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Libra New Moon 2016

9/29/2016

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New Moons are said to opportunities for new beginnings. Libra is characterized by the Scales and so many think Librans are balanced. Actually, they are learning balance, especially in relationships. Learning to balance the needs for independence and connection. For many people, co-dependence is the ‘go to’ condition…the natural tendency, so this is a lesson for all of us. Cooperation and compromise are useful in all human relationships.
Libra is ruled by Venus. Neptune is considered the ‘higher octave’ of Venus. Neptune trines Venus and quincunxes this New Moon. Venus relates to Beauty, Neptune the inspiration that motivates the creation of beautiful things…like art, music, poetry. Perhaps this New Moon you might consider starting a new creative endeavor. The quincunx is a 150° aspect and thus, since it is a multiple of 5, is related to Venus.
The orbit of Neptune is 165 years and it stays in a sign around 14 years. Thus, like Pluto, in EA we speak of there being Neptune generations as well as Pluto generations.

Many of us have Neptune in Libra (1942-1956) and thus share some common issues. We are motivated to find the balance between the sexes and seek fairness in dealings with others. We also share certain past life issues: slavery and exile from homeland which has left a residue of fear making balance and fairness challenging. Some of us will have to ‘give up and give in’ and others will have to become more assertive and ‘demanding’. Both can be unfamiliar and difficult.
I have found it easier to identify and ask for what I want now that I am a senior. I am not willing to be overlooked, nor am I willing for others to make decisions for me. Of course, I wish I could have been like this earlier in life, but better late than never.

Jupiter, now in Libra, is within 4° of this New Moon, expanding the opportunities for new beginnings. Jupiter in Libra relates to our beliefs about relationships. These ‘beliefs’ are initiated by our upbringing and then often reinforced by our experiences since we tend to project, then attract based on our ‘beliefs’ thus strengthening them.  Many feel that challenging their upbringing is a type of betrayal of their families, religions, culture….but if no one ever challenged the ‘status quo’ we would still be living in caves and hunting and gathering for our food. Innovation can be risky, but growth means creation of the new.
This New Moon in Libra will occur within orb of my natal Neptune. Since my Moon is in Pisces in the 7th house, and Neptune is currently transiting there, I feel this is a kind of mutual reception.
For me, the ‘new beginning’ has been a return. I joined the Embroiderer’s Guild of America and went to my first event yesterday. As some of you know, I make soutache jewelry
www.silkroadsoutache.com and often tell the story of how my first entry into needlework was around 6 years old when one of my auntie’s bought me an embroidery kit.
I always admired the embroidered and crocheted linens I saw in my older aunts’ homes and wanted to learn how to do it. Now over 6 decades later, after many years doing different types of needlework, I make soutache jewelry which uses many of the same skills I have learned over the years.
Yesterday I spent several hours with mostly women, learning a new embroidery technique. It was comforting and grounding being surrounded by these women who have a passion for needlework. I realized women have been getting together like this for centuries. The foundation of culture. Women weaving the web of life and culture together.
But, the downside of this is that women teach culture to their children. Women in traditional China who wanted their daughters to marry, were complicit in the foot-binding process sometimes being the ones to break their daughters’ bones.
The bond with Mother can be stifling and suffocating. This relationship too, needs to learn balance. Mothers need to free their children (boys and girls) while providing care and support – not an easy task.
We are all being given the opportunity to grow in the way we do relationships, no matter who we are.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 


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Full Moon Eclipse in Pisces 2016

9/14/2016

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Those of you who have been reading my blog posts may recall I didn’t post the New Moon Eclipse last time. I have been deep in a process of review including reading my old journals. This process was motivated by something Stephanie Austin wrote in her article in The Mountain Astrologer. She says that since eclipses have a 19 year cycle, we might look back to what was going on during the last eclipse that occurred at a particular degree to see what choices we made (or did not make) last time. The eclipse we will have on Sept. 16 is at the same degree as one that occurred on Sept. 16, 1997.
Seems like a million years ago doesn’t it? So much has changed since then. I thought by reading my old journals, I could gain some insights that could inform my present and future. In September, 1997, I was preparing to go to Egypt and one of my beloved cats (Amber) was in the hospital. She did not make it. I took some of her fur with me and put it in the sarcophagus in the Great Pyramid and some in Hathor’s Temple of Dendera.
Among the reasons I love astrology is that one can get so much insight about themselves and others and as one continues to study and learn, that insight deepens and expands. Personally, I have two significant T squares that make it difficult for me to make decisions on the one hand (Sun, Moon, and Ascendant) and an overblown sense that my decisions have life or death consequences (Pluto and Saturn square the Nodes).
Currently, transiting Saturn and Neptune form a T square with my Sun. The transiting NN in Virgo makes it a Grand Cross. Since I see transits as opportunities for growth, I always look for the ‘positive’ meaning. So, part of my life review has included how best to work with both my natal T squares and those created by transits. This morning I came to a useful synthesis.
Now on to the Eclipse. I want to start with a quote from Stephanie Austin whom I met while visiting a friend in Port Townsend and then spent some time with on a subsequent visit.
“Eclipses propel us to take big steps on our soul’s journey. While solar eclipses induce shifts in self-perception and the roles we play in the world, lunar eclipses activate us on a more subconscious and emotional level, exposing motivations that have been below the level of our awareness.”
Another idea about eclipses is that they function as portals between worlds through which souls come and go from the planet.
I believe we are here on this planet to learn. But ‘what’ and ‘why’? I would also ask ‘how’? At first we learn through pain. ‘Bad things’ happen and hopefully we learn from them. Often what we learn is so skewed by the fact is was learned through pain, it ends up making things worse. We shut down, act through fear, anger or revenge. Seldom do we learn to love or give more. Seldom do we open up wider to life. This process of learning through pain does have a limit however. It takes a kind of ‘bottoming out’.
The Pisces/Virgo axis in Evolutionary Astrology represents service/servitude. Do we willingly serve others? Or do we feel forced or compelled? Do we serve out of love or guilt? Do we serve with an agenda or freely? Virgo and the 6th house relate to the tasks of everyday life. Pisces and the 12th - the infinite the boundless Cosmos. Many spiritual paths include daily practices and disciplines that are to be done in order to reach the Ultimate. But if we do our practices grudgingly, they will not get us there. Better not to pray than to do it with resentment.
In Arabic the word ‘abdul’ means ‘servant’. Ultimately, ‘servant of God’. It is considered an honor to serve, not a punishment. The ancient Maya saw taking on burdens of responsibility as gifts to be earned. Imagine! A person saw added responsibility as a reward not a punishment. In our culture, we see success as being freed from burdens and responsibilities. But, in fact, all successful people actually work MORE than the average person.
Look to see where this Full Moon eclipse falls in your chart. This is the axis where growth can occur. Examine your motivations. Do you act from fear, compulsion, guilt or anger? Can you see all your work: job, tasks performed for your family, or even cleaning the cat box…etc. as ‘service’ performed with love? I mean no insult, but what if all we do can be seen as service to God (as we see him/her/it)?  If we could get our Ego out of the picture, we might see that everything we do here on Earth is, in a sense, a gift. A gift that comes with being incarnated into a human body. According to some, there are souls lined up hoping and waiting for a chance to get here.
We might ‘hate’ having to do laundry, go grocery shopping…whatever. But, if we became bed-ridden or dependent on others due to an accident or illness, we might long for the time when we did things ourselves. We might actually miss those mundane tasks which we complained about before. I try to ‘be grateful’ that I can do things myself (need to expand this to a major house clean…ha ha), saying ‘aren’t I lucky I can do this’, rather than resenting it. Try it.
 



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