There are a number of interesting passages in the sky this week which I’d like to bring to your awareness.
To begin with back on Aug.1 we experienced the summer solar eclipse which was in the sign of Leo at 9 degrees 32 minutes. Solar eclipses are a new moon event.
On a personal note eclipses energize the house that they fall in in your natal chart , as well as any close planetary placements. This will continue to be the case for the next several months. So take note of where that is for you and anticipate new beginnings and fresh starts in those departments of your life.
Eclipses are always near the position of the moon’s nodal axis. Currently, transiting North node is 24 degrees Aquarius and South node ( which is exactly opposite in the zodiac) is at 24 degrees Leo. As commented on in previous newsletters the N. node has been in close aspect to chiron and neptune in recent months. The nodes are like the rudder of a ship in that they steer us in the direction that we need to go on in our evolutionary pathway. The north is indicative of where we are headed and what energies are currently being infused into the world and the south node is a point of releasing the old and (hopefully) fully integrated energies that we have recently experienced.
Sunday Aug 10 : Chiron was in exact (by degree and minute) conjunction with the N.node in Aquarius at the same time the transiting sun was in exact conjunction (degree and minute) with the S.node in Leo. — triggering healing, integration and release experiences. By reflecting back over the last few days you can get some indication of what and where in your life this is operating in.
The key concepts to keep in mind is that the sun ‘illuminates’ and chiron points to where we originally split from the divine source (which we experience as some kind ofpain or lose). This happening last weekend is a kind of intermediary step between the two eclipses. Eclipses always happen in pairs. First the solar eclipse at the new moon and two weeks later at the full moon a lunar eclipse happens.
August 12 The annual Persaid meteor shower is at its peak. This show of ‘falling stars’ —really the remnants of a comet– happens near the sign of the Taurus. It is in this zodiac sign that the famous grouping of the Pleiades star cluster can be found. Comets function as independent bodies that pass through a solar system and spread some ‘new’ kind of information.— kind of like a cosmic newsletter. This ’star shower ‘ happens every year at this time and is the strongest and most prolific of the annual meteor showers that we receive.
The Pleiades (also known as the ’seven sisters’ ) has an important and long standing place in many cultural traditions. They are associated with spiritual forces that assist the human race to evolve by awakening and balancing the heart chakra (love vibration). Some sources also say that our sun was originally part of this star system revolving around its central star –Alcyone. It was the most distant of this star cluster and its orbit was disrupted by by a celestial event sometime in the distant past. This suggests a distant kinship of a primordial order –and a kind of genetic link with our ‘ancestors’.
Aug 15 Mayan calendar timing. The 4th world of the galactic begins and with it brings new possibilities emerging and promises of a new infusion of light into this current ‘tun’. From the Mayan viewpoint we are in fast shifting times which are leading up to the ‘end time’ on Dec 21 2012. Our current time is primarily directed to changing the perceptions in our collective mind set —away from left brain dominant thinking and into a state of right brain/ left brain balance. This is a pre requesit for the ‘paridigm shift’ that is about to manifest by the end date of their calendar.
aug 16 lunar eclipse at 24 degrees 21 minutes Aquarius. A lunar eclipse is a full moon event. Full moons are a time of peak activity and promise ripeness and fruitation. Where ever it falls in your birthchart something is coming into visibility, becoming illuminated or expressing itself with dramatic awareness. As with the solar eclipse, this one also resonates for several months in the areas it connects to in your chart.
Celestial events play out both on a personal and a collective stage. Observation of the world around you and reflection into your own life events, feelings and attitudes is a good way to understand, integrate and utilize the information that the sky provides.
” The universe is not a place — it’s an event “ — Brian Swimme
JUNE NEWSLETTERGreetings everyone,There are several happenings in the sky right now that I’d like to share with you and I hope that it can be of some assistance in the days to come…Mercury RetrogradeYes, its that time again.
Mercury is retrograde from May 26 — June 19. It’s the planet associated with communication, education and travel. The term retrograde refers to periods of time when the planet’s motion appears to be going reverse in the sky. This creates an introversion of its energy which often results in delays, false directions and miscommunications. The classic astrological advise is to avoid signing contracts or finalizing plans. Expect delays and breakdowns of all kinds…and its time to clear the air of any misunderstandings that may have developed.
So what’s the good news? It is time to rethink ,redo,research. This will provide the basis for more appropriately aligned actions once mercury’s motion goes direct again.Mercury is characterized as a very fast moving energy ( he’s the winged messenger of the gods ) –he rules the mind and all thought processes. Our thoughts fuel our actions. The tendency is over time, to get ahead of ourselves and to presume that the rest of the world is automatically on board with our ideas and plans. Retrograde times provide a natural slow down period in which we can balance and correct ourselves. After the retrograde period —what ever you have had to revise and rework will be on a much better footing to successfully act on.
Gemini New Moon
To add to this June 3rd ushered in the Gemini new moon, beginning a new lunar month cycle. New moons are a time of fresh starts and new beginnings. Keep in mind however that gemini is ruled by mercury so the retrograde motion will have its impact on the entire lunar month.
Within the chart for the new moon there are 4 planets in gemini making a positive easy flow aspect (trine) to chiron and the north node. Chiron is the ‘wounded healer’ and it functions to bring us into a deepened awareness of life via experiencing and coming to understand the ‘pain body’. The north node acts like a rudder of a ship that steers us forward into our destiny. This new moon chart sets yet another tone that resonates with the mayan perspective—shebalba–5th night– ‘dark night of the soul’– time for releasing all that is false with in us…
Chiron conjunct North Node
Chiron is exactly conjunct the north node this week. (that is, both are in the same degree and minute of the zodiac). This happening heralds in a new 18 yr. cycle for individual and collective healing. The direction for new growth in life is represented by the moon’s north node. Chiron, the wounded healer, also functions as the gate keeper for the evolution of consciousness.
It is also worth noting that neptune is in a conjunction with these two bodies. Meaning it’s vibration will infuse throughout this new cycle, as well. Neptune’s energy dissolves separateness and merges all things with the universal. Neptune is our link with the divine source.
One additional point to note is that with this new cycle — there is an opening of up the ‘airways’ for a new batch of healer’s to come forward and begin doing their work in the world…might you be one of them?
Blessings all,
Gwenyth
We can only go with the flow of the cosmos,
all other movement leads us away from source.