Dear Fellow Stargazers & Cosmic Navigators,
What a YEAR, and TIME!
The 2023 count-down is ON!
3 weeks to go, to Winter Solstice, and 4 1/2 weeks to the New Year!
On Nov 22 / 24, the SUN & MARS just moved over the ‘Phoenix Point’ out of SCO into SAG – where Re-birth out of deep, dark processes / cocoons happens, Spirit rises, and we’re welcoming the Return of the Light, by turning on the festive Lights, and igniting the inner Heart Light.
May it transform the destructive fires of the year!
SAG – ARIES – MARS Fire
We’re in early SAG now, with ARIES undertone.
Which is ruled by MARS.
And MARS (entered SAG on Nov 24) is just ‘behind’ the early SAG SUN.
So important to come from the Heart, and go with our Heart Truth.
Rather shooting from the hip, and going into ego battles – the origin of wars.
If you’d like to know more about the Decanates (10-degree segments of each Zodiac sign) – and the system I found much more useful and revealing than the usual / old one get in touch.
We can do a Decanates discovery session for your chart, and / or a tutoring session.
Really cool to explore the ‘undertones’ of one’s AC, SUN, MOON, Planets, Nodes, and to be aware of the ones ‘in season’.
I’ll offer another Decanates & Cusps Class early next year.
Lmk if you’re interested.
Many-Named Moon
The upcoming Full Moon in GEMINI comes with many names.
(Excerpt from Farmers’ Almanach)
“Beaver Moon. This is the time of year when beavers begin to take shelter in their lodges, having laid up sufficient food stores for the long winter ahead. During the fur trade in North America, it was also the season to trap beavers for their thick, winter-ready pelts.
November’s Moon names highlight the actions of animals preparing for winter and the onset of the colder days ahead. Digging (or Scratching) Moon, a Tlingit name, evokes the image of animals foraging for fallen nuts and shoots of green foliage and bears digging their winter dens.
The Dakota and Lakota term Deer Rutting Moon refers to the time when deer seek mates, and the Algonquin Whitefish Moon describes the spawning time for this fish.
About the seasonal change of November, this Moon has been called the Frost Moon by the Cree and Assiniboine peoples.
And the Freezing Moon by the Anishinaabe.
For good reason, as winter is right around the corner!”
Get Ready for the super-charged
‘Phoenix’ Full Moon!
A strong marker for us, the People (MOON), with our feelings & needs for voices of reason to be heard.
Vs. aggressive propagandists allied with the Martian War God, with their conflict escalating agenda, their playing – and killing – with fire.
Thankfully, the SUN is now (since Nov 17) ahead of MARS.
May other voices than propaganda of war mongers be heard!
May Spirit & Consciousness lead heart-directed action!
So much bloodshed in Ukraine and Gaza – too many People on both sides of the divisive front are being killed and suffering.
So many other aspects (GEM) to the war in Ukraine have in the meantime affected People in many countries than the original spirit of solidarity with Ukraine.
So much information / historic background has come out about Gaza since Oct 7 that changes the perspective, and notion of ‘unequivocal solidarity’.
It’s complicated (VIR), and all interrelated (PI).
More Truth (SAG) has to come out via reliable sources of information / media (GEM / PI) which, admittedly is a challenge, these times (SATURN in PI agrees) and openly discussed (SAG – PI – GEM).
Yet, the Heart knows what’s always true.
Killing (in the name of whatever) is wrong.
Life & Love matter most.
NO to outdated, collective ego based escalation in machismo bravado, and military muscle flexing – where nobody really ‘wins’.
YES to authentic Heart Truth & more Peace on Earth.
Early SAG (SUN & MARS) has an ARIES Undertone, early GEM (MOON) a LIBRA Undertone.
GEM – SAG Full Moon, MERCURY, and the Two to One
painting by Johfra Bosschart
GEMINI the Twins is the Alchemist of Duality / Polarity.
Its Ruler MERCURY represents in the body the two hemispheres of the brain.
GEMINI energy is swift, smart, brainy, eloquent, intelligent, inquisitive, a life long learner.
Or endlessly thinking & talking.
So much information / chatting.
Can be distracted / distracting.
Monkey Mind energy…
The Conscious Journey of GEMINI is about Alchemy of Duality, as in: Feminine / Anima / Yin – Masculine / Animus / Yang, this & that, red & blue, you & me, us and them.
Every FULL MOON also represents a polarity of SUN / Yang Masculine and MOON / Yin Feminine, with the Earth in-between the two celestial bodies, and it brings the notion to bridge the two sides of the equation.
In this case, the GEMINI Lunar and the SAG Solar ‘sides’:
The GEM Lunar Yin Side is curious, questions, needs to ‘think & talk things over’, is fed by learning, reading, exchange of ideas, information, dialogue.
“I need more information.” / “We gotta talk!!!”
Noticing this tendency building up lately?
It seems to be a yin / feminine quality / strength anyhow (generally speaking), to collect information, dialogue with our Sisters, needing to communicate.
We live in a world of duality – esp. if we live in our heads.
The Johfra Bosschart painting above shows the Cosmic Twins alchemizing into the One, and arising as the Phoenix.
Which can be a dynamic process with another, and starts with / comes down to an inside job.
MERCURY, the ruling Planet of GEM is now in SAG – calling for…
Elevation & Expansion of the Mind…
Truth Speaking & Good Humour…
Prayers & Invocations of the Light
MERCURY at the end of SAG (pointing to the Galactic Centre!) forms a square w. NEPTUNE retro / stat. (going direct on Dec 6) end of PISCES – on the day(!) of the Full Moon (see chart below).
# 1 of 3 alignments, pre-, during, and post-retro, Nov 27, Dec 26, Jan 8.
Due to (you guessed it!) MERCURY’s upcoming retro phase, Dec 12 – Jan 1.
End of SAG is double-SAG. End of PI is double-PI.
Sing, chant, carol, praise – the Truth is beyond words.
Music is such a Gift to share and bathe in, release, and raise vibrations.
When we see things from a vaster vantage point, and connect deep within, the gifts of the Universe / the Web of Life / all Dimensions are bountiful.
Whereas the SAG Solar & Martian Yang Side seems to already know, have answers and a direction.
Which can be great & clear, or too biased and one-sided / opinionated / come with an agenda.
Where are you aiming to, and even more so: Where are you aiming from? are questions for SAG.
The archer needs to pull the arrow back towards the Heart before aiming and releasing, with clear focus and intent.
This year, JUPITER, the ruler of SAG, is in TAURUS (since May 16).
Stability & grounding, as well as finding solid values is very important.
On Dec 30, JUPITER will go from retro to direct at 5º35′ TAU, hence will soon be stationary (mid-Dec to mid-Jan).
As we’re trusting the inner knowing we’ve cultivated & reconnected with, and through being with the land / Nature, the call is clearer, and the outer journey can have a good foundation.
Voila, here is the chart for the
GEMINI – SAG Full MOON w. MARS
The Full Moon will be exact at 1:16 am PST on Nov 27.
Nov 26 / 27 is the pre-Full Moon night.
Fingers crossed for clear skies!
Full Moon Balance?!
The SAG – GEM Full Moon axis is about
Knowing / answers (SAG) and questioning (GEM)
Direction / certainty (SAG) and questions / diversity / branching out (GEM).
What could be a balanced relationship between these apparently opposing orientations?
Starting from GEM:
Take a good deep breath (GEM), walk / run / cycle (SAG rules legs and movement) in Nature, and feel newly inspired.
Question the Narrative / Old Stories & Beliefs (theirs / yours).
Speak your Heart Language, and perhaps learn a new language to better understand and connect with others!
Responding from SAG:
Be the grown-up (SAG), not in an arrogant ‘know-it-all’ way, but ‘still’ open to adapt and learn (GEM).
Cultivate gratitude and a sense of abundance & generosity, and communicate from there to the world. So much to share!
Our Heart Freedom & Truth can’t be hijacked.
Let’s speak (GEM) our Truth (SAG), from the Heart!
What saves the day is the HEART.
HEART Truth isn’t somebody’s truth, and not about right or wrong, doesn’t have an opposite, and is inviting rather than dividing.
Coming from, and speaking our Heart Truth is a big theme, under the GEM – SAG Full Moon.
Is that up for you too?
Likely it’s related to the areas in life that the SAG – GEMINI Houses in your chart point to. Perhaps even your SUN, MOON, Nodes and Planets are in (esp. early) GEM and / or SAG?
Does the “me / us and them” or sense of “I / we know better” come up for you, and create the interpretation of perceptions that can turn into a ‘story’ (awareness a la VIRGO comes handy, to even see this is going on)?
Then, it could be a good idea to inquire (GEM), and deeply ask yourself (a la Byron Katie):
* Is this true?
* How do you know it’s true?
* Who would you be without this truth / story?
Self Inquiry in this and similar ways can be useful and revelatory.
Questioning our assumptions, and also: asking deep existential questions about our True Nature is a great way of being with the SAG – GEM activation through the Full Moon.
More than a Full Moon –
Full-On Mutable Grand Cross
In the chart above, you can see the T-square of the Full Moon to stationary (turned direct on Nov 4) SATURN in PI.
SUN & MARS in early SAG form squares w. SATURN already on Nov 23 / 25.
You don’t need to be everything for everybody.
Aim high. All is there. BE that.
Don’t let the ego horses carry you away.
Less is more, to preserve your energy.
Yet, it’s ALL energy 🙂
Take it easy, don’t take it personally.
The MOON in GEM squaring SATURN in PI can feel like:
Overwhelm and confusion by sooo much ‘noise’, contradictory information, living in multiple worlds, and addictions that drain our energy?
Challenges with doubts, and letting go of control – where there is none?
Resolution suggestions:
* Offering up of the notions of right or wrong, good or bad, of ‘knowing more, yet never enough’ (a ‘hungry ghost’ or call it F.O.M.O. enslavement syndrome), and of agendas & expectations (well, seems next to impossible not to have those, cuz honestly, we all do).
* Learning, in lighter (rather than heavy / ‘the hard way’) vibrations, openness to miracles and serendipities.
* Attuning the human instrument to higher frequencies at which the needed information & right words come & the authentic voice is found.
The Full Moon is also in a T-square w. LILITH in early VIRGO.
Which makes the configuration of SUN / MARS – MOON – SATURN – LITITH a mutable Grand Cross.
Mutable energy (GEM, VIR, SAG, PI) is at an all-time high.
Lots in motion at this time. We better move with it, flow & adapt. While raising vibrations, from our natural inner Temple of Wellness-in-Wholeness.
Early VIRGO is linked to the ‘Sphinx Point’.
Self Awareness, bringing Love into Service, working from Love.
When we’re truly aware of the Self that permeates our life, we come to our True Nature.
Naturally, doubts, questions, division (lower GEM vibes), arrogance, righteousness (lower SAG vibes), and other blockages (SATURN in PI) to being in flow, receptivity, and connection can be seen, and absorbed in the re-alignment with what IS / who we truly are.
NEPTUNE and the ONE
NEPTUNE in PISCES (2012 – 2026), the Big Unifyer, start its retro-to-direct (Dec 6) station, and is on the Full MOON day squared by MERCURY end of SAG (direction of the Galactic Centre).
Being attuned to awe and mesmerizing wonder at the inconceivably miraculous points us to the ONE.
Beyond this and that, polarization and controversy, beyond right and wrong-doing is The Unified / Unifying Field we’re invited to step into.
Good Medicine for low vibrations of controversial / right-wrong dynamics in GEM – SAG.
Two-ness to Oneness, All-in-One, All IS One.
NEPTUNE going direct on Dec 6, calls us to release old energy and flexibly navigate the Seas of Change. Openness, Surrender, Letting Go, Letting Be, Receiving, Connectedness in the Web of Life.
And hey, it’s traditionally the season of Music!!!
NEPTUNE in PISCES also shows where our illusions and delusions are (everything that keeps us from being in Unity with Life).
Once the veil is lifted the Unifying Truth is being revealed.
May NEPTUNE in PISCES (and its turning direct on Dec 6) help with turning polarities and in so many ways ‘divided states of minds’ into unification, and dissolving of what had its time, incl. collective deception and delusion (PI low vibe) – esp. re: all sorts of agenda (SAG).
Maybe one of the ‘symptoms’ of NEPTUNE’s wave of Oneness is that more and more of us seeing more and more the 11:11 (or 4:44, 5:55…) showing up….
What do these multiple #’s mean?
Could be anything like:
Angel Numbers.
You’re in alignment.
Whatever state you’re in gets multiplied. Infinity…
See how it makes you feel…
What’s your vibe when you see them?
With the SUN now (Nov 22 – Dec 21) in fiery SAG, the Inner Light has been (re)ignited, after another deep scorpionic – and ecliptic(!) Journey.
It moves us forward / upward-onward, in trust and anticipated gratitude for the outer daylight returning, after Winter Solstice.
Believing is Seeing – is a SAG theme.
What does your intuition and Heart say?
May the GEMINI – SAG Full Moon in square w. SATURN in PISCES help us raise vibrations, speak the Heart (SAG) Language (GEM) that transcends duality, and bring us back to Spiritual Laws, into the Truth of ONEness!
Where in your birth and / or relocation chart is early GEMINI & SAG?
That’s where your adventurous & trusting side (SAG) is contrasted by the doubtful, questioning side (GEM).
Yet also the notion for life-long learning (GEM) and heart-journey-ing (SAG) is here..
The juxtaposition is being evoked by the Full Moon…
Which tends to show up in / via relationships (Full Moon) between opposing sides in ourselves, with others, with society, etc.
Check out the GEM – SAG House Axis in your birth (or relocation) chart.
Which is even more relevant if your SUN, MOON, AC, Nodes, or Planets are on that axis.
1st House
Your Presence and Sense of Self
2nd House
Your Values, your Body, what you own, literally & metaphorically, your Business
3rd House
You in Your Local Environment
4th House
You and Your Home, Origin, Ancestry
5th House
Your Creative, Playful, Inner Child and Lover
6th House
Your Work, Wellness, Lifestyle
7th House
Your Partners & Significant Others
8th House
Your Involvement and Sharing with Others, Your Transformations
9th House
What gives you Meaning, Your Wisdom, Inspiration, Path and Travels
10th House
Your Purpose incl Career, Your Public Self
11th House
Your Social Side – Engagement with Society, Groups and Friends
12th House
Your Transcendent and Spiritual Self and Union with All-that-Is.
Let’s hope and pray that this Full MOON in GEM – SAG helps to bring out the Truth – in fact: many important truths, so that more Unity beyond division / dividedness can emerge.
Apropos GEMINI diversity and SAG insights,
let’s also invite the
Sabian Symbol of the Full Moon
As you can see in the chart above, the Full MOON will be at 4º 51′ GEM.
“GEMINI 5°
A REVOLUTIONARY MAGAZINE ASKING FOR ACTION
KEYNOTE
The explosive tendency of repressed feelings and root emotions
Every movement overstressing one direction calls forth in time an equally extreme movement in the opposite direction.
This is particularly true at the level of the dualistic mind symbolized in the Zodiac by Gemini.
What is rigidly bound in form and convention tends to explode into formlessness. It may do so violently if socially oppressed – through revolution – or at the psychological level in psychosis.
Or it may withdraw inwardly into the mystical state in which one identifies with an unformulatable Reality.
This fifth stage is related to the first, for it is the experience of a world of being so far unperceived by the everyday consciousness which starts the process.
In the same sense, a psychedelic experience may momentarily make the mind transparent to a non-ego-structured realm of consciousness, and may lead to a sustained attempt at understanding what has been revealed of a transcendent reality.
Whether the revolutionary action is violent or peaceful, bitterly resentful or loving, the one desire is TO REACH BEYOND ESTABLISHED FORMS.”
Fascinating, how this symbol brings together the GEMINI, SAG, and PI sides.
The magazine as a symbol for the discursive GEM mind, with the impulse to counter one (esp. extreme) expression with its polar opposite (repression / revolution, deprivation / excess…).
The SAG notion for / journey to freedom.
The PISCEAN transcendence of form.
Reaching beyond established forms and our (even subconscious) attachment to / investment in them, or resistance to them is the ultimate freedom.
Paradigm shifts in our personal and in group consciousness, into liberation from the Old and Outlived are under way.
The Revolution of Self – in the Re-birthing World.
Blessings to You and ALL,
For an Illuminating, Freeing, Heart Focused Full Moon Activation!
Melanie
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