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Ponderation & complexities

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To the extent that we honor all aspects of ourselves, we remove revulsion, self-hate, horror and terror from our lives.  As whole human beings we are the creatures of the greatest complexity on this planet.  Respect for this complexity includes our insisting on acceptance of the inconsistent and incongruous.  – Theodore Rubin

Tuesday December 25
Moon into Gemini 1:13am CST,USA
Mars into Aquarius 6:49am

Friday December 28
Full Moon in Cancer 4:21am CST,USA

Lunation moves toward Full in Cancer, so feelings are whoa off the scale, as is feminine energy, home and family matters, our collective instincts are Grrrowing to FULL ON OVERDRIVE.  Capricorn Sun conjunct Pluto opposes Full Moon and the whole caboodle squares Uranus in Aries.  New Action will be taken.

Current astro is most certainly shoving the metamorphic goods down my throat.  (Yes, throat. Transit Pluto is trine my natal Toro Moon, Uranus conjunct natal Saturn Rx ruler)
My life has come to a point of do or die.  Astrology is absoulutely fecking brilliant ! I am watching the planets influence and guide me – they are also a giant celestial map of energies at play for all of us as a whole.  Like a cosmic hurdy-gurdy, planetary energies hit notes to create a song. 

Those of you with Neptune near the last solar eclipse degree (21 degrees Scorp) will be feeling the approach of the North Node of Destiny which is at 25 degrees Scorp (NN always moves retrograde) at the moment.  Leo and Aquarius are facing inner changes leading towards the future as Toro is being shown how to leave the past behind.

This lunation will be bringing illumination to your house of Cancer, Capricorn will likely deliver it via Sun conjunct Pluto.  I could deliver you a rosy photograph of how Sun and Pluto is metamorphosis, rebirth and all things shiny and brand new – okay I AM delivering you that rosy photograph – it IS TRUE.

First you must develop the negative of the photograph.  The pain, Pain, PAIN that only the Scorpion knows.  Childbirth, vomiting, death, the loss of everything you hold dear are examples of Plutonic energy.  Pluto goes deep to purge the garbage.  Sun conjunct Pluto opposing Moon will bring shifts of feelings, ego – subconscious forces may emerge and power-tripping / ego hits / disappointments can be all over the shop.  Fair Warning !  Keep in mind Plutonic benders lead to healthier rebirthing.  When you come out the other side – all will be completely changed.

This Sun/Pluto opposes Moon : something or someone is Gone with the Wind (Jupiter Rx in Gemini ) and the aching loss of it, the acute realization is the breaking of Jupiter.  

Hope for one thing must be relinquished for another hope to survive and thrive.
Gemini comes in twos as does Sagittarius (Jupiter rules).  Jupiter Rx in Gemini is the apex of two quincunxes – Saturn in Scorpio and Pluto in Capricorn – mutual reception.
Loss – breakdown – restructuring.

Jupiter Rx in Gemini allows a bit of wiggle room to offset the fixed energies – Jupiter Rx is where a reshaping and reforming of thinking, values, ethics and philosophies will take place – so check your Gemini house changes INCOMING !

Also note Gemini 3rd (Mercury) and Sagittarius 9th houses rule teachers.  At the time of this lunation, Mars will have entered Aquarius in trine to Jupiter Rx in Gemini – Mars is the blade, the weapon.  Bills are Mercury, laws are Jupiter –  there is much debate of gun control in the US, as there should be after senseless deaths of young Sandy Hook schoolchildren.

We are emotionally supported by the energies of a Grand Water Trine (partly separating, but I’ll take it !) Cancer Full Moon (applying to) Scorpio Saturn and Pisces Neptune / Chiron.  Consider that a blessing as Neptune/Chiron THE HEALERS also sextile Sun/Pluto the usurpers and destroyers.  Opportunities for massive growth are bunking up in houses Pisces and Scorpio – use them !

Sun conjunct Pluto in Capricorn shines daylight on HOW death may turn to be of USE, a rebirth follows death – ALWAYS.
Gun laws must be re-examined – we must stop these senseless killing sprees.  Also think of outdated principles of inefficient big business corps, overtaxing, draining OUR RESOURCES on and in Mother Earth, for instance.  Haven’t we all lost faith in big corps, big govt and their shoddy practices of raping and pillaging both our earth and people for profits ?

And wtf are corps/govt’s so gung-ho to poison everyone and thing on the planet ?
I LIVE here, DRINK here, EAT here. 
I don’t want a bunged up pineal gland from swallowing too much fluoride, I don’t want genetically modified crops, and I most certainly do not want clearcut rainforests and palm oil in everything from toothpaste to cereals.  I have gone organic, buying reverse osmosis H20 asap, I’ve simply HAD IT with sneaky corps and their purposely misleading labelling and lies.  DONE.

Apply the same principles (the micro) to you and your life. 
What must die in order for you to make the best USE of your TIME and ENERGY ?
Where is your future path leading you ? Look to 25 degrees of Leo and Aquarius for where change is being forced.   The same of 25 Taurus – this is what must be left behind in order for your future to unfold.  (NNode is not a physical point in space, yet the energies of these houses offer clues to where work must be done.)  My King of Wands has just been Knighted – well cracked over the head with North Node, really.  (Jupiter in Leo)
IT IS TIME.

Mercury (25 degrees) conjuncts Venus and Galactic Center (27 degrees) in Sagittarius.  Visionary thinking regarding money, love, partnership and harmony is pouring in from the cosmos (and out of earth towards the cosmos) while Mercury quintiles Chiron.  Picture the energetic geometric grids: conduits crisscrossing the planet, smaller scale it is also in your body via nerves (which by the way Gemini rules) and nervous system.  The same is true of everything in the known and unknown universe – we are all connected like the spiral of a spiders web (Saturn rules the physical world) that circles ever outward.
( ( ( ripples ) ) )

Now we get our heads (Gemini) right, and work towards our futures.
Be patient, loving and use your energies wisely.

namaste
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dual citizenship

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John Dyers Baizley, Beyond the Permafrost

YULE
Longest night of the year – the darkest of the dark nights. 
I love it here in the private cool dark…few go outside in the northern hemisphere when the snow and wind blow, so my usual routine of seclusion blends right into the woodwork.  Sweeet.

This is the time Sun enters Capricorn – Midheaven in the natural chart – the pinnacle of material solidification, the time of quiet solitude, concentration and deepest growth.

Capricorn embodies TIME, and the passage of it.
YULE (winter solstice) means WHEEL in Norse.

The wheel of time has seen this planet through mass extinctions – yes that is plural.
Continental drift, magnetic polar shifts, your life up to this point, and this particular change of seasons.

Wisdom is inherent to Capricorn, because Capricorn IS TIME.
Saturn (rules Cap) is old age, the adage; time has passed, experience is earned, and acceptance of WHAT IS is reached.

The passage of Father (Saturn) time (Scythe) is the end of dark days and the beginning of New Sun / Son represented by the birth of longer daylight.  Solstice is from the Latin words sol (sun) and sisto (stop).  See Sacred Round here.

POLARITES
of the
MYSTICAL SEAGOAT

– Freshly embodied matter from the etheric state is wrestling the cosmic spiritual language into material goalset.

– Decaying matter wrestles the energetic bonds keeping the etheric chained to the material realm.

Thus we have entered the festival of Lights, named for the darkest days on Mother Earth, hence Saturnalia, Saturn rules Mother Earth – yet Saturn is also Father.

Dual citizenship. 
Hmmm.
Are you getting that ?!
Takes two.
Partnership.
Compromise.
Promise.
Justice.
Just US.
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ALL ONE.

Polarities abound, yes..?
Saturn was the ancient ruler of Aquarius.

Saturn: slow and steady, reliable, clubby.
Uranus: individual thoughtspeed global networkings.

We are connecting earthwide via our thoughtspeeds in the material realm.
Where thoughts go energy flows.

Vitally differing (stagnant / electric) energies, POLARITES.
Two sides acting as ONE.

Northern Hemisphere celebrates Yule as Southern Hemisphere celebrates Litha, or midsummer.

Happy Solstice
You are not alone
GMA

Wrangling

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Peter Max

They must change often, who would be
constant in happiness.
Confucius

Of late I have been wrangling Moon via Pluto – coming and going – transit & natal trine
 Subconscious drives and pathways are undergoing an overhaul, relationships with women, the public and how I see them (natal Pluto is in 9) is metamorphing bigtime.

Which of course, means I AM as well.  Pluto is in my first (natural Aries) square Aries.

Pluto is square Uranus in Aries for everyone , so what WE ARE is dawning on us and we are changing as a Mass Consciousness.  (Pluto rules the masses, also rules death, and psychoanalysis)

 I see changes are being pushed forward re: American gun laws, let’s hope positive changes are forthcoming in the mental health field as well.

I have also been giving thought to ME (Aries, obviously) and my aspects and how I trigger people without even intending to.  I AM working on this diligently, fyi.
(Saturn Rx in Aries here)

I am referring to my natal Sun / Uranus / Pluto conjunction in 9.
Just by sucking air and interacting, I am a walking catalyst – tripping the energy – on the active square between Uranus Pluto in everyone I come into contact with.
Trust me, just as fun as it sounds.

I am a loner, for the most part – that’s the Uranian bit – if I do interact with you in any way, I AM taking time (Saturn) out of my life to do so, that should be an indication of my investment right off the bat.  I do care about people, for pity’s sake I AM a multi-Virgo !

For the record, what you say to me, I think about – if it resonates.  Sometimes I do anyway because I am sensitive, though with Capricorn rising it may be difficult to see that at first glance.  This has been the year of passive aggressive confrontations and it is about to drive me up a wall and down the other side.

If you have confronted me directly, I thank you – you do me the honor of speaking to me when I am right in front of you.  Online (you can’t see me) BS has disintegrated human manners to Neanderthal knuckle dragging grunts. ugh

To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes accountability and responsibility. 
Bell Hooks

Know that I know I was called VOID; know that I was told to tone down and BE SOFT rather than unfold a reflection of judgmental ideas back.  I play. I am fond of play, with Venus conjunct Jupes in Leo, I play and I have a kind heart.  I AM actively working at being more precise and loving in speech and actions – that’s a fact.  You can count on me to be honest, sometimes blunt, but honest – and playful – with a banquet of intensity on the side.

Know this – I AM no shrinking violet, I was born this way.
If you expect Uranus and Pluto to tone it down – yeah, well, good luck with that.

peace
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anything with a swinga

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Moon in late degree Pisces coming to meet Uranus in Aries
How do you feel about your self, your family, the public, your genius soul path ?
You may be getting a surprise message . . .

Venus in Sagittarius opposite Jupiter Rx in Gemini
Loving expansion of peace of mind through inner self study
take AIM towards your long-range future, be optimistic, have faith
explore your inner neural pathways, blaze new trails towards happiness and health
hee and FUN !

peace out all
 day job is nutzo
postings a bit irregular for the next few
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Saturn Stone

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Ammonite

Fossil, Paleozoic Marine Arthropod

A stone with similarities to snails speaks of the slow passing of time and the architecture of the ages.  It is a stone of stability and protection.  Ammonite transmutes negativity into smooth flowing energy, encouraging relaxation.

Ammonite encourages circular breathing, making it an excellent stone ally during childbirth.  It enhances survival instincts and alleviates depression, good for bones and teeth.  Recommended for construction workers, those building structural foundations.

Vibrates to the number 9.

I chose this one for Fire on the 12th.
namaste
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gathering qi

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Mudjekeewis, Spirit keeper of the West (element Fire) is Father of all the Winds, he provides homes for the Thunder Beings.

His energy is strong in twilight time and in autumn.

Soapstone, cedar, gifts of adulthood, maturity, using expertise and valued skills are found in the west.  The grizzly bear vibrates to the western spirit – bear is both fierce and gentle; active in summer light, and inactive / hibernating in the winter dark. 

Breathe in western energy at sunset to help you walk the path of balance and cultivate awareness and acceptance of the worlds of light and dark; of life and death. 

Twilight is the magick hour when movement between worlds is possible.
Twilight is spiritual, creative, energetic and attractive.

Breath, relax your body, lightly focus your mind on your goal . . .let the spirit energy of the West rise to meet you on your path . . .

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To estimate the number of minutes until sunset:

1. Stretch out both arms in front of you.
2. Place one hand above the other with the little finger of one hand on the horizon.
3. Count the fingers (not thumbs) needed to block the sky between horizon and Sun.
4. Multiply the number of fingers by 15.

om mani padme hum
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Out in the Woods

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“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Asteroid Wood 1660
Wilderness, woods, preservation of it – pop it into your chart, see what you get.

My Wood is in Virgo trine Moon in Toro, square Sag Mars, quintile Scorp Neptune.  When I was very young the woodlands behind my home were razed. I cried the livelong day – so hard my head about popped off, I was totally freaked, pleading for them to stop.  I feel the same to this day about forests.  Cap rising, multi Virgo, Moon in Toro exalted, I’m very earthy.

John Muir, founder of The Sierra Club actively helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. He has been called the “Father of the National Parks,” and is considered one of the patron saints of twentieth-century American environmental activity.  John had asteroid Wood in Virgo opposite Moon and Venus in Pisces (writing of love of land, serenity found); trine Mercury; square Chiron.  John wrote extensively of forests and nature he experienced firsthand, including The Mountains of California.

In 1916 the National Park Service was founded by US President Woodrow Wilson.
Woodrow had Wood in Scorpio sextile Mercury in Capricorn (sign into law); square Venus/Mars exact conjunct in Aquarius; opposite Uranus in Taurus and trine Neptune in Pisces.

Julia Butterfly Hill spent 738 days living in the thousand-year old Redwood forest tree (she affectionately named ‘Luna’). She wrote of her tree-sitting experience in her book, The Legacy of Luna. Julia has Wood in Pisces (inspired healing) square Saturn in Gemini (writing), sextile Capricorn Venus and Toro Mars (earthy !). Wood square Saturn also indicates the fact that what she thought would be at most a three week stint turned into a two year tree sit.

More tree sitters here and here.

Dominic Monaghan (Merry, Lord of the Rings) is a passionate nature lover, has been active in the planting of trees, cacti, pod-seeds of mature hedge-row bushes – he also owns a small forest in India. Dom has asteroid Wood exact conjunct Venus in Aquarius.  He’s a bohemian Sag, happily doing the travel critter thing – you can see him soon in Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan.

May the Forest be with You
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Companions

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Moon in Aquarius

Venus into Sagittarius
10:38pm CST, USA
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The Doctor.
I loOove the Doctor.  
A quirky humanitarian (Aquarius) time traveler, saving life forms, indeed – entire worlds across time and space. (Sun rules not only heroes, but also the heart – and the Doc has two; Sagittarius rules long distance travel)

He is a brilliant combo of clever geek and cheeky party crasher – game for fun, yet deadly serious when any life form is threatened.  The Doctor is packing a wealth of experience and knowledge garnered across time and space over many lifetimes, many  regenerations.

His wits are his weapon.  He refuses all firearms – only using his sonic screwdriver, ‘which does not kill, wound or maim’, and the help of loyal friends travelling with him.

Interesting bit written into the plotlines over and over again – he sometimes goes a bit Gung Ho, suffers from a God Complex and needs a stiff shot of Saturn reality check from his mates to set him straight.  The brilliant, clever Doctor also needs the help of friends.

Good friends are ruled by Venus and Aquarius.
 Moon is in eccentric Aquarius, and soon, Venus will enter Sagittarius where she will meet up with Mercury, trine Uranus in Aries while she also squares Neptune and Chiron In Pisces.  So heads UP, I’m gonna talk about LoOove baby !

Venus needs friends.
The Doctor needs his mates to pull him back from over zealous, self-righteous anger and the edge of wrath.  He needs his friends to help him SEE, to help him widen his circle of perspective.

Yesterday in comments I mentioned the planetary heart grid.  I actually think there are multiples of grids connecting us through ALL our energetic points, ie: Vishudda (throat) chakras via speech/ mass comms, the Muladhara (root) chakras via collective instincts, etc… you get the idea.

The electromagnetics of the heart are connected into the electromagnetics of the earth, the electromagnetics of all life forms on the planet.  We feel the electromagnetic connection between all life, everywhere, through the beat of our hearts.
FYI: by everywhere, I mean across time, off planet and beyond . . .

When I asked ‘how wide is your circle ?’, I was aiming to get you (and me) – thinking.
AtomBodyTownStateNationContinentHemisphere
PlanetSolarSystemGalaxyUniverseMultiverse

Who or what do you let into your circle ?
Into your heart ?
This is the glyph for Sun.  Sun rules the heart, the number
ONE.
What I am saying is we are ALL IN THE SAME CIRCLE.

I am in yours, you are in mine.  We are in a soul contract, all earthkind HERE and NOW are working together to LEARN and GROW.  In fact, everything everywhere is in one big ginormous contract, to be honest.  We need each other – each and every one – we are in a global symbiotic relationship.  I almost wrote symbionic, which oddly enough, is a true mistake. Working together, we are better, stronger, faster.

CO – EXIST

Venus needs friends.

Venus needs friends to pull her back from the edge, to lift her up and give her love and compassion in order for her to gain equilibrium and peace of mind.  All life on this planet is both capable of loving and in need of love – those that are seemingly devoid of love need it the most, for how else will they heal if not through love ?
Hate does not heal – love heals.
We are all in the same circle.
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Fire signs are the courageous leaders of the zodiac, people often turn to them for answers in troubled times.  Those with strong Jupiter or Sagittarius energy are also sought for answers, for they SEE farther, they are the sign of higher mind.

I got news for you, we don’t have all the answers either.  I asked the whole world for an answer one sunny afternoon a coon’s age ago . . .and got a plethora of answers, all from different eyes, but the Same Heart Place.

Ultimately there is only ONE answer.
Love.

Venus is personal love while Neptune is her higher octave, spiritual compassion.
High qi Neptune is the light bearer for the spiritual Sun, she will raise human perceptions to the divine.
She is a LOVE of LIFE, a HEALING HOPE for ALL to THRIVE in HARMONY.
She teaches the art of letting go . . . the art of going with the flow of each moment as it unfolds.  Birth, life, death and re-birth, it is the way.  Love transcends all these stages of energy, all times, all places . . . love transcends all boundaries.

::: Let us have love and more love; a love that melts all opposition, a love that conquers all foes, a love that sweeps away all barriers, a love that aboundeth in charity, a large-heartedness, tolerance, forgiveness, and noble striving, a love that triumphs over all obstacles :::
Abdul Baha

peace be with you
amin mela lle
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