 If you have the feeling that you've been here before you're right...we were here just a short time ago and it must have been important for the solar system to repeat the lesson. All you have to do is consider the beginnings of the symbolism and you will see that is is indeed and also why it is so important. Neptune at any time will represent the dreams, visions, ideals, and mystical bent of an individual as well as our collective unconscious and in Pisces, Neptune's home and base of operations, that energy is magnified. This is a subtle yet powerful force that is influencing us right now in many different ways and depending on your state of self-awareness can manifest as spiritual strength or worldly delusion. How important is this right now?!? Well obviously by the amount of punctuation at the end of the last sentence I feel it's pretty important. There is powerful energy available to generate or re-invest in one's understanding of relationship with creation whether that is through an understanding of God, god, goddess, nothingness, the universe or any other variation of reality structure. With Mars in Virgo direct now since the middle of April the energy is not just for the abstract, meditational, visionary realm. There is a call to action and to service incorporating and honoring the visions and dreams of our spiritual nature. Creator calls for integrity often (always?) however there are times when it is more necessary than others and this looks like one of them. I am not about to make a list of or bemoan the shortcomings of society. That's been done enough and I can reference you back to my initial post here. This aspect I think calls for the collective to take a more active, thoughtful, service oriented role in dissolving all of this societal bullshit. I know people can argue a thousand ways that a certain POTUS (president of the united states) made some sort of difference in their day to day lives but I will tell you that where it always counted for me it NEVER made any difference and when I sit down to consider what is valuable to me it is ALWAYS things that they can't touch anyway: my relationship with mystery, my awe in the experience of being alive, the integrity of my actions in a given situation, my relationships...and I learned these values through working with and in community, ritual, and deeply felt experience.  I ran into this Blue Heron while alking through Golden Gate Park the other day and as I often do I checked in with Jamie Sams and David Carson's Medicine Cards book for reference. They and the Blue Heron have an excellent message that reflects beautifully the Neptune Mars opposition:
"Blue Heron...Thank you, Sacred Waterbird, For sending reflections to me; The mirrors of the quest for life, The worlds that live insideof me. Show me how relationsips work, With my path woven within the whole. The lessons of kinshipwith all life, Reflecting my spirit's eternal glow."
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 Read about the beautiful conjunction of Venus and the Moon the other day from the online magazine Earth Sky:
http://earthsky.org/tonight  I was struck with the focus on communication and relationships that I saw in this chart this morning. This is the mood in San Francisco and of course the mood will be slightly different where-ever you may be however, the Gemini moon that will last the rest of this day (until 10:42 tonight) puts an emotional focus on communication. The usually sensitive moon is made moreso with it's conjunction (joining together) with Venus and in the 1st House can make for some pleasant, harmonious, loving interactions with the possibility of easily hurt feelings. Emotions will be felt quite bodily for parts of today so pay attention to the fluttering heart, churning stomach, or lightheadedness...and eat well.
Of course that's not the only significator of communication and social interactions. Looking at the 11th House you will see Uranus still in conjunction with Mercury in Aries. The 11th House is in part our community, tribe, and humanitarian focus of consciousness, who we hang with to accomplish our special mission and goals, while both Mercury and Uranus have connotations of communication. Mercury is the more noticeable of the 2 and has to do with our everyday style of communicating needs, desires, really all thoughts in general. Uranus is a more collective form of communication and very fast...for Mercury think the postal service and for Uranus think email...With this type of aspect in the 11th House Aries there can be some very impassioned ideas out there that may clash with the gentle receptors of Venus/Moon. The last thread in this is Saturn in Libra! Saturn seems to find a way to draw our attention one way or another towards an area of responsibility. It is neither a good thing or a bad thing right? That will depend on how it is approached. With Saturn in Libra in the 5th House in haronious aspect to both the Moon and Venus may focus the need to channel all this energy into creative outlets. Everyone, whoever you are, would do well to go out and walk in the woods, paint a picture, play with a child, act like a child (in the most positive way that is), or recite your favorite poem. This will diffuse the force of the Mercury/Uranus in Aries conjunction while simultaneously honoring the gentle touch of Venus/Moon. In a deep moment of love, thinking stops. The moment is so intriguing, the moment is so tremendously powerful, the moment is so intensely alive, that thinking stops. You are simply in awe, a great wonder surrounds you. Or in deep meditation, when the moment of silence has come and you are absolutely silent, still — no flickering, no wavering, no trembling, the flame of your consciousness is straight — then thinking stops. Then you are outside the grip of the mind. Otherwise, everything is a mind trip. Osho  The New Moon is in Taurus and Venus is in Gemini making for a busy time of self-talk pertaining to values. As good a time as any to consider these powerful words from Osho. Considering the Mercury Uranus conjunstion in Aires the talk will be powerful and the values will be unique. Should be a fun time to find those moments of awe and beauty in the mystery of no-mind. This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.
 Drop the mind! Stop thinking! Become more alert! See the trees and listen to the
birds, with no screens of thoughts hindering the path. Meet directly! Truth is immediate, radiant, herenow. It is not that truth has to be discovered — only you have to become aware. Truth is already here.  From the online journal Earth Sky an article explaining how to find Satrurn in the night sky. Saturn represents the structure and limit of one's reality tunnel in time and space. Of course the "limit" is there to be transcended and so Saturn is an immensely important force.
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/give-me-five-minutes-ill-give-you-saturn A cat with a blog? It's true. I don't know her birth data, though I wish I did as I'm sure her chart would reveal some amazing aspects. I met this amamzing being at our neighborhood crystal and gem store Bastet's Kindle. Miss Grace, who by the way is amazing, runs the store along with her interpreter who prefers to remain anonymous. They are quite a pair though and the store radiates healing power with wall to wall earthen treasures. I was humbled to be considered "fascinating" enough to be interviewed.
Miss Grace is very special to us as her purrs encouraged our dear child Liam Jr. to begin his journey through the birth canal. http://amazingmissgrace.com/2012/04/07/amazing-miss-grace-q-and-as-fascinating-people/  “You risked your life, but what else hve you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have yo ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one's life. So you lose it, you go to your hero's heaven and everything is milk and honey 'til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That's not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.” Tom Robbins Another Roadside Attraction Virgo is a transitional archetype from the subjective experiences of Aries through Leo to the objective experiences of Libra through Pisces. In her transitional role Virgo infuses the consciousness with the necessary task of self-reflection and analysis of the component parts of one’s worldview. Important questions like the ones above are asked through the Virgo energy in order to clarify and crystallize what is essential about ones ideas in relation to others. That’s the key in relation to others for as Virgo transitions to Libra (and remember each one of us encompasses all of these energies) to Libra the focus is on comparing and contrasting worldviews in relationship to others. So there is the ever important task these next couple of days before the Libra Full Moon to clarify what is important and useful to you and your community. Virgo is traditionally associated with “work” and service. This is because naturally whatever has been created (Leo) through nurturing (Cancer) ideas (Gemini) founded on your values (Taurus) based on your will to project (Aries) must have some practical use. It must be put to this test so to speak.This is the realm of Virgo. There can be a tendency with Virgo Moon to be hard on one-self or to create crisis in experience. Keep this in mind over the next couple of days and remind yourself that the positive function of the energy is to bring to light that which is important and that which can be discarded about your ideas. Be nice to yourself or better yet: be nice to someone else! One of the things that Virgo likes more than anything is making others feel comfortable and happy. Engage in a random act (or several acts) of anonymous kindness…perform some service without anyone knowing…great ways to satisfy that enduring Virgo question is what I am doing worthwhile… This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.
 Thoughts from Osho as Scorpio is rising in San Francisco... "Life is from nowhere to nowhere, but it can be from nowhere to now here.That is all meditation is about: turning nowhere into now here." It's easy to feel like you're not getting anywhere in this world and forget that at every moment you arein the midst of it all...now here. This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.
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