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Just a Little on the August Full Moon: Higher Illumination

08 Friday Aug 2014

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'On the Activities of the People at Moonlight' Olaus Magnus 1555 {{PD}}

‘On the Activities of the People at Moonlight’ Olaus Magnus 1555 {{PD}}

The Full Moon occurs on the 10th at 11:09 AM Pacific time at 18 Aquarius 02; she sextiles Uranus, opposes Mercury and Black Moon Lilith, and squares Saturn. It feels, in some fundamental way, that we may process the energy of the Full Moon as nothing so much as a distraction; maybe it’s its big, bright Super-ness that will dominate the sky and so disorient our sensibilities. In any case, what we may have is a ‘bang!’ over in one corner, pressure from reality in another, and showy confrontations with what we don’t want to deal with, what we’re hearing or learning, what’s being communicated, and all of it turning us away from the Aquarian higher knowledge and understanding we’re being offered.

How will it come to us, then? The Moon disorients, deludes, cloaks us in illusion; we must look to the Sun, and his companions Mercury and Black Moon Lilith. These offer solutions (the culmination of the Full Moon) that the Moon is too affected, too in love with her own glow, to deliver. To receive that higher illumination, that answer to a vital question, we must face those matters we find ourselves avoiding right now, and funnel that illumined energy through matters of one or both of the Houses in the natal chart ruled by Mercury. That’s a formula that won’t be the easiest to decipher, but it will show us areas of the chart (those Merc ruled Houses) and life matters that are overdue to be faced, dealt with, and from which we can glean something exceptionally important.

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Just a Little Lunar Essence + the Daily Word Image 16 June 2014: Look Closely

16 Monday Jun 2014

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'The Sense of Sight' Philip Mercier c1746 {{PD}}

‘The Sense of Sight’ Philip Mercier c1746 {{PD}}

4 AM PDT of the 16th the Aquarius Moon opposes Black Moon Lilith. We may perceive a real distance between our innermost compulsions and temptations and our intellectual understanding of what it is that we need. The best approach to level ground between the two may be to translate those needs through the intuition–skip what you think and go with what you feel. 7:30 AM PDT the Moon trines Mars. Taking action or making choices is easy–the mind is clear on the direction we’d like to take, in spite of Merc’s retro status–or perhaps, because of that apparent backward motion, the mind gets out of its own way that much more easily. If we need cooperation from others, now’s the time to ask. 10:30 AM PDT the Moon trines Zeus. The emotional reactions support the ambitions and desires–without conflict within the feeling nature, we can pursue our wants at twice the usual speed and efficiency. Noon the Moon sextiles Uranus. Spontaneity that rises from our mood can bring surprising and enlightening experiences. 2 PM PDT the Moon trines Vesta, squares Saturn, and semi-sextiles Chiron. Something in the reality scenario gets in the way of us being able to honor those causes to which we’re dedicated, or to spend adequate time on the home front or with the mate–and this results in some hurt, our own or someone else’s. Find out if what you honor is impractical in real-world terms (and so doesn’t fit the reality scenario–if, in other words, what you’re pretending to honor is contradicted by the actual life you’ve built around you) or if the surroundings or commitments need to be modified to allow you to dedicate sufficient time and energy to those things that really matter. 5 PM PDT the Moon trines Ceres, offering us the cooperation or assistance of authorities or harmony between our own feelings and our expressions of power. 10 PM PDT the Moon squares Venus. Relationships may erupt in conflict as one or both parties rely on the intellect in matters that should rely on the heart.

Today’s image is a magnifying glass. Look closely; the details are very important right now.

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Just a Little Lunar Essence 26 March 2014: The Path

26 Wednesday Mar 2014

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'The Path Through the Irises' Claude Monet {{PD}}

‘The Path Through the Irises’ Claude Monet {{PD}}

10 AM PST the Aquarius Moon quincunxes Jupiter, perhaps tempting us to adjust what we think to what the social order prescribes. Can be a point when the group exerts a tremendous amount of influence on our thoughts and our behaviors (whether we rebel or accept their standards wholeheartedly); as long as we’re aware of this we can respond in a more measured way than we otherwise might. 11:30 AM PST the Moon sextiles Uranus-Juno. Emotions and intuitions aid expressions of uniqueness that lead to empowerment. 6 PM PST the Moon trines Zeus. We can intellectually see a clear path to ambition realization, but we need to remember that we have to back up ideas with action (and perhaps take on a partner, Zeus in Libra). Midnight the Moon conjuncts Venus. We can feel a perfect love or empathy based in intellectual understanding or group membership in common. This could offer a nice break from the natural tendency to critique, and if expressed could win us new friends.

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With the New Moon, a New Take on Knox

30 Thursday Jan 2014

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Preparatory sketch for 'The Justice of Cambyses' Gerard David 1498 {{PD}}

Preparatory sketch for ‘The Justice of Cambyses’ Gerard David 1498 {{PD}}

Happy New Moon, everyone! Just as we see the conjunction of the Sun and Moon in Aquarius, and are on the verge of the Venus direction, we hear of the re-conviction of Amanda Knox in Italian court. Those two events suggest to me a new intellectual take on the case will dominate, as will a beauty/ Venusian values assessment shift in the way Knox is perceived. I plan on writing more on this later; Here’s what I said about it previously

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The New ECLIPSE is out! Plus, a little AstroEssence 3 January 2014

02 Thursday Jan 2014

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Taoist Immortals Celebrating Longevity' Tomioka Tessai 1923 {{PD-Japan-oldphoto}}

Taoist Immortals Celebrating Longevity’ Tomioka Tessai 1923 {{PD-Japan-oldphoto}}

Celebrating the beginning of our 5th year, with this first issue of 2014! We talk about Moments with Strangers (oh!), The Ascendant in the Whole Sign system, take a peek at books and movies (including ‘Upstream Color’ and ‘Stoker’), briefly comment on Mars retro, and get the Forecast for the coming week! Order here, at less than $7 per month, which includes the Weekly, the Daily (with a complete aspect-by-aspect Lunar forecast and the Daily Image), as well as free and low cost lessons and services–what are you waiting for?

And for tomorrow, the 3rd: our own thoughts may be the source of so much internal discord; we are at odds with our own desires and ambitions, and can’t help but think our empowerment options are either ineffective or some kind of trap! The Aquarian Moon isn’t helping, with its cool mindset that so easily questions our wants, our goals, our values, and our sense of personal power and authority in our own lives (by Air trine to Zeus, Vesta, and Ceres in Libra, which only encourages us to look to others for reassurance). Funny, then, that if we can get out of our own heads for a minute, we will find a great big ol’ spotlight shining on the wise thing, the smart thing, the answer we’re looking for, right out in the open, there for the taking. (Mercury semi-square Juno, square Zeus, Sun trine Pallas)

Your ECLIPSE Weekend Sampler 9-12 November 2013: Make It Big

08 Friday Nov 2013

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'A Planet as Big as its Star' Artist's concept by NASA {{PD}}

‘A Planet as Big as its Star’ Artist’s concept by NASA {{PD}}

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9 November Pallas moves into Virgo; the inclination is to be smart and practical, no-nonsense, to take a full accounting of what we have and how to use it–but no, we get a little loopy, a little impulsive, believing any fairy tale we hear–and so perhaps putting ourselves in a bad spot with authorities, Mother Nature, or in a situation where we really should try and negotiate. Channel creative energy into proven outlets or concrete manifestations, and make an overt effort to remain firmly aware of reality–these two measures will keep us out of the worst trouble, and could result in some truly inspired creations or creative ‘forms’ (Neptune quincunx, Earth sesquiquadrate Ceres, Mars sextile Saturn, Mercury trine Neptune)

1 AM PST of the 10th the Aquarius Moon quincunxes Jupiter, asking us to adjust our emotional engagement with the social sphere. It’s an intellectual need as much as it is an emotional one–at the least we should pull back and re-consider any expansion attempts we have underway. 6:30 AM PST the Moon squares Sedna. We may hit an emotional ‘blind spot’ that inspires us to make a ‘wrong move’ (or just a clumsy one). Remove emotion from the action equation at this time. 1 PM PST the Moon quincunxes Vesta. We intuit exactly what we must modify in the intimate relationship, on the home front, or concerning those areas we dedicate our lives to. Adjustment can be quiet and easy, if attended to now–I wouldn’t recommend we wait to make changes, as the next aspect between these two is an opposition–and of course, we’d do better to head a confrontation off at the pass. Void begins at 3:11 PM PST; the Moon enters Pisces at 6:37 PM PST. Luna opposes Pallas; we are shocked by the overwhelming immediacy of our needs, and of our desire to escape, which is clearly unwise. Look outside the Self for some anchoring influences, and a little sensible input. 10 PM PST the Moon conjuncts Neptune and trines Mercury, the latter of which is stationary direct. Flights of fantasy concerning future potentials grab our attention; enjoy them, and study them, for what they can tell you about what you truly want in life. Midnight the Moon quincunxes Ceres in Libra. Nature takes over in relationship–it’s that simple, and direct.

The image for the 11th is a very white cow standing in a very green meadow. The purity of the assets we work with and the areas we work in may be coming into question right now. We’d be wise to note that nothing is as hypernaturally unadulterated as we would hope, and yet we must do our best to maintain an atmosphere that allows the cells to grow in a healthy manner. Instead of railing against things we can do nothing about on a personal level, we can not only add our voices to the cause of a healthy ecology, we can stop one or two of those Self-destructive habits that make our railing about the environment look just a little bit contradictory, at the least.

12 November BIG opportunities come along, but there’s some chafing between our ambitions and what we know to be wise. In wanting to take advantage of the openings that we see, we must take care not to do something we otherwise know is stupid. I think that’s pretty clear. Look to the space Jupiter is now transiting in the natal chart for clues as to what area this opportunity may present itself in, and keep in mind that Jupiter will already be retrograde–that stupid thing we may be tempted to do may actually be a very smart thing, if we’ll only wait until Jupiter is once again direct to do it. (Pallas semi-square Zeus, Sun trine Jupiter)

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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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Full Moon 20 August 2013 at 6:44 PM PDT at 28 Aquarius 10: ‘Emergence’

20 Tuesday Aug 2013

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'Beauty and the Butterfly' VM Corcos pre-1933 {{PD-Art}}

‘Beauty and the Butterfly’ VM Corcos pre-1933 {{PD-Art}}

Though I’m usually all about strict orbs, for this Full Moon I have the feeling I should be including both the opposition to Mercury and the wide conjunction to Neptune–throw in the square to Sedna–add these to the opposition to Ceres and a very wide quincunx to Mars. It just seems the light of this Moon will be extra powerful, falling on aspects it wouldn’t typically touch–or perhaps I should say, it feels as if it will spread farther, making contacts and beaming light into places that would normally remain in shadow.

We see the Full Moon in Aquarius conjunct Neptune out-of-sign, suggesting this brings a culmination of delusion or inspiration, likely related to the matters of the House in the natal chart with Pisces on the cusp. The aspect to Sedna reinforces the extreme difficulty of communicating and even of understanding our own thoughts–it’ll be worse than Merc retro, a blank instead of a fog–and I can’t overemphasize how we will not recognize this mental and communication disparity. Aquarius will try to persuade us that the mind can translate the inspiration, can handle it all–it can’t, in fact, it’s likely not to even recognize it, at this time.

The Sabian for the Full Moon is, ‘A Butterfly Emerging From A Chrysalis’  This suggests that we are in process–we are receiving the inspiration, the creative urge, manifesting the ideal–but we are not beginning, we are not at the end, we are in the midst of receiving the Neptunian element, while consciously addressing our nature or power position–and neither will be at a point of conclusion.

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Aquarius Full Moon 22 July 2013: ‘Liminal Genius’

20 Saturday Jul 2013

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'Heaven' (detail) from the work of Andrea Mantegna c1470 {{PD-Art}}

‘Heaven’ (detail) from the work of Andrea Mantegna c1470 {{PD-Art}}

This is, with some modifications and parts removed, from the current ECLIPSE, which features an analysis of the Full Moon Sabians, as well:

This Full Moon (22 July 2013 11:15 AM Pacific time at 00 Aquarius 05) will be important in several ways, the most significant of which is the way it pinpoints the time when we should move to actualize those dreams and goals we’ve been mulling over the length of the Grand Water Trine and Mercury cycle. The days just before the Full Moon will act as a window when we should definitively act to make those dreams real, with the FM showing either the initial material result, or closing out one stage and ushering in the next step–but in any case, showing us the extent and condition of our progress. We can act in a way that is both highly effective and sharply focused on our goal, but there are a couple of conditions that must be met: one is that our emotions must support what we’re choosing–and if you’ve experienced any kind of digestion, illness, or assimilation issues (and I would give these a broader definition, to include social situations, as well) during the retrograde then you are almost certainly giving yourself the message that there’s something in the plan that’s literally ‘indigestible’,  in other words, something you can’t (or shouldn’t, for your emotional health) live with.

Besides acknowledging any physical difficulties that may be giving us messages about our current situation, we must also do something to address the issue; this requires we do the symbolic thinking necessary, and then find ways to change circumstances so that they are acceptable. It’s very likely that the circumstances we are being ‘told’ (by our bodies) to change are things we are stubbornly insistent on keeping in our lives–I say this because otherwise the body wouldn’t have had to go so far to get our attention. Consider that what you say you want to do may not go forward unless you accept the need for change, and then make those changes. Here we must face our true intentions: if we do not modify situations as per the physical/ real world messages, we lose the chance at the dream, at least for now. How does that make you feel? Is it enough to move you forward, or are you in the process of abandoning that goal, consciously or not?

The Full Moon occurs at 00 Aquarius 05, putting us exceptionally early in the Aquarian experience; a FM at such a point suggests a kind of proto-knowledge, a liminal genius, of sorts, accompanies the experience. We are to look within for that spark of originality that encompasses the Aquarian higher mind without technically being aware of it! This may sound like quite a feat, but will actually occur naturally for each of us, likely in matters of the natal House with Aquarius perched on the cusp. This represents a kind of personal ouroboros, as we simultaneously conclude something Capricornian (so perhaps related to current Plutonian struggles, or to matters of the House with Cappy on the cusp), and embrace an inception so new it’s like a twinkle in the eye of the Universe. Due to surrounding influences, we can’t yet encode what’s happening in a thought, or put it into words; we are left with the option of going it alone, as a renegade, or gravitating to a like-vibration group, though no one there will be ready to put it into words, either.

The Full Moon is the apex of a sturdy Finger of God, with base of Venus-Pallas. All the energies in this configuration are at 00 degrees; this hints at (again) both the unconscious nature of the expression and the newness of the energies in these positions. We may find that smart occurrences surrounding Love or Money may be involved in the Full Moon realization, as may  practical skills applied to earning and/ or wisdom in or from relationships. That brilliant spark results from the Venus-Pallas co-operation–and we are successful, if we do not succumb to envy, jealousy, or an attitude that is not oriented toward ‘taking care of business’ (Pallas).

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A very good bit on narcissism here–and this sure is appropriate! Thanks to astrologer and astute DC observer Jude Cowell!

Just a Little Lunar Essence 8 March 2013: ‘Follow the Recipe’

08 Friday Mar 2013

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From the Lunar portion of the forecast for the 8th:

9 AM PST the Moon trines Jupiter, opening up the sinus-passages of the emotions; where we were ‘stuffed up’ yesterday we find wide open sensory spaces and a wide-ranging intuition–use it wisely. 2 PM PST the Moon squares Saturn, stopping short the emotional free ride with a reality check. Don’t react too strongly–no wall stands forever. 8:30 PM Pacific the Moon creates a Grand Trine with Vesta and hZeus. We balance our emotional perspective by giving equal weight to the highest values and the ambitions and desires. Neither can be left out of the equation, as both are necessary for our true happiness. This is a good recipe to follow at all times; the Moon’s contact just shows us how satisfying a balanced stance can be.

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