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Just a Little AstroEssence 8 October 2013: Sing At Your Own Risk

08 Tuesday Oct 2013

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'The Cafe Singer' Edgar Degas 1878 {{PD-Art}}

‘The Cafe Singer’ Edgar Degas 1878 {{PD-Art}}

8 October wow, we open our mouths and who the heck knows what’s going to come out!? Whatever it is that we hear or communicate, we all take as set in stone–an unfortunate result, since so much shared today will come as a complete surprise to everyone! Keeping options open means keeping mouths (and keyboard keys, and text messaging, and phones) silent, but this isn’t necessary, as long as you are prepared to follow through on what goes down today, because you will certainly be held accountable and expected to stick by your words. The thing is, everyone’s ambitions are on display today for the world to see, so those who are honest with themselves and others will have a much easier time than those who suffer because they hoped to keep their true aims or desires a secret. (Mercury conjunct Saturn, quincunx Uranus, Sun conjunct Zeus)

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Just a Little AstroEssence 7 October 2013: Get Out of the Way

07 Monday Oct 2013

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Franz Zadrazil (painting) / Thomas Ledl (photo) Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

7 October we may be our own worst enemy today; even our own ego urges are too demanding, pushing us to rebel and throw caution to the winds. We may be inconsolably restless, believing that the thing we long for is just over the next horizon, and it’s all too easy to speak thoughtlessly and cause harm. Rein yourself in, even a teensy bit, and you can be the author of some healing thoughts, words, and plans, spreading the light of wisdom applied, and helping to soothe those too distressed to get out of their own way. (Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus, Venus enters Sagittarius and semi-squares Zeus, Mercury trine Chiron)

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Just a Little AstroEssence 2 October 2013: Be Open

01 Tuesday Oct 2013

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'The Gate' Emile Claus 1899 {{PD-Art}}

‘The Gate’ Emile Claus 1899 {{PD-Art}}

The aspect outlook for October 2nd, from ECLIPSE:

If we look too closely at reality it just seems hurtful, and we’re reminded of plenty of painful barriers and restrictions under which we must function. The good news is twofold: if we’re open to seeing how our personal commonalities (traits) are shared with the Collective or the group, and if we’re willing to face reality exactly as it is, we can then use what we find before us to foster healing, and it’s a healing specifically applicable to our experience with others in the wider world. We may resist our own empowerment, which would be the result of working productively with these energies, and we may try to justify our resistance by insisting we’ll get hurt in the process. No, we won’t. Our biggest problem, though, may be in not knowing our own worth; turn to a partner, colleague, or friend for a reality-check. (Uranus quincunx Vesta, Saturn trine Chiron, Venus opposed Sedna, Mercury square Juno, Sun quincunx Chiron)

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Just a Little AstroEssence 30 September 2013: Limitless

30 Monday Sep 2013

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'Clouds Over the Black Sea, Crimea' Boris Israelevich Anisfeld {{PD-Russia}}

‘Clouds Over the Black Sea, Crimea’ Boris Israelevich Anisfeld {{PD-Russia}}

From ECLIPSE:

30 September we may enjoy some unusual (maybe even once-in-a-lifetime) chances today that carry great potential for success, and our judgment is excellent–the one thing standing in our way may be our belief that a certain element of the past is inhibiting us. Get beyond this and the opportunities for original Self-expression, academic achievement, and creative innovation and invention are limitless. (Uranus trine Pallas, Sun quincunx the South Node)

And I would add this:

Oh yes, and there’s a tense Cardinal T (Sun, Earth-Uranus, Pluto) that creating a sort of stand-off mentality, a ‘destroy to win’ mode of action. Power struggles are verboten for those who actually want to accomplish–but this is all so obvious, really.

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An interesting, European/ politics oriented outlook for October at Star Cosmos Mystic Worlds

Your Weekend 28-29 September 2013: Dream A Little Dream

28 Saturday Sep 2013

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'Puck and Fairies from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'' Joseph Noel Paton c1850 {{PD-Art}}

‘Puck and Fairies from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Joseph Noel Paton c1850 {{PD-Art}}

From the current issue of ECLIPSE:

28 September our dreams or delusions may be challenged by the social sphere or by our own need to expand or reach out; either way, we may end up defending those Neptunian constructs, but before you do, ask yourself if it might not be better to just let them go–it comes down to whether you are truly benefiting from them, or whether they are running on sheer Willpower or ego–if the latter, let them go and move on. The most positive thing we can do will be to think about how ‘natural’ that dream is to our sense of who we are.

The Moon’s Void begins at 12:32 AM of the 29th; the Moon enters Leo at 12:58 AM PDT. And at 8 PM PDT of the 29th the Moon conjuncts Pallas, squares Saturn, trines Uranus, and forms the apex (with Pallas) to a Finger of God with base of Pluto-Chiron. This is about recognizing reality and being responsive enough to it (through innovation, originality, or spontaneity) to make healing changes that are both smart and emotionally empowering; these changes might also open the intuitive channels and ‘let the signal through’. A huge opportunity to ‘tune in’ and get a lot right.

I loved this, at An Upturned Soul

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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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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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