Week of May 21st–Out of Town

On a rare vacation with my sister who is here from Toronto. Rare because we were 12 and 8 when last we did a road trip.

Important not to journey into the past. I don’t remember it well enough to be accurate about any of it. I would just be making stuff up. Important not to be judgmental. That is the Tarot card for this week, Judgement. We are not being judged, scrutinized or in any way being pointed at. However, if we are listening, we may hear a  voice in our heads calling us to pay attention especially in view of the New Moon that has just past and the corridor of discovery we are exploring.

It is a bit of a paradox really as the  voice is asking that we focus on the stillness, the silence. Then the listening or paying attention is no longer the goal. There is no goal. The ears are filled with a soft buzz and  throb slightly. There are bodily sensations that occur simultaneously to observation.

Judgement is the awakening. No turning back or aside. This is the glimpse that eventually lures one into a panoramic enlightened vista. Rise up and up and up.  The edges of the mind soften and dissolve.  Limitless,  boundaryless, free of past, memory and all impediment.

The ocean here is wild, the wind fierce and biting. A seagull uses its tail like a rudder to drop down out of the feisty gale. Atom crashes upon atom as wave after wave thunders to the shore and creation happens in this moment as it has in every moment since we took notice.

New Moon/Solar Eclipse May 20th, 2012–The Awaited ‘Beginning’

plane of the ecliptic of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun in 3d view showing Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter making one full revolution. Saturn and Uranus also appear in their own respective orbits around the Sun http://weelookang.blogspot.com/2011/06/ejs-open-source-kepler-3rd-law-system.html (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New Moon/Solar Eclipse May 20^th, 2012 @ 0 degrees Gemini 7:47 p.m. EDT 4:47 PDT

“Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.” –Lao Tzu

The New Moon this month falls upon an auspicious day that has been referenced through crop circles on August 9, 2005 and July 22, 2011 and interpreted through the Mayan calendar as a gateway. The gateway, at day zero according to Tzolkin calculation, leads into a 16 day period that ends as Venus retrograde crosses the Sun. Venus went retrograde 05/15 at 23 degrees Gemini. On the 5^th of June both the Sun and Venus will be at 15 degrees Gemini. What does this mean?

There are various predictions that are aligned with this date. In Aztec prophecy the return of the feathered serpent, Quetzalcoatl, perhaps coincides with this date. Quetzalcoatl is known as the morning star or Venus. Nostradamus writes two verses that suggest that an earthquake of significant magnitude might occur on or near this date. Revelations 6:12-14 also makes reference to an earthquake occurring when the sixth seal is broken. This date is implicated as fulfilling these prophecies.

Complex calculations point to the return of the serpent and have been worked out well in advance of this date. These stories would seem to be symbolic and representative of a powerful change that is about to take place or is a continuation of a process that began a very long time ago that we have all been a part of since day one (when was that?). Perhaps the light of the morning star reaches this planet with intensified effect and it, crossing the Sun on June 5^th, signifies a change in consciousness; a continuation in the change of consciousness because nothing is happening over night. It would seem to be part of the evolutionary journey here toward realization. And yet this is also a story and not one that is easily told once the spotlight of truth has fallen upon the shadow. What is there to tell? Only that we continue to seek based upon various sets of beliefs until we do not.

This New Moon at 0 degrees Gemini, in the sign of the messenger could be the brilliant point at which many of us recognize the ‘message’ that I am that and whereupon even that I am that becomes a complete redundancy. Gemini has curiosity. The curious often forgo the fear in their pursuit of the mystery of what lies around the corner or just on the other side of——-. There is a playful, innocence about this inquisitiveness that means the space for a new understanding. As Gemini relates to the third house and our experience on this planet, the brilliance that arises out of the darkness will have profound effect upon our way of being here.

Mercury, the ruler of Gemini is in Taurus a sign that processes through the senses rather than through intellectual analysis. Mercury slows down and is tactile. There is the potential for observation without thought and this contributes to a heightened awareness of the experience here. Conjuncting Jupiter emphasizes the value of this kind of processing and creates a broader sense of security based upon a new sense of self worth. It has nothing to do with who or what I am physically but everything to do with what cannot be described verbally through physicality. Saturn inconjunct these two requires one to delve beyond the wrapping for the gift and even then the obvious would be to assume that the gift is in the box. It is in the empty box that the gift is. Saturn at a150 degree angle to the Messenger implies the need to consider wisely how we apply ourselves to the uses of the mind—“Don’t let old patterns and beliefs determine how you will react in future, if indeed you react at all.”

Saturn is also in exact trine to Venus, both are retrograde. Suddenly Venus in Gemini which would normally be considered fickle, fractious and unreliable takes on a new meaning. This provides the framework for this passage from May 20^th until June 5^th when Venus crosses the Sun. What is our conscious intention? To slow down and focus on how our desire nature has provided us with a somewhat superficial experience of here—not that it is not okay. It is perfect! However, many people have glimpsed a different reality and choose that, now. In the beginning it does take focus and discipline–gathering momentum. All one needs is a glimpse—it’s enough to carry one many miles so to speak, in reality we travel nowhere.

I really must mention the 9^th harmonic chart again and its relation to evolutionary intent and our potential to be of service. The Sun/Moon are at 3 degrees Libra in exact inconjunct to Saturn in Taurus—consider the physical self in perfect balance and harmony and worthy of great abundance and projecting that essence outward (could not do otherwise here) as Mercury in Cancer conjuncts Neptune and trines Pluto. Again Mercury in a sign that promotes feeling rather than analysis and along with Neptune determines to express unconditional love and caring in a way that brings transformation to the masses, Pluto is in Pisces. And Jupiter in Leo, big compassion and sharing from the heart, squares the north and south node. How to get from a place of unexpressed emotional depth to a place of profound “being” in life? Through sharing from the heart. It always seems so perfectly designed. All we have to do is look at the road map once in a while if we have momentary doubt. Everything we truly believe is right in front of my nose.

Not to neglect Uranus and it’s trine to the Sun/Moon. A flash of brilliance to assist the mind in accelerating beyond its attachments to the mundane influences that perpetuate our experiences. Mars in Aries in opposition to the Sun/Moon? A little rocket fuel to boost our enthusiasm for functioning at maximum within the structures of duality from a non-dual perspective.  And Venus at 0 degrees Taurus also inconjunct the Sun/Moon and conjunct Saturn is well grounded in physical form and beyond the usual insecurities produced by this combination to know thyself as ‘not this, or that’ but what is left when

We have nothing else with which to identify. Here out of all the crayons in the box, Venus is white.

Back to the natal chart. Pluto/Mars trine in earth. We continue to refine our experience here in a way that has a permanent effect on our motivations and actions. What happens in Greece will be a defining moment for humanity.

Finally the Sabian symbol for this New Moon at 1 degree Gemini (you always round up) is “a glass-bottomed boat reveals undersea wonders”. It goes without saying, we are scheduled for an enlightening experience. From the depths of the darkest crack to the shadow of the noon day Sun we will receive the message and bravely share that message with all. Uranus trine Pluto–change is and for that we choose to be grateful.

What carries us from our superficial experiences of gathering to the profounder truth of our true essence? Neptune in Pisces square the north/south nodes—the knowing of the self as that which is not limited and has no boundaries. It doesn’t ask for more, better or different but simply is in peace and stillness.

Thank you for your profound willingness to love. Don’t miss the Full Moon article on June 4^th. It sets the stage for the Venus/Sun crossing!

N.B: 0 degrees Gemini conjuncts the Pleiades, a cluster of stars that is well known to us for many centuries within the constellation Taurus. It can be seen with the naked eye and has guided many a traveler on land and sea. This astronomical event, according to the only references I have found, a Sun/Moon conjunction with this cluster (the Pleiades) has not occurred for 26,000 years. The Earth’s axis completes one full cycle of precession approximately every 26,000 years. If this information is accurate and this is the end of a cycle then this is a truly auspicious time, though what that means exactly seems to be an unknown. At one level it may appear that nothing changes. Night falls and the morning dawns. On a deeper level, the patterns that we have woven over this period of our history may be progressed to a different level of creation. Physically speaking the Earth’s axis has been altered (even if a small amount, a few inches) due to the last major earthquakes, enough that it will be creating new patterns as it weaves its way through time and space.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superperigee Full Moon/Wesak Moon May 5th, 2012

Super Perigee Full Moon May 5^th, 2012 16 degrees Scorpio

11:35 p.m. EDT 8:35 P.M. PDT (for info about Wesak see http://wesak.us/articles.php)

“If you put in more effort you don’t get a better I am out of it.”—Bob Nickel

This Full Moon has nothing to do with effort. Your mind may tell you that effort is required but with every idea you push you will become aware that reality, your true nature is pushing back. During this moon it may rise up as something unfamiliar and frightening. At this time remind your self. Why would I fear something that I am and always have been? Anything else is not real.

To say this Full Moon is intense does not fully describe it or the deep levels of sensation that people are experiencing—emotional, psychological and spiritual. It offers us the privacy and security to visit an old familiar truth; that who we ‘are’ is our intrinsic nature. Illusion will burn under the light of this moon.

This is a super perigee moon meaning that the moon is closer to the earth than during other Full Moons. It is 14% bigger and 30% brighter. This occurs once a year so is not uncommon. The last super perigee moon happened in March of 2011 at which time the moon was 248 miles closer to the earth than this year’s moon. Typically perigee occurs at 31,000 miles closer to the earth than at other times.

And, if this is not enough to set our inner tides rising, Black Moon Lilith, the astrological point that we are so inspired by to reach further than we have yet into our fears and phobias, lies within one minute of exact conjunction with the Sun. We have been feeling the coming of this moon for several days perhaps with a bit of intuitive apprehension. I feel remiss in approaching the writing of this article just days before it’s occurrence.  However, article or no, the affects of every moon happen and work upon our psyches regardless of our awareness of the event.

To be sure insecurities and fears that are not superficial, that is, relative to the physical world, may arise as an anxiety that seems to have no basis for being. The eighth house/second house axis of Scorpio/Taurus suggests our relationship to the understanding of the cycle of humanity. Our relationship to death is a part of that cycle as is birth, rebirth and transformation. When we know this to be part of our experience here but not who we are, a sense of inner peace is the result. The peace is not dependant upon anything in the external world. This gives us a feeling of deep security and, it seems ridiculous to say a much greater sense of self worth.

There is an exercise in Spring Forest Qigong, developed by Master Chunyi Lin, called ‘Gathering Clouds’. This part of a beautiful practice provides one with an amazing sense of peace. As you reach to the far corners of the universe and pull the ‘clouds’ toward the Hara, the Dantien, the center of our life force, you traverse the infinite emptiness and stillness within. It is I. There are no doubts, no yeah buts, no time just peace and pure energy. There is no effort required, as my teacher Bob Nickel likes to remind us.

Here the self expands into it self like a drop of water melting into the ocean, yet boundless, limitless and eternal. The Sabian symbol for this Full Moon is “a woman, fecundated by her own spirit, is great with child” suggesting “a total reliance upon the dictates of the God within” and that we are independent of need of anything external to the self. The symbol at the opposite degree is equally significant as we, often, do not experience profound realization without prior understanding, the kind which occurs due to inner “battle”.  At 17 degrees Taurus (you always round up to the next degree) is the “symbolic battle between swords and torches” or the ‘light of the soul’ and the ‘darkness of the ego’. The ego will come into balance as the light of the self shines more brightly. On a conscious level (the Sun) we dissolve conditioning, dislodge patterns of thinking that require us to repeatedly doubt and question our worth and stability. On an emotional and instinctive level we tap into a source of being that elicits peace and stillness. Joy may be there also but not always and sometimes we think it should be always.

The Black Moon Lilith in opposition to this moon in Scorpio is a lot like seeing your self in the mirror as Lilith has a Scorpionic quality—intense, deep, dark, powerful, with intuitive knowing that can be unnerving to some. Therefore this is an opportunity to experience, close up what you may find unnerving in this life. This may relate to issues of relationship, sex, finance, material possessions all of which, when we have attachment to them or expectation, can cause us concern, suffering and unhappiness. You may also become aware of habits that perpetuate your unhappiness. Often we are the last to become aware of behaviors that limit us from experiencing freedom.  With Mars still in Virgo we are exercising extra caution when it comes to our reactions and responses.

If we look at what is showing up in regards to collective healing at this Full Moon we can be sure that the same will hold true for the individual or vice versa. What we accomplish on an individual level affects the greater good. In the 9th harmonic chart we see a sextile from Chiron in Virgo to the Moon and a trine to the sun suggesting the ability to heal the thought that we are not perfect, dispense with criticism and judgment and feel secure both physically and emotionally in a way that greatly enhances the ability to know thy self. The Mercury/Jupiter trine here in water assists us in trusting our inner knowing. The grand trine of Moon, Neptune, Pluto deepens the connection to our essence and indicates profound and lasting change.

Saturn in this chart sextile Jupiter, opposition Mercury and conjunct the North Node is demonstrating a mature wisdom and preciseness of focus that allows for responsible performance that serves the highest good. Mars in this chart is in Aquarius. Action occurs with the community in mind. There is an evolved ability to communicate when we realize our shared experience here. We become closer, nesting in each others trusting and glowing with appreciation for the beauty that radiates everywhere.

In the natal chart Pluto (in Capricorn) forms another grand trine with Mars (in Virgo) and Ceres (in Taurus). From one perspective that translates into right action that eliminates what does not serve the planet. From another perspective we might observe that everything is perfect and that evolution occurs in relation to a natural set of parameters that could be a mystery to us—so be it. Uranus exactly inconjunct Mars and square Pluto emphasizes our lack of control over anything that occurs here and reminds us that change is inevitable in temporal experience and that ‘I am’ is not related to that which moves or changes in physical reality. The great secret of Scorpio is the knowing of the eternal aspect of consciousness. We need not fear death or any other process that occurs in this world. It is an illusion that we are born or flourish or die. Our true nature is not limited by that or anything. At this Full Moon discover what lies deeper within the mystery for you and don’t be afraid to ask some big questions such as who am I.

May–In Love with Life

I apologize if you are receiving this repeatedly. I forgot the photo which I love.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it…. People think pleasing God is all God care about.  But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.  ~Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982

I think May is the Month for Love/Being in Love with life. Not that we don’t experience this state in every month but May seems to accentuate feelings of profound appreciation and gratitude. Others think it is: better sleep month, good car care month, photo month, salad month, egg month, barbeque month, date your mate month, hamburger month, fungal infection awareness month…?

May in many parts of the world is just exquisite—if we take time to notice– how all of nature is reaching out to please us in what seems like an effort to attain our adoration. The love in our hearts for what Mother Nature offers only increases her efforts to feed us and delight us. I see this in my garden every day; how that affects everything around the garden and beyond. It affects people too. Their hearts open and become receptive again to the natural rhythm that pervades all things.

We would rather hug than hate, laugh than frown, sigh in deep awe of a magnificent sunset than sit in stop and go traffic after a day at the office but we forget. Millions of people did forget but as May is the Month of Love and Being in Love we will remember more and faster. Our goal will be to create community everywhere we go by talking to people, recognizing their gift, their beauty and their restrained desire to love and to be. We will coax that from each other gently, softly and lovingly. May is the Month when our eyes behold only the beautiful gift that this planet offers us and all of us will respond with love, the only acceptable gift, in return.

05/2012=5 & 5=the number of human potential (recognize our gift as a   collective) and change. 5 is the number of the planet Mercury. Change happens quickly. Mercury is the messenger. What is the message? Pay attention to Mother Nature. The other side to her nature; she will reach out gently and quietly seeking our love but if ignored too long she will reflect back to us our own lack of love. What we receive we have given.

The three Tarot cards for May=

Death XIII-Transformation and rising from the ashes. Under going a rebirth we are free to create with our intuitive sense. There is nothing else to inform us, no preconceived ideas, rules, no regulations to which we feel we must adhere. We are as new borns, open and delighted to be here. We have no knowledge and are open, the Page of Pentacles. Youthful,  curious and willing he enquires into existence from a different perspective and in wonder accepts that which is and is fulfilled by being. Willingness and acceptance place us in strength and confidence, Strength VIII, we assume success based upon our knowing that everything is perfect including my self. The number 8 offers us a glimpse of infinity—the self as eternal, whole and complete. The beautiful woman pats the lion. There is no struggle or sense of dominance but a shared wisdom. I am you and you are I, equal and in perfect balance—spirit and physical.

May can also be the Month of fun, frivolity and whimsical creativity—whatever brings you delight. With so much beauty happening everywhere it is difficult to prevent it from bursting forth on a regular basis! Enjoy and share your delight.

Week April 30th–The Fragrance of Freedom

What do we see when we are not immersed in a thousand stale smells and projections from the many experiences in the illusion? Beauty, radiant beauty and the infinite emptiness of resting just the other side of confusion.

This week we may as well wallow in the sensuality of physicality before we dive into the trippier experience of realizing that the body, though nice and handy and necessary for getting around here is not me. It’s easier for some people to unidentify with the body  than it is to unidentify with the mind. Why do either? Freedom.

If you have ever felt limited by either body or mind then you understand this–ever felt limited, the limitation of. Driving past all the road signs and not paying attention, not being influenced by stop signs, or speed limits or yield, right of way, signs–railway crossings. These are all creations of my mind. I fill the void with stuff because I don’t remember that my true nature is the emptiness–that which is left when all else falls away. We live in a surreal fantasy created by our minds to satisfy the hunger of our egos to which we remain prisoners. To hell with that–I choose freedom! I choose–I—–this space represents the lack of identification with anything. Space is that. I am that. You are that.

The Card for this Week is the Magiacian I: Infinite potential based upon the resources available within the source of all that it is–one. Skip the analysis, calculations, planning, exertion or hard work and go directly to the manifestation of, based upon knowing. If success is part of your vocabulary. You just achieved that.

We are…Master Creators–Science says so!

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Bruce Lipton is a cell biologist , Professor and author stimulating the collective to embrace a broader range of possibility. Empowering and enlightening!

Week of April 23rd–Love is All there is

It Felt Love– Hafiz

How
Did the rose
Ever open it’s heart
And give this world
All its
Beauty?
It felt the encouragement of light
Against its
Being,
Otherwise,
We all remain
Too
Frightened