The Murder of the Muse

Everyone is born, after the mother ‘crowns’…that is to say, the head of the newborn, begins to make its entry into the world and literally is crowned by the mothers vaginal opening.  This comes after a child may pass through ‘the ring of fire’ which comes as the baby's head pushes on the perineum, and this sometimes causes a tingling or burning sensation, this is often referred to as the "ring of fire".  (Here is where you first fall into ‘the ring of fire, the ring of fire’….)

So, every child (born head first at least) is crowned…what lies underneath that crown, is a spiritual being, who will learn how to become human, and share the essence of that spirit in this world.  This is also Aries, the head of the chart, and where Uranus is now travelling.  This is all about the birth of our unique gift.

We celebrate this human, we see the light that emanates from the eyes, as this new child looks out in wonder at the strange new world.  Inside of this new being, is a bright shiny light, complete with its own guiding muse (if one has a female muse), or guardian angel and if it is a male child than he has ‘genius’.  Either way, it is all the same.

That unique being, is here to supply the world, with the light of the Divine, through the muse or genius.  That genius is the spark of difference, that unique aspect that only this child can bring.  The problem, is we have lost our way, we have lost our way and the true way to ‘divine the truth’ of our being.  We are to divine that soul spark, and give that to the world, as we came here to give.

We celebrate the mundane, the sameness, instead of the unearthing of the genius. Our herd mentality, asks us to

maintain a low profile, in order to remain safe, within the protective circle of the herd.  Along the way, we evolved past the point of herd protection, and some individuals, listening to their muse, wondered off that path and out of the tribe, to show us new thoughts, new ways and the road less traveled.  They see the Emperor without clothes, the corporations that are corrupt and the deception that steals the natural laws of a sovereign people.

In our archaic past, that lingers on in our reptilian brain, we knew that when one member was ‘picked off’ when they left the safety of the circle, it was a threat to the survival of the entire tribe, that was now dwindling in numbers.  So that threat is old, and deep-seated and real, but it is just not conscious…for all.

Most, have conformed to the rigors of society, and this becomes a badge of honour.  In its course, the genius is tamped down, and attacked, ridiculed, excoriated for being…’different’.  This in turn, can cause other tribal members to do the same.  In that process, the very flow from the Divine, the Holy Spiritual Fire, is also tamped down and suffocated.  The entire tribe and village loses the magic that makes it thrive and remain healthy.

I have experienced this first hand.  I have tried to understand it all, thus it has brought me to follow many roads, clues along the way to create my own path.  I have done better and worse with this, because the path to individuation is fraught with perils.  (The story of Homer)

Once the individual has somehow managed to harness that genius/muse, and believe in, nurture that genius out of hiding under the covers of our humanness, he may be celebrated, as that light pours forth, we see G-d.

But, if one who is uncovering genius does so amongst those who have not learned of their own spiritual fountain, and know how to pour forth, than it becomes a threat, an alarm goes off in the others who are ’too familiar’ (especially if you break yourself down to appear as a ‘peer’, standing next to them, and they now only feel the nagging truth of their own neglect.  That they have in fact, ‘committed suicide’.  It is also a link that tingles the limbic system just enough to remind them of the threat that a single tribesman may pose to the group, that of being picked off by the beast outside of the safety of the tribe, diminishing the tribes numbers and so, threatening the survival of the remaining members.  Now, if you have not found success, or have found the lofty and seldom won position of honour in this world, (or worse, the illusion people now believe is success, which is the attaining of ‘things’…that which turns to dust, since we came to give and not to get, as Michael Meade so brilliantly states.)  So, now not only can you be a threat that is not made conscious, you become a warning…that if this is what harnessing their gift means, they want no part of that kind of pain, that doesn't seem to bring the reward that they are convinced must come as a measure of success.  Pathos—suffering, disease, feeling, passion {-path, patho-, -pathy} as the root of passion…is the willingness to suffer for one’s gift.

To this end, we see our society, struggling in the loss of the true font of knowledge, the bliss from the cup of life, and the decay and collapse begins to rage like a mad virus, once again in its opposite intention and imbalance, threatening the survival of the tribe.

What we see instead, is a narcissistic attempt to find the lost tribe, the lost soul, the chord that connects us and feeds us health and inspiration, the kind of inspiration that saves the tribe.

(I will return to you like a Lion/Fire…the second birth of the soul/muse/genie/genius into this world)

So, a damaged and sickly type emerges in our collective, a false sense of ‘specialness we now call entitlement’.

It is hardly the pure spirit, the muse that enlightens, enlivens and informs us…it becomes the sickly creature who wants to be viewed as special, without having found that inner light at all.  They are corrupted, without the guiding past, and the concept of service.

We also see, an increase in suicides, because these souls, are only committing the very act the spirit knows, is already trampling down the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.

Now, seeing the travesty in this world, Indeed, having the eyes to see what is happening, that goes against humankind or this sweet earth, is hardly taking away from your inner process or progress; rather it is concurrent.

One cannot truly evolve which comes with vision and seeing the layers of the world fall down as they do around the excavation of your own truth and gifts, and not participate in its process.  Because you become so vital, that spark of being on fire, illuminates both the inner and the outer worlds. 

One of the things that also goes on, is the illusion that must be so, to cull those who are easily seduced into the superficial, catching them in the great net, using the hooks so evident on Neptune’s symbol, just like a fish ‘hook’, and they pull out those who cannot swim upstream to give birth to their own muse/genius.  It is as if the rock is skipping on the top of the water in ‘false positivity’ and never allowing the individual to go down, plumb the depths of their being and retrieve that black pearl, that death, that Plutonian power.  It is Gandolph, powering his great staff down and saying ‘you shall not pass’…though the Balrog’s fiery whip reaches back up with its magically long extension and grabbing Gandolph the wizard, and taking him down into the abyss.  He goes down with the Balrog and he captures his own dark heart, because he faces himself in the fires, that then forge him even stronger, to hold the power of the truth, the light and the way.  He emerges even more omnipotent, but not until he goes down and rescues that dark self.  If you don’t face and rescue the daemona, Greek for genius, it becomes a dark power over you.  It is the shadow that haunts you under the surface, and you never truly know your own power.

It is the black Madonna, who in all her natural beauty, is not always sunny and warm, she might be cloudy and grey or storm and start to rainin’.  But in Her all, she is stunning, glorious and life-giving and resplendent.

You must give birth to this spiritual essence, through the burning ring of fire, the mouth of the dragon.  It will purify you in

the process, and the fires of this must be hot enough to forge so strong a steel, that it can hold, handle and manage this kind of heat and light.  We are walking around on fire, and we are now being seduced into a mirage that pretends that the only form of spiritual truth, is of the sticky sweet positive version, that completely negates the very beast one must face, in order to become a whole, spiritual incarnation of the divine in a human form. 

We are now told to ‘focus on the positive’…but this is creating an imbalance in the entire society with a large shadow looming and lurking, licking at our psyche’s and looming in our minds, it is manifesting in polarity’s and schism’s and the only people brave enough to step up to the plate to try and do something about this, to manage the ‘evil’ by necessity must be a necessary evil then.

This last Pluto/Hades square to Uranus, will be at 15* of Capricorn and Aries, respectively on March 17^th.  Pluto as Hades, the God of this underworld we must traverse to rescue our soul, our spark and our gift, is Balrog, and the gift is Uranus, the special genii, or genius, muse that we are being forced to acknowledge through these series of the magic 7 SEVEN squares that started on June 24^th. 2012 at 8* of those signs. Those squares have backed us into that 90* angle/corner, confronting our dark mother/matters/material world, the fiery inferno that may have you crippled and afraid to walk through that fire and give birth to your soul.  We are giving birth to the world soul.  You build using the master mason’s tool of the square. 

So, for those who have been cursed and blessed with exact degrees of those cardinal signs, all the more reason to prepare for your final turn and revealing into this world.  This world will wrench and groan under the strain of our neglect, and are abandonment of the dark mother.  It is our duty, our very calling to encompass the entire circle, finding our unique and individual gifts now, and come out of the belly of the beast, just as Jonah and so many others.

We have two more blood moons to go through in this birth canal, and Saturn/EL Lord of the rings, master mason, the SA-turner of worlds and Chronos master of time, forger of gravity to slow down our spirit, entering the kingdom of this earth, this heart planet.  He has been travelling in Scorpio through most of this square, and now he is pushing that birth matter through and into Sagittarius, but even this is too much to happen all at once, so he will retrograde back starting three days before the last square of Hades and Uranus, on March 14^th. At 4* of Sagittarius, and continue to pull back that

curtain/hymen reentering Scorpio (ruled by Pluto/Hades) on June 15^th. Travelling back to 28* until stationing direct again on August 2^nd.  He will not re-enter Sagittarius again until September 18^th.

So, all of the fixed signs have been significantly flattened, moved or forced to confront the deep truths that are occulted in this syrupy falsehood of going with the flow, or that we are always right where we need to be, without the deeper truth of choices having consequences and this culls the big swimmers from the rest of the school, only the Salmon who have the strength and have matured will make it upstream to give birth to their young, their gift and that divine fire.

We simply must stop this infantile version of ignoring (as I always say, ignorance holds the word ignore within it)  the powerful truth we see around us, give birth to something fiercely desirous to save us, and that is the golden egg of our divine gifts.  It will pour out of the dragon’s mouth, which will be in Libra at 10*.  We must forge new relationships and make peace with our dark selves, our shadow side.

And this alchemic birth, is being mid-wived[GS1]  by Mary Magdalene energy.  There are many aspects of the goddess, but we are all being exposed to the dark misdirection of that energy and the manifestation, however this came about, of a very deranged version of this in the form of the group calling itself ISIS, on the world stage.

There are so many superficial aspects that are occluding the true artist, the true gifts so desperately needed now, all the way into computerized versions of the voice in so many singers who now use ‘auto tune’.  We don’t need the synthetic, but the deeper real feminine.  She is not just the 12 year old girl with fake.. er…everything being thrust at us, looking much like a young boy with purchased body parts.  No, she is lustful and vengeful and rich and deep and full of the world she fiercely gives birth to over and over and she risks her life every time to do so.
We can no more ignore the truth than a child who covers their ‘eyes’ with their hands, and thinks they have really disappeared. 

So now, we are double cursed in this very hard pass, with a superficial version of spirituality masquerading as a whole truth, robbing us all of the need to be fully empowered, to instead display what is nothing less than a Stepford Wife….a computerized model void of soul and void of the matter, mother our star dust animates.

When Saturn/El the Lord of the Rings, the eye of Saurin moves out of Scorpio finally and back into Sagittarius, we must be fully armed with the truth of our beings, strong enough as women to be fully empowered for a fully evolved male.

This is the tantra of our own being, the rising of the divine mother/wife to Her divine complement as the divine masculine, and this alchemic chamber will give birth at this time, to some very wizened and ready souls who have done the work in the belly of the beast, to emerge through the painful process with gift in hand, the treasure and reward of the journey of the hero.

WHAT DID YOU COME HERE TO DO?

It isn’t to make a copy of someone else who has found their passion, and gone through the dark mother to bring that gift out.  If that is so, you have not found that which is uniquely you, and that is suicide.

Haven’t we had enough death already?  Are you ready for true life?

Then spend these last few weeks going into the belly of the beast, and come back out victorious, ready to share, to give the gift you came here to ignite the world with.  True genius that finds itself, ignites that in others.

Are you ready to set the world on fire?  I AM.  I AM THAT I AM.

Suffer or die.

Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you have will save you. If you do not have that within you, what you do not have within you [will] kill you.  From the Gospel of Thomas.

"Prometheus steals fire from the God’s, are you ready to steal the fire in your belly?

"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light," said Jung, "but by making the darkness conscious."

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 [GS1]

The Full Moon in Leo, the Lion Roars.

 Today, February 3, 2015 at 4:23PM EST, our moon which began at 00* of Aquarius, will wax into her fullness in the opposite sign of Leo at 14*.
She will illuminate the heavens, and Mercury will still be retrograde in Aquarius also, now having traveled back to 5*. This has been a potent retrograde, since Hermes the messenger rules Mercury and Uranus which is the ruler of Aquarius is considered an octave of Mercury. Did you get that?  Mercury will finally go direct on February 11th at 1* of Aquarius.
What is also salient, is that the new moon at 0*, was one in a pattern of 0* new moons we have had, since basically a countdown to zero began last year, leading to the first new moon at 0* of Scorpio on the eclipse of October 23^rd. Now, new moons are ALWAYS A NEW BEGINNING, and 0 obviously is as close to a beginning you can get, so we were washing away the old, and with each layer, the one underneath is revealed to be seen, heard and witnessed…then healed and dealt with. Exposure of who we are, IS ALSO REVEALATIONS OR THE APOCALYPSE. We will also see, the magnification of who we are, as if we are under a magnifying glass, every look into a magnifying mirror? All of a sudden, little things you may have never even noticed before, come screaming into view. Of course, as I get older, I need one of these...AND without it, can go on in my own ignorance, and blissfully so.
Okay, so we start with the new beginning in this last new moon in Aquarius, and Aquarius is ruled by
Uranus which is an octave of Mercury/Hermes the communicator.

Aquarius likes to know what is new in this world, what is innovative and cutting edge. Uranus, ruler of Aquarius likes to know all the latest gadgets, indeed, he is known as the inventor, the aha, the insight that comes in the quick, and leaves even quicker. He wants to know who you are underneath all of this flesh and flash. He is the seed of your uniqueness, your difference. He is not fond of rules (being the former sky king and all) he wants to make new ones and break those too.
He rules the internet and the airwaves along with Mercury/Hermes. So, higher forms of communication come into play. He also rules community and group mind, isn't that interesting and seemingly contradictory? Well, what he wants you to bring to the group, is your individual gift. Uranus is forming the last square to Pluto/Hades ( I know, thank goodness!) which will happen on March 17^th., at 15* of Aries, and Pluto/Hades will be at 15* of Capricorn. He isn't about 'sameness' but a bit more eccentric.
In this full moon, the universe wants YOU. In Leo, we have a warm moon, and an open heart. Feel the need to splurge a bit? To indulge in nice things, royalty? Or, a bit of drama? Some of you may think about a little something on the side, and I don't mean salad dressing. Be careful….Mercury in such a strong retrograde will have us lamenting the past and the people that inhabit our memory's. In fact, Mercury retrograde will bring people back to us from our past, and this one is a doozy.
We also have Neptune in PIsces at 6* being squared by Saturn in Sagittarius now at 3*, which will continue to strengthen until Saturn/EL goes retrograde on March 14^th at 4* of Sag.
Are we starting to see what kind of month March might be? Neptune is home in his rulership of Pisces, and Sagittarius feels its unbounded optimistic self, harnessed and restricted by Saturn/EL, Lord of the Rings. The square can be most uncomfortable, it is not an easy dynamic between planets, but…it is what we build upon. So…what are you building with your choices and more specifically, your dreams, your art, and the movie that you are creating now (all Neptune) and with Saturn, what do you BELIEVE? What is your philosophy? How do you feel about foreigners or foreign systems? Because this square will have us all reconsidering, especially when Saturn draws back that curtain/veil when he goes retrograde, and tugs at Neptune's web. Neptune can have you in a dizzying height of fantasy, but in the square it can hit the cold, cruel world of reality and you will face limits to your freedoms and travel.
They will dance back and forth with each other, before making an exact square on November26th. With Saturn at 7* of Sagittarius and Neptune at 7* of PIsces. ]
In this time, where so many are suffering and some feel as though they are caring the burden for those around them, the pressure is building and releasing in this pattern. It can be very tempting, to just want to run into your phantasy, escape into alcohol or drugs, but there is so much caution with this square. On the other hand, if one does due diligence with Saturn, it could also be a testing ground, that will eventually lift off the ground, but it will not be easy. Those who are in relationships, try to hang in there, this could be the beginning of a new phase of your relationship. It just won't exactly happen until at least, after the first square in November 26^th, 2015 at 7* of Sag and PIsces respectively, and their next square won't be until next year on June 17, 2016. So we can see this dance is going to be a long one. Saturn/EL has also been forming a square to Venus, which was exact on January 30^th. With Venus at 3* of PIsces and Saturn at 3* of Sag. This also means that Venus is conjunct Neptune, so this is a lot of lovey dovey stuff, that could be fantasy land, but it could be used to really get a relationship HOT!!! Go dancing, see a movie a play, go to an aquarium or swimming somewhere together, and jump in the hot tub together. Play the songs that you listened to when you first fell in love. Go on an unplanned adventure together. Just do it!

We can expect this square from Pluto/Uranus to bring back up, the manner by which countries deal with each other, indeed, the TPP that is on fast track in congress right now, is just such a Saturn square to Neptune, while Uranus in Aries makes its last hard pass to Pluto/Hades. (Yes, this is the last EXACT Square, but they will still be squaring each other for the rest of the year, as they move forward and then retrograde.) During this dance, Uranus has been conjunct the south node (tail of the dragon) and then of course, opposing the North Node (head of the dragon), which brings up all that purpose in life stuff. Why are you here, what are you doing, what is your path? DO YOU HAVE A SPIRITUAL ROOT?
Now, let us remind ourselves what we have discussed many times about this Pluto Uranus square. Picture a big steering wheel on the earth, a ships steering wheel with the cross bars on it. Now, envision the handles coming out of the earth….because that is in essence what they are. It is a steering mechanism, but it has taken some hard turns. Pluto who is not always happy (think of the Balrog in the Hobbit series, where Gandolph exclaims; "You shall not pass!") he is fiery and he wants what he wants. (Just ask Persephone)
He is in there churning and burning as he takes down the pyramid schemes and exposes the hierarchy for what it is. Capricorns are getting a real makeover, and so are all the cardinal signs as these two titans square off, literally. So each of the squares, has been a jolt, an awakening asking us to make the changes. Uranus in Aries the warrior sign ruled by Mars, is as impatient as ever, wanting things yesterday and swinging from one extreme to the other, as he tries to pacify the need to win at all costs, with Pluto/Hades squaring off with him.
Usually, we can find grounding with Saturn/EL, but as he squares Neptune, the illusions come creeping in, if one has not found their root. This is deep soul evolution. This will be the last turn of this major aspect, so adjust your sails accordingly, keep your hands at 10 and 2 and don't text while you are driving.
The last thing I want to mention, is that Chiron, the wounded healer (and key to the chart, he is the Percival, also spelled Perceval one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table, but look again at his name…Perceval..Per Ce Val, perceive all, or pierce the veil. He is conjunct Mars/Ares the warrior in PIsces too. So, as your wounds may come up and get ripped open, Mars can be a heavy hitter and really go after those internal age old wounds, the ones that get buried along the way, or you believe you have dealt with and healed. Mars is like a sledgehammer sometimes, and especially in this position with Chiron/Parsifal. Be gentle, gentle yourself into your own caring spirit. Ultimately all of this is setting the stage for major changes. B I G.
Sun in Aquarius, is not always what we would call, um…a big smooshy love story…Aquarius is technical, removed and as close to a computer mind as you can get. They don't always have an easy time of accessing the heart codes, because they have had lifetimes of their hearts getting in the way of logic, pure unadulterated logic.
And finally, Chinese New Year begins on Feb. 19, 2015 in the Gregorian Calendar (Chinese year 4713) and is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. It is a Yin/wood/sheep also known as: Goat or Ram year. Sheep are pretty docile animals, unless of course you somehow manage to get them riled up. Goats on the other hand, are some of the most amazing climbers one has ever seen. We have the new moon in PIsces on the 18^th in EST.
Yin is the feminine so this could bring a softer energy…and we sure can use it now!

We can see this is a very busy time, with a lot of activity and extreme ends of the spectrum all while Saturn/El and Neptune remove rational thinking and go slip sliding away.
Buckle up!
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That is all for now, Drive the ship captain…and watch where you are going…we have not been there yet in many lifetimes…but onward ho.
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A Solstice, a Square and Significant Changes

 

Finally!  The light will begin to increase now, that the Winter Solstice has taken place on the new moon, December 21, 2014 at 9:37PM (solstice point at 6:03PM EST), with the sun at 00* Capricorn and the Moon, snuggling up to her partner at 00* and 9’.

Yup, that is some good news ~eh?

Now, leading up to this point…been quite a ride hasn’t it?  When you have so much heavy aspecting going on between the planets, and this leads into the time of the year, that is always stressing over the galactic center…it is like a bottle-neck traffic jam.

With this new moon in Capricorn the Goat, fast approaching her rendezvous with Pluto/Hades also travelling in the domain of the Pan the Goat at 12*, after having just formed the 6^th of his seven squares to Uranus on December 14^th., all things Saturnian are now emphasized.  We add to this starry cocktail, Saturn’s entry into Sagittarius on December 24^th, and we have a whole lot of pressure on the planet, to finish up all things Saturn/El related, especially in regards to Scorpio’s expressions as harnessed by the leaden Lord of the Rings.  There is no escape.  Saturn makes us deal with things.  He is karma from lifetimes ago, if that is the cargo he is bringing to you in your chart.

If you have been respectful of Saturn’s lessons, then you may enjoy rewards, and Saturn always rests on the 7^th day. (Saturn’s Day/Saturday/Seth/Sabbath).

Saturn wants to teach us discipline and if we don’t discipline ourselves, and harness our ability and tasks according to his very high expectations, he will surely return to teach us discipline, by removing our freedoms.  If we cannot learn Saturn’s discipline and Mastery; we cannot access the higher energies without breaking apart.  (Insert Scotty yelling “I’m givin’ her all she’s got, captain, she’s breaking up!”.  Saturn is all about integrity, where this is lacking in your life, in your chart, Saturn will gladly show up to point that out.
As he exits his transit out of Scorpio, this is like a squeegee, all that pressure building up unto the 24^th…and then for a few days afterwards as she starts to construct his new Sagittarius restrictions and boundaries.  Sag likes freedom to roam as the centaur he is, his beastly four legs connecting to the earth with a fiery thunder, thighs burning up the forward momentum, they race down the track, laughing all the way.  Does this sound like a pair of opposite mates?  Well, sort of.  Sag can use that freedom to bound up the mountain of the Goat, using their very competitive, yet jocular sports inclinations.

Now, if that freedom has got the best of the Sag, or they have taken on more than they can ‘discipline themselves enough to handle’…if we have excesses (and this is a notoriously famous ‘tell’ regarding a Sagittarius), unlike the earthy Bull/Taurus with her Venusian laid back appreciation of good things, to the point of excess…Sag races all the way down the road before she even realizes she has gone too far, this includes their candor…it is a running opine on the world around them, they feel everyone needs to know their usually highly educated thoughts.

This is hitting Scorpio’s hard, but also all the points to the square and opposition; the two squares, Aquarius and Leo and the opposition, Taurus.

What?  Did you think you were going to get a break, just because you aren’t on the Cardinal Cross, like Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn are as they are transformed by Pluto as he rototills the mountain of Capricorn and Uranus breaks old static lines with sudden upheavals or at the very least, surprise turns of events.

For now, let’s just stick to the Capricorn new moon, who wants to put everything into order, and by order, we mean rule of business.  It is all serious and stern in the aegis of Capricorn the Goat.  Our emotions want something very different than just order, they want people to play by the rules we have adopted in society.   Comfort will only come by finished business and goals met and obtained.

If you have a personal planet being energized by Saturn’s authority, then you will feel the imposed restriction, and if you are someone who likes to be organized than it is something that will help you, you will see this as exactly what you wanted!  If however, you have been shirking responsibility in some way….Pluto in Capricorn and Saturn ending his energy (until next year when he retrogrades back into Scorpio on June 15, 15 for his last lesson review for those on the fixed cross that need that little bit more time to put things in order…or pay the consequences later, especially when Saturn visits on the squares, trines and oppositions (fullness of the seed planted in the conjunctions).
So, I wish I could tell you Scorpio’s and the rest of you on that fixed cross, that it is all over…but you are really in the final throws of this wrestling match.  And, it will come back as I say, next year to make sure you have completely –RE-SOL-ved the issues.

So, are you too disciplined without the resting day?  (So, if we think in terms of percentages, we could easily see it is at least 1/7^th of your life.)  On the other hand, if you want to break free (Uranus) of restrictions, and furthermore, want ‘freedoms’ then this shift into Sag, might just be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Response-ability…this is the easiest way to measure if you are living up to your Saturnian abilities and expectations, it is what ‘you are able to do’….any wishful thinking will get cut out and done away with for the unrealistic attitude and the wasteful energy of the productive Saturn/EL.  You cannot rule anything until you can rule and discipline yourself.
And, with the new moon in Capricorn right now, fused with the energy of the sun, Saturn is definitely getting his ‘meal to give him energy to die with’…as in the last energy this year in Scorpio.  In Sag now, he may just squeeze out a lit bit of laughter, but freedom will be hard won, come in fits and starts and often be interrupted with the mundane, things that will need to be managed.

If you have worked hard, then Saturn will give you the break, the vacation you deserve and have earned, or perhaps that promotion, that brass ring that you have been steadily climbing up the mountain towards.

Our friend Jupiter/Zeus has gone retrograde, this won’t necessarily help the heavy leaden energy; he did so on December 8^th at 22* of Leo, he will seem to move in reverse from his standstill in the heavens…all the way back to 12* of Leo when he stations direct on April 8^th next year.  So, Leo’s….so sorry to share this with you, just when you thought you were finally getting things to lighten up, eh?  Now, once again, in a retrograde, the planet in question may be bringing back something you didn’t receive that the planet rules (in God’s heavens, as God’s planets, since “) My father’s house has many mansions”.  So, in the retrograde, the planet can bring back what your due is, or often times, we finally have got the lesson or the gift/insight and the return matches our hindsight/insight.

Jupiter/Zeus, rules benevolence, good fortune, luck, laughter, higher learning, foreigners, etc.  In this retrograde motion, these things will have a more difficult time moving ‘towards’ you…they are hindered, because they are moving from reverse position into forward motion…not always going to happen.  If you got your shopping done, people will likely get a more generous gift, then if you purchase now.

Moving forward, Uranus has just gone direct on December 21^st, at 12* of Aries.  Notice he moved just back far enough to come crashing into the square with a forward moving Pluto in Capricorn, on December 15^th., at 12* and this formed another T-square, as the moon was trying to do her balancing act in Libra.  We see the uproar and the activism as these two titans flex their muscles and give it all they have.

As I have posted many times before, this is also awakening the US chart, and on January 5^th, transiting Pluto will directly oppose the US natal sun.  We will still be very much swimming in the energy of the Pluto/Uranus square and we will also be in a Cardinal Cross forming as the moon will be conjunct the US natal sun at 14* of Cancer in the Full moon on the 4^th.

I wish I could say something very different here, but in truth, this could pose a very, very difficult time for the US.  The North Node always is collecting the karmic debt and in Libra, it is a question of whether we have been fair or not.  Who are our partners?  Have we lived in harmony?  Do we take advantage of others?  (a big no-no in the Libra energy)  The moon in Cancer (full no less) is in her own sign, and she is mothering the world.  How have we done with that in mind?  Are we good mothers or bad?  Here, the mother/moon opposes both Pluto/Hades and the sun as they are both conjunct in Capricorn.  Pluto/Hades wants to burn off the dross and wants the truth…period…he will transform those whose soul is just not evolving…but he also wants us to be responsible, this creates the schism we now see playing its meme all over the planet.

Those that earn, those that share, those that take and those that are caught in between, as the weight is largely on the backs of the working poor and the shrinking middle class.  Pluto/Hades also rules the mob, those who work in the dark of night, in secrecy…and Uranus also rules the community, so we shall see this clash play itself out all while Jupiter and his benevolence are playing hide and seek.

As always, there is an increased risk for planetary shifts and changes during this time, but when we add the stressors that are taking place, it is even more likely.

So, expect some very challenging times, especially when it comes to the US.  The price of oil in a free fall, is not going to be so good eventually for the US, since oil is traded by the dollar.  Expect the escalation of worldwide turmoil, the Ukraine, Iran and North Korea are hot spots, while the whole of the globe is rising up and clashing, divide and conquer.  This could definitely portend financial shifting…will this be the long predicted fall of the dollar? 
Such are the times we now will negotiate as we leave the year of the horse and prepare for the year of the sheep.  Funny, how often I read about people acting ‘like sheep’ and we are entering a year that is supposed to be similar, with the keyword being ‘docile’.

Again, our actions will bring a return, a consequence and this can all go to a much better place based on how we respond.  Have we evolved?  What do you think?

We wish you a lovely and joyous Holy Day season and all the best for the new year ahead.

There is a lot to add to this, and I will be back to update as soon as possible, but this is the season, so enjoy!

Muddy Waters of the Mars Conjunction to Pluto

The Jewel (Soul) Lost in the Mud  Astro writing: 11.10.2014

The jewel is lost in the mud,

and all are seeking for it;

Some look for it in the east,

and some in the west;

some in the water

and some amongst stones.

But the servant Kabir

has appraised it at its true value,

and has wrapped it with care

in the mantle of his heart.

-- Kabir

"When the pearl is cast down into the mud, it becomes greatly despised, nor if it is anointed with balsam oil will it become more precious. But it always has value in the eyes of its owner. Compare the children of God: wherever they may be, they still have value in the eyes of their Father."

-- Gospel of Philip (Nag Hammadi Library of Egypt)

Now, I would add, that you always have value in the eyes of the Mother too.  Certainly, there are those on this planet, that are so damaged, they cannot show a healthy love for their children, but not so our creator. 
In these times, it may be hard to find our value.  To find worthiness that is true and goes deeper than the superficial world of physicality.  The value of our own pearls may be swimming in the muddy waters in the depths of our beings.  We cannot rescue our own pearls and bring them out to shine, without finding that light within our one true heart.  This light, will cast a soft glow at first on that pearl, your own moon.  The sun and the moon can then give birth to your Adam and Eve.  If we take that deeper look into the waters and see the reflection of the loving creator smiling through the darkness, through the illusion; the likeness and image of the Creator will be smiling back at us and we will become fully human.  We must seek to find.  This is no easy search and becoming fully human is not an easy path.  We already are spiritual beings, what we need to do is to learn to become human.

It is in the grist and the grind, the fires of life that will forge a humanity, and these are just such times.

Mars/Ares rules {WAR, action, energy, blood...and is a co-ruler (the original

ruler) of Scorpio}. Pluto/Hades is the ruler of Scorpio and is death/birth/transformation, the evolution of the soul.

They are conjunct in Capricorn at 11*; which is ruled by Saturn/El/Lord of the Rings, now travelling at 25* of Scorpio, so they are in what we call a 'mutual reception', the energy is now wide, but it is still very potent, and in fact, even more so now, since they have been cooking this up together since way back on October 6, of 2012.

Pluto/Hades had already entered the domain of Capricorn the Goat (my pet goat) on November 28, of 2008 and was waiting for his dispositor (they disposit each other when they are in the signs they rule this way) at 7* of Capricorn when Saturn/El entered the domain of Scorpio.
So, what we have is an exchange between them that has been going on for 2 years, each accelerating the others energy in this cosmic dance.  I have written pretty extensively about all of this on my blog: http://arcoftheancients.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-moon-in-aries-raising-up-cross-2014.htmld Look also through the many other posts on Pluto square to Uranus and the entry of Pluto into Capricorn.

This of course, is also a handle on the Cardinal Cross being activated, because the moon traversed through the 11* mark of Cancer too.  The moon is the mother, women, female issues, the homeland, nurturing, protecting children, the fluids in your body (humors) and in the earth (controlling the tide, etc.)  She is the ruler of Cancer…and she is in OPPOSITION to this Pluto/Mars conjunction.
We would say at the very least, this is a T-Square, but we also have a wide

aspect to the head of the dragon, the Moon’s N. node (spiritual destiny/purpose) going on at 18* of Libra…yes, this is 7* of separation, but the Cardinal Cross that has been forming off and on, being triggered over and over is HOT and active on this planet.
Now, we add Uranus (UR/ANU; where we get the word ‘annual’ from, the original sky god, ruler of new technology, inventions, science, change, ‘a cutting away’ even as Saturn cuts away with his sickle, and is the ruler of the Age of Aquarius, which we are in the foothills of now, as we shift from the Age of PIsces.)  Uranus is in Aries at 13* of Aries moving towards the an exact square to Pluto/Hades on December 15^th. at 12*.

Now, sitting in between this square, is Neptune/Poseidon (the oceans/oneness/spirituality/horses/chariot/dreams/music) at 4* of PIsces (which Neptune rules) and Chiron (the wounded healer, Percival) at 13* of PIsces.  In the heavenly oceans that surround us, these Titans are moving towards each other and Neptune and Chiron are being squeezed together in all that watery illusion.  This will bring up all kinds of karmic patterns, deep wounds, and is unearthing what is buried, even considered dormant~ like volcano’s, both within us and on this planet.  All of this, while Neptune/Poseidon is large and in charge in his own way, as she is travelling in her own sign of PIsces which he/she rules. It could find you weepy, the floodgates can get flung wide open as the watery depths of our beings are flushed to the surface.  What we think we know, may pass before us as one illusion becomes reality and reality seems like an illusion.  Your dreams may become activated and vivid and lucid for some.  Waking state may seem more like a dream.

There IS A DEEP TRANSFORMATION GOING ON, this is true.  All of this was initially triggered, or set up when we had the first URanus to Saturn opposition way back on November 3, of 2008 at 18* of PIsces and Virgo respectively.

If we look back, we can see that is when so many of the riots and political

uprisings began all over this planet.
There can be lesser and greater degrees of unrest inside of us individually right now.  All that watery energy is being shocked over and over by URanus…and finding the true source inside of you, can be like peeling back the layers and meanings of a dream, one illusion to pull down and see through after the other.
The more one has cleared their own personal world of illusions (IL- Luce-ION, not seeing clearly as the light is dancing on the walls of the ages ‘ion/aeon’, like Plato’s cave); the more the illusions on the world stage will fall, it is much like the child saying the emperor has no clothes or ‘pay no attention to the man behind the curtain’.

2 Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all. [And after they have reigned they will rest.]"

                              
So, the Cardinal signs; Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn are all being triggered for very deep and profound changes as both the depths of Pluto/Hades and the vaults of the heavens are opened, everything comes out to haunt us…to pull us…to challenge us to the very core of our being.
This is especially so, if you are a Cardinal sign (activators, starters ‘cardinal…

see the red cardinal popping in a blanket of white snow?...) in degrees: 9* -17* but more so if you are degrees, 11*-15*, this means any planets you have in the cardinal signs are being activated/triggered. (You have to know by sign/house what they are to know on a deeper level what this means for you personally).

Also, those people who are in the fixed signs as Saturn/El is at 25* of Scorpio are all being ‘tested’, responsibility, burdens, karma, relationships, authority, (this is for both the Cardinal and fixed signs) and of course, death/birth cycles…The fixed cross is: Taurus the Bull, Leo the LION, Scorpio the Eagle/Snake/Phoenix, and Aquarius the Angel of man (walking with a pitcher into the house we must follow him/her into (the age of Aquarius) and also the cross that has the flaming swords guarding the gates of Eden…the cross we see on most church altars (without most people understanding its true meaning)…it is Ezekiel’s’ wheel, flaming and spinning with the four heads (four directions/four rivers of life).
This is not to say the mutable signs of: Gemini/Virgo/Sagittarius/PIsces are not being triggered, but we only have so much time, to go into what is a very long explanation on so many levels of what is going on here.
With this energy, expect the old witch hunts to take stage again….an active war against the feminine energy/archetype (compassion, nurturing, comfort, the ecosystem, the fecundity of the earth, deep love) which makes the whole ISIS thing very ironic, personally, I think the name/Acronym is no mistake, it is another obfuscation of a group, that we are told ‘hates women’….it reminds me of the snazzy terms politicians come up with, like Blue Skies (which is an attack on the environment and her blue skies or ‘The Patriot Act’…so we are bring triggered into the ignorance of hating the Divine Feminine).  What do we see in the headlines, but this group savagely beating and killing women (and of course others) but what is the mantra we hear? 
It is flipping the truth of what we need right now…compassion, kindness, integrity, nurturing, caring for the earth, her flowers, seed bearing fruit (MonSatan and others) her Bees!  Mary Magdalene was buried with Bees….what lasts for thousands of years and is one of the most health giving things one can consume?  Honey!  The bees are dying! 
Colony Collapse Disorder….’Colony…Collapse…Disorder...’
And all of this is building another head of steam for the next Pluto/Uranus square exact at 12* on December 14^th.  That will be the second last of the 7 squares…so there was no way…we were going to find order in any way politically or otherwise during these squares, and we add to this cocktail, the Blood Moons, the next one of which is April 4^th, 2015 and the last of which is on September 27^th of 2015.  The last Uranus/Pluto square will be on March 15^th, 2015…so none of this is going to be resolved until AFTER those major transits and aspects occur.
People may feel a nervousness peeking around the edges of their deep insides and even more so for some physically…It is both a hiding and a revealing going on…REVELATIONS.  And this is far from being over.

What we will watch on the world stage can become even more confusing in all of this soupy mix.

 3 Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is within you and it is outside you.

When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty." From the Gospel of Thomas

One of the very best things we can do…is to at least stop this war on the planets ecosystem and food supply, on her children and animals and insects.  We have major aspects to both the US natal chart and MONSATAN RIGHT NOW!

But it is up to us to make the change….PRAYER WORKS, PRAYER IN ACTION WORKS BETTER.

So, with all of this unearthing and revealing, we must seek to know ourselves. 

We may not be in positions to affect change on the world stage (if you are, by all means this is your time) and can feel powerless in the face of all of this.  We CAN make sure that we are aligned and in our integrity, spiritually, physically and economically.  We can take care of our own health.  We can tie up loose ends in our lives.  We can remedy any old karma we have not dealt with.  We can act and become a living prayer, and prepare ourselves through our own excavations, tidying up our own lives.  Put your house in order. 

We must bring the dark into the light of day.  Start with our own darkness.  Face your fears as best you can, as you can.  Take things one step and one accomplishment at a time.

This means change on an individual and global scale.

What has true meaning for you?  Pluto wants to know what we value along with Taurean Venus, which moves from Scorpio and into Sagittarius on

Monday, November 17^th. 

So, we will move from the depths of Plutonian Scorpio (at least with Venus/Values/partnerships and what we love) into fiery Sag the archer.

Prepare for moving forward, especially as the sun moves closer to his new moon alignment on November 22, 7:33 A.M at 0* of Sagittarius.  These are magical numbers: 11:22 and 7:33.

Finish up old business matters as best as you can and prepare for to shoot your arrow straight and far into the future you came to live.

For now, try to console yourselves on any dark night, knowing that so many feel they too, are in this darkness, the muddy waters and they too, may be having a difficult time finding the pearls, the value. 

Jupiter/Zeus is at 21* of Leo the lion.  He will bring laughter and a sense of play and fun without trying too hard.  Laughter is a wonderful medicine and he will also find courage, he can cut open Saturn’s belly or head (depending on the version) and release his brothers and sisters, the titans that are trapped inside of you.

Compassion will lead you to the living waters. 

We will need this as we move forward where everything ‘dark’ is being cast upon the airwaves, dark holes, dark horses, dark matter, dark polar vortex, dark shadows.

So, go into your dark world and do some excavations, help someone else find their pearls, go for a walk and let the air fill your being as nature soothes the soul.  Expose the light that is under your lampstand. 

This will also expose a lot of that sticky-sweet goo that inhabits a lot of new age belief’s…which are really ego strokers that like a drug, feel good at first but leave you spinning in all directions, without the true light shining, but the illusion of light.

This is not to say that amazing truths are not there to be found, but all the sages of the past, teach us to have compassion, to care for one another, not abandon those around you because ‘they are negative and bring you down’….Caring about people is the foundation for the souls evolution, the key is compassion and the doorway is in the heart.
The universe already knows who you are.  Your vibration is already a siren call into the universe.  You cannot fake who you are.  You cannot wish a world into existence.  In integrity, you expose your soul as the illusions fall; the truth does indeed set us free.

Remember, the squares cause tension, but you cannot build anything without them.
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