Moon is nearly full and opposite Mercury and Pluto.
I am feeling the weird, for sure. Anxious expectation.
Full Moon Monday 1.9.2012 at 1:30am CST,USA
Moon and Priestess are frequent visitors in recent readings…
AND my Ganesha card was on the floor this evening. Silent potential.
The cosmos tells me obstacles need removing.
… and how are You fine folks ..?
Sun (creativity) is quintile (gifts) odd Uranus. Venus conjunct Neptune the octaves of art in the sign of the strange, Aquarius. Aquarius= Science, Neptune= Fiction
SoOo that’s my cue to head off to watch the winner of the special jury prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. La Planète Sauvage (The Wild Planet) One of the best sci-fi animated movies ever.
One of the first things I did was go to the grocery store to buy food. It was a novel idea at the time, for I hadn’t really shopped for food in about 10 years. Now here I was, 30 years old, and probably doing the first good grocery shopping in my life. I was an adult with a credit card, a checkbook, and an ATM card. I could buy whatever I wanted in the store, but I had no idea where to start. I thought that everyone was staring at me. It had been so long that I had been anywhere sober that I didn’t know how to act or how to deal.
It was like being on LSD. The lights in the store were blaringly bright to me and the music seemed to be playing hidden messages. I bought some milk and barbecue sauce and cigarettes, and that is all. My shirt was drenched in sweat and I was having a full-blown panic attack. As I drove my car home, I stiffly steered my machine out of the way of three accidents as I rode the brakes the whole way. I could smell my brake pads when I got home.
~Duff McKagan, on his sobriety from “It’s so Easy and other lies” (click here) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Duff McKagan rose to fame as bassist for Guns ‘N’ Roses in 1987, when the band released Appetite for Destruction.
It is is the highest selling debut album of all time in the US, with more than 28 million copies sold worldwide.
Next year’s class of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be headlined by Guns N’ Roses, the only group on the ballot to be inducted in their first year of eligibility. Click here for Cleveland R&RHoF
I’ve been reading Duff McKagan’s autobiography and obviously GN’R partied, but I had no idea how far it had gone for Duff personally. He is brutally honest, candid and wryly funny in his accounts of his life as bassist of GN’R.
On May 10, 1994, Duff’s pancreas burst and he was told by his doctor if he had one more drink he would die. He spent two weeks in the hospital recovering and taking small steps in the early stages of detox. He credits his sobriety in large part to guilt over seeing his mother suffering from worry while he was in critical care.
He describes his recovery from addiction through a love of mountain biking, and his voracious appetite for reading. He began to write columns for Seattle Weekly, and later many other publications. For Seattle Weekly McKagan archives, click here.
While in recovery Duff read GN’R financial documents and found he couldn’t understand them. He decided to enroll in financial accounting courses (got an A in his first class) and discovered his love of academics. He earned a 4.0 and was on the President’s list, quite an achievement from the earlier addictions he describes in his book. When he saw a need for musicians to be educated about their financial holdings and business deals, it lead him to start his own wealth management firm, MeridianRock, to educate musicians and give them the power to make good business decisions on their own behalf.
Duff is a 9 life path, meaning he is in a lifetime of completion. Nine is the culminated knowledge of all the numbers before it, and is a number of utopian ideals. Nines are spiritual and often have a lifetime of overcoming difficulties. They learn how to succeed themselves, in order to teach the world how to do the same. (I’m a nine too.)
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This is a solar chart, I don’t have the correct birth time, so keep in mind the planets in signs remain the same, houses may change.
First off, I was struck by how Duff has several difficult fixed (ingrained over several lifetimes) squares (inner conflict, obstacles) involving the Sun (ego, spirit) and Moon (feelings, fluctuation) – they are the luminaries, the conscious (Sun), and unconscious (Moon).
Hopes (Sun) and Dreams (Moon) forming an obstacle to one another.
Moon and Neptune in Scorpio are quiet, secretive and perceptive, if they do not find stimulation, (speaking from my personal experience here; and Duff speaks of facing it in the ring) they can turn the Scorpio stinger on themselves to feel something, anything.
Moon (habits, instincts) conjunct Neptune can mean addiction in its low vibration, or spiritual healing at its highest vibration. This conjunction is intuitive, and feels the cosmos coming in. It is a conjunction that can bring mystical emotions, heightened perceptions, illusions, daydreams and imagination into the waking life 24/7.
Note also the asteroid Dionysus 3671 is opposite Sun and Mars and square Neptune. Dionysus is symbolic not only of wine and merriment, but also of the sharp pruning of the vine in order for it to bear the best fruit. Sun (life, spirit), Mars (the blade) and Saturn (pruning) conjunction in Aquarius has indeed led to the bearing of Duff’s best life / fruit.
Coupled with a hedonistic Sun / Mars conjunction in square ( inner tension ) to the often delusional energies of Neptune, that’s one heck of an obstacle. Sun conjunct Mars is raw power, tempered by Saturn (the tester, restriction, karma) the need to restrict and rein in the wild tendencies inherent to the nature of Aquarius. That trio of planets in Aquarius, is in itself a hurdle.
Here’s his ace in the hole : Mercury trine Uranus. Mercury is thinking; Uranus intuition and innovation. Mercury in good aspect to Uranus is the sign of genius, a quick study. The mental faculties are very sharp and capable of radical trail-blazing ideas. Through his love of learning (Mercury is study and is sextile {opportunity} Venus, love) he transformed his life (Sun) his habits, (Moon conjunct Neptune) and his creativity, his love and spiritual health (Venus exalted in Pisces) all by taking the opportunity (sextiles) to learn and stimulate his intellect.
He also took the opportunity (sextile) to keep actively busy through sports (Mars), higher education (Jupiter), and he continually pushes his endurance (Aries) physically in order to improve his self-esteem (Sun).
Duff’s North Node of Destiny is in Cancer, the sign of nurturing. Once he got himself on his feet, he will push ahead helping others too. Now Duff is strong in heart, mind, body, and spirit and has a loving family. He is, by building (Saturn rules building, the earth and rocks) MeridianRock (perfect name- I love it !) reaching out to help his fellow musicians learn how to handle their finances so they can take care of themselves too.
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Very quickly I want to say a few words about the day Duff was admitted into the hospital with a burst pancreas. Moon rules the pancreas, and conjunct Neptune in the natal, it can indicate a weakness. If circumstances in the life and transits activate it, trouble may arise. Duff speaks in his book of alcoholism and drug use spiraling out of control, and that will further weaken the body.
Transiting Sun 19 Taurus (life-force) was opposite (call for compromise) Moon 19 / Neptune 17 conjunction (addiction) in Scorpio (the house of death and rebirth). Transiting Moon was also nearing opposition at 11 Taurus. Transiting Neptune was conjunct natal Mercury (which is trine Uranus in the natal – that’s a wake up call !) Transiting Pluto and North Node of Destiny were conjunct in Scorpio as well – a call for transformation, rebirth, and rising to meet your destiny. Ohm mani padme hum
Duff’s band, Loaded released their 3rd studio album, The Taking, earlier this year, see the video below for an acoustic version of Flatline.
Uranus is odd. It points to the odd in the natal chart. Whatever it aspects in the natal gets a ping-zing of quirk.
Uranus is known as the awakener. It is eccentric in natal chart operation and in orbit. The poles of Uranus are perpendicular to the ecliptic (orbital path around the Sun) which means it kind of rolls around thesun on its equator. Each pole will experience a 42 year day, followed by a 42 year night.
(Yes, Uranus has rings, and no they are not red, this is an infra-red camera pic.) The reason Uranus appears such a vivid blue is the atmosphere absorbs all red wavelengths of the visible spectrum, preventing it from bouncing back into space – all we see is the blue-green spectrum of color.
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Saturn (terra firma, being grounded) is the traditional ruler of Aquarius. The root (security) and sacral (desire) chakras are in the red color spectrum they are primal and personal, (represent being grounded).
While the blue color spectrum is the 3rd eye (intuition, pure communication) and is seeing the BIG PICTURE – it is more of a tribe vibe, being open to new possibilities, and innovations. Uranus shifts between the two in an instant. Grounded to ether ! Snap !
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Uranus is by nature an energy shifter. It shifts perspectives, vision and thinking like a lighting bolt.
Uranus went retrograde on July 9, 2011 – direct motion reboots things stalled at that time. Also look to your house of Aries at zero degrees, this is where Uranus goes direct. Pay attention to the same degrees of Libra (opposition, others and compromise) and Capricorn and Cancer (squares, the inner tension) for where to expect groovy energy downloads.
Uranus goes direct with a quintile – that’s a gift, a talent –the spirit quest – to Venus, the planet of love, art, beauty, kindness, self-worth and values and oh yeah…the green thing, money. $$
Actively engage a shift in these areas – that’s your talent, so use it.
What Uranus will bring up is anybody’s guess, it is the wild unpredictable the free and untamed.
Bend rather than break ~ be pliable, resilient and kind.
Retrograde motion is when the planetary energy is turned inward, direct motion energies pour outward. The few days prior to either are usually amped up a bit, lol. You may tweak – fair warning ! Just keep in mind others are tweaking too – particularly those with Uranus prominent in the natal ~ when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Uranus rules astrology, wireless, telepathy, inventors, the eureka ! , and magnetics.
Uranus’ magnetic field is odd in that it is not centered on the center of the planet and is tilted almost 60degrees with respect to the axis of rotation.
Since Uranus rules magnetics, polarities (positive and negative), and higher thought – be aware of what you draw to you by thought – for thoughts become deeds.
Because this Full Lunar eclipse is in Gemini (rules hands) I am leaving you with some info about mudras !
Different fingers represent different elements :
Finger — element it represents
Thumb — Fire or Sun
Index finger — Air or Wind
Middle finger — Sky or Space *
Ring finger — Earth
Small finger — Water
*note : now I will always see this gesture (in title) in a whole new way YaY !
There are various hand positions used in both kung fu and in yoga. The hands in kung fu often form shapes that are representational of animals. The tigers claw, the snakes head or the cranes beak are all traditional shaolin hand positions. In yoga the hand gestures are called mudras. A mudra sometimes is a symbolic shape similar to the ones in kung fu, yet more often they are energetic connections being made in the nadis or meridians. By connecting fingers, or pointing certain directions we direct energy and link up specific channels to generate a particular set of internal resonances. The hands are vitally important to the brain. There is an equal amount of cortical tissue dedicated to the hand as there is to the whole rest of the body. By engaging our hands, our breath, our bodies, our focus we awaken our inner sense of awareness and unify ourselves.
A: Lodestone is magnetic, it has positive and negative polarities so my first thought was 2.
According to astrology rulership, 2 is Moon or Cancer.
Lodestones are magnetic, and magnetics corresponds with Uranus, Aquarius and the number 4.
Magnetite (lodestone is a naturally magnetized magnetite) is octahedral.
Meaning it has 8 triangles, 12 edges, 6 vertices.
(Crystals grow mathematically.)
Note in the text below that the octahedron is dual, a mirror of itself –
so again, 2.
Lodestones attract iron fillings, can change the reading on a compass and are used to balance the polarities in the body, aligning all the chakras.
Lodestone is an earth element stone, it is grounding and gives added power to attracting manifestations. They can be used to stimulate specific points on the body meridians, they help regulate frequencies. Lodestone is very helpful for protection of one’s energy field.
There is biogenic magnetite in human brain tissue as well, click here to learn more. It serves as an internal ‘homing device’ which enables us to choose which fork in the road we will take. Choice is 2.
Gneiss, which Catholic Saint is synchronized with Saturn ?
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A: Saint Peter. He holds the keys to the gates of Heaven.
(Saturn rules gates, binds and constricts.)
Peter’s attribute is a set of keys, from the time Christ said to him: “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Mathew 18:18
Gneiss does Pluto rule basements in astrology ?
A: Saturn and Capricorn rule basements, for they rule the earth.
Pluto rules catacombs, the dead buried in the earth.
Aquarian fantasy artist Frank Frazetta (solar chart) had Venus closely conjunct Mars in Capricorn, both opposite Pluto, and square Moon. His Sun and Mercury were opposite Neptune. Moon was opposite a Uranus Jupiter conjunction in Aries.
Whoa.
It appears he made the most of one Mercury Pluto trine, and one Sun Saturn sextile.
Then we dig deeper and of course, find much, much more.
Sun (spirit) is trine North Node of Destiny (trailblazing path in the life) and quintile (spiritual gifts) Chiron (the philosopher and the quest). Moon is quintile Saturn – building a legacy for the public.
Jupiter and Neptune are quintile North Node of Destiny, and Pluto is quintile Chiron – visionary fantasy art on a grand scale that transformed the comic genre forever.
That Venus Mars conjunction in Capricorn gave him exceptional technical skill, and the Jupiter Uranus conjunction in Aries -obviously – look at the powerof the human figure in his drawings.
Click here for a wonderful video tribute to Frank and his work.
Wednesday November 9 at 12:54 pm, CST USA… Neptune goes direct ~ >
turning to head back home to Pisces ~> WaaHoOoo YiPpiE !
There is light at the end of the tunnel for Pisces + Neptune peeps ! Hallelujah, AMEN !
Direct motion begins at 28 degrees of Aquarius. Neptune will drift ashore in Pisces on February 3, 2012.
She will relax in home waters for 14 years until 2024/5. Bliss !
I felt such a powerful whoosh when Neptune was back in sign this summer.
Water on Water feels much better than Water Electrified.
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Neptune (higher octave of Venus), is the planet of spiritual intelligence.
Being zapped by Uranus (the higher octave of Mercury) and flip-flopping polarities in an air sign known for detached scientific intelligence is not akin to Neptune’s dreamy, inspired, foggy, stealth.
Check 28 degrees in the house of Aquarius in your chart, for when Neptune goes direct, you will feel a shift in perspective ~> an outward manifestation of dreams and visions cultivated during June to November in that house.
It’s a void moon in Pisces and Uranus is trine the Mercury Venus conjunction so grab your pendulums, folks.
Uranus rules pendulums.
Mercury + Venus = love communication.
Pisces is the cosmos, divination; the Moon, intuition, receptivity.
A trine is the easy swift path between energies.
Moon enters Aries at 1:02 pm Sunday, CST USA.
A void moon is when the moon is not making any significant aspects before leaving the sign it is in. The Moon rules feelings, intuition, fluctuation, subconscious, the public. When the moon is adrift in the sky (so to speak) all these matters may wildly fluctuate.
Some folks say that the time of a void moon is a time to stop everything that involves judgement, signing contracts, starting projects or otherwise getting involved with decision making. I suggest you follow your intuition where this is concerned, though I do suggest caution, after all…better safe than sorry.
Neptune is my most highly aspected planet and it falls in the 11th (natural house of Aquarius, Uranus rules) and my Sun is conjunct Uranus, meaning I get the vibes, and I go with it. I treat most void moons as if they were dark moons, or introspective times to retreat into quiet thinking, contemplation- a time for release.
I sense it is very similar to a momentary retrograde where the moon energies take a break from going out, and instead flow inward. It is very much like a high tide and low tide- after all moon is what brings the ocean tides. The energies are flowing from the outside towards the inside. Prime divination time- try it !
Above all, the Moon is intuitive so go with what you feel regarding void moons.
As a rule I get better results from a pendulum when I am not feeling well.
Here’s why : Moon rules Cancer, which rules the breast and stomach. I have Moon (intuition) on the 4th (natural house of Cancer) in Taurus (exalted) opposite Neptune (divination) in Scorpio (metaphysics, the unseen) on the 11th (natural house of Uranus-pendulums- ruled Aquarius). Uranus rules stress, pendulums, and my stomach issues are stress-induced with high-strung energies of Mercury (MC) and Uranus strong in my chart. Mercury (communication) is sextile (oportunity) the 8th (unseen) and Uranus is sextile Neptune (opportunity for whammy divination), so if my vibes are outta whack, or strong Uranus action is happening- Yowsa !
Alex- “What is_____” for $500. lol
I have successfully dowsed a hidden water line in my backyard, the gender of unborn babies, and scratch-off lotto wins. (No I won’t give you the winning numbers, lol. )
Each user generally has a particular direction for yes, no, maybe that is unique to them. When I began dowsing, I asked which direction meant each answer and it has followed the same since- except when I change pendulums. In which case, I ask the new pendulum for each direction/ answer when I begin.
I have used Odin stones on leather thongs, forked sticks, rods, rings.
Sacred space, reverence and purpose is the key. I ask each time I enter sacred space what means what and move forward from there. Some pendulums differ directionally or are very fast/slow it depends on the pendulum. Each pendulum has an inherent energy signature. Merry meet, find ways & part.
I have 3 crystal pendulums and vary the stone pendulum in accordance to the type of question being asked. In matters of health and love I have an amethyst & rose quartz, for business I use sardonyx. I also have a faceted clear crystal which has an energy that is off the charts ~ it is like the Ferrari of pendulums, seriously ~ quicksilver, fast and wild !
Makes sense, since Mercury is quicksilver, and Uranus is Mercury’s higher octave- facets in a gem allow for more refraction of light. Sun is light, illumination, Mercury quicksilver communication, Uranus prisms, telepathy, Neptune rainbows and divination.
Dowsing works well with a forked stick and a ring on a string, so don’t get the impression that I am all about needing fancy stone pendulums. Simply open your mind and your eyes to the possibilities, everything on Earth is sacred and vibrating at one speed or another…as long as it swings, it’ll work.
Check your chart for where Mercury, Uranus and Neptune fall and the aspects they make for an indication of your dowsing talents.
Before I go, one last thing…my brother Jeff (mega- Aquarian) took me to the Wheel Bar in Estes Park, Colorado in the early 80’s where we sat and watched this giant pendulum (that I put into motion) make a spirograph drawing while we ate.
Was the coolest thing ever for 2 Uranian arty types to be doing, really. (Uranus also rules scientific contraptions.)
I have used Odin stones on leather thongs, forked sticks, rods, rings.
Sacred space, reverence and purpose is the key. I ask each time I enter sacred space what means what and move forward from there. Some pendulums differ directionally or are very fast/slow it depends on the pendulum. Each pendulum has an inherent energy signature. Merry meet, find ways & part.
This post is dedicated to my friend who has lost a friend, and to my brother, Jeff who I miss every day.
Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti was a master of human anatomy.
Pictured below is a detail from Pieta, located in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. Michelangelo was a life path 8, signifying strength, power, success and responsibility.
Michelangelo was a Pisces Sun, Moon and Mars , with grand water trines and a kite as well (ease in expressing the energies of planets involved). Visionary Sagittarius was rising at the time of his birth, chart ruler expansive, wise Jupiter in Aquarius the sign of revolutionary inventors in square (creative tension) to Venus (art), and quintile Neptune, the higher octave of Venus (inspired artists).
Sun conjunct Mars with Moon conjunct Mercury from the 3rd is very passionate thinker, concerned about how they communicate the solar and lunar principle. Michelangelo slept near his artwork – positively lived and breathed creativity while awake and sleeping.
Sun and Mars in the perceptive 3rd, in opposition to Pluto in Virgo in the 9th, not only gives an intense eye for detail, but a talent for provoking radical transformations in others through the actions in life. Uranus conjunct Neptune in Scorpio indicates an innovative, inspired artist capable of reaching into personal depths for creative inspiration. What great depth of feeling that resonated through Saturn in Cancer through his precise, detailed work. Works of art that have inspired millions of people over many generations.
Scorpio types love their secrets, love the murky depths and the mysteries of life. Scorpio is the house of sex, metaphysics and the unseen and death. How do you get to be a master of anatomy..? You spend hours studying the human form – from the inside out.
Considering I have now seen Michelangelo’s chart and see that Neptune (inspired art), Uranus (curiosity), Pluto (analysis regarding health and death – particularly in Virgo) are all highly elevated, I am not surprised by this.
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