th degree of Libra. So much of what our collective consciousness has been called to contemplate since the North Node ingressed Libra around Valentines Day 2014 is arriving fully to our awareness and practice. The Node will ingress Virgo as the next Moonth begins with Scorpio New Moon on November 11th.
For now, we are called to alchemize the lead Libra Shadows into the gold of Libra Light. These themes of partnership, communication, and peace have been called forth through the magic of Blood Moon Tetrad and Cardinal Grand Cross. They have been initiated by 2015's three Venus-Mars Conjunctions, the Sacred Marriage of Yin and Yang that has brought to us an opportunity to rewrite relationship to relationship itself.
This Libra New Moon aligns just minutes from where the Sacred Masculine investigation of 26 months began in April of 2014 with Mars' opposition to Sun. Tomorrow, on Mars' day, I will post a new episode of the StarryTelling Podcast that expresses how the recent discovery of evidence of running water on Mars' surface as a symbol of the Sacred Masculine's tears shows us the Yang energy has been true to this initiation.
However, this Moonth is all about Venus whose energy is said to best represent Libra (New Moon of this cycle) and Taurus (Full Moon of this cycle). The last investigation of the Divine Feminine as represented by the Venus Synodic Cycle was aligned to Capricorn (First Quarter of this Cycle) and her current quest is to riddle the mysteries of the Lioness (Leo Third Quarter of this Cycle). I have currently devoted myself to a 19-month sharing of the great Guidess' mysteries through a project called the 13th Flower and have, as a result, have replaced moontly astrological insights of the Moon Game with videos that honor Venus' path through her Gates. However, those gates are signaled by the embrace of Venus by Crescent Moon, which was even more significant this moonth to me because I correlate the Third Eye to the Moon and it is these mysteries of Sixth Chakra that the Guidess now asks us to investigate. What perceptions can we release to align ourselves to the Higher Callings of partnership and peace?
More information at these links... a Moonth's worth of Venus astro video that tickles the mysteries of the Venus-Mars Conjunctions and so much more, the 13th Flower YouTube Playlist and Facebook group (all free offerings of my devotion), and a lightning-fast telling of the Inanna stories and Venus Synodic Correlations from a recent conversation I had with Soma on his Exploring Astrology Podcast (start at 30 minutes if you want to dive straight in).
My favorite Libra prayer:
I Am experiencing Peace
I Am at Peace
I Am Peace
Perhaps we could also try:
I Am experiencing Partnership
I Am in Partnership
I Am Partnership
Love and Planets,
Gemini Brett
"Beloved" painting by Autumn Sky Autumn Skye Morrison
Tea Time with Leo Video Here:
2015 Cancer MOON GAME
2015 Gemini Moon Game
Was off-grid traveling around the Four Corners and too amazed to record a Gemini Moon Game Movie, but I speak a lot about the Gemini archetype in the Second Episode of The StarryTelling Podcast recorded from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. You can listen here.
2015 Taurus Moon Game
2015 Aries Moon Game
2015 Pisces Moon Game
2nd 2015 Aquarius Moonth
Aquarius
Capricorn
Looking forward to recording a Solstice Audio from the monuments of DC
Sagittarius
SCORPIO
Moon Game is a practice for purging the shadow and anchoring the light of each Moonth's Astrological Archetype. This video includes AstroMythological StarryTelling, Archetypal expression, Eclipse Illumination, and Astrological Chart Analysis along with incredible moving mandalas by Subliminal Phoenix and a Stellar Song by Yaima.
The Elements Video I mention in this one is here
The Elements Video I mention in this one is here
Libra
“Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can’t help falling in love with” Moon!
I tell ya, that fool called Time sure rushes too. I mean, it feels like Autumnal Equinox was just yesterday. Wait a second… it was! But that was then and this is, well there’s truly only the moment now, you know? And so it is… the Libra Moonth begins merely two thirds of a day after that most magical Equinox Alignment of our Earth’s axial spine initiated this new season called autumn. And what else is this season called? Oh right… Fall. The leaves are falling, the rain is falling, and I can’t help falling in love with… Who?... well, whoever is ready to love me back, of course. Wouldn’t it be a sin to spend another cold winter without another to keep me warm?
“Shall I stay? Would it be a sin?
If I can’t help falling in love with you?”
Would it be a sin indeed? Where do we even begin with that one… okay… with the greed of need. But better to begin at the beginning, you see? It’s where all good stories start, no doubt. And the tale of this Libra Moonth begins right now! That’s September 23rd at 11:13pm in Seattle as my fingers dance to the drumming of this Fall’s first rainfall. Oh, the falling waters of the heart.
“As a river flows gently to the sea
Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can’t help falling in love with you”
Wait just a second now! Hold your horses, cowpoke! “Take my whole life too???” Careful with those contracts, Jack! Don’t we remember what happened last time Jack rushed up that hill to fetch a pail of water? Well, the truth is that Jill did indeed come tumbling after. But how long did that couples’ dance last, y’all? Perhaps this time it would be more wise to answer the call of the rise, rather than that of the fall.
And so we raise a cup full of intentions to purge the shadow and anchor the light of that which Libra loves most… Love! It’s time to play the Moon Game and participate Below with the mysteries Above. It’s time to release past pains to pave some way for a brighter day, regardless of the rain.
Libra is an Air Sign of Intellect, but Libra consciousness is rather different than that of the Gemini truth pursuit or the Aquarian revolution. Libra has his mind on his honey and her honey on her mind because Libra is the Sign and the wit of balanced Relationship. Shamanic Astrology classifies these season-initiating archetypes of Libra, Capricorn, Aries, and Cancer that the past paradigms call Cardinal as Tradition Keepers and Householders, but I like to call them Service to Others for I feel that description best completes the Trinity with the Mutable Signs we call Service to Spirit and the Fixed Signs we call Service to Self Growth.
Perhaps Libra would better be termed Service to Other for it is the Sign of the Partner. Libra’s intent is to anchor the light of equality through the pursuit of balanced and harmonic relationship. Libra keeps the peace through the spoken art of diplomacy. It is the Round Table honoring others’ opinions as much as we honor our own. Libra has a finger on the pulse of group morale and consensus reality. Equality, Justice, Peace, Harmony. The Scales of Libra seek Balance in every way: in that of Yin Feminine and Yang Masculine, Dark and Light, Day and Night (as Equinox assures), Earthly and Celestial, Body and Mind, Speaking and Listening, Giving and Receiving, etc., etc. Wait, did I mention balance in giving and receiving? Here’s one more… balance in giving and receiving!
If Balance is the Light of Libra, what is the Shadow? Well, Unbalance of course. The Scales lose equilibrium when we give ourselves away. When we lose ourselves to relationship, surely the relationship is lost. And at what cost?... us! Fools rush in! The Scales lose equilibrium when we honor others options more than we honor our own by collapsing into conformity. The Scales lose equilibrium when we decide the deed of diplomacy means muting our own truth to keep some false sense of peace. The Scales lose equilibrium when we believe we honor others through the artless art of indifference; when we need to see other hands in the air before we can find the courage to cast our own vote. “What do you want for dinner, honey?”… “Whatever you want, dear.” What kind of answer is that? Certainly, not one of Libra Light.
What is it that we have foolishly rushed into? To whom or to what have you given you? A father, a teacher, a preacher, or guru? A mother, a brother, a boss, or a crew? A leader, or needer, an illness, or pill? We find Free Will when we Free Our Will! And this is the week to set Libra Moon Game intentions that will guide our release from the false prisons of pretend peace. Let the Game begin!
Yin Moon meets Yang Sun tonight at 01.08 Libra. I’d love to speak all about the many incredible astrological aspects I’ve highlighted on this New Moon chart but let’s not get lost in the astrobabble. For now, I’d just like to honor the other current Planets, Planetoids, and Points in Libra tonight. The North Node, which speaks to the forward direction of our collective soul is now in Libra. It has been since 2/18/14 and will be until 11/11/15. This is a time for us all to be investigating balanced relationship, which makes this Moonth’s Game extra important.
Tonight, the Asteroid Pallas Athena Conjuncts the North Node. She is the warrior Goddess of strategy and wisdom, born from the crown of Zeus fully clad in bronze armor. Mercury is also in Libra today, but will ingress into Scorpio before the First Quarter Moon only to Retrograde back into Libra to finish this Moonth Conjunct the North Node where Pallas Athena is today. I’m tempted to tell the tale of Perseus who freed Andromeda from her chains after freeing Medusa’s head from her neck with the help of Athena and Mercury.
That’s a tale for another time, for tonight I’d like to sing the song of my Libra Goddess. Now many say Hera is the Libra Goddess because she was the one Olympian who choose marriage. She married her brother Zeus. We are told by the ways of old to pray to Hera in times of relationship distress, but when we read her stories, it’s hard to say why. Now, all praises to Hera as I’m sure her true stories have not been accurately preserved, but the ones that have paint her in anything but Libra Light. Her relationship with Zeus was anything but balanced because he was anything but a good husband to her (watch out for the Thunderbolt, Brett!). We are told that Hera spent most of her days torturing the many, many, many women Zeus pursued. Hera turned these objects of Zeus’ infidelity into pigs and cows or had dragons chase them out of town. So why should we pray to the Goddess of Crazy Codependence in times of relationship distress? No thank you, mam.
No, my Libra Goddess is a Titaness named Themis who was a previous wife to Zeus. Now, he ate his first wife, Metis because a prophecy fortold their child she was pregnant with at the time would take his kingdom. That child was Pallas Athena who refused to die and, as I mentioned before, was born from his head. Themis was Zeus’ second wife, but they divorced. As I feel into the stories held within my cells, I feel it was her choice to leave. “You wanna sleep with everything that moves? Okay, that’s your thing. Do what you want to do. But now with my ring on your finger. I’m out!” Themis left Zeus in marriage, but stayed in court to be his wise advisor.
“Themis was the Titan Goddess of Divine Law and Order. She was a prophetic Goddess who presided over the most ancient oracles, including Delphoi. She was the divine voice who first instructed humankind in the primal laws of justice and morality, such as the precepts of piety, the rules of hospitality, good governance, conduct of assembly, and pious offerings. In Greek, the word ‘themis’ referred to divine law, those rules of conduct long established by custom, unlike the word ‘nomos,’ the term was not usually used to describe laws of human decree.” (http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanisThemis.html)
Now, that’s some serious Libra Light! And we’re told that Hera even tolerated Themis’ presence in the court of Olympus. Why? Because she was with Zeus before Hera was? Absolutely not! So was Leto and Hera had Python chase her out of town even though she was pregnant with Zeus’ twins Artemis and Apollo… the Goddess of the Moon and the God of the Sun… they were like a New Moon in the womb. No, I believe Hera tolerated Themis in the court because she had respect, maybe even envy, for Themis’ decision to walk away from an unbalanced relationship, the very thing Hera herself did not have the courage to do.
Themis and Zeus brought six daughters into the world. Three of them were called the Moirai, the Goddesses of Fate. Now I would say that the Fates represent Libra Shadow, for when we lose Free Will to the idea that our destinies have been predetermined, we lose ourselves. The Fact of Fate is not how I play with the Astrological Arts, by the way. Rather I use this celestial wisdom as a road map to consciously align myself to soul choices I have willfully made on a higher plane. The other three daughters of Themis and Zeus represent Libra Light. Collectively, they were called the Horai (the Goddesses of the Seasons), but individually as Eunomia, Eirene, and Dike. Eunomia means Rules, Eirene means Peace, and Dike means Justice. To me, Themis is the embodiment of all three. Now that’s some Libra right there! We all know the image of Dike as the blindfolded Goddess of Justice holding the Scales and Sword, but I feel that Themis, as Divine Law and Order, was Justice before it was blind. The Sword still makes sense because is an esoteric symbol for the intellect (Libra) and is sometimes necessary for us to cut through the nonsense and lies that shadow Libra Light. I’ll write more about the coming major Moon phases that bring Tension, Illumination, and Integration to our Libra Intentions, but for now it’s time to contemplate and voice my own so the last thing I’ll say now is this: there is an asteroid that astronomers call “24 Themis.” It is one of the largest main-belt asteroids and tonight, during the exact of alignment of Libra New Moon, 24 Themis spins at 26.04 Libra, just over one degree from a perfect Conjunction to Mercury. In other words, our collective Libra Mind is aligned to the Goddess who chose and represented Libra Light.
Themis, I can’t help falling in love with you!
But I promise I won’t rush in.
Let the Moon Games begin!
Love and Planets,
Gemini Brett
http://morethanastrology.weebly.com/the-moon-game.html
But I can’t help falling in love with” Moon!
I tell ya, that fool called Time sure rushes too. I mean, it feels like Autumnal Equinox was just yesterday. Wait a second… it was! But that was then and this is, well there’s truly only the moment now, you know? And so it is… the Libra Moonth begins merely two thirds of a day after that most magical Equinox Alignment of our Earth’s axial spine initiated this new season called autumn. And what else is this season called? Oh right… Fall. The leaves are falling, the rain is falling, and I can’t help falling in love with… Who?... well, whoever is ready to love me back, of course. Wouldn’t it be a sin to spend another cold winter without another to keep me warm?
“Shall I stay? Would it be a sin?
If I can’t help falling in love with you?”
Would it be a sin indeed? Where do we even begin with that one… okay… with the greed of need. But better to begin at the beginning, you see? It’s where all good stories start, no doubt. And the tale of this Libra Moonth begins right now! That’s September 23rd at 11:13pm in Seattle as my fingers dance to the drumming of this Fall’s first rainfall. Oh, the falling waters of the heart.
“As a river flows gently to the sea
Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can’t help falling in love with you”
Wait just a second now! Hold your horses, cowpoke! “Take my whole life too???” Careful with those contracts, Jack! Don’t we remember what happened last time Jack rushed up that hill to fetch a pail of water? Well, the truth is that Jill did indeed come tumbling after. But how long did that couples’ dance last, y’all? Perhaps this time it would be more wise to answer the call of the rise, rather than that of the fall.
And so we raise a cup full of intentions to purge the shadow and anchor the light of that which Libra loves most… Love! It’s time to play the Moon Game and participate Below with the mysteries Above. It’s time to release past pains to pave some way for a brighter day, regardless of the rain.
Libra is an Air Sign of Intellect, but Libra consciousness is rather different than that of the Gemini truth pursuit or the Aquarian revolution. Libra has his mind on his honey and her honey on her mind because Libra is the Sign and the wit of balanced Relationship. Shamanic Astrology classifies these season-initiating archetypes of Libra, Capricorn, Aries, and Cancer that the past paradigms call Cardinal as Tradition Keepers and Householders, but I like to call them Service to Others for I feel that description best completes the Trinity with the Mutable Signs we call Service to Spirit and the Fixed Signs we call Service to Self Growth.
Perhaps Libra would better be termed Service to Other for it is the Sign of the Partner. Libra’s intent is to anchor the light of equality through the pursuit of balanced and harmonic relationship. Libra keeps the peace through the spoken art of diplomacy. It is the Round Table honoring others’ opinions as much as we honor our own. Libra has a finger on the pulse of group morale and consensus reality. Equality, Justice, Peace, Harmony. The Scales of Libra seek Balance in every way: in that of Yin Feminine and Yang Masculine, Dark and Light, Day and Night (as Equinox assures), Earthly and Celestial, Body and Mind, Speaking and Listening, Giving and Receiving, etc., etc. Wait, did I mention balance in giving and receiving? Here’s one more… balance in giving and receiving!
If Balance is the Light of Libra, what is the Shadow? Well, Unbalance of course. The Scales lose equilibrium when we give ourselves away. When we lose ourselves to relationship, surely the relationship is lost. And at what cost?... us! Fools rush in! The Scales lose equilibrium when we honor others options more than we honor our own by collapsing into conformity. The Scales lose equilibrium when we decide the deed of diplomacy means muting our own truth to keep some false sense of peace. The Scales lose equilibrium when we believe we honor others through the artless art of indifference; when we need to see other hands in the air before we can find the courage to cast our own vote. “What do you want for dinner, honey?”… “Whatever you want, dear.” What kind of answer is that? Certainly, not one of Libra Light.
What is it that we have foolishly rushed into? To whom or to what have you given you? A father, a teacher, a preacher, or guru? A mother, a brother, a boss, or a crew? A leader, or needer, an illness, or pill? We find Free Will when we Free Our Will! And this is the week to set Libra Moon Game intentions that will guide our release from the false prisons of pretend peace. Let the Game begin!
Yin Moon meets Yang Sun tonight at 01.08 Libra. I’d love to speak all about the many incredible astrological aspects I’ve highlighted on this New Moon chart but let’s not get lost in the astrobabble. For now, I’d just like to honor the other current Planets, Planetoids, and Points in Libra tonight. The North Node, which speaks to the forward direction of our collective soul is now in Libra. It has been since 2/18/14 and will be until 11/11/15. This is a time for us all to be investigating balanced relationship, which makes this Moonth’s Game extra important.
Tonight, the Asteroid Pallas Athena Conjuncts the North Node. She is the warrior Goddess of strategy and wisdom, born from the crown of Zeus fully clad in bronze armor. Mercury is also in Libra today, but will ingress into Scorpio before the First Quarter Moon only to Retrograde back into Libra to finish this Moonth Conjunct the North Node where Pallas Athena is today. I’m tempted to tell the tale of Perseus who freed Andromeda from her chains after freeing Medusa’s head from her neck with the help of Athena and Mercury.
That’s a tale for another time, for tonight I’d like to sing the song of my Libra Goddess. Now many say Hera is the Libra Goddess because she was the one Olympian who choose marriage. She married her brother Zeus. We are told by the ways of old to pray to Hera in times of relationship distress, but when we read her stories, it’s hard to say why. Now, all praises to Hera as I’m sure her true stories have not been accurately preserved, but the ones that have paint her in anything but Libra Light. Her relationship with Zeus was anything but balanced because he was anything but a good husband to her (watch out for the Thunderbolt, Brett!). We are told that Hera spent most of her days torturing the many, many, many women Zeus pursued. Hera turned these objects of Zeus’ infidelity into pigs and cows or had dragons chase them out of town. So why should we pray to the Goddess of Crazy Codependence in times of relationship distress? No thank you, mam.
No, my Libra Goddess is a Titaness named Themis who was a previous wife to Zeus. Now, he ate his first wife, Metis because a prophecy fortold their child she was pregnant with at the time would take his kingdom. That child was Pallas Athena who refused to die and, as I mentioned before, was born from his head. Themis was Zeus’ second wife, but they divorced. As I feel into the stories held within my cells, I feel it was her choice to leave. “You wanna sleep with everything that moves? Okay, that’s your thing. Do what you want to do. But now with my ring on your finger. I’m out!” Themis left Zeus in marriage, but stayed in court to be his wise advisor.
“Themis was the Titan Goddess of Divine Law and Order. She was a prophetic Goddess who presided over the most ancient oracles, including Delphoi. She was the divine voice who first instructed humankind in the primal laws of justice and morality, such as the precepts of piety, the rules of hospitality, good governance, conduct of assembly, and pious offerings. In Greek, the word ‘themis’ referred to divine law, those rules of conduct long established by custom, unlike the word ‘nomos,’ the term was not usually used to describe laws of human decree.” (http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanisThemis.html)
Now, that’s some serious Libra Light! And we’re told that Hera even tolerated Themis’ presence in the court of Olympus. Why? Because she was with Zeus before Hera was? Absolutely not! So was Leto and Hera had Python chase her out of town even though she was pregnant with Zeus’ twins Artemis and Apollo… the Goddess of the Moon and the God of the Sun… they were like a New Moon in the womb. No, I believe Hera tolerated Themis in the court because she had respect, maybe even envy, for Themis’ decision to walk away from an unbalanced relationship, the very thing Hera herself did not have the courage to do.
Themis and Zeus brought six daughters into the world. Three of them were called the Moirai, the Goddesses of Fate. Now I would say that the Fates represent Libra Shadow, for when we lose Free Will to the idea that our destinies have been predetermined, we lose ourselves. The Fact of Fate is not how I play with the Astrological Arts, by the way. Rather I use this celestial wisdom as a road map to consciously align myself to soul choices I have willfully made on a higher plane. The other three daughters of Themis and Zeus represent Libra Light. Collectively, they were called the Horai (the Goddesses of the Seasons), but individually as Eunomia, Eirene, and Dike. Eunomia means Rules, Eirene means Peace, and Dike means Justice. To me, Themis is the embodiment of all three. Now that’s some Libra right there! We all know the image of Dike as the blindfolded Goddess of Justice holding the Scales and Sword, but I feel that Themis, as Divine Law and Order, was Justice before it was blind. The Sword still makes sense because is an esoteric symbol for the intellect (Libra) and is sometimes necessary for us to cut through the nonsense and lies that shadow Libra Light. I’ll write more about the coming major Moon phases that bring Tension, Illumination, and Integration to our Libra Intentions, but for now it’s time to contemplate and voice my own so the last thing I’ll say now is this: there is an asteroid that astronomers call “24 Themis.” It is one of the largest main-belt asteroids and tonight, during the exact of alignment of Libra New Moon, 24 Themis spins at 26.04 Libra, just over one degree from a perfect Conjunction to Mercury. In other words, our collective Libra Mind is aligned to the Goddess who chose and represented Libra Light.
Themis, I can’t help falling in love with you!
But I promise I won’t rush in.
Let the Moon Games begin!
Love and Planets,
Gemini Brett
http://morethanastrology.weebly.com/the-moon-game.html
Virgo
The Virgo Archetype, in her highest light, is independent connection to Spirit through our personal practice and devotion to our Sacred Work. She is Ceremonial Priestess… Virgin Priestess. And He is the the Green Man. I like to say the Virgin has been devirginzized by deceitful definition for, long ago, Virgin did not mean celibate.
“The Virgin Goddesses of myth were not virgins in the sexual sense. In fact, they were often portrayed as sensual and promiscuous. In Latin, the word Virgo means ‘unmarried’ or ‘self-possessed,’ and not sexual purity, but a self-sufficiency which made these deities eschew wifely roles. As mistress of herself, the virgin goddess belonged to no one, and therefore acted solely from her own will.” (Liz Green’s “Mythic Astrology”)
I believe we find free will when we free our will. We have been culturally conditioned to believe it is right for us to devote ourselves to the intentions of others rather than honoring our own. The archetypal image of this current crazy is that prayers will only be answered when addressed through the Papal Post Office. Most of us have now found the humor in that joke, but unfortunately by abandoning Spirit rather than finding it within. Virgo helps us rectify this loss by stoking the flames of our Sacred Work. She teaches us that true independence is found through the practice of undependence. We find free will when we free our will.
Easier said than done! And sometimes we must destroy so that we may create a better way. What must we eliminate to manifest a reality in which abundance is given to those who follow their passion? In the Moon Game I play, intentions of undependence and service through sacred work were to be planted during the first week of the Virgo Moonth, which began with the August 25th Virgo New Moon. The following week, which began with Sagittarius First Quarter Moon on September 2nd brings tensions to our intentions, but illumination begins with the Pisces Full Moon (a Super Moon) on September 8th. Now we begin to see how those tensions have come to help us align to the truth of our Highest Excitement and as we release the old, wisdom comes through to help us embrace new opportunities as the cycle completes.
You can listen to a wily weekend conversation I had with a couple Space Sisters on their Muse Broadcast about the Virgo Archetype and the Moon Game HERE.
“The Virgin Goddesses of myth were not virgins in the sexual sense. In fact, they were often portrayed as sensual and promiscuous. In Latin, the word Virgo means ‘unmarried’ or ‘self-possessed,’ and not sexual purity, but a self-sufficiency which made these deities eschew wifely roles. As mistress of herself, the virgin goddess belonged to no one, and therefore acted solely from her own will.” (Liz Green’s “Mythic Astrology”)
I believe we find free will when we free our will. We have been culturally conditioned to believe it is right for us to devote ourselves to the intentions of others rather than honoring our own. The archetypal image of this current crazy is that prayers will only be answered when addressed through the Papal Post Office. Most of us have now found the humor in that joke, but unfortunately by abandoning Spirit rather than finding it within. Virgo helps us rectify this loss by stoking the flames of our Sacred Work. She teaches us that true independence is found through the practice of undependence. We find free will when we free our will.
Easier said than done! And sometimes we must destroy so that we may create a better way. What must we eliminate to manifest a reality in which abundance is given to those who follow their passion? In the Moon Game I play, intentions of undependence and service through sacred work were to be planted during the first week of the Virgo Moonth, which began with the August 25th Virgo New Moon. The following week, which began with Sagittarius First Quarter Moon on September 2nd brings tensions to our intentions, but illumination begins with the Pisces Full Moon (a Super Moon) on September 8th. Now we begin to see how those tensions have come to help us align to the truth of our Highest Excitement and as we release the old, wisdom comes through to help us embrace new opportunities as the cycle completes.
You can listen to a wily weekend conversation I had with a couple Space Sisters on their Muse Broadcast about the Virgo Archetype and the Moon Game HERE.
LEO
Leo New Moon 7.26.2014
Oh what a Moonth! The exact alignment of this year’s Leo New Moon occurs tomorrow (Saturday, July 26th) at 3:41pm PST. It’s time to set Leo intentions, y’all. The Lion, the Lioness, the I Am, the Mainifest! Prepare to be born from the watery womb of the Nurturing Mother Cancerian Crab into the Firey Force of the Roaring Leo Lion. From the Yin to the Yang. From the Creator to the Creation. Leo serves Self through stoking the Fire of Will, Spirit, and Intuition. Leo is the pursuit of Self Love, Pride, and Confidence. It is the Code of Truth known long ago. Those words all but lost to the past paradigm’s performers on the stage of this great Earth Game: Honor, Valor, Chivalry. Leo is Royalty. Leo is Celebrity. Two titles that carry wrong weight in the current crazy of our collective consciousness for we are given such shite examples of each. But Leo is not the image of the steroided skeletons of the silver screen. No, Leo is the deserving celebrity… the Lioness who has earned the pedestal she places herself on for her Light shines so brightly, we can each ignite our own candle from it. Leo is not some misguided warrior on the crusade to shake the sleeping awake. No, Leo is the guiding Example who walks the talk. Leo is the Leader. Leo is certainly not the shadow of this crumbling Empire’s leadership. It is not the big O in the big Oval. No, Leo is the righteous King; the LionHearted Leader we would gladly follow into battle because His horse is first in line and the battle is actually worth fighting. And what battle could be more worthy than the battle for Self Love, which for some Divine reason is a battle at this time of the Galactic Season for we are culturally conditioned to believe that Self Love is Ego and Vanity, that Confidence is Cockiness, that Pride is Arrogance, and false forces suggest Free Will is lost to Fates of the energies that affect us. This brings us to the most important insight of highest Leo Light. Wisdom that can be summarized in one sacred word: Sovereignty. Sovereignty! What does this even mean? Sovereignty is liberation of Self on all levels: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Soverignty is out birth right as co-creators. It would seem the greatest deceit in this plane of the Earth Game comes through the intent of those who would guide us to use our Will for any purpose that is not our own. Well,our light is OUR light and we ignite Free Will when we Free our Will. We are indeed conscious co-creators. And we are conscious co-destroyers. Leo New Moon gives us the opportunity to destroy the shadow of Vanity and Arrogance that is an expression of the inner critic. Judgment of others is a reflection of Self-Judgment. The Shadow Ego finds its voice in any statement of “I am greater than” or “I am smaller than.” This Shadow Ego is eradicated in the Flames of Leo Fire that allows us to ignite a burning nuclear flame of confidence at our core. Rewiring the circuit to mute the voice of the inner critic allows us to realign our Will to Divine Will. When the Fire of our Higher Genius is guided to flow freely, we channel Solar Energy straight though our Solar Plexus and the Spirit of Source rings soundly in the Force of our intuition. This Fire is fueled when we allow ourselves to create without self-judgment. Leo, we’re told by astrologers of old, is a need for the spotlight, but seeking applause is a curse to the cause. Let’s celebrate our spark through our song and our art without worrying about the watchers. Let us light our flames so brightly that we allow others to do the same simply by simply sunning in the purity of our presence. Let’s do that Lion dance in the embrace of self-romance. This Moonth’s Game guides us will through all four phases of Lunar corners in the fixed signs of Service to Self Growth. It is time to remind ourselves of the Hermetic wisdom, which teaches, “As Above, So Below: As Within, So Without.” Service to Self Growth is not selfishness. Scorpio challenges will ask us to honor the world in its light and shadow by honoring our own. Taurus Illumination will guide us to truly bring beauty to the world without by valuing our inner beauty. Aquarius wisdom will remind us that to know thyself is to know All that Is. And, in the end, the seeds of our Leo intentions will sprout, flower, and fruit into the highest truth that reminds us we truly love the world when we truly love ourselves. I love you, and you, and you and my intentions this Moonth will let me truly love me too. See you in Space! Astrolonaut www.MoreThanAstrology.com And for the astrological artists, how ‘bout that Leo New Moon conjunct Jupiter Square Scorpio Mars, that Cancer Venus, Aries Uranus, Capricorn Pluto T-Square, and that Cancer Mercury, Scorpio Saturn, Pisces Grand Water Trine? Stellar!!! |
Cancer
Gemini
Happiest Gemini New Moon to you! It's time to set Gemini intentions for the Moonth ahead. Gemini is so many things at once. A Jack of All Trades. A Jill of All Trades. Perhaps we could say a Jackal of All Trades :). Gemini is Trickster, Magician, Shapeshifter, Heyoka Coyote, Don Juan and Donna Juana, Circus Performer, Bard, Court Jester, and Starry Teller. The birds who sing for their supper every night! Gemini is Service to Spirit through Intellectual Pursuit of Truth. Because this quest can lead us in so many directions at once, we can find ourselves lost in the feeling that we can't complete one project before many more begin, but if we allow the river to divide willingly, it comes together again with more experience and a better flow. I combat society's suggestion that Gemini energy is scatterbrained with this mantra: These many branches I'm called to climb all emanate from the same trunk!
There are so many stories that illuminate the Gemini mysteries. One tale is that of the Dioscuri, the Gemini Twins, in which Pollux chose to forgo immortality so that he may spend eternity at his brother Castor's side in death as they had done in life. Zeus tested the Truth of Polydeuces' brother love by telling him he would only be allowed to die if agreed to these conditions: Castor would be in the Underworld of Hades and Pollux would be in the Heavens of Olympus. Save for every year they would switch places and when they did they would be allowed to spend the entire day and night in each others company. "Is this enough for you, young Pollux? Do you agree to suffer the hells of Hades every other year for eternity only to spend one day every year at your brother's side?" When Polydeuces agreed without hesitation, Zeus instead placed the brothers eternally side by side in the sky as the constellation Gemini. But just as all stars of the Zodiac rise and set every day, Castor and Pollux spend half their time in the realms Above and Below. Does this not teach us that to truly unwrap the gifts of the Earth Game we must allow ourselves to break free of the binds that would limit our consciousness to the waking reality of everyday life by seeking experiences in the other dimensions? Perhaps we only become Wholy by walking this Earth while allowing ourselves to journey into the Light Without and Above as well as into the Darkness Within and Below. Ours is a tale of Yang AND Yin.
Another story tells us of Nut and Geb whose great love was not allowed. Ra demanded they be separated all days of the calendar year so Tefnut divided them, making sister Nut the Skies Above and brother Geb the Earth Below. But Gemini Scribe, Magician, and Trickster Thoth answered Nut's pleas through skill and strategy. He defeated the Moon again and again at the sacred game Senet. The payment he demanded for his winnings was that the Moon increase Her powerful Illumination, thereby producing five extra days of the year, days not known to the Egyptian calendar. During these five days, Tut and Geb are allowed to come together to share their love, the very union that brought forth Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Seth.
Perhaps Gemini Magic is most amplified through the Embodiment of Eternal Youth. Stories like Hermes' theft of Apollo's herd and creation of the Lyre as a one-day-old baby illuminate these mysteries, but my favorite is one of the many Hindu tales. The Gnostic Gospel of Thomas tells us "The person old in days won't hesitate to ask a little child seven days old about the place of life, and that person will live." What exactly does this mean? I suggest the word "Elder" has nothing to do with age and that sometimes the Child is the greatest Sage. It is easy to see Magic in the awe of the youth whose creative powers of imagination have not yet been discouraged by the societal rules of the Earth Game.
In the great Hindu epic of the Ramayana, Hanuman wishes to return Sita to her husband Prince Ram. She has been kidnapped by the demon Ravana and taken to his kingdom Lanka that lies on the other side of a great oceanic expanse. Hanuman stares at this great separation of water and laments that he cannot cross it to save Sita. When the wise bear Jambavantha overhears Hanuman's lament, he reminds the Monkey God that he is the greatest magician and he can do anything he wants. This is all Hanuman needed to break free of a boon that had been cast upon him. See, his trickster magic was too mischievous in youth so he was cursed to forget it until he was later reminded. When Jambavantha did just that, Hanuman shapeshifted into a giant and stretched across the great oceanic expanse to save Sita. That she chose only to be saved by Ram is another story entirely... kind of.
Gemini is a month for us to rekindle the creative flames of our childlike wonder. This very awe that does not feel the pressure of society's rules is the source of our greatest Magic. When we release the curse that limits our imagination, we remember we can and do anything we want in this Game called Earth. Gemini's pursuit finds stories shared by the myths of all Ancient civilizations. One such story tells us we were created in the image of Creator. Does this not mean we ourselves are divine Creators? Time for us to allow ourselves the Magic of Manifestation.
First quarter Moon will bring the tensions from VirgoLand. Conflicts arise when we lose ourselves to our many responsibilities, but this poison is transmuted to medicine by Full Moon Illumination from Sagittarius who reminds us that, by Seeking Spirit and allowing intuition, we give our Practice permission to free us rather than bind us. Wisdom flows to us from the Waters of Pisces... the greatest merging with All that Is and the open, empathic heart. Let's come together!
Gemini's Planetary representative Mercury will spend most of this month in Retrograde. The Messenger spins into Cancer as we dream tonight only to hit reverse on June 7th to dance again through his sign of Gemini. This is a blessing not a curse. Retrograde Mercury allows us to release the conscious tethers of the waking world so that we may better connect to the Wisdom of our Other Side. Unification of our halves is the greatest gift of the Gemini Twins. Somewhere I recently read, "to truly unwrap the gifts of the Earth Game we must allow ourselves to break free of the binds that would limit our consciousness to the waking reality of everyday life by seeking experiences in the other dimensions. Perhaps we only become Wholy by walking this Earth while allowing ourselves to journey into the Light Without and Above as well as into the Darkness Within and Below." I guess that was worth repeating :).
To the Trickster! It's time for some serious StarryTelling Magic! Just what will you choose to manifest this Moonth? You will be supported.
See you in Space!
- Astrolonaut
www.MoreThanAstrology.com
There are so many stories that illuminate the Gemini mysteries. One tale is that of the Dioscuri, the Gemini Twins, in which Pollux chose to forgo immortality so that he may spend eternity at his brother Castor's side in death as they had done in life. Zeus tested the Truth of Polydeuces' brother love by telling him he would only be allowed to die if agreed to these conditions: Castor would be in the Underworld of Hades and Pollux would be in the Heavens of Olympus. Save for every year they would switch places and when they did they would be allowed to spend the entire day and night in each others company. "Is this enough for you, young Pollux? Do you agree to suffer the hells of Hades every other year for eternity only to spend one day every year at your brother's side?" When Polydeuces agreed without hesitation, Zeus instead placed the brothers eternally side by side in the sky as the constellation Gemini. But just as all stars of the Zodiac rise and set every day, Castor and Pollux spend half their time in the realms Above and Below. Does this not teach us that to truly unwrap the gifts of the Earth Game we must allow ourselves to break free of the binds that would limit our consciousness to the waking reality of everyday life by seeking experiences in the other dimensions? Perhaps we only become Wholy by walking this Earth while allowing ourselves to journey into the Light Without and Above as well as into the Darkness Within and Below. Ours is a tale of Yang AND Yin.
Another story tells us of Nut and Geb whose great love was not allowed. Ra demanded they be separated all days of the calendar year so Tefnut divided them, making sister Nut the Skies Above and brother Geb the Earth Below. But Gemini Scribe, Magician, and Trickster Thoth answered Nut's pleas through skill and strategy. He defeated the Moon again and again at the sacred game Senet. The payment he demanded for his winnings was that the Moon increase Her powerful Illumination, thereby producing five extra days of the year, days not known to the Egyptian calendar. During these five days, Tut and Geb are allowed to come together to share their love, the very union that brought forth Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Seth.
Perhaps Gemini Magic is most amplified through the Embodiment of Eternal Youth. Stories like Hermes' theft of Apollo's herd and creation of the Lyre as a one-day-old baby illuminate these mysteries, but my favorite is one of the many Hindu tales. The Gnostic Gospel of Thomas tells us "The person old in days won't hesitate to ask a little child seven days old about the place of life, and that person will live." What exactly does this mean? I suggest the word "Elder" has nothing to do with age and that sometimes the Child is the greatest Sage. It is easy to see Magic in the awe of the youth whose creative powers of imagination have not yet been discouraged by the societal rules of the Earth Game.
In the great Hindu epic of the Ramayana, Hanuman wishes to return Sita to her husband Prince Ram. She has been kidnapped by the demon Ravana and taken to his kingdom Lanka that lies on the other side of a great oceanic expanse. Hanuman stares at this great separation of water and laments that he cannot cross it to save Sita. When the wise bear Jambavantha overhears Hanuman's lament, he reminds the Monkey God that he is the greatest magician and he can do anything he wants. This is all Hanuman needed to break free of a boon that had been cast upon him. See, his trickster magic was too mischievous in youth so he was cursed to forget it until he was later reminded. When Jambavantha did just that, Hanuman shapeshifted into a giant and stretched across the great oceanic expanse to save Sita. That she chose only to be saved by Ram is another story entirely... kind of.
Gemini is a month for us to rekindle the creative flames of our childlike wonder. This very awe that does not feel the pressure of society's rules is the source of our greatest Magic. When we release the curse that limits our imagination, we remember we can and do anything we want in this Game called Earth. Gemini's pursuit finds stories shared by the myths of all Ancient civilizations. One such story tells us we were created in the image of Creator. Does this not mean we ourselves are divine Creators? Time for us to allow ourselves the Magic of Manifestation.
First quarter Moon will bring the tensions from VirgoLand. Conflicts arise when we lose ourselves to our many responsibilities, but this poison is transmuted to medicine by Full Moon Illumination from Sagittarius who reminds us that, by Seeking Spirit and allowing intuition, we give our Practice permission to free us rather than bind us. Wisdom flows to us from the Waters of Pisces... the greatest merging with All that Is and the open, empathic heart. Let's come together!
Gemini's Planetary representative Mercury will spend most of this month in Retrograde. The Messenger spins into Cancer as we dream tonight only to hit reverse on June 7th to dance again through his sign of Gemini. This is a blessing not a curse. Retrograde Mercury allows us to release the conscious tethers of the waking world so that we may better connect to the Wisdom of our Other Side. Unification of our halves is the greatest gift of the Gemini Twins. Somewhere I recently read, "to truly unwrap the gifts of the Earth Game we must allow ourselves to break free of the binds that would limit our consciousness to the waking reality of everyday life by seeking experiences in the other dimensions. Perhaps we only become Wholy by walking this Earth while allowing ourselves to journey into the Light Without and Above as well as into the Darkness Within and Below." I guess that was worth repeating :).
To the Trickster! It's time for some serious StarryTelling Magic! Just what will you choose to manifest this Moonth? You will be supported.
See you in Space!
- Astrolonaut
www.MoreThanAstrology.com
Taurus
The Taurus Moonth begins with a Annual Solar Ring of Fire Eclipse. Energies have been coming quickly lately. The Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon) on April 15th opened a gateway into our Shadow to prepare for rapid unfoldment with the Grand Cross that reached it's peek on April 23rd. I recorded over 35 hours of astrology readings last week and was absolutely honored to share with so many bright souls deeply devoted to their evolution. My go-to phrase: "the Grand Cross is like the mid-sentence exclamation point of the awakening energy we are all participating with now." I bow to you beautiful creators who have harnessed this energy to catalyze change Within and Without.
No doubt it's been coming on strong: a tightly-aligned Cardinal Grand Cross dancing in the flames of Aires initiation. The fire of the Sun is now briefly hidden as the Taurus New Moon welcomes us back to our roots. Taurus is Earth! It is about the body, the senses. If Pisces is the Waters of the womb and Aires is the crowning of the newborn, Taurus is the crawling to the breast for the first meal of a new life. If Aries is the survivor sprinting from the flames of the plane crash, then Taurus takes over and says, "okay where is my food and water?" Taurus is about sustenance!
This Eclipse asks us to review what we are taking into our monkey suits. Diet is about so much more than food. Taurus asks what we eat and drink, yes, but She also asks what we see, smell, hear, and feel. Does it provide sustenance? Is it natural? Is it of the Earth? Taurus is the Earth! Taurus takes things at Earth's Pace. It is time to slooooooooow doooooooown. The cow has two stomachs, after all. This is about intently masticating and slowly digesting. The leaves patiently crumble and give their energy back to Earth to be born as new Life. It is time to stop this rushing around. No more swallowing tinctures and flower essences like some pill from a bottle. Taurus is about dancing with the Spirits of the medicine and taking the time to bask in the highest light of Nature. Why shouldn't we talk with our food before we eat?
Taurus is about beauty! Look at a tree and you'll see the whole Earth. Capricorn is the structure... the roots, trunk, and branches. Virgo is the leaf reaching for the light of Spirit... the photosynthesis, the devotion to the work Within. And Taurus is... The Flower! The roses need our noses and Taurus knows this best. Let's slow down and be beautiful Bullses. But what's with the bulls? What's with the balls, y'all? Ah, I sense the stench of patriarchal takeover. The divine cow was testiculized and we were told this Earth Yin archetype associated with Goddess Venus is all about stubborn, bull-head, and materialism. Wait, what???
Wrong again! It's time to bring the Holy Cow back into the ring of honor. Time to slowly sip from the udders that fed the Gods. Slow down, beautiful. Honor your beauty as you admire the beauty of Earth. Dance, sing, wiggle, and beam! Let's lose ourselves to scents, sights, sounds, and tastes. And to feels! For really real, for Taurus is sensuality... intimacy as an art form. And Taurus knows how to receive the beauty and abundance that is given to honor her beauty and abundance. Living is beautiful! Those who remember are rewarded by remembering.
Can we slow our pace in this wild rat race? Can we remember those "have-to"s are "get-to"s? Time to set Taurus intentions. Are we honoring our bodies? This is a month to revitalize our focus on the body, on the sustenance, on the yoga, the tantra, the dance, drum, and chant, yeah? I sense a storm a-brewin and it's a storm of beauty. Our roots quench our thirst and the waters will soon sweeten as Cancer Jupiter departs from the Grand Cross to form a beautiful Grand Water Trine with Scorpio Saturn and Pisces Chiron. Let's talk about that. Actually, let's dance about it...
Join us to honor the graceful mysteries of Taurus and Venus this Friday night at Sutra Seattle, featuring the beautiful music of Masaru Higasa and Pepper Proud (on her birthday! :)) as Yaima, Yoga with Jennifer Olson, movement with Cosetta Romani, and much more. This one will truly be much More Than Astrology.
Link to the Event here
Love, Planets, and Roses,
Astrolonaut
www.MoreThanAstrology.com
No doubt it's been coming on strong: a tightly-aligned Cardinal Grand Cross dancing in the flames of Aires initiation. The fire of the Sun is now briefly hidden as the Taurus New Moon welcomes us back to our roots. Taurus is Earth! It is about the body, the senses. If Pisces is the Waters of the womb and Aires is the crowning of the newborn, Taurus is the crawling to the breast for the first meal of a new life. If Aries is the survivor sprinting from the flames of the plane crash, then Taurus takes over and says, "okay where is my food and water?" Taurus is about sustenance!
This Eclipse asks us to review what we are taking into our monkey suits. Diet is about so much more than food. Taurus asks what we eat and drink, yes, but She also asks what we see, smell, hear, and feel. Does it provide sustenance? Is it natural? Is it of the Earth? Taurus is the Earth! Taurus takes things at Earth's Pace. It is time to slooooooooow doooooooown. The cow has two stomachs, after all. This is about intently masticating and slowly digesting. The leaves patiently crumble and give their energy back to Earth to be born as new Life. It is time to stop this rushing around. No more swallowing tinctures and flower essences like some pill from a bottle. Taurus is about dancing with the Spirits of the medicine and taking the time to bask in the highest light of Nature. Why shouldn't we talk with our food before we eat?
Taurus is about beauty! Look at a tree and you'll see the whole Earth. Capricorn is the structure... the roots, trunk, and branches. Virgo is the leaf reaching for the light of Spirit... the photosynthesis, the devotion to the work Within. And Taurus is... The Flower! The roses need our noses and Taurus knows this best. Let's slow down and be beautiful Bullses. But what's with the bulls? What's with the balls, y'all? Ah, I sense the stench of patriarchal takeover. The divine cow was testiculized and we were told this Earth Yin archetype associated with Goddess Venus is all about stubborn, bull-head, and materialism. Wait, what???
Wrong again! It's time to bring the Holy Cow back into the ring of honor. Time to slowly sip from the udders that fed the Gods. Slow down, beautiful. Honor your beauty as you admire the beauty of Earth. Dance, sing, wiggle, and beam! Let's lose ourselves to scents, sights, sounds, and tastes. And to feels! For really real, for Taurus is sensuality... intimacy as an art form. And Taurus knows how to receive the beauty and abundance that is given to honor her beauty and abundance. Living is beautiful! Those who remember are rewarded by remembering.
Can we slow our pace in this wild rat race? Can we remember those "have-to"s are "get-to"s? Time to set Taurus intentions. Are we honoring our bodies? This is a month to revitalize our focus on the body, on the sustenance, on the yoga, the tantra, the dance, drum, and chant, yeah? I sense a storm a-brewin and it's a storm of beauty. Our roots quench our thirst and the waters will soon sweeten as Cancer Jupiter departs from the Grand Cross to form a beautiful Grand Water Trine with Scorpio Saturn and Pisces Chiron. Let's talk about that. Actually, let's dance about it...
Join us to honor the graceful mysteries of Taurus and Venus this Friday night at Sutra Seattle, featuring the beautiful music of Masaru Higasa and Pepper Proud (on her birthday! :)) as Yaima, Yoga with Jennifer Olson, movement with Cosetta Romani, and much more. This one will truly be much More Than Astrology.
Link to the Event here
Love, Planets, and Roses,
Astrolonaut
www.MoreThanAstrology.com
Aries
Pisces
Aquarius
Aquarius Super New Moon is here! Pardon the ridiculous amount of exclamation points, but I'm pretty damn excited about this one. Exact conjunction between Moon and Sun at 10 degrees 55 minutes Aquarius is January 30th, 2014 at 1:37pm as the Green Wooden Horse gallops through the puddles of Black Water Snake. In this Moon Game, it is time to seed intentions of releasing Aquarius shadow and anchoring Aquarius light. In the shadow we find the runaway hiding out in emotional detachment and intellectual snobbery of academic assholery. Goodbye, good sir. And in the light…
Aquarius is the highest Air! I mean this not as a statement of hierarchy, but simply to say that the Libra diplomat is where the Air grounds to Earth and Aquarius flies through the ethers at the other end of the spectrum where the mind licks the flames of the Fires above. Aquarius is Service to Self Growth through conscious expansion: the hermit in the cave meditating to the point of rainbow body astral projection into the galactic netherlandia eagle-eye overview of All That Is… the blast off into the cosmic cradle of astral intelligence!
We were told to "stop spacing out and get back to work!" when we were caught fleeing the forced focus by diving into the dots of the classroom ceiling and drooling our way through delicious daydreams. Decades later, we fold ourselves into pretzels and “om” for hours trying to retrieve the strength of imagination that was destroyed by the drill sergeants. Revisiting those realms requires us now to tear the tethers of conscious limitation. Away we go!
Once we blast off into the beautiful beyond and open our minds to the miracle of ethereal intellect, we will unlock the second stage of the Aquarian Mysteries. We will become the eccentric mad scientist bringer of new paradigms. I’m talking about Prometheus who stole fire from the Gods to give to his creation… us. This fire is not only technology, it is the intellect capable of creating it. It is one of our greatest gifts. One that reminds us we are divine creators. Did Prometheus not create us in the image of the Gods?
Aquarius is way out of the box, baby. In fact, there just isn’t a box at all for this revolutionary change agent. Our Aquarian intent to bring a new way to community demands we release the rules of conformity and let our freak flags fly. When we do, we will have the goods we need to usher in the dawning of the new age that is Now.
Service to Self Growth is difficult for us to pursue because we’ve been taught it is selfishness. The demonstrator, the revolutionary, the chronic Congressional letter-writer has little respect for the hermit in the cave. What’s she doing up there? Doesn’t he know the Earth is a mess? Come back and get to work, hermit! Get a gun in your hand! A picket sign for heaven’s sake! A pen for the political pleas at least! Do something!!!
Oh, but they don’t realize that the hermit IS doing something. Something big. Something more. Something revolutionary. They don’t understand Service to Self Growth IS a Service to Spirit, that it IS a Service to Others because they don’t understand the nature of Hermetic wisdom, which states As Above, So Below; As Within, So Without. I take these principles quite literally. I take them to mean the conflicts of the outer world are merely reflections of our inner conflicts. If this is true, we heal the world by healing ourselves. We honor the world by honoring ourselves… our light AND our shadow. LOVE YOURSELF, LOVE THE WORLD! Into the cave, Aquarians! And when the work (play) is done, we will return with the gifts we have been given by the astral above. We will bring them back to community, but with our caves ever intact… just in case.
First Quarter Moon week starts February 6th in Taurus. Conflict and Resolution will come from the Earth. Will our rocket ships be too tethered to the ground? Will we have to battle the voice that tells us to slow down? Will the rooted lightning rod attempt to divert the bolt of revolution? Good luck! “Get out of the head, get into the heart and body,” you said? Fiddlesticks! The intellectual revolution begins now! Hours after the First Quarter Moon, Mercury will Retrograde in Pisces then dive back into the squiggly Aquarius waves. And all respects to the Bearer, but those waves ain't Water. It’s all about the Air.
Illumination comes from the Leo Full Moon week starting February 14th. Isn’t that sweet? Time to write Valentines to your magical mind. Give flowers and chocolates of Leo pride, confidence, and self-love to your beautiful brain. Be mine? BE MIND! On the 18th, the North Lunar Node will ingress into Libra from Scorpio. The forward direction of our collective consciousness is rising from the Waters into the Winds. And it will be there for 19 months. It’s all about the Air.
February 22nd starts the Integration week from the Sagittarian Seeker of Intuitive Truth in Service to Spirit. We come forth from the cave with new models of conscious community. We return with blueprints for better being. On February 28th, the last day of this Aquarian Moon Cycle, shortly after the Moon crosses His path, Mercury will station Direct and our minds will step out of the Waters they have bathed within durimg the past two years of Water Sign Retrogrades. It’s time for a blow dry. Two years of Air Sign Retrogrades begin now and we carry the Cosmic consciousness of Aquarius astronaut until the June Retrograde cycle completes… in Gemini. It’s all about the Air.
A new revolution is beginning… an intellectual revolution. Whisper in Revere’s ears that the Green Horse is saddled and ready to ride. Actually, forget that guy. It’s time for Einstein riding a beam of light dream in a Tesla time machine. Just what will the new Prometheus bring? I believe it’s time for the flameless fire of free energy and its first sign will be seen when we
free
our
minds...
See you in Space,
Astrolonaut
www.MoreThanAstrology.com
Aquarius is the highest Air! I mean this not as a statement of hierarchy, but simply to say that the Libra diplomat is where the Air grounds to Earth and Aquarius flies through the ethers at the other end of the spectrum where the mind licks the flames of the Fires above. Aquarius is Service to Self Growth through conscious expansion: the hermit in the cave meditating to the point of rainbow body astral projection into the galactic netherlandia eagle-eye overview of All That Is… the blast off into the cosmic cradle of astral intelligence!
We were told to "stop spacing out and get back to work!" when we were caught fleeing the forced focus by diving into the dots of the classroom ceiling and drooling our way through delicious daydreams. Decades later, we fold ourselves into pretzels and “om” for hours trying to retrieve the strength of imagination that was destroyed by the drill sergeants. Revisiting those realms requires us now to tear the tethers of conscious limitation. Away we go!
Once we blast off into the beautiful beyond and open our minds to the miracle of ethereal intellect, we will unlock the second stage of the Aquarian Mysteries. We will become the eccentric mad scientist bringer of new paradigms. I’m talking about Prometheus who stole fire from the Gods to give to his creation… us. This fire is not only technology, it is the intellect capable of creating it. It is one of our greatest gifts. One that reminds us we are divine creators. Did Prometheus not create us in the image of the Gods?
Aquarius is way out of the box, baby. In fact, there just isn’t a box at all for this revolutionary change agent. Our Aquarian intent to bring a new way to community demands we release the rules of conformity and let our freak flags fly. When we do, we will have the goods we need to usher in the dawning of the new age that is Now.
Service to Self Growth is difficult for us to pursue because we’ve been taught it is selfishness. The demonstrator, the revolutionary, the chronic Congressional letter-writer has little respect for the hermit in the cave. What’s she doing up there? Doesn’t he know the Earth is a mess? Come back and get to work, hermit! Get a gun in your hand! A picket sign for heaven’s sake! A pen for the political pleas at least! Do something!!!
Oh, but they don’t realize that the hermit IS doing something. Something big. Something more. Something revolutionary. They don’t understand Service to Self Growth IS a Service to Spirit, that it IS a Service to Others because they don’t understand the nature of Hermetic wisdom, which states As Above, So Below; As Within, So Without. I take these principles quite literally. I take them to mean the conflicts of the outer world are merely reflections of our inner conflicts. If this is true, we heal the world by healing ourselves. We honor the world by honoring ourselves… our light AND our shadow. LOVE YOURSELF, LOVE THE WORLD! Into the cave, Aquarians! And when the work (play) is done, we will return with the gifts we have been given by the astral above. We will bring them back to community, but with our caves ever intact… just in case.
First Quarter Moon week starts February 6th in Taurus. Conflict and Resolution will come from the Earth. Will our rocket ships be too tethered to the ground? Will we have to battle the voice that tells us to slow down? Will the rooted lightning rod attempt to divert the bolt of revolution? Good luck! “Get out of the head, get into the heart and body,” you said? Fiddlesticks! The intellectual revolution begins now! Hours after the First Quarter Moon, Mercury will Retrograde in Pisces then dive back into the squiggly Aquarius waves. And all respects to the Bearer, but those waves ain't Water. It’s all about the Air.
Illumination comes from the Leo Full Moon week starting February 14th. Isn’t that sweet? Time to write Valentines to your magical mind. Give flowers and chocolates of Leo pride, confidence, and self-love to your beautiful brain. Be mine? BE MIND! On the 18th, the North Lunar Node will ingress into Libra from Scorpio. The forward direction of our collective consciousness is rising from the Waters into the Winds. And it will be there for 19 months. It’s all about the Air.
February 22nd starts the Integration week from the Sagittarian Seeker of Intuitive Truth in Service to Spirit. We come forth from the cave with new models of conscious community. We return with blueprints for better being. On February 28th, the last day of this Aquarian Moon Cycle, shortly after the Moon crosses His path, Mercury will station Direct and our minds will step out of the Waters they have bathed within durimg the past two years of Water Sign Retrogrades. It’s time for a blow dry. Two years of Air Sign Retrogrades begin now and we carry the Cosmic consciousness of Aquarius astronaut until the June Retrograde cycle completes… in Gemini. It’s all about the Air.
A new revolution is beginning… an intellectual revolution. Whisper in Revere’s ears that the Green Horse is saddled and ready to ride. Actually, forget that guy. It’s time for Einstein riding a beam of light dream in a Tesla time machine. Just what will the new Prometheus bring? I believe it’s time for the flameless fire of free energy and its first sign will be seen when we
free
our
minds...
See you in Space,
Astrolonaut
www.MoreThanAstrology.com
Capricorn
Every nineteen years our Solar and Lunar calendars converge. So it is with 2014 as we have Capricorn New Moon on January 1st. The exact Lunisolar Conjunction occurs at 3:12am on the West Coast. This calendar convergence is accompanied by the strong energy of a Cardinal Grand Cross formed by Moon, Sun, Pluto, and Mercury in Capricorn; Uranus in Aries, Jupiter in Cancer, and Mars, in Libra. More on that later, but for now I'll say that if you stay up late night for the exact New Moon, you will be rewarded with a beautiful view of the two visible players of the Grand Cross: Jupiter will be high in the Western Sky while Libra Mars rises in the East.
This is the time to seed intentions that embrace Capricorn Light and release Capricorn Shadow. I find Capricorn is one of the most misunderstood of the Earth Feminine Archetypes that have been twisted by patriarchy. Capricorn is presented by many as the archetype of the Father, of discipline, rules, structure, law and order, project management, and task mastery. I propose that this suggest light of Capricorn is actually her shadow. How can Capricorn possibly be Father when it is, by very nature, FEMININE Earth? Capricorn is not the Father and it is not the SeaGoat!
The myths tell us Jupiter's father Saturn would have eaten him like he did his brothers and sisters if Gaia had not hidden him away in a cave on Mt. Ida where he was raised by wood nymphs and fed the milk of a goat named Amaltheia, mother of Pan. When Zeus grew up and took the kingdom from his father, he honored his nursemaid by placing her eternally in the heavens as Capricornus. So Capricorn is not the Sea Goat, it is the SHE Goat! Capricorn is not the father, but Amaltheia, perhaps Gaia herself. It is not discipline, but devotion. It is not structure, but security. It is not the law and order of man, it is the law and order of nature... divine law and order. Capricorn is the Circle of Grandmothers, the Stone Circle Builders. Capricorn is Wise Elder intent on preserving the traditions and wisdom of Earth for the seven future generations. As my teacher Daniel Giamario says, "If it don't grow corn, Capricorn does not approve!"
We are living in a time where shadow Capricorn provider father has run way out of control. We can see this on all levels. On the national level it is this police state that is rapidly forming around us. Big brother is watching you, don't you know? Well, rightful Feminine Capricorn is hear to remind you that BIG MOTHER IS LOVING YOU! ALWAYS!!!
Capricorn is EARTH. This is a time to set intentions of grounding our monkey feet deep into Gaia's soil, of allowing ourselves to slow down to Earth Pace, of observing the structures we have assembled around us as well as those that have been assembled for us with or without our consent. If they do not promote the health of the future seven generations and the Earth herself, they don't grow corn. How do we spend energy we shouldn't providing for others, taking on work for others, and, in the process, taking from them the growth doing their work would allow them? How do we allow ourselves to be provided for in ways that take these opportunities from us and that challenge our personal strength and security? Time to let that go. "If it don't grow corn..."
Capricorn intentions will undergo tensions from the Aries world of warrior / protector, will be illuminated by the Cancer Nurturing Mother, and will be integrated in Scorpio, which asks us to experience and express our deepest emotions, passions, desires, and excitement. Capricorn is about rules and the righteous rules we define are those that provide us security, comfort, and support. Scorpio has the amazing alchemical talent of rewriting rules that don't serve.
This Cardinal Grand Cross is amplifying the energy 100fold for us to make significant changes to Capricorn this month. Evolutionary Pluto will join the conjunction as will Messenger Mercury. Uranus will make sure the Aries Conflict / Resolution is revolutionary. Jupiter will support our illumination as Caner nurturing mother. Saturn (the planetary representative of the Capricorn mysteries) in Scorpio will help us perform the alchemical arts to our highest.
Good bye Sea Goat... Hello She Goat!
Good bye discipline... Hello devotion!
Good bye big brother... Hello Big Mother!
Love and Earth,
Astrolonaut
This is the time to seed intentions that embrace Capricorn Light and release Capricorn Shadow. I find Capricorn is one of the most misunderstood of the Earth Feminine Archetypes that have been twisted by patriarchy. Capricorn is presented by many as the archetype of the Father, of discipline, rules, structure, law and order, project management, and task mastery. I propose that this suggest light of Capricorn is actually her shadow. How can Capricorn possibly be Father when it is, by very nature, FEMININE Earth? Capricorn is not the Father and it is not the SeaGoat!
The myths tell us Jupiter's father Saturn would have eaten him like he did his brothers and sisters if Gaia had not hidden him away in a cave on Mt. Ida where he was raised by wood nymphs and fed the milk of a goat named Amaltheia, mother of Pan. When Zeus grew up and took the kingdom from his father, he honored his nursemaid by placing her eternally in the heavens as Capricornus. So Capricorn is not the Sea Goat, it is the SHE Goat! Capricorn is not the father, but Amaltheia, perhaps Gaia herself. It is not discipline, but devotion. It is not structure, but security. It is not the law and order of man, it is the law and order of nature... divine law and order. Capricorn is the Circle of Grandmothers, the Stone Circle Builders. Capricorn is Wise Elder intent on preserving the traditions and wisdom of Earth for the seven future generations. As my teacher Daniel Giamario says, "If it don't grow corn, Capricorn does not approve!"
We are living in a time where shadow Capricorn provider father has run way out of control. We can see this on all levels. On the national level it is this police state that is rapidly forming around us. Big brother is watching you, don't you know? Well, rightful Feminine Capricorn is hear to remind you that BIG MOTHER IS LOVING YOU! ALWAYS!!!
Capricorn is EARTH. This is a time to set intentions of grounding our monkey feet deep into Gaia's soil, of allowing ourselves to slow down to Earth Pace, of observing the structures we have assembled around us as well as those that have been assembled for us with or without our consent. If they do not promote the health of the future seven generations and the Earth herself, they don't grow corn. How do we spend energy we shouldn't providing for others, taking on work for others, and, in the process, taking from them the growth doing their work would allow them? How do we allow ourselves to be provided for in ways that take these opportunities from us and that challenge our personal strength and security? Time to let that go. "If it don't grow corn..."
Capricorn intentions will undergo tensions from the Aries world of warrior / protector, will be illuminated by the Cancer Nurturing Mother, and will be integrated in Scorpio, which asks us to experience and express our deepest emotions, passions, desires, and excitement. Capricorn is about rules and the righteous rules we define are those that provide us security, comfort, and support. Scorpio has the amazing alchemical talent of rewriting rules that don't serve.
This Cardinal Grand Cross is amplifying the energy 100fold for us to make significant changes to Capricorn this month. Evolutionary Pluto will join the conjunction as will Messenger Mercury. Uranus will make sure the Aries Conflict / Resolution is revolutionary. Jupiter will support our illumination as Caner nurturing mother. Saturn (the planetary representative of the Capricorn mysteries) in Scorpio will help us perform the alchemical arts to our highest.
Good bye Sea Goat... Hello She Goat!
Good bye discipline... Hello devotion!
Good bye big brother... Hello Big Mother!
Love and Earth,
Astrolonaut
Sagittarius
Happy New Moon! The most magical moment is 4:23pm PST today when Moon Conjuncts Sun precisely at 11degrees Sagittarius. It is time to set intentions that honor the highest light of our inner Archer, the archetype of seeker, explorer, vision-quester, and traveler. Sagittarius is Service to Spirit through devotion to the intuitive pursuit of TRUTH. Nothing matters more than absolute truth and books, blackboards, news reports, and dogmatic belief systems have little to do with it. Fiery Sagittarius summits the mountain to get a better view of All That Is. There are many, many paths to the peak and purpose is much more significant than technique.
It is also the time to set intentions of purging the perceptions and belief systems that have seduced us into Sagittarius shadow. This demon is best demonstrated by the fundamentalists and fearful keepers of training-wheel traditions that limit our direct connection to Spirit. Those who tell us we cannot change the world have chosen the only path that does not lead to the peak. They'll run around the mountain's base yelling, "that's impossible!" to we who have chosen to climb. When we establish camp, we can construct an elevator for them. Even the so-called 1% will be welcome, for above the clouds, it will become absolutely clear that we are all one. The truth we seek will prove the intentional landslides they create are exactly what motivates and strengthens us to summit the mountain. Their poisons only help our medicine grow.
When we unplug ourselves from the control mechanism by focusing our energy on our lives instead of on the fairytale traps of the television and toys, we awaken to the obstacles that have limited our direct connection to Spirit. Sometimes, Seeking is NOT believing the bullshit. When we uneducate ourselves to release the lies that have confused us, we purge perceptions that have hidden in our shadow and open our minds and hearts to truths that will help us embrace our birthright as divine creators. My general rule of thumb has become, “Any subject I’m told is nonsense only tin-foil-hatters would believe in is worthy of my investigation.” Clearing the clutter of manipulated memory banks gives us the gift of direct communication with our intuitive heart and summons the stream of synchronicity we can follow to our truest selves. We we honor our truth, believing IS Seeking.
My practice for these intention-setting rituals is “state clearly, summon, surrender, stay tuned to the subtleties, and trust Spirit will do the rest." The Moon’s movements will guide our success. This week’s Sagittarius intentions, will be tested by tensions from the waters of Pisces vision, and empathic oneness. They will then be illuminated by trickster Gemini who also seeks truth but intellectually and while engaging in social celebration of eternal youth. Integration of our intentions will be unwrapped by the archetype of Libra who is balance, diplomacy, and practitioner of pure partnership. Won't that be a pretty Christmas present? Perhaps we'll see we can talk to the trees instead of just decorating them.
What conditioning of consciousness, dissemination of disinformation, treachery of tradition traps, and mainstream media manipulations can you release this month to honor the TRUTH of your inner Archer? It’s time to notch some arrows and aim for the target of a truer you. See you at target practice!
Love, Planets, and Bullseye of Belief,
Gemini Brett
It is also the time to set intentions of purging the perceptions and belief systems that have seduced us into Sagittarius shadow. This demon is best demonstrated by the fundamentalists and fearful keepers of training-wheel traditions that limit our direct connection to Spirit. Those who tell us we cannot change the world have chosen the only path that does not lead to the peak. They'll run around the mountain's base yelling, "that's impossible!" to we who have chosen to climb. When we establish camp, we can construct an elevator for them. Even the so-called 1% will be welcome, for above the clouds, it will become absolutely clear that we are all one. The truth we seek will prove the intentional landslides they create are exactly what motivates and strengthens us to summit the mountain. Their poisons only help our medicine grow.
When we unplug ourselves from the control mechanism by focusing our energy on our lives instead of on the fairytale traps of the television and toys, we awaken to the obstacles that have limited our direct connection to Spirit. Sometimes, Seeking is NOT believing the bullshit. When we uneducate ourselves to release the lies that have confused us, we purge perceptions that have hidden in our shadow and open our minds and hearts to truths that will help us embrace our birthright as divine creators. My general rule of thumb has become, “Any subject I’m told is nonsense only tin-foil-hatters would believe in is worthy of my investigation.” Clearing the clutter of manipulated memory banks gives us the gift of direct communication with our intuitive heart and summons the stream of synchronicity we can follow to our truest selves. We we honor our truth, believing IS Seeking.
My practice for these intention-setting rituals is “state clearly, summon, surrender, stay tuned to the subtleties, and trust Spirit will do the rest." The Moon’s movements will guide our success. This week’s Sagittarius intentions, will be tested by tensions from the waters of Pisces vision, and empathic oneness. They will then be illuminated by trickster Gemini who also seeks truth but intellectually and while engaging in social celebration of eternal youth. Integration of our intentions will be unwrapped by the archetype of Libra who is balance, diplomacy, and practitioner of pure partnership. Won't that be a pretty Christmas present? Perhaps we'll see we can talk to the trees instead of just decorating them.
What conditioning of consciousness, dissemination of disinformation, treachery of tradition traps, and mainstream media manipulations can you release this month to honor the TRUTH of your inner Archer? It’s time to notch some arrows and aim for the target of a truer you. See you at target practice!
Love, Planets, and Bullseye of Belief,
Gemini Brett