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New Moon February 2015

2/15/2015

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I would like to start with a small tribute to Jeff Jawer who recently passed. I met him for the first time last spring at Alan Oken’s astrology conference in Santa Fe, then saw him later at NORWAC in Seattle. Beyond his extensive knowledge of astrology and his ability to impart that knowledge in a straightforward and totally useful way, I found him to be one of those rare individuals who feels entirely real. He was a real guy. No artifice, no games. No big ego, no separation. He treated me like an old friend he had not yet met. He seemed hail and hearty less than a year ago and now he’s gone. He taught me a huge lesson. “Get on with it girl. No one lives forever.”

This New Moon occurs in the last degree of Aquarius. Two minutes after the New Moon, both the Sun and Moon go into Pisces. The difference being the humanitarianism of Aquarius and the Unity with all Creation of Pisces. So it is expanding from mankind to all of Creation. We move from the head to the heart.

I was once told by one of my Sufi teachers that one of the meanings of the Muslim prayer position known as sajda where the forehead touches the ground is that the heart is elevated above the head indicating that the head should be in service to the heart, not the opposite as occurs in most of life. When we lead with the heart, we are in line with the Divine. Translated as ‘submission’, many understand this to mean submission to God, Family, Elders, etc. However, I feel the deeper meaning is that the mind (brain) submits to the heart.

This New Moon moving so quickly into Pisces is like the Universe performing sajda.

These days there is so much misunderstanding due to the horrible deeds that some are performing in the name of Islam. Few know the wisdom and beauty of what the Qur’an actually says. For most Muslims, Arabic is a foreign language. They memorize the sounds of the recited Qur’an with no understanding and someone tells them what it means. It takes decades of scholarship to get into the richness and depth of the archaic form of Arabic that it is written in and at least that long to delve into the meaning of it.

Like all the holy books there is wisdom there.

Just as there is wisdom all around us if we are willing to look, listen and feel.

Another interesting fact about this New Moon is that it is halfway between the last of seven exact squares between Uranus and Pluto that started in 2012. A kind of mediation point between Chaos and Destruction.

Stephanie Austin suggests the transition from Aquarian energy to Piscean is the resolution of the square. That we not just perceive our interconnectedness (mental understanding) but move to living from that perspective (becoming one with it). How would that look I wonder?

This New Moon marks the Chinese New Year. This year is the year of the Sheep (Goat or Ram). Since there are five elements in the Chinese system, each of the 12 signs combines with an element creating a 60 year cycle. This is the Year of the Wood Sheep a more creative and peaceful time.

The year when we finally drop our guns and look into each other’s eyes seeing our common humanity and our need to get on with the larger task at hand. All of this war is a distraction from the BIG ISSUE which I see as climate change. If we don’t do something now, there won’t be anything left to fight over.

 

 

 

 


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Full moon in Leo 2015 - the Ultimate self-reflection

2/1/2015

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It is the reflected light of the Sun on the Moon that makes a full moon. In fact, you can say the Moon’s phases wouldn’t exist at all without the Sun. So, when the Full Moon is in Leo, we have the most self-reflective Moon there is.

Creativity is one of the buzz words of Leo. For many that takes the form of children…created from your love with another being. But there are many other kinds of creativity including how you approach your day. You don’t have to a Picasso or Mozart to bring creativity into your life. The way you do the things you do are always unique to you.

If you know a bit about astrology and what signs your friends and family are, you might have observed that the Leos like to be the center of attention whereas the Aquarians are often found on the edge of the group “holding up the corners”. They like to be in groups, but often prefer to be invisible in the group while the Leo stands at the center holding forth. Both are necessary. There has to be both a center and an outer edge to a circle.

Jupiter is also in Leo at this time adding to the expansive nature of this Full Moon. There might be a tendency to overdo things a little the day before, day of and day after this lunation. Just pay attention.

With all the planets in Pisces right now: Venus, Mars, Neptune and Chiron, people don’t seem to be paying attention. In addition, this Full Moon is within a few degrees of an exact opposition to Mercury retrograde which just adds to the distraction. Everyone seems spaced out. I find it difficult to drive around in parking lots. I have to be extra careful not to hit people or cars. (I too am feeling a little spaced out).

The other night at Songbird Healing Center where I was one of the practitioners at the healing clinic, I just could not focus on my clients and their readings. It was all I could do to put thoughts together and then try to express them. I knew what it was, but was still struggling to use verbal language. I decided that from then on, I would change my offering to something that did not rely so heavily on words.

Be willing to change your ‘plan’, be flexible, hit the reset button. If something is not working, change it if you can. Or, if you cannot, change your attitude towards it.

Yesterday I listened to a talk by Steven Forrest on Saturn in Sagittarius. After a general statement, he went into the transit through each house. One general thing he said that stuck with me and will be my mantra for the coming time period is…(I paraphrase)

When it comes to the work Saturn demands either you get exhausted doing it or depressed by not doing it. As my mother would say “pick your poison.” He also said that when we do the Saturn work it is good to keep in mind the kind of old person we want to become. In a sense, like Carlos Castaneda said “let death be your advisor.” Will you be satisfied by what you accomplished, the choices you made or didn’t make? Only you know the answer.

We are in a period of ‘reset’. So many things are up in the air, changing whether we like it or not. The best we can do is set intentions, work towards their manifestation, then let it all go.
If you are interested in how I have channeled my creativity lately, check out my jewelry on my other website www.silkroadsoutache.com



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