Intuitive Insight Pathways: Intuitive Insight Pathways-December 1-5, 2011
At a...: Intuitive Insight Pathways-December 1-5, 2011 At a time when expectations generally rise to outrageous proportions, it may be time to consi...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Intuitive Insight Pathways-December 1-5, 2011
At a time when expectations generally rise to outrageous proportions, it may be time to consider some simple ways to connect to the precious gifts of our lives. Starting with the beauty and awesomeness of the Universe in which we live...here on our tiny blue bubble. We can look up each night, reminded of the grandeur of all that is.
December’s night sky finds Venus and Jupiter the brightest stars, visible just after sunset as the skies begin to darken. In the middle of the night, Mars rises, and you will be able to see it through the night until dawn. Mercury makes her appearance in the morning sky each night from early December until January.
Just above the southewest horizon in the constellation of Sagittarius, is Venus. Venus will appear to be moving eastwardly across the sky until December 6, when Venus then lines up with the Moon, just above Nunki, the so-called, shoulder star of Sagittarius. From mid-December on until January, Venus moves into the Constellation of Capricornus. Venus will appear visible around 6:30 PM (PST) as she sets in early December. As the new year opens, Venus will be setting around 8:45 PM (PST).
Jupiter is visible on December 1, as you look to the horizon at an ESE angle. By Dec. 6, the Moon will appear between Jupiter and two other stars in the Aries constellation. Jupiter will be the star below the moon, the other two stars (Sharatan and Hamal) will appear above and beside the moon. You might imagine on another night long ago, thathave these four heavenly bodies lining up could have appeared to be one bright star. Makes me wonder. Jupiter travels through the night sky setting about 4:00 AM. By January, Jupiter will be setting by 2:00 AM, so for you night owls, we should have a view of her through the winter night skies, provided you’re not experiencing a storm. Jupiter has been visible in the night sky all Autumn, and will continue on through the early winter.
Saturn, in the constellation of Virgo, will be rising in the early morning, around 4:00 AM, visible to you early birds. Another planet visible until sunset at this time of the year, Saturn will move about 4 degrees during December, and then she’ll enter a retrograde cycle in January, slowing down and moving just one degree in January. You will find Saturn in the southern sky, toward the southeast. By the end of January, Saturn can be spotted due south.
Next week, December 6-19, the Geminids meteor showers will be visible. We’ll talk more about this next week. December can have some crystal clear nights, so we’ll talk more about stargazing as we move through the month ahead.
The Sun in Sagittarius, sparks expanded vision, visions of sugar plums dancing in our heads, and bountiful ideas. Later, we’ll be asked to put our ideas into a more Capricornian pragmatic framework, but for the first three weeks of December, we’ll be dreaming and envisioning. This year in the Northern Hemisphere and the western time zones, the Winter Solstice will fall in the late evening of December 21 (further east, on December 22).
According to Astoria’s Ship Report guru, Joanne Rideout, we’ll start noticing the day’s growing longer several days before the actual Solstice event. The days actually begin lengthening a few days before the Solstice, here on the West Coast. At the equinoxes, day is slightly longer than night. Sunrise and sunset are based on when the top of the sun touches the horizon as it sets or rises. The Earth’s atmosphere bends light rays, letting us see the top of the sun when it is still below the horizon.
On December 10th we will have a total eclipse of the Moon in Gemini, and wherever we may be wandering beyond the boundaries of realistic collective tides, we may feel the need to pause and reflect before charging forward into unknown territory. This time of the year, the collective tides may be characterized by advertising campaigns like "Extended Black Friday and Cyber-Monday" frenzy. We're being urged to go out and spend money we don’t have for things we don’t need. Even when we feel we really need something, it may be best to slow down, face the facts of our current situations and conditions, and adjust our expectations accordingly.
Instead of bemoaning your lack of resources, focus on eliminating distractions, waste, and clutter (including outmoded beliefs, habits, patterns, and practices) as you prepare for the holidays and the new year. Practice appreciation and gratitude for what you have, and get out of the crazy-making cycle that has nothing to do with the sacred season.
Holidays (holy days) provide us time to pause at the threshold of the sacred. Slowing our activities and lives down to turn toward a deeper and greater appreciation of our divine nature and our connection with what really matters in our experiences as humans. Using the model of the four pathways of spirituality (found in all major religious traditions), find a way to honor and deepen the path that you are on.
For those of us on the Path of Works/Service, this may be a time when you feel the urge to serve and help others. There are many opportunities to reach out to others and provide service to people in your community or your own family. What can you do for someone you love? How can you serve someone with your gifts? Washing up the dishes for your busy mom, or running some chores for a friend who is overwhelmed with responsibilities. Giving your daughther and her husband a break, tickets to the theater and a night of babysitting. Preparing a meal, donating your time, taking food to the local food bank, adopting a family for Christmas, and sharing whatever you have with those who have less or need more.
For those of you on the Path of Knowledge, maybe you can feed your soul with a good book, a trip to a museum or exhibit, or going to a lecture on a topic you love. Or perhaps, you could write a poem to share at a holiday dinner, or share your favorite book with friends as a special gift. Enrich your holy day experiences by learning more about what traditions and meaning are to be found. You may find the inspiration and energy now to delve more deeply into a piece of research or writing that is forming in your mind. Allow yourself the luxury of immersing yourself in the ideas, study or expression that comes on the wings of inspiration.
For those of you who are on the Path of Harmony, find ways to balance out your life, honoring all aspects of your being. Take time for physical exercise, pay closer attention to good nutrition and give yourself the gift of greater balance by signing yourself and your friend or family member up for a yoga workshop, a swim pass at the local pool, or a New Year’s Day hike or nature walk. Spend some quiet time reflecting on how to honor the people in your life with one special gift that recognizes how special they are to you. For many of us on the path of harmony, we think we have to do it all, when all we need to do is one, simple, meaningful act, done with intention. One simple, meaningful act, done with intention, can set the waves in motion for greater sharing. Slow down in the motion of your life right now, and become more mindful of what matters, one moment to the next.
For those on the Path of Unity (the path that unites all), walk in mindfulness, balance, and harmony as you serve others and take care of yourself. Be mindful of the differences that exist in the way we each understand, view, and experience the world. Be the best of who you are, and try to keep your expectations of others within
reason and within the bounds of what another is capable or willing to do and be.
When we face ourselves as we are, and are willing to accept others as they are (not for who we hope they’ll be or what we’d like them to be), then we help create harmony. As parents and grandparents, we learn that we can guide, we can instruct, and we can pray for our children and grandchildren; we cannot live their lives for them or keep them from making choices we would rather they didn’t. As Khalil Gibran, the Lebanese poet reminds us,
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
At a time when expectations generally rise to outrageous proportions, it may be time to consider some simple ways to connect to the precious gifts of our lives. Starting with the beauty and awesomeness of the Universe in which we live...here on our tiny blue bubble. We can look up each night, reminded of the grandeur of all that is.
December’s night sky finds Venus and Jupiter the brightest stars, visible just after sunset as the skies begin to darken. In the middle of the night, Mars rises, and you will be able to see it through the night until dawn. Mercury makes her appearance in the morning sky each night from early December until January.
Just above the southewest horizon in the constellation of Sagittarius, is Venus. Venus will appear to be moving eastwardly across the sky until December 6, when Venus then lines up with the Moon, just above Nunki, the so-called, shoulder star of Sagittarius. From mid-December on until January, Venus moves into the Constellation of Capricornus. Venus will appear visible around 6:30 PM (PST) as she sets in early December. As the new year opens, Venus will be setting around 8:45 PM (PST).
Jupiter is visible on December 1, as you look to the horizon at an ESE angle. By Dec. 6, the Moon will appear between Jupiter and two other stars in the Aries constellation. Jupiter will be the star below the moon, the other two stars (Sharatan and Hamal) will appear above and beside the moon. You might imagine on another night long ago, thathave these four heavenly bodies lining up could have appeared to be one bright star. Makes me wonder. Jupiter travels through the night sky setting about 4:00 AM. By January, Jupiter will be setting by 2:00 AM, so for you night owls, we should have a view of her through the winter night skies, provided you’re not experiencing a storm. Jupiter has been visible in the night sky all Autumn, and will continue on through the early winter.
Saturn, in the constellation of Virgo, will be rising in the early morning, around 4:00 AM, visible to you early birds. Another planet visible until sunset at this time of the year, Saturn will move about 4 degrees during December, and then she’ll enter a retrograde cycle in January, slowing down and moving just one degree in January. You will find Saturn in the southern sky, toward the southeast. By the end of January, Saturn can be spotted due south.
Next week, December 6-19, the Geminids meteor showers will be visible. We’ll talk more about this next week. December can have some crystal clear nights, so we’ll talk more about stargazing as we move through the month ahead.
The Sun in Sagittarius, sparks expanded vision, visions of sugar plums dancing in our heads, and bountiful ideas. Later, we’ll be asked to put our ideas into a more Capricornian pragmatic framework, but for the first three weeks of December, we’ll be dreaming and envisioning. This year in the Northern Hemisphere and the western time zones, the Winter Solstice will fall in the late evening of December 21 (further east, on December 22).
According to Astoria’s Ship Report guru, Joanne Rideout, we’ll start noticing the day’s growing longer several days before the actual Solstice event. The days actually begin lengthening a few days before the Solstice, here on the West Coast. At the equinoxes, day is slightly longer than night. Sunrise and sunset are based on when the top of the sun touches the horizon as it sets or rises. The Earth’s atmosphere bends light rays, letting us see the top of the sun when it is still below the horizon.
On December 10th we will have a total eclipse of the Moon in Gemini, and wherever we may be wandering beyond the boundaries of realistic collective tides, we may feel the need to pause and reflect before charging forward into unknown territory. This time of the year, the collective tides may be characterized by advertising campaigns like "Extended Black Friday and Cyber-Monday" frenzy. We're being urged to go out and spend money we don’t have for things we don’t need. Even when we feel we really need something, it may be best to slow down, face the facts of our current situations and conditions, and adjust our expectations accordingly.
Instead of bemoaning your lack of resources, focus on eliminating distractions, waste, and clutter (including outmoded beliefs, habits, patterns, and practices) as you prepare for the holidays and the new year. Practice appreciation and gratitude for what you have, and get out of the crazy-making cycle that has nothing to do with the sacred season.
Holidays (holy days) provide us time to pause at the threshold of the sacred. Slowing our activities and lives down to turn toward a deeper and greater appreciation of our divine nature and our connection with what really matters in our experiences as humans. Using the model of the four pathways of spirituality (found in all major religious traditions), find a way to honor and deepen the path that you are on.
For those of us on the Path of Works/Service, this may be a time when you feel the urge to serve and help others. There are many opportunities to reach out to others and provide service to people in your community or your own family. What can you do for someone you love? How can you serve someone with your gifts? Washing up the dishes for your busy mom, or running some chores for a friend who is overwhelmed with responsibilities. Giving your daughther and her husband a break, tickets to the theater and a night of babysitting. Preparing a meal, donating your time, taking food to the local food bank, adopting a family for Christmas, and sharing whatever you have with those who have less or need more.
For those of you on the Path of Knowledge, maybe you can feed your soul with a good book, a trip to a museum or exhibit, or going to a lecture on a topic you love. Or perhaps, you could write a poem to share at a holiday dinner, or share your favorite book with friends as a special gift. Enrich your holy day experiences by learning more about what traditions and meaning are to be found. You may find the inspiration and energy now to delve more deeply into a piece of research or writing that is forming in your mind. Allow yourself the luxury of immersing yourself in the ideas, study or expression that comes on the wings of inspiration.
For those of you who are on the Path of Harmony, find ways to balance out your life, honoring all aspects of your being. Take time for physical exercise, pay closer attention to good nutrition and give yourself the gift of greater balance by signing yourself and your friend or family member up for a yoga workshop, a swim pass at the local pool, or a New Year’s Day hike or nature walk. Spend some quiet time reflecting on how to honor the people in your life with one special gift that recognizes how special they are to you. For many of us on the path of harmony, we think we have to do it all, when all we need to do is one, simple, meaningful act, done with intention. One simple, meaningful act, done with intention, can set the waves in motion for greater sharing. Slow down in the motion of your life right now, and become more mindful of what matters, one moment to the next.
For those on the Path of Unity (the path that unites all), walk in mindfulness, balance, and harmony as you serve others and take care of yourself. Be mindful of the differences that exist in the way we each understand, view, and experience the world. Be the best of who you are, and try to keep your expectations of others within
reason and within the bounds of what another is capable or willing to do and be.
When we face ourselves as we are, and are willing to accept others as they are (not for who we hope they’ll be or what we’d like them to be), then we help create harmony. As parents and grandparents, we learn that we can guide, we can instruct, and we can pray for our children and grandchildren; we cannot live their lives for them or keep them from making choices we would rather they didn’t. As Khalil Gibran, the Lebanese poet reminds us,
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Venus moves into Earthy Capricorn
The Sun is in Sagittarius, the Moon has entered Capricorn as has Venus. Both will meet up with the Transformational Pluto which is making its long passage through this Earth sign. Venus is trine benevolent Jupiter (Taurus) this afternoon. With Saturn's (the Great Teacher) passage through Libra (25 degrees), there is movement alive in the world to create harmony, to find balance, to weigh ideas against one another to determine what's worthy of doing and what's not, what's left to be concluded and what's completed. Whatever your plans were at the start of the year, the academic session, or the last time you sat down with your long-range calendar, you may be feeling the extra push to finish things up or to get to the end of the season or project that's been in the works for a while.
Monday, Mercury in Sagittarius, provides us with a lot of fiery energy and motivation in areas of communication Depending upon where this falls in your chart/life, you'll notice more conversations, ideas, paperwork, and creative projects related to various forms of communication. Use the energy you have recuperated over the long weekend, and enjoy entering back into light-hearted conversations on Monday. At 3 in the afternoon on Monday, the Moon in Capricorn squares Saturn in Libra. Depending upon how you use the energy, this indicates that paying attention to your emotional responses will help you pinpoint how you are dealing with the bigger lessons of life. Our emotional temperament plays a big role in the way we relate to people handle both positive and negative experiences, and learn to balance the ups and downs of our own emotional, psychological, spiritual, and physical well being. Carry a sense of peace around with you, so you can find grounding, centering, and calming ways to maintain your equilibrium. Late Monday night (11:02 PM), the Moon moves into Aquarius, opening us up to a more detached and less emotional perspective.
Tuesday, provides another day of relative calm. The Sagittarius Sun is sextile the Aquarius Moon, lending an air of optimism to our view of life. Rather than feeling the need to push and adjust to the prevailing tides that seem to be pushing us along, we may be able to see how we can make the best of things, and look at situations that might have floored us last week, as adventures or at least, merely minor stumbling blocks that can be overcome. Learning to change our own perspective on uncomfortable, upsetting, or conflict-producing situations and events, we can change the way we respond. Practicing mindfulness and slowing our pace and response to events and communication, can help us move more fluidly through the day and week. While we have time for a breather, it's a good time to build a spiritual practice to help you through the more strenuous and challenging times. It takes about 20 days to build a habit, so use the Advent Season or the count down until New Year's to create some better practices. Avoid waiting until you're in the middle of a situation to decide it's time to start a new routine. Start instead, when you aren't rushed or harassed.
Wednesday, brings us to the end of November. The Moon and Mercury aspect one another in the early morning (around 5:36), so you might wake up with a busy mind full of ideas. Or you might have some vivid dreams just before you wake up. Whatever the effect, be aware that if you wake up with lots on your mind, you may simply be feeling the energetic effects of the lunar movement. Resist thinking that you have to deal with all the details of a situation before noon. Mercury in Sagittarius is quintile Neptune in Aquarius in the mid-afternoon, creating inspirational and imaginative ideas and solutions to problems (the ones you might have been wrestling with for a while).
A reminder. What we believe, may or may not be so. If we are operating out of incorrect beliefs, we can be hurting ourselves and others because we are not able to assess situations, communication, or decisions clearly. All this to mention that just because Mercury is in retrograde does not mean you can't count on communication or ideas. What it does indicate is that we sometimes need to brood on ideas, let seeds take root, and let plans develop. Our timing is not God's timing. The Divine Clock doesn't revolve around our individual plans; rather we have to operate with a greater understanding of the Divine sense of time. Regardless of our plans, we live in a world where what we decide may or may not be accurate, right, or intended to happen. That doesn't mean we don't make plans, choices, or suggestions. What Divine timing is about is being open to the fact that living in this moment, doing what is necessary right now, meeting our obligations now, eventually lead us to the right timing with most choices, plans, or relationships that are going to work out and be right for us. The more we can be open to the idea that trusting the Divine plan for our lives, means doing and being the best we can be right where we are, and not trying to "push the river." Most of our plans have to do with other people, and though we think we understand each other, very often we don't. Be patient with yourself and with others. Be grateful for what is working right now. Trust that you needs will be met, eventually, and you have enough to do right now to keep busy. Who knows what may open for you when you wait in patient and loving expectation of the fulfillment of Divine Right being.
Monday, Mercury in Sagittarius, provides us with a lot of fiery energy and motivation in areas of communication Depending upon where this falls in your chart/life, you'll notice more conversations, ideas, paperwork, and creative projects related to various forms of communication. Use the energy you have recuperated over the long weekend, and enjoy entering back into light-hearted conversations on Monday. At 3 in the afternoon on Monday, the Moon in Capricorn squares Saturn in Libra. Depending upon how you use the energy, this indicates that paying attention to your emotional responses will help you pinpoint how you are dealing with the bigger lessons of life. Our emotional temperament plays a big role in the way we relate to people handle both positive and negative experiences, and learn to balance the ups and downs of our own emotional, psychological, spiritual, and physical well being. Carry a sense of peace around with you, so you can find grounding, centering, and calming ways to maintain your equilibrium. Late Monday night (11:02 PM), the Moon moves into Aquarius, opening us up to a more detached and less emotional perspective.
Tuesday, provides another day of relative calm. The Sagittarius Sun is sextile the Aquarius Moon, lending an air of optimism to our view of life. Rather than feeling the need to push and adjust to the prevailing tides that seem to be pushing us along, we may be able to see how we can make the best of things, and look at situations that might have floored us last week, as adventures or at least, merely minor stumbling blocks that can be overcome. Learning to change our own perspective on uncomfortable, upsetting, or conflict-producing situations and events, we can change the way we respond. Practicing mindfulness and slowing our pace and response to events and communication, can help us move more fluidly through the day and week. While we have time for a breather, it's a good time to build a spiritual practice to help you through the more strenuous and challenging times. It takes about 20 days to build a habit, so use the Advent Season or the count down until New Year's to create some better practices. Avoid waiting until you're in the middle of a situation to decide it's time to start a new routine. Start instead, when you aren't rushed or harassed.
Wednesday, brings us to the end of November. The Moon and Mercury aspect one another in the early morning (around 5:36), so you might wake up with a busy mind full of ideas. Or you might have some vivid dreams just before you wake up. Whatever the effect, be aware that if you wake up with lots on your mind, you may simply be feeling the energetic effects of the lunar movement. Resist thinking that you have to deal with all the details of a situation before noon. Mercury in Sagittarius is quintile Neptune in Aquarius in the mid-afternoon, creating inspirational and imaginative ideas and solutions to problems (the ones you might have been wrestling with for a while).
A reminder. What we believe, may or may not be so. If we are operating out of incorrect beliefs, we can be hurting ourselves and others because we are not able to assess situations, communication, or decisions clearly. All this to mention that just because Mercury is in retrograde does not mean you can't count on communication or ideas. What it does indicate is that we sometimes need to brood on ideas, let seeds take root, and let plans develop. Our timing is not God's timing. The Divine Clock doesn't revolve around our individual plans; rather we have to operate with a greater understanding of the Divine sense of time. Regardless of our plans, we live in a world where what we decide may or may not be accurate, right, or intended to happen. That doesn't mean we don't make plans, choices, or suggestions. What Divine timing is about is being open to the fact that living in this moment, doing what is necessary right now, meeting our obligations now, eventually lead us to the right timing with most choices, plans, or relationships that are going to work out and be right for us. The more we can be open to the idea that trusting the Divine plan for our lives, means doing and being the best we can be right where we are, and not trying to "push the river." Most of our plans have to do with other people, and though we think we understand each other, very often we don't. Be patient with yourself and with others. Be grateful for what is working right now. Trust that you needs will be met, eventually, and you have enough to do right now to keep busy. Who knows what may open for you when you wait in patient and loving expectation of the fulfillment of Divine Right being.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
New Moon and Solar Eclipse in Sagitarius: At the Threshold of Change
This year, our Thanksgiving holiday falls on an auspicious occasion; the New Moon and Solar Eclipse in Sagitarius. Every 30 days, the moon begins a new cycle. This point, when we actually can't see the moon, is called the New Moon. From the new moon on, the moon's light grows as the Sun casts her light on Luna. Tonight at 10:10 Pacific Standard Time 6:10 AM GMT, the New Moon aligns between the Earth and the Sun, and we experience the peak of the Solar Eclipse. A new moon signals time to plant the seeds of change.
We watch the moon’s effect on the tides, and we can use the energy of the new moon to plant seeds for change, release old, worn out habits and patterns, and set intentions to support growth, consder possibilities, make new plans, build stronger relationships, and act on creative ideas and ideals.
This new moon is called a Super Moon. Super Moons occur when the Moon is at perrigree (its closest passage to the Earth). At those times, the Moon appears about 14% larger and 30% brighter. According to NASA’s website, this is also a time when the perrigrean tides are highest. This Super Moon is the 6th and final Super Moon in a yearlong cycle. The effects of a Super Moon are best viewed when the Moon is near the horizon. Tonight’s eclipse is visible in the Southern Hemisphere, in Antarctica and New Zealand. For views of the eclipse, visit NASA Eclipse Webpage
Solar Eclipses generally occur from 5-7 times a year. Eclipses are times when the Sun's powerful radiation is temporarily blocked. In commenting on this solar eclipse and new moon, Stephanie Austin, counselor and writer for Mountain Astrologer, writes that “old pathways dissolve and new matrices emerge as Creation expands.”
This particular Solar eclipse in Sagitarrius occurs in the company of so many other planets, makes such significant aspects, and calls our attention to where we need to direct our collective consciousness. This new moon and solar eclipse also call our attention to where we need to align our individual intentions and actions.
The north node in Sagitarius, which acts as a threshold point, is the doorway to the future (where we are headed), and so this is a good time to do some soul searching, dream weaving and interpretation, prayer, and healing in our relationships and families.
The south node in Gemini, aligned opposite the north node, signals the area of our lives where we need to let go and release whatever is keeping us from our spiritual awareness. When we complain of things not happening according to our plans and timing, this is one area we might want to consider. What area of your life is signaling you to let go of habits, patterns, relationships, or beliefs? This is usually the area where we are least willing to make changes; also the area that keeps blocking our growth and keeping us from developing. You don’t need to know a thing about your chart to figure this out. The area of your life that is most problematic may be the area of finances or self worth. What are you worth and what is your work worth? How am I selling myself short? Or it may be in the area of the workplace. How is my work feeding my body, mind, and spirit? How do the jobs I do on a daily basis feed my soul or not? How does the workplace, the daily job affect my health? Consider what area of life seems to point to a need to learn, grow, and move into a deeper expression of your identity. Then consider that the urgings, tension, stress, frustration are Divine signals telling you, Divine time depends upon listening and maintaining awareness of what is growing in importance, what is needing to be released, and what is holding you back. Divine time, not my time, may be nothing more than aligning ourselves to our Divine nature and to the Divine calling that we struggle to resist or ignore.
Another important and ongoing occurence has to do with our place in the Galaxay, the Milky Way, and our galaxy’s proximity to the Gallactic Center. I’ve written about the Gallactic Center, around which billions of galaxies are orbiting. Currently, Venus is transiting close to the GC. The GC is sending infrared, x-ray, gamma, radio and microwave energy out constantly. This is a source of the energy that affects everything we are, have been or ever will be. According to the unified coherent model of the Universe, we can use this tremendous energy to support healing, to perceive our divine nature, and to understand our interconnectedness. With Venus aligned witht this GC point, 27 degrees Sagitarius, we experience the archetype fo compassion, understanding, tolerance, and unconditional love.
Mars in Virgo, squares the Moon and the Sun as does Chiron in Pisces. The forming of a mutable t-square neutralizes some of the energy and effects, resulting in a lessening of competitive actions and an increasing of compassion. We tend to see the bigger picture at this time, and have a greater sense of our place in the family of humanity, with less concern and focus on individual concerns.
All of the planetary action indicates what we see reflected in the world in which we live. It’s obvious transformation is taking place. It’s equally obvious that people want to take action to make changes. How we think, act, express our beliefs and ideals, will to a large extent shape the nature of the world to com. We all can use our good for the greater good of our planet. We can understand that what we do on a small scale, has a rippling effect beyond ourselves. As the ancient sages, gurus, saints, philosophers, and holy ones knew, what we give, we receive, what we do unto others, comes back to us. And what we do have control over, are our thoughts, actions, intentions, and hearts.
With the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and the North Node all in Sagitarius, we stand at the threshold of change, at the gateway between the past and our future.
Chiron, the Wounded Healer, is at OO degrees Pisces exposing our woundedness. Neptune in 28 Aquarius, deals with the veils of perception that melt boundaries among us, allowing us to see beyond our own worldview; encouraging us to act with intention and love in our individual lives.
Mercury turning retrograde at 20 degrees sag., hours before the eclipse and the height of the full moon, reminds us early on in the day, to focus on what we need to release, what beliefs, habits, patterns, and practices are outworn or no longer aligned with your higher purpose and life choices. Mercury’s retrograde means that this planet will be in Sagit. much longer than is usual (Nov. 2-Jan. 7, 2012). Rather than looking at Mercury retrograde times as necessarily disruptive and challenging, consider this a time of reflection and a much-needed pause in direct actions. Ideas that are taking form during this New Moon time, that have been planted since the beginning of November, require a time of brooding. Much like a hen broods on her eggs at nesting time, so too do we need to brood on our plans, ideas, and intentions now.Whatever seeds are planted now, will begin blooming in earnest within the next 6 months, and will have the power to grown to fullness over the next 19-20 years.
What does it mean for us? There are times when we can observe the world in flux, chaos, and great transition, and if we wonder why our own lives are not quite as we had planned them to be, we need only be aware that we are part of the change we see. What we see outside, is also happening within us. We cannot help but be affected by the world in which we live, for we are part of it. It is dynamic; our lives are dynamic. Our understanding, combined with our spiritual practices, can provide us with the necessary balance we need as we ride the waves of change and transformation. The practices of meditation, contemplation, yoga, and prayer can help us align with the inner core of our true nature, and the connections we each have to the beauty of the world, the spiritual potency of the Universe, and the guidance and support of the Creator as we become more aware and intentional about our part in the ongoing Creation.
Enjoy the New Moon, and take some time to reflect, meditation, create, celebrate, and share the love that you have to give. Everything counts. Whether you understand now why your life is the way it is or not, you are living out a divine plan, and there is someone you are meant to love and something you are meant to create, to add to the Creative beauty of the world in which you are blessed to be part. Happy Thanksgiving. I am so grateful for you and the gifts you live through your life.
We watch the moon’s effect on the tides, and we can use the energy of the new moon to plant seeds for change, release old, worn out habits and patterns, and set intentions to support growth, consder possibilities, make new plans, build stronger relationships, and act on creative ideas and ideals.
This new moon is called a Super Moon. Super Moons occur when the Moon is at perrigree (its closest passage to the Earth). At those times, the Moon appears about 14% larger and 30% brighter. According to NASA’s website, this is also a time when the perrigrean tides are highest. This Super Moon is the 6th and final Super Moon in a yearlong cycle. The effects of a Super Moon are best viewed when the Moon is near the horizon. Tonight’s eclipse is visible in the Southern Hemisphere, in Antarctica and New Zealand. For views of the eclipse, visit NASA Eclipse Webpage
Solar Eclipses generally occur from 5-7 times a year. Eclipses are times when the Sun's powerful radiation is temporarily blocked. In commenting on this solar eclipse and new moon, Stephanie Austin, counselor and writer for Mountain Astrologer, writes that “old pathways dissolve and new matrices emerge as Creation expands.”
This particular Solar eclipse in Sagitarrius occurs in the company of so many other planets, makes such significant aspects, and calls our attention to where we need to direct our collective consciousness. This new moon and solar eclipse also call our attention to where we need to align our individual intentions and actions.
The north node in Sagitarius, which acts as a threshold point, is the doorway to the future (where we are headed), and so this is a good time to do some soul searching, dream weaving and interpretation, prayer, and healing in our relationships and families.
The south node in Gemini, aligned opposite the north node, signals the area of our lives where we need to let go and release whatever is keeping us from our spiritual awareness. When we complain of things not happening according to our plans and timing, this is one area we might want to consider. What area of your life is signaling you to let go of habits, patterns, relationships, or beliefs? This is usually the area where we are least willing to make changes; also the area that keeps blocking our growth and keeping us from developing. You don’t need to know a thing about your chart to figure this out. The area of your life that is most problematic may be the area of finances or self worth. What are you worth and what is your work worth? How am I selling myself short? Or it may be in the area of the workplace. How is my work feeding my body, mind, and spirit? How do the jobs I do on a daily basis feed my soul or not? How does the workplace, the daily job affect my health? Consider what area of life seems to point to a need to learn, grow, and move into a deeper expression of your identity. Then consider that the urgings, tension, stress, frustration are Divine signals telling you, Divine time depends upon listening and maintaining awareness of what is growing in importance, what is needing to be released, and what is holding you back. Divine time, not my time, may be nothing more than aligning ourselves to our Divine nature and to the Divine calling that we struggle to resist or ignore.
Another important and ongoing occurence has to do with our place in the Galaxay, the Milky Way, and our galaxy’s proximity to the Gallactic Center. I’ve written about the Gallactic Center, around which billions of galaxies are orbiting. Currently, Venus is transiting close to the GC. The GC is sending infrared, x-ray, gamma, radio and microwave energy out constantly. This is a source of the energy that affects everything we are, have been or ever will be. According to the unified coherent model of the Universe, we can use this tremendous energy to support healing, to perceive our divine nature, and to understand our interconnectedness. With Venus aligned witht this GC point, 27 degrees Sagitarius, we experience the archetype fo compassion, understanding, tolerance, and unconditional love.
Mars in Virgo, squares the Moon and the Sun as does Chiron in Pisces. The forming of a mutable t-square neutralizes some of the energy and effects, resulting in a lessening of competitive actions and an increasing of compassion. We tend to see the bigger picture at this time, and have a greater sense of our place in the family of humanity, with less concern and focus on individual concerns.
All of the planetary action indicates what we see reflected in the world in which we live. It’s obvious transformation is taking place. It’s equally obvious that people want to take action to make changes. How we think, act, express our beliefs and ideals, will to a large extent shape the nature of the world to com. We all can use our good for the greater good of our planet. We can understand that what we do on a small scale, has a rippling effect beyond ourselves. As the ancient sages, gurus, saints, philosophers, and holy ones knew, what we give, we receive, what we do unto others, comes back to us. And what we do have control over, are our thoughts, actions, intentions, and hearts.
With the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and the North Node all in Sagitarius, we stand at the threshold of change, at the gateway between the past and our future.
Chiron, the Wounded Healer, is at OO degrees Pisces exposing our woundedness. Neptune in 28 Aquarius, deals with the veils of perception that melt boundaries among us, allowing us to see beyond our own worldview; encouraging us to act with intention and love in our individual lives.
Mercury turning retrograde at 20 degrees sag., hours before the eclipse and the height of the full moon, reminds us early on in the day, to focus on what we need to release, what beliefs, habits, patterns, and practices are outworn or no longer aligned with your higher purpose and life choices. Mercury’s retrograde means that this planet will be in Sagit. much longer than is usual (Nov. 2-Jan. 7, 2012). Rather than looking at Mercury retrograde times as necessarily disruptive and challenging, consider this a time of reflection and a much-needed pause in direct actions. Ideas that are taking form during this New Moon time, that have been planted since the beginning of November, require a time of brooding. Much like a hen broods on her eggs at nesting time, so too do we need to brood on our plans, ideas, and intentions now.Whatever seeds are planted now, will begin blooming in earnest within the next 6 months, and will have the power to grown to fullness over the next 19-20 years.
What does it mean for us? There are times when we can observe the world in flux, chaos, and great transition, and if we wonder why our own lives are not quite as we had planned them to be, we need only be aware that we are part of the change we see. What we see outside, is also happening within us. We cannot help but be affected by the world in which we live, for we are part of it. It is dynamic; our lives are dynamic. Our understanding, combined with our spiritual practices, can provide us with the necessary balance we need as we ride the waves of change and transformation. The practices of meditation, contemplation, yoga, and prayer can help us align with the inner core of our true nature, and the connections we each have to the beauty of the world, the spiritual potency of the Universe, and the guidance and support of the Creator as we become more aware and intentional about our part in the ongoing Creation.
Enjoy the New Moon, and take some time to reflect, meditation, create, celebrate, and share the love that you have to give. Everything counts. Whether you understand now why your life is the way it is or not, you are living out a divine plan, and there is someone you are meant to love and something you are meant to create, to add to the Creative beauty of the world in which you are blessed to be part. Happy Thanksgiving. I am so grateful for you and the gifts you live through your life.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
In the wee small hours of Wednesday morning, Venus and Mercury slipped into Sagittarius. As the day got underway (9:38 AM), the Moon in Aquarius made its first quarter square to the Sun in Scorpio. Jupiter opposed the Sun and squared the Moon, forming a t-square aspect perhaps creating an inner struggle with our values and how we are living our lives. It's important to honor the struggles and challenges we face, and equally important to acknowledge what may be blocking our progress. Discerning what needs to be changed. With greater understanding come the need to take some steps to help us move forward in areas of our lives where we feel blocked, challenged, or frustrated. Being flexible, adaptable, and willing to change our habits, behaviors, and perspective, are all important at this time.
Over the last three days, the traditional holy days of All Hallow's Eve/Sanhain, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day, we have been passing into the dark of the year. A time traditionally, in the Northern Hemisphere, when we sense the veils between light and dark, the past and the present, the seen and the unseen, and the physical and the spiritual worlds reveal themselves to remind us that we are part of the whole; we are One. Our experiences of living are neither wholly physical nor wholly spiritual, but instead reflect our Divine and Incarnated nature~reflecting the spiritual wholeness that we live through our lives.
During the month of November, beginning with the new season we just entered, we are called upon to remember those who have come before us, the seven generations who helped bring us to where we are today. Whether we know anything about our family's history or not, it continues to play a part in our lives now. We can take this time to examine the ways our past influences our present. To practice forgiveness, of ourselves and others, and to appreciate the gifts we have been blessed with. Where do you and your family need to heal? What steps can you take now to help that healing?
In looking at your life today, you might ask yourself, "Where is my spirit trapped? Who or what is keeping me connected through memories, guilt, shame, fear, or loss?" When we understand how our energy, our spirit sometimes gets trapped in what we hold onto, or what remains unresolved in our lives, we then act unconsciously out of pain, patterns, or conflict that need no longer be part of our lives. The dark forces are those elements of our thinking and feeling that we project onto the world around us...Keeping "it," the problems, the conflicts, the blocks, outside our own being, enables us to keep from resolving what is disturbing within ourselves. A dream that frightens you, often appears as something outside of yourself. The dream is calling you, however, to pay attention to something within your own experience, your own being, in order to face and make peace with or grow into a new level of understanding and consciousness. The idea that the world reflects our own ideas is really all about what we choose to focus on, what we project from our own reality onto the reality of the world, the people, or the situations outside our lives. This is not to say, we create the world, but more pertains to how our perspective of what we see, experience, believe we know, or understand, creates the lens through which we view the world and our relationships. When we change the story, the perspective of how we understand the world, our view changes. When we listen to what those we love and spend time in relationship with tell us about how they view the world, we have a better understanding of who they really are rather than who we think they are, who we think they should be, or who we would like them to be.
At this reflective time, honor and pray for deeper understanding of those who have left your life, and practice greater patience with yourself and with those you love, seeking to be more present and more tuned into the reality of who they are. Spend time appreciating the gifts of your life, and the people who are walking the path with you. Call your spirit and energy home from the negative experiences, the memories of the past, and honor your life as an experience you have been blessed to have. Seek forgiveness, give gratitude, and spend time in the power of the present moment where we find love, beauty, and the joy of life as it is. Take time to appreciate, that despite struggles, conflicts, and blocks, you have what is needed now to live in the present in gratitude, to serve others in whatever way you are able, and to live, each day, with a greater sense of peace, abundance, and serenity.
With Venus in trine with Uranus, the planet representing sudden, unexpected, and surprising changes, we may be open to approaching life with less fear of experimentation and with a greater willingness to use unconventional ways to communicate and think. Thursday morning Saturn, the Great Teacher, trines the moon, allowing us to feel more grounded in our thinking and more secure in our sense of being on the right track. Later, the Moon opposes Mars in Leo, perhaps arousing heated feelings of one kind or another over the area of your life where these two sit in opposition. Thursday evening, the Moon meets Neptune in Aquarius lifting our emotional involvement from the personal to the more impersonal, detached. Rising above the fray allows us to get a broader perspective on what might otherwise feel depressing, confusing, or frustrating.
In each of our lives, there are numerous areas where we we experience polarities. This is normal, and in the areas where we have grown and integrated aspects of our being, we suffer little. In the areas where we are called to grow or heal, however, we may feel greater ambiguity or conflict. Notice in times when oppositional aspects occur, what areas of your life are affected most.
To understand how the universal influences may affect your life, pay attention to the areas of your life where some of the trends seem to be stirred up or affected. Learning more about how our unique spiritual journey is affected by the world in which we live and by the universal principles and energies that affect us, is something you might want to consider. I offer individual readings and classes (individual and group) to introduce my clients to how to use different spiritual tools discern, grow, and increase your own understanding and intuitive awareness.
You can contact me via email: intuitiveinsight4@gmail.com or calmeten@gmail.com.
Enjoy the week, and the start of November. For those who celebrate this month as a new year or who honor those who have died during this month, I wish you a blessed beginning, and encourage you to find peace in prayers for those who have affected your life. Spirit is real, and eternal, and our prayers and meditations enable us to connect to anyone regardless of where they are. May you find peace in your life.
Over the last three days, the traditional holy days of All Hallow's Eve/Sanhain, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day, we have been passing into the dark of the year. A time traditionally, in the Northern Hemisphere, when we sense the veils between light and dark, the past and the present, the seen and the unseen, and the physical and the spiritual worlds reveal themselves to remind us that we are part of the whole; we are One. Our experiences of living are neither wholly physical nor wholly spiritual, but instead reflect our Divine and Incarnated nature~reflecting the spiritual wholeness that we live through our lives.
During the month of November, beginning with the new season we just entered, we are called upon to remember those who have come before us, the seven generations who helped bring us to where we are today. Whether we know anything about our family's history or not, it continues to play a part in our lives now. We can take this time to examine the ways our past influences our present. To practice forgiveness, of ourselves and others, and to appreciate the gifts we have been blessed with. Where do you and your family need to heal? What steps can you take now to help that healing?
In looking at your life today, you might ask yourself, "Where is my spirit trapped? Who or what is keeping me connected through memories, guilt, shame, fear, or loss?" When we understand how our energy, our spirit sometimes gets trapped in what we hold onto, or what remains unresolved in our lives, we then act unconsciously out of pain, patterns, or conflict that need no longer be part of our lives. The dark forces are those elements of our thinking and feeling that we project onto the world around us...Keeping "it," the problems, the conflicts, the blocks, outside our own being, enables us to keep from resolving what is disturbing within ourselves. A dream that frightens you, often appears as something outside of yourself. The dream is calling you, however, to pay attention to something within your own experience, your own being, in order to face and make peace with or grow into a new level of understanding and consciousness. The idea that the world reflects our own ideas is really all about what we choose to focus on, what we project from our own reality onto the reality of the world, the people, or the situations outside our lives. This is not to say, we create the world, but more pertains to how our perspective of what we see, experience, believe we know, or understand, creates the lens through which we view the world and our relationships. When we change the story, the perspective of how we understand the world, our view changes. When we listen to what those we love and spend time in relationship with tell us about how they view the world, we have a better understanding of who they really are rather than who we think they are, who we think they should be, or who we would like them to be.
At this reflective time, honor and pray for deeper understanding of those who have left your life, and practice greater patience with yourself and with those you love, seeking to be more present and more tuned into the reality of who they are. Spend time appreciating the gifts of your life, and the people who are walking the path with you. Call your spirit and energy home from the negative experiences, the memories of the past, and honor your life as an experience you have been blessed to have. Seek forgiveness, give gratitude, and spend time in the power of the present moment where we find love, beauty, and the joy of life as it is. Take time to appreciate, that despite struggles, conflicts, and blocks, you have what is needed now to live in the present in gratitude, to serve others in whatever way you are able, and to live, each day, with a greater sense of peace, abundance, and serenity.
With Venus in trine with Uranus, the planet representing sudden, unexpected, and surprising changes, we may be open to approaching life with less fear of experimentation and with a greater willingness to use unconventional ways to communicate and think. Thursday morning Saturn, the Great Teacher, trines the moon, allowing us to feel more grounded in our thinking and more secure in our sense of being on the right track. Later, the Moon opposes Mars in Leo, perhaps arousing heated feelings of one kind or another over the area of your life where these two sit in opposition. Thursday evening, the Moon meets Neptune in Aquarius lifting our emotional involvement from the personal to the more impersonal, detached. Rising above the fray allows us to get a broader perspective on what might otherwise feel depressing, confusing, or frustrating.
In each of our lives, there are numerous areas where we we experience polarities. This is normal, and in the areas where we have grown and integrated aspects of our being, we suffer little. In the areas where we are called to grow or heal, however, we may feel greater ambiguity or conflict. Notice in times when oppositional aspects occur, what areas of your life are affected most.
To understand how the universal influences may affect your life, pay attention to the areas of your life where some of the trends seem to be stirred up or affected. Learning more about how our unique spiritual journey is affected by the world in which we live and by the universal principles and energies that affect us, is something you might want to consider. I offer individual readings and classes (individual and group) to introduce my clients to how to use different spiritual tools discern, grow, and increase your own understanding and intuitive awareness.
You can contact me via email: intuitiveinsight4@gmail.com or calmeten@gmail.com.
Enjoy the week, and the start of November. For those who celebrate this month as a new year or who honor those who have died during this month, I wish you a blessed beginning, and encourage you to find peace in prayers for those who have affected your life. Spirit is real, and eternal, and our prayers and meditations enable us to connect to anyone regardless of where they are. May you find peace in your life.
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