Dear Readers,
Guest blogger is Stephanie Austin M.A. is a professional astrologer specializing in life purpose, career, and relationship readings since 1986. She also teaches astrology and writes the New and Full Moon column for the Mountain Astrologer Magazine. Her background includes a bachelor's degree in Psychology, a master's in Consciousness Studies, and a lifelong involvement with meditation, Nature, and healing. For more information on her astrology readings, eBooks, tutorials, and forecasts, please visit www.EcoAstrology.com
Important Dates:
June 4: Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse at 4:12 AM PDT at 14º14' Sagittarius-Gemini
Neptune Rx 3º09’ Pisces (D+ 0º22‘Pisces on November 11)
June 5-6: Venus Transit 15º44’ Gemini
June 1, 2012
Dear Friends,
The
next full moon is not just another full moon, and the next week is not
just another week, as we have an extra potent lunar eclipse, an
extremely rare Venus transit across the Sun, and Neptune turning
retrograde, all occurring within less than 48 hours. This special
download of Divine Love and Divine Intelligence offers a profound
opportunity for healing the split between head and heart, masculine and
feminine, matter and spirit. We are rewiring and reconnecting our
analytical left brain with our intuitive right brain. We are moving from
polarization to partnership, transcending centuries of gender imbalance
and creating new archetypes and models of relationship. We are evolving
from the love of power to the power of love.
Lunar
eclipses are super charged full moons. During an eclipse, the close
alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth intensifies shifts in the
electromagnetic fields of the Earth and all its inhabitants,
destabilizing existing matrices and facilitating the reconfiguration of
consciousness. All full moons bring light to the dark, illuminating
what’s been in the unconscious, and what we need to see to move forward
in our lives. Nineteen years ago, on June 4, 1993, there was a lunar
eclipse at 13°53’ Sagittarius–Gemini, very close to the degree of this
eclipse. What was important to you back then? What is calling you now? What beliefs are holding you back? From
birth onward, we are programmed by parents, teachers, culture,
religion, government, and mass media to regard reality in very specific
and limiting ways. We are taught to rely on our five senses, even though
96% of our universe is “dark matter,” imperceptible to our eyes and
even to our most sophisticated scientific instruments. So, what is real? What is true? What do we think, and what do we know? This full moon/lunar eclipse symbolizes that those answers will come not from our head, but from our heart.
Greatly
amplifying the potency of this eclipse is its alignment with the Great
Attractor, located at 14º02’ Sagittarius. Our entire Milky Way galaxy,
along with its celestial neighborhood of another 30+ galaxies (called
the Local Group), each composed of billions of stars, are all
gravitating towards an even greater source of stellar radiation called
the Great Attractor. Gravity bends light; light encodes information, so
any cosmic body aligning with these super powerful transmitting sources
opens up a wormhole (a shortcut in time and space), enabling us to grasp
things ordinarily hidden or beyond our field of awareness.
Further
widening the doors of perception, just hours after the peak of this
lunar eclipse, Neptune takes its yearly turn retrograde, stationing at
3°09’ Pisces. It remains retrograde until November 10, turning direct at
0°22’ Pisces and returning to 3°09’ Pisces on March 2, 2013. Neptune
enables us to feel our interconnectedness, as well as our infinite
potential. The mythic god of ecstasy and madness reminds us that there
are many worlds, many levels, many dimensions of consciousness. Neptune
turns up the volume on our right brain, amplifying our intuition and our
capacity to envision a new world. As with all archetypes, the more
consciously we engage Neptune, the less likely we are to experience its
energy in a disruptive or detrimental manner. Meditate, contemplate, be
in nature, do art, play music, dance — whatever puts you in a quiet,
receptive state, so you can grasp the special messages the Cosmos has
for you. Viewing and meditating during an eclipse facilitates receiving
upgrades and downloads. This will be a partial eclipse, visible across
North and South America, the Pacific, eastern Asia, and Australia,
beginning around 3 AM PDT. According to NASA: “At maximum eclipse,
around 4:04 am PDT, 37% of the Moon's surface will be in the dark.” (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/28may_strawberry/).
Venus
plays a prominent role in this eclipse, as it conjuncts the Sun in
Gemini, closely squares Mars in Virgo, and most importantly, makes a
rare Transit across the Sun on June 5–6. Venus Transits occur in
pairs; the first was on June 8, 2004 (18º Gemini). The previous pair of
Venus Transits occurred in 1874 and 1882; the next will be in 2117 and
2125. For a map and times where the Venus Transit will be visible, safe
viewing techniques, and a live webcast, visit http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2012/transit/index.php.
Venus
was closely observed by the Mayans and known in the ancient world as
the Great Goddesses Inanna, Ishtar, Hathor, and Aphrodite; she is the
Western equivalent of the Hindu Shakti, the creative power of the
feminine. As the esoteric or spiritual ruler of Gemini, Venus represents
the divine marriage, the unification of opposites that leads to
enlightened awareness. Mercury, the traditional ruler of Gemini, is also
an alchemical figure; Hermes (its earlier, Greek version) is associated
with kundalini, the primal force at the base of the spine that, when
activated, produces unity consciousness. Venus’s transit across the Sun,
highlighted by this eclipse, symbolizes a collective readiness for the
re-emergence of the divine feminine; it supports women reclaiming their
power and men reclaiming their feminine side. It accelerates the healing
and opening of the heart for all choosing to ascend from duality and
competition into unity and collaboration.
After
thousands of years of patriarchy and centuries of the Cartesian
paradigm (“I think, therefore I am”), which propagate a mechanistic view
of life and separated matter from spirit, modern science has
ascertained that the heart has a powerful, innate intelligence that is
in constant communication with the brain and every cell in the body --
neurologically (via nerve impulses), biochemically (via hormones and
neurotransmitters), and biophysically (via pressure waves). On a more
subtle but no less powerful level, it has been discovered that the heart
generates an electromagnetic force field thousands of times stronger
than that of the brain, emitting waveforms which can be detected up to
ten feet away and potentially around the world. For more on this, read
Renee A. Levi’s article, “The Sentient Heart: Messages for Life,” at: www.collectivewisdominitiative.org/papers/levi_sentient.htm.
Beauty
opens the heart and feeds the soul. Venus represents what is most dear
to us, and what is really worth our time, energy, and resources. Where
Venus is located in our chart — by sign, house, and aspects — describes
our preferences and requirements in relationship and lifestyle choices. Are
we living in accordance with our values, or with those that have been
instilled by our parents, culture, or the media? Have we bought into the
Western belief that power equals money (for men) and beauty (for
women)? Do we love ourselves? Can we trust that everything we need is
already on its way? Can we allow ourselves to receive what has already
been given?
Venus
corresponds to the heart chakra, the subtle energy center which enables
us to feel a sense of connection and belonging. When our hearts are
open, we know that we are a beloved part of all Creation. We are able to
see both the uniqueness and equality of all beings. We enjoy being in a
body, and are grateful to be alive on this amazing planet at this
extraordinary time. We are able to give and receive. We are able to
appreciate and create beauty. We are compassionate and courageous. We
see that we are creators, not victims, and that our inner guidance
steers us in the direction which is right for us.
From Lena Steven’s June Forecast: “...be
prepared for something to dissolve to make way for that expansion...
The whole process this month is about reversing our imprint of how
things actually work. Many of us have been taught that you have to have
the vision first and then you set your intention and then you infuse
that intention with creativity to make it happen. That puts the
masculine first and the feminine second... Pure unorganized creativity,
the void, chaos, inspiration and beauty have to come first... The need
to control chaos is rooted in the fear of the feminine and thus breeds a
fear of creativity, destruction and change... This space of holding
creativity without form may be uncomfortable for many of you, but if you
resist the urge to control it you will be rewarded with Vision coming
in its own time... You may not understand intellectually what you are
feeling or sensing but it will seem right. Learn to follow a new set of
signals and guiding principles. And remember that help is always around.
All you have to do is ask.” (full article at http://www.thepowerpath.com/index.php/power-path-home/the-power-path/monthly-forecast/457-june-forecast-2012)
You
are an eternal spirit, limited only by your beliefs and fears. Monitor
your thoughts. Think with your heart. Gather with like minded souls and
remember: “Love never divides; it only multiplies.” (Leslie Temple-Thurston, www.Corelight.org).
Namaste,
Stephanie Austin
360-379-3060
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