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Virgo: Good Decisions Re: your own wellbeing

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I feel like I can easily simplify the message for this Virgo New Moon. Yes, Mercury is moving into Libra on the same day. Yes, Venus is moving into Scorpio on the same day. This is all about purging and relationships. It’s about cutting out/editing and (sometimes) making the (tough) choices that are best for one’s own wellbeing. Each person is responsible his/her/their own life and circumstances. Our decisions begin very early on in our lives and the accountability begins there, even before we knew what we were doing. Our brain waves are in theta state for the majority of our childhood. We inherit perceptions and behaviors that we later have the responsibility to edit if we want our lives to perform differently than what that subconscious programming and the environment at the time allowed. Do we have a responsibility to know what we are doing? I think, yes. Being mindful of how actions affect others, perse if one lashes out at another in judgement and believes so righteously in one’s own narrow view, it doesn’t mean the other party has to participate or even agree with your perspective or identified reality. The thing is, no one is forced ‘into’ relationship. Relationships are like most working arrangements: “AT CHOICE.”

If someone wants to lash out to you due to their own delusions, let them, and merely remove yourself from the line of fire. You do not have to suffer the attacks of others because they “think” they love you, when in reality, their actions are their verbal abuse (Mercury movements) and misapplied projections. Virgo is not the same as its opposite sign of Pisces, which is more in the expression of “unconditional love” and has “trouble with boundaries,” and quite frankly: seeing clearly. That’s not to say that Pisces is wrong and Virgo is right. Absolutely not. It’s far more nuanced than that. Don’t make astrology into rigid blocks and definitions or caricatures.

Virgo uses an active discretion to carve out the healthy life one deserves to live, with people, who not only respect one’s boundaries, but one’s authority over oneself to be self governing, self-discriminating and aware of what is inherently good or bad for their given moment on this planet. In other words, Virgo helps us understanding alignment and proper situational service. It is a sign of mental awareness of one’s body and current conditions. You can destroy your body with your mind, or vice versa. The mind has that power over oneself.

Back to relationships, which is more appropriate for the specifics of this New Moon in Virgo and the imminent Venus retrograde. Look at the flags, red and green.

People who are willing to speak sensibly will not lash out when you protect your own space. That’s an easy red flag. One usually shows concern for the other when a boundary comes, respect is offered in healthy relationships. Do not confuse a boundary with a demand. I have heard toxic people try to insist that their boundary is that you behave a certain way; and it’s usually those people who still insist on the relationship in the first place, as long as it conforms to their toxic reality and perspective. Usually there is a sense “you owe me” in those relationships. It’s really easy to spot. If you place a boundary they will get mad. Overtime if you have grown up in such a toxic environment, you learn that self-protection is wrong. It can be very hard to live in a world with that false belief.

Lasher-outers, in fact, most likely lack self-respect themselves, and think you ought to help them continue such a program, unchecked. In your ultimate compassion, you still should not be in their line of fire. They will make you think that if you are their target, you’ll heal them, or be good for them in some way. Do not fall for it.

You are free to “slice” yourself free from toxic cords and open yourself to the life you are designed to live from your heart of sincerity. Virgo comes after Leo, a sign of the heart, but the Virgoan nature can be true, or harshly and destructively inaccurate–if it operates without heart at all (awareness, knowing, loving). Accuracy matters with Virgo. If someone doesn’t understand the harm they caused after one or two explanations;and shows no interest in understanding anything besides their own position, you can most likely figure that no amount of energy you invest in them or in the communication attempts will lead to more understanding. They are not interested in understanding. They are only interested in being “right” in your “wronging of them,” because you are not conforming to their expectations of how things should go. You are not conforming to their reality as they know it. That confuses them, because they cannot comprehend that they are wrong–there isn’t an inkling of doubt in them, which is a bit odd.

At this Virgo New Moon, it’s time to release the victim and focus on those healthy relationships that I know you have; and if you don’t have any, it’s likely you need even deeper self examination, and more personal accountability. Love will never be a scorecard; and people who are loved, when it is true, will simply feel respected. The will FEEL loved. They don’t need to be convinced that you are the right, and loving one. That’s how simple it really is.

Now go build your schedule and your health around the people, work, and relationships that truly have your wellbeing in mind; they will always be willing to listen and collaborate, or negotiate–especially if they were momentarily in their feelings and got a chance to reflect and make amends, or are interested in repair.

Anyone else, is simply asking you to negate them from your field, and stop allowing them to be the energetic vampire. You are NOT serving them if this is what they are doing. You are contributing to the problem if you don’t free yourself.

Divine Work: Focus and Presence

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The divine work IS bringing the divine presence into each new moment, onto the Earth.

The Pisces Partial Lunar Eclipse was on August 27/28. The energy was mystical to a large degree, and the sense of release through surrendering to the divine outcomes was prominent. Uranus brings the “unexpected” to the table with the square aspect at 5 Gemini. This is a strong Mercury-flavored chart with the Mercury/Sun Cazimi (close conjunction) just a day beforehand. Many were finding that the eclipse was helping to close out the larger cycles that tied back to the previous years between March 2015- February 2017, when the eclipse axis was also Pisces/Virgo.

Here’s brief look at the former dates for your introspection regarding the Pisces/Virgo nodes, so you can gaze upon your own life and themes.

1978-1980,

1987-1989,

1997-1998,

2006-2008,

2015-2017,

2024-2027 (with the final eclipse at 2 Virgo, February 20)

The card I pulled for the group of individuals who read my blog is “The Green Woman.” Just looking at the image you can feel the inward gaze of energy into that precious cauldron with the Sheela-Na-Gig. The magical creatures in the hands of the Green Woman with her mouth and eyes yielding to the creative energy within her as fresh leaves sprout from her mouth and eyes show her balanced gaze is richly serious. She seems beyond capable of the tasks before her in the still waters of that cauldron; she can look beyond what is known, and into the unknown. This is her divine job, as a service to create through transmutation, to become the alchemist.

“Appearing at a time of rich nurturing and protection, of learning and initiation, when loving and fertile relationships, both human and universal, abound, the Green Woman mediates the sacred sovereignty of the Earth’s soul and can show the path to understanding and communion with nature. But with this blessing comes responsibility. Remember that this glorious, magnanimous and generous spirit can live through you, radiated by the sacred breath of life and given to others who need guidance and healing. Learn from this abundant and joyous spirit of the Earth and be at one with the world and your true self.”

That divine work is the service of allowing the Spirit of the true Self to move through you: to become the formless one and transfer that energy into your physical, earthly form.

This deck has become my new primary deck, and it’s been lovely working with these cards. This card was so striking for me as I was attending a Joe Dispenza retreat in my local area during this Lunar Eclipse and outdoors walking with my Joe Dispenza “tribe.” During the partial lunar eclipse there was a thick layer of fog as we performed the walking meditation of , “The Mystic’s Walk.” The whole experience of the eclipse was woven into this mystical walk and deep integration of the mystical self.

I believe that each one of you knows your own soul’s work; it may take on many forms beyond your day job. You might have experienced and be experiencing the change in your daily rituals, and even the calling for something more from your soul. Listen to this, with each passing day, remember that you are first Spirit, and second comes your body, and your physical form. You are the essence of all of life.

With this full moon and lunar eclipse, may you express your deepened experience as the mystic, serving from a greater capacity on this earth. If you have wept and released, then you living well on your mission to purity and clarify the way Spirit wants to move through you: to become a clearer channel.

If you can trust and let go, you are one step closer to your pure nature (all of us). If you can’t, then you are in the process of alchemizing and transmuting your particular energies of experience, translating for all of humanity with each step of the way. Be gentle with yourself as you slowly integrate the messages and lessons that are happening within you, mirrored by great cosmic clock in the movements of the celestial bodies, for you are beyond time and object. You are pure presence…

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Solar Eclipse Messages in Leo – Instructions for a new generation

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There’s no doubt this solar eclipse chart is fascinating, and “at large.” I say that for the following reasons, but first of all is the Jupiter/Mercury conjunction in Leo. Lots of LEO. There are so many aspects–and formations, for that matter–that I could write about, but I want to resist the temptation (at least for now). I’ll maybe save that for the end if I have the energy (and time) left. Let me know, dear readers, if you prefer the analysis of each of the parts, or the basic, overall message? For this post, I’m just going to list the aspects and patterns at the end, and get to the point, first.

To me, a solar eclipse (particularly this one) is like a little pocket of magick-time best for escaping into, and clearing all the chatter and noise around us. Once inside this little pocket, there’s a little union of silence ‘button’ that you can tune into, press, and it “resets” or a reboots your whole operating system (from the distant past and into the distant future). You have broken into the mainframe of your own timeline and you have access to your life destiny coordinates. You can even hit the cruise control button for extra rest. The options are… unlimited.

That doesn’t mean this eclipse doesn’t come with surprises, crises of faith, purpose or function, and deep unearthed revelations and purgations. Here was just some of the (simplified) setup:

Leading up into this eclipse, and with the Full Moon in Aquarius, there was so much oppositional energy–intense duality and what I call “friction and flying.” I call it that, as I just made it up, because challenging aspects (squares, semisquares, inconjunctions, quincunx, oppositions) mixed with trines can make things like this: you easily and quickly slip into mud because you stepped on a banana peel, and then not-so-easily get yourself out! But that Full Moon on and around end of July was more of a WATCH OUT sign. Now, we’ve been in eclipse territory.

The thing about eclipses: You can’t enter the same way you leave. Yes, it’s kind of like knowing the end before the beginning so you can decide on the beginning.

That’s the way an eclipse works to my mind, and to my experience over the years. It can seem like a blink, and changes are not obvious right away, but they can happen in an instant and everything is different. Most likely, it requires hindsight to capture all its messages, because of the sheer volume of them.

However, once you reintegrate on the other side of it–perhaps months, maybe six or more– you may find yourself experiencing a much more unified signal within your energetic system.

The card that came up specifically for this Solar Eclipse in Leo, “10 of Arrows, Instruction.” I find it a valuable pointer to the “child” aspect of Leo, but in this case, the child is not merely playing as though it’s a separate activity from working and living itself. It’s not the function of childhood (joy for joy’s sake). This child is learning a valuable life skill, one that has transferable talents such as holding aim, breath, calmness, balance, fixation on target, (timing) when to release, etc…

The Leo dynamic can direct us back to the Child/Parent relationship. A child becomes its own parent. A child comes of age and is born into leadership by the merits of its own generational needs and tasks. Skills and talents are transferred and taught from the previous generation, but each individual is born into his/her/their era for their own specific purpose, dharma or Dao (Tao).

None these instructions are written down.

Why?

Because this era and its needs are within the present day, and this day and era never existed before. To apply old adages would be an insult to the needs of the times.

Leo is about creation rather than imitation.

We inherit knowledge, but we do not inherit the exact circumstances in which that knowledge must be applied. AND, the knowledge we have gained from the previous generations has to be adapted (in some cases completely transformed) to be supportive and useful in the current times; otherwise, it can be harmful.

Final thoughts: ancient wisdom can still help us to steady our hearts and minds and support our final lessons in apprenticeship/in childhood. Ultimately the time comes for the child to lead, to become the parent of the next generation. If you notice there is also a spiritual element to this. There is a certain way that our ancestors have our backs, but can’t give us the instructions. They can only give loving support. They can only wish us well, and hope that what they have taught us will be enough for us to grow with the wisdom that is needed for our present times.

Aspects

two strong oppositions:

  • Pluto in Aquarius opposite Mercury/Jupiter conjunction
  • Venus in Libra opposite Neptune in Aries

T-square

  • Mars squaring both Venus and Neptune

Kite

  • Gives more information and dimension to the T-Square because it includes Venus in sextile to Uranus, which are both sextile to Mercury/Jupiter conjunction, with the grand trine being the Venus->Uranus->Pluto configuration. Internally the kite has those oppositions shared above.

Mystic Rectangle

  • 4 corners are (Mercury/Jupiter), Venus, Pluto, and Neptune

2 Mini Grand-trines (seems more popular these days to point them out). It’s a trine between two planets and a sextile from each of those planets to the 3rd). 1). Mercury/Jupiter, Venus, and Uranus 2). Neptune, Pluto and Uranus

Aquarius Full Moon: Tune in and listen to the cosmic death poetry

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I pulled a card for this full moon, for all of us. Since this full moon is energetically lit with an incredible, vivid contrast, I wanted to know more about the poetry Spirit told me about… and here it is in this card:

This card says, “The sense of loss was tempered with the joy of release and the promise of regeneration.” (Ryan & Matthews, 2011, p. 63)

That’s just the point of this full moon, perhaps. But there is more.

It does have some questions. Take your time reading them.

How can we stay “available” as an observer? How to be ‘in the poetry’ and not merely the object of its annihilation? How do we release the center-point of the obstacle within our framework as a ‘someone’ experiencing the ending of our former selves, cast off into flames? Can we not just go poof in the night, wake up gently, and be refreshed? Must the ending be so harsh?

If you’ve been feeling deeply from the nourishing invitation of the previous new moon in Cancer, you might have made yourself a softer bed to lie on, as you collapse into oblivion, that is…

The answer, I believe, is to tune into that lowest hum of the cosmic voice. It reads like poetry to your heart if it uses its ears…yeah you read that right, and it’s not mere synesthesia.

In true Aquarian style: the cosmos/your heart is saying something quite unique for each and everyone one of us. Your own body is the instrument to retrieve this. You use your senses to find it, but you also transcend those very senses in the process of recognizing them. Take your time. Read slowly.

So if this link down below doesn’t embed properly, it’s fair game to just tune in by yourself and putting “additional information” aside. (Looks like it ended up being a link. It should, at the very least, open in a new tab for you.) If you chose to tune into yourself and see if you heard anything, even better. The video at the link is long and you might not have the time for it, so precede with the text, instead. It’s your call.

LINK HERE

With this Full Moon in Aquarius conjunct Pluto AND opposite the Sun in Leo conjunct Jupiter: the very ‘bright’ meets the very ‘dark.’ It’s a stark difference in consciousness for those who are observers. It’s full of endings and detachment. It’s a full moon for the record books that says, “this is what I learned (what burned), and this is what I definitely didn’t learn (I might do it again, I’m not safe yet!), and here’s how I am going to move forward, regardless (it’s time to be more brave and remove myself from attempting to control outcomes).” Why? Because outcomes are not the point.

The nodes have recently swept out of Pisces/Virgo, so we aren’t looking for either perfection nor redemption anymore.We have lost patience with anything like that. Do you see that Mars square Venus? That’s a nice, feisty aspect. It can bring the spicy you need for any additional purge. It adds additional rev and verve. Look closely, it might sparkle.

This is not your time to spring forward though. It’s more of a step-aside–a taking of assessment. Saturn recently stationed retrograde, which to me, supports my point. Take a deeper inward breath, and gaze at that dang navel. If you do this with gentleness, it will lead you back into the world of community, of humanity–the humanity that has hope and vision, and the one that WILL adapt. Because adaptation is really what is called for. Adaptation is your calling. It’s not a wholesale destruction. It’s an opening point that can only show itself after you’ve really allowed yourself to clear the smoke of all those fires within and without burning relentlessly… the Fires that have been blazing and necessitating your attention. We aren’t here to put out the fire. We are here to really get aligned with the purpose of the fire, really hear and know its message. That’s going to be different for each and every one of you.

I will mention, though, that with all that Leo energy, it’s quite possible you might spontaneously combust and burn into the person you weren’t meant to leave behind, leaving the luminosity of Spirit, the one who guides you, ever more at the forefront.

Source:

Ryan, M., & Matthews, J. (2011). The Wildwood tarot: Wherein wisdom resides. Sterling Ethos.

New Moon in Cancer: Simply your nourishment

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It’s no surprise that prognosticating astrologers say, and the word of the times (haha or on the streets of the internet), that things are complex and dramatic. To some extent that is true, with a lot of very interesting and provocative changes taking place in the transits above! However, I’d like to take that notion and give it a balancing point to simplify and return to the “easier street” of simplification. We can ask ourselves simple questions to get into the heart of this lunation, and get a little bit more cozy.

What truly nourishes you? Where do you feel supported and like you can belong and be yourself?

This lunation has a challenging square with Saturn in Aries and Venus is receiving a lot of personal narrative review with the S. Nodal position conjoining it. The common themes of Venus are topics related to finances, relationships, women, and comforts and balances. Venus rules both Libra and Taurus, so all your keywords and phrases in the languaging could be expanded upon by looking at those signs. However, Venus is also a very esoteric and magical planet, known for the pentagram it traces in its orbital path. There’s a real beauty to it. Fortunately the Mars/Uranus conjunction is separating in Gemini, so some of the intensity is evolving into new shapes and patterns.

Venus:

Cancer is a sign of mother and motherhood. The expression of unconditional love can come in the form of boundaries and clear limitations. Limitations can create the supportive space for the young life to grow unencumbered by destructive forces. One must take heed of one’s environment and fashion it to the best of one’s capacity to be a safe place in order for the soul to be nourished, and for the creativity to flow. Don’t be afraid to be clear about your boundaries and needs. The time has come for your greatest alignment with your soul’s path, and your own personal magick to unfold and flourish. Bring your light into this world, with gentleness, kindness, and the deep breath of faith and trust, that your heart is in the right place. You’ve worked hard for this. Saturn is here to support you. A challenging planetary aspect can be just the support you need to ground and arrange your space for your highest and best good.

Emotional uncertainty vs. Long term clarity: The real work

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This full moon in Capricorn gets rocked by the Mercury station-retrograde in Cancer. It can be choppy waters moving through the center of that commanding mountainous canyon. But very few lunations exist in isolation without contact and interaction with other planetary movements, such as no man nor woman is an island.

There’s usually a bigger story to be told that umbrellas the smaller, more personal stories. For example, there’s the rumblings from the changes of the upcoming nodal movements next month in July. We are saying “goodbye” to much victim consciousness and perfectionism and judgment with regard to the Pisces/Virgo nodal dynamics. The next set of nodal link-ups corresponding to our “destiny” trajectory is thematic of Aquarius/Leo: the collective vs. the individual. (Let me remind you here that duality is a glimmer of a more wholesome truth: that opposites are quite alike, and only apparently different).

That said, we are in the midst of a turn within the wheel of our season, in Summer, for the Northern Hemisphere, the Solstice energy has recently peaked. The fire element is revving up in the sign of Leo as Jupiter has just spent a while in Cancer and is about to join Venus in Leo—the two recently conjoined in Cancer and set off a new story around values and family, relationships and meaning: giving new possibilities to the old watery themes.

What’s next requires its own paragraph. Mars just entered Gemini to be with Uranus (newly in Gemini). That’s pretty big news for this Full Moon in Capricorn, as it’s happening at approximately the “same time” as Mercury station retrograde in Cancer. The air signs help us to “free” up some of this really intense water (water trine last year) that we’ve been experiencing, and finally dapple in some levity. There’s exceptional room for curiosity now, discoveries and mental flexibility. I believe the invitation with Mercury stationing retrograde in Cancer, which thematically is tied to the past and the emotions including sensitivity around comfort and caretaking–again–the invitation here is to use the mind to break free from former constrictive karmic cycles. Seeing the old hamperings in a new light, revising the personal narratives to set off better movements, and that is to say setting off onto the world’s work (Capricorn). (Because we have a lot to do.). Roll up your sleeves.

This full moon in Capricorn brings quite an ending, though, for sure. Ending is not as good of a word as the word: culmination. But I did want to punctuate the expression of a deep severance from the diseased parts of the old order. It’s time for new work. Thankfully this comes for those who have been doing the dutiful work and even the Great Work– Alice Bailey style “lifelong process of transformation–not simply self improvement but union of personality and soul, purification and initiation, service to humanity, co-creation with divine purpose.”

I pulled the 21. World Tree Card for our full moon in Capricorn reading, for all of my readers, near and far. This card ended up as perfect to help illustrate the energy of this full moon.

For more text on this card, it’s already online here. It’s from The Wildwood Tarot:

“As a symbol of the bridge of consciousness between the great universe in outer space and the small universe inside every human mind. The World Tree marks the end of The Wanderer’s trip and the starting point for another journey. The Wanderer began his journey around The Wheel with an innocent, passionate curiosity. It is the journey that has brought wise experiences, along with the gift of knowledge. Now, The Wander is taking the final steps along the path of the maze of life, entering the heart of The World Tree to become an integral whole with the cosmic memory.” …

“The universe blesses anyone who seeks knowledge and wisdom with a sincere heart. The universe has an absolutely generous heart, giving its richness and beauty unconditionally. No matter how long life can be and no matter how difficult, challenging, and harsh it is, if we persevere, integrity and success will come to us. The blessing is bestowed materially or spiritually. After a long process of learning and being suppressed by responsibility, now is the time to immerse yourself in the light of revival and enjoy your own glory. Take a breath of fresh air, drink fresh water, and warmly rejoice in the infinite energy of the universe.”

The above paragraph highlights that genuine caring and sincere heart, the unconditional love, reflected by the innocence of the child in the sign of Cancer, one who meets the harshness of the world in Capricorn, faces struggle and up-hill battles, only to be become freed through perseverance and sincerity… can finally… breathe (Mars and Uranus in Gemini).

“Take a breath of fresh air, drink fresh water, and warmly rejoice in the infinite energy of the universe.”

You have been purified, and you are purifying. Letting this former chapter go, is a good thing.

The culmination is here.

Gemini New Moon: More than a touch of chaos

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Who’s having fun? Anyone, anyone? This New Moon in Gemini might feel zippy and frenetic. It might feel like something to “manage,” but the truth is, today (while I’m writing this) we have the Nodes in exact square with the planet Uranus. There’s unexpected perks coming at you from all directions! Considering that the planet Uranus is in Gemini, the sign of the New Moon, it’s an extra-extra Uranian vibe to it. That’s okay. Weird things can work out on their own. You might have a problem one moment, and then the next moment it goes “poof.” You might have sudden insights around problems you’ve been trying to solve for a long time. Your tech: it might be acting up. Maybe your nervous system is a little bit wonky and you’re not sure what’s going on. Well, that’s kinda also been an on-going theme, right? But today and this weekend with the New Moon, the volume on the WONK is turned up, maybe past 11. In the midst of it all, we are doing the weird dance of “polishing up” things we want to have look extra good–or focused on visual projects with the artistic flare, AND, we are in a place of opportunity to have some extra fun. The reason I’m using the word extra, extra: it’s probably the Venus/Jupiter conjunction in Cancer that came and went and currently in a separating aspect. Mercury is on its way up in Cancer headed up to join with Jupiter. Mercury is the ruler of Gemini.

Fly with the butterflies my friends.

My post today is very brief because I will be away soon, and I’m busy working on the plans for that. I’m dealing with a lot of technology as well. Is there something special about this particular lunation? I think it’s the unique ability to run up against a maximum capacity, and then well, to find a way to go beyond it. It’s like the stars are reaching out for us. They want us to reach back to them. I like the connection of the hands. The hands are ruled by Gemini. This morning I saw a post where two spiral galaxies in Virgo (the other Mercury ruled sign) are in a dance. Here’s the image and the direct quote. But before we proceed to that: Set an intention. This New Moon in Gemini, I plan to go beyond what the mind can conceive and believe. I encourage you to imagine what thinking beyond your current mind might look like…

NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)

“Arp 240 is an astonishing galaxy pair, composed of spiral galaxies of similar mass and size, NGC 5257 and NGC 5258. The galaxies are visibly interacting with each other via a bridge of dim stars connecting the two galaxies, almost like two dancers holding hands while performing a pirouette. Both galaxies harbour supermassive black holes in their centres and are actively forming new stars in their discs. Arp 240 is located in the constellation Virgo, approximately 300 million light-years away, and is the 240th galaxy in Arp’s Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.”

With the exception of a few foreground stars from our own Milky Way all the objects in this image are galaxies.

This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.

Celebrating the beauty of duality and multiplicity. Gemini twins show us that there’s a mirror, and on the other side, is another us. Multiple mirrors make new surface repetitions. The repetitions are like an echo into the infinite potential of what we all are.

Image credit unknown, found on astroseek: https://www.astro-seek.com/seek-images/sun-signs/gemini-sun-zodiac-horoscope-sign.jpg

For your viewing pleasure, I am attaching a neat site I just found with hand-print inspired drawing ideas.

And! Just for fun…. How much can you HANDle the chaos with Gemini-style levity and banter? Happy New Moon in Gemini loves! Make it fun.

Sacred ‘Wild Card’: Sagittarius blue moon

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I’m laughing to myself today as I write this today. I have Fox Mulder’s voice in my head: “The truth is out there.” I think that’s appropos for this full/blue moon in Sagittarius on May 31, 2026. Check the internet for your local time for this lunation.

Gazing at the stars we look for signs, but ultimately the truth is ‘here,’ right in our hearts. The truth is alive and it’s wild–untamable and majestic. The truth rises like a star in the night, certain and set to a course, its scene matched perfectly to the wobble of the precession of the equinoxes, but how it plays out by the time we receive the messages it mirrors, could be convoluted. Reliably though, we have this beautiful landscape of stars, ever changing, to keep us company, to keep us enchanted, forever. We, therefore, are never alone in our search for this truth in our hearts, this truth in the cosmos…and how they both match and unite as the wisdom found through living.

What culminates at such a full moon as this? Is there a vision or a dream that was evoked at the onset of the Aries Saturn/Neptune conjunction in February–a knowing that cannot be unseen nor erased? Is there a sacred longing to pair with this wild sacred summons? ‘Where to’ will the arrow from your quiver project? With the strong Uranus opposition to the Sun, trines with Pluto to Uranus and to the Sun, the taste of freedom is on the tongue. Once again, it’s time to hitch your wagon to a star.

There’s a desire that is wild and ready for adventure, expansion; a new way to “see” things has taken full shape. This whole Full Moon/Blue Moon energy is filled with Breakthrough energy. It also wafts in the unexpected on the winds, sharing with it the zesty scent of surprise. Just who knows from where these revelations will be elicited!

In the second week of June, Venus will meet closely with Jupiter at 25 degrees of Cancer. For those of you with personal planets here, the emotions will be especially rich. Jupiter expands and Venus softens and they work very malleably in Cancer, the water sign. Venus is shaped by family and concerns. Personal values are highlighted and find home in the tenderness of caring for others. This is a good opportunity for what is on the mind to join and merge beautifully with the heart. Starting at this full moon and moving through the month of June. Many more changes are upon us in July and August–as the nodes are about to shift once again. We live during the most exciting times!

Stay true and honest as you watch the show unfold. Enjoy being a participant in this grand story that you have chosen. As always, may all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. If you’re anything like me going through this journey with the stars, you’ve already been expanding rapidly, stretched and re-shaped… and the universe is still asking: keep widening ever more, more Spirit, more Love, and more Embodiment. And, yes, it’s kind of like a card game, with a deck that was already stacked long, long ago 🙂 Just what will you draw next?

Opportunity to build a new foundation: Taurus new moon

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New moon in Taurus

This new moon in Taurus has the following major aspects:

  • Conjunct Mercury in Taurus
  • Conjunct Uranus in Gemini
  • Sextile Jupiter in Cancer
  • Sextile Neptune in Aries

This New Moon, depending on which house in your natal chart, will open a door to the opportunity to lay a more enduring foundation and point of presence and security in your life. This may come through a deeper analysis of your values and how you want to express them in the area of your chart as indicated when projected onto the nativity chart.

Pluto is trine the Mercury and Uranus conjunction helping us to really pull out old thought forms, extricate them by the roots; and, that is part of the process for laying the new foundation with the Taurus new moon. Uranus lends the archetype for out-of-the-box thinking and unusual inspiration.

With the Venus and Neptune square at this new moon, there’s still a question around what possibilities can exist for which delusions and illusions are influencing your experience, how to enlighten these remaining questions around relationships, finances and values, is rooted in beliefs and perceptual overlay (Neptune).

Overall this New Moon is like a welcome mat to the new domain of a more enduring and unshakeable foundation within your life, one that is palpable, concrete, and able to discern.

During a time with so much chaos, uncertainty and unknown, there’s a place within your life is inviting you deeper into your solid knowing and inner core. This can be further activated with Taurean themes such as music and vocalizing, using the voice and getting your hands deep into the soil/soul of a garden. This can be opening your senses further to the vibrations of the cosmos that are ever more permeating the Earth experience with more awareness at the collective level. Feeling out the dance steps to a favorite song can be another way to boost your knowing and embodied experience of this New Moon and strengthen its potential to help you manifest and experience more solid ground.

Many blessings! May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. May we all move closer to our authentic beingness with each lunation, as we are part of the process of the awakening for all. W

e are the one being, each uniquely flavored aspects of this on-going creation, fulfilling our purposes and sharing our experience as we can, will, and do. Blessed be. blessed be!

Going beyond death: The May 1st Full Moon in Scorpio

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Making Peace with things not going the way we wanted…

When life doesn’t bear fruit, when the seeds we planted died, when the shocks aren’t absorbed well and destruction happens and it takes more time to clean up our messes and spills. Take a look.

I pulled this card specifically for this blog post (for all of us.). This is the gift of the shadow, the previously unknown, and the unveiling of what’s been unsteady, misaligned, or simply not ready yet. This is the foundation that seeks ever more stability (Taurus), structure, support, embodied wisdom-always to balance with its opposite axis. The sign of Scorpio will show us where our weaknesses and vulnerabilities are. Alas, Scorpio is also known as the most resilient sign in the Zodiac. Compared to the Phoenix that rises up from the ashes, the Scorpio archetype is never blotted out, never dies, effectively goes beyond death (even unintentionally!).

provided by Debra Rogers social media

In the midst of our grieving, we must dance atop our own destruction! The ego can be so very tricky. I don’t subscribe to there being anything ‘wrong’ with the ego, but it’s the part of us that breaks open and cracks like the outer hard hull, shell, or encasing.

When we break out, this is where we figure out what we are really made of. Who we are really, but the infinite as incarnate, carrying around skin and bones, and many temporary minds, for a relatively brief time?

I invite you to take this Full Moon, squaring Pluto in Aquarius, and liberate any discordant energy. Can it be with us? Can we allow it to be present? If not now, then when?

Eclipse window widens at Virgo Full Moon

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Pisces energy dominates this full moon/eclipse chart, especially with the touch of ‘fire’ of modern Pisces ruler Neptune newly established in Aries. We are in a full surrender to the moments that we have no control around–which we could argue are all of the moments. I don’t need to mention the world events because the destruction and chaos is clearly happening and we are in the dynamics of massive change. Months ago, I spoke of end of February and the dynamic of Neptune and Saturn conjunction in Aries for the longer stays–Neptune being the longest at approx 14 years. We knew that a punctuated event would take place within the vicinity of the timeframe of the astrological transits, which is why astrology is so helpful to bring more awareness. It’s a mirror/mandala and a way to reflect. While it does not dictate the future, it can share with you the future’s weather in terms of the energies at play. I want to dial into more personally how we can benefit from this information. We each have our own ways that we relate to the impact of the whole.

The gift of this eclipse at Virgo is that we can more keenly respond bodily to the sensations of our awareness. Using the body as a tool for awareness and sensation, we can more immediately figure out how to apply care for our personal needs. Our routines and rituals can find grounded expression with meditation, exercise, and our spiritual practices. Spiritual practice can be a place to land when the energies are so intense and deeply impacted through fear, worry, or nervous system chaos in reaction to the lack of control. Breathing strategies can bring more sensation into the body and away from the mind such as box breath, oven this pursed-lip breathing as described below.

Jupiter features here while in retrograde, but it is forming a harmonious aspect to the Sun and the Moon in this eclipse. This means that Jupiter can amplify the intensity for better or for worse. Jupiter can bring us into our faith as well as to challenge it. Ultimately the bigger picture is in question when Jupiter is active in a chart. Jupiter can also symbolize the spiritual teacher and guidance. One looks to the “Guru” for removing the obstacles that obscure truth, reality, and by reuniting us beyond our inner suffering, to touch the infinite hope that cannot be extinguished.

May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. This message as all my messages are sent with love and respect for your unique journeys. May you be well. May you experience peace.

Confluence of Astro events & Happy Valentine’s Day ♥️

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It’s getting to be that time. The exact conjunction (of Neptune and Saturn) is on February 20th, but Saturn just moved into Aries yesterday—so now both planets are both at 0 degrees Aries (different minutes until exact conjunction)! Saturn/Neptune conjunctions happen every @36 years.

This adjusts the energy quite a bit. It’s going to become increasingly more focused, as it’s just the very beginning. Aries is all about starts and beginnings as the first sign of the zodiac, so that energy is “doubly” new-new.

With the Solar Eclipse at 28 Aquarius on February 17, we have the beginning of the Chinese zodiac of the Fire Horse year. Interestingly I’ve had an expert Chinese medicine shamanic astrologer say in a zoom call within my Chinese medicine community say that these energies began as early as Feb 4. I suppose, and it’s been my experience, that exact dates and times can conflict depending on your resource, but also that individual sensitivities differ. Since Mercury is swimming in Pisces, and will be going retrograde at the end of the month: we still have plenty of Pisces influence for a bit longer— despite the majors moving out. Yes, Mercury is currently in its pre-shadow retrograde.. Pisces is gonna continue with the themes of endings and undoings, and the lacking of clarity and concreteness—yet filled with divinity, boundlessness and inspirational capacity.

Side note: It’s so cool to notice that astrological events are becoming increasingly “common knowledge,” as they are being more talked about on all platforms. The social world is full of it. My recommendation is you always confirm dates locally with astrology software and with an ephemeris. Also, don’t follow the hype! Nothing is rarely as dramatic as it’s hyped up to be; and, no one’s nervous system deserves the constant activation. ♥️

Back to my point about Pisces energy still being strong despite these other beginning transits and massive (long-term energy) transitions.

If you look at the solar eclipse chart below for the 17th, you can see that the Node is still in Pisces and conjunct Venus with a nice trine to Jupiter at 15+ Cancer. This keeps that water energy flowing strongly for a bit longer.

Change is definitely underway, however—in multiple domains—and for the long haul with the planets of Neptune (Aries) and Pluto (Aquarius), for certain.

The nodes will be changing soon in July of 2026, so this eclipse is just a “touch” of that Aquarius “soon to be” nodal vibe change. Nodes change approximately every 2 years and influence the dominant trends of society. We have personal nodes linked to our birth charts and they return every 18 years approximately. There’s the nodal opposition every 9 years, too. (This is all linked to the birth chart).

Astrological changes, as you can see, are like waves that overlap. Influences are no more black and white than the temperatures of water in the ocean are not exactly hot or cold, as there’s many areas of influence across the landscape. Plus, you get the floaty bits of mixed temperatures on different body parts! Also, you are moving and swimming within it. Your senses respond differently than others (even right next to you) based on how your nervous system interacts with the environment.

Since it’s Valentine’s Day and all, I’m seeing extra hearts. The one below, however, is from a group I’m in, organized around seeing hearts in nature. This one is by Courtney Antonucci. I had asked her if I could share it and give her credit. The image brought me joy. She said “Yes.” She says she hopes the image brings more joy to others, too.

Courtney Antonucci photo credit

That’s just the thing, right. We want to spread peace and joy. We want to build up where it’s torn down. We want to provide salve to the injury, and prevent more injury!

But we are living in dramatically uncertain times—that, in itself, creates a bit of an on-going injury around safety and confidence.

Mud can be such a metaphor for our days as so much beauty exists within the slop of this “becoming,”

Even mud with some water mixed in can give a lovely reflection. You can still see the real things: the reflected things. (Don’t get me started on reality, let’s save that for another post.)

I am sending you all love from my heart to you and yours on this Valentine’s Day. If anything, can we please all just love each other more and more! That’s my wish! And, May all beings be free from suffering. ♥️

Leo Full Moon: Embrace your unique timeline and flow

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In theory or perhaps in the depths of our beingness (Leo), we dissolve into the state of the all-ness (Aquarius). This would be “us” experiencing non-separation from all of life. While identity, then, looks as a thin veneer (Leo). It holds us in unique contrast to the whole (Aquarius). We still find ourselves awkwardly fleshing out and standing tall as ourselves, non-the-less—as a phenomenon (Leo/Aquarius). We just are. Our identity is our apparatus.

While this “Selfhood” or apparatus is distinct, it’s not merely marked by one’s preferences of likes and dislikes nor of one’s performance scores on all dimensions of human output. It’s not fully lit, either, by being called a name, or by virtue of having our own tell-tale gait.

Sometimes what makes us stand out is the ways in which we simply cannot conform. No matter how hard we try, we stick out like sore thumbs against a sea of sameness. This shows up clearly when we attempt to perform or people-please. We find ourselves failing.

The individual vs the collective is the main theme of the Leo/Aquarius dynamic. It expresses this “divide” on the surface, but on the deeper level, shows us how one carves out a true “role” in life, by conforming to one’s inner alignment. That alignment may stand in stark contrast to what the collective is doing at any given time, but it does not mean that it doesn’t serve the collective, nor act as its agent.

The collective needs our self-agency.

Getting really clear on what’s true for us is what this time calls for. It’s the clarion call of courage for facing fears/and those delusions around what hides or masks our lifeforce.

It’s important to continuously “take time out” for reflection and deep diving into what makes ourselves a “good fit” for the collective, for just this reason. Because we do have a role. We do matter, and we are important. It is just this beautiful combination of self-assigned and divinely-assigned role we play as we move through our daily lives interfacing with the collective.

Maybe by listening with courage to the inner, stable voice of confidence (Leo), we gain our sustainable freedom (Aquarius) to explore from places where we are already anchored into our knowing. Holding step with this ‘divineness within’ simply helps us to pilot our humans better. When we can better pilot our human, based on its own flight and optimization requirements, (such as a living, organic vessel would demand), then we can be of better service and in better rapport with the collective.

Should you find yourself well-rested, nourished, and resourced: well now……there’s the full freedom to live a life of meaning and creation just waiting for your specific, attuned actions!

When we explore the depths of this Leo archetype, we flow with the light of our beings as the beacon. We need not steam-roll others and be arrogant (that’s not even on the table for offer!) because we come from a place of purity and innocence in our simplicity. We are in part responding to the needs of our bio-organism while simultaneously creating and producing from inspiration. This is the basic chemistry of our true selfhood–the one that is ‘ready to play’ with the synergy of the collective.

Thank you for being here! Thank you for reading!

Below is a really lovely meditation that I hope you get to enjoy in honor of this Leo Full Moon.

Capricorn New Moon: Thick Magick

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Whatever you do in life in earnest, do it with a certain focus and a determined intent– this precision of mental focus mixes with reality, and profound magick is the resultant matter.

A new moon in Capricorn gives us a sincere opportunity to bring the best of our magick 🪄 into the making.

It’s a potent New Moon in the bone-wielding and earthy stabilizer of Capricorn. Capricorn is a sign with tremendous grit. This Earth sign is ruled by Saturn, the “archetypal “bone mother.” We can build with this energy, emphasized by the newness of the moon and the structural potential of Capricorn. It’s an auspicious beginning, one with grounded potential. It also comes at the END of Saturn in Pisces and after a long series of “28” degree planetary symbolism. This new Moon taps the 28th degree of Capricorn as Saturn “peaces out” Pisces from a 2+ year stay. Neptune also leaves Pisces after @ 14 year stay (Feb 3, 2012).

The 28+ degree is linked to that anaretic “29th” that is echoing in all these lunar patterns, with the real emphasis being on both Saturn and Neptune having been lingering at the 29th, anaretic degree in Pisces. Here’s a list with lunations tied to this similar anaretic pattern: recent and upcoming:

🌑 New Moons at ~28 degrees

September 21, 2025 — New Moon / Partial Solar Eclipse in Virgo at ~29° (≈ 28–29°) — an eclipse lunation hitting that late degree threshold. 

October 21, 2025 — New Moon in Libra at 28°21′. 

November 20, 2025 — New Moon in Scorpio at 28°11′. 

December 19, 2025 — New Moon in Sagittarius at 28°24′. 

January 18, 2026 — New Moon in Capricorn at ~28°44′. 

February 17, 2026 — New Moon / Solar Eclipse in Aquarius at ~28°49′. 

March 18, 2026 — New Moon in Pisces at ~28°27′. 

This is an unusual pattern and it definitely stands out.

Saturn is also known as Cronus in Greek myth, and Chronos by later philosophical and esoteric conflation. The way we work with time can be magickal. That being said, this New Moon is part of Saturn’s exit from Pisces. Since Saturn is the ruler of Capricorn, there’s that link again to Saturn’s “last breaths” held in the space and grace of Piscean magickal intention, (and mind-bending.) Pisces rules the imagination and pre-structural realm.

Pisces and Saturn together have created a formal link that is getting more “heated” as it is transitioning into the February Saturn/Pisces-ruled Neptune conjunction in Aries, punctuated with that eclipse in Aquarius (28+ degrees) within days of the conjunction—coming so soon—and ushering in the new pattern of eclipses in Leo/Aquarius that will gradually build in the new directions of the North and South nodes of the moon. How perfect that this February lunation will also bring in the year of the Fire Horse. 🔥 🐴 (to be discussed in future posts). Back to the nodes, then back to NOW.

The nodal change is the indicator of the new thematic trajectory of the past and future continuum.

The New Moon’s energetic charge here, on the 18/19th of January is so concentrated. It’s even moreso with the recent Venus star point activation, during the superior conjunction of the Sun, having happened just days earlier. Days before that with both Venus and Mars in conjunction to the Sun!

This is special and unique astrology.

Again, this lunation chart has such magickal potential written all over it.

If all the above wasn’t enough, I see Mercury conjunct Mars stand out. Applied willpower is steeled via the mental plane (in its highest expression) and made to affect matter— those very structures existing via Saturn and Capricornian order and expression.

In fact, the only “not centered” planet, in this potently energetic “ Capricornian New Moon” stellium-dominant chart, is Jupiter, pulling an opposition to the Mercury/Mars conjunction in Capricorn from the sign of Cancer. To my eyes, this serves to reinforce the focus of the already potent patten in Capricorn. I see Jupiter’s 8 degree orb within interpretative range to act as an amplifier of this aforementioned magickal potential. Like Jupiter is the virtual “wand” pointing right to the Mercury/Mars conjunction, wielding further influence to bring about an effectively focused and positive outcome…

Please read the Science of Magic by Dean Radin.

This new moon has all the possibilities and potential of Psi (the field of non-local mind to matter influences). Please check out Dean Radin’s legitimate and helpful scientific research that confirms many mind over matter experiments that support the existence and application of Psi. Most of the experiments were done with random number generators, designed with double-blinded, gold standards.

My final words for this New Moon in Capricorn: potent, potential, possibility (for Magick!)

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Above all is the power of love and its gift is pure magick 💗 Pisces (the sign of the current North Node) is representative of Higher Love, the transcendent love that knows no space nor time. Marvelous endings usher in marvelous beginnings and this New Moon is a glimmer of hope that you could sew in as golden seeds—for it will have lasting impact with proper intent.

Happy New Moon! Use your magickal potential wisely!

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Happy Holidays! 🎄♥️ 2025

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Art by our little one, 2025

Wishing all my readers near and far for a fun and safe Holiday Season filled with delight and cheer, and the kind of cozy peace that meets your needs in every way.

I like to think about those miracles and the magic of the season. It’s a rich time for tradition and memory-making. It’s also lovely to revisit classics and call in the sacred Winter stories of all times. ❄️

It can be a challenge for many who experience hardship and estrangement, but hope can always be there to support and to lift up our gratitude and soften our hearts while in grief. If we each look inside for the light within: we find it, ever-glowing! 🌟 It cannot be extinguished.

There are so many ways that the stars light our paths—may we be ever-inspired by the mysteries we are given. Each new moment can bring that miracle or the change that we were seeking. Anything is possible.

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Thinking of you all, sending love 😍, peace and wishing for your happiness…

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Ka