Guest Blogger: Stephanie Austin M.A. is
a full time 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, visit www.EcoAstrology.com.
EcoAstrology: Gemini-Sagittarius Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse
Important Dates:
May 20: 3rd exact Uranus-Pluto square (11º Aries-Capricorn)
May 24: Lunar Eclipse 9:25 PM PDT (4º Gemini-Sagittarius); SuperMoon; Wesak
May 26: Sun square Neptune (5º Gemini-Pisces)
May 25-28: Mercury-Venus-Jupiter conjunction (19-24º Gemini)
May 20: 3rd exact Uranus-Pluto square (11º Aries-Capricorn)
May 24: Lunar Eclipse 9:25 PM PDT (4º Gemini-Sagittarius); SuperMoon; Wesak
May 26: Sun square Neptune (5º Gemini-Pisces)
May 25-28: Mercury-Venus-Jupiter conjunction (19-24º Gemini)
May 19, 2013
Dear Friends,
Dear Friends,
“We
live in the extended atmosphere of an active star. While sunlight
enables and sustains life, the Sun's variability produces streams of
high energy particles and radiation that can harm life or alter its
evolution.” (http://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/)
Everything
is connected. If you are feeling unusually tired, buzzed, and/or like
you are going to explode, it's likely due to the recent surge of solar
activity. Between May 13 and May 15, there were four X-class solar
flares (the strongest) and an M3-class (medium) solar flare on May 17th.
More recently: "A
CME (coronal mass ejection) hit Earth's magnetic field on May 18th at
around 0100 UT. Although it was just a glancing blow, the impact was
enough to spark a G1-class geomagnetic storm. In the United States,
Northern Lights descended as far south as Pawnee Buttes, Colorado." (www.SpaceWeather.com).
Coronal mass ejections affect the Earth’s magnetosphere and are known
to cause interference with radio, television, and telephone signals,
anomalies in air and marine navigation instruments, and surges in power
lines, as well as increases in aurora, earthquake, and volcanic
activity.
These
cosmic emanations have an even deeper influence and intention; they are
altering our psychology and physiology, as well as the Earth’s
electromagnetic grid. Humanity is being rewired; our nervous systems and
DNA are changing to accomodate higher frequencies. Whatever lingers in
our unconscious is being flushed up for clearing and healing. Whatever
is holding us down and back is becoming intolerable. Simply your life as
much as possible. You may need a lot more rest and/or a change of diet.
Strange symptoms and unexplainable feelings are common signs that we
are adapting to new levels of perception. This is not business as usual.
Use your discernment; don’t go on automatic. These are challenging
times for our bodies and psyches, as our neural pathways and
consciousness make the necessary adjustments. Everyone is unique and
going through this process at their own pace, so listen to your
intuition and trust what feels right for you.
From Aluna Joy: “These
solar pulses stretch us beyond the form we are familiar or comfortable
with. This is a part of the ascension process. When we can hold no more
light, we feel like we are pushed to the very edge and feel like we
could explode... The magnetic pulses bring up to the surface everything
that does not fit within the collective divine plan. We purge, detox,
and let go and surrender from our body, mind and spirit. This purging
creates more space for more light.... Let GO and let GOD emerge from
inside of you... just breathe and know that we are being protected and
fiercely guarded by a divine plan set into action. Our star family is
watching over us, as we transform quickly into something we can't even
envision now. So breathe, get yourself grounded as much as possible, and
hang out with like frequency soul family.” (full article at http://www.alunajoy.com/2013-may15.html)
Several
other factors combine to make the next full moon one of the most potent
times of 2013, offering opportunities for big breakthroughs. May 20
Uranus and Pluto form their third of seven exact squares, which span
from June 2012 through March 2015, intensifying the need to make big
changes in our lives. Where
are you being forced to face your worst fears, own your shadow, and
reclaim your power? Where do you need to be more independent,
innovative, and unconventional? As Uranus, the planet of
revolution, squares Pluto, the archetype of evolution, all that is not
in alignment with our ascension in consciousness is being shaken up,
down, and out. Uranus and Pluto met three times in 1965–66 (16°–17°
Virgo) and were within 10° of each other most of that decade, a period
marked by worldwide cultural and political upheaval, as well quantum
leaps in technology and space exploration. Squares signal a crossroad
and crisis point, where we are called to act on the potentials and
visions encoded at the conjunction; it’s time to manifest the Aquarian
ideals of equality, peace, and prosperity for all.
This
next full moon is also a lunar eclipse, the third of three eclipses in a
row, as well as a SuperMoon, where the Moon is both at perigee (closest
to the Earth) and at syzygy (in a straight line with the Sun and
Earth), intensifying gravitational and electromagnetic shifts, affecting
tides, tectonic plates, and our perceptions of reality. It also
coincides with Wesak, a commemoration of the Buddha’s birth,
enlightenment, and passing, which is celebrated by millions around the
world. According to Alice Bailey: “Wesak
is a time of unusual inflow of life and of spiritual stimulation,
serving to vitalize the aspiration of all humanity. At the time of the
Festival, through the united effort of the Christ and the Buddha working
in closest cooperation, there is opened a channel of communication
between humanity and deity through which an approach can be made to
Those Who guide our planet, so that aspirants and disciples can contact
energies not otherwise easily available." (full article at http://www.wesak.us/articles.php)
This
full moon/eclipse highlights the signs of Gemini and Sagittarius -- the
power of the mind, and the power of belief. In Bruce Lipton’s
groundbreaking book, The Biology of Belief,
he describes how our forebrain, the center of reasoning and logic,
processes information much more slowly than the reflex activity
controlled by our hind brain. Our subconscious mind takes in about
20,000,000 environmental stimuli per second, but our conscious mind
interprets only about 40 stimuli per second. This is the reason “the hand is quicker than the eye.”
Our subconscious mind monitors both external and internal cues and
instantly applies learned behaviors. When we are stressed, afraid, or
worried, we perceive and act from a much more primitive, limited part of
our brain; our fight-or-flight reptilian complex supersedes our
rational neocortex. The higher mind responds; the lower brain reacts. As
Lipton puts it, “The simple truth is, when you are frightened, you’re dumber.”
From
birth to two years of age, the human brain operates predominately in
Delta waves (1–4 Hz). From ages 2 to 6, we spend more time in Theta (4–8
Hz), low-frequency brainwaves that put us in a more suggestible,
programmable state. Young children observe and download everything into
their subconscious minds. As we get older, our brainwave frequencies
increase to Alpha (8–13 Hz) and Beta (13–40 Hz), making us less
impressionable. Hypnotherapy and many other kinds of healing modalities
induce Theta states, where memories and beliefs are stored and more
easily reprogrammed. Music, shamanic drumming, meditation, communing
with Nature, being with animals, and long-distance driving can also move
us into Theta states, greatly facilitating our access to creativity,
intuition, and higher truths.
Mercury,
the traditional ruler of Gemini and the planet most associated with the
mind, conjuncts Venus at the peak of this full moon; this facilitates
linking head with heart, thinking with feeling, logic with intuition.
Even though the majority of all communication is nonverbal, we tend to
discount or ignore the vast amount of information we receive from our
other senses. Jupiter’s conjunctions with Mercury on May 27 and with
Venus on May 28 support our ability to perceive that sound and light
encode even more information than words, and that more data does not
necessarily equate with more knowledge. Neptune closely squares this
eclipse and exactly squares the Sun on May 26, awakening our “sixth sense,”
our capacity to intuitively know what is truth and what is spin.
Neptune amplifies intuition, imagination, illusion, and inspiration; pay
special attention to what goes through your mind, your daydreams, night
dreams, synchronicities etc. for important messages from your higher
self.
Solar flares, a full moon which is both an eclipse and
a SuperMoon, the 3rd Uranus-Pluto square, and Wesak makes this an
extraordinary time for revelations and quantum leaps in consciousness.
These words came to me while writing the 12/13/12 Update, and feel key
for these times as well: There is nothing to fear. Relax. Rest. Release. Receive. Remember.
Relax in the knowing that you don't have to do anything, that you always have choice. Do less and be more; the best "doing" comes from your "being".
Rest
into the loving support that is holding you and assisting you through
this transition. Your guides and angels are on standby, waiting for you
to call on them. You need only ask.
Release
whatever is weighing you down and holding you back. Be in the present
moment. Forgive others. Forgive yourself. Bless it all. Be grateful for
what you learned.
Receive
the light, the love, the information that is pouring down from the
heavens. The downloads may take a while to decode. Hold beginners mind.
We are making a quantum leap.
Remember
who you really are. Remember that you were born and trained for these
times. Remember that everything you need is inside you. Remember your
heart knows the way.
