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Just a Little Lunar Essence: the Lunar Eclipse 18 October 2013: I Am

16 Wednesday Oct 2013

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'The Head of a Woman or Goddess, Perhaps Demeter' My question was, isn't that the same thing? Sulptor unknown, from the Trajanic period 97-117 Courtesy of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles California US

‘The Head of a Woman or Goddess, Perhaps Demeter’ My question was, isn’t that the same thing? Sculptor unknown, Marble, from the Trajanic period 97-117 Courtesy of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles California US

The first eclipse of the set is Lunar (a Full Moon) and falls at 25 Aries 45, arriving at 4:38 PM PDT (and for those of you who are tickled by synchronicities, I called the chart program up at precisely 4:38 PM, so that when I went to the correct day, there was the eclipse, already perfected!) We use, of course, our very strict orbs (that always somehow seem to get stretched!) so that the only aspect made is a quincunx to Ceres.

The singular event for this Lunar eclipse centers on a Full Aries Moon that is in uncomfortable aspect to the asteroid named for the goddess in control of the seasons, of nature itself, and with a powerful sense of territoriality and the strength to negotiate with even the most formidable opponents (in Ceres’ case, that was Pluto).

An Aries Full Moon marks the culmination of personal, individual effort, making a statement of the ‘I Am’ in no uncertain terms; we expect this statement in the natal House where the FM falls, and it’s purpose is Self-assessment, through a lens of completion: ‘I know I am ‘x’, because I have done ‘y”.

The Ceres quincunx suggests that the eclipse event of ‘I Am’ must take into account some power player, perhaps a woman of influence or authority, perhaps simply a human-shaped force of nature, or possibly an entity that feels they have say over our world, to the point of dictating our circumstances or negotiating our permissions, or another with whom we must ourselves negotiate in determining territory and reach. It may be someone from whom we have sought ‘permission’ of one kind or another at some point, who still believes your Self-statement is subject to their approval. It’s one of Ceres’ less endearing traits that someone strongly identified with this role may not clearly see her own legitimate boundaries–and this is something those involved with the lady (no matter what form she comes in) nearly always must negotiate for themselves–in this way contact with Ceres may challenge us to establish our boundaries to others, to announce our territory, or to say what or who we have dominion over–certainly an ‘I Am’ statement of the first order.

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Just a thought, morning of the 17th: Should we expect Mother Nature to act up? Maybe–with Ceres in Virgo, earthquakes may be the thing, but does fiery Aries promise lava? We’ll see! Sounds like a ‘scorched earth’ policy, in some important sense.

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Just a Little Lunar Essence 10 October 2013: Who We Are Now

10 Thursday Oct 2013

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'The Soul of the Rose' Waterhouse 1908 {{PD-Art}}

‘The Soul of the Rose’ Waterhouse 1908 {{PD-Art}}

We begin the 10th with a Sagittarius Moon, and a Void that begins at 3:12 AM PDT and ends at 8:18 AM PDT with the Moon’s entry into Capricorn. 1 PM PDT the Moon sextiles Neptune and semi-sextiles Venus. This may help soften what can be a harsh take-down of a dream, a fantasy, or even a relationship, as the emotional sensitivities are rallied in support of that dream or ideal. We may have been disabused of something unreal at its core, but this contact allows us to intuit or to feel the reason it was necessary to see the truth of things. Just after 3 PM PDT the Moon hits the midpoint of Venus-Juno; again, a situation that starts out as female rivalries or that confronts status issues or the costs and benefits of empowerment options can be smoothed over with a little intuitive understanding. 11 PM PDT the Moon conjuncts Pluto and sextiles Chiron. It’s the urge to purge in an attempt to heal ourselves or others–but think carefully before indulging; as much harm as good can come from ‘getting it all off our chest’. Emotional changes instituted internally can heal long-standing issues–it’s interactions where we must be sensitive.

Today’s image is an old, floppy stuffed animal, sitting in a neglected golf club bag, in a dark, dusty corner of a closet. We all have things around the house that have fallen into disuse, sometimes because their time with us is past, sometimes because we have changed how we spend our time–yet we keep these things, not really thinking about them, not really noticing they’re there. It’s time to let go of some things we claim we’ll get back to ‘one of these days’; it’s also time to recognize that some things are better given to others, for whom they’ll be meaningful and bring joy. What we rid ourselves of today may be figurative or material, but ideally it will be both: this is our opportunity to let go of old things, and old patterns, not for the purpose of filling these spaces with new stuff, but to provide space to move, to breathe, to live, to remove the clutter that keeps us from fully being who we are now.

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Your Libra New Moon 4 October 2013: The Message in Futures Past

03 Thursday Oct 2013

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Apparently this is what those in 1899 France anticipated for the 21st century--sweet! 'Whale Bus' {{PD}}

Apparently this is what those in 1899 France anticipated for the 21st century–sweet! ‘Whale Bus’ {{PD}}

The New Moon occurs on the 4th at 5:34 PM PDT at 11 Libra 56. The first thing that catches my attention is a configuration: a Fist that has a midline opposition that bisects the figure and creates a small ‘hat’ or kite on top using semi-squares. Some may not find this a true config, since the bisection is made by the Nodal axis and the square involves two points, the Vertex (the point at which the ecliptic intersects the prime vertical–this runs through the nadir and zenith perpendicular to the horizon–if you can’t easily picture it, don’t worry–what you need to know is that Vertex literally means ‘turning point’, hence its association with fated events and life-changing meetings) and the Midheaven, which in this case describes the most public part of the chart, the New Moon energy most likely to be perceived; this falls in Sagittarius, suggesting a sharing of information or knowledge, expansion efforts, belief, or ‘getting the word out’. The apex is the South Node–what’s past, what’s been accumulated (with placement in Taurus implying this may have to do with resources), comfort. security, stability. It suggests that the inception of the New Moon may include a very public, ‘fated’, fait accompli, either its beginning, or its public reveal. The ‘topper’ places Mercury just slightly more than 1 degree from conjunction with the North Node–and ‘shoots’ this energy through the apex of the Fist, otherwise known as the South Node. Talk about a Pre-Echo! This could be a ‘message from the future’ as it was laid out, or destined through choice and circumstance, in the past, and though the message would probably have an individual cast (determined by where in the natal chart the South Node at 7 Taurus 50 falls) there would also be a shared element, likely affecting the material well-being or security of us all.

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Just a Little Lunar Essence 27 September 2013

27 Friday Sep 2013

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Force of Change-Evolution by Adrian Mc-O Campbell http://www.ademc.net released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

Force of Change-Evolution by Adrian Mc-O Campbell http://www.ademc.net released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

9 AM PDT the Cancer Moon squares Uranus, bringing forward conflict over our uniqueness or our insistence on being separate from the crowd. Don’t acquiesce entirely, but do note where and in what way others object to your individuality–this may signal spots of true contention, for the future. 4 PM Pacific the Moon sextiles Ceres. Feeling strong, and our minds are in concert with our emotions, for good or ill. 7 PM PDT the Moon squares Zeus. We come up against a strong-willed entity, or our own ambitions cause trouble for us. Smooth it out through action (Cardinal placements)

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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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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 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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Just a Little Astro & Lunar Essence 9 September 2013: ‘Hydra-Therapy’

08 Sunday Sep 2013

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Hercules Fighting the Hydra by john Singer Sargent 1921 {{PD-Art}}

Hercules Fighting the Hydra by john Singer Sargent 1921 {{PD-Art}}

It’s a nerve-jangly day, when we become critical based on our highest standards and are likely to voice this to the mate or partner, even as we struggle with some Saturnian beast. We may be so busy we feel as if we’re battling the Hydra (the legendary monster fought by Hercules; as he cut one head off, two grew back), but this is more about a change in atmosphere and perceptions than the struggle it seems. Align yourself with the new rhythms and things will soon become manageable.

2 AM PDT of the 9th the Scorpio Moon squares Juno, pointing out where the emotional hang-ups to empowerment lie. 4 AM PDT the Moon sextiles Ceres. We get support from authorities or Mom, or find our niche with Mother Nature. Sweet. 7 AM PDT the Moon conjuncts Saturn and squares Mars. We may be highly motivated to act, even as we repress the feeling that drives that action–a recipe for allowing the unconscious to take over, temporarily. 10 AM PDT the Moon conjuncts the North Node and sextiles Pluto. We make changes that affect the life Path in a Big Way, though they may not  appear to be much of anything right now–could be nothing more than saying, ‘No’ when we might’ve said, ‘Yes’ the hour before. 2 PM PDT the Moon trines Chiron, quincunxes Uranus, and we heal by a willingness to adjust our most unique qualities to the demands of discipline or leadership. This change can ‘qualify’ us for things we just weren’t ready for before. This also begins a Grand Trine with Moon, Chiron, and Jupiter that lasts into the wee hours of the 10th, with Chiron switched out partway through with Earth. In Water, this amplifies emotion and the need to soothe and heal, and with material comforts (food, alcohol, sex, a hot soak or swim in the ocean, for instance) ultimately sought out and experienced.

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And for the political perspective on Autumn, see Jude Cowell here

September 5, 2013 New Moon in Virgo: ‘All In The Family’

03 Tuesday Sep 2013

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The Campbell of Glenorchy Family Tree by George Jamesone 1635 {{PD}}

The Campbell of Glenorchy Family Tree by George Jamesone 1635 {{PD}}

New Moon in Virgo  4:36 AM PDT of September 5th  13 Virgo o4:

‘All In The Family’

The New Moon in Virgo aspects Chiron by opposition, Uranus by quincunx, and Jupiter by sextile. This suggests that the fresh beginnings of a NM are involved with healing, or that they spring from healing which has already occurred; the idea with the latter is that now that we’re healed, we can go on to something brand new. The problem is that either the group or our own urges toward uniqueness or rebellion push us away from this new start, or align us with it in such a way that we sabotage ourselves. We can receive help from the social sphere, through knowledge shared, through publications that say just the right thing, or through prayer or counsel of a spiritual leader. But what is the new start, exactly? It may, in some way, have derived at least part of its meaning from that Moon-Pluto aspect of a few hours before; in stirring up the darkness, or the past, we have put the final piece of the current ‘new start’ into place.

The Sabian for the New Moon is, ‘An Aristocratic Family Tree’. So, if there’s a group involved in our NM beginning, it almost certainly will be one’s family. With that in mind, it seems to me that we should look forward to some aspect of ourselves, harmed by family dynamics or the early environment, now healed, that is the basis or starting point for our own new and unique expression of ourselves in the social circle. A family tree makes us aware of connections, of the ways individuals are entwined, sometimes without much contact or awareness of one another. The point of a NM with this as a symbol may just be that all families carry the romance, the rise and fall of fortunes, the exotic or adventurous members, the successes and failures, that aristocratic families do. It may be our business to regard our own family this way, to find the nobility in it, to re-acquaint ourselves with the things that are quite special in our lineage. Surely these will figure in to our NM new start; something we’ve learned from them, that has been passed down, that is encoded in our DNA, will be an important part of what we begin at this time. Look to the natal House with Virgo on the cusp, and/ or the House where the NM actually falls, for hints as to the areas where your NM new start might occur.

Chart for the New Moon is here

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