Grand Earth Trine: a call to integrity and patience

Meanwhile while all this other stuff is going on... and yes that's exactly how it is!  There is a reason things seem crazy, its because this is just such a vibrationally jam-packed moment!  Well while all the stuff I've been talking about is still happening (see my last blog, and all the blogs sited there-in) there is yet another bit of intensity I'd like to focus your attention on!


An interaction between the Moon in Virgo, Pluto in Capricorn and Jupiter in Taurus, lined up precisely in what is called a grand trine, which means they sit in such a way that when you draw a line between them on the chart they form a perfect equilateral triangle...  Specifically this is the most powerful of the "soft" aspects, pushed to its strongest ,manifestation.


Now the results of a grand trine will be felt no matter what you do, but it may be to our best interest to get in ahead of this and try to turn it to the best possible manifestation and most positive side of it.  Let's look at what it means:


Moon: our emotional guidance system is geared toward the specific and toward health (Virgo) flows easily and lends energy to (and receives energy from) our sense of optimism, possibilities, opportunities and expansion (Jupiter) which is geared in a consistent process oriented committed comfortable pattern (Taurus) which is giving and receiving energy from the interaction of personal power vs political power and airing of collective dirt/healing dark secrets (Pluto) which is currently operating within the realms of the Law, Money and Patriarchal Power (Capricorn) which of course is also giving and receiving power from our sensitivities.


This aspect can play very well or very poorly, and the secret here is Pluto magick.  The secret to Pluto is to own your own power and refuse to take a victim stance.  This often time does not actually mean fighting... this usually means finding a way (when possible) to refuse to give energy to the powers that be... to take our personal metaphysical ball and go home.  Let the Pluto within keep his power, and the Pluto without disappears as the illusion he is.  Part of the key to this is all about honesty with ourselves and with others.  Asking for what we need directly and knowing that if we can not get it honestly from one source then there is a better source out there that we can.  Beyond this it is about letting go of expectation, and being as loose as possible.  If we can keep our Pluto playing on the positive level, it is a time of real potential to set positive growth in motion, starting with what we feel we want, translating it into what we know we can create, taking that to empower our sense of personal power, and once again using that sense of personal power to empower ourselves emotionally to keep on it!


One hand washes the other one back scrubs the next!  They key, focus in on integrity, honest and healing through sunlight and open air!


Affirmation:

I build a future worth living, a life worth having enjoying every step of the way and the process of creating with full disclosure honesty flexibility and a firm unapologetic statement of my needs!

Grand Cardinal Cross:http://rebelastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/mars-moon-neptune-mutable-t-cross-quest.html Stellar Revolution, This is What Astrology Looks Like!,  Dancer Dance! Grand Possibilities from Little Steps, Grand Cross to bear, Transform your life   Uranus-Lilith Conjunction:Shining Light into Shadow, 

Neptune Chiron Conjunction: Neptune Chiron Conjunction video,Neptune Chiron Meditation, 

Neptune and Jupiter:Neptune and Jupiter video, A funny thing happened on the way to Know-where

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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Standing in our Souls Reaching For the Stars

Pop Quiz: 

Midsummer is: A. The point between Cancer and Gemini B. The longest day of the year

C. a great excuse to get ripped with Swedish friends  D. a day that also resonates with the Imun Coeli in the personal chart E.  All of the above

And yes, the answer is e.  For those of you who have the good fortune of getting ripped with Swedes today you might want to bookmark this and give it a read later (and Skol!)  The rest of you may be wondering what the heck I mean by the Imun Coeli etc etc... (those drinking at this point probably couldn't get this far into the articdle with any luck).

The Imun Coeli is the point in the chart exactly opposite the midheaven, and represents that place that is held deepest into ourselves. Often things along the Imun Coeli are hard to consider as they are almost subconscious.  This is of course reflective of this time of year.  Truly the midsummer is a time for doing not considerring.  It is the season of toil in the field.  

The energy of midsummer runs deep tho, so deep we may not even notice it!  And the message of this high holy day of the ancient Sun, as the Sun reaches the height of its power, and thus begins its cyclic decline, is all about the way we choose to do the things we do not think out.

The message is that all process is cyclical, but we must pay attention to what we do by rote if for no other reason than to be aware of the motivation behind what we barely notice we do!  So, at this time with such a powerful Neptune in the sky, and the sun straddling the Universal Imun Coeli (because thats what midsummer means) and in fact Pluto conjunct to the Universal Midheaven (the point opposite the Imun Coeli and representing our aspirations).  I propose we seek a midsummer nights dream, seeking out the mysteries of our collective unconscious, and coming clear on how we give take and use power (yup that's Pluto to you bub!)

To really do this I feel I need to explain a little thing or 2.  In terms of the standard form of astrology we deal with most of the time in this column, known as "Tropical" astrology, the positions of the planets are determined by standardised segments of the sky over the Earth that were set around 2,000 years ago.  At that time on the day of the Spring Equinox the Sun was positioned precisely at the cusp of Aries and Pisces, at Midsummer the Sun was Positioned precisely between Gemini and Cancer, the Fall equinox on the Virgo Libra cusp, and the Winter solstace Sagitarius Capricorn.  

Standardized Tropical astrology continues to read the chart precisely this way, and in general I find this to be quite useful, and straight forward.  However the literal stars in the sky have not remained quite so fixed and have slowly migrated in relation to this model over the course of thousands of years.  As the position of the Spring equinox's Sun has migrated across the sign of Pisces, for the Last 2,000 years (until recently) we have said that we were in the age of Pisces.  As of recently this position has moved into Aquarius.

And in Sidereal astrology these positions are the way the chart is read.  In general when considering the ages, and the positions of the Solstices/ equinoxes, I find it useful to understand them as another layer of information layed upon any chart.  I tend to think of it as a sort of "Universal House System" speaking to how we as a larger group in this space and time arrange energies and ideas. 

So when it comes to a personal chart such considerations may not be useful, and I would choose to just take Tropical astrology into account for the sake of simplicity.  However, when working with somthing like the actual date of the midheaven, and finding a spiritual connection to this ancient procession of the sun, then the sidereal position becomes important.  At this point our Midsummer lies at the cusp between Gemini and Taurus- moving deeper into taurus with each year.  Our deep collective uncoscious is one that seeks increasingly Taurun Values, of slow comfortable stability, while our aspirations (represented by the winter solstice) moves deeper into Scorpio representing the quest to claim our own individual power and come to grips with our mortality as an empowering move.

Right now with Pluto opposed to the Sun, we are given a fascinating moment to question power, and our attitudes torwards it form a safe solid comfortable space.  To lazily lye under a tree enjoy our midsummer night's dream, question the power of kings in the manner to which only a fool or a child is permitted, and maybe find the the head that wears the crown is a Jack-ass, or at least he wears no clothes.  Then again maybe thats what it means to wear a crown.  Its time to dance through the fog of our dreams, face our own mortality and know that we are the only authority we need, and the only place to put the blame.

Oh ya and SKOL!

"On this day of kings i speak truth to power and claim myself as center of my life.  I am the active force and Love and Own all that I am"

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Tuning to the Frequency of Joy: Meditation and Astrology as Tools in the Transcendental Tool Box

Remember a prayer is asking something from the universe, which is of course speaking to the universe.  Meditation is listening to the universe by listening in silence to what our inner self has to say.  Not the self that makes words, the self that can not speak when words are made.


When we use this kind of divine sacred listening it keeps us tuned into the universe, and when what some would consider difficult aspects confront us, it allows us to find them merely instructive, and when positive aspects present themselves it allows us to ride them for all they are worth.


This is because there is no part of us that is separate from the universe, and there is no part of our manifestation that does not vibrate precisely with the rest of the universe.
Our inner self, our deep true desire will always instruct us in precisely what we want, and therefore how we may stay in tune with the universe.


When we are hungry we eat.  When we hunger for expansion, we seek it.  When we desire love, we turn our hearts to the center and source of all love.  Its really that simple.  Astrology is just another tool to keep us in tune, and hopefully we only have to use it sparingly.


You see when we maintain a state of constant awareness of our true self, and constant harmony with the universe most of the direction we need comes from our own developed intuition, the psychic in us all!

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