By Varrese Painter - User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2008,
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3839471
So much is happening, and I know I keep writing about the ‘STRESS’
that so many are experiencing, but I am only a ‘MESSENGER’ sharing the energies
we are being ‘guided’ by through the musical spheres, as named by Keppler, in
the ‘waters above’. These are
challenging times. We also have ‘helping
energy’, such as Venus in Libra at 21* (which she has rulership over) in sextile
to Mercury at 24* Sagittarius now.
That does not erase the incredibly heavy overcast that is
blanketing the planet, like the grey days of a London fog.
SCORPIO, we are all getting a dose of what it is like to be
a Scorpio, who carries the heavy weight of Pluto, and the traditional ruler,
Mars.
When the sun and Mars met up in Scorpio at 25* Scorpio on
November 18th, they were both carrying the shock waves from their
opposition to Uranus, the ‘GREAT AWAKENER’ and already increasing the rising
tides as they pushed into the square to Saturn at 00* PIsces and all that
emotional water.
All that BURIED ENERGY AND FEELINGS COVERED IN SMILES AND ‘LIGHT
AND LOVE’ SPIRITUAL BYPASSING. This is
the kind of astrological configurations that can slice that open like a bladder
being cut with a scalpel.
A word of CAUTION.
Above you see an old drawing of Demeter, enthroned and extending her hand in a
benediction toward the kneeling Metaneira, who offers the triune wheat (c. 340 BC) In Homer's
Iliad, the blond Demeter with the help of the wind separates the grain from the
chaff.
It is Demeter who stands up to Pluto, as Persephone’s
mother, to negotiate THE RELEASE through shared custody agreement, of
Persephone, who Hades (Pluto) has kidnapped and taken down into his lair deep
into the earth. DARKENSS, SHADOWS,
WHAT IS HIDDEN BENEATH THE SURFACE & BELOW THE BELT. (Scorpio)
https://youtu.be/DCO9K6uh9Fc?si=8dMI5XLv5uIvTM1i
We are all dealing with SHADOWS AND DARKNESS, coming out of the ‘light and love’ that was pushed, over and over, and CAUSED so many people to push their true feelings down, all trying to avoid the darkness, THE TRUTH.
IT DOES NOT WORK.
YOU CANNOT RUN FROM THE TRUTH.
So many people have become insulated trying to wrap a
blanket of ILLUSION around themselves, that this time is even more difficult.
People become uncomfortable when the truth is being told.
The less someone has dealt with their shadows, the more difficult
this time is going to be.
I cannot even begin to tell you all the people that are both
reaching out to me, and that I am seeing on the collective level, are going in
and out of the darkness, and for too many, the doorway between those worlds is
far too wide, and the passageway like greased skids, making it nearly
impossible and for some, impossible to maintain a grip on reality or just being
submerged into the darkness, the underground or the ID, subconscious that is
swallowing them whole.
I mean, A LOT OF PEOPLE. TOO MANY PEOPLE.
THIS DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR THE TIME WE MUST GET THROUGH.
What do I do?
PRAY, WALK IN THE PARK, MEDITATING AND EXCHANGING THE ENERGY
OF NURTURING NATURE AND TREES. I feel
the flowing river, listen to her music.
I watch as whatever is being caught up and carried
downstream by the CURRENT, dances around stones and rocks, fallen branches and
makes its way around the eddies, and swooshes down, up and out to continue the journey.
I listen to this:
https://youtu.be/AiuC_CaObbI?si=vJl1OXkHEKA3Hb12
I am reminded of this GEMINI full moon, ruled by
Mercury/Hermes the trickster and master of dialogue and using humour to get out
of a tight spot.
Mutable sign Gemini opposing the sun conjoining Mars in MUTABLE
SIGN Sagittarius in early degrees, the first decanate.
That is one of the gifts the mutable signs bring, THE
ABILITY TO ‘MUTATE, TO PIVOT, TO CHANGE COURSE.’
This is the MYSTERY GRANT, the CONCEILED GENIUS under the cover
of darkness. The Golden key, the golden
BOUGH.
Much like Aeneas, we must submerge ourselves into the
underworld, but we do have help, Venus can send us doves once she knows we have
taken on the task of descent, and there growing next to the cave, we will find
our golden bough.
Perhaps if we didn’t avoid the ugly truth, if we embraced ALL OF WHO WE ARE, THE HOLINESS, WHOLENESS, DARKNESS AND THE GEMS CREATED THROUGH THE DARK TIMES, THE EARTH WOULDN’T HAVE TO RIP HERSELF OPEN AND VAULT LAVA FROM HER BELLY TRYING TO SHOW US THE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS.
Perhaps then, we might all truly begin to heal.
This is just such astrological aspects that we can both deep
dive, take the breath down far enough to reach depths unfathomable before, and
then swallowing the light, emerge with a brilliance whose confidence knows no
bounds.
“… we are made from the depths, from beyond
consciousness. We are more original than we can imagine.
We are driven from a place beneath awareness, and what drives us -- it has been
called angel, daimon, animus, duende -- hurls us toward our identity and our
place in time and space."
~~ Thomas
Moore, Pg. 56, Original Self
Another in-SIGHT from Thomas Moore: “An anemic imagination
is one that hasn’t been developed, and one of love’s primary functions is to
cure us of anemic imaginations”.
So, it is not enough to just meditate, or walk, or go to one
enlightenment course or weekend retreat after another, but TO TAKE A DIFFERENT
APPROACH.
Take a deep dive into your buried TREASURE. Lift the rug and take a look at what you’ve been avoiding. The rich, fertile, soil of humous, smell the decaying MA’ATER, that turns into LIFEGIVING ORGANIC GOLD.
It’s not ‘OUT THERE’, it is DIVINING, DIVINITY.
Stimulate your IMAGINATION.
Look back at your life path and see all the wonder, all the
angels you may have been unaware of, who somehow were standing with a lantern
when life got so dark, you couldn’t see, and maybe you didn’t even want to open
your eyes.
You didn’t just show up here by accident.
We have all spent lifetimes to make it to this point.
Please think about how many times, we used the term, ‘spiraling
around the sun’ like a winding staircase.
In fencing, there is a term called, ‘Derobement’. A derobement is a reaction to the opponent's
attempt to entrap, beat, press or take the blade, in a circular, lateral,
vertical or diagonal motion. PARRY
Do something radically different.
Set a goal to do something you normally would not do, do
that within the week.
Don’t COPY SOMEONE ELSE, that is NOT IMAGINATION.
Figure out what STIMULATES YOU, WHAT TURNS YOU ON, AND DO
IT.
FIND PLEASURE.
DANCE AS IF EVERYONE IS WATCHING AND YOU LOVE IT.
Honestly, that IS WHAT I DO, SINCE I WAS A CHILD.
I ENTERTAIN THE ANGELS.
BE WHO THE LOVE YOU WANT TO BE WITH.
TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
Do you feel as though life is coming at you, as if you are a
target? M O V E OUT OF THE WAY!
Here is another fencing term: Displacement
Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
The past year has brought a lot of stuff up, for all of us
to face.
See the sunlight reflecting on the water in the CAVE?
FACE IT, LOVE IT AND MOVE FORWARD.
MOVE SIDEWAYS.
MUTABLE…Etymology
Middle English, from Latin mutabilis, from mutare to
change; akin to Old English mīthan to conceal, Sanskrit mināti he
exchanges, deceives.
Magic is not CONTROLLING NATURE, BUT ‘ALIGNING WITH IT’.
So, this is what the stars are giving us.
Ever see a fish swimming and then suddenly just changing
directions? PIsces.
And that my friends, is the GIFT OF THE MUTABLE SIGNS,
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and PIsces.
“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can
adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean
These are such times my friends, we can feel powerless or find
our power and whatever scope and degree of expression we can impact.
Note the integral piece is ‘what we or the ‘I’ can do’ not
what we can get anyone else to do. Everyone
has the right to live their truth, their path, and make their own
mistakes. I have a path littered with
them, but every single one of them, brought me to this very moment, and I am
dry, roof over my head, preparing a good meal, writing this blog listening to
music.
For me, THIS IS A GIFT. TO ME. I AM UNWRAPPING IT WORD BY WORD.
Always a GREAT REVEALING.
Swinging from one thought to another, riding neurons as they map their
way across the sky of my mind.
My dog is sleeping warmly next to me.
My IMAGINATION IS FERTILE WITH IMAGES AND THOUGHTS, I CAN
BARELY KEEP UP WITH THEM SO FERVENT WITH SPLENDOR.
I inhale deeply ArcoftheAncients, ‘Into the Woods’ which I trekked
early this morning after having a delicious cup of coffee, the scent always
stimulating my senses, the cold, crisp air of autumn slapping my face,
reminding me of how lucky I am to have this day of sun, the rain holding off
long enough for me to move the crimson branch and sneak into the mystery, waiting
for my arrival.
I AM feeling grateful that I have this park to hike through.
Interestingly enough, the Sabian Symbol for this full moon: A large well-kept
public park.
Gemini, the sign of the twins, Remus and Romulus, Enki and
Enlil, the heavenly twins, Castor and Pollux.
Together they were known as the Dioscuri and the patrons of sailors, as
they lit up the nighttime sky.
They curry favor upon travelers who seek their guidance, and
Mercury/Hermes has his stones/rocks/cairns dotting the landscape as directional
guides to help us find our way.
Mars can pull back Sagittarius’s bow on the sun and shoot a
straight arrow into the future BY JOVE, showing the WAY.
Please don’t rob the world of some gift, that is yet unwrapped
in some GARMENT of guilt you are using for a moor.
Good TIDINGS my friends, let the sea lift your bow, and the Gemini winds
unfurl your sail.
We have enough misery.
We have enough enmity.
We have enough anger, make it righteous and dramatic, entertain
us with some terrible truth about yourself like Betty Davis (Baby Jane) as she
struts down the hallway to tease her bedridden sister, Blanche.
Sashay down your own hallway, and vamp into your bathroom.
What do you think they were doing, eating, and where were they? Did they just finish their own row with a distraught lover that caught them cheating?
Close your eyes, inhale some scent from ArcoftheAncients, Sleep, how does it descend into your earthly being, and what colour does she impart?
There are so many ways to help us stimulate and enliven some
part of us, we have hidden, some broken self that was castigated and ran off and became
‘invisible’.
Gemini is DUALITY. The energy and ACTION
of Mars flying alongside of the sun, as they both flirt with the Empress of the
nighttime sky has GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE.
HOW WILL YOU DIRECT THAT ENERGY?
The sun in Sagittarius is shining IDENTITY, THE LIGHT
through the higher mind, philosophy, higher learning. Sign up for a class! Sabian Symbol: An old
owl up in a tree. That is WISDOM AND NIGHT VISION, being able to SEE IN THE
DARKNESS!
The thing is, if you don’t funnel this kind of energy, it
will funnel you.
Mercury is entering his shadow and will begin to station
retrograde next month on the 18th at 8* Capricorn, so plan things
now, and USE YOUR IMAGINATION!
Make a plan, elaborate as if it is ONLY make believe and
keep embellishing.
Draw something on the ever-expanding VISION and help it to unfold
like a spring daffodil as the sun comes up and glances down at one of his
lovely creations. Then realize that YOU
are just such a loved creation.
Saturn in PIsces can help us put our VISION into stages, even as he keeps us corralled in the marina, we can let the gentle waves rock our soul, as the boat ties ping and play on the sailboats mast.
Sure, we are safely docked, but we are preparing for our
voyage.
In your heart of hearts, where is the destination for you? What's that you say? You don't know? Maybe you are already there...Can you get comfortable with where you are? Slake your soul and your mind? If not, you ARE NOT THERE. That does not mean you have to drive, you just have to check under the hood until you see where the connection is frayed or missing. Set upon the task of mending, of darning, of wooing yourself, and setting a plate that is pretty, light some candles for a formal affair. Play music that once lifted you, or go ahead and cry. Cry like a rainy day, as if you were Etta James herself singing with Stevie Ray Vaughn from across the galaxy. Go get it, go through a box of tissues. Rehydrate. At some point, when the tears abate, dip your feet into a foot soak and look at them with wonder. They are quite amazing designs you know, the physics required in creating living anatomy, is breathtaking. Or your hand, do they hurt? DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Get any one of ArcoftheAncients pain roll ons or creams: Bone Lover, Muscle Ease, Wisewoman, Harmony, Pain Master, Neuropathy, Bursitis & Gout, we have made these and helped so many since 1994!
Use whatever power YOU DO HAVE, to change course, to dare to dream a new way. Then make sure to make the turn.
Pluto at 28* Capricorn is still tapping into an extensive
sextile to retrograde Neptune at 24* PIsces, the two siblings communicating
freely as Neptune/Poseidon brings up memories from the past, the GOOD TIMES
they had together, especially after their brother Zeus, cut open Cronus’s head
and released them and the rest of the TITANS, the GIANTS OF OLD. Now that is some VALUE, as Jupiter still
retrograde at 7* TAUrus, is helping us to look around and VALUE what we
HAVE. Are you in a comfortable chair,
just the right light, pillow, blanket as you read this? Snacking on apples and cheese?
YOU ARE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. YOU ARE.
Gemini lets us look at more than both sides, but multiple
levels of perspective, and THIS MY FRIENDS, is EXACTLY what we must do
now. Not blind ourselves from what is
happening, but to be able to both observe (and change the path of the particle accelerators
as we do) and wisely prepare, while ALSO DREAMING THE WORLD, FILLING THE SAILS
WITH OUR VISIONS, AND COLLECTIVELY CREATING A KINDNESS, NOT A WEAK ‘NICENESS’
BUT A STRONG TRUTH THAT ALLOWS a fear, and then celebrates REALITY.
We can, we must, WE WILL.
Venus in her own sign of Libra can bring up partnership issues all around,
business, world, trade, and lovers. That
also gives Cardinal Signs, Libra, Capricorn (especially with Pluto finishing up
in Capricorn), Aries and Cancer a little bit of love, or a lot of love, depending
on where you are looking for love.
‘In all the wrong places’ might not be so good on the
return, but, if you learn to turn on your own light, and romance your soul (see
tips above) then you are bound to smell the flowers blooming, especially if you
make sure to buy some for yourself!
Capricorn is ever churning up the depths of Mordor, enjoying hiding
under the bed, as he readies himself to pop out, nostrils flaring to scare the
HELL right out of you. That’s what he
does. See what he wants (make sure to
have a hurricane lamp AND a good flashlight, not one of those flickering
flashlights they always use in the spooky movies) because he is going to find
the you know what. Okay, then switch to either
what you can do, or the sunset burning down the skies as the Sun is shooting
solar flares our way.
When you feel good and cocky, you can say: ‘Is that all you got?’
Cause I’m still standing. Like me, when Pluto was conjoined my own natal sun back there in the 12th house, and brought me all the way across the River Styx, and I used my Gemini magic and found my way back. Not today! I’m still standing.
But he sure has been scaring us, hasn’t he?
Yeah, he’ll be hanging out there until January of next year, and come back for
one last fright show, hopefully by then, we’ll have found our EAGLE’S wings, or
if we have really been burnt down, we can rise like the Phoenix, straight into
the LIGHT OF THE SUN.
Then he flies into Aquarius and the FIXED SIGNS, TAUrus,
Leo, and Scorpio, who are anxiously awaiting their turn for TRANSFORMATION, by
being totally torched and burnt to the ground, well…at least anything that is phony.
So, this is the call, the messenger telling you to get REAL.
WHO ARE YOU?
Uranus has been AWAKENING YOU THROUGH TAUrus, and Jupiter is
now coming through with GRACE. Like a
good mother with a warm blanket gently rubbing our shoulders and tucking us in.
You’ve survived the ‘fixed cross’ eclipses, and they were doozies,
and you know what else? YOU WERE MADE
FOR THIS.
The CRUCIBLE. The CRUX of the MA’ATER.
Maybe you were burned in another life but pinch yourself. You made it back.
INVINCIBLE!
You got this. WE ALL DO.
So, as the kids say: ‘Let’s do this thing’.
Be ready, find the BALANCE, thank all the EL-E-MENTS. Like Aquarius, the 'STAR CARD', she is balanced, and mightily she pours the jars of Piscean waters, along with all the Illusions from Neptune, and the lives we all lived, into A NEW WORLD, A NEW AGE OF AQUARIUS.
We are ALMOST THERE!
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