Monthly Archives: April 2012

moon meditation

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While mowing and meditating I was mulling over moons… and Carly Simon.

She has long spoken of being uncomfortable in the spotlight. (click)  Moon rules the public, so I looked up her chart…basically, she has a T-square of shyness that includes moon.

Carly is a Cancer Sun stellium, Mercury, Saturn, North Node of Destiny – opposite  Moon in Capricorn.  Cancer rules the Moon, home, the comfort zone (the 4th house well of psyche), Capricorn rules the career in front of everyone (10th house high noon – the spotlight).  Oppositions signal the juggling of energies that are not alike.

The focal point of her T-square is Libra Neptune.  Libra also rules dealings with others, and Neptune hides.

She really has to work up the guts (Moon rules the stomach) to step out of her Cancer shell, and with Pluto the transformer in Leo, the sign of the stage ~ she generates the inner energy to do it…but like all things Pluto it is not easy.

so on to void moons…
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A void moon is traditionally a time for meditation and quiet, I treat it like a dark moon – a time to retreat and regroup in the comfort zone.

Void moons occur when the moon isn’t making aspects to any other planets before leaving the sign it’s in.

It is adrift at sea, so to speak – no anchor with other energies. Moon fluctuates anyway, in a void phase we go  f a r   o u t . . .
Subconscious drives kick in ~ the public is adrift as well.

You read earlier that Libra also rules dealings with others, the public strangers (not weird Uranus strangers, just people you don’t know).  Libra is Venus ruled.

Venus rules $$$, love and social stuff….so void moons are times of pondering these things with the self more so than taking action with the other.
First house Mars / Aries the outward bound self – juggles with – the more retiring, attracting 7th house other Venus / Libra.
Void moons are times of contemplation and hoarding (Taurus) the emotions… shhhh… keep it close to the vest sort of thing.

That is why it is not a good idea to initiate actions publicly under a void moon ~ social stuff is adrift. If you are working on something you have already started, hunkering down and finishing quietly, I don’t see a problem – otherwise, it is best to wait.

Meditate, go inside, pull cards and do divination for yourself, seek internal guidance and give your subconscious instincts the reins.

Good time for girl power and clannish gatherings with people you know..?  The answer is yes for me…for you…?…  I leave that to you.  A couple of close galpals in the den sounds great, a dinner party becomes a group and is less so.  Think tribal moontime girl stuff…go to the cave and cook with fire.

Creativity is deep and from the well – take the darkest moon and go deeper and darker into the void.

Publicly…no one is listening ~ no one hears you from inside the well, ya know….?

Everyone is in their OWN WELL and gazing into their OWN NAVEL.

Moon is Mother, water, wells and amniotic fluid.
Venus rules Navels.

Can you feel this void moon..?…it is pregnant with possibilities…
cool, yeah..?

…from behind the veil…
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Earth Magick

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The Aestheticengineer

Toro Moon Magick
FEEL
Smell, Taste, Sound, Color, Touch

 Use color to POP the mood in a room
 coordinate candle magicks with color

Red and oranges to stimulate primal root energy
Blues and violets to stimulate intuition and peacefulness
Greens stimulate acceptance and balance from the heart
Yellows stimulate instinct and will power

sample food textures
create sound to evoke energy
sing
humming changes the vibrations in the room and in your body
smudge with sage
light incense

Toro Moon Magick is slow and steady growth
love and creativity and wealth

Luna is coming to conjunct Jupiter
take advantage
Grand Earth Trine Growth

namaste
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Looney for Luna

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Happy Taurus New Moon ~

Ever wonder why this is the massage moon ?
The favorite food  moon ?
The feed your senses  Moon ?

Moon in Taurus is exalted, sensate and instinctual. They are persistent, want security and tend to be stubborn.  Very patient, but when they reach their limit – look out – it is volcanic, no survivors type anger.  Charming, steady affections, loves the good things in life, can be overly desirous of money because it ensures security they crave.  They don’t like change, much.

Finding I had a Taurus Moon (4th) is another example of how astrology explained so many things for me… I have always had this thing  about textures.
Every throw pillow in my house is soft plush fabric, and yes, so is the couch, lol.  ( I don’t lay on my couch much but I learned that if the tv is on when my 2nd house stellium ex comes over, it’s a Toro magnet.)

I love snuggling into my t-shirt sheets after a long day ~ bliss ~ so soft !  Someone recently wondered why I didn’t wear a scratchy shirt much, that is why.  It required another long sleeved shirt underneath or I would go berserk with the texture on me.  Saturn rules skin, but Aquarius rules sensitive skin, and I have big Neptuner in there (11th).  So textures are most certainly a thing.  Neptune contacts Moon so sensations are flashing, buzzing dinging & lighting up my pinball machine ~ when I get to the city I get overloaded really quick, as you can imagine.

It doesn’t stop there…another thing that I can’t do is soggy food.  Crunchy is always better.  That goes for anything slimy too – like those little greasy cabbages – brussels sprouts ick.  I can’t count the number of times I was left at the table to stare at cold greasy cabbages, stubborn – I hated them and would not eat them no matter how long I had to sit.  Any food going down has to be smooth – like chunky smoothies are a no go.  Sorry, feels weird, can’t do.

Smells are another thing, the wrong ones – BAM – headache.  Chemical perfumes are out, only essential oils for me.  Incense I love, but no other sprays or carpet jizz, way too chemical.  Can’t do candles that smell like food either.  Any bath product that smells like fruit, why ?

Sounds also…same thing ~ too much opera sets me on edge, way too much screaming and hollering all at once, or that crazy high note frenetic  jazz oy. works like a brain bristle brush on me.  Small doses ok, too much and I get a bit twitchy.  I have a Neptune playlist for while I write, no words to distract me.

I like eating out of wooden bowls because I don’t like the sound of clanging silverware while I eat.  My poor Mother, I know I drove her nuts when I was a kid.  I grew up in the days of jello with fruit gelled inside – you know where I am going with this, right ?
Not. Gonna. Happen.  My food had territories on the plate, best thing ever (I know some Toro is responsible) invented was the plate with separations.


Moon rules Cancer, the 4th house of Mother, (10th is Saturn or Father, though these can interchange depending on parental roles in the family unit) nurturing and growth, good placement for Moms, gardeners.  Emotions can swing far and wide here, so look out.  Tend to be possessive and stick close to home and family and tribe.  aside: evidently Neptune rules yeast, My ex and I both have Moon opposite Neptune, his Neptune in 1st, moon in 7 and he made the best bread – the yeasties loved him way more than me (Neptune in 11th, Moon 4) which I find interesting.

Moon in Capricorn is in its detriment; the influence of Saturn wants to harden and still the fluctuating Moon, which puts it at odds right away.  The fear inherent in Saturn can overcome and override the emotional nature, making the native stern, lacking in empathy.  Hard workers, not nearly as whiney as Cancer Moons, they just get over it and keep going without a lot of fuss.  Once they are invested emotionally, they stick and stay.

Moon in Scorpio is in its fall.  (My parents both had this placement.)  Scorpio has a deep, dark well of emotions and they are constantly metamorphosing due to the influence of Pluto.  Regeneration is inherent in this placement, emotions are often hidden in the murky depths.  Scorpios keep it close to the vest, lot going on you won’t know about – they are filled with what they DESIRE (Scorpio motto) and can be very territorial and extremist.  Scorpio Moons are intense because they are so passionate – their emotions are like nuclear fission, they need to get a handle on them before they engage anyone else.

Moon is coming to conjunct Jupiter soon ~ take advantage of the influx of sensations ~
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Hobbits of Jupiter

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Look how handsome !
I love me some Hobbit !  … you guessed ? lol.
Hey, I freely admit to being all over Middle Earth and Jedi Knights.
Sexy scruff and swords ? !  mmMmmyes please & thank you !

Anyway, several weeks ago I had posted my praise of all things centaur. (My natal vibes very Sag.) …I must have given someone ideas – they knocked on my backdoor looking for Hobbits of Jupiter.

Ok.  Love.
HAD to make THAT happen !

I have mentioned before I think Hobbits are primarily Taurean, they love gardening, eating, drinking, pipeweed, singing etc…
So in honor of the 10th anniversary of LotR, and the New Moon in Taurus with Jupiter in Taurus and a Grand Earth Trine – I am going to delve into Hobbit synastry !  YaY !

Astrology really cracks me UP sometimes ~ if you don’t believe me, then study it for yourself  and you’ll see …!
Enter Bilbo asteroid # 2991 and you will see it is at 10 degrees Taurus ~
Hobbit Heaven ~ the more the merrier, I say…!
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Sean (Sam) and Elijah (Frodo)

I have written about Elijah before here (click), but a quick recap :
Aquarius Sun, Mercury and Mars; Scorpio Moon, Venus in Capricorn, Saturn and Jupiter conjunct in Libra.

Sean is Pisces Sun and Moon, Mercury in Aquarius, Mars in Sagittarius, Venus in Capricorn, Jupiter and Neptune conjunct in Sagittarius.

Synastry : Venus conjunct in Capricorn they like each other, Hollywood film kids in the business (Capricorn) all grown up, familiar with each others work.  Sean was in The Goonies; Elijah, Back to the Future 2 wearing a colander ! – just for starters.

Sean’s Pisces Moon trine Elijah’s Scorpio Moon, so they feel simpatico – water signs feel everything, emote well – so most likely made the Mordor scenes easier for each other.

Sean’s Libra Uranus is conjunct Elijah’s Saturn /Jupiter conjunction
Elijah’s Scorpio Uranus is conjunct (out of sign) Sean’s Sagittarius Neptune / Jupiter conjunction
That’s a heck of a lot of creative ideas flying around (Uranus, Libra, Neptune), and both are actively involved in favorite fund-raising projects year after year.

Sean’s Aquarius North Node is conjunct Elijah’s Mercury and Mars which sextiles Sean’s Mars.  They treat each other well, when Elijah got to pick the next Bacchus (Mardi Gras) he chose Sean to follow him.  Good friends.

Sean’s Saturn is conjunct Elijah’s Chiron – both are trine their Venus’ in Capricorn.
Sean is most likely a steady force, offering support and patience, an older brother type influence.

Billy Boyd (Pippen) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry)

Billy is Mega – Virgo  !  Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto.  Moon is either late Libra or early Scorp, I don’t have his exact birth time.  He has North Node and Saturn Rx in Aries like me, his Mars is in Leo.

Dom is a Sagittarius Sun, conjunct Neptune and Mars.  Cancer Moon, Mercury and Venus in Capricorn.  North Node conjunct Uranus in Scorpio, Jupiter in Taurus.

Synastry :  Well, no surprise – it’s good.  These two have a ton of fun on and off camera.
Billy’s Mars is conjunct Dom’s Saturn Rx in Leo.  They trine Dom’s Sun, Neptune, Mars conjunction in Sagittarius.  Leos play.  Period.  Dom’s Sag stuff wants to run free, so game on !

Billy’s Mars kick starts Dom’s old man Saturn every time, gets Dom going.  Not that it takes much encouragement for a Leonine planet to go all goofy or anything.

Dom’s Capricorn Venus is trine Billy’s Virgo city, so earth to earth, sensible but randy !
Moons are (roughly – again no times here) trine one another, they feel the same about many things, relate to one another easily.

Dom’s North Node and Uranus conjunct Billy’s Moon.  Dom gave Billy a cake with Bees all over it – hence the name Beecake for Billy’s band – a dream that became reality after LotR.

Elijah and Billy synastry :  Elijah’s Capricorn Venus is trine Billy’s Virgo city.  Elijah’s Neptune is trine Billy’s Saturn Rx in Aries.  Elijah’s North Node in Leo is conjunct Billy’s Mars.  Being a huge music fan, it is very likely Elijah encouraged Billy to pursue his career in music and helped boost his confidence in that area.

Elijah and Dominic

Synastry : Capricorn Venus’ conjunct.  Solid friends, have remained so.

Dominic’s Pluto is conjunct Elijah’s Saturn / Jupiter conjunction in Libra; which trines Elijah’s Sun.  Dom is likely busting a bit of Elijah’s conventionality into new horizons of creativity and reformatting relationship / partnership matters – several business ideas have been bandied about over the years.  Perhaps something will eventually come to fruition…?

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This much I do know…Dom has Jupiter in Taurus (23 degrees) and his new creative endeavor “Wild Things” is coming up to bat very soon as his 6th house is filling up with all the new moon energy and transiting Jupiter in Toro is coming to conjunct his natal Jupiter.

*note: Dominic has a very strong Saturn Rx in Leo that trines his Sun, Mars and Neptune – he is very active in conservation, having bought a small forest in India.  He is also fighting to protect animals who are unable to ask for help themselves.
Info at twitter here ! (click)

This New Moon energy in Taurus plus the grand Earth Trine is a primo reminder to honor our mother – Gaia – and all of her creatures big and small ~
Earth Day is Sunday  !

let’s be kind to our Mother ~
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hummm

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Someone recently posed the question,  
“If you could talk to a hummingbird, what would you say ?”
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My answer, “Nothing.”
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I feel compelled to explain why.
Neptune rules spiritual intelligence, infinity, feeling mystically infused with the cosmos.
Neptune rules humming.
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Neptune is my most highly aspected planet.
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Neptune lives in my 11th house, the natural house of Aquarius.
Aquarius rules flight, birds.
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The faster the bird -the more Uranian- lightning fast.  
Uranus is the higher octave of Mercury, or speech.
Uranus is divine intuition.
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ya dig ?
I wouldn’t have to say anything because hummingbird would already KNOW.
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but I am going to tell you anyway

…you KNOW who you are…
amin mela lle
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wake

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 Ravenari

A quickie bit about transits before work.
Last night tanked – metaphorically and literally.  let me explain…

Mercury and Uranus are coming to conjunct my ruler, Saturn Rx in Aries in the 3rd house.  My Saturn Rx trines my Sagittarius Mars.  Sag rules my 12th house – the house which rules oil. Third house is short distance travel or commuting. Mercury is travel, ruler of Gemini, which lives on the 3rd in the natural chart.
Uranus is the wildcard of the zodiac.

Before work day closed, I realized a good girl friend was hurt by my idiotic spaciness over vacation. (Moon was also transiting 3rd, Moon rules women)  Then I left work bought a lawn mower headed home only to realize I was running out of gas.  Black Beauty (my truck, and yes with Merc at MC, I name things) started sputtering and I knew I wouldn’t make it off the clover leaf.

So I started calling friends, wondering who would be around to answer…?
Saturn !  That’s who.  My boss came to my rescue, still in his suit.
What a sweetheart, yeah ?!

So while I am sitting there waiting a red-winged blackbird comes up to a reflector sign and started pointedly tweeting at me.  aside: I am an old-school tweet, not a new school twitterer, lol.  My giant Neptuner square 8 outweighs any Sun Uranus Pluto need to tweet personal bits 24/7.  So anyway, bird was pointedly looking right at me – you are out of place lady – tweet.breeeee.!  I have mentioned before they are my favorite calling birds, so I was pleased he showed up to spend time with me while I waited for rescue.  So below is blackbird totem…
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Blackbird awakens the mind with awareness as changes of perceptions are unfolding.
Uranus- the awakener !
He stirs psychic abilities and brings to consciousness latent latent gifts and creativity. Blackbird shows how to move with determination, focus and tenacity and how to use your power to its fullest potential.
At this time there is a magic of the unseen worlds coming forth that is paired with the balance of grounding within the earth as you walk your path. Blackbird will guide in this new awakening. Blackbird teaches use of intuition that will aid in understanding Mother Nature and the connection to all things.
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Blackbird – Legend says that the birds of Rhiannon are three blackbirds, which sit and sing in the World Tree of the Otherworlds.
Their singing puts the listener in to a sleep or trance which enables her/him to go to the Otherworlds and receive mystic secrets.  source
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om mani padme hum
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Lucky charms

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The Charm Bracelet Richard Farrington

Dark Moon coming to conjunct Mercury and Uranus in Aries while in square to Pluto

Think renovation of all those feelings buried deep – here they come !
Lightning strikes, radical new insights followed by ozone buzz
Think of it as soul smudging – ions are changing in the next few – it’s a good thing !

Mercury is quintile Venus
What is your perception of love ?  How do you communicate it ?  Ideas..?
Be creative !

North Node and Juno are dancing together in visionary Sagittarius both trine Uranus
Who or what exactly are you looking for ?
Fires signs inspire creativity and passion – that’s your first clue.
Uranus is divine intuition in a hair’s breath, and Sagittarius is forever optimistic –
that’s your second clue.
Juno is the kind of life partner you need to feel satisfied – that’s your third clue.
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So are we brainstorming and getting dark moonie insights ?
That’s good ~ keep it UP ~ stay positive !

Manifestation is imminent – get your charms in place

New Moon in Taurus on Saturday the 21st (USA) brings a Grand Earth Trine
Sun conjunct Moon in trine to Pluto in Capricorn and Mars in Virgo
Jupiter the greater happy-go-lucky benefic is also in the Taurus house at New Moon
…so fantastic  *shiny*  new good things are just around the corner…

namaste~
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