Category Archives: Poetry

Dawn of Hope

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Silence is the mystery of the world to come.
Speech is the organ of this present world…

More than all things love silence:
it brings you a fruit that the tongue cannot describe. 

In the beginning we have to force ourselves to be silent.
But then from our very silence
is born something 
that draws us into deeper silence.

May God give you an experience of this ‘something’ that is born of silence.
If you practice this
inexpressible light will dawn upon you.

:: Issac of Nineveh ::

namaste
GMA

two as one

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My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless.
Neither body or soul.
I belong to the beloved, have seen the two worlds as one
and that one call to and know,
first, last, outer, inner,
only that
 breath breathing human being.

 :: Rumi ::

Gemini rules the lungs & hands
clear the body of
 deep seated
– mental, emotional, spiritual –
toxins
with each breath

Pranayama – The Art of Yoga Breathing

Mudras to assist Pranayama
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peace
GMA

hard to describe

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CHANGED

They said something mean about me
and didn’t notice it was mean.

So my heart wandered
into the rainy night without them
and found a canopy
to hide under.

My eyes started
seeing through things.
Like gauze.
Old self through new self.
My flexible body
went backwards
and forwards
in time.

It’s hard to describe but true:
I grew another head with better ideas
inside my old head.
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Naomi Shihab Nye
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VOID TAURUS MOON

void ends with
Moon into Gemini
Wednesday 31
1:40pm CST, USA
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namaste
gneissmoonastrolgy.net

Center.

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The lesson which life constantly repeats is to ‘look under your feet.’
You are always nearer to the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are.
Do not despise your own place and hour.
Every place is under the stars.
Every place is the center of the world.
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John Burroughs
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You are now at a crossroads.
This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make.
Forget your past.
Who are you now?
Who have you decided you really are now ?
Don’t think about who you have been.
Who are you now?
Who have you decided to become ?
Make this decision consciously.
Make it carefully.
Make it powerfully.
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Anthony Robbins
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Scorpio Saturn trine Pisces Chiron
Waning Virgo Moon
tap deep well of central power
  research responsible healing methods
Sag Mars trine Aries Uranus Rx
 engage.
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peace
  GMA

lift you

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I have come to drag you out of yourself
and take you in my heart.

I have come to bring out the beauty
you never knew you had
and lift you like a prayer to the sky.

Rumi

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Ode to Pluto, yes ?
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Gemini Moon conjunct Jupiter
squares
Mercury conjunct Sun in Virgo

The walk may not match the talk
at the moment.

Moon square Sun
 is an aspect of feeling off center
feelings, instincts and spiritego awareness
are in flux
under the surface

It will pass quickly – Moon moves quickly
 take the time to activate (Mars) some deep diving
in your Scorpio waters.

What DO you desire ?

Calibrate.
Re-calibrate.
Uranus square Pluto.
Adaptation, improvisation.

The opportunity for Plutonic transformation
lies in personal enthusiasm
digging deep and
owning your own power.

– Practice Self Help –
 No one knows you
as well as YOU KNOW YOU.

Engage your independent spirit

Practice
  spiritual healing, forgiveness, high healing magick
work the 
inspirational creativity living in your water houses
of
Scorpio and Pisces.

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namaste
gneissmoonastrology.net

believe

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When they ask to see your gods
your book of prayers
show them lines
drawn delicately with veins
on the underside of a bird’s wing
tell them you believe
in giant sycamores mottled
and stark against a winter sky
and in nights so frozen
stars crack open spilling
streams of molten ice to earth
and tell them how you drink
a holy wine of honeysuckle
on a warm spring day
and of the softness
of your mother who never taught you
death was life’s reward
but who believed in the earth
and the sun
and a million, million light years
of being
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J.L. Stanley
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blessed be
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Pure atmosphere

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Rassouli
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Join Me in the Pure Atmosphere – Hafiz
translation Daniel Landinsky
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I slip in and out of the Sea at night with this
Amazed soul I have. 

I am like a magnificent, magic ocean turtle
Who sets aside his vast wings of
Blue effulgence 

When I crawl upon your shores
To leave my divine seed of verse.

Let me remain cryptic tonight
All the way till dawn
As I orbit God
In this holy, ecstatic mood.

Grab hold of the corners
Of my luminous, tender shell

And I will whirl for you,
 For I am covered with eminent crystals
That I have gathered from the infinite depths
Of love.

Follow my tracks in the sand that lead
Beyond thought and space,
For I can see deep down

That you are really a golden bird
That needs to
Dance

With your spirit enraptured and ascending
On the currents of Light –

 On the currents of His
Breath. 

Join me with your hands, wings, hoofs or fins
In my sublime applause.
Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude
For life.

 I slip in and out of the Moon each night
With a gracious ease
With this brilliant heart I have.

The Beautiful Friend, the Exquisite One,
Sometimes steps from His Invisible Body

And walks upon our shore
So that we might see and know

His radiant Tender Shell-
His eminent crowns
That are the three worlds.

O grab hold of the hem of His skirt
As He spins this Universe on an emerald
Dance floor!

Cling to the Transcendent Elements in His glance
As the Beloved forever whirls
His Love.

Hafiz
Slips in and out of God at night
Tied to his own amazed
Soul.

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namaste
gneissmoonastrology.net

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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