Taken from Lunar Living: With the Sun in Capricorn for this Full Moon, psychologically, we feel so ambitious, but our bodies and our hearts are just not there. We are feeling emotionally spent. Our brains are telling us, just charge ahead, and the rest of us will catch up. With the Wedge aspect from the Full Moon to Mars in Virgo, that might be true IF we are focusing on our health and welfare. Capricorn is the king of pushing through to get the job done. Cancer, on the other hand, is the home of the Moon, and the feeling here is that we would do a whole lot better if we just stayed in our nice warm beds or near a cozy fire and to pamper our bodies for a day or two. Of course, there are multiple aspects that are causing us to feel unsure of what to do. There’s the cradle aspect with the Moon opposing the Sun, in a wedge pattern that looks a lot like a little ship, trying to navigate through these crazy waters. There is also the Mercury Out of Bounds transit, causing feelings of vulnerability and anxiety. So much to deal with that we need to take a few moments recognize that we have all the power in this one.
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2012 – Year of the Water Dragon!
Quiet, calm and centered – I’m convinced that’s the approach to take as we exit 2011 and enter the dragon’s lair … 2012, the Year of the Dragon. As a Chinese Wood Dragon person myself, I have to admit that I’m pretty excited about the whole thing! People and businesses around the world have had difficult times over the last few years, so the good luck brought by the dragon is both timely and needed. The Dragon is in fact the major symbol of good fortune in Chinese Astrology, meaning that we can expect grand things this year. Bigger than life is very much a Dragon thing – there will be spectacular successes as well as crash and burn failures. The Dragon, however, is a reminder everyone has dreams, and that the time to pursue them is now. Now is thus the time to take a chance, to reach for the proverbial brass ring, to not only dream but act on that impossible dream. The Dragon gives you the best chance to make it come true. The fact that 2012 is a Water year is extremely important and demands consideration. That’s because Water nourishes the Dragon’s fixed element, Wood, giving this Dragon a big advantage over the rest of the breed when it comes to bringing good luck. The same holds true for accomplishment. This Dragon is actually going to realize some of those big dreams! The Dragon is not, however, just about money. There will also be fireworks when it comes to love and romance. New love can blossom or an old one rekindle on the spur of the moment. It is relevant here to note the Dragon is closely associated with festivals and celebrations, as exemplified by its status as the star of New Year’s parades. That makes 2012 the perfect year for engagements, weddings and baptisms. There is an even greater reason to rejoice. Ever since 1996 the year element has been in a destructive relationship with the fixed element of the animal sign. That is the longest unfavorable period in the 60 year cycle of Chinese Astrology, and that means a scarcity of good luck. The year 2012 is thus blessed not only by the lucky Dragon but also the end of that destructive cycle. Furthermore, under the influence of the Dragon it is a yang year. Yang Water is like a flowing river rather than a stagnant lake. Things will move, ideas flow, creativity abound, economies boom, and love blossom in this environment. It is likely to be an exciting year indeed. When A Sister Callsarticle3061445.ece&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&sl=sv&tl=no There are times when individuals come to us through unexpected events, which in turn end up haunting us. Back in June of this year, I wrote about Sharon and her son and how we met. Sharon came to me after finding Talisman’s shrine to Kali Ma (Patroness of abused women and children) and she told me an incredible story that would make any sane parent sick to hear. At Talisman, she found warmth, solace and a welcoming community who has stood by her, prayed for her and held her hand when she cried. Sharon married Magnus Norinder, a Swede, in 2006. He is tall, handsome, and charming. Sharon, an American, gave birth to their American-born son in February 2008 and everything went downhill after that. Sharon’s “Prince Charming” assaulted her for the first time only one month after the birth of their son – and threw both of them into the streets of Houston, Texas with no place to go. That night he was so impaired that he broke the toilet and flooded their apartment. She returned the next morning to a flooded apartment, a husband that was still impaired and the pattern of violence began. Like many abusive men who abuse their women, addicted or not, promises were made but never kept. Sharon moved to Sweden on a promise that went out the window as quickly as her transatlantic flight. Magnus became psychologically abusive and then physically abusive within months of her move and it did not register that his son was in the room or in his mother’s arms – the shouting and the assaults continued regardless. In Sweden, Sharon went to the police. Sharon went to child protective services. Sharon went to the district attorney. With the exception of her direct supervisor, everywhere Sharon went, there was no help. She was a stranger in a strange land – viewed as an immigrant. In fact there was nothing but hindrances along the way. She was told by a person in a position to bring forth charges that she should have gone to a hotel (as if she never tried that) and asked why she tried to take her husband’s beer – rather than finding fault with Magnus who was recorded assaulting her while she was holding their son. But the police never gave her the recordings and they reprinted photos to omit the arrows explaining where the bruises came from. Sharon was told she had to provide the names of two Swedes who could state that her husband had a drinking problem. It did not matter that only months before he was drunk 3 hours after he assaulted her and the police held him to sober up. And then there were the recordings … so many recordings. In the recordings that the police have in their possession is an episode on January 1, 2009 where Magnus can be heard saying “you are going to take that beer out yeah you can freeze…it is my house, it is my rules….test me, test me, test me…..” then he kicks her into the furniture on the patio. She was wearing a coat and no shoes. She called the police but then he tells her…” How do you want it? Rough or smooth, rough or smooth. Do you want it rough or smooth? Well okay. Do you want the police to come here? And you think that your ass will be here or will be somewhere comfortable. You think (son’s name) will feel great about this?” Can you imagine what was going through Sharon’s mind as she heard this? Then when she tried to leave January 22, 2009, Magnus discovered this and for her efforts, she was thrown on the furniture, onto the floor, out the door and left there with her wearing only panties in freezing weather. And Sharon went to the police. The case was dismissed. Sharon did everything to secure a safe home for her and her son only to be told by a social worker that there was nothing that could be done to get her and her son out into a safe home when Magnus (a doctor) was drinking in excess and combining it with medication he wrote for himself. He threatened to have her deported from Sweden and that he would get custody of their child and that his family would witness against her that she was mentally unstable and an unfit mother. In the recordings, Magnus admits to drinking in excess and taking controlled substances that he prescribed himself. He states this in front of his parents who blame his behavior on his wife. Then they compare her to the “mentally unstable” mother of his daughter and how Sharon is worse than she. Sharon endured a lot while living in Sweden. She had to move back to her home with Magnus after she left her job working for the hospital in Boras. Magnus attacked her two nights before she came to the U.S. on vacation. When she left Sweden she was to return. Sharon reports that Magnus was calling her almost every day threatening her and telling her that he would leave her when she returned to Sweden. Given the track record, the reverting to violence combined with again taking controlled substances that he was prescribing himself, Sharon did what any normal parent would do. She stayed in the U.S. with her son. When she found out that he filed a Hague Abduction case, she made her whereabouts known. Then the judge ordered them to trial with no discovery to get evidence, not many recordings, no psychiatric sick leave records (they span from 1996 until 2009) that showed he was on sick leave several times over the years for months at a time for psychiatric illnesses, no police reports documenting that he was drunk the night he assaulted her, no cell phones that had text messages that he hit his daughter and paid for young girls to sleep with him, no prescription record to show how often he was prescribing himself narcotics….nothing. And Sharon sat in the courtroom after having her only child taken from her – she had to watch her 29-month-old son leave the courtroom crying in the arms of a man who beat her and left her outside in the cold with no clothes on. Magnus, his daughter and the psychiatrist all lied in the U.S. court. They lied so much that Sharon (who has about 600 pages of documentation about the lies) tried to get them charged with perjury. But to no avail. Magnus, who told the U.S. court that he was the chief of the hospital (and then later a surgeon) was ordered to release his prescription records. His lawyer told to the U.S. court that the prescription release was in the waiver that was drafted the day before. They held that waiver for three weeks and provided it after it had expired. There was no release for the prescription drugs and the police reports were not produced even though his lawyer told the U.S. Appellate court that they were provided. The only document his lawyer provided was the letter that the district attorney in Sweden was closing the cases. According to Sharon, the psychiatrist, Dr. Svante Vikander, said things that contradicted the medical record and even testified if what Sharon said was true, it would be a grave risk of psychological or physical harm to return their son to his father. The psychiatrist, who was paid $6,000 misrepresented to the court a great deal of what was in the medical record. The medical record was copied into a word document and provided to Sharon days before the trial resumed and the only people who could read it were the Swedes and Sharon. The record contained duplication of entries for several visits and the size of the font was different on one page. The real killer was the fact that documents submitted by the same psychiatrist showed that a entry was deleted on the same date he wrote the medical board that Magnus did not have a drug and alcohol problem as well as the dates that appear on the medical records (when they are printed, by whom and to whom) was missing from the 59 pages. The same clinic provided a printed copy that was stamped with the identifying information to the medical board claiming that Magnus did not have a problem. What did he delete from the record on October 12, 2009 that Dr.Vikander was hiding from the medical board? Magnus returned to Sweden with their son and did everything possible to limit contact with Sharon. Her son did not want to return to Sweden - now, on the phone he asks his mother why she is trying to take him from his father. When she asked Magnus why he would tell his son that, Magnus replied that…”What do you expect him to say”? So Magnus and his family block Sharon and are talking badly about her to their son who is not even 4 years old. But for an abusive man, this is no surprise. When is anyone going to see the damage caused to this child and the damage that Sharon said would happen if they returned her son to his father? It is no wonder that she did what was necessary to protect her son. Now comes a time for accountability. Karma has a way of coming back and correcting even the worst of all wrongs. It is time to see if a person who abuses his wife, puts his child at risk and then lies about it will be held accountable. So where do I come in to this picture? Sharon came to me seeking a friend, and in turn gained an entire support system. We welcomed her and counseled her on her situation. As Wiccans we understand the bonding between a mother and her child and we understand the horror of this situation and we all felt for her and knew her pain. Sharon is not a practicing Wiccan but she knows a community support when it is offered to her. If she had such a support in Sweden, things might have been much different. But Sharon and her son were denied basic rights to a secure and safe home and now she continues to fight for her child against all odds and prejudices. She found support in us and now she has obtained the long-awaited support of the Swedish justice system. Mr. Patrik Tilly has issued an indictment against Magnus and now there may be closure in sight. In the least, Sharon will be heard where she has been silenced for too long. This is no victory and it is not a celebration. It is about accountability that perhaps Magnus will be convicted for what he did. Sharon serves a life sentence for the trial in the United States where the judge said that the domestic violence was nothing but minor family quarrels. But Judge William Daniel Stiehl did not think twice about the damage caused by taking a 29-month-old child from a mother whose only fault was turning to our justice system for protection-protection that, before this date, December 6, 2011, was never there for Sharon and her son. As a community, Talisman will always be there for Sharon and her son. May the outcome be in the highest and greatest good for all. Blessed Be! Announcing “Talisman On The Post” About three weeks ago, I was asked if I’d be interested in opening a shop in Westport, as part of the newly created “Center for Health Arts & Sciences” located at 180 Post Road East. After a wonderful meeting with Director Jeffrey Zimmerman, and his two key coordinators, I just knew this was an opportunity that couldn’t be passed up. You can learn more about Jeffrey and his work in health and wellness at www.jeffreyczimmerman.com. I am absolutely thrilled to be part of this exciting new venture!And so, I had had less than two weeks to pull a shop together in time for the grand opening on November 6th - and that’s with an unexpected snowstorm creating havoc in the meantime! Please stop by for a visit! Our hours (same as the Monroe shop) are Wednesday-Thursday 11-7; Friday-Saturday 11-8 and Sunday 1-5. Pina is doing Angel Readings on Wednesday and Thursday; Patty is doing Crystal Ball Readings on Friday – Saturday Readers will vary – and I am there on Sunday, doing tarot and palm readings. There are wonderful shops and lots of great places to eat - or just take a nice walk in Historic Westport. Which Witch is Which?Well, let’s talk Witchcraft – and, at the very least, answer the question of “Which Witch is which?” Wicca is only one of many religions grouped under the umbrella of Paganism. Pagan translates into hearth or home dweller, generally meaning a country person. Wicca (aka the Old Religion, Witchcraft, the Craft of the Wise) is basically a religion of nature worship, and its adherents have an intimate connection with nature and seasonal rhythms, which are celebrated with festivals to mark certain points in the agricultural calendar or Wheel of the Year - these are known as Sabbats. Rituals are also held at other times of the year, usually during a full moon, and these are known as Esbats. Rituals are held within the sacred confines of a magick circle. There is a saying that goes ”While every Wiccan is a Witch, not every Witch is Wiccan”. Various paths of Witchcraft include the British Traditionalist (Gardnerian, Alexandrian), Celtic, Dianic, Eclectic, Faerie, Hecatine, Hedgewitch, Hereditary, Kingstone, Norse, Pictish, Seax, Solitary, Strega, Teutonic – to name but a few. Modern Wicca originally evolved from an eclectic mix of influences including freemasonry, ritual magic, theosophy, folklore, woodcraft and traditional witchcraft. While every Tradition of Witchcraft has its unique theology, there are certain constants: All Wiccans/Witches respect nature, both animate and inanimate; seek connection with the divine creative forces in the form of Goddess and God; and believe in a positive morality that emphasizes responsibility for personal actions and self-development. In short, calling oneself a “Witch” does not make a Witch – but neither does heredity itself, or the collecting of titles, degrees, and initiations. A Witch seeks to control the forces within him/herself that make life possible in order to live wisely and well, without harm to others, and in harmony with Nature. A major point of contention is the belief in The Threefold Law, part of The Wiccan Rede, which holds that whatever you do, you get back times three (“Mind the Threefold Law you should, Three times bad and three times good”). Thus, you would not often encounter a Wiccan willing to take on the karmic kickback of sending forth negative or dark magick … whereas others hold to “An Eye for an Eye” – the idea that you’re justified in giving back exactly what you’ve been given. This topic has been the source of lively debate at Talisman, and I will leave it to each individual to make their own choice in the matter! Know that while Wiccans ”self police” this does not mean they allow themselves to be attacked or victimized. They will act to prevent themselves or their family from being harmed. I never get tired of listening to the stories of how individuals found their way onto their unique path. It almost always begins with a love of nature at a very young age - collecting shells, rocks, feathers, pinecones and other gifts from Mother Earth. There is a sense of stewardship toward Mother Earth, Gaia, and all her creatures (both two and four legged). Many had otherworldly experiences as children or adults, and exploring their meaning led them to an earth-based spirituality. Most of us have a tremendous collection of books, and can remember that pivotal day when we first read about Wicca/Witchcraft, and the relief we felt upon recognizing a Belief Sytem that truly “fit” and felt right in every physical, mental and spiritual aspect. Moving forward from that point, you find a tradition or path which will hold meaning for you, connect to the Wheel of the Year, and search for the God/Goddess within and around you. In addition, you need to learn how to work ritual and magic; methods of raising, containing and releasing power; how to work with the energies of sun, moon, and earth; as well as principles of sympathic magic upon which most witchcraft magic is based. Becoming a Witch means valuing yourself as a unique being – a difficult task if you were raised to belief self-denial and blind obedience equal goodness. A big question for those new to Wicca/Witchcraft is “Should I tell anyone?” I am very publicly and openly a Hedgewitch – as the owner of Talisman, I’ve been on the radio, TV and interviewed or quoted in quite a few newspapers and magazines in addition to lecturing, teaching and writing … but it isn’t that easy for everyone. And I did lose a few friends when I opened my shop – I didn’t realize (because I have long celebrated Universal Spirituality, or the belief that all paths lead to The One) that I associated with people whose viewpoints were so narrow. As a child, raised Catholic, I distinctly remember directing most of my prayers to Mary and I still collect images of her and The Magdalene. My worship of the Goddess began in high school, which is also when I began reading tarot. In my mid-twenties, I decided to use a tremendous pile of bricks the neighbor gave me to create a formal herb garden. While researching the history and types of herb gardens, I learned about Caprilands Herb Farm in Coventry, CT and its owner Adelma Simmons. Adelma, who would dramatically lead garden tours of the property wearing a long red cape, also wrote wonderful books on the magical, mysterious yet practical world of herbs, plantlore and seasonal celebrations. I was immediately captivated by the idea of herbs, plants and trees having nutritional, healing and magickal properties - and the ability to access this energy was something I connected with very quickly. From plants to stones to oils to candles … I kept reading, collecting books and eventually found my way to Magik Mirror in Milford, where so many of us in southern Connecticut ultimately landed to further our education, buy our wares and have a place to meet and talk. Thanks to Beverly Safko, owner of Magik Mirror, who continues to share her knowledge and friendship so freely with us all – Goddess bless you, Bev! Let me explain my own chosen path, that of the Hedgewitch (also known as a Kitchen Witch, Green Witch or Ditch Witch). This Tradition is devoted essentially to the practical or working end of the Old Religion, with emphasis on the use of plants and spells for such things as protection and healing. This Tradition may come closest to the generally understood meaning of what a Witch is and does, and it was apparently practiced by the Neolithic inhabitants of most of Western Europe. This is also one of the Traditions most easily practiced by Solitaries, since the required education can be self-taught or learned from others. In keeping with my chosen path, I am naturopathic, raise chickens and garden, keep a stocked apothecary at home, gave birth to three of my four children naturally (my last was an emergency c-section) and avoid all drugs and alcohol, choosing instead to live as naturally and close to the earth as possible. My private rituals are done in the woods behind my home, up next to the 30 foot waterfall that bisects the property. And this is what daily living as a Witch means to me. Going back to the topic of ”to tell or not to tell?” it all boils down to ”who needs to know – and why?” Wiccans, Witches and Pagans do not proselytize – we don’t go door to door, asking strangers if they know that the Goddess loves them and seeking to convert them into our groups or covens. It is an honorable tradition of The Craft to “keep silent”. Like one’s sexual orientation, your religious affiliation can be as open or closed as you choose it to be – and that decision does not make you any more, or less, of a Witch. Ordinarily you cannot tell whether the person next door is a witch, but many witches do wear a Pentagram or Pentacle, a five-pointed star which is a protective symbol of the five elements of nature, earth, water, air, fire and spirit. When you wear a pentacle, expect to get bold stares and comments – some of which may be negative or downright mean. The two pieces of jewelry I never take off are a sterling ring which says “witch” and a sterling bracelet of tiny pentacles. All that being said, there is real kinship among our own and it is great to be able to gather and talk openly about our experiences. Talisman is a meeting place for The Circle of the Sacred Well, and they have a permanent Covenstead downstairs www.thecircleofthesacredwell.org. Their events are always listed in my newsletter. The Connecticut Wiccan/Pagan Network (CWPN) is another tremendous resource, I think next year marks my 10th as a member, and they are also listed in this newsletter each month – learn more at www.cwpn.org. If you are searching online, please start with the Witches’ Voice at www.witchvox.com as they have a huge database of information (Talisman is a sponsoring member). On Witchvox, you will find every shop and open coven listed in a wide geographic area, making it an ideal place to begin. Noted authors (and friends of Talisman) Christopher Penczak and Raven Grimassi offer their own unique online courses, visit their sites at www.christopherpenczak.com and www.ravengrimassi.net for more information. Whether you choose to follow a path that leads to a coven, or a solitary path – I believe you will ultimately find, as I have, that being a Witch speaks to a deep, emotional part of our inner self, something that crosses the gulf of thousands of years, and connects us to the everyday lives of our ancestors. Wicca is a peaceful and loving religion, and these concepts are incorporated into our rituals and daily lives. The tenet “Love is the Law and Love is the Bond” is fully understood by all practitioners of Wicca/Witchcraft. Blessed Be! The Ascension Process
The Cardinal Grand Cross, on Crack!
Here is her post, taken from Talisman’s monthly newsletter. And note that you can sign up for the newsletter directly from our website, at http://www.talismanct.com by clicking on the link. Another eventful month ahead, folks! As you’ll recall from last month’s Astrology Corner, Mercury turns retrograde at the outset of this month on the 3rd and this will last through the 26th. When it does, it will be in opposition to Neptune – a tough proposition for negotiating deals, communicating clearly, traveling, and for ironing out plans. Neptune has a tendency to obscure and create a lack of clarity and confusion, which throws gas on the already annoying hiccups that can occur during the retrograde period. If you’re planning a summer road trip this month, double and triple check everything. Don’t just rely on GPS to get you where you are going, carry a map as well so that you don’t get lost if your GPS acts up. Keep track of your baggage, your itinerary, and make sure you’re clear about your travel plans. Communication may not be the best during August, so if you have plans to travel make sure you’ve already done your due diligence and checked that you have no conflicting appointments/responsibilities and be sure that you’ve already requested the time off at work. Forgetting things – especially important details like this – can be a real issue this month! You may want to write things down and post them somewhere visible, because chances are high that things will get lost in the mental fog that gets kicked up in this planetary combo’s wake. Lastly, when dealing with others and/or ironing out contractual agreements be sure you’re not just doing things “on a handshake”. Pay attention to the fine print and avoid wishful thinking, because there is a real possibility with this combo that you might find yourself duped. Mars will be also be re-activating the Cardinal T-square/Cross during August. This combination has the potential to be quite volatile so I’m cautioning all of you that the sky will have a “hair-trigger” this month. Be extra careful, avoid rash and impulsive behavior, and tread lightly around others. Spoiling for a fight is ill-advised under a sky like this – don’t go looking for trouble, because if you do you’ll most certainly find it and it won’t be pretty. I don’t mean to scare anyone by saying this, it’s just that I want everybody to be safe and to do whatever they can to keep situations from escalating and getting out of hand because this isn’t a planetary combination you’ll want to provoke if you can avoid it. If you’re in a relationship that involves domestic abuse, I would strongly advise you to be very, very careful this month and do whatever you can to keep yourself safe. Matters on the home front will also be very active this month and hold the potential to be explosive. Mars – the planet setting this formation off – will be in Cancer (the sign of home and family) and you may find that family conflicts arise during August. For example, you may find yourself in conflict with your spouse over parenting issues, your kids may be acting up/out, or perhaps you might find yourself quarreling with your own parents. However this plays out for you understand that family members may be feeling touchy, irritable, or defensive and if you know this going in you can hopefully mitigate some of the upset that may occur under such a cross sky! ** A note to readers: If you would like to receive my FREE monthly newsletter via email which is packed full of information and astrological insights, simply send an email AHunt617@aol.com and I’ll be happy to add your name to my list of recipients! A Cardinal Grand Cross Summer Solstice and Triple Eclipse Season: Here We Go Again … and AgainThis is a very long post, taken from the blog www.AstroDispatch.com which I highly recommend. It is the best overview of world events as seen through the telescope of mundane astrology. Enjoy!Laura Lenhard
June 23rd, 2011 @ 2:27 pm by Willows Web- Gemini New Moon: June 1, 2011 at 4:03 p.m. Central, partial solar eclipse at 11 degrees We are heading into very similar astro conditions as last spring/summer with a Cardinal Grand Cross forming by the June 21 Summer Solstice and the entry of the Sun into Cancer. It feels like deja vu. Or rather it feels as if we never left the conditions of the Summer of 2010. Ontario, Canada was turned into a “you aren’t in Canada right now” official police state as it hosted the G8 and G20 meetings last summer for the initial ingress of Uranus into Aries. The tone and agenda were set at that time for the series of Uranus in Aries – Pluto in Capricorn squares running through 2015. Currently, we have widespread flooding in the Canadian prairie provinces, just like last spring. Roads are closed and washed out. Homes are flooded. I don’t remember my home area ever flooding, and now it has been under water two years in a row. Many farmers were unable to seed crops last year due to excessive moisture, and the same problem two years in a row is devastating. Many farmers who were able to plant last year saw their crops drowned out later. In addition to the obvious hit to food production and farmers’ incomes, there were many offshoot problems, including honeybees starving to death because there were no flowers to sustain themselves with. Honeybees starving to death in addition to the mass deaths due to colony collapse disorder. Very, very unpleasant. A harbinger. Last year on April 20, the Deepwater Horizon exploded, leading to the ongoing nightmare of oil, Corexit and synthetic oil-eating micro-organims that has laid waste to the ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico and caused tens of thousands (more?) of people to become sick. Some are dead. People are dying of bacterial infections down there or just dropping dead with no satisfactory cause. Many have flesh-dissolving rashes. Respiratory problems. Pain. Nausea. Diarrhea. Tremors. Exhaustion. Their organs are compromised. Cleanup workers are going blind from exposure to the toxins. Three-year-old children have chemical toxicity and kidney stones. People have been poisoned and infiltrated with organisms the human body has never experienced before. Peoples lives, livelihoods, ways of life have been wiped out. Florida Oil Spill Law remains the best site for ongoing coverage of the Gulf. But the world media has moved on. Time has become compressed as we’re psychologically and physically rocked by multi-layered global crisis events being set off like dominoes. Does it really feel as if an entire year has passed since the Gulf disaster? As the fabric of our energetic existence on this planet is screwed with by those who erroneously believe they hold dominion over God, things have gotten very, very bizarre. This April, we have another (in my mind pre-planned) End Times scenario going on with the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. The earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crises were triggered just as Uranus slid out of Pisces and into Aries, moving into cardinal square formation with Pluto in Capricorn. Uranium square plutonium. The latest news I’ve seen on timeline indicates a best case scenario of nine months until they can contain the radioactive emissions. Food, milk and water are now contaminated with radioactivity. It’s hard to say how far it will reach, but my guess is, after nine months or more of continued spewing radioactivity, there won’t be many areas on this globe completely spared. The Northern hemisphere will be widely affected, at the very least. We can expect the Summer of 2011 to be a continuation on the theme – another tension-filled and unpredictable summer with many things coming unglued both personally and on the world stage. The mind-boggling shitstorms we’re dealing with on this planet continue to sink in at the same time as new ones are unleashed. The ballgame continues to shift. The cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) relate to the points in the year when the seasons change. We’re in the midst of a period of time (2010-2015 most intensively) when all four seasons change at once – and then again, and again, and again. This hasn’t really let up from last summer’s cardinal action, and it increases stress levels. The next steps on the global agenda are unfolding, and people are striving to find survival territory – both physical and soul-level – in their own lives. As upheaval-weary as the human population is at this point, we’ve only just begun. New directions are being forced on multiple fronts with new community leaders coming to the forefront out of sheer necessity as the global agenda steamrolls ahead. Mercury will enter Cancer June 16 and kick off a two-month Cardinal Grand Cross. This is two oppositions forming four squares among the initiatory, leadership-oriented cardinal signs. It is kept strong as Mercury, the Sun, Venus and then Mars in Cancer trigger the Cardinal Grand Cross configuration into late August opposite Pluto in Capricorn with Uranus in Aries opposite Saturn in Libra. Saturn in Libra stations direct June 12 at 10 degrees. Squares (90 degrees) and oppositions (180 degrees) are considered challenging aspects requiring a great deal of energy, focus and dedication to successfully navigate. In the cardinal signs, these aspects are forcing us to make our moves under tense and pressure-filled conditions. Let’s be clear: we’re taking the directions that are being spurred and stepping into newly opened leadership positions with humanity under various levels of duress. Anyone who doesn’t acknowledge this fact is not fully aware of the situation on this planet. This summer, things are even tighter than last. There is even less room for error or for denial. Last summer, the configuration was actually a cardinal t-square with the fourth leg of Saturn in late Virgo making it an energetic Grand Cross. It was a Grand Cross by orb (degree), but it was not a Cardinal Grand Cross because Saturn was in a mutable sign. This summer, Saturn’s in Libra, and we’ve got the full-on real deal. In addition, Uranus will be highly potent, pulling into a retrograde station July 9at 4 degrees Aries. As it stations, Uranus will be within a degree of its first exact square to Pluto in Capricorn at 5 degrees Capricorn within the Cardinal Grand Cross formation. This is some lightning-hot intensity ahead of the first exact Uranus-Pluto square June 23, 2012. Next spring/summer, Saturn will be in late Libra, out of orb of the Cardinal Grand Cross. If people were able to resist or deny the grand-scale movements and global upheaval initiated (and forced) during the cardinal t-square summer of 2010, that will change this summer, the Cardinal Grand Cross summer of 2011. Sagittarius North Node: Our Real History Isn’t in the History Books With the North Node transiting Sagittarius, there will be renewed optimism and expansion in our lives betwixt and between the horror. It’s when we’re pushed to our breaking points and beyond that the power of our inherent wisdom, passed along through generations enduring historical horror after historical horror, proves its real mettle. Here, we draw strength from the real history on this planet – our history, the people’s history. The grace and wisdom we’ve gleaned through our cultural heritage moves through us, lives in us, guiding us and connecting us across cultural lines, hand-to-hand, heart-to-heart. This is the truth of the human condition on this planet – for those who know and live it. The versions of truth being portrayed on this planet – even the supposed alternative versions – are not even close to the real story. The magic we hold has never been captured by their history books. What we know could never be contained there. What the history-keepers (predominantly men) of the world think matters is not what I think matters. My version of an important historical event or trend, what’s important to me personally, wouldn’t be big or sexy or monied or deadly enough to enter their record books. There are those who think they have the story all wrapped up. We know differently. The women of the world have the missing half of the puzzle inside them. As Jupiter enters Taurus June 4 and becomes the dispositor of the North Node, we draw on the wisdom of simplicity, goodness in basics, groundedness, reserve, and one of the most important aspects of humanity’s continuation on Planet Earth – endurance. Like the bull, we persevere. We dig in. And we really don’t get too excited about much of anything – even a two-month Cardinal Grand Cross within triple eclipse season. Triple Eclipse Season The Cardinal Grand Cross at the northern hemisphere’s Summer Solstice this June is sandwiched in a triple eclipse season, which includes a total lunar eclipse at 24 degrees Sagittarius conjunct the North Node. We’re not going to be able to hold standard positions in the same old fort this summer. Everything is on the move. The cardinal points are triggered all at once, and there’s no damming ourselves up against the force of what needs to move. Things are not as they were, and we come to understand more fully what that means. Eclipses usually produce a between-spaces, unglued energy, resulting in big emotional back-drop changes and sometimes involving shattering events. The timing of global socio-political events is often tied to these points. Eclipses happen every six or so months and are basically New and Full Moons that involve a more exact alignment than usual of the Sun, Earth and Moon and are considered more potent than standard New and Full Moons because of it. There are usually two – a Full Moon eclipse and a New Moon eclipse – though three is not all that rare. The last triple eclipse season we had was July/August 2009. The next one will be April/May 2013 and then July/August 2018. Post-Eclipse Emotional Backdrop Transformations and What the Crab Can No Longer DenyWe’re on the other side of the third set of eclipses on the Cancer/Capricorn polarity, which began in the Summer of 2009, and our underlying foundational emotional realities have officially shifted. What it means to call this planet home (however temporarily we call it that) has shifted.
Previously held safe havens – both physical and emotional – have evaporated into thin air. Bulldozed unceremoniously. Razed to the ground or poisoned beyond the point of being habitable. With the Sun in late Cancer, we can see quite clearly (for those who wish to look) that the complete transformation of the energy of that sign is deeply underway, acted upon relentlessly by the unearthing of stark collective realities from the other end of the spectrum and Pluto in Capricorn. As a Scorpio stellium in the 4th house, life taught me up to now that no matter what hell scenes existed around me and no matter how tumultuous my emotional reactions to those scenes, there was a safe haven deep inside me that was always there. I was always connected to it and all I had to do was go inside to feel it, know it. To know that I was connected to something much bigger than this single life on this planet. And then I was slipped poison by the Nazis at Big Pharma. They penetrated that safe haven and attacked right to the core, right to that safe place where I could previously calm and still myself. And that place was turned into a nightmarish hell zone, reflecting exactly what was and is going on externally all over this planet. This scene, I think, is indicative of a broader process going on. As Pluto razes and (hopefully) resurrects our entire structural reality on this planet over the next decade-and-a-half, the opposite sign of Cancer is inextricably linked to that process and will come out of the Plutonic alchemical fires no less changed. The crab can only retreat so far – its natural inclination. At the point that the external threat penetrates it’s shell, it’s home, it’s body, it’s self, it must take action. Cancer is a cardinal sign after all. But a security-clinging cardinal sign. A sign that must be poked and prodded into action in a lot of ways. A sign that seems to only take action when it is absolutely forced to. And its lack of action up until this point has been fully complicit with the horrors being wrought by the corrupt power structures around this planet. Socially privileged parents living in safe, little bubbles. Believing, falsely, that the very act of producing their precious offspring warrants them safety and security somehow above and beyond the other members of this planet. Maintaining the false understanding that the soldiers, the police, the governments, the rules, the banks, the money are “keeping them and their’s safe.” Protecting the sanctity of these nuclear family bubbles. Feathering the nests. Their Cancerian shells. Or maybe not truly believing that, but going along with it all the same. Happy to paint pictures with the kids, make mud pies in the yard, to shut out any unpleasantness, to keep it “out there.” While soldiers are killing, irradiating, and destroying the families of people in other parts of the world. Keeping them safe. While soldiers themselves are being killed, irradiated, destroyed “keeping them safe.” While more than 1,000 peaceful demonstrators in Toronto are brutalized, strip searched, strangled, mocked, threatened, tossed into unmarked vans and illegally detained by police for hours on end. Cordoned off by police officers and then illegally forced to provide identification and have their bags searched in order to leave the area. Lied to by police and city officials about supposed new rules that allow these breaches of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The “protected” obediently train their eyes on agent provocateurs on the payroll to break windows and stage violence and light purposefully abandoned police cars on fire. They snuggle in with the kiddies in front of the telly as martial law “keeps them safe.” They watch United States Marine Corps helicopters flying over Canadian airspace and feel all warm and fuzzy that they’re being taken care of on all fronts. Separating themselves from the mothers and fathers and grandmothers and grandfathers peacefully protesting the murderous tyranny of the world governments. Separating themselves from the mothers giving birth to children deformed from exposure to depleted uranium or Agent Orange or any number of chemical weapons. Even when it’s mothers in their own country. That’s them. This is us. Driving SUVs to and from soccer practises, art lessons, play dates, all the while cluck clucking and tsk tsking about what’s going on in the Gulf. Filling swimming pools and watering lawns to outdo neighbours and golfing every Saturday. While three billion people don’t have enough clean water to drink to keep themselves healthy. While Palestinians are slowly being tortured by thirst. Doesn’t matter what Daddy (or Mummy) does from 9 to 5 every day as long as there is money to support this (slowly rotting) dream. Mortgage scams, Ponzi schemes, poisonous oil regimes, toxic pharmaceuticals companies, crooked stock markets. Doesn’t matter who the employer is as long as the income keeps streaming in. No questions asked. As long as they get their two days off per week in their little bubbles, it doesn’t matter a good Goddamn what goes on the other five days. So very separated, so very detached. That’s them. This is us. A false protection offered them on a silver platter through the destruction of the sanctity of browner, blacker, poorer families all around the world. The false Cancerian world of precious pure white babies, birthday parties with bouncy castles, designer strollers filled with bored-looking toddlers. We all know Johnson & Johnson as the baby corporation. What most people probably don’t know is that it produces the most heinous and toxic fluoroquinolone antibiotic, Levaquin. This drug has destroyed the lives of thousands of people now struggling to recover from complete systemic poisoning. And yet, the mothers on the advertisements keep smiling down on their lovely little tots, scrubbed clean with No More Tears shampoo and Head-to-Toe baby wash. No one can scrub this shit clean. Toxic rains are being reported in Ohio and Tennessee and Miami. Our home has been penetrated. Our Earth. Our selves. It seems to me we should have moved on long ago. To the new spaces that full awareness bring. But the clinging, the holding, the denial has stopped us from that. There is only so far Cancerian denial can take us. We’re at the Do Not Pass Go point. The natural inclinations, the natural rhythms have been purposefully, poisonously disrupted. Weather patterns are being manipulated and so are the underlying energetic patterns related to being a natural human being. To continue as if nothing is amiss at this point becomes more and more insane. We see the fishermen of the Gulf coast trying to keep their life rhythms, the only rhythms they’ve ever known. The rhythms ingrained through generations. And the farmers attempt the same thing. We see Gulf fishermen going out to sea now, allowing themselves to be employed by devils who have destroyed their ways of life. And they’re getting sick. Just as the clean-up crews of the Exxon Valdez spill got sick. Many later died. BP has denied the clean-up workers respirators or full protective gear as it would be bad for PR. Ha. Add this to their crimes against humanity, just as the conspirators and perpetrators of 9/11 can add the sickness and deaths of thousands of rescue workers who breathed in toxic dust in New York City to their list. And then there is the long-term social deterioration. The divorces, bankruptcies, suicides. Just ask the people along Prince William Sound, Alaska. Twenty-one years later, they are still bearing the brunt of it. The rhythms are rapidly, unnaturally changing, and we must be aware of the full extent of it.
There’s a deep primal knowledge trying to surface. We have to dig way down to find it. It’s the thinnest of threads at this point, dragging us out of the muck but only if we hang on for dear life and follow its lead to a tee. Accepting this mess is not easy – especially for those who have worked their entire lives to try to head this off. We didn’t. We couldn’t. And now we have to remember Plan B. We have to remember why we agreed to be here for this, what our end of the deal is. And complete it. |
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