2009 July : Moonkissd by Jessica

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I am not going to give you a destination. I can only give you a direction – awake, throbbing with life, unknown, always surprising, unpredictable. -Bagwan Shree Rajneesh

Eclipses make waves. Some are big waves like the sea at high tide; others are more like small ripples. In breaking waves, eclipse season can deliver difficult news, like the announcement of death or illness, or wondrous, a birth or true love. The ripples are quieter, but carrying no less impact, for if our life resembles a placid lake, emotional ripples can jar something loose within, deeply inside. We may become unmoored by what we discover there. Whether we’re receiving messages from our unconscious, or a literal birth or death in our life, all eclipses beckon toward a distant and unknowable future. The degree to which we feel an eclipse varies person by person, but during eclipse season about this we can be certain: we’re tossed about on a sea of change and the messages we receive during this time will change our consciousness. Read more

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Filed Under Eclipses, The Houses | 1 Comment

Eclipses carry the signature of change, and in these areas of life we will be asked to grow beyond what we’ve previously known. That room has become too small, cramped or tight and during eclipse season we’re ready to experience a rapid infusion of new awareness here.

All eclipses fall in pairs into two rooms, or houses, of our birth chart. The flickering lights of the Sun and Moon act like light bulbs and as they turn on and off they can bring issues that have quietly existed in the shadows up until now out into the light of day. Via periods of intensity or crisis (during the 4-6 weeks surrounding an eclipse pair) our attention is mobilized in these areas of our life. Yet just because eclipse season is over doesn’t mean we stop growing here; the Nodes are transiting through this house over a longer 18 month period. You’ll get to rest, digest and integrate the eclipse information during the six months between eclipse pairs- until the next set begins, adding another layer to your personal eclipse story. To identify the house in which an eclipse falls, locate that eclipse degree in your birth chart. For example, on July 11, 2010 a Total Solar Eclipse occurs at 19 degrees and 23 minutes, or 19′ 23′ of the sign of Cancer. Note* 2010 Eclipse degrees are given at the bottom of this page. Read more

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Filed Under Cancer, Eclipses, Illuminated Lunations, Mercury the Messenger | Leave a Comment

At first glance, upon stumbling on Simone Butler’s essay on this Cancer New Moon Eclipse, I thought I’d been punk’d. How could we who do not know each other have written something so similar? All I saw were the words in bold, ‘Daughters of the American Revolution’. I felt flattered, then a little piqued at being mimicked, not unusual I suppose. When I got over myself and read further I discovered that she was using Sabian Symbols as Oracle, which, according to my new facebook acquaintance Lynda Hill and author of book by the same name, describes the oracular message of this eclipse degree. Although my turn of phrase was different, I had spoken about the crisis of the crumbling patriarchy without a feminine infrastructure to support a more balanced world. I had spoken as a ‘Daughter of the Sexual Revolution’.

You may be thinking this is no big deal, we’re all under the same stars, right? Yes, we astrologers are all in the same club and although we’re a diverse bunch, occasionally a few of us are bound to hit the same nail on the same head in almost exactly the same way. But this was different. I had unknowingly spoken about a Sabian Symbol interpretation from a book I’d never read. Read more

Jul

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Filed Under Eclipses | 1 Comment

Eclipses happen in pairs, within two weeks of one another, and these pairs usually twice a year (but not always) as new (solar new moon eclipse) and full moon (lunar full moon eclipse) cycles. Eclipse season can be emotionally bumpy and here are some pointers I’ve assembled over the years.

-Eclipses bring sudden shocks and surprises. The Universe will often pick you up from where you are and move you ten or twenty steps ahead.

-Time often feels distorted and bumpy during the weeks surrounding eclipses. It appears to accelerate.

-Eclipses are the cosmic clean up crew. Is something ripe and green, time to be tossed out? Is something unexpectedly growing in the corner? And is there something there for you, which you could cultivate for the future? Eclipses are growth-oriented; eclipses loathe stagnancy. It’s time to grow beyond the four walls you’ve known. Read more

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Filed Under Astrology In Daily Life, Pluto the Transformer, Real Time Astrology | Leave a Comment

Death leaves us with so many questions. With the smattering of public figure deaths happening on the world stage, the latest one isn’t about the mysterious circumstances of Michael’s but, why are so many people dying? An astrological look may help. First, New Moons represent birth and death symbolically. The last New Moon in Cancer (a sign associated with public: figures, mood and sentiment) was opposed by, or in cahoots with, Pluto, Lord of the Underworld & Death (also the planetoid formerly known as planet). Pluto in Capricorn is a harbinger for breakdown in the system, and the types of structural changes and reality checks that can only be experienced from the bottom up. I can relate this New Moon with Pluto to a dream I had about a pregnant mother – who was my own. I was unclear whether she was pregnant or just carrying a bowling ball of dead weight around her belly. Pluto asks: is it dead or alive? Read more

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Filed Under Celebrity Stars, Virgo | Leave a Comment

(Astrology.com asked me to write about MJ but they never ran with it – so I’m offering it to you, here.)

I never wanted to Beat It, but I did ID with the song PYT, to which I used to dance in my room alone (unless you count the MJ Thriller poster as a dance partner, which I did). I danced as the King of Pop lounged in his white suit on my wall, looking suave, sexy and probably for one of the last times naturally handsome, or close to it.

When I broke the news to my family, my thirteen year old impervious Gemini stepdaughter replied, ‘Who’s Michael Jackson?’ My seventeen year old said she knew who Michael was – a celebrity, right? She never knew Michael the performer, the innovator, the Moon Walker and originator of the single white glove look. Read more