Monthly Archives: March 2012

beyond logic

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Death Valley Dunes Sunrise by KPieper

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense.
But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

from The Sayings of Muad’Dib by the Princess Irulan

Lucie Debelkova

The trance state of prophecy is like no other visionary experience. It is not a retreat from the raw exposure of the senses (as many trance states) but an immersion in a multitude of new movements.

Things move. It is an ultimate pragmatism in the midst of Infinity, a demanding consciousness where you come at last into the unbroken awareness that the universe moves of itself, that it changes, that its rules change, that nothing remains permanent or absolute throughout all such movement, that mechanical explanations for anything can work only within precise confinements and, once the walls are broken down, the old explanations shatter and dissolve, blown away by new movements.

The things you see in this trance are sobering, often shattering. They demand your utmost effort to remain whole, and even so, you emerge from that state profoundly changed.

The Stolen Journals

meditations on time logic intuition and chaos~
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The Secret Life of Chaos

Earth works

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Blue Fluorite, Lepidolite, Citrine

Mercury Rx and Uranus are conjunct.
Two planets that like to switch it up a bit.

Mercury is dual, androgynous.  it is the perception, logic, dexterity and self-expression.
Three days on Mercury = 2 years on Earth, the rotation is very slow.  The Sun rises and lingers in the sky on Mercury for 6 months at a time, meaning one side will be facing the sun for six months and very hot (430 degrees celsius), the other much cooler (-180 degrees celsius).

Uranus rules polarities, it is lightning fast communication or intuition.  Uranus rules magnetics and its polar axis is at a right angle to the other planets.  It is eccentric, operates independently, and often delivers a shocking revelation out of the blue.

When Mercury and Uranus aspect each other in the natal it brings a high-strung nature, fierce independence and revolutionary genius ideas.  I have them both elevated in my chart, Uranus conjunct Sun, I am familiar.

Mercury Rx tends to bring introspection and energies of the planet turned inward, it is a time of re-thinking, revising, and re-invention on the inner plane.  While Mercury Rx conjuncts Uranus in impulsive Aries, revelations are on the inner mental plane, tendencies slant towards ego based thinking.  Mars Rx in Virgo in mutual reception with Mercury – our inner perfectionist is activated along with a driving need to be fast  AND  perfect.
Go easy.

So how to combat low vibrations when you are feeling Mercury Rx aspecting Uranus like we all are now..?

One, work the calm steady flow of energy in the earth trine, second, read the below.

Above you will find three stones in the pic.

The small light yellow crystal is citrine.  Natural citrine, not heat treated amethyst  that takes on a dark orange color. Citrine is trigonal, its yellow pigmentation comes from iron. Citrine activates the mental powers, mental discipline, it enhances greater emotional control hence the logical mind is clear to function.  Citrine activates the Muladhara (root) and Manipura (solar plexus) chakras.
Citrine is androgynous, balanced and works to enhance the functioning between storage and broadcast of information and thought forms.  It can be worn on the body and is highly useful when worn during meditation in order to eliminate toxic thought forms.

The purple wand above is lepidolite.  Lepidolite is monoclinic, it activates all the chakras especially the Anahata (heart) and Ajna (third eye) chakras.  Lepidolite is a stone of serenity, it calms nerves and helps balance any irregularities in the brain functioning.
Lepidolite has a high lithium content therefore it calms the mind.

The large blue stone is blue fluorite.  Fluorite is cubic, or octahedral.  Fluorite enhances mental clarity and decision-making, it clears the psyche of mental clutter.  Blue fluorite in particular works with the Vishudda (throat) chakra enhancing articulation and creative communications.  Fluorite elixir alleviates anxiety, sexual frustration and hyperkinetic behavior.  It enhances the ability of the ethric body to receive higher levels of thought and increases assimilation of the life force into the physical body.  When used in a bath, fluorite helps alleviate arthritic conditions.

namaste~
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Silence and the Source

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Tomasz Maronski

Saturn shut my Mercury MC down last night.
Or rather, my Pluto transit did.
Saturn rules silence.
Pluto rules fubar.
Power. Struggle.
Helplessness.

Mercury went quiet.
Feeling the squeeze from everywhere.
Tilt.

Pluto leaves you standing there gaping: thinking w.t.f. ! are you kidding me ?!?
It forces any and and all issues to the surface, drags up the ugly and throws it in your face.  It transmutes, metamorphs and kills one thing in order to birth another.

Rogue: When they come out… does it hurt ?
Wolverine: Every time.

Pluto is currently square Sun in Pisces, and Uranus conjunct Mercury Rx in Aries.
Moon is constrictive to begin with and now it is in Saturn – ruled Capricorn coming up to conjunct Pluto again.

Moon conjunct Pluto will be high-octane off the charts emo crap, and it is in the Grand Earth Trine, is likely dealing with work or personal goals in some way (Capricorn).

This can be very healing, as far as purging the toxins, literally and metaphorically.
Possibility of healing manifested rapidly with tangible results.
Moon and Pluto rule vomiting.
Sucks, but you feel better after.
Typical Pluto.

Moon Pluto squares to the Sun, Uranus, Merc Rx will reveal new emotions, directions, ideas, and creative prospects to mull over in your brain.

New insights both incoming and outgoing are on the agenda with Merc Rx back over Uranus.   How do you compete with words and ideas ? 
May want to re- think that.

Mercury Rx and Mars are in mutual reception, so they are in constant communication, right off the bat.
Mercury is steeping in Aries, house of Mars, as is Uranus.

Watch your peripheral vision, your headspace ~ what you let in and out – mental / verbal wheels are burning tread at the starting line.  Caution is advised.

FYI: Mars Rx, Jupiter and Pluto are all at 9 degrees today
…put the knife down and back away slowly…
nines indicate endings, completion and saying goodbye to something

blessed be~
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friends on film

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YaY !
Venus conjunct Jupiter with one of my Leos.
His sister was on the ground getting all up in my business while I was snapping away.

I have Venus conjunct Jupiter in Leo 8, square Neptune (film).
Sun/Uranus/Pluto in Virgo (pets).
Venus (art) is conjunct lucky Jupiter now, so no surprise I got lucky and mister handsome cat showed up for his moment of glory.

Venus rules love + friendship and these two (along with previous pets) have names that mean friend. They (brother and sister) are my buddies, they come when I whistle.
My Mercury (whistling & siblings) at MC sextiles Jupiter in Leo.

Friend in daylight.
Good kitty !

Your Taurus house is getting an influx of positive as is Virgo and Capricorn.
*Tangible luck and progress*
Saturn is quintile Pluto, inner power and spiritual gifts align with ambition !

This is our contribution to creating art on the material plane, are you creating as well..?
Contacting your friends to tell them you care..?  Playing lotto..?
Which reminds me, gotta go ~>
more later
I have mentioned before Venus rules sweet things and I am off to find green M&M’s, score some scratch-off’s.
Wish me luck !

peace
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attitude = altitude

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Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines

Earth.
Building, long-term, hard work and patience. 

Sacred Valley Trail, Peru

Earth.
Practical, skillful and ambitious.  

Nazca Lines from Sky

Earth.
Steady, persevering, and responsible.


Nazca Lines from Earth

ANALYZE what you HAVE and USE it.

Virgo, Taurus, Capricorn mottos.

Mercury Rx sends it back over Uranus, Sun.
Insights.

Mercury Rx in Aries in mutual reception with Mars Rx in Virgo.
Reactions.
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Look for your houses of Aries and Virgo, the analyzation is getting cranked up a notch.

Moon moves to conjunct North Node of Destiny in Sagittarius bringing expansive ideas and visionary goals into focus, optimism is sky high.

Venus conjunct Jupiter today, benefics in tandem = luck Luck LUCK.
Grand Earth Trine = work it !

blessed be~
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spitfire wordsmith

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Nikki Giovanni

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to hear one of my favorite poets, Nikki Giovanni speak recently ~ she was dazzling, vivacious, insightful, bawdy and very direct !

I knew she was a Gemini, but I couldn’t wait to get home and look up more details about her chart and the life she described so vividly.
Nikki is a life path 3.  This indicates a life of creation, expansion, exploration, reconciliation and communication.  Nikki is a Gemini Sun, Leo Moon with Cancer rising which makes Moon her chart ruler.

First thing I notice is the majority of her planets fall into the Eastern hemisphere – she is in a sowing incarnation and is in control of her life circumstances.

Second thing I notice is the lack of difficult (square, opposition) aspects between the planetary bodies.  (Scroll down to the key to see her squares to Chiron, ASC and MC)  Her one opposition is between the planet of poetry, Neptune, and Mars (power) elevated, in Aries the sign Mars rules.  Mars in 10th is a powerful placement, it indicates a strong, self-assured go-getter in life and career. (10th is the natural house of Capricorn where Mars is exalted.)

Nikki has some whopping powerful conjunctions as well. (…possibly why the universe cut her some slack on squares and oppositions..?..)  Sun conjunct Saturn makes Nikki serious and purposeful in speech (Gemini) and, in fact, all forms of communication.

Moon (chart ruler) conjunct Pluto, brings a powerhouse of intense emotional experiences, which in Leo, WILL (Leo motto) be channeled into creative endeavors.

Oddly, the universe pitches me another Venus conjunct Jupiter person this week, YaY !
Not only is the fabulous aspect in the sky above us (in the Grand Earth $$ Trine I talk about here) (and here), I have it (Leo), Smokey Robinson has it (Aries), and so does Nikki (Cancer) – odd that, everyone pops UP all at once …!

Cancer rising with Venus conjunct Jupiter (Jupiter is exalted in Cancer), shows tremendous sensitivity and compassion for others, great depth of generosity and kindness.

Nikki also has Mercury conjunct (out of sign) Uranus, its higher octave, which gives her keen perceptive abilities.

Leo is packed, so Nikki is firey and dramatic, she easily captivates her audiences, rousing emotions and stirring minds with her expressive words and ideas.  She is a Gemini and, yes- she talks with her hands (Gemini rules the hands) as well, so I included this small pic.

I left Lilith for last, because Nikki made such an impression on me when she spoke of courageous women in her life, those women she admired and proudly praised for being leaders in the civil rights movement.  She spoke of heroines that not only inspired her generation, but all generations following.  The women she spoke of included Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Coretta Scott King to name a few.

Nikki has Lilith conjunct Venus (females) and it is placed in a very powerful rolling conjunction ~ Lilith in her case is a firey reactive goddess that springs from the creative depths to shine a light on social injustice.

namaste~
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let the music take your mind

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Smokey.
Love Smokey.  He is soOo smooooth…

Smokey Robinson is a 29 degree Aquarius Sun, Cancer Moon.  Strong placement for a crooner, as Moon rules Cancer, and is in square to his Venus (rules Taurus the throat) Jupiter conjunction in (Mars- ruled) Aries.  Vocal power and inner restraint.

Smokey has Uranus in Taurus which gives him great vibrato.  Neptune (inspired musician) also trines Uranus in Taurus (throat).  Cancer Moon is trine Aquarius Sun and Mercury in Pisces – expressing his loving nature through song and voice comes natural to him as Mercury in Pisces and Neptune in Virgo are in mutual reception.

Mars in Taurus conjunct Saturn in Aries gives him great vocal control and Mars (sex) and Saturn are square (inner tension) Pluto (sex) in Leo (creativity). Pluto is also trine his Venus Jupiter (big love) conjunction in Aries (Mars ruled) and let’s face it, Smokey’s songs deliver the sexy sex.  Ohhhyeahhh…

This one goes out to my brother Jeff who loved this song and turned my high school bff into a doe-eyed puddle when he sang it to her, lol.

let’s flow, let’s gliiiiide ~
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spirit & what matters

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The Faeries Oracle – Brian Froud

stones: fluorite, prehnite

Quick reading for the day…
How do we best work the grand earth trine energies to the highest possible good of all ?

One Card Draw
36: Spirit Dancer:  Freedom of creative exploration and self- expression
This is a card of growth and experimentation, a vibe of expressing and expanding.
She is a card of discovery and depth of insight – for she sees what she awakens in others.  Spirit dancer indicates a time of creative personal power and releasing our inner core into the material plane.

Spirit Card
30: The Laume:  Freely giving and receiving, charity and generosity, good karma
This is a card of free energy exchange, balance, and paying good forward.  It is a card of being loving and giving, random acts of kindness and treating others as you wish to be treated.  The Laume gently reminds us that kindness is its own reward, and universal flow rights all imbalances. If you are spiritually stuck and feeling low, give unto others and the spirit of all earthkind will be lifted, and your own balance restored.

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Very apt reading with Luna in Libra ~
The grand earth trine (steady, dependable long- term growth) and North Node in Sagittarius (the hopeful philosopher) support our explorations on the material plane.

Neptune (inspired creativity, spirituality) trine Saturn (earth, work, building) and sextile Venus conjunct Jupiter (super creative, kindness and generosity) is a very powerful aspect of divine creativity and channeling spirit into matter !

Moon (emotions) has some difficult aspects (opposite Mercury/Uranus + square Pluto) and Mercury nears retrograde, so communication energies are shifting ~

Work the earth trine, show patience and grace under pressure, turn inward for inspiration – for inspiration IS forthcoming lickety – split ~>

namaste~
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