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Just a Little AstroEssence 25 September 2013: Think About It

25 Wednesday Sep 2013

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Today, examine what didn't work, but don't set up mental camp there. 'The View from Camp Grove, Yosemite' by Carleton E. Watkins 1861 {{PD}}

Today, examine what didn’t work, but don’t set up mental camp there. ‘The View from Camp Grove, Yosemite’ by Carleton E. Watkins 1861 {{PD}}

25 September communications are better (than yesterday), though somehow unavoidably hurtful–it’s like everywhere the mind goes has been sown with sharp reminders of our own weaknesses or unfulfilled wants. Use skills to the utmost in delivering your own message–this is no time to be sloppy. Our attention is on what hasn’t worked, what isn’t true, and what’s not creative. Examine for a while, but don’t set up camp–there’s only so much we can learn from failed efforts. (Mercury sesquiquadrate Chiron, Sun quincunx Neptune)

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The Mystic Rectangle of the Autumnal Equinox 22 September 2013

21 Saturday Sep 2013

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By Horacio Cardozo, released into the public domain {{PD}} See his extraordinary work here http://www.flickr.com/photos/horacio_cardozo/

By Horacio Cardozo, releasedinto the public domain {{PD}} See his extraordinary work here http://www.flickr.com/photos/horacio_cardozo/

Tomorrow we experience the Autumnal Equinox (Spring Equinox for our Southern hemisphere friends), which features both a Mystic Rectangle and a Kite. Below I talk a little about the Mystic Rectangle, from an article in ECLIPSE.

The Mystic Rectangle is formed by Ceres, NN-Saturn-Venus, Chiron, and SN with, at the equinox moment, the Taurus Moon. The Mystic Rectangle itself suggests that the involved energies can be utilized especially effectively, working in concert in a way that provides an almost magical amplification of potentials. In this case, we are given a formula for effective use of power to manifest a pleasant reality, reward, Love, or all three, and our use of this formula is Path-determining. What’s the key to unlock this fantastic result? The willingness to allow healing. It sounds so easy, and I’m sure some people would answer with, ‘Who wouldn’t allow healing?’ Quite a few of us, it seems.

Think of all the situations, the little things, the lingering resentments, the occasions big and small that aggrieve us; think of how they become a part of the interior wallpaper, of defining who we are through experience. The point is these are parts of ourselves, grumblings and judgments and injustices, that aren’t really parts of ourselves at all; they are negative feedback, thought patterns, and interactions that we are carrying around in the psyche as if they have worth, as if they say something to us or about us worth preserving–and they don’t.

At the Equinox we are offered the chance to connect with our natural Power and natural role (Ceres) in such a way that we can heal (by ‘dissolving’, a Chiron in Pisces remedy) those things that needn’t cast shadows on the spirit, and that do so now only because we allow it.

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Your Weekend Sampler 20-23 September 2013: Control and Restraint

20 Friday Sep 2013

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'A Witches Sabbath' by Cornelis Saftleven c1650 {{PD}} Painted back when witches were depicted as bad, this illustrates the fear stirred in some by the powerful essence of Woman

‘A Witches Sabbath’ by Cornelis Saftleven c1650 {{PD}} Painted back when witches were depicted as aligned with evil, this kind of characterization illustrates the fear stirred in some by a Woman in touch with and in command of her powerful, natural essence

For the 20th:

Saturn sextile Pluto=we may have gotten used to this, but today could remind us just how much our reality picture has really changed recently, as this aspect perfects. This assists with transformations of the material environment and in dealing with authorities, though with the latter, be wary: they may sense the personal power within you, and react as if threatened, so keep a low profile

For the 21st:

Today’s image is a small toad, one of those Australian ones that excrete hallucinogens through their skin. We need to stay in control today in most areas, but in the purely private part of our world, it might be time to ‘lick the toad’, and take a brief but totally free mini-vacation of the mind.

For the 22nd:

Mercury semi-squares Vesta, bringing a kind of dignity to communications, and more trustworthiness than usual–but also a propensity to access ‘buzz words’ in hopes of persuading, and too much feeling that one’s words or reasoning are sacred and shouldn’t be questioned. Awareness of this tendency can help us navigate communications from those too eager or unconscious to realize how one-sided they’re being.

And the 23rd:

9 AM Pacific the Taurus Moon quincunxes Mercury. We may chafe at what’s communicated, or could be uncomfortable with what we must convey. Either way, thinking of the other person (Merc in Libra) would be a smart thing to do. 1 PM PDT the Moon conjuncts Sedna. Considering what else has been going on, we may fear that stress has blanked out the emotions, that we just can’t feel any more–but the reality is we are meant to either let them go for a time, or delve deep in a meditative respite. Neither is a better response–both serve their purposes. Just don’t make emotional decisions at this time–we can make the mistake of believing that not feeling is a good spot to make dispassionate choices from, but we really need that emotional measure in order to make choices that will truly suit us. Delay decisions until we sense feeling and intuition flood back. Void begins 1:25 PM PDT; the Moon enters Gemini at 12:35 AMPDT of the 24th.

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The Sabians For The Pisces Full Moon 19 September 2013

18 Wednesday Sep 2013

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'Salida de la Luna' Guillermo Gomez y Gil 1906 {{PD-Art}}

‘Salida de la Luna’ Guillermo Gomez y Gil 1906 {{PD-Art}}

I’m prompted to add the Sabians for tomorrow’s Full Moon, already seen in ECLIPSE:

The Sabian for this Full Moon is, ‘The Harvest Moon Illumines a Clear Autumnal Sky’ . In this instance, we are the Moon: changeable, intuitive, reflecting the light as spirit, and the sky is, of course, the Universe. We find our place, or at least understand it a little better, illumined in our purpose and function. The Sun’s Sabian is, ‘A Group Of Aristocratic Ladies Meet Ceremonially At A Court’s Function’. This , I think, refers to the Collective Feminine, which is in some ways the ‘civilizing’ influence on the animus. The court, in this instance, is the Universe, but this time we may be referring to Sedna’s role in the Full Moon: she is the intuitive knowing of Woman, the Life-Death-Life force as it manifests in nature and is then organized (the Court, Ceremonially) to the benefit of (Wo)Man. This time it is the experience of all women (‘Aristocratic’ suggesting the nobility of feeling involved) through time that ‘lights the way’ to our understanding, and suggests that for men at this Full Moon, enlightenment will come through his experience of the women in his life, resulting in a deep balance of knowing and feeling for both sexes.

Just a Little Essence of the Full Moon in Pisces 19 September 2013: A Deep Balance

17 Tuesday Sep 2013

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'The Siren' by Waterhouse {{PD_Art}} This captures all the elements of the Full Moon: male, female, and the emotional and experiential depths of both Pisces and Sedna

‘The Siren’ by Waterhouse {{PD_Art}} This captures all the elements of the Full Moon: male, female, and the emotional and experiential depths of both Pisces and Sedna

Full Moon in Pisces September 19th 2013 at 4:12 AM Pacific at 26 Pisces 40: ‘A Deep Balance’

With generous orbs we have a Fist of God the apex of which is the Full Moon itself; the base is made up of those old lovers/ adversaries, Venus and Mars. The only other contact the FM makes is a sextile to Sedna. The picture this brings forward concerns a conflict situation that will both have origins in and find responses in a very deep, primal knowing, a balance of man-woman/ anima-animus  energies. This is definitely sexual, in the sense that we are addressing the ‘I Am’ (Mars in Leo) in relation to the sensuality and depth of relationship (Venus in Scorpio). Sedna tells us that this is primordial, going back to origins both personal and ancestral, a story of the forming that lives somewhere deep in our DNA. This is a Full Moon of discovery, a culmination of the experience of sensation as well as the intensity of emotion, and is meant to reveal to us where we stand in the Universe. I know, that’s kind of a big statement, but it centers on our own individual sensations, reflections, ideas, and things felt physically and emotionally, sensed and intuited, that give us identity–and we’re talking from the most superficial to those things so deeply held that they can’t be articulated, only absorbed as knowing.

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Just a Little AstroEssence 17 September 2013: ‘Driving Forward’

17 Tuesday Sep 2013

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Love the graphics on this WPA poster created for US National Parks Service 1936 Image from the Library of Congress {{PD}}

Love the graphics on this WPA poster created for US National Parks Service 1936 Image from the Library of Congress {{PD}}

17 September Why does life seem to require so much? Why is so much expected of us? We just want to go go go. The mind is active, but implementing dreams or creative energies is somehow both unwise and contrary to our highest values! It leaves us in something of a spot–what we need to recognize is this is just not a great time to do what we want to do. We may feel like a car revving its engine, pressing on the gas, but with the brake still on! Racing thoughts spur us forward, but if we respond we find that things don’t exactly go well. Today it’s best to plan–we’ll have lots of energy and imagination for that. (Neptune opposed Vesta, quincunx Pallas, Mercury sextile Mars)

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Just a Little AstroEssence 16 September 2013: ‘The Path’

16 Monday Sep 2013

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'On the Tow Path' Theodore Robinson 1893 {{PD-Art}}

‘On the Tow Path’ Theodore Robinson 1893 {{PD-Art}}

16 September Saturn perfects conjunction to the North Node, solidifying the Path, at least for now. We may be unaware of this, however, as our attention will really be on a very serious power struggle; we will be striving to determine who’s in charge of what, who has dominion over whom, who holds the power to negotiate, and who may be responsible for what feels like life-and-death issues. Is the struggle really as important as it seems? Yes, as we are determining life direction for the near future; all ‘rules’ concerning rights and conduct will stem from what happens here. Spiritual matters will contribute to results without our complete awareness of this, just as material matters will also have an influence in shaping things. There’s no need to panic, though; as long as we remain aware that things are being formed at this time, we will conduct ourselves with the ‘long game’ in mind–and that will be enough for things to shake out fairly, though not necessarily ideally. (Pluto trine Ceres, Sun trine Sedna, Earth sesquiquadrate NN)

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For Your Weekend 13-15 September 2013: An ECLIPSE Forecast Sampler

13 Friday Sep 2013

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This vividly colored crazy quilt was created c1912, and photographed by Sean Pathasema {{PD}}

This vividly colored crazy quilt was created c1912, and photographed by Sean Pathasema {{PD}}

On the 13th at 4 PM PDT the Moon sextiles the Saturn-NN combination and is within conjunction of Pluto. This makes for some serious efforts to change reality and the Path to correspond to what we feel it should be. Step, and act, with care. 8 PM PDT the Moon quincunxes Mars, sextiles Chiron, and squares Uranus. This may feel like a poke in the eye; we think we’re being unique, original, or unusual, but our actions cause some unpleasant feelings, one way or another. Examine what the feelings driving the behavior really were; chances are we were acting out of some pent-up anger or frustration.

14 September an insistence on saying and doing whatever we want will have grave consequences. That is one extreme, of course; most of us won’t insist, but will almost certainly have to deal with someone who will. For everyone else the influence will show in various impulses to unique Self-expression that may be destructive, game-changing, or radical (and so perhaps reputation-affecting).

The Moon enters Aquarius at 5:06 AM PDT of the 15th. Just after 8 AM Pacific the Moon opposes Pallas and quincunxes Vesta. We are emotionally contrary, refusing what’s wise in favor of a (not entirely rational) sense of independence, fueled by the feeling that those things we are dedicated to aren’t serving us well, so why not blaze a new path? We won’t choose a good direction for our own expression and interests at this point–so just sit back and don’t react from an emotional stance, if it’s at all possible. Noon the Moon conjuncts Juno. At this time the emotions can lead us to reliable empowerment–just wait to act during the few hours that follow this aspect forming (that would be around 1-4 PM PDT), so that the previous contact to Pallas and Vesta is out of orb. 6 PM PDT the Moon squares the Nodes and Saturn and quincunxes Ceres. Now we’re cookin’! We can easily see how the path, the reality picture, and the power and authority picture must be adjusted for maximum benefit.

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Just a Little AstroEssence 13 September 2013: ‘Amplified’

12 Thursday Sep 2013

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'The Five Senses and the Four Elements' Jacques Linard 1627 {{PD-Art}}

‘The Five Senses and the Four Elements’ Jacques Linard 1627 {{PD-Art}}

There’s a Mystic Rectangle this week involving the Nodes, Chiron, Saturn, and Ceres. This plays on two of the dominant themes this week, healing and ‘power progress’. A Mystic Rectangle acts as a kind of amplifier for the related energies, and this says that we can affect the life Path and the material reality if we master those healing and power opportunities. Lasts all week–and we add Venus to the equation late in the week, adding Money or Love to the possibilities. (The ECLIPSE week starts on Friday and ends on Thursday, with a new issue each Thursday night Pacific time)

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Just a Little Lunar Essence 11 September 2013: ‘Playing the Lone Wolf’

11 Wednesday Sep 2013

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'Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf' by Gustave Dore pre-1883 {{PD-Art}}

‘Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf’ by Gustave Dore pre-1883 {{PD-Art}}

From ECLIPSE:

5 AM PDT of the 11th the Sagittarius Moon squares Neptune and sextiles Mercury. Here’s where the unclear and misleading (or outright deceptive) communications get started. The emotions behind the words will tell us whether the intent is creative, inspired, deluded, or the province of lying liars, and from there we proceed accordingly. The square to Neptune also kicks off a T-square with the Moon and Ceres; this tells us that in the end what shakes out is about power and control–you are forewarned. 7 AM PDT the Moon sextiles Juno, and we’re off to a good start in fulfilling our immediate goals. 1:30 PM PDT the Moon hits the midpoint of Saturn-NN and Pluto, giving us a glimpse of the emotional repercussions concerning recent changes to our reality picture and the way it affects the Path. 3 PM PDT the Moon trines Mars and initiates a Fire Grand Trine with Uranus. We see a period of balanced action, as long as we play the lone wolf and ‘do it ourselves’. 6:30 PM PDT the Moon squares Chiron. Take care or we could find old wounds flaring up and pushing out through the emotions.

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