Greetings everyone,
Summer is in full bloom and I certainly hope everyone is taking the time to enjoy this peak season in the ways you know best! Summer also signals eclipse season and we have recently experienced two of them. First the lunar eclispse on July 7th followed two weeks later by a the solar eclipse on july 21st. Particularily, last tuesday’s solar eclipse had some unusual factors that I’d like to comment on.
Solar eclipses are always a new moon happening. This year’s was at 29 and a half degrees cancer — which is at the very end of the sign. Any placement at the end of a sign indicates a fullness of the expression for the qualities that sign represents. Cancer is the sign that rules motherhood, family, home, nourishment, the generations and the emotional/ intuitive nature. These themes are playing out large in our lives now. Notably, it was the 2nd new moon in cancer in a month which was an unusual occurance. June 21nd’s new moon was at 1/2 degree cancer — the very beginning of the sign. Couple this with the fact that it was the longest eclipse of the century and you have a kind of cosmic underlining which serves to emphasize its meaning for us.
This lengthy eclipse was six minutes in duration. In numerology the number six is associated with family, relationships, community and love. All of which echo the vibration struck by its placement in the nurturing sign of cancer. Collectively it represents another marker that is helping to bring balance to our planet by aligning with the sacred feminine
principal. Bringing balance to humanity and the planet as a whole is the driving purpose of the current galactic ‘underworld’ which we are in.
On a personal note any planet in your chart that falls in close connection with the degree of the eclipse will be high-lighted in your life for the couple of months surrounding the eclipse. The house that it falls in will be an area of increased activity and meaning for you, as well.
One more comment, the eclipse was conjunct the moon’s south node in Leo, the sign of love, creativity and children. South nodes are about releasing the past. This alignment refers to the necessity of healing generational karma within our family systems at this time. It is a necessary step in order to clear the way for the paradigm shift as described by the Mayan calendar.
In my May newsletter I talked about the jupiter, chiron and neptune conjunction that is in effect for such a long time this year. This rare triple conjunction provides the opportunity for us to heighten our compassionate natures, deepen spiritual awareness and lay the new foundations for a more authentic and heart-centered way of being.
In the last few weeks these planets have gone retrograde in motion. Retrogrades slow down and internalize action. This summer we are experiencing a kind of inner rooting and integration process. If your recent plans seem to have been haulted take heart, in the fall when these planets go direct again you will be able to move forward again. This triple conjunction will come together for a final time in Dec./Jan. by which time the ground work will have been layed for what promises to be a very dymanic year in 2010.
To summerize,the eclipses and the triple conjunction are two of a number of cosmic alignments supporting the great paradgim shift in consciousness we are in the midst of. This summer’s phase is creating an opening for humanity to deepen their connections with devine forces, open to and integrate the higher vibrations that are available to us now and to release any generational and inner child wounding each of us may still be connected with.
Micheal Jackson
In a number of ways Micheal Jackson ’s life and death exemplify some of these generational and inner child wounding themes that need to be released. I believe his story has held such a fascination for so many people because it resonates on a collective level.
There is much that could be said in reference to his chart and I will be analazing it in detail on my website in the coming weeks. . What I’d like to bring forward at the moment is his character defining sun, pluto,moon,opposition which resided in his eleventh and fifth house in his birthchart. These opposing houses are associated with how a person experiences love in their life. The fifth describes how one gives love and the eleventh shows how one receives it. The fifth house which is Leo’s natural house is personal and intimate in nature. It is also associated with romance, creativity and children. The eleventh house which is aquarius’ natural house is more impersonal and socially aware. It is associated with humanitarian causes, social welfare and groups of people.
The balance and integration of opposing forces is the objective of the opposition aspect. Characteristically alot of swinging back and forth in extreme behaviors and projections is the initial action between the planets. It can take a long time to create the understanding and integration that is required. A mis-managed opposition brings the shadow natures of the planets in question to the forefront.
In Micheal’s case, his moon ( mother-family- nurturing principal ) was in the 5th house which rules creativity, children and love. — and opposing his sun ( selfhood, father) in the eleventh house. Pluto was conjuncting his sun and also opposing his moon. Pluto function is to bring deep transformative and inevitable change into a person’s life.. It is also associated with large mass movements and is one of the markers in his chart that shows his tendancy to do things in a big way impacting people on a mass level. When poorly handled its energy is controling and obsessive in behavior.
Micheal was also experiencing his chiron return. Chiron , known as the wounded healer had recently made its first ( 50 -51 year) cycle around his chart passing over the birth placement of 19 degrees aquarius. The chiron return will open up the primal issues associated with the deepest wounds a person has in their life. Micheal’s was in the 4th house of family and very near the fifth house of love, creativity and children. The chiron return demands a deepening in understanding and consciousness through the replay of our most challenging stumbling blocks in life. These are typically routed in early childhood experiences. The chiron return provides an individual one more opportunity to master themselves, to transent their deepeest areas of pain and limitation and to become more authentically themselves. If the steps to full maturity are not taken at this time the individual will remain in victim/victimizer mode never feeling like they are in full control of their lives.
Michael played his wounded child themes out on the world stage. Many of his issues appear to have been largely unresolved and by all accounts he chose escapist behaviors and drug dependancy as a way to cope — a common choice in our current world. His story is a dramatic exampling how chiron themes can function in a person’s life when not fully recognized.
Blessings,Gwenyth