The season of TAURUS (since Apr 19) is here – and all is fresh and green, and in bright bloom!
At BELTANE, the mid-Spring Celtic festival on April 30 / May 1, we celebrate fertility & fecundity of Nature!
Central TAURUS begins with Beltane – double TAURUS!
All about sensuality, Nature, the Earth, our Earth Body, and: Values.
This year, Beltane is ‘sandwiched’ between the SCO – TAU Full Moon / Astrological Wesak Moon (Apr 23) – Dive Deeply & Find Freedomand the Very TAU NM on May 7.
The waning Half-Moon will be in AQ on Beltane – beautiful energy for group ceremonies – which may focus on releasing attachments, while celebrating JOY.
Plus, PLUTO in early AQ is currently stationary and turns from direct to retro – on May 2!
This is to a truly potent Beltane season!
From the Pagan pageThe Goddess & The Green Man(traditions & ceremonial recipes for the seasonal celebrations of the year):
“Beltane is a Fire Festival. The word ‘Beltane’ originates from the Celtic God ‘Bel’, meaning ‘the bright one’ and the Gaelic word ‘teine’ meaning fire. Together they make ‘Bright Fire’, or ‘Goodly Fire’ and traditionally bonfires were lit to honour the Sun, to encourage the support of Bel and the Sun’s light to nurture the emerging future harvest and protect the community.”
Beltane is the time when the Green Man appears, Nature blossoms in full Spring, and when May Pole dances weave the masculine and feminine energies together.
Jumping over the Beltane bonfires kindles passion and fertility, while the Beltane ashes have protective powers.
Brings back memories of May Pole dancing / weaving, and Beltane Fire jumping at the Corunum Yurt outside of Victoria, and May Pole dances in my native Bavaria. Precious Traditions in Community… based in Nature Spirituality.
May we preserve traditions, despite the viral virtuality! And may we meet in Nature, and in our True Nature – often! Happy warming Season!
VENUS – the patroness of TAURUS – isnow also freshly in TAU (Apr 29 – May 23) meeting URANUS / JUPITER May 18 / 23: Wake Up & Enjoy Life-in-Spring!
A beautiful energy for Beltane – ahhh!
Happy BELTANE Season, dear Friends near and far! For a fertile Spring, and a bountiful Summer!
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Which can lead to eye opening awareness, growth, healing, release, transformation, and you can feel more connected with yourself and with all-that-IS, in the bigger on-going evolution. Ultimately, you dwell in a witnessing place in the ‘Hub of the Wheel’ where you are less & less affected, more & more liberated, and self-realized.
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SPRING is here, on the Pacific NW Coast,and VENUS enters TAU on April 29 – to enjoy it even more fully.
Ahhhh – VENUS in her home domain of TAURUS – following the SUN!
VENUS’s entry into TAU has been worth waiting for, and comes as a sighhh of relief.
After sooo much fierce & feisty ARIES energy, since mid-March (VENUS, North Node, SUN, CHIRON – catalyzed by the Total Solar Eclipse on Apr 8!).
And now for VENUS in TAURUS…
Time to settle, enjoy Life-in-Spring, and our auspicious & precious embodiment – without attachment, since nothing is permanent…
….which URANUS in TAURUS knows & conveys these years (2019 – 2026). VENUS meets URANUS on May 18 – Let Love set you Free!
The URANian energy in TAU has been reflected in shake-ups & wake-ups that have been unsettling for the body, for anything we value, for the economy, and for Planet Earth.
URANUS has been super-charged by JUPITER, through their alignment on Apr 20 – Waking up to Truth, Joy & Freedom – Helping us with paradigm shifts (like: gratitude!) and enlightening understanding – of ‘craziness’ in the last years with URANUS in TAU. And of the importance of true liberation & awakeness, in a world of TAUrean complacency and convenience.
At the very end of Her visit in TAU, VENUS will meet JUPITER, and go into (Venusian) sextile with Her ‘higher octave’ NEPTUNE in PI – Be open for Joy & Blessings!
URANUS & JUPITER, ‘just married’ on Apr 20, and soon activated by VENUS, shake stuckness & attachment loose, and entice us to… EmBody Love, Light, and Freedom, andawaken the senses & our joyful connection with Nature.
VENUS in Her own sign of TAURUS celebrates the Goddess in all her expressions of Beauty, Life, and Love. A beautiful, sensuous energy – yummm & ahhh!
Your TAURUS SUN, MOON, AC, or Planets and the House TAU occupies in your chart become a magnet, during VENUS’s visit, until May 23.
Let VENUS show you how to slow down, cultivate pleasure and the Arts, be in Nature, and let your Earth Body be a temple of joy!
After some perhaps quite stressful / intense vibes (VENUS in ARIES squaring PLUTO), mostly a calm, grounding, and powerful ‘weather’ is coming in, for VENUS in ‘her own’ TAURUS abode.
So here they are:
VENUSian Dates with other ‘Planetary Players’, while She’s in TAURUS
APRIL 29 VENUS enters TAU Time to Wake Up, and Enjoy Life-in-Spring!
APR 30 VENUS in early TAU in square w. PLUTO stat. (goes retro May 2) in early AQ Does the power of ‘the system’ interfere with your enjoyment? What are you sharing and co-creating with like-spirited others that re-empowers humans, in this time of change?
MAY 7 The Dark-before-New MOON (also May 7) in mid-TAU meets VENUS Back to Nature, and to our senses.
MAY 10 VENUS in mid-TAU in quincunx w. the South Node in LIBRA Playing ‘nice’, pleasing and compromising isn’t so joyful, really.
MAY 13 VENUS in mid-TAU in sextile with SATURN in PISCES Let there be Spring! Let there be Love! Despite & beyond chaos& confusion.
MAY 18 VENUS in TAU meets URANUS Set your Love free. EnJoy freely, and without attachment. Be surprised at what (or whom?) you fall (or: rise!) in love with.
MAY 23 VENUS at the very end of TAU meets JUPITER, And goes into sextile w. (Her ‘higher octave’) NEPTUNE in late PI Full-ON Spring – the call to enJoy Life & Nature in her blossoming beauty. What would Love say? Relax & be at ease. Open for blessings to come your way.
MAY 23 VENUS enters GEMINI (until June 16) De-Lightful Alchemy of Spring Connections.
Where in your chart is TAURUS?
That’s where you look for / find comfort, values, and connection to the Earth.
VENUS in TAURUS in your… House helps you appreciate and attract, in relation to these areas of your Life:
1st House Your Presence and Sense of Self
2nd House Your Values, 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.
Wishing you a truly JOYful Spring Time, with VENUS in TAURUS!
Melanie
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Serving you with astrological guidance and perspective, pointing you to Your ‘Inner Cosmic Compass’. I’d love to inspire you to be in alignment with, and smoothly ‘ride’, those ‘auspicious’ or ‘challenging’ waves of cosmic energies that present themselves at a given time, and, similar to climate and weather, affect our human energy field.
Which can lead to eye opening awareness, growth, healing, release, transformation, and you can feel more connected with yourself and with all-that-IS, in the bigger on-going evolution. Ultimately, you dwell in a witnessing place in the ‘Hub of the Wheel’ where you are less & less affected, more & more liberated, and self-realized.
I welcome you as a client who is not seeking an ‘old school reading’ from me (“What’s going to happen TO me?”, “What am I supposed to do?”), but to be supported in accessing your own wisdom source, especially in times of a challenging transition, stuckness, transformational crisis, for new perspectives at a crossroad or dilemma, and for important choices.
This is to empowered and liberating ways of working with the ancient and timeless gift of Astrology!
ASTRO~EXPERIENCES via Courses, Workshops, and Embodied Astrology
Our experiential and embodied Astrology groups have over time (the 16 years I’ve been facilitating them) become quite potent and catalytic. The intimate Astro hubs (max 6 participants) are a treasured way of being personally seen and involved – more commitment, a personal sense of community, and deeper effects. Come join us, if deep synergy in a circle speaks to you!
If you feel the Astro~News Blog with Astro~Weather & Astro~Medicine that I write about on-goingly has good value for you in your navigation with the cosmic currents, you’re welcome to offer a donation via e-transfer to my email addresslicht@islandnet.com. You can also donate directly viaPayPal here.
Wesak Moon Blessings, dear Reader in the Astro ComMOONity!
She’s coming….!
The upcoming Full Moon is one of the most potent FMs of 2024! She invites us to connect with Herattributes in all these ways:
* SCO Full Moon where the Moon is most challenged / ‘in Fall’ – SO many sticky / deep / hidden emotions and power issues are hanging around now – to be processed, and released.
* PLUTO, ruler of SCO(!), freshly in AQ, will be in T-square(!) w. the Full Moon axis (see chart below) – the SCO FM brings out the ‘PLUTO Effects’. And: PLUTO is about to go retro (May 2 – Oct 11). Helping us find Inner Soul Power to Change.
* JUPITER / URANUS Alignment The SUN in early TAU catalyzes the epic Apr 20 alignment of JUPITER & URANUS (ruler of AQ where PLUTO is freshly in) – which is prone to bring breakthroughs intoWaking up to Truth, Joy & Freedom. The alignment will be activated again with the TAU New Moon on May 7. The SUN will meet URANUS & JUPITER on May 13 / 18.
What a surprise-surprise TAU Season (which can be upsetting / unsettling and / or joyful & liberating)!
* She’s the Astrological Wesak (or: Vesak) Moon of the Buddha. Wesak is one of the most important festivals in Buddhist cultures, celebrated at the Full Moon in May. Why then do I attribute THIS Full Moon to Wesak already??? The special chapter about the astrological Wesak Moon at the end of this article is dedicated to that.
* She’s the 2nd of the 3 Spring Full Moons – in the Esoteric Tradition:
Festival of the Risen Christ – pre-Easter Full Moon (this year PLE on March 25) Festival of the Buddha / Wesak Moon – this Full Moon (Apr 23) Festival of Humanity (this year on May 23)
The following – Solstice – Full Moon will be on June 21 – Day ONE of Summer 2024!
* The April Full Moon is most well-known as thePink Moon.
Magical Pink Bloom – photo by moi
April is THE Month of 2024
What a Time we live in! Change is the only certain – has always been… And nowadays ever more ‘in our face’. Things seem so out of control…
Essential theme this April / May: How can we be empowered and liberated, in and through this challenging & changeful Time?
The Full Moon of the Buddha can help us with this.
April is the most powerful month of the year – with the themes rolled out in May (esp. on the TAU & PLUTO ‘fronts’).
Let’s be easy and gentle, in the depth & intensity of it all, nurture & nourish ourselves through what’s being revealed, and allow old sticky attachment / resistance issues & emotional pain points to move, and be set / set us FREE!
Feeling the Lunar Infusion Effects in You? All about Power & Depth, Joy & Freedom
The growing Full MOON in SCO will be exact on Apr 23 at 4:49 pm PDT.
Such an intense polarity of the MOON in herdeepest – yet most potent – position of SCO! Facing LOTS of planetary action in the cosmic energy field on the opposite side (of the Earth), from mid-PISCES (w. SCO undertone) to mid- / end of TAU. See below, in the Birth-ing chart!
Esp. if you have Astro features in early SCO, TAU, LEO, and AQ you’d feel the tension & pressure of the FM ‘fixity’.
This Full Moon evokesTransformation of the Old & ‘Sticky’ – And Regeneration of Creativity, Freedom, and Self-Radiance.
* Don’t hide in the dark (and notice what in you takes you there…)!
* Re-connect with inner Magic, Essence, Soul Power!
* Live Life magically again!
* See through manipulation, power trips, ‘psychology’, and other (inner & relational) tricks! MERCURY currently retro helps with this too.
* Awaken into your organic-creative strength, freedom, joy, and radiance (JUPITER & URANUS united in TAU)!
* Be in consciously emBodied Freedom!
The SCO MOON also brings out the shadow cast on the powerful Lunar / Yin / Feminine – to keep Her rather ‘in the dark’ & oppressed.
To clarify, I’m not talking generically about men and / vs. women, nor joining a gender identity debate here, but about the Inner Feminine IN all Beings. We (men, women, children) are invited to reconnect with our natural intrinsic & instinctive organic power!
Our intrinsic Power brings Joy & Freedom (SCO – TAU). And when we’re in Joy & Freedom we sense our Power.
A super charged & super charging & super changing Full Moon:
* SO much has come to fruition & harvest that’s now ripe for birthing!
* SO much release of darkness, stuckness, disempowered situations!
* SO much birthing out of the Old Matrix where fear & control rule, and into the New & yet unknown World.
Rather than dwelling on stuff / getting sucked into the ‘dark zone’, it’s better to do ‘interventions’ & experiments, by shifting habits, and getting out of the uncomfortable ‘comfort zone’.
What brings you more embodied Joy & Freedom??? JUPITER & URANUS in TAU, opp. the FM help with this.
TAURUS Themes are strong now
Fixed, earthy (first Earth sign!) TAURUS (ruled by VENUS) is all about embodiment, enjoyment of Life-on-Earth, sensuality, food, assimilation, and gathering of value.
A substance building energy.
Immersed in the realm of TAURUS, like in the full bloom of Spring, we celebrate the physical senses, comfort & pleasure, everything that creates security and grounding, and grows over time. Taurean energy takes roots, builds, cultivates, and conserves, like a gardener, farmer, and good custodian of the Earth.
TAU likes to attract what’s pleasant, to experience it via the senses, to eat, assimilate, gather & accumulate, to settle and to claim ownership & territory.
TAU slows down, after the fast and furious ARIES energy, and favours predictability and patience; therefore habits & routines are formed.
The Taurean orientation is very life affirming, yet can obviously lead to attachment to the known and comfortable, to the material side of things, and worldly plane in general, and to physical satisfaction, yet also hoarding, and greed.
TAU has a strong resistance to change and to pain.
Presently, there’s a LOT going on in TAURUS, via: URANUS (since 2018 /19), JUPITER (May 16, 2023 – May 25, 2024), the SUN (seasonally, Apr 19 – May 20), and also soon VENUS (Apr 29 – May 23). What a TAUREAN energy field – polarized by the SCO Full Moon!
An atmosphere that invites us to be calm, conscious, and creative, and wake up to Being Here – on this Earth, in this Life, in this beautiful season of Spring – while being free & unattached from material ‘comfort traps’ and ‘convenience hooks’.
URANUSthe shaker-upper / waker-upper, these years (2018/19 – 2026) in TAU has been pointing to disruption of Nature & biology, of the economy & monetary system, of the comfortable, habitual consumer culture, and of our organic ways of being in physical contact w. each other.
Yet, URANUS helps us also to awaken from ‘convenience’ (incl. ‘convenient paradigms’) and to be more unconditionally free.
URANUS got a big boost from JUPITER – exact on Apr 20 – which feeds into the Full Moon energy. JUPITER is now ahead of URANUS. Breakthroughs into emBodied Joy, Truth, and Freedom! Now we can understanding (JU) the erratic / disruptive / crazy BS energy – around us, in us, in the world (UR in TAU) – and can be free (UR). Unless we’re still stuck in indulging in it (SCO – TAU), lol.
PLUTO freshly in AQ, squared by the SUN in TAU (exact on Apr 21): Let’s not get used to new ‘normalized AI’ / transhumanism take-over. We Humans are organic, nature-ALL Earth Beings (TAU).
TAURUS & the Heart Torus
In 2020 / 21, I was wondering how the ‘6 ft apart’ physical (TAU) tactile ‘free’ distanceaffects our auric / Heart Chakra energy exchanges with each other. I mean, it was pretty palpable.
The graphic from the Heart Math Institute to the left shows the electromagnetic (URANUS) energy field of the Heart – which extends as a ‘doughnut like’ Torus shape (not to be mixed up with TAURUS – but hey, maybe there IS a connection…) – about 5-6 ft around a human being.
Let’s keep emitting Heart Energy!
May our Heart Toruses expand and connect! And may Heart Intelligence move us through all the predicaments that present themselves currently.
Consider yourself Heart Hugged!
SCO (ruled by PLUTO) carries Transformation Medicine
The ‘fixed’ / still / deep watersign SCO (related to lakes and ponds)in contrast to the ‘above ground’ green & growing Taurean world, takes us into emotionally intense, at first ‘ugly’, uncomfortable, and painful places in the ‘muck’ of the subconscious where hidden, and often covered or repressed emotional material– and treasures – sit.
Just as the leaves rot and go beneath the earth in late Oct – late Nov, the Scorpionic energy takes us to the ‘grand mystery’ of death & rebirth, and to processes that have nowhere to go but down & through, for alchemy to happen.
TAU – SCO also represent the pleasure – pain, and life – death axis.
SCO penetrates the underground / underworld / underbelly, which can be a painful process. This is where transformational ‘digestion’ of what’s already dead happens, so that it can be purged and eliminated.
Our very ‘human humus’ and shadow can’t be just ‘gotten rid of,’ or ‘hidden away’. It needs to be processed to become a composting ‘fertilizer’ for renewal – the Alchemy of Life.
SCORPIO is for the MOON the most ‘challenging’ sign. While LUNA is considered ‘exalted’ in TAU, it’s trad. ‘in Fall’ in SCO – since:
The MOON represents emotions, our instinctual mind (in a broad sense: body-mind, feeling-mind), and our needs and habits which by nature long for nourishment and sustenance.
Taurean energy provides such sustaining delivery & assimilation – intake through feeding & reliable presence…
Whereas SCOrepresents necessary detoxifying elimination, often through painful processess. That’s not what the Lunar side (representing also our Inner Child) is most comfortable with… deep & difficult emotions come up.
Moonlight on Lake Ontario – photo by Diego T. Silvestre
Under a SCO MOON (whether we’re born with it, have it by astrological Progression for 2½ years every 29 years, or whether the MOON in SCO for 2½ days per month affects us), we’re instinctively sensitized towards the need to purge what’s toxic & outlived, what controls us, and doesn’t allow us to be free, in a deeper sense.
The process calls us to go into the ‘mouth of the monster’ and through its bowels even, while our head and ego might severely protest and resist.
SCO MOON experiences can lead us to thedeepest abyss of our inner worlds, yet are an opportunity to take us through it, and be regenerated and transformed through the process.
Not ‘comfortable’ or ‘easy’ but so spiritually rewarding, and blessed by the Wesak Moon.
A LOT can shift and move quite suddenly and surprisingly, via the JUPITERian / URANian involvement.
Wake-up calls from Mother Earth are striking.
URANUS & JUPITER in TAU: Wake up to being an emBodiment of Nature, live life joyously, and in accordance with the Earth and our Earth Body.
Let’s contribute joy, blessings, calm, groundedness into the ‘electrified’ energy field, and: ground the Light.
Freedom comes in so many ways.
Let’s get out of our habitual comfort zone, and cut the energetic umbilical chord to an old outdated and exhausted model.
Balance is a key theme for the Full Moon opposition. A FM is the ‘Mother of Oppositions’, calling for Balance, Integration, and Right Relationship.
Plus, PLUTO in early AQ which T-squares the Full Moon axis has a LIBRA undertone – evoking social fairness and justice, for ALL of Humanity.
What’s in that regard with the war in / on Gaza, going on for 6 months(!)?
All Humans matter equally (PLUTO in early AQ – with LIBRA undertone). The end (is it still about Hamas?) doesn’t justify the means and its ‘side effects’ – of killing 30000 innocent Palestinians, incl. children. The issue about territorial occupation (TAU) in the ‘background’ (SCO) has been brought to the attention of Humanity.
Shadow expressions of SCOare manipulation, emotional control, secrecy, violating privacy, schemes & power games, destructiveness, black magic, self-defeating psychology – brought up by the Full Moon. In connection with PLUTO the Ruler of SCO squaring the FM from early AQ it’s about society, humanity & technological systems.
The modern state of Israel has its SUN and NN in TAU, and its SN in SCO. See the Israel chart in the ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse of Oct 14 (just 1 week after the Hamas attack) and my take on it, in this blog article.
Scorpionic Kali Moon Goddess / Death Doula
Kali Ma – artist unknown
…holds spacefor it all to transform, and come through.
It’s been said that we’re currently in the Kali Yuga – the World Age of Darkness, Discord & Conflicts (in a way the ‘devolution of humanity’). May Kali help us call out and transform what’s been present for so long.
Hopefully, we can SEE the Moon Goddess Her in all Her glory (suspense-suspense, and no attachments, ha-ha)!
We sure FEEL Her already… and will even more so, once She’ll enter SCO (on Tue morning 8:20 am PDT).
So much emotional intensity is UP these days – culminating with the SCO – TAU FM onApr 23.
The tides are high. Things come to a culmination / fruition (think: Full Moon – Harvest Moon, Full Birthing Belly), to be revealed, transformed and released.
Spiritually, the Buddha Moon supports it all (more about this below)…
Why is PLUTO so relevant now?
PLUTO rules SCO. And T-squares the SCO – TAU FM axis. The FM energy can find an outlet via PLUTO, and vice versa.
PLUTO, now in early AQ, turns from direct-forward from Earth perspective to retro on May 2, hence is a stationary focus end of Apr to early May – calling us:
* Not to give power away to ‘the System’
* To not hide out with our Power / keep it hidden from ourselves.
* To regenerate, find empowered Soul Integrity from within, and walk with / in it – while being in empowered / empowering community.
Birth Chart of the SCO-TAU Full Moon
The Full Moon will be exact at 4:49 pm PDT on Apr 23.
A lot about the energy field has been already presented above. Here are other factors that struck me – and you can see in the chart:
Again, the strong concentration of energies between mid-PISCES (w. SCO undertone), via SATURN, and mid- to end of TAU, via JUPITER / URANUS – freshly aligned (Apr 20). All of that catalyzed through the SCO – TAU FM.
PLUTO, ruler of SCO, now stationary (going retro on May 2) in early AQ, in T-square w. the FM axis, is the ‘singleton’ (only Planet) in the AIR Element. Reason & objectivity isn’t easy to come by, these days.
The Future of Humanity (AQ) appears either utopian or dystopian – if we give power away to ‘the System’ (AQ).PLUTO brings up extremes, to show where the shadow lays and what change needs to happen. Evolution needs to come through Humanity.
More AIR-y lightness & brightness coming in, via JUPITER entering GEM(!), on May 25 – and of course GEMINI Season (SUN, MERCURY, VENUS), end of May to Summer Solstice.
The PISCEAN influx / inundation will fade once MARS has passed NEPTUNE (overwhelming energies? feeling like giving up, or checking out?) on Apr 28, and moves into His own heroic sign of ARIES, on Apr 30. Much needed vitality and zest kicks in from May on.
In the meantime, SO much is going on in ARIES (where MARS is ‘at home’): MERCURY is now retro (Apr 1 – 25), in ARIES:Back to the Beginnings.
So much as been re-vealed, via information, conversations, ‘in your face’ news – about the ‘early phases’ of… (you name it). Although, it could have re-wounded / re-traumatized it can also contribute to healing (MERCURY in AR touches CHIRON 3 times in this phase, pre-, during, and post-retro).
The TAURUS ruler VENUS is currently in ARIES too, close to MERCURY retro, the NN, and CHIRON.
Doing what we love, and what healthy self love would do is healing. As well as being brave / authentic / fierce, and taking initiative, whether in writing, or communicating otherwise – esp. related to themes of love / what we love.
On Apr 29, day before the Martian move, VENUS, currently the ‘belligerent bellezza’ in ARIES (attracted to too many battles?), will settle into Her joyful domain’ of TAU (where She’ll dwell until May 23) – Enticing us to enJoy the Beauty of Spring, and of Life.
The transformational SCO Full Moon will ‘escort’ MARS & VENUS out of these ‘problematic’ into more ‘natural’ expressions.
TAURUS – where the big draw is now – features the JUPITER / URANUS union. URANUS in TAU these years (2018 / 19 – 2026), and esp. this TAU season is a call to wake up, enJoy Life-in-Spring, and emBody Freedom as your True Nature!
Also noteworthy: LILITH in VIR, after opposing SATURN in PI (exact last Oct, yet still ‘lingering’) has been opposed by MARS last week, and will oppose NEPTUNE in PI throughout June. The only other opposition currently, besides the FM axis.
A juxtaposition between challenges through collective & chaotic forces (PI) and the notion to be in our Temple of Wellness-in-Wholeness, use the tools at our disposal, adhere to what’s good for us, and be of service in soulful ways (VIR).
The Scorpionic Buddha Moon helps us with channeling all these ‘free flowing’ energies into deep processes that get us to the Heart & Soul of the Matter, where change can happen.
Where in your birth / relocation chart is early SCO / TAU?
That’s where deep, hidden / repressed emotional material comes up, with the Full Moon.
Shadow is being revealed to be processed, purged, and transformed into ‘compost’ (SCO) – for new grounding, nourishing and sustaining energy (TAU).
Which tends to show up in / via relationships (Full Moon) between opposing sides in ourselves, with others, with society, etc.
Maybe your SUN, MOON, Nodes, or Planets are there? Extra activation / excavation ‘markers’.
In any case, check out the opposing SCO – TAU Houses in your birth (or relocation) chart for the dynamics between pain / pleasure, change / stability, soul & body, activated by this Full Moon:
1st House Your Presence and Sense of Self
2nd House Your Values, what you own, your Body, 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.
Feel welcomed to get in touch if you could use an Astro boost for this current and pivotal dynamic!
Let’s bring in the
Sabian Symbols for the Full Moon Energies
Starting with the MOON at 4º17′ SCO
“SCORPIO 5° A MASSIVE ROCKY SHORE RESISTS THE POUNDING OF THE SEA
KEYNOTE The Inertia of all Institutionalized Procedures
Slow is the rise of the land from the vast ocean, but once it is formed it develops a formidable resistance to change in spite of storms.
Likewise, once a culture has expressed its basic symbols and its particular way of thinking, feeling and acting in concrete institutions, these change very slowly indeed.
The individual who came to the great city (Scorpio 1° symbol) soon finds his life set by the rhythms of city living, which obliterate vaster life processes and the moving tides of evolution.
This is the last of the five symbols of the forty-third sequence. We see in it how binding and resistant a communal way of life can become. In this there is strength and stability, and these are necessary factors in human social life – until new horizons beckon. The Keyword is STABILITY.”
And for the SUN at 4º17′ TAU
“TAURUS 5°: A WIDOW AT AN OPEN GRAVE
KEYNOTE The Impermanence of all Material & Social Bonds
“All natural compounds decay”, said the Buddha. The most beautiful and most enjoyed substance loses its potential energy through continuous actualization and the principle of integration and form is withdrawn, leaving the Void – ‘the open grave’ that ends all attachments. The Void is the great challenge: What next? One must begin anew, and if possible at a ‘higher’, i.e. more inclusive and universal, less egocentric, level.
This fifth conclusive stage of the sequence which deals with root elements and basic actions and responses may seem negative, yet it opens the door to self-renewal. Beyond the personal attachment rises the possibility of participating in a larger sphere of existence. This possibility rarely manifests itself except as one is ready to DISCARD THE PAST.”
What a powerful juxtaposition – in almost reverse SCO – TAU dynamic, showing the attachment ‘problem’ / painful experiences with either.
For SCO: The seemingly unchangeable institutions, and the powerful binding and absorbing collective forces in city / civilization life. How can we free ourselves from those?
For TAU: The tragic reality of impermanence. Can we radically-pro-actively discard the past (URANUS in TAU) – Or at least our attachment to what / whom we have bonded?
Well, that lends itself to a transition to…
The Wesak Moon of the Buddha
Buddhist Stupa – perhaps under the Wesak Full Moon – photographer unknown
The Wesak Moon is celebrated by the Buddhist World Sangha (community), honouring the birth, enlightenment, and passing of Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha, who walked the Earth more than 2500 years ago, and set an example for the Living Buddha in all of us.
In Buddhist cultures, the Full Moon in May traditionally marks the Wesak Moon, which falls this year on May 22 / 23 – when the SUN will be already in GEM and the MOON in SAG.
I’ve found that the Wesak Moon with its Buddhist teachings aligns so well with the SCO – TAU axis. Therefore, I refer to the yearly SCO – TAU Full Moon (which might, as this year, occur already in April) as the astrological Wesak Moon.
So many provoking and out-of-control situations are up… The deep emotions they evoke can pull us into a ‘pain-body’ loop. Eckhart Tolle coined the term ‘pain body’ – what I refer to here.
Staying with what-IS, being calm (TAU) & conscious (SUN), holding space for what’s going on deeply-emotionally (MOON) can bring us to the core (SCO) of the matter (TAU), and is being transformed (SCO) in this cauldron.
Sitting in the Buddha Heart Hub, with wisdom and compassion, in the Wheel of Life, saves the day and is the way / the pathless path.
PLUTO, ruler of SCO, ‘undertaker’ and archaeologist Archetype, now in AQ and in T-square with the Full Moon,helps unearth our core essence & Soul Power as Humans.
PLUTO now at the beginning of AQ (with LIBRA undertone) prescribes / can bring out (while also showing extremes in that regard: The Power of our shared genuine Humanity, and World Community– also an antidote to isolation & alienation (shadow of AQ).
An essential question in Buddhist teachings: Why do we humans suffer / are we dissatisfied / discontent (‘dukkha’)?
It’s simple and ‘revolutionarily’ obvious to see it this way (why do we forget?!): Because of our attachments to what we desire, and their frustration – not getting what we want, and not being able (or: willing!) to get rid of / resist the unwanted and painful, yet being trapped in its grip. Which is… very TAU – SCO!
And Scorpionic pain, death, loss, grief and the whole spectrum of emotional depth – which, if it doesn’t crush us, can bring us to the essence of where real Power within sits, and change us in our evolution, personally & collectively.
What does the Buddha say to this essential polarity in life?
There’s a difference between physical / emotional pain, and the human suffering coming from it – the ‘pain body’.
Suffering – even though it may feel so appropriate and legit – has to do with the attachmentto the desire for what we want, and to the desire of getting rid of the unwanted and painful. It comes up esp. in the ‘sticky’ fixed signs TAU – SCO (the FM axis), LEO, and AQ (PLUTO, squaring the FM).
The Buddhists would suggest two ‘ways out’ of suffering:
* To be aware that nothing really lasts forever. Everything that has manifested is impermanent. This world of phenomena is in constant flux and change (SATURN& NEPTUNE in PI show us a lot about this too…). Realizing this helps us to better surf the ‘waves of change’, and become free from wanting it ‘our way’.
* To walk the ‘Middle Path’, a.k.a. to practice the Noble 8-fold Path (right speech, right livelihood, right action, etc.) whichbrings intrinsic happiness.
Awakening, and emBodying Freedomis buddha-ful. Awakener URANUS & JUPITER united in TAU are activated by the SUN in the Full Moon. Bright – clear – conscious – liberated – alive energyis available, on the other side of the SCO process…
I’ve been listening to Eckhart Tolle’s audio book (read by him) A New Earth (there’s prob. also an online version available), and find it so helpful / paradigm shifting / enlightening. It’s from 2005 – and timelessly and timely relevant, esp. the central piece about the ‘Pain Body’, and how to become free from it.
May the season of the Buddha’s / Astrological Wesak Moon bring golden opportunities ‘in the dark’, for realization & practice that set us FREE!
More Offerings for the Wesak Moon
The SCO / TAU Wesak Full Moon is a fully solar illumined (and most potent) SCORPIO MOON that reveals our deepest needs for transformation.
With our conscious Self (the SUN), we have to patiently stay & ‘sit with’ (TAU) what comes up from the depth, for the processing (SCO).
Bali Morning Prayer – photo by Helga Hendricks
In Buddhist tradition, the image of the peaceful Buddha floating on a (Taurean) Lotus flower that blossoms so purely & beautifully while rooted in the (Scorpionic) mud swamp, represents the enlightened quality, rooted in real-life human suffering, and evoking compassion.
* Where do your swampy roots show up, these days?
* Can you ‘sit’ with it all, open to the light of consciousness?
* Can you dwell in the Buddha hub of calm – within the tension between enjoyment and pain?
* Hold (fixed energy of SCO – TAU) as much spiritual energy as possible. And allow yourself to be held by it.
The Wesak Full Moon is a magnificent divine and meditative moment-in-time, when transformation (SCO) can be anchored (TAU).
Our attachment to desires and longing for what we want and don’t have, or ‘even’ to pain / suffering / complaining / to feeding those ‘hungry ghosts’ (TAU – SCO) that show up in obvious or subtle personal and collective / cultural addictions and compulsions (more consumption, information, work, entertainment, F.O.M.O., nothing’s ever enough, being pulled into the dark…) can be really UP and fully-ON, in these times.
Can you put these manifestationsof attachments into the bonfire of the Soul (SCO) so that the deep Alchemy can do its work?! Natural empowerment via intrinsic Soul connection comes from there.
Supported by PLUTO about to turn from direct-forward to retro on May 2: Finding Power within, and via intrinsic transformation.
Truth on all levels is being revealed through the process. Esp. as the MOON will move from SCO over the ‘Phoenix Point’ into SAG, on Apr 25 (exact at 6:37 pm PDT). That’s also the day when MERCURY goes from retro to direct again!
The days after the Wesak Moon are considered ‘Days of Distribution’ of the Buddha Blessings – very apropos SAG MOON also.
The YIN-YANG is a perfect symbol for balancing the Yin / Lunar and Yang / Solar influences in us, under each Full Moon.
Especially under this astrologically potent SCO – TAU Wesak Moon.
As above so below and within…. We ARE the field, and the catalysts for evolution & liberation…
In the light of the Wesak Moon….
…it’s good to sit a la TAU with what’s here-now, enJoy Life with all its blossoming expressions – without getting attached. As the smiling Buddha would.
URANUS, now in TAURUS – and super activated by JUPITER – brings: The wake-up call to EmBody unconditional Freedom.
How can we be free from what’s been stifling & stuck, from old fears that have proven redundant (many do), and the alike? And / or we might be drawn to new freedom for…
Yet: Real Freedom is unconditional Freedom. Or, as the spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti (his Taurean human birthday is on May 12) would point out brilliantly: It’s about Freedom without an opposite (as in: from / for), since otherwise it pretends to be Freedom but isn’t the real deal.
Similarly, again quoting K., and inquiring myself: What is Love that has no opposite?
That takes us full circle. A good place to hand it over to the Wesak Moon, and Her infusion…
May the ‘Power of the Dark’ be fully seen and released.
May re-grounding in emBodied Freedom be restored.
May we come out of the (esp. emotional) trials & tribulations stronger, re-empowered, and with our ‘wild’ and loving Heart.
May we remember our always FREE Buddha Nature!
Many Blessings now-as-always! Melanie
Feeling called to explore your Cosmic Map, and how it guides you on your Earthly Journey?
I’m here for you. An ASTRO~ALCHEMY Session help shed light on things from deep levels, and get the process going. Get in touch with me, via email (licht@islandnet.com), and we can explore what would serve you best.
Serving you with astrological guidance and perspective, pointing you to Your ‘Inner Cosmic Compass’. I’d love to inspire you to be in alignment with, and smoothly ‘ride’, those ‘auspicious’ or ‘challenging’ waves of cosmic energies that present themselves at a given time, and, similar to climate and weather, affect our human energy field.
Which can lead to eye opening awareness, growth, healing, release, transformation, and you can feel more connected with yourself and with all-that-IS, in the bigger on-going evolution. Ultimately, you dwell in a witnessing place in the ‘Hub of the Wheel’ where you are less & less affected, more & more liberated, and self-realized.
I welcome you as a client who is not seeking an ‘old school reading’ from me (“What’s going to happen TO me?”, “What am I supposed to do?”), but to be supported in accessing your own wisdom source, especially in times of a challenging transition, stuckness, transformational crisis, for new perspectives at a crossroad or dilemma, and for important choices.
This is to empowered and liberating ways of working with the ancient and timeless gift of Astrology!
ASTRO~EXPERIENCES via Courses, Workshops, and Embodied Astrology
Our experiential and embodied Astrology groups have over time (the 16 years I’ve been facilitating them) become quite potent and catalytic. The intimate Astro hubs (max 6 participants) are a treasured way of being personally seen and involved – more commitment, a personal sense of community, and deeper effects. Come join us, if deep synergy in a circle speaks to you! Find upcoming events on myAstrology for Self Realization FB Page.
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How’zit going, in the Green Wood Dragon Year (since Feb 10), so far? JUPITER in TAURUS (May 16, 2023 – May 25, 2024) is a reflection of that energy too. May green growth returnthis year, and into the future, on this Planet. Looks like the Green Dragon will be awakened – and awakening.
Super relevant for all of us with TAUREAN SUN, MOON, AC, Nodes, or Planets (esp. JUPITER)!
URANUS has been in TAU since May 2018 (- 2026) – Wake UP, Earthlings! The Zodiac sign where it’s ‘least comfortable’ in (considered ‘in Fall’ there).
Lots of shifts and shocks and disruptions have happened since that rattled the boat of stability / comfort / security – affecting so many humans (esp. in war zones, but ‘even’ when it comes to the economy, nature – and our biology). Time to wake up to the territorial (TAU) trauma (UR) – that’s been going on for so long.
The JUPITER contact is also one of the highlights in URANUS’s journey through TAU – enhancing its themes – only to understand better, and even outgrow what has been traumatic.
JUPITER rules SAG, URANUS rules AQ! So – ‘even’ if you have nothing in TAU where they come together but some energies in SAG / AQ you’d feel the effect! Think: BIG Surprises. Expect the Unexpected. Free as can BE.
JUPITER – URANUS: Cycles and Historic Context
After the Total Solar Eclipse on Apr 8, the next major cosmic event of this most intense month of the year is coming up, on Apr 20: The conjunction of JUPITER & URANUS in TAURUS.
These two Planetary Archetypes align only every 13 – 14 years – opening a new cultural-societal cycle of growth (JU) through disruption / paradigm shifts / innovation (UR).
Their last alignment was in 2010 / 2011 on the PI / ARIES cusp – the Spring Equinox / ‘Emergence Point’ where everything starts.
That alignment heralded the fading of an old, and emergence / birth of a New Era altogether – which has become even more obvious in the last years.
Interestingly, in 2025 / 26, SATURN & NEPTUNE will align on that very crucial Zodiac cusp – a pointer to the end of the PISCES Age. And (together w. PLUTO then fully in AQ) to the beginning of the AQ Age – although the process is a gradual transition, of course.
Another striking factor: The degree of this year’s JUPITER – URANUS alignment at 21°49′ TAU is just 1° away from the alignment of JUPITER & SATURN on May 28, 2000 – which opened a (rather conservative) 20-year socio-political-economic cycle that lasted until the recent alignment at 1º AQ on Winter SoUlstice (Dec 21) 2020 – A New Era for Our Shared Humanity. The point where this year PLUTO sits(!) – and yes, ruled by URANUS.
Indicators for the shift from the solid, earthy, grounded, ‘owning’ oriented phase into a new, systems, innovation, and ‘sharing’ oriented (AQ) era.
Its shadow being technocracy, transhumanism, post-humanism (don’t ‘share’ / give away your identity / spirit / soul / humanity!). Hence, the PLUTO shift also evokes / calls forth The Power of Our Shared Humanity, in an Era of Deep Change.
You might wonder: When did JUPITER & URANUS align the last time in TAU?
URANUS was the last time in TAU March 1935 – May 1942. JUPITER was in those years in TAU May 1949 – May 1941, meeting URANUS in May 1941. Right in the middle of WWII.
In Vietnam, the Viet Minh was formed to overthrow French rule of the nation, as an alliance between the Indochina Communist party, led by Ho Chi Minh, and the Nationalist party. It became the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.
Both Planetary Archetypes have to do with Freedom.
JUPITER with freedom as value & virtue: Freedom to expand, grow, move, follow one’s truth, seize opportunities encompass more in life. The freedom that comes from understanding / seeing the bigger picture.
URANUS with breaking free: Liberation, waking up / awakening, breakthroughs, independence, paradigm shifts, revolution, sudden ‘cutting of chords’, setting yourself (or being set) free: “I’m out of here!”
The fusion of the two can be about Awakening into Truth & Freedom.
Which can lead to transcending the notions of ‘freedom from’ and ‘freedom to / for’ to living in unconditional Freedom. Spiritual teacher Krishnamurti would call it ‘Freedom that has no opposite’.
In the meantime, on a practical, TAUREAN level, we not-quite enlightened ones can tune into & align with the following JU – UR effects:
* Breaking sticky habits/ attachments that ‘seem’ convenient, rewarding / enjoyable but prevent our true freedom. Toss what doesn’t bring you JOY. It starts with the mind (says also MERCURY currently retro).
* Waking up to the beauty & abundance of the Earth, and of this Life!
* Anchoring the Light / Higher Frequencies&New Earth Consciousness.
* Planting Seeds of our Unique Gifts,at this critical time.
* Technology and its Morality (or ‘detached’ lack thereof) Not all that IS possible nowadays SHOULD be done. The genie comes out of the bottle; the ‘Magician’s Apprentice can’t control the forces s/he invokes / experiments with.
* Even more disruption of biology through technology (think: bio-digital convergence) – why letting technology mess with nature?
* Hyper-erratic effects in economy and Nature – what are the causes? Paradigm shifts through enhanced understanding can happen, with JU – UR.
* Opportunities through crypto-currencies Yes, TAU rules the monetary system, or rather: value. Disruptions (UR) can bring opportunities (JU).
* Promotion of digital currency models (CBDC) What do We the People (AQ) do about this proposition / covert implementation(!)?
* Epiphanies about / celebrating the ingenuity of Nature / biology!
Cosmic Picture of the Alignment
Here is the ‘Cosmic Map’ of the exact alignment On Apr 20 at 7:27 pm PDT.
As you can see, besides the JU – UR conjunction, there are more fused / concentrated energies – all between PI and TAU:
In PISCES: SATURN – MARS – NEPTUNE Draining / drowning, overwhelming energy that seems to go in circles, and might make one feel lost or want to escape / disappear. How about channeling the energy into dance and music?! Going with the flow, ‘intentionally’ doing nothing? And: Acting on spiritual teachings.
In ARIES: The North Node, MERCURY retro, VENUS, and CHIRON The incentive to show up for / as oneself, with one’s authenticity and boldness – which can heal old / early wounds, and: the wounds of war.
In TAURUS: The SUN (enters TAU on the day before the alignment, Apr 19), and JUPITER / URANUS Consciously emBody Joy, Truth, and Freedom. Experiment, and be surprised / surprise ‘your world’.
Again, as in recent charts, the planetary pattern is still a ‘wedge’: Most Planets concentrated within 90 degrees of the Zodiac. Extending to LILITH & the (void) MOON end of VIR – like a handle of a ‘bucket’: It’s all practice – to be in alignment with our cosmic assignment…
Sabian Symbol for the Alignment Degree
JUPITER & URANUS come together at 21°49′ TAU.
“TAURUS 22° WHITE DOVE FLYING OVER TROUBLED WATERS
KEYNOTE The spiritual inspiration that comes to the individual in the overcoming of crisis
Here also we are confronted with a symbol of guidance, and the dove flying over troubled waters reminds one of the story of Noah and the Ark. Noah met his and mankind’s crisis courageously and in complete obedience to God’s promptings. The test completed, he received the dove’s message. It is a message from the Holy Spirit announcing a new Dispensation.
This symbolic scene can be applied to personal crises resulting from emotional upheavals or from the irruption of unconscious forces / impulses into the consciousness – if the crisis has been faced in the right spirit.
This second stage symbol is in contrast to the preceding one because here it is not the product of a culture, a ‘book’, but instead the rhythm of cosmic, God-ordained cycles that reveals its conclusive beat through a living and concretely significant sign – a REWARD TO THE FAITHFUL.”
Now, that encompasses the PI – AR – TAU concentrations!
In the PISCEAN realm we may feel overwhelmed by the chaos of ‘troubled waters’ that connect us all. Here, the challenge (SATURN) is to stay spiritually connected, surrender (NEPTUNE) one’s ego-wants (MARS) and have faith-beyond-hope. Que sera sera. Different from giving up.
How do we face (AR) a crisis? Processing the Apr 8 TSE with CHIRON – an Eclipse of war escalation. Wounds of confrontation and violence SO need to heal. Where did / how does it start? Where do we start the healing (AR)? Time to show up authentically, be in the moment, start NEW (rather than repressing and shutting down our truth – or: lashing out).
TAU shows manifestations of the energy (PI) and spirit / actions (AR). Which can appear like a reward, even ‘miracle’ / surprise / synchronicity. We did our part to show up for it, surrendered, in expectation-free ways.
Where is TAURUS in your (birth / relocation) Chart?
That’s the access point where the JUPITER – URANUS alignment invites / provokes you to liberate yourself from the ‘Known’ / from stagnation and attachment.
And to be an awakened expression of your embodied freedom.
1st House Your Presence and Sense of Self
2nd House – that ‘TAURUS House’ (if you have Planets, Sun, Moon / Nodes in it you have an extra TAURUS ‘undertone’ in your chart!) Your Values. What you own, literally & metaphorically, incl. your Business
3rd House Your Environment & Relatives
4th House 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.
Many blessings for Eurekas, Awakening, surprises of the best kind – and beneficial breakthroughs into your Truth, Freedom, and Joy!
Melanie
Feeling called to explore your Cosmic Map, and how it guides you on your Earthly Journey?
I’m here for you. An ASTRO~ALCHEMY Session help shed light on things from deep levels, and get the process going. Get in touch with me, via email (licht@islandnet.com), and we can explore what would serve you best.
Serving you with astrological guidance and perspective, pointing you to Your ‘Inner Cosmic Compass’. I’d love to inspire you to be in alignment with, and smoothly ‘ride’, those ‘auspicious’ or ‘challenging’ waves of cosmic energies that present themselves at a given time, and, similar to climate and weather, affect our human energy field.
Which can lead to eye opening awareness, growth, healing, release, transformation, and you can feel more connected with yourself and with all-that-IS, in the bigger on-going evolution. Ultimately, you dwell in a witnessing place in the ‘Hub of the Wheel’ where you are less & less affected, more & more liberated, and self-realized.
I welcome you as a client who is not seeking an ‘old school reading’ from me (“What’s going to happen TO me?”, “What am I supposed to do?”), but to be supported in accessing your own wisdom source, especially in times of a challenging transition, stuckness, transformational crisis, for new perspectives at a crossroad or dilemma, and for important choices.
This is to empowered and liberating ways of working with the ancient and timeless gift of Astrology!
ASTRO~EXPERIENCES via Courses, Workshops, and Embodied Astrology
Our experiential and embodied Astrology groups have over time (the 16 years I’ve been facilitating them) become quite potent and catalytic. The intimate Astro hubs (max 6 participants) are a treasured way of being personally seen and involved – more commitment, a personal sense of community, and deeper effects. Come join us, if deep synergy in a circle speaks to you! Find upcoming events on myAstrology for Self Realization FB Page.
DONATIONS
If you feel the Astro~News Blog with Astro~Weather & Astro~Medicine that I write about on-goingly has good value for you in your navigation with the cosmic currents, you’re welcome to offer a donation via e-transfer to my email addresslicht@islandnet.com. You can also donate directly viaPayPal here.
Tomorrow, Apr 11,MERCURY half-way through its retro period meets the SUN (like a New Moon). The ‘New Mercury’ is born, a.k.a. ‘Point of Enlightening Insight’.
It starts the Promethean phase – the second half of M-r. New insights and connection with Spirit & Consciousness can lead to new inspired direction – a very auspicious time.
At this occasion, check out my
Seasoned MERCURY Retro Tips & Tool Kit
1) Be mindful, and lead from what’s here-now
There’s a tendency for the mind to be distracted and all over the place, to loose and misplace things & thoughts that later have to be RE-trieved again, in your ‘inner house’. Avoid getting scattered and disorganized, collect the mind ‘pieces’, be present with any situation & function ‘at hand’, and be present (ARIES). The apparent priority of urgent ‘little’ things & ‘small stuff’ can easily be a distraction and waste of energy.
Practice coming back to the Here-NOW.
2) Retro is an inwards / backwards oriented energy
M-r is a good time to RE-treat, and RE-connect with meditation and mindfulness. Also an excellent chance (if not necessity) to deal with ‘old unfinished business’, ‘loose ends’, and to clear communication themes from the past, often carried over from a previous M-r times (Aug / Sept and Dec 2023).
3) Every M-r phase is a great time for basically everything that starts with ‘RE-‘, esp. RE-sidual communication
Like: RE-assess, RE-align, REad, Re-search, RE-treat, RE-pair, RE-boot, RE-group, RE-consider, RE-arrange, RE-place, you name it…
One RE-ason for me pointing out all these RE-activities: During M-r (which also has a karmic undertone), we less likely get away anymore with being sloppy, and with procrastinating or neglecting RE-sidual communication issues with people from the past. They come up like a mirror. Talk about what RE-ally matters, esp. with friends and loved ones.
What do you think about – and want to (re?)discuss, esp. re: “How it started”, beginnings, starting something new, fresh approaches and also: wars, where they start, and what can heal the terrible wounds they bring (all apropos ARIES – and CHIRON there)?
4) Choose the clearest & most direct mode of communication available
Phone rather than messaging / emailing. Meet and connect in person or at least via video call rather than via phone / text, to make sure an actual dialogue happens and you can face (ARIES) the other person (rather than just your factual monologue in your own head, with the assumption you know what they think, or they know what you think).
Consider communicating in several ways & via different media, to make sure the message comes across. Re-member people’s minds can be all over the place now.
To the effect that ‘communication’ might be… ~ Scattered / incomplete / jumping from topic to topic without hearing each other out (can be very ARIES). ~ Prone to assumptions: “I thought you got my email!!!” ~ Actually an ‘externalized inner monologue’ – so you might wonder / need to ask them: “Are you just thinking out loud as you talk, or are you actually suggesting something to me?”
5) Be mindful & compassionate in your communication with others
Compassionately put yourself in their position, and address issues directly, rather than getting mad at ‘them’ (possibly based on a lack / deficiency / incompleteness of communication) – so ARIES.
6) Be clear and precise with commitments & agreements
Double-check whether you’ve been understood correctly, and RE-peat / RE-phrase back to them too. Avoid signing anything hastily / out of perceived urgency (ARIES), before you have all the necessary details / information (often only after MERCURY retro is over, or at least half-way, meeting the SUN = Apr 11). Practice patience.
7) MERCURY Retro RE-minds us…
…that direct connection with one another in an authentic & lively dialogue offers the opportunity to open up, speak freely, and touch on other subjects than the originally intended purpose / agenda of the communication. Which can eventually lead to even more important outcome or actions (ARIES) than anticipated. Check out in hindsight why you actually needed to talk to that person…
8) Under M-r, the odds for fabulous unexpected synchronicities are 99%
Been noticing them? When we act intuitively and out of the ordinary, we let the spontaneous intervention of the Universe show us our interconnectedness! So magical!
9) M-r is a good time to RE-connect with people you have lost sight of – and see them in a new light
With theARIES flavour, get in touch with people whom you met ‘early on’ or just briefly, but lost sight of. Trust your intuition, take initiative if you feel called to meet up with them again, and let yourself be surprised by what shows up when you speak to them. No assumptions… Or you might meet new people whom you spontaneously connect with (ARIES), and feel you already know each other ‘forever’ / ‘from somewhere’.
10) The areas of life (partners, children, career, groups, etc.) that THIS retro phase brings up for YOU…
…have to do with Planet/s and House/s that M-r activates in YOUR personal birth chart, i.o.w. where ARIES is situated (see above). Let’s explore that in a session if you’re quite M-r affected this time.
11) When ‘glitches’ occur, be fluid and flexible like quicksilver (MERCURY’s metal), think “shift happens”.
No need to get mad at it / them / yourself (ARIES).
RE-frame your way of thinking about things. What could be the opportunity in this mishap? What’s ‘even’ actually funny about this? Is it possible that subconsciously you might have ‘arranged’ that wild alternative to the original ‘plan A’? Which might lead to something new and better and more fun than what the ‘normal’, ‘usual’, ‘regular’ mind-in-rut-mode could have come up with…
12) Enjoy those unintentional puns, slips, and new mental connections. Be creative. Brainstorm – esp. together with your MERCURY Retro Friends.
13) Enlightened Insights, anyone…?
The Day of Enlightened Insight – when M-r meets the SUN on the exact half-way point of the M-r phase. In this M-r phase on APR 11.
Check out what epiphanies & paradigm shifts occur round this day!
14) If you would like to know…
…whether you are a member of the RETRO CLUB (born under MERCURY Retro, as yours truly) …in which area of Life the MERCURY Retro Trickster in ARIES plays tricks on / with you …how to consciously, creatively, and mindfully play WITH the energy…
…feel welcome to get in touch with your Astrologer.
Hope to RE-connect with you again soon, online, or even better: In real life!
Melanie
Feeling called to explore your Cosmic Map, and how it guides you on your Earthly Journey?
I’m here for you. An ASTRO~ALCHEMY Session help shed light on things from deep levels, and get the process going. Get in touch with me, via email (licht@islandnet.com), and we can explore what would serve you best.
Serving you with astrological guidance and perspective, pointing you to Your ‘Inner Cosmic Compass’. I’d love to inspire you to be in alignment with, and smoothly ‘ride’, those ‘auspicious’ or ‘challenging’ waves of cosmic energies that present themselves at a given time, and, similar to climate and weather, affect our human energy field.
Which can lead to eye opening awareness, growth, healing, release, transformation, and you can feel more connected with yourself and with all-that-IS, in the bigger on-going evolution. Ultimately, you dwell in a witnessing place in the ‘Hub of the Wheel’ where you are less & less affected, more & more liberated, and self-realized.
I welcome you as a client who is not seeking an ‘old school reading’ from me (“What’s going to happen TO me?”, “What am I supposed to do?”), but to be supported in accessing your own wisdom source, especially in times of a challenging transition, stuckness, transformational crisis, for new perspectives at a crossroad or dilemma, and for important choices.
This is to empowered and liberating ways of working with the ancient and timeless gift of Astrology!
ASTRO~EXPERIENCES via Courses, Workshops, and Embodied Astrology
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Excitement for the APR 8 ‘Great American Eclipse‘ i.o.w. TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE over parts of Mexico, Texas, and the U.S. & Canadian East Coast / Maritimes is building!!!🌚
At this Total Solar Eclipse, the LUNAR disk will travel from Earth perspective (viewed from locations on the Path of Totality) in front of the SOLAR disk – an exact New Moon.
Covering the SUN almost completely, leaving only a fine line of the Solar disk to be seen, revealing the Solar Corona(!). Like a Lunar curtain covering & revealing again the Solar disk.
The passage of Dark covering the Light. Yet, Solar Life giving Light renews & prevails…
This TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE – a ‘Seed Eclipse’ in ARIES (with SO much ARIES energy) will be much more powerful than the ‘Great American’ Seed Eclipse end of LEO in Aug 2017 (remember?).
‘Even’ astronomically, for several reasons:
* The SUN will be at Solar Maximum – much more activity incl. flares than in Aug 2017 when it was at Solar Minimum. Solar Maximum + Total Solar ‘Seed’ Eclipse = a spectacle to behold. Intense energy. Activating our Inner SoUlar LIGHT.
* The MOON will be closer to Earth than at the one 7 years ago – which creates a wider Path of Totality (108 – 122 miles vs. 62 – 71 miles in 2017)
* Totality lasted in 2017 up to 2 min 42 sec – Vs. on Apr 8 it’ll be up to 4 min 28 sec!!!
In a Solar Eclipse – even more so a TOTAL one -, the SUN Light is temporarily blotted out by the MOON, and re-newed, from Earth perspective.
An old consciousness (SUN), when it comes to ARIES, is being re-set since it’s not in resonance with feelings & needs (MOON) anymore, if it ever was. The Lunar Feminine steps in front of the outmoded Solar Masculine. A new Alchemyoccurs.
When it comes to society, in trad. Astrology, in an Eclipse, the SUN represents ‘the King’ / ‘Ruler’ of a country, and the MOON represents ‘the People’, esp. in countries on the Eclipse Path. Hence, the formula for a TSE: “An Old King dies / abdicates”.
Total Solar EclipseThemes
The old ARIES consciousness / kingdom of warfare leaves a trail of destruction that’s been wounding (CHIRON, aligned w. the Eclipse NM) everybody – except those involved / invested in the military-industrial system / complex (PLUTO in CAP / AQ) making profits from wars.
We the People are so done with this old modus operandiof the outgoing PISCES Age over the last two millennia that’s been characterized by so much suffering, in co-dependency of victims, perpetrators, and saviours (or those posing as such).
Healing (CHIRON) of the wounds of war (AR) and via Authenticity, Courage, New Beginnings (AR) is much needed – and indicated by this CHIRON ‘Seed’ Eclipse.
The ‘Seed’ Eclipse in ARIES boosts theRenewal of Healing Warrior Spirit, and the Warrior Spirit of Renewal. A lot goes into the Eclipse Alchemy, in that regard.
In so many ways, the old top-down Empire expires, even though it dies hard, and holds on with teeth and claws…, Says PLUTO in CAP (where it goes once more back to, Sept 1 – Nov 19 – interesting timing re: U.S. Elections and their PLUTO Return). PLUTO formula: It gets intense & extreme, as inevitable transformation & evolution happens. Check-check, these years…
The TSE brings a RE-Boot.
New Light needs to come in / a light switch turn is needed, at this wild & crazy time. Not via the top-down instrumentalized / WEF pumped-out ‘Great Reset’, mind you.
Organically, from the ground up (TAU) and in freedom, since WE are the People (super-powered ARIES NM, PLUTO in AQ, JUPITER / URANUS in TAU).
The MOON crosses the ‘face of the SUN’ – a curtain closing & re-opening.
Mid-ARIES where the North Node with the NM nearby will be, has a LEO undertone, in the Decanate System. The curtains of the LEO stage in the shadowy ‘reality show’ of drama, narcissism, and ‘high maintenance’ are being closed – done with this act! Esp. when the actors keep creating conflict and warfare(AR).
Shadow & Revelation lead to Renewal.
Ecliptic ‘lights off’, re: feeding of ‘othering’, fear & war mongering propaganda… which have led Us the People into division, while giving power and authority away, remaining ‘in the dark’ – and which has cost so many lives and so much suffering.
This Solar Eclipse is not ‘just’ an annular but a Total one. The Old Empire is expiring, in front of our eyes.
We the People (represented by the MOON) are ‘eclipsing’ the old Solar ‘kingdoms of the warring narcissist elite’ (AR / LEO shadow), and ‘unfollowing’ the govern-mental agendas.
We follow the Authenticity & Courage in our Hearts (AR / LEO light) – true Warrior Spirit. Light will return. That’s the cycle of life.
Every evolutionary crisis comes to a point where the energy intensity has spun out to the max – the Turning Point – which is also a Point of No Return – we can’t return to the pre-crisis state.
No way back to the ‘womb’ / ‘cocoon’ / ‘sleep’ / semi-conscious state / the old ‘playing nice’ / ‘playing the game’ / choosing what / who’s not compatible with our stage of evolution (South Node currently in LIBRA).
Such an important time to (re?)connect & share with light-spirited kindred soul families who naturally-soulfully help each other in the emergence, and co-create inspiring & contagious ‘ripple effects’ in the morphic field.
What a portal into a new heart-directed & healing path of co-creation!
New LIFE, and new freer, more conscious, evolved, and loving ways of Being are emerging (AR / LEO).
Showing up with new authenticity & courage is the Medicine – says also CHIRON in ARIES (2019 – 2027).
The energy field of the TSE with CHIRON, incl. MERCURY retro and VENUS (all in ARIES) offers a golden opportunity for dropping the old egoic-aggressive / divisive ways.
And for showing up newly authentically-lovingly-consciously in the NOW.
CHIRON Eclipse in ARIES in / for You
Were you born with CHIRON in ARIES (Apr – Oct 1968, and Feb 1969 – March 1977)? Then you’dknow about the CHIRONic experiences and expressions described above…
Round age 50, CHIRON will make its Return, and your ‘original wound / Medicine’ comes full circle.
For all of us (independent of age) – esp. if we have SUN, MOON, AC, or Planets in mid ARIES (or triggered by it, in mid- to late LIBRA, CAN or CAP):
We get an Eclipse / CHIRON / VENUS / MERCURY ‘kick’ too, to show up & step forward authentically & lovingly, esp. in the area of life related to the ARIES House in our chart.
To not act from emergency mode, but let love & light emerge.
Mid- to late ARIES will be Eclipse-activated, in your…
1st House Theme: How You show up – Mid- to late ARIES there: Lovingly-Courageously BE Yourself.
2nd House What you have and value – Innovation, Originality, Creativity, Courage to go ahead.
3rd House Your Environment & Mentality around you – Dynamic, never boring, assertive, spontaneous? Let it be the Medicine.
4th House Your Home – Ever new, and ‘on the go’.Come up with new Home creations. Offer acts of loving healing in your Family.
5th House Your Creativity – You’re a Pioneer? Try yourself out in a new way. Show your Love & your Colours.
6th House Your Work and Health – Assert Yourself in a healthy way. Do your own thing.Heal with Love.
7th House Your Significant Others – Do you attract dynamic, assertive, aggressive People? What does that say about you? Where is now the Love Medicine for new beginnings in relationships?
8th House Your deep Involvement and Transformations – Be the Creative Hero/ine / Warrior of Love in this.
9th House Your Travels, Studies, and Worldviews – You go, Grrrl / Hombre!With lotsa Love in your backpack.
10th House Your Calling and Purpose – Autonomy, Newness, Spontaneity, Creations of Love. Time for a fresh & healing approach!
11th House Your Community – Warriors and Creative Individualists. Time for sharing new Medicine.
12th House Your Oneness with ALL – Always in the NOW where Love resides.
Eclipse Saros Cycles March 29, 2006, anyone?
Did you know that Eclipses come in cycles (known as Saros Cycles), and repeat in the same sign combination every 18 – 19 years (which relates to the 18½ year Nodal cycle)?
There was an early ARIESTotal Solar Seed Eclipse on March 29, 2006, – with Path of Totality over Brazil, West Africa, Turkey and Russia (over Ukraine near Totality). Wondering what was going on historically in those countries, in that year – linking to this Eclipse.
Do you feel the upcoming Total Solar Seed ECLIPSE is significant for you? Maybe your SUN / MOON / AC / Planets are (esp. mid) AR?
If so, you might want to check out:
* Where were you at / what started for you in Spring 2006?
* What grew from the seeds planted at the time?
* What comes full circle now?
* How are you invited to bring AR gifts to life NOW, in a new way?
* What are you called to bring into manifestation – and contribute, as part of the bigger evolution? PLUTO is on the CAP / AQ cusp, in 2006, PLUTO was end of SAG.
Where in your chart does the upcoming Eclipse and did the 2006 Eclipse fall (Houses, Planets)? Which areas of your life were / are again now affected?
Example: AR in your 10th House What happened with your career / public side / purpose in the last 19 years? What’s coming to fruition / what starts a new cycle?
A Total Solar Eclipse is an Initiation– esp. in ARIES
The change doesn’t ‘happen’ immediately / automatically. The heavenly signs are pointers and mirrors, they don’t ‘produce’ the ‘effects’. Up to us to take action (says also ARIES).
It might take a while to change… To channel our fiery ARIES / LEO passions into courageous acts from the Heart.
But things ARE quickening now.
If you relate to Places on the Eclipse Path of Totality – or were even born in one of its locations this one’s definitely for you – to remember (MERCURY retro) your connection / ‘how it all began’, and to renew.
Mexico /U.S. / Canada Eclipse
The Eclipse Initiation affects Mexico, the U.S., and Canada.
The Path of Totality will be very close to Washington D.C. and Ottawa, affecting both governments.Not as close to Mexico City.
A Total Solar Eclipse for a country has effects over years…
Given the ‘ground it covers’ / population living on its paty, the TSE effectsare likely strongest in relation to the United States, and to everything that emanates from the U.S. Who declared / ‘owned’ it as the Great American Eclipse – So American… “Make Eclipse great again???!”
Definitely an adventure – the ‘first / only’ TSE for many people, and a spectacle to see (a la ARIES – LEO) – yet:
What are deeper and longer term implications of this ‘cosmic event’?
Let’s explore with the Astro lens Eclipse effects for the U.S. and Canada’s charts and societies – in the 2024 (U.S.) / 2025 (Canada) election years.
The U.S. and the ‘American’ Total Solar Eclipse
Here’s the U.S. chart from July 4, 1776. What strikes most:
Its CHIRON at 20º09 AR in the country’s 4th House is amost to the degree identical with the current CHIRON – Ever so catalyzed by the Eclipse (at 19º24 AR).
I.o.w., the U.S. have this year and month their5th CHIRON Return (every approx. 50 y.), in its 248-year history.
Together with its PLUTO Return (every 248 y.), once more activated this Sept to mid-Nov(!) when PLUTO has its last ‘unfinished business’ at the very end of CAP to do, before going for the next 20 y. into AQ.
The CHIRON in ARIES activation brings up Wounds of War. The U.S. have been a country at war. At ‘home’: Wars on First Nations, and Civil War (literally 4th House). And involved in so many wars abroad!
That CHIRON position – in wide square w. the SUN in CANCER shows: Wars wound the country, the people, the families – in the U.S. and in the Human Family.
There have so much with the verbal / political / media wars over the last years, and now have gone to another level, by the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza. This must end, and not escalate.
The U.S. CHIRON Return, linked to the ‘American Eclipse’, asks:
* Where do wars begin (ARIES)?
* Where / how did the current U.S. internal and external wars begin? MERCURY now retro in ARIES touches CHIRON 3 times. This can help with conversations / information re: ‘Back to the Beginnings’.
* Why is conflict and division so prominent in the U.S.?
* What can MARS (Ruler of ARIES) in its 7th House in GEM – in sextile w. CHIRON – tell us about this? Anger is vehemently voiced in the States… Verbal debates can lead to violent actions….
What’s the ‘Medicine’ / Teaching of the U.S. CHIRON in ARIES? I.o.w., what can heal the Wounds of War in / coming from the U.S.? CHIRON has us look for the intrinsic ARIES ‘Medicine’ (rather than simply jumping to: Peace).
Authenticity, Courage (with MERCURY, now retro) to speak up and educate / inform about the ‘War Machine’ etc., and esp.: A whole new approach (ARIES).
Eclipse Year Election Candidates
Two contenders for the presidential position were born under a LUNAR Eclipse! While the ARIES Eclipse affects them both – in different ways.
Did you know?
Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 – the DAY of a Total Lunar ‘Release’ Eclipse in SAG – GEM (just 3 1/2 hrs before totality!).
Here’s his chart that shows the SAG / GEMINI Polarity, with MOON / SN in SAG and SUN / URANUS / NN in GEM.
The Eclipse w. CHIRON falls on Trump’s 8th / 9th House cusp (he doesn’t have anything in ARIES – but a strong rising MARS).
Where it’s about Power / Change (8th) and Politics (9th). Is he able to help heal the ‘Wounds of War’? Or will / would he inflict more?
The Eclipse w. CHIRON opposes Trump’s CHIRON / JUPITER in LIBRA on his 2nd / 3rd House cusp – where it’s about communicating his values through negotiation / strategy. Is he ‘good at that’, or ‘very wounded / wounding’? Or both?
And here’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s chart. His birth time isn’t known / not publicly accessible. So I set up his chart for 12 noon.
RFK Jr was born on Jan 17, 1954 – the DAY before a Total Lunar ‘Release’ Eclipse in CAN – CAP.
In the article from last month, Public Players 2024: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I discussed his chart in detail – as well as his transits for this year, and his connection with the U.S. (esp. PLUTO).
I can’t say which House the ARIES Eclipse w. CHIRON falls into for RFK Jr since we don’t have his birth time. However what’s clear is that the Eclipse is in wide cardinal T-square w. his own pre-ecliptic MOON / SN / URANUS in CAN, and his stellium w. NN / CHIRON / VENUS / SUN / MERCURY in CAP. Now, that’s a massive activation.
For what? Maybe to pick up the torch of legacy from his ancestors (CAP), and help lead the country (CAN) out of wars & corruption (PLUTO) and into a new fresh start (AR)?
Also noteworthy: Both candidates have strong transits from JUPITER round election time.
By then, JUPITER will be in GEM (from May 25 on) – approaching RFK Jr’s JUPITER (a Return) – exact in Aug / Nov 2024 and Apr 2025, and Trump’s URANUS / NN / SUN – exact Aug – Nov 2024 and Apr 2025.
JUPITER in GEM will also activate and emphasize the U.S. MARS – stationary-exact in Sept / Oct 2024, and again in Apr / May 2025. May heated debates lead to truth & understanding.
Both candidates are already stirring the pot, and would bring ARIES type new approaches (to put it neutrally) to the current status-quo – yet likely also lots of controversy (ARIES / U.S. MARS in GEM, activated by both of them, and by JUPITER soon).
Canada and the ‘American’ Total Solar Eclipse
CHIRON in AR has been in 2022 – 2024 close to the AC & NEPTUNE at 15 / 16° ARof Canada’s Federation chart of 1867 – first time in 50 years – and started a new cycle through Canada’s chart.
Lots of old / original wounds have emerged that go back to / mirror the country’s coming into being.
No reconciliation without truth – on so many levels!
Time for healing and for a new beginning!
While new colonization methods & trends have emerged, and are going on, in changed format: Decimation of Old Growth forests, fracking, and other unsustainable ways of mis-management of ‘natural resources’.
Assaults (ARIES wound) on nature – and on culture, via gentrification / unaffordability / cost of living crisis – have brought many Canadians into survival mode– and onto the streets, protesting.
More controversy / division / anger permeates the country now than in a long time – maybe: than ever? Many Canadians have woken up from the NEPTUNian slumber into asserting their needs & rights.
A new approach (AR) is needed. The TSE falls into Canada’s 1st House of the Country’s Identity. Canada, Renew Yourself, and BE Yourself!
Justin Trudeau’s MOON & CHIRON are in ARIES in his 8th House – which the Eclipse w. CHIRON will be super close to.
In the years since 2019 – 2025, he’s had massive CHIRON Transits (C. on his MARS, C. Return, C. on his MOON, and opp. his PLUTO, URANUS / LILITH in LIBRA).
Wounds of being provocative / easily provoked / angered / aggressive, while trying to be controlled, composed, and not explode.
Early / childhood wounds in relation to his mom / family (MOON)? His relationship with his wife as with his country (MOON) went through upheavals – separation from Sophie occurred, and his political popularity has plummeted
The Eclipse affects him strongly. Effects might not be immediate, and roll out in the months to come.
What’s the Medicine of Authenticity & New Beginnings for Canada???!
Let’s (finally) take a look at the ‘Birth Chart’ of the
ARIESNew Moon /Total Solar Eclipse, for Victoria BC
The ARIES NEW MOON will be at 11:21 am PDT.
The maximum Eclipse at 11:29 am PDT, as noted on the chart. If skies are clear, we’ll be able here in Victoria to see only about 20% of the SUN disk occulted by the MOON, and the Eclipse phase takes 1 hr 38 min, from 10:41 am to 12:19 pm PDT.
What a strong gravitation in the PI – AR – TAU Field! The ARIES Eclipse w. CHIRON ‘pulls it together’.
TheTotal Solar Eclipse catalyzes what’s going on in the Astro sphere, much more than ‘regular’ New Moons & Full Moons.
Still / again (as in the last weeks), most Planets are all in one ‘corner’ of the Zodiac, between mid-PI to mid-TAU, with only PLUTO in early AQ and LILITH in late VIR ‘standing by’.
A ‘Wedge’ configuration – with highly concentrated themes:
Endings which can come with chaos (PISCES) Fresh Beginnings / New Approaches – which can come with conflict (ARIES) Stability – which is currently very unpredictable (TAU, w. JUPITER – URANUS).
MARS, the ruling Planet of ARIES, is currently ‘back’ in PI. It’ll meet & pass SATURN (every 2 years) 2 days after the Eclipse, on Apr 10 – helping us to assume courage to go with the flow of life & its rhythms, beyond challenges of overwhelm andfear of ‘going under’.
Quite the ‘packed’ ARIES energy field,firing up the Eclipse: VENUS, North Node, CHIRON, SUN, MOON, MERCURY retro.
SO much division and warfare, on so many fronts / battlegrounds. Separation and warfare on all levels has been traumatizing in itself, and re-traumatizing early wounds of the battle for life (in relation to early human history, and to early childhood / separation from mom).
Healing these early wounds is important – and urgent, at our time.
MERCURY, since Apr 1 retro in ARIEScan help re-address & understand ‘how it all began’, the ‘wounds of war’, and: of being ‘all alone in this’ (all ARIES themes). To bravely-authentically take baby steps / show up for / as ourselves, without being caught in the mind and its (esp. early) conditionings.
TAU post-ARIES brings stability. Yet, not-so-much these years with URANUS in TAU (2019 – 2026), now even enhanced by JUPITER.
Checking in, re: “Who benefits?”, and “Follow big money” can help understand – and even outgrow (JUPITER) thedisruption (URANUS) of everything stable, enjoyable and secure, incl. Nature (TAU), over the last five years.
How about the military-industrial-pharma complex?! Its extent is now revealed as never before. How about corrupt corporate capitalism of greed / inflation / exploitation / neo-colonization?!
Awakening (shocking? liberating?) paradigm shifts are on now, as URANUS in TAU (2018 / 19 – 2026), pushes us to EmBody Freedom, while grounding the Light.
On Apr 20, JUPITER meets and passes URANUS in TAU – the second major Astro event of the month – if not the whole year. Which can bring major revelations, but also upheaval and unrest. The energy is very unsettled. Yet also important opportunities (JUPITER) for radical breakthroughs into freedom (URANUS) are offered.
Stay tuned for a special article here on ASTRO~News.
PLUTO now in early AQ (ruled by URANUS!) shows us: The Evolution has to come from and happen within Humanity – rather than relying on governmental authority / blaming corrupt corporate elite (which both relate to CAP, in unevolved / shadow expressions).
Let’s check out the
Sabian Symbols for the Eclipse New Moon Degrees
The exact New Moon will be at 19º23′ ARIES Since it’s between 19 and 20 degrees, let’s bring in both symbols.
“ARIES 19° THE ‘MAGIC CARPET’ OF ORIENTAL IMAGERY
KEYNOTE The use of creative imagination
A way of life refusing a hectic involvement in social competition and waste-producing overproduction allows for the development of unattached & transcendent understanding.
The static floor (carpet) on which human feet rest can be transformed into the means for great flights of imagination & super-physical perception.
The period of rest from outwardly directed activity bound to collective normality presents the creative mind with the possibility of surveying in dreams the totality of the present-day social situation, thus ‘to see whole’.
The fourth stage of the fourth five-fold sequence of symbols invokes the possibility of developing a new technique of perception: A STRIFE-TRANSCENDING & UNATTACHED OUTLOOK UPON EVERYDAY REALITY.“
Now, that’s interesting, as a new approach (AR) to what has been engrained / conditioned in the ARIES world of experience:
Competition and strive, wanting & battling (MARS) oriented activities / ways of being. Hectic survival mode would be part of this energy too. The ‘current normal’ for so many people nowadays.
NO – it’s not normal for humans to be in this mode. Only as effects of division – socially-‘vertically’ and ‘horizontally’ between people.
That’s where PLUTO in AQ comes in – ideally / in utopian expression, as a socially more just society, and as transformation through collaboration where there would have been competition. And creatively – co-envision and co-imagineer.
Where can we start individually, from the inside-out’?
MERCURY now retro in ARIES activates (dwarf planet) ERIS who’s currently round 25° AR (in AR 1922 – 2040!) – hence ERIS is also part of the Eclipse!
TheERIS Archetype – Greek goddess of discord & strife (and sister of MARS / ARES) – seeds disruption and separation, is vengeful and confrontational, because she’s excluded / not welcome at the table / not invited to the ‘ceremony’.
So much conflict & strife has been triggered / found outlets these last years with PLUTO end of CAP squaring ERIS…
MERCURY retro can help us step away from the strive and competition oriented mind – that always begets further conflict, outer and / or inner.
Mindfulness can help us becoming aware of, and witnessing the ever so active – and striving – mind, rather than being captured by it (and much more easily influenced / manipulated and hijacked ‘on the outer level’).
Definitely a good and important start, a la ARIES. Making space for perspective & Creative Imagination.
“ARIES 20° A YOUNG GIRL FEEDING BIRDS IN WINTER
KEYNOTE Overcoming crises through compassion
Nature’s seasonal rhythms imply an oscillation between living and dying. Through creative imagination (Aries 19°) humans can ‘fly over’ the cycle, and discover means not only to escape from the fatality of seasonal decay or deprivation, but to assist other living entities to survive through crises.
Migrating birds fly south (Aries 12°), but by establishing a partnership with other creatures unable to escape wintry deprivation or death, humans can maintain the life of the spirit (symbolized by birds) steady through all crises if, like a ‘young girl’, they are widely open to the promptings of love and sympathy.
At this fifth stage of the symbolic sequence, we witness human activity motivated by sympathy overcoming the seasonal phase of impotency. Life potency in nature spirits reaches a higher level in the human being. The theme is THE TRANSMUTATION OF LIFE INTO LOVE.”
This is so beautiful!
Bringing out the Inner Innocence, and showing how openness, compassion (PISCES), and spontaneous acts of Lovein challenging times (VENUS in AR / MARS in PI, passing SATURN on Apr 10) can ‘feed’ into the ‘field’, as directly to individual Beings.
It takes coeur-age – from the Heart (mid-AR with LEO undertone) and is healing (CHIRON).
Wishing you a fresh & healing Start from the Heart, with the CHIRON-ic Total Solar Eclipse in ARIES, and beyond! Melanie
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VENUS has been in PISCES (‘her’ exalted – most ‘dignified’ Zodiac energy) since March 11. Love IS. Beyond form, time, and space. A connection with / in the Universe… Yet also an attraction to / in mass consciousness – of the now outflowing PISCES Age.
And now for a refreshing shift & lift,into early Spring vibes ….gearing up for the ARIES Total Solar Eclipse on April 8!
VENUS Love Goddess will be part of it! She’ll move over the ‘Emergence Point’ from PISCES to ARIES on Apr 4 – 4 days before the Eclipse New Moon!
A welcome contrast, and boost for new beginnings, from the inside-out. Yep, ARIES is autonomous self-starter energy.
CHIRON awaits her in ARIES: The VENUSian visit is due on Apr 21.
In 2019, CHIRON madeits move into ARIES (until 2027!), reminding us of the Medicine of Being Authentic and of Starting Fresh. This year, the NN is also in ARIES, and aligned with CHIRON in early March. Even more boosts for authentic self-starter energy – and to heal early wounds & wounds of war.
VENUS will attract our attention to anything ARIES, esp. as part of the TSE on Apr 8, and approaching CHIRON & the North Node.
Lots more ARIES energy is now activated, via the Total Solar Eclipseon Apr 8, with VENUS, the North Node, SUN, MOON, CHIRON, and MERCURY retro in ARIES (see chart preview).
Special ASTRO~News article for the Eclipse to come. Check out my freshly released Eclipse & VENUS in ARIES focused video.
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here (soo ARIES), and roll it back to where it ALL (incl. the astrological New Year) starts: at 0º ARIES.
All things are NEW and freshly Alive in ARIES.
With VENUS entering the ARIES scene on Apr 4, the Heroine / Warrior Goddess of Fierce Love emerges, and Newness blossoms – like fresh shoots in Spring.
VENUS in ARIES doesn’t wait to be asked ‘to dance’. She takes initiative, takes the first step, goes for what she values, is direct and ‘in your face’.
VENUS is in the trad. system of dignities ‘in exile’ in ARIES – furthest away from Her natural Home in LIBRA. Yet, that’s another box that we’re evolving out of.
The question is rather: What are the gifts of VENUS in ARIES?
Showing up in new, raw, authentic, courageous, and intrinsically, genuinely beautiful & attractive ways is drawn out of us.
And: Authentic Love starts with Self Love.
So refreshing for times like these – CHIRON & the North Node agree.
Let’s be inspired by the emerging Goddess of Freshness & Newness!
VENUS in ARIES will witness and pull us into the super charged events of APRIL.
Show up in it all, in fierce Goddess Love!
Let’s see how VENUS fares in the springy sparks of ARIES… Directly connected with the North Node & CHIRON, and indirectly with other cosmic ‘Players’ in the Zodiac.
Here are the Planet Dates for VENUS in ARIES
APR 4 VENUS enters ARIES Goddess of Spring A-Rising. Authentic Love starts with Self Love.
APR 6 VENUS in early AR in sextile w. PLUTO in early AQ Be lovingly spontaneous & fresh, follow the Life Force – You might meet & connect with friendly folks that way.
APR 7 The waning / Dark MOON in AR meets / welcomes VENUS Early springy lightness-brightness-swiftness is in the Air. Yet also dark-ish pre-Eclipse vibes. And yet again, there are always sweet opportunities to share a spontaneous smile…
APR 17 VENUS in AR meets the North Node Start something fresh, take initiative with fierce Love, starting with Self Love. See things with fresh loving eyes, and let opportunities arise.
APR 21 VENUS in AR meets CHIRON Showing up lovingly, boldly, and authentically is healing. New connections can be made, with the Medicine of loving presence.
APR 29 VENUS enters TAURUS (until May 23) EnJoy Life in Spring!
Where in Your Chart is ARIES?
That’s where rebirth and fresh beginnings beckon!
VENUS in ARIES, being part of the Eclipse and meeting with NN & CHIRON, in your… House helps you attract in these areas of your Life – which can go really fast…
… as you show up as YOU, bring your Medicine of being authentically self-loving into the scene, and give New Life a chance:
1st House Via Your Presence and Sense of Self
2nd House Via Your Values, what you own, literally & metaphorically, your Business
3rd House Through Being You in Your Local Environment
4th House In Your Home, Origin, Ancestry
5th House Via Your Creativity, Your Playful, Inner Child and Lover
6th House In Your Work, Wellness, Lifestyle
7th House With Your Partners & Significant Others
8th House In Your Involvement and Sharing with Others, Your Transformations
9th House Via What gives You Meaning, Your Wisdom, Inspiration, on Your Path and Travels
10th House Via Your Purpose incl Career, Your Public Self
11th House In Your Social Side – Engagement with Society, Groups and Friends
12th House In / As Your Transcendent and Spiritual Self and Union with All-that-Is.
Wishing you a fresh & healing Start from the Heart, with VENUS emerging in ARIES, and meeting the NN & CHIRON!
Melanie
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