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The Voice.

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If you want to study the astrology of singing look to Mercury and Taurus.  Mercury is air in the (Gemini) lungs, Taurus rules the throat.  Scorpio (opposite Taurus) is also worth noting as it is power (ruled by Pluto) opposite, therefore a give and take/unit.

Voice aspects have always been a subject of interest, as I have Moon in Taurus, a Virgo stellium and Libra Mercury at Midheaven.  I love to sing, and sounds directly influence my state/peace of mind.  The most intelligent, interesting lecture in the world would have trouble sinking in if I had to listen to a whiney, grating voice throughout.
It is what it is…just one of my quirks. 
Now onto the astrology of voice.

Clear voice: Sun, Mercury, Venus well aspected, on the angles
Deep voice: Saturn highly aspected (esp in women) afflictions to Mercury, Venus
Fluency: expressive dexterity corresponds with 7 degrees Capricorn/Pisces
Rumbling, course voice: afflictions to Scorpio; Saturn in hard aspect to Taurus/Libra or Venus, also in hard aspect to Mercury
Gifted: Venus or Mercury in Taurus, 2nd house; Air signs on cusp of 2nd
Melodious: Venus (Taurus/Libra) on the angles (esp with Mercury) and well aspected
Vocal control/tone: strongest at 16 degrees Taurus/Scorpio; 17 degrees Aries/Libra
Voice strain: Uranus or Saturn in hard aspect to Mercury, Venus, Taurus or Air signs

Factoids:
The larynx is said to build its power from the sexual nature of the Scorpio axis – the sex drive kicks in with the deepening of the male voice in puberty.  For this reason hard aspects (restriction) of Taurus/Scorpio will manifest in a high pitched voice in men; a low voice in women. 
Venus and Mercury strong with benefics can compensate for hard aspects to Taurus.

It is wise to remember that any contact is an exchange of energy a square or opposition can be stronger than a trine when solved – aka worked properly, honed to your highest expression of it.

:::I’ll toss a few names & deets:::

Thom Yorke: Libra Sun and Scorpio Mercury Rx opposite Aries Saturn (8 degree orb)  Thom’s interp here. 
Joe Elliott: Leo Mercury tightly conjunct Uranus – once on weeks of strict silence due to vocal strain
Tom Waits: Mercury rising bang on ASC in Sagittarius square Saturn in Virgo; Venus conjunct Jupiter in Aquarius
Demi Moore: Scorpio Venus, Sun, Mercury opposite Taurus Moon (exalted); Mercury square Saturn in Aquarius
Richard Armitage: Sun tightly conjunct Venus; Mercury w/in 7 degrees in hard aspect – but Gemini Saturn in good aspect to Uranus in Libra.  Richard’s interp here.
Ann Wilson: Venus in Taurus  conj DC trine Saturn in Virgo; Mercury 7th well aspected to Libra; Venus quintile Jupiter in Pisces
Nat King Cole: Aries Mercury and Venus, both trine Saturn in Leo
Ian Gillian: Sun tightly conjunct Mercury in Leo trine Moon rising; Venus conjunct Saturn in Cancer; Venus exact quintile Jupiter Virgo

Also see asteroid Melpomene.

Peace
GMA

Universally Understood

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This has been on my mind the last couple of days…

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Ride out to meet them is one answer, but another ?
How does one break into the heart of those who only see one way, are so close-minded they want to block a young girl from school or kill cartoonists ? 

Otter: Find some source of joy and capitalize on it.  Everyone has at least one thing they love, enjoy or escape to in times of pain.  Friendship for hate, play for anger and protection where there is fear.

Raven: Ahhh…the Trickster, the Mercurial messenger that sees many sides and uses them to their fullest potential.  Corvids use tools, totem here, they are very intelligent and fly between worlds delivering messages.
Hugin and Munin (Thought and Memory/Mind) were the ravens that whispered into the ear of the Norse God Odin while he hung upside down from Yggdrasil, (The World Tree) for nine days and nights in order to gain shamanic insight.
Raven communicates deftly across cultures and space-time.  Those with Mercury highly aspected exhibit the same qualities.  Raven scavenges remains for sustenance, everything is noticed, used.

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Touch and Taste: Physical connection, contact and also creation.  Hands (Mercury rules hands and sensations) are capable of transferring huge amounts of energy from all chakra points via Reiki, massage – hands create craft, sculpt, sign and play music.

Touch is the least deceptive of all the senses as it is grounded in material earth.  Babies sense everything as they learn their surroundings, crawling and tasting and touching everything.  Raven here delivers sense of smell and taste or in my mind, Smiles.

This is the universally understood gesture across cultures and creatures.

imageFrom my copy of Nat’l Geo December 1994: Animals at Play. (see comments)
I have saved it all these years for this article alone.
Virgo rules small animals, Neptune, big ones.

Peace
Gneiss Moon
ps.  Apologies, a bit scattered 4K HS kids in my neck of the woods today !
And tomorrow…please keep this in mind if no posts appear.
Moon elf is busy elsewhere.  Thank you

Magician on the Mountain

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Mercury in Capricorn
Magician meets the Mountain.
Mind makes a Mark on the Material.

Mercury in Capricorn is focused, structured, it builds and fortifies.  This is air in earth therefore slower, more responsible and goal oriented on the material plane.  (Note Mercury rules wind instruments and small pets, Saturn aged stones.)

Where Mercury in Taurus thinks of their own comfort; Mercury in Virgo (earth) is duty bound to service within their community;  Mercury in Capricorn is determined to reach a broader public scope via the world at large.  This Mercury puts thinking and communicating to USE in socially responsible ways and means.  Mercury in the sign of Capricorn is serious and disciplined, tactful and conservative – here is a man/woman of few  but weighty words.

Mercury in Capricorn indicates diplomacy and justice with the written and spoken word – don’t be hasty !  In addition, this placement of Mercury tends towards melancholy due to the influence of Saturn (rules Capricorn) note also the tendency towards pessimism and severity.

This Mercury is capable of high qualities of concentration that more than makes up for the restrictive quality of Saturn’s influence.  This Mercury perseveres and will not give up, no matter how hard the climb.

Thinking positively and cultivating joy is of utmost importance or fear can set in and warp the circuits. Mercury in Capricorn can also reveal more than one career or work path, father figure or perhaps working with siblings.

Mercury is capable of genius multi-tasking, Saturn of much concentrative study.  This is quite a lovely pairing for writing and teaching as well as communicating and diplomacy.  Curiously, this Mercury placement feels old when they are young + feels young when they are old.
Mercury and Saturn rule youth and age, respectively.

Peace
Gneiss Moon

Messenger

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Hello lovely peeps~

It turns out transiting Mars in my 9th of higher learning square my natal Sagittarius Mars in 12 has me going at mystical and metaphysical study like a junkyard dog at a porterhouse steak.

Mercury is going retrograde just before the eclipse and I always find it helpful to flesh out the planetary bodies scientifically as well as turning my inner eye upon them.


Mercury has a rep for being neutral, dualistic, adaptable, dextrous, articulate, alert and brilliant.  It is neutral, reflective and associated with the throat chakra / communication.  Mercury expresses polarities, and does so scientifically as well.

One side is extremely hot at 430 degrees celsius, the other is very cold at -180 degrees celsius.  Mercury circles the sun in 88 Earth days, yet only rotates on its axis 3 times for every two trips around the Sun.  Mercury also has a global internal dipolar magnetic field which means it has both a north and a south pole.

In the natal, the closest aspect to Mercury is the way Mercury will find its expression.  For instance, my Mercury is at MC in Libra, and sextile Venus conjunct Jupiter in the 8th of Leo.  I am usually talking about art, music, or metaphysics.  Look to your Mercury to see how you express yourself.

namaste~
gneissmoonastrology.net 

Keymaster

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Eleggua is the gatekeeper standing at the crossroads of all life.  He walks between heaven and earth, day and night and is the messenger of the gods to the peoples of Nigeria, Benin and to Afro/Cuban practitioners of Santeria.
He watches human decisions and determines if the open path will lead to progress or to payment.

Similar to Osiris the Egyptian god of the dead, Elegua is gatekeepeer at the crossroads as humans pass from this life into the next.  Also known as a trickster, he is similar to Mercury or the Magician.

I am burning Eleggua incense as a blessing and a prayer that my path will be swift, clear and well-lit as I write.   Appropriate as transiting Pluto (gates to mysteries, metaphysics and the underworld) squares (creative tension) Saturn Rx (discipline) in the 3rd (writing, communication) in my chart at the mo.

* Note: Garlic may also be used as payment at the crossroads.

Sun and Saturn are trine (ease) Neptune (inspiration) in Aquarius (innovative, inspired thinking).  The Mercury Venus (writing, thinking) conjunction in Scorpio is good for research and metaphysics.  Jupiter (luck and abundance) is trine (ease) Pluto (rules Scorpio, opens the gates to the underworld, mysteries and metaphysics) from Taurus the hard-worker.

Blessed be~ may the door open swiftly, and the path be clear in your life as well.
namaste~
gneissmoonastrology.net 

adaptation, improvisation

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Tonight’s fortune cookies are spot – on !

Sun, (coming up to exact conjunction with ) Saturn conjunct Mercury in the last degree of Libra which is conjunct Venus in Scorpio.  Mercury in the last degrees can be the overflowing cup of communication, so be mindful of your thoughts and speech.
Restriction and what others are doing is on the mind and in the heart now.  Keep the faith and stay positive, define your goals.

This stellium of energies is in opposition to the energies of Moon which just entered Taurus and is approaching Jupiter. Moon opposition will pass quickly, while the Mercury and Venus opposition to Jupiter will last longer.
The combined energies of the stellium and Moon/Jupiter are both square Pluto.   Steady as she goes~

Adaptation, improvisation. – Morphius

Disseminating Toro moon spreads seeds of knowledge gained at the full moon.  Toro moon is patient, steady and likes peaceful surroundings.  Enjoy the break before it lands in restless Gemini…

namaste~
gneissmoonastrology.net

fortify

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Fluorite is a cubic, octahedral stone that is fluorescent, or glows under UV light.  The origin of the name is Latin, meaning to flow.
It is a stone that enhances mental clarity and provides a clear, clean energy.  It is good for increasing memory, concentration and enhances decision-making.  Note that it has a cubic habit, which is the power of 4 – structure, stability and manifestation.

This stone can help give form to scattered thoughts and energies, and bring your goals into focus.   It increases the flow of energy between brain hemispheres allowing the intuitive (right) and logical reasoning (left) halves to work in unison.  By making the mental path clear, fluorite aids in making a solid plan of action in order to reach your goals step by step.

 

In the natural chart 3rd house is Gemini, ruled by Mercury, motto: I THINK.  It is communication in all forms, lower mind, early education, study habits, how you learn, writing and short distance travel.

Sagittarius is 9th house, ruled by Jupiter, motto: I SEE.  It is higher mind, teaching, universities, philosophy, ethics, morals, beliefs, religion and long distance travel.

Neptune rules the 12th house of Pisces, the hidden, fog, delusion and illusion, mysticism, secrets and sacrifice.  The house in your natal chart where Neptune lives will be a place of spirituality, mysticism and perhaps some form of sacrifice or suffering in your life.

If you have an active Neptune in your natal chart, meaning is it contacting by conjunction, opposition or square another planet, you can not only expect some foggy nebulous action concerning the planets/houses involved, but also inspirational downloads from the cosmos and the collective.

If you have Neptune aspecting a natal planet by transit via conjunction opposition or square, expect the same.

If you are having Neptune trouble, may as well fortify yourself with some stable, earthy fluorite energy to help dissipate the fog, clear the air and put all that inspirational, visionary thinking to practical use.

namaste~
gneissmoonastrolgy.net

Making Waves

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We have a lovely Pisces (Neptune rules) Moon (feelings, public) conjunct chiron (healer) and Neptune (oceans).
Moon and Neptune both trine (harmony) Mercury (messenger of the gods) and Venus (love).
Neptune (oceans) trine Saturn (conservation).

I was cruising Radiohead info and found this great site Project Oceans.

I love it that Radiohead is so incredibly environmentally active – refusing to jet across the globe to play in a television studio – they dial it in – pointedly explaining why to do otherwise is ludicrous.
oh yeah baby I dig you.  My Saturn has a crush on your Saturn. 

Obviously, I’m not done talking about how great Thom Yorke (click here for more Thom) is, so pull up a seat Radioheads..!
Thom has Mercury, Venus and Neptune in Scorpio.  Intense and powerfully perceptive, he is able to read the collective pulse (Mercury, Neptune, Venus in Scorp) of unconscious human need (Mercury opp Moon) and forge (Pluto rules Scorp) new tools for building a more environmentally (Saturn conjunct Moon) sound future for us all.

That Virgo stellium is a powerhouse !
Virgos appreciate life in all its forms.  They see the web of life, the sacred patterns present from the micro to the macro scale.  They are earthy healers here to serve and protect.

Thom has Virgo Mars (desires, action), Jupiter (hope, philosophy) conjunct Pluto (the big game-changer, regeneration) and Uranus (the wild and free).  He is progressive and pioneering, a leader in the environmental movement from a musicians standpoint.  The band has taken solid steps to cut the amount of carbon emissions they produce during touring, as well as backing ecowatch groups and artists programs raising awareness on global warming.

Thom has Libra Sun (balance) opposite Aries Moon which is conjunct Saturn (Earth).  Moon and Saturn have a Mars flavor which brings a militant attitude toward finding balance with the public (Moon) and Earth (Saturn).

Libra Sun opposite Aries Moon conjunct Saturn – all are in Cardinal signs – they are initiating plans of action and making waves.

Thom is a number 5 life path, and has a 5 Sun.
5= Change, flux and adjustment
His Moon is 7 = Divine order, the mystical, a turning point.
Sevens are the triumph of spirit over matter.

Spirit (Sun) in the sign of balance (Libra) using art and music (Venus rules) to shine a reflection toward the masses (Moon) of what humankind is unconsciously doing to our (Mother, Moon) planet (Saturn, Earth).

I’m glad you were born to spin around on the planet with us, thank you.

namaste~
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