Year: 2012

Mercury Aspects this Week

“Soul loves the journey itself. The textures and undulations of the path it has made through the landscape by hazard and design are nourishing in themselves.” David Whyte*

If you are looking for a breakthrough heed any messages that may come (for the next week or so) through intuition, imagination or spiritual guidance – especially those which pertain to an evolved (and thus freeing) perception of an old wound. Uranus will station on the New Moon Thursday while making a harmonious trine to Mercury- indicating breakthroughs may come through the use of the Higher Mind.

*from David Whyte’s book , The Heart Awakened

Last Quarter Moon

“The universe is evolving towards an even greater destiny and we are the means of this global transformation.” Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan*

Today is the Last Quarter Moon at 14 degrees of Virgo EDT. It is as if we are standing in a train station – readying to go forward and needing to be absolutely clear about what we are taking and what we are leaving behind – especially as regards the way we think about things. We are heading towards a very potent New Moon on 12/13 – a good time for intention setting. Use the time until then to identify old attitudes and assumptions that need to be left behind so that there is a clear unfettered horizon ahead.

*from Awakening

Mercury opposes Sedna

In Inuit mythology Sedna as young women was thrown overboard into the sea by her father as punishment for something she had done- no one could remember what. Her body became nourishment for the creatures of the sea and years later when fishing boats returned to shore with great bounty, the Intuits believed it was due to the blessings of the sea goddess Sedna.

Sedna, the asteroid in Astrology, is a bit like Pluto – governing profound transformation. This week as Mercury opposes Sedna is a good time to reclaim courage which was lost through the influence or disapproval of others – be they familial, political, religious or cultural. The lost power may also be of an ancestral or karmic nature – issues inherited through the bloodlines or issues that have been worked on through different lifetimes.

This reclamation process can help us to live more authentic, empowered lives. It can also create new ideas and thus lead to increased opportunity, growth and expansion.