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The Essence for 25 July 2011: Material Empowerment, Material Needs

24 Sunday Jul 2011

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The Sun moves in and forms a loose Mystic Rectangle with an out-of-sign sextile to Juno, trine Earth (and possibly Pallas, if you’re feeling generous), sextile Ceres (and Uranus, again, if we say so!) This draws a window for smart, positive, and unique empowerment options tailored to the individual and the individual’s material needs. Do focus on what circumstances, equipment, and possessions you need to truly empower yourself (and by empower yourself, I mean whatever you need to effectively assert yourself and make your unique, productive contribution). What’s both appropriate and true to who you are can be manifested at this time.

7:30 AM PDT the Moon trines Juno where she sits in the 29th degree of Virgo. I must say, Juno’s passage through Virgo has inclined her to be a tad touchy, a bit too critical, and a little demanding as she has expected an accounting from all around her–and yet we must thank her, for drawing our attention to the need for knowing where we stand, and of just what our assets and options really consist. At this time it’s a crisis situation: a last audit is being made, and with the Moon’s contact we will definitely have an emotional reaction to it. Don’t panic; just take notes :)

The Weekend Essence, 23-24 July 2011: It’s All So Serious

22 Friday Jul 2011

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8 AM PDT of the 23rd the Moon trines Pluto; power is in harmony with the emotions and intuition, and these feelings can guide us easily toward excellent, lasting (Capricorn) manifestations of our own strength and effectiveness. If you have a natal placement at 5 Virgo (and that could apply to many of you, particularly those now receiving a Pluto trine to natal Pluto) this will energize the natal point with a massive power boost, unerringly guided by the feeling nature. For those with a 5 Virgo placement, this is practically a mandate to utilize the natal energy to its utmost. If the placement happens to be Pluto, look to both Pluto’s natal aspects and matters of the House where he’s placed and the House he rules to see where and with what addition influences the power matrix is likely to be brought forward–and I say “be brought forward” as you will be obligated to take this power in hand yourself–denial of your own power can bring it toward you, exercised by others, with unpleasant results. If the placement at 3-7 Virgo is not Pluto, use the same formula (natal aspects, House location, House the body rules) in searching out the meaning and areas of activity, with particular attention to any difficulties or hang-ups recently linked to expression of this energy–they can be transformed at this point, with excellent results.

Just before 6 PM PDT of the 24th the Moon quincunxes the North Node and effectively forms a Finger of God with Venus at 25 Cancer and the South Node roughly at the Moon/ Venus midpoint. This lasts through about 12:30 AM PDT of the 25th, with the Moon’s conjunction to Sedna and Mars’ inclusion in the midpoint picture (with his position not quite one degree past conjunction with the South Node) along the way. This tells a story of feelings, instincts, and the way they affect relationships, values, and/ or the financial picture mattering a great deal in formation of the Path; and yet we are unable to comprehend exactly how what we do shapes where we’re headed, and what’s more, we’re acting based too much on the past. A heady, important, and confusing picture that kicks off the week for our European friends with a bang and may give North and South America some portion of a sleepless night. Oy.

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The Essence for 22 July 2011: Pursued and Pursuer

21 Thursday Jul 2011

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Even if we study this picture, it remains mysterious. Rimmer 'Flight and Pursuit' 1872 {{PD-Art}}

8 PM PDT brings the Moon square the Sun–fundamental differences among allies may come to light–though the Sun pulls ahead before the aspect perfects, and moves into Leo (9:12 PM Pacific), which, I suppose, begins the Void–but a backward one, with the pursued object outpacing the pursuer! Hmm, I wonder if that says anything about the current situation–because I think it does. Look for sudden reversals of situations that we assume to be a particular way, and especially look for a significant ‘drawing away’ of energy in a capacity that previously appeared set.

The Lunar orb enters Taurus, 9:58 PM PDT, and immediately aspects our friends: the Sun/ Earth axis by T, Neptune by sextile, and Ceres by semi-sextile–which latter two, technically, put Ceres at the midpoint of Neptune and the Moon. The T, as usual, asks us to examine the life direction; these are typically moments of reflection that help to keep our emotional outlook in line with our life efforts and the material situation we’re creating. The midpoint picture suggests that the place where our ideals, imagination, creativity, and fantasy meet our emotional and intuitive abilities is the place where we find our authority, connection to nature, and our ‘power role’–this can be a point where we see our way clear to express our primal creative intent–this can provide a great deal of vital information about our internal ‘power set-up’ and the ways we can successfully manifest/ access it.

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The Essence for 26 June 2011: Sexy and Dangerous-Feeling

25 Saturday Jun 2011

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Remember when smoking was considered sexy and implied the woman was a sophisticate, and probably trouble? This painting could've changed that idea single-handedly. By Kirchner 1930 {{PD-Art}}

Just before 2 AM PDT of the 26th the Moon trines Pluto in Earth. Mmmm, it’s easy to get to the bottom of things, to reach the depths, to enjoy passion and darker shades of our natural inclinations–they’re sexy and dangerous-feeling, even when they’re not!–and we can enjoy ourselves if we can embrace the entire range of Beingness uncritically. If you want, this is the time to change those material circumstances about which you’re unhappy emotionally, and it’s also a time to enjoy purely physical delights (food, surroundings, bodies, the elements). Remember, Lunar aspects encompass a 3-4 hour period, either side of exact.

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The Essence for 25 June 2011: Revolutionary in Attitude

24 Friday Jun 2011

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Be careful what you overthrow; you never know with what it might be replaced 'The Belgian Revolution' Wappers 1830 {{PD-Art}}

Uranus squares the Sun/ Earth axis right now, Jupiter trines Earth in Earth, and Mars quincunxes it. We may feel ambushed, in the largest picture sense, and feel a real desire to DO SOMETHING to right the material and asset scenario we see before us. There’s a little of the revolutionary in our attitude–but that’s no guarantee that what will replace the current situation will be an improvement. Consider that wanting more, or wanting to change society as a whole (the two biggest impulses associated with this) are both a little grandiose, in the sense that there are reasons we’re where we are and society’s where it is. Instead of railing madly (always tempting) we’d do better to improve on our own part in things, to offer our best, and to soothe our own little corner of the world.

Relax, and try to channel the Aries Moon Void energy in a constructive but minor direction (which may incline us to poke at things randomly, like a Warrior without energy or cause) until 1:53 PM PDT when the Moon enters Taurus. As usual nowadays, it starts with an aspect to Neptune, a sextile, making us just a little deluded about the material situation and possibly about our own assets. It’s easy to think something, a talent or a thing, belongs to us when it really doesn’t. Vet all claims against previous experience before shouting from the rooftops, “Look what I can do!”

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The Essence for 31 May 2011: ‘Open Mind, Allow Input’

31 Tuesday May 2011

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You'll do a lot better if you open that mental window Carl Holsoe c.1900 {{PD-Art}}

Moon conjuncts Mercury at 7:30 AM Pacific; in Taurus this might be both comforting (we are somehow reassured by our own thoughts, and by our material circumstances) and may encourage a kind of closed minded-ness–we are snug within our mental worlds, why leave, or let anything contrary in? The trick is to enjoy the comfort without wallowing in it; to close off our minds at this point, on the verge of a Void (beginning at 8:37 AM PDT), is to invite difficulties that come with a lack of tolerance, flexibility, and openness to change and the new. So try to stay open, best you can.

It’s a long Void; the Moon enters Gemini at 4:56 PM PDT. Of course, we have an immediate square to Neptune, which will play directly off the Void period–it can be rough territory, peopled with delusion, fantasy, and deception, if we did not manage the ‘open mind, allow input’ required previously. For those who did, this may put them back in touch strongly with a prior dream–suddenly it’s back on our minds, and we may begin to hatch a plan, or at least put it on the front burner (where we can get it cooking!) once again.

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The Essence for 30 May 2011: The Pleasure Principle

30 Monday May 2011

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Just before noon Pacific the Moon squares Pallas; what feels good may not be wise–don’t ignore this in favor of devotion to the pleasure principle–take a very conservative course at this time–wait if possible. Prior to 2 PM PDT the Moon trines Juno, showing us the truly empowering choice–NOW go! 4 PM PDT and the Moon squares Vesta. This points out precisely how our choices (indulgences?) have been inconsistent with our most sacred needs–pay attention and put what we honor back in the forefront.

5:30 PM the Taurus Moon conjuncts Venus–NOW we celebrate, now we enjoy the luxuries, the relationships, the assets and talents–appreciation for the material, for one’s state of abundance, permeates all; it’s soothing, it’s enjoyable, it’s fun–no reason not to appreciate life–for appreciation of what is, and of all that we have, is a prayer of thanks, whether we know we are praying or not.

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The Essence for 3-4 May 2011: Fresh-Scrubbed Emotions

03 Tuesday May 2011

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Let’s actually start around 6:30 PM PDT the evening of the 3rd; that’s when the Moon in Taurus, like a fresh-scrubbed milkmaid, meets up with Sedna–and becomes udderly (milkmaid joke!) lost (sorry–feeling a little light-headed after planting trees in the sunshine). Poor Luna; it really is a matter of not being able to connect with our own feelings–so it’s an entire globe’s worth of people who haven’t a clue about their emotional state–and that can lead to all sorts of mischief, even tragedy. It’s the equivalent of absolutely everybody being disassociated, all at once, and that means that, driven by emotions of which we’re unaware, we could really put our foot in it (or in someone else’s ‘it’). Stick to material matters, tried-and-true comforts, and keep reactions to a minimum, and you should sail through this fine. Notable is that we enter the Void as the Moon pulls away from Sedna (6:54 PM Pacific–and yes, this will differ from some other astrologers’ calculations).

By 8:30 PM the Moon is quincunx the North Node and semi-sextile Jupiter and, shortly thereafter, Mars. Coming off the emotional blindness of Sedna, we may suddenly be re-connected to the emotions by the social sphere, probably through awareness of standards and what’s acceptable. It may be like waking up from sleep-walking to find ourselves, as in the classic dream, in class in our underwear–only this time it will be figurative, and emotional. We see how this affects our Path, and we act on what we observe–a pretty straightforward series of events, though since we’re in the Void, something unexpected could materialize, it’s just as likely there’ll be no lasting damage :)

Moon enters Gemini at 10:10 AM PDT, with an immediate square to Neptune that challenges the emotional outlook or the intuitive perceptions with either a ‘shot’ of potent inspiration or with information that contradicts our ideals. Now, this latter breaks down into one of two possibilities: either the info is real, and we need to acknowledge that our ideals are inaccurate in some way, or the info is an illusion or a deliberate deception, and must not be tolerated. How do we know the difference? If we’re willing to be totally honest with ourselves, we can intuit the answer: the Gemini Moon tunes us in to the nuances of communication–and from that we can know instinctively what we’re dealing with.

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The Essence of the Taurus New Moon, 2011: Burgeoning Awareness

02 Monday May 2011

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On the 2nd of May we have a New Moon at 11:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time at 12 Taurus 30. We keep our usual two-degree orb, and we end up with quite a few aspects. We have a trine to Juno (the NM promises easy empowerment beginnings in the area of the chart where Juno, currently at 14 Virgo 00, is transiting); a quincunx to both Saturn and h.Zeus (what’s started at the NM must adjust to reality/ things as they are–especially relationships–and to the need-state of ambitions and desires, as they are clearly solidified–conjunction to Saturn–and must be dealt with); opposition to Earth (of course!); squares to both Vesta and Pallas in Aquarius (events or experiences of the NM spark Higher Mind devotion to the sacred, to home and sexual expression, and to what we know to be wise, and may bring revelations and innovative ideas); the NM is just out of range for a sextile to Ceres; and consequently authorities might lack power and not truly have reach, at this time.

Taking into account my interpretation of the New Moon’s Sabian symbol (available in the newsletter) we ask, what does all this New Moon energy indicate? That this marks the point of a burgeoning awareness of some part of the contents of the personal psyche, and that this awareness will rely upon both a clear connection to the personal reality and a consciousness of one’s most sacred values. You’ll be dealing with ‘baggage,’ your own or someone else’s. Remember, it’s only a starting point–something is born with this Moon (and it’s likely materially related, or will affect the material situation–Taurus) that has deeply-felt ‘roots’–and a growing consciousness of what starts here will inform thought and experience at least through to the next New Moon, with results that reach far beyond that.

The Essence for 6 April 2011: A Spiritual Happening

05 Tuesday Apr 2011

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You may have noticed (or seen me mention) that the Sun/ Jupiter conjunction in Aries has perfected (at 1 AM of the 6th the Moon will semi-sextile these), and that this is semi-square Neptune freshly returned to his home in Pisces. Though the Sun/ Jupiter connection happens once a year, this time it seems both exceptionally strong (perhaps due to the recent New Moon within conjunction of this meeting) and in some way endowed with a certain Neptunian magic–or is it that the ‘Big Bang’ promised by a Sun/ Jupiter meeting will be transformed by the grace, spiritual power, imagination and creative surge, and compassionate mandate of Neptune’s energy? Neptune in Pisces is virile, at his best, and can manifest in his most ideal forms–and we have the chance to use this creative power as it contacts the Sun and Jupiter; like a magnifying glass refining the pure energy of the Sun, Jupiter exaggerates, expands, and pulls us all together on a social level, making for a massive energy burst on the social scene that can be infused with creative energy and ideals–we can make what we wish for all a reality, if we are willing to focus our efforts and perhaps put aside our attention to the Self and Self’s interests, if only for a short time. A major expression of compassion and spiritual ideals is possible–and if we can all channel our energies into healing on a mass scale (imagining the ideal) we may be able to achieve great things. I’m planning on dedicating several hours tomorrow to a meditation focused on imagining a healed planet, on promoting empathy and a recognition of spiritual connectedness among all who are here–and I hope you’ll join me–even a moment dedicated to expression of a pure and compassionate Neptunian energy can, I believe, do wonders–and the Taurus Moon is the perfect time to do this. I don’t expect anyone to surrender their day to dedicated spiritual practice–it’s an unusual choice for me, to say the least–but I do feel moved to concentrate my intention on repairing, and loving, the planet and those who occupy it–and maybe in the process something good will come of it :)