The Great Beast in the Mystic Triangle

Mystic Rectangle:

Moon 22* Gemini opposing Saturn 19* Sagittarius

Jupiter 18* Libra opposing Uranus 20* Aries Trine Saturn

  

Neptune 9* PIsces (Poseidon & Ruler of Chart) is opposing North Node (head of dragon) at 7* of Virgo. 

Mars in Aquarius 25* and Uranus in Aries 20* are in mutual reception.

Jupiter/Zeus 18* Libra is square to Pluto/Hades at 16* Capricorn in wide conjunction to Mercury/Hermes at 12* Capricorn the Goat.

Pluto/Hades is also still in a wide square to Uranus.

Lady Luna is also in a lovely trine to Mars/Ares at 25* Aquarius.  So what does all this mean?  Well…let’s start with Lady Luna who as always has a busy mind this Holy Day season while she is growing mighty pregnant in Gemini.  This is busy emotionally, she has a harder time making up her mind while that opposition is to her lover, our Solar ambassador with his leaden blanket, Saturn, old EL, the Lord of the Rings, throwing a wet blanket of sorts on him, making this a bit more serious and somber than any Gemini cares for.

The emotions of the people, will feel overwhelmed and futile at times, regarding matters of power and the authority of the state, now very clearly in control of the sun, who wishes he could pop out from underneath the heavy hand of Saturn, who wants his time in the sun, to come out from the shadows and make himself known as ‘chief owner and operator’.

While the one hand is giving, the other is quickly taking away…

With Mars/Ares and Uranus in mutual reception, there is a lot of pent up activity that is being unearthed and the momentum for change, is coming to a head.  Mars the ruler of WAR and action, can quickly overtake our passions and make sudden reversals a common theme as we move forward for some rather interesting revelations that can be very shocking.

Neptune in opposition to the North Node, also known as the head of the dragon, means that the South Node, or tail of the dragon is coiled around Neptune/Poseidon, this can make comprehending your true path, or spiritual destiny while walking on the earth, a bit confounded.  This dance is going back and forth for some time and also caught in the eclipse pattern.

Things will be revealed in ‘flashes of lightening’, almost as if you are watching a movie, only to be obscured as the curtain comes down, and the tail of the dragon, as the past comes up to scare you back home to safety.

Now, we must remind ourselves, that these are WORLD TRANSITS.

Everyone is feeling some portion of this…including our own earth, as she struggles along with Jupiter/Zeus now in Libra for balance.

These tensions are palpable though.  The earth is already feeling this energy uprising, just now, the buoys along the Pacific rim have all stared to go off:
http://www.newsprepper.com/major-emergency-alert-22-tsunami-warning-buoys-pacific-ocean-now-alert-mode-magnitude-6-8-earthquake-rocks-california-cascadia-subduction-zone/#.WEqqJ_krI2w

We shared with you our concerns over holiday travel, for precisely this reason, and also because of the rattling of energy even in the US, over the presidential EL-ection, as that is being questioned and many postulations as to what the EL-ectoral College will actually do, on December 19^th?

This has many people feeling volatile and concerned, no matter which side of the fence one may find themselves.  This article will not be to take sides, but to share the collective angst, that is clearly divided and both hoping for their own perceived necessity in the outcome as being ominous, if it does not fall as they hope.

I remind us all that no matter who you believed was the right candidate, the bottom line, is that we are all an US.  It is doubtful for most reading this, that any candidate, will come personally to their rescue, but the person you think is your ‘enemy’ that may have voted opposite to you?  They think, just as you do, that the need for their choice, is exigent and the other option is frightening to them.  For some either option frightens them.

Some, think it does not matter, that either will take ‘their orders’ as is so often espoused to be the truth.

Regardless, we are all in this together, and we must find a way to make a way, together. 

There are so many struggles happening on our planet at this time.  As a sensitive, feeling this is very hard on the system/body.  Using Sleep angel, has been a true miracle, to keep anchored and grounded as well as to actually sleep.

If you are feeling the benefits of what are going to be, handsome bonuses this year, congratulations, you have worked hard (Saturn) and will now receive the rewards of that hard work.  Take good care, be wise and prepare.  If you can share with those who are struggling a bit, how kind of you and good for your soul.  Remember, every time we alleviate the pain of others, we alleviate the heavy energy of concern and distress on our planet, and she is only acting out our inner turmoil.

Pay off loans if you can with these bonuses.  The coming spring, can see a bit of a squeeze coming, when Venus goes Retrograde and at her tail end, so will Mercury. 

The good news, is this is waking us up to each other, and compassion will be key, to assuaging the pain any of us feel, even in our own little worlds.

The supporting Angels to help us through this time:
Mars/Ares is helping us unearth the path we came here to take, it is activating us emotionally in a trine to the moon.  Jupiter/Zeus is also in support of Luna, so we can tap into the joy and laughter, levity that may come in ‘darker humour’ at times, but will still work to buoy the spirits, especially with the knowledge that are here in a process of evoluting our soul…that changes must come to ‘cook up the alembic chamber’ or cauldron of the soul.

Recall the name of my book, ‘Alchemy of the Soul’…and in that first chapter, that was sent out to each of you, the first miracle that Jesus performed, was ‘turning water into wine’ at the Wedding Feast.

Here, we see clearly, that it is not about turning water into wine, but the allegory presented.

First, we are at a ‘wedding’.  This is the marriage of the pairs of opposites.

How do the animals board Noah’s Ark?  2 X 2

A marriage is a sacred contract, on earth, with Gd’s blessing, grace is poured into this world though the ‘Sacrament’ or ‘sacred mind, of marriage.

Secondly, WATER INTO WINE.

We are over 80% water, so is the surface of the earth.

Right now, there are indigenous tribes all over the planet, who have come together, and call themselves; ‘water protectors’.

They are following prophecy, from the Lakota, Hopi and even in revelations (REVEAL AT IONS) where we are told the beast must wrestle…

And in many places, we are told of the Leviathon (Beast from the depths of the waters)…or Neptune/Poseidon’s realms…such as this from Isaiah: 27:1
“In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.”

Now of course, this is always an internal course but it is interesting, that the Hopi and Lakota say that they must keep the ‘black snake’ from crossing the fresh waters…this they believe is the oil pipeline from the tar sands up in Canada that they are ‘standing against’ as ‘water protectors’…

I am writing a piece that I have not finished on the meaning of Standing Rock, but did you know for instance, that there is literally a rock, that is the shape of a woman and child, that in their native folklore, turned to stone?

Western Meadowlark / Sturnella neglecta

Wild Prairie Rose / Rosa blanda

Did you know, that Dakota means: kindred, ally or friend?

Did you know, that a strategically placed bomb where they want to put this pipeline through, will destroy the fresh water into the Missouri which flows into the Mississippi and thus will have a deleterious impact on 2/3 of the fresh water in the US?  So, even if you are not in support of the indigenous tribes, and their sacred ground and treaty that is being violated again, perhaps if you consider the implications such strategic weak point, this creates might make you pause?  We could take this a step further, by pointing out that oil, is created from the breaking down of plant matter that has swallowed the sun.

Even in the Beverly Hillbillies, we here the theme song: “Black gold, Texas tea”…Black gold is Oil, gold or AUG, is a symbol for the sun and always has been.  Therefore, we can make the connection that Black oil, is also known as the ‘black sun’…look up the logo’s for oil/energy companies, even in some of their own names, such as ‘Sun-oco’ we can clearly see that there is a connection.

And so, this 39^th state of the union, has profound significance. 

Here is the state flag:

One of its nicknames is, the Peace Garden State.

While all this cocktail is brewing, in what can be a difficult time for many, as the holidays can bring up painful memories, it is also going to bring plenty of rewards and good tidings.

This is a time of change, what was buried and not seen in the past, can hold the collective and the individual hostage to their own darkness, which lies deep inside of us in the ‘unfathomable’ depths below as a hidden power within.  When we don’t face our own issues and our own darkness, of which we all of course have, that POWER AND ENERGY lies dormant, coiled like the serpent in the dark depths of the subconscious, just waiting to be ‘released and witnessed’.

So, during this time, as we witness each other, find what you own strengths are, and how you can be of SERVICE.

We cannot all do the same thing, we each have a calling and our own gift.

Cherish this, nurture that which is a part of you, even as Jupiter/Zeus is warming his way into creating the balance point, the place in between.  Where do you fit in to the collective?  What is your gift?

This MYSTICAL RECTANGLE will have us wanting to expand, on firm foundations, learning the lessons from the past, so often hard won.

As Uranus wants us to change, to break free from old habits and past conditioning, Saturn will want us to be pragmatic and solid, reminding us there is always a ‘fixed time’ for things and not to throw out the past or those who are older and wiser.
Jupiter will want to bring in partners who share our values, and expand those horizons together.
While Mars pushes us into ‘action’…Venus brings us the challenging aspect not normally comfortable to her, of ‘stepping back’ and seeing things from a love of what is necessary in moving forward, as the ‘bigger picture’ and group think.

So, all of that will have us needing to continuously ground ourselves, think of the Sleep Angel again.  Really, if you aren’t experiencing how lovely she will quickly ground and protect you, with a simple application on the inner wrist and then closing your eyes and inhaling, you are missing out on one of the most valuable assets you have right ‘under your nose’.

Diffusing, Lavender and Frankincense, can both calm you and also elevate the space and clear the energy, for that divine connection, while actually clearing the air.  Use your Light Spirits Mister to help drive away the ‘dark’…we have sold many of these for children who ‘see in the dark’ and

sometimes that is scary, so chase away the monsters with a single blow/mist.

The cold and flu season is upon us, and even raking the leaves can bring a lot of heavy energy and allergies activated that can deplete your own natural energy and have you needing relief.

Don’t forget, to roll on a tissue and inhale CONTINUOUSLY, even as you roll it on your own throat and chest, and have it absorbed into the system.

Remember, that your skin is one intake, and inhalation is the other.

When we use both together, you get a much bigger impact and great desired results.  If it is really bad, make sure to add hot compress, to help open up the pores so they can suck in that natural healing energy.

All the best, and holiday greetings from your friends at the ARC.

Gloria

Getting our Sea Legs as Hermes Looks to the Past

 

The ocean tides surround us, tugging at us and taking us deeper into the mystery as we try and gasp for air, the kind of air that is simply not necessary in the deep waters of Mercury in Scorpio.  This is a rare kind of air.

So, until you adjust your breathing, you will feel overwhelmed.  Sadness might creep in, despondence, futility; all of these ‘emotions’ can make you want to pull the covers back over your head and stay in bed.

Once again, the tidal wall emerges from the flat horizon that blocks out the sun as Hermes dives down into the Neptunian depths, on his way to sextile Pluto on Friday November 1^st, just two days before the new moon in Scorpio on November 3^rd at 11* of Scorpio.

Oh, and yes this is another eclipse, part of the pattern that has been unfolding the entire year. 

So, an eclipse in Scorpio with Mercury retrograde and just for some more fun, let’s add the conjunction to Saturn which is in mutual aspect to Pluto in Capricorn.
We can do all things with RE as a prefix, repair, rewire, rewind, remind, recall, rewrite, etc.

We have entered the time, when Hermes is looking backwards…yes the messenger God Mercury is standing still in the heavens, while we continue to move forward, almost like a petulant child, he refused to move forward until we hear his demands ~and get the message loud and clear.  Can you hear me now?

So we must dive down for the pearls, the shining truth that will emerge out of the darkness while La-Luna stands before her solar being and they merge energy, (Brave-hearted Lion energy)and She absorbs all His Radiance, for those few minutes and unless we have adjusted our sight, we will not see the gleaming truth, the gifts she bears.

Ahhhh, but in the depths of Neptune/Poseidon, which asks us to reign in our Sea Horse (deep thoughts) and whispers in our dreams, all that we have submerged into our sub-conscious  that is tangled up and dark; that we may have not totally looked square in the eyes can become a mill stone around our neck, and down, down we go; A Voyage to the bottom of the sea.

The watery ones wrap around us and sometimes may make us believe we simply cannot even breathe.

Once again, the obstacles come up from the deep, the dark monsters come calling, The Kraken is released to find the Virgin and take her deep into his underwater cave, where Pluto/Hades peers through the cracks and bellows out the magma from his deeper world yet, holding all the power he waits for the lament, the song of the heart.

Everything seems to reflect back, skew the reality like looking through water and trying to see past illusions.

We have entered the hall of mirrors, how can we triumph like Neptune and Amphitrite? 

Every which way we turn, our past flashes upon the glassy world as we glimpse the truth in shards and the mystery subsumes the insight as soon as we find it; pulling away like the trickiest fish; our bait and all our hooks are left clean.

This only leaves enough time for another image to appear, begging our attention lest we lose our footing and fall even deeper into the cavernous darkness.

Now, if one is in fact a Scorpio, this may feel super-uber intense and if we have cleaned out our closets, might find us sunning on some far away island feeling exhilarated and shining.  Any of us may feel the depths as a safety, a home as it envelopes our hearts and minds with its soft glove, nurturing and caressing our spirits great full we have found our deeper selves and a grace, that abiding kindness in the universe that reminds us we are not alone.

If not…well, you along with the rest of those signs on the fixed cross; Leo, Aquarius and Taurus (who will be sitting in opposition to the whole stellium) might find yourselves going down without a life-preserver in sight.

Wait for the Hail Mary pass, it is coming if you give in and stop trying to swim against the tides.  Any swimmer knows you cannot swim out of a rip-tide, you have to float out of that tide, sometimes going sideways or even further away from shore, but you cannot ‘swim against the tide’.  Unless of course you are a salmon ready to give birth!

An eclipse asks us to see differently, with different eyes and shed the false selves.  A lot of shenanigans go on in the world stage during the dark of the moon as she is occulting the sun.

One thing we know for sure, we need to water that which is NEW.

If you are trying the same old same old, then chances are you are only stirring up the muddy bottom and you absolutely MUST LET THE DIRT SETTLE, before you can move forward.

You are not seeing clearly if you are running in place.  It is just that simple.

We will have old friends come back into our lives, watch where Saturn and Mercury are located by sign and house for clues.

It is the same as it ever was  ~ the same as it ever was ~ only now it is on steroids.

So, this new moon will have us putting our big girl/boy pants on one leg at a time, even as we list from one side to the other trying to get our sea legs.  We can expect major earth changes, especially as Uranus moves into another one of the exact squares to Pluto in their cycle with each other.  Watch as the moon and the nodes go over the galactic center and trigger events.

With Lord of karma/the Rings/EL harnessing the occulted dark new moon’s energy, while she is infused with the sun and he couples with her, we want to check our ego’s at the door and pour our talents and our emotions into reviewing the past, to seed our new world; don't let him eat your children/ideas!  Give him a stone!

Remember, as I always like to say, even adjusting our sails a mere 1* will have has at a decidedly different point in the future.

While the sexual musings come bubbling up, asking us to return to carnal knowledge and tantric rites of passage, we ask ourselves, what is it all about Alfie?

Mars is in direct sextile to this new moon in Virgo, so we are ‘recalculating route’ and then be prepared to put our energy, emotions and actions into what makes us feel good, and how do we put a structure to that?  What really makes you feel good?

Healthy life choices, cleanses, and all processes of elimination are encouraged, to make way for the new.

Especially if we make those choices now, just after the full moon in Aries on the 18^th, it is the blood moon.

So release…surrender into grace.

Chiron is also sextile the new moon eclipse at 9* of Pisces, so all of the world is a stage, and we are the actors in the fields of dreams.

When Mercury goes direct again on November 10^th at 2* of Scorpio, and by the time of the full moon of November in Taurus at 25*on the 17^th, be prepared for the secrets to come spilling out like red wine on a white tablecloth.

Those of us hanging on the Cardinal Cross: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, are still navigating a sea of change, as Pluto/Hades (death/taxes/transformation/legacy) continues to transform us in Capricorn, and squares Uranus (change/genius/community/innovation) in Aries, but at least we have some support in the form of the sextiles spinning the wheels of life now.

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Hermes Looks Back and Waves Goodbye

Our friend, Hermes as he is known in Greek Mythology and Mercury to the Romans, is often blamed for many things, especially when he goes retrograde; which happens three to four times each year.

What actually is taking place is the slowing down of the planet Mercury’s orbit of the sun, which eventually stops its motion in relation to the earth.
This creates an illusion of moving backwards, similar to what happens when you are sitting in your car at a light, and the car next to you moves forward, giving you the sense that you are moving.  The earth would be the moving car and Mercury is the car that is now stopped at the light (sun).

Another analogy I like to use is what happens when you are moving forward in a boat and you stick an oar in the water; the movement of the water as it swishes around the oar which is now moving with the boat and creating its own vortex is what happens energetically with the Mercury Retrograde.  I like to use the analogy of water for many things, but especially to help people visualize and understand the movement and force of energy that is not always so visible to the naked eye.  If we understand the universe as a living Sea of Life, the movement of the planets and the energy they impart into that sea, may be better understood.

Returning to the oar analogy; think about that movement in the water, swishing and circling ‘around’ the oar.  We see the returning of energy.  This is what happens with Mercury.  All the energy and information/lessons attached to by degree, sign, house and aspect are refocused in our lens and we are given another view/experience to literally, ‘review’ and perhaps make different choices, or become culpable for our previous actions and this includes karmic lessons back as a blast from the past.

If we take that a few layers back and ‘review’ what Mercury or Hermes actually rules over, we find these:  Communications, travel, pens, writing, siblings, language, crossroads, cue: “Went Down to the Crossroads” here is a link to Cream with lead Eric Clapton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-6OWBciRas but the story made most famous is one by Robert Johnson and his trek to the ‘Crossroads’ where he met the devil and ‘traded’ his soul to become a blues guitarist legend.

Commerce is also something that Mercury rules over, trade that all through history creates the infrastructure and roads necessary to transport goods from their point of origin to place of sale or market.  Although ‘Pluto/Hades’ rules over treasures, it is Mercury who is given free passage to and from the underworld of Hades, and of course, Hades loves music and Hermes invented the lyre using the shell of a tortoise. 

He was given a caduceus or staff from his father Zeus, which in some stories originally were two white ribbons that entwined the herald’s staff and later changed into two serpents.

Zeus also awarded Hermes, a cap with two small wings and a pair of winged sandals when he appointed him as the Divine Herald.  This gave Hermes the ability to travel over both land and sea.  Zeus also ordered everyone give their utmost respect to Hermes.

Hermes also rules: astronomy, astrology, cleverness, cunning wiles and wit, hospitality, heralds, diplomacy, thievery, persuasion, athletic contests (Olympics), gymnasiums and is given credit as the originator of the sacrifice to the God’s. He is the personal messenger and herald to his father Zeus, the king of the gods.

It is said that he punishes anyone who does not help those asking for directions.

Other Major attributes:
•              hodios patron of travelers and wayfarer

•              oneiropompus, conductor of dreams.

•              poimandres, shepherd of men

•              psychopompos, conveyor or conductor of souls and psychogogue, conductor or leader of souls in (or through) the underworld

•              the factor of travelling or motion with or without others with respect to the physical landscape, or the landscape of the soul , is the core attribute of the god as messenger and guide

 

OK, now that we have a bit of a backdrop upon which to draw, let’s go ‘back’ to Mercury Retrograde.

Mercury stations retrograde on June 26^th at 23* of Cancer until he goes direct again on July 20^th at 13*.

This is the second of three retrogrades this year and they are all in water signs, the next one being from  October 21 to November 10 in Scorpio.

He will almost manage to form an exact square to Uranus in Aries and opposition to Pluto in Capricorn.

 

We can expect the usual, computer malfunctioning, dropping pens, paper and pencils, electricity whirligigs, car trouble and miscommunications and misunderstandings.

I could tell you to try and be very clear before signing any agreements, if one were to be so bold at this time, but during a water retrograde, it is just asking for trouble to even try.

Now, if it is something with an ‘RE’ before the task, then by all means go ahead!  Re-pairing, Re-wiring, Re-painting, Re-negotiating, etc.

 

This is also when we get those blasts from the past, like seeing people we haven’t in years or meeting up with people we just seem to already know, they are usually someone from a past life.

In this water retrograde, expect and even look for people from the past to visit your dreams, and perhaps tell you something they didn’t or couldn’t get the chance to tell you in person; they may have already passed over too.  The message could be one you have been asking for answers to, so PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR DREAMS!

Now, think of how an object appears different when you look at it through water, the light refracts and skews the dimensions and the location of the object in the water.  This is a good analogy to comprehend what happens in communications.  Things are just not what they seem.  The message may become garbled or muffled, either way we are just not hearing what we thought we heard, so best not to come to any conclusions.  Yes, this also pertains to those messages in the dream state, but I would write them down to come back to later, they will have something that will help us put the pieces of the puzzle together and usually these will be more of the returning variety, the view we didn’t or couldn’t see before and that is what we are looking to benefit from during the Mercury retrograde period.

Secrets will have a much shorter life or half-life during this retrograde, since we already have had that long Saturn retrograde in Scorpio while in mutual reception to Pluto/Hades in Capricorn, all that was shuffled under the table will find its way to the surface like a leak that you just can’t fix.

Water will seek its own level and bring up from the depths of that Neptunian/Poseidon Sea (who is also retrograde) the deeper spiritual truths, the kind that were nipping around the periphery of your consciousness and almost within grasp and then popped like a bubble before we could integrate them.  The closer Mercury gets to that Uranus square, the closer those insights (ruled by Uranus) will come into our awareness.

Squares can be challenging of course, but they are also what we use to build upon, so after it all comes out in the wash, expect to become much clearer about what and where we want to build our dreams.

 

Since the retrograde is in Cancer (The moon/home/family) Cancers can expect to be affected the most, followed by all the Cardinal signs: Libra, Capricorn, and Aries as well as where those signs are by house in your own chart, including planets that are aspected too.

With Jupiter having just entered the sign of Cancer too, we can expect a lot of expansion in the water sign and all things Cancer, so it is a good time for family and nurturing ourselves with mother energy.
There could be some slowing of construction and housing during this retrograde period, or the flow of money into the housing market could feel strained, as if the river of loans is drying up.

This is a good time to clean and wash away the past, repair old friendships if our review brings the light of a new perspective or understanding but it may also mean the letting go of those friendships and relationships that are just too hard to hold onto, with all that water pulling those people who have served their purpose away and onto a different river in life.  I don’t say that lightly, since I don’t let go of people very easily myself, I take people very deeply into my heart, and it takes an awful lot of hurtful behavior for me not to overlook the transgressions, so even writing that does not come so easy.

 

Now, since Mercury is in Cancer, expect emotional confusion most of all, but also emotional healing.

I know that may sound contradictory, but that is how this works, the energy gives and takes away.

(I am also writing this during a Mercury Retrograde, so that means I will come back and rewrite this in the future AND it may not be as clear as I would like it to be, she said as she laughed to herself).

 

Let’s go back to the statue of Mercury looking back:  This is what we do best during this time, he wants us to RE-member who we are, the road we have travelled, our hurts and our accomplishments after we successfully negotiated the difficult times, the people we have met along the way and how we treated them, the kindness and the love that we have been blessed with and especially, our ability to laugh, to take things less seriously and find a witty sense of humor about it all.

But we made it through those times, just barely though it may seem, but we made it through.

So, it is compassion we can find now, and soothe our beings with the balm of that love, letting go of the need to do more and to worry about the future.

Kindness goes a long way.  Here is where I find POWER in our amazing ability to look back, to remember the times we have had with loved ones we may not be able to see in the physical world anymore, to glean a lesson from the lens of history and turn that into a better fuel and heraldry to turn around and implore the God’s when Mercury goes direct.

It is not the time to march forward; it is the time to bask in the afterglow of the road less travelled.

Happy Trails.

The secret is...I told you I would be adding more to this post ( I always do, so it is best to come back and reread the post's to get all the secret pearls I will cast out along the way).

Unless that is, you are ready to go deeper into the meaning?  Would you like to go down to the ‘Crossroads’and meet our friend Hermes?  Then knock and the door shall be opened unto you.

The heart is the doorway, the bridal chamber with (4) chambers into the divine abode of Venus or Aphrodite, where one learns true beauty that rises up from the Sea.  The Way of the Heart is THE WAY to the TRUTH and the LIGHT that comes from the singular eye.  To divine, is to use discernment and trample the Lion (Ego) and the Serpent (consumerism/consumption/lower earthly drives/lust/greed that keep one crawling on the belly for more things that will only turn to dust) and to enter the Bridal Chamber where the male becomes female and the female becomes male.  Balance and Harmony reign in the forces of the Divine Charioteer. 
This opens into the Thymus.  (The mystical colours of the Thymus are purple and deep teal).
Heart Thymus...HearThyMus...Hear…Thy...MUSE...Hearthearthearth…earthearthearth..earth.
Hearth Y Mus...Gather around ye hEARTH and entertain your muses...your teachers stand at the gate of the crossroads...where Hermes stands as the messenger to help you across the river. (Hermes is the ruler over the throat, arms, hands chakra).  He is Mercury in Roman symbolism.

“I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees”
  © Gloria O'Neil-Savage 'Sangreal' 2013

I went down to the crossroad
fell down on my knees
Asked the lord above "Have mercy now
save poor Bob if you please"
Yeeooo, standin at the crossroad
tried to flag a ride
ooo ooo eee
I tried to flag a ride
Didn't nobody seem to know me babe
everybody pass me by
Standin at the crossroad babe
risin sun goin down
Standin at the crossroad babe
eee eee eee, risin sun goin down
I believe to my soul now,
Poor Bob is sinkin down
You can run, you can run
tell my friend Willie Brown
You can run, you can run
tell my friend Willie Brown
(th)'at I got the crossroad blues this mornin Lord
babe, I'm sinkin down
And I went to the crossroad momma
I looked east and west
I went to the crossroad baby
I looked east and west
Lord, I didn't have no sweet woman
ooh-well babe, in my distress