Year: 2016

“There are experiences we have as children, each and every one of us, that find a place deep inside us where neither time nor wounds can either reach or damage them. And those experiences? They light our way through the world for the rest of our lives. Many of us forget them as we grow older, yet they remain shaping who we are at a level too deep for words… They shape and they wait. They wait to be remembered, wait for the time we need to remember them, when we need a particular kind of light to find our way in the darkness.”  Stephen Harrod Buhner 

Jupiter, the god of wisdom is opposing Chiron the asteroid of the Wounded Healer now. In addition to the Perseid meteor showers this influence provides an excellent time for musing and for being in the realm of mystery or as Albert Einstein would say a time to “pause in wonder and stand rapt in awe.”

The asteroid Chiron is about healing fragmentation. It is a good time to be in touch with the interconnectedness of life that underlies duality and fragmentation. Remembering the transcendental experiences of childhood is one way to do this. Some occult traditions teach that you see your destiny most clearly as a child.

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is,” The tiny island seems lost in the broad ocean, but its happy inhabitants have created a world all their own.”

Sabian Symbol quote from Lynda Hill

If you live where the sky is clear and there isn’t too much street lighting the Perseid meteor showers should be visible between midnight and dawn tonight and tomorrow. It should be easiest to see them after the Moon sets in the early morning Friday. Normally there are 80 – 100 meteors an hour but this year there will be 160 – 200. According to NASA the meteors become visible ” When Earth ventures through trails of debris left by an ancient comet. ” It is a good time to pay attention to intuition and information coming from your dreams.

The First Quarter Moon is Wednesday August 10 with the Sun in Leo and the Moon in Scorpio. This is a time in the lunar cycle when obstacles may appear that can present a challenge to your plans or intentions. With the signs of Leo and Scorpio involved it bodes well- if this happens – to strengthen your resolve and bolster your courage if necessary, Also do heed any information that surfaces during this time that you may have overlooked in your planning.

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is, “A woman drawing aside two dark curtains that closed the entrance to a sacred pathway.”

Sabian symbol reference from Lynda Hill

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin

WIth Venus moving into Virgo now and joining the other planets in the mutable signs it bodes well to bring any aspirations or ideas along with you which surfaced recently under the influence of the planets in fiery Leo. Look to what gives a greater sense of joy and interconnectedness in your life. Also any ideas about new ways to connect with and manifest your reincarnational purpose in new, evolved or more meaningful forms.

The planets in Virgo can help with incremental and pragmatic planning for this process. One caveat – with the revolutionary influences at play in general on the planet now it is good to remember that this influence applies to the way you customarily think about  things. It bodes well to open the door to new ideas and ways of thinking that are more expansive and then put the puzzle together piece by piece with as much information as you have at the time.

It is a good time in general this year to commit to maintaining a healthy balance between dreams and pragmatics going forward. Again the revolutionary influence applies here as well so if customary thinking needs to be adjusted it bodes well to do so.

Although at times the events which swirl around us seem unfathomable or frightening it is good to remember we all chose to incarnate on the planet at this time and be part of the evolution which is underway.

One of the Sabian symbols for the ingress of Venus into Virgo is,”Guardian angels bringing protection.”

Sabian symbol quote from Lynda Hill’s 360 Degrees of Wisdom

 

“In each life the human spirit appears as a repetition of itself, with the fruits of its experiences in earlier lifetimes. Rudolph Steiner

“The creative mind plays with the object it loves.” Carl Jung

The Moon waxes new Tuesday August 2 at 4:44 pm EDT. The Sun and the Moon are at 10 degrees of Leo making this a good time for re-creation (getting in touch with a renewed sense of self) through fun, romance and creativity. It is a good time to play and to -like a child – be open and curious about what opportunities may lie ahead.

The Sun and Moon are supporting new or evolved intentions and ideas with a stabilizing trine to Saturn. Use this fiery energy to summon your courage for making your aspirations concrete – step by step. Do heed new ideas about how to do this.

Mercury is in Virgo now – lending the ability to think more precisely and pragmatically. It is moving up to a square to Saturn and  Neptune – adding the potential for a more grounded,  inspired and creative perception of your life.

The sign of Leo is ruled by the Sun. The Tarot Card of The Sun shows an innocent child on horseback riding away from a tall stone wall. This symbolizes the joyous process of moving away from things that are too limiting and constricting into the direction of freedom and joy. The sense of limitation can apply to the way you think of things as well as situations in your life now. There are sunflowers on the card  as well – representing happiness.

The Sun is also about clarity – when it enters a dark room it penetrates the darkness and shadows. It is a good time to think about where you would like to shine in your life and to set intentions to move in that direction.

Two of the Sabian symbols for this time are,” An evening garden party of adults” and “An old sea captain rocking on the porch of his cottage.”

Sabian Symbol quote from Lynda Hill’s 360 Degrees of Wisdom

 

 

 

“I seem to have loved you in numberless forms,
Numberless times,
In life after life, in age after age forever.
My spell-bound heart has made and re-made the
necklace of songs
That you take as a gift, wear round your neck in
your many forms.
In life after life, in age after age forever…

As I stare on and on into the past, in the end you emerge
Clad in the light of a pole-star piercing the
darkness of time
You have become an image of what is remembered
forever.” Rabindranath Tagore

Uranus the planet of the unexpected is a very strong influence in the sky through the weekend. It is a favorable aspect to Mercury – indicating an opportunity for out of the blue insights and breakthroughs in the way you normally think about things. Be open to shake ups in normal perceptions.

It is a high energy, electrical time. They say when Uranus is close to the Ascendant in a person’s birth chart you can almost feel the buzzing and hear the crackling of their electricity when you are around them.

Uranus is also making a harmonious aspect to Venus – the planet of love. This aspect is associated with “love at first sight” occurrences. It is a good time to think of yourself as a force for love in the world and to think of resolving relationship tangles with an innovative approaches – such as entertaining the idea that these difficulties may have a past life or ancestral (inherited influences that come down through the bloodlines) origin to them or to the way you are handling them. If things aren’t going the way you would like consider alternatives.

It is also wise to factor in the fractious influences at play and remember that it will be easier to get engaged in arguments or disagreements that can escalate more quickly than usual. So it bodes well to practice patience and restraint.