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<b>Effective Date</b>- 6/20/16<br />
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<b>Helios says:</b><br />
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Wait, hang on- didn't we just do this one? *checks files in a mad flurry, throws papers and ephemera around the room* Yeah, I'm NOT crazy!! Take that therapists! So this is the second full moon in Gemini season, at the absolute tail end of the sign- And despite my best efforts, it is hopeful as shit. That's Sagittarius for you- The moment things look darkest, there he comes riding in, looking perfect and with just the right wink to assure you that he has a plan, even when you both know he's just winging it. It makes you want to kiss him and punch him right in his smug face, just so he doesn't get too full of himself. It's aggravating and comforting in the same breath. It gives you that second wind, and a reason to fight on in the gravest circumstances.<br />
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And if you cry out to heaven for help now, it just may be your lucky day...<br />
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<b>Artemis says:</b><br />
<i>"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. " -Joseph Campbell</i><br />
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O man O man, I don't know if it's the huge bowl of assorted liquors that I just drank, or this full moon is going to be fucking great. Here I am, sputtering this away as best I can while my vision is fading, but what other way could someone write about Saggo full moon than plastered drunk at 3 in the morning (especially after pulling the 9 of Cups)? Right as we are about to shed into Sun in Cancer, a surprising second moon in Sagittarius is going to be supplying the fire for our transformation. This is a very special full moon indeed (as if we weren't having a fuck ton of weird and special astronomical events happening this past year already). Halfway through this full moon, Luna will be switching from Sagittarius to Capricorn. This makes it a duel ruled full moon. This is a clear metaphor for metamorphosis. It is brimming with electricity and excitement and lots of "push" energy. This is a clear indicator that you need to just fucking jump into it and do it. The self made person doesn't manifest their existence by observing the universe but by acting and actively seeking their destiny. What is it that the Christians always say? God only helps those who help themselves. Yeah, I would say there is some truth to that. It's time to make that critical move. But hey, be playful about it. Maybe drink an entire bowl of assorted liquors like I did, or hell, I dunno, run screaming into the hoard singing because we've fucking got this good good energy! <br />
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<b>Helios:</b><u> The Sun, Moon and <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/06/venus-in-cancer-refuge.html" target="_blank">Venus</a></u>- To move forward, we have to look back. Think back to what you have already overcome to get to this point- Not to rest on your laurels or pat yourself on the back, but to see how you can build on your past successes as you are increasingly pushed out past your comfort zone. No, you will not always know the right play to make, and you will make some mistakes. But mistakes have brought you here, for better or for worse. As we broke down in the Venus post (click on her if you missed it) the road immediately ahead of us requires some vulnerability- the hard edge you have cultured since 2011 needs dulling- not all fights need to be fought (just don't let Mars hear me say that!). There is a storm within you, and it can either empower or destroy you- it all depends on how willing you are to dodge some lightning bolts! You must embody both your earthly self and the greater self that transcends this meager reality, with both power and humility. Be both the storm and the eye. You must also be honest with yourself about what it is that you want, and you must demand it from life. Not receiving what you don't ask for is your own damn fault. (<b>Minor Planets</b>- <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/03/juno-retrograde-in-scorpio-forlorn.html" target="_blank">Juno</a>, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/05/lillith-in-scorpio-dark-desires.html" target="_blank">Lilith</a>, Teharonhiawako, Logos, Isis, Terpschiore, Klotho, Pelion, Kassandra, Tantalus) <br />
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<b>Artemis: </b><u>Sun (5 of Cups), Moon (9 of Cups/Ace of Pentacles), Venus (4 of Wands):</u> DRUNKENESS! AND IT'S NOT JUST ME! I pulled the 9 of Cups into the Ace of Pentacles for the full moon in Saggo/Capricorn, so it looks like there will be a lot of joy and insight brought by Luna. With Venus in sensitive Cancer when this lunation takes place, there will be an opportunity for ecstatic states of vision and happiness available to us if we can move past the fact that nothing will ever be absolutely how we imagine it to be. If we can realize that no situation can be perfect, nor will it ever be perfect, we can actually make due and ENJOY what we have. I know it's hard to realize that dreams don't always manifest the way that we want them to. We spend countless hours daydreaming about what our perfected actions could sprout into our world, but it takes a special kind of courage to realize when something is not right for your path. It also takes a special kind of person to look up from the mess around them to see what is still standing. We can imagine ourselves happy in millions of scenarios in our head, but we must also realize that what we are imagining is limited in scope. Life is full of disappointments left and right, and finding out that something we fantasized so deeply about is going to crumble in our hands is a hard fucking thing to swallow. The thing is, if we take the energy of this full moon and just let the fuck go, we will be gifted with eyes to see the REAL opportunities. The expectations that we build will ruin us. The things we demand will enslave us. Saggo is all about the vision. It never actually comes from him, but from the summation of everything around him. This is why it is a vision. One must be able to drop their own ego in order to receive what is truly the best course for them. Sometimes we don't realize what we actually wanted - what was actually good for us - until we take that leap of faith. Sagittarius craves an ecstatic state, and from this ecstatic state of vision, he moves his plan into the hands of Capricorn. This full moon is all about the realization of destiny, and knowing that we must look up from the spilled milk to see it cross our path. Sometimes broken things may be a vehicle for our destiny, but how high we climb the ladder our particular culture hands to us at birth has nothing to do with the real myth inside of us. Saggo coming into Capricorn tells us that our work must be fueled by vision separate from the ego. If we do not feel a fire from our work, then it is dead work. Plain and simple. Only through the fire shall find true fortune. We must match our rhythm with that of the world around us. Only then will we find the flow and stop fighting our eternal transformations. You must LET GO in order to change. We must allow ourselves, and the ghosts of dreams rattling in ours ears, to die before we may be fully renewed by the fires of this full moon. Open your eyes to the people around you. From the Gemini new moon onward, we are getting a push to alchemically meld with those in our tribe. It is time for us to come out of the inner cavern of the past few months and celebrate and explore with others. I am getting good signs in regards to love and friendship from this reading. That is... as long as we can look up from our egos and recognize that no vision is the the one vision. We must juxtapose, and in order to do that, we must relate with openness. So, in short, what this full moon is telling me is to let mutable Saggo melt your old expectations so that your real abilities may start to shape a more stable, realistic, far more adaptive future for you and those in your tribe. As Mark Twain said, "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."<br />
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<b>Helios: </b><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/06/mercury-in-gemini-long-shot.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Mercury</a><u>, </u><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/03/saturn-retrograde-brief-candle.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Saturn </a><u>and Neptune</u>- Ooh, now this is some fun- and great news for us, right now. Neptune is the grand vision, Saturn is the work and the reality of the situation, and Mercury is the details that get handled to align the two. These three can be used to bring your wildest dreams into reality right now, all you have to do is be bold enough to state your desire. Oh, and do the work required of course. What that entails varies with each vision, but that will be made clear to you- Just not all at once. You have to be willing to take that great leap, even if you don't know where you will land. None of know where we are going to end up in the end, and it wouldn't be any fun if we did! (<b>Minor Planets</b>- Hidalgo, Toro, Asbolus, Astraea, Hekate) <br />
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<b>Artemis:</b> <u>Mercury (Page of Swords), Saturn (5 of Pentacles), Neptune (5 of Swords): </u> Well, this is an interesting combination. The great thing about the 5 of Pentacles in Saturn is that it tells me that we will be forced to experience vision even if everything needs to be torn away from us for this to happen. Don't let it get that far. Do you hear that voice deep inside of you that has been tugging you a certain direction your entire life? Yeah, follow that bliss. If you don't follow that bliss, you will be met with challenge after challenge until you are so broken down, so impoverished that you are forced to look. From rock bottom, you can't avoid seeing everything. Again, don't let it get there. Jump and leap now, follow your vision but please heed another warning; do not trample on others to do so. Again I am getting a message that we must remain extremely open to other's opinions right now. No-one is an island, so sail the seas that connect us and bring a greater vision to yourself and others. Don't get so trapped in your own ego that Saturn needs to pwn the fuck out of you for you to finally see everyone you have been hurting with your viciousness. When we are scared of the fragility of our vision, we attack. <br />
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<b>Helios: </b><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/mars-retrograde-long-way-home.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Mars</a><u>, </u><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/uranus-conjunct-eris-war-drums.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Uranus</a><u> and Chiron</u>- It's not enough that we have Uranus and Eris to deal with on this one, that we have to add in Mars and Chiron too? You are jumping at shadows, raring for a good scrap- You don't trust anyone around you, and you trust yourself least of all. You are still grappling with your own mind, and your base nature is coming out- the cracks on your facade are showing, and you are long past caring who sees; you are wearing your scars proudly, but is that getting you anywhere? What do you gain by continuing to play the victim? We all have wounds, its time for you to pull yourself together. Yes, there is a lot going on in your life, but its time to start taking care of your shit now- you have left it go far too long. Remind those around you that you are a force to be reckoned with. (<b>Minor Planets</b>- Eris, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/ceres-in-aries-kakodyl.html" target="_blank">Ceres</a>, Sedna, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2011/07/varuna.html" target="_blank">Varuna</a>, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2011/10/tno-watch-quaoar.html" target="_blank">Quaoar</a>, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2012/01/tno-watch-ixion.html" target="_blank">Ixion</a>, Psyche, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/05/tno-watch-typhon.html" target="_blank">Typhon</a>, Apophis)<br />
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<b>Artemis: <u> </u></b><u>Mars (10 of Pentacles), Uranus (King of Cups), Chiron (The Fool):</u> Well daaaamn, the cards are letting me in on a little secret here. You know all that bullshit you have been battling inside of you? Uranus is not going to let is sit on that. It's time to let it explode and do something with it. With The Fool as Chiron, our ability to transform this deep hurt inside of us into something new and helpful will be at it's prime during this lunation. Uranus is not going to sit there quietly while we bottle things up some more, noooope. And Mars is going to help him dig out all of the gunk once and for all (until the next cycle, that is). This is good. Unless there is some fucked up shit that you are working on that may disturb your reputation, but in the end, it needs to come out for your own sanity. Be prepared for exposure, but be aware that this is a great opportunity to use your past hurt to heal others setting out on similar paths Again, this is a very tribal moon. <b> </b><br />
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<b>Helios: </b><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/05/jupiter-direct-confession.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Jupiter</a><u> and </u><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/pluto-retrograde-cocytus.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pluto</a>- Now here is a showstopper for the finale! Paradoxically, these two are the source of the great hope that tinges this whole lunation. Yes, the moon's ruler Jupiter is at full power right now, direct and heading towards Libra at full tilt, but its not just him- Pluto is winning hearts and minds of his own, and its all about what he promises that Jupiter can never deliver on. Jupiter, for all of his best intentions, will always fail to fully deliver on his promises. It's just his way- he will promise you everything, and you may get some of what he promised, but never all. Pluto on the other hand, promises you nothing but will leave you with greater treasures than you can imagine. He will strip away your illusions and leave you face to face with the truth: And it will hurt, unimaginably so if you have never fully worked with him- But it is worth it. In the sense of authentic power, he wins against his brothers every time- yet he continually is marginalized and stuck in the underworld, far from lofty Olympus. Why? Why do you let others marginalize you and stick you where you don't belong? Why do you accept this as your fate? Power and authenticity alone will not help you achieve your goals though- In the end, you have to inspire others, there must be a reason for others to join you in your aims. It cannot just be you. Isolating yourself and working towards your own glory is a recipe for disaster- ask Hillary Clinton. You must embody both Jupiter and Pluto- Carrying both Heaven and Hell within you. Only then can you see your dreams come to life. (<b>Minor Planets- </b><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/05/vesta-in-gemini-whispers.html" target="_blank">Vesta</a>, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2011/11/tno-watch-deucalion.html" target="_blank">Deucalion</a>, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2011/07/ceto.html" target="_blank">Ceto</a>, Bienor, Cyllarus)<br />
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<b>Artemis: </b><u>Jupiter (Ace of Swords), Pluto (King of Wands):</u> Well isn't this lovely! Jupiter is like Excalibur right now! He is leading the way, pointing us to the exact place we need to go. This is truly a visionary moon. Get your thinking caps on, because now is the best time to implement what has been resting in your head. Luck and fortune are here for us, and whatever we ask for will manifest very quickly. With Pluto being the King of Wands, you can't do anything but thrive in your vision. The god of the Underworld is demanding that we use our power to change things, and Jupiter is telling us that we are heading toward that change with a jovial heart and BLISS in mind. Again, follow your bliss. This seems to be the clearest message of all. There is bliss in destruction just as there is bliss in creation, and Pluto teaches us that we must destroy in order to create. So what are you willing to let burn away once and for all so that you can march forth without shackles toward your vision? You can't fly with the world sitting on your shoulders. <br />
<br />Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-68220210281461349482016-06-02T13:09:00.002-04:002016-06-02T13:10:00.193-04:00Venus in Cancer- Refuge<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Effective Date:</b> 6/18-7/15/16<br /><br /><b>Helios Says:</b><br />
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“<i>When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we
would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept
vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.</i>”
-Madeleine L'Engle<br />
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Hello Cardinal Crisis our old friend....<br />
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That's right, its that time of year again- Back into the churn we go! But this time... are we really? Are we in for another round of shakeups and chaos and illusions being destroyed? I mean, most assuredly, but this one... it feels different. Like there is a purpose behind it, and that it will be less about wanton destruction and more about growth for once. Well, to be fair it has always been about growth, but this time it definitely feels more insistent and demanding, but subtly so.<br />
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If you cant tell, I have issues with the water signs- Much confusion. Many subtlety.<br />
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The good thing is that the aim of this transit is crystal clear to me- Since the Full Moon in Cancer, you have been about picking up the pieces of the shattered relationships and failed loves that have gone before. You have been taking back what has been lost to you, the shards of your heart that you have given away- Now you that you have (more or less) done that, you have to start opening yourself up again. You will need to relearn vulnerability, while at the same time not forgetting the lessons of the failed affairs from before. You cannot lose yourself in any of these new loves, or falling to obsession, nor can you remain icy and distant for long. You must strike a balance between the two extremes. Open and inviting, yet independent and strong. <br />
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From here on out it will be more of a mature love that will be expected of you, yet this is no less fun! All it means is that you will get hurt less (but no less hard) and will cause less damage to the hearts of others. This will require some very radical candor on your part, and you must be clear about what you want from your partners and in your life. You must realize that you cannot have everything and everyone, and for some of you this is harder to accept than you might think (casts pointed side-eye at mirror) but if you are willing to accept this you can stop wasting time and get down to the nitty-gritty of what it is that you actually desire. Most of all, you have to be honest with yourself first about what it is you really need. Once that bridge has been crossed, you may not realize when this round of the Cardinal Crisis hits, and those things you would have once fought so hard to protect will pass away without so much as a whimper!<br />
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<b>Artemis says:</b><br />
<b>Cards: The Lovers, 9 of Cups, 5 of Swords</b><br />
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<i>“Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy.” </i><br />
<i>― Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus</i><br />
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The feeling of Cancer always reminds me of being nestled warmly under the roots of a big, old tree. The Crab is a sentimental lover with big watery eyes and hands that are always reaching for yours. There is an eternal coziness to Cancer, and snuggling up with one is like being surrounded by blankets right out of the dryer. They are also needy as fuck and will suck you dry if you are an individual that craves freedom in relationships. Sorry, Cancer, gotta tell it like it is. You can't keep us hostage forever with your hot chocolate and tears. I will dig my way out of the room with a fucking spoon, I swear to the gods. <br />
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The lesson we do learn from Cancer is that the heart is required for truly ecstatic states. You need to feel comfortable enough to melt and relax into someone in order to be taken to great heights. With this card combination presented to me, we learn that a true merger of spirit to create something beyond the two individuals involved creates states of drunken ecstasy. This sounds quite lovely. The summer time is the perfect time for lusty romances, and without the constant threats coming from winter weather, we can fully focus on melding with individuals around us. This floaty Cancer energy will be wonderful for tribal love. You will find a softening happening all around you and stronger, far more open bonds developing between friends. Cancer tells us there is no need for the harshness. Summer is here and we have plenty. Let us share. <br />
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The 9 of Cups reminds us that we have the capacity to love and feel fulfillment if we just looked around at what we already have. We attract what we put out, so a jovial and fulfilled attitude only attracts others who want to propagate this attitude. The 5 of Swords warns us that we must think of others at this time. We have all been through weeks of hell with all of these retrogrades, Eris and Uranus finally coming into conjunct, and the grand cross only 4 days away (6/6). So when Venus finally rolls into Cancer, we will be coming to heal each other with the vast mental resources we have scoured from the depths of our being. Is your point of view really more important than the ties you have with others? Before speaking, observe your tribe. What do you all need to be strong? It is always easier, far more fun, and far more interesting working with like minded friends and lovers than it ever is going at it alone and pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. We will be learning the meaning behind tribe, and the security and nourishment provided by the tribe. Without this, we cannot grow into full individuals capable of taking on whatever is dealt our way. <br />
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In short, it's time to learn how to play trust games with those we love. The only way to reach ecstatic states is to be able to trust and let go. Don't worry if you are initially having a very difficult time developing these bonds with others, because it is literally one of the hardest things we will ever learn to do. But it is also one of the most important. Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-55441581413338279562016-06-01T14:16:00.002-04:002016-06-01T14:16:10.927-04:00Mercury in Gemini- Long Shot<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Helios Says:</b><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">“<i>Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.</i>” -</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Terry Pratchett</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">After what seems like a lifetime of plodding through Taurus, Mercury has finally decided to get his shit together and head into Gemini, the sign he rules, and it could not come at a better time. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">You see, Taurus is all about "Slow and steady wins the race". Incremental success is valued, after careful and consistently applied effort. Using that approach, a bird could peck away at a mountain with just its beak!<br /><br />Of course the problem with this approach is that we as living beings have a finite amount of time, and who wants to devote that precious time to one, singular pursuit? Wouldn't it make more sense to just get a shitton of TNT and blow that damn mountain up?<br /><br />In a nutshell, that is what he is pushing you to do right now. You have done all your prep work, you have been hustling behind the scenes for months now, and now it is time to make your move. Of course, nothing is ever guaranteed, as much as we would love for it to be- at the end of the day, whenever you take an action, there is a certain element of risk or chance. Mercury is all about speculation and luck, especially in Gemini. This is literally his deal. Sure, you may not come out ahead 100% of the time, but you will miss every shot that you don't take!<br /><br />Let it ride<br /></span></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px;"><i>“Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?” - Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird</i></span></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px;">I’ve been preaching a lot of compassion lately. I believe that it is probably the most important thing in the world right now. Only when we open our channels up to merging with others will we be able to make the vital connections that are necessary for conscious evolution of our kind. Today (6/1) another immense event is taking place. Uranus is going conjunct Eris. The majority of the planets are in mutable signs at the moment, and a mutable grand cross is only days away. There is no better time than now to choose how you want to climb the shifting ladder of ideas. Spin your webs and get ready for what’s ahead. </span></span></h1>
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<b>Effective Date</b>- 6/4/16<br />
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<b>Helios Says:</b><br />
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Hope and despair. Power and impotence. Past and future. Heaven and Hell. Human and Divine. Head and Heart. Confidence and Doubt. Welcome to the edge of the storm. The crosswinds of the opposing forces within you are ripping you apart. You have moments before it envelops you- What is your play? Whatever it is, you cannot hesitate- You will only get one shot here, so you better make it count. We stand on the precipice of the challenge that the Cardinal Crisis spent years molding us for- And instead of being battle-ready, eager to take on whatever the cosmos can fling at us, we are running from the front lines as fast as we can! Those who can't run? Shaking in their boots, second guessing every decision in their life that has led them to this point, trying to figure out the moment where it all went wrong to lead them here. <br />
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It will do you no good to run- You couldn't possibly hide from this, because the battle you face is within yourself. Each of us will have our demons to face, but I promise you one thing- Helios and Artemis are here, with you, fighting at your back. We will get you through this, I swear it. This is what we have been training for, and it is OUR moment! <br />
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<b>Artemis Says:</b><i>“I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.” -- Marilyn Monroe</i><br />
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Out of all the mutable signs, the strongest source of chaos seems to originate from Gemini. Like Virgo, there is a sense of striving toward order but being stretched too thin. At least Virgo is an earth sign, giving her a sense of grounding and purpose to her chaos. Gemini is ruled by air, and this in itself gives him very little restriction. Of course, this could drive a person insane and create a sort of split persona. Perhaps this is why Gemini is represented by the Twins; you're always talking to two different people when talking to a Gemini. One person dwells deep inside and they are extraordinarily insightful. This twin has a wonderful appreciation for higher intellectual pursuits, a keen eye when it comes to analysis of any kind, a whimsical sense of humor and an ability for the arts that can rival any other sign in the Zodiac. The other Twin is kind of a piece of shit (or just really ridiculously flashy). Oh shut up, Gemini, you all know it's true! We never know which one of you to expect, and I bet you don't either. This new moon is a lot like that. What the hell is on the horizon? What can we expect? And who are we going to end up choosing to be?<br />
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<b>H: </b><u>The Sun, Moon, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/05/venus-in-gemini-all-that-glitters.html" target="_blank">Venus</a>, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/05/jupiter-direct-confession.html" target="_blank">Jupiter</a>, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/03/saturn-retrograde-brief-candle.html" target="_blank">Saturn</a>, Neptune and <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/pluto-retrograde-cocytus.html" target="_blank">Pluto</a></u>- You read that right. All seven are counted in this. Let's break this down- The hot zone will be anything between 12-16 degrees of your chart, but especially the mutables. This is major change energy in the air- Yes, things have been stagnant and you have been at a loss as for what to do to surmount your obstacles. Overnight, it seems like these obstacles are melting away in front of you, and the ground has suddenly changed from quicksand to one of those horizontal escalator walkways that they have in airports for no adequately explored reason and that exist no where else- Only they actually have some speed to them, and its more than you can handle. The main players are going to be the benefics, Venus and Jupiter. This new moon is right on Venus and being squared by Jupiter; But in the background are Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. You are caught between your brightest future and your darkest past. Your secrets, mistakes, lies and failures seek to weigh you down so that you may never reach those lofty peaks you dream of- Your fears haunt you at every turn, and your insecurities take every opportunity to remind you how much of a piece of shit you actually are. They rake you over the coals for every misspoken word, every failed venture, and every chance that you didn't take. They will do this for as long as you continue to give them your attention- Engaging in that negative self-talk will only give your demons more power over you. In spite of the war raging in your head and heart, you have achieved so much, so quickly, and in ways that those around you never believed that you were capable of- But you cannot see it. All you see is your failures, because you are the only one who knows their full extent! You can get through this, but to do so you will need to forget the failures, and the losses. You need to get over yourself- No, your life is not perfect and blissful, and exactly the way it turned out since you planned it all out at age 10. No ones is. You are not that same person as you were back then, and thank god for it- if you insist on trying to gauge your success on that metric, your original plan, you will ALWAYS come up short. You have to let go of that dialogue that says that you need to get back to the original model- Unless you somehow develop time travel powers there is no way to do it (and then you run into causality, and bifurcated timelines... its a giant hassle); You have to deal with your situation, this world, reality as it is - Not how you wish it would have been. Most of all, you have to be honest with yourself- There is something in your past, or in your subconscious that you are desperately trying to hide from. This is keeping you chained to it, so that you can never escape it. Break your shackles and face the truth. Only then can you move forward. (Minor Planets in play- Psyche, Tantalus, Hopi, Teharonhiawako, Hidalgo, Osiris, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2011/07/tno-watch-phaethon.html" target="_blank">Phaethon</a>, Cyllarus, Bienor, Echeclus, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2011/07/ceto.html" target="_blank">Ceto</a>)<br />
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<b>A: </b><u>The Sun (ace of wands), Moon (3 of Pentacles), Venus (8 of Pentacles), Jupiter (High Priestess), Saturn (7 of Pentacles), Neptune (7 of Wands) and Pluto (Queen of Swords):</u><br />
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There seems to be a "split" in all the air signs. Gemini is split by two personas, Libra is split by everything in fucking existence - trying fruitlessly to bring it all together, and Aquarius is split between the heavens and earth. Unfortunately, this leads to a sort of dissociation in all three signs. Who are they really? Do you remember how I told you on the Sagittarius Full Moon that what we imagine, we become? I pulled the same goddamn card for the moon again; the Ace of Wands. It makes a lot of sense. This time, we are tackling it from a far more personal side than when we were being pummeled by moon in Saggo energy. Saggo asked us who we wanted to be in regards to the collective, and Gemini is asking us who we are going to choose to be in regards to our own daily life.<br />
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Marilyn is the perfect example of a Sun (and Mercury) in Gemini person. Her friends would talk about how she could trigger different personas into existence at whim, and how she could effortlessly weave her way through conversations. One minute she was Norma Jean; quiet, intellectual, serious, and plain. People would pass her on the street without a second glance. She would tell her friends to watch closely as she shifted into Marilyn Monroe. The next minute she would "transform" into her other half with a little shift in posture and mindset. People immediately began to notice her as she walked down the street. This is Gemini's gift. You can project on to them as much bullshit as you'd like, and the inner twin will always be just behind the scenes taking notes as the more theatrical twin is picking away at your defenses. What you imagine, you become. What others imagine we are, we become. Instead of putting down the inner person who is clearly not the outer person, use the "image" others create for you as a weapon. Theater is an important art-form. Figuring out which myth people believe you are living out can come to your advantage. Venus and Jupiter are going to be helping us chop wood and carry water, so to speak. Jupiter is whispering to us that the secret to all of this lies in him, and that Venus is helping him construct this grand plan. Both planets are sitting in Mercury ruled signs; Virgo and Gemini. So, the answer lies with connecting to others who share similar views in regards to connection that we do. How can we merge our ideas with others? How are we all going to put together our little pieces of the puzzle with those who are working on the same puzzles as us?<br />
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While you are working with your allies, you need to prepare for your enemies. How can you use the "idea of you" that they have to destroy them?<br />
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It's time to focus on how to use our skills, especially our personality, to get what we want. Jesus Christ, I sounded so Gemini just then... Although Gemini knows how to nudge people in various directions for their own benefit, there is always this underlying guilt they face. Perhaps this is why they are constantly running in the middle of situations they have manifested? This warns us to keep in mind that whatever you do to turn a situation into your favor, do so without nudging people off of their own path. All in all, this is an extremely creative moon. Use it to paint a beautiful new mask for this stage we call life. The myths we create are a map of the underlying reality of things; which we are unable to truly communicate. Sorry, Gemini, we know how much you like to communicate. How do you talk about something that we really don't know how to talk about? Art. <br />
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While you are learning how to use your exterior self as an art form, don't get too lost in the being that you create. You are never exactly what others say you are. Your inner self also has some shit they are dealing with that needs focus as well. The outer planets are digging under our skin to reveal to us the truth of our inner lives. Sometimes love has to be tough. Pluto has always had a bad reputation for being volatile when she should be tender (makes sense that I pulled the Queen of Swords for her). Remember, there is a need for fire to clear things that are overrun. There is an ancient wisdom to Pluto that tells us that to uncover what is buried inside of us, we have to dig deep and use big explosives. It is a violent process. Anytime false ideas about who we are come toppling down, it can't help but be a violent process. Use this chaos around us like a ladder. Gemini knows that when the pieces scatter, you can use them to create whatever fairy tale you wish to create. The Mutable Grand Cross that is coming up in less than 2 weeks is going to be a big opportunity. We are going to be able to re-arrange the pieces of our existence into a new shape. Mutable signs like Gemini are like play doe. You can pummel them into any form that you wish, but always keep in mind that it is not permanent. We will be learning grand lessons of impermanence now, from crumbling social circles to crumbling ideas of persona. Keep in mind that the truth of any individual can never be gleamed from one perspective of them. We are like the eye of a storm; still and empty like a void. Our exterior is always spinning and changing; picking up pieces of others as we move along our path. We are both. The person that you create to take on your exterior world has repercussions for the person living inside of you. Remember this as you choose which myth you want to live out. <b> </b><br />
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<b>H: </b><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/05/mercury-direct-measure-of-man.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Mercury</a><u> and </u><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/uranus-conjunct-eris-war-drums.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Uranus</a>- As you are dredging up the mire in your head, your mind is supercharged right now, going a mile a minute trying to think up a clever way out of the situation your cleverness got you into. News flash- getting out of it, running from the problem? The least effective way to move forward. Your best way out is through. Note that I didnt say the ONLY way there- you can choose just about any way to move you want: Forward, back, up, west or at a downward slope. Doesn't matter. You will move, and if you dont harness the energy here for your own aims, it will run roughshod over you, and when it is done with you it will cast you aside in a random direction of its choosing- not yours. For some of you, this is what you really want- I get it, but if you can take control, why not do so? You will also run into the issue where you are afraid of what you want, that it is either not big or world-changing enough, that your dreams are too small and you cannot be enough for this world- that you have missed your shot at your best life. If you do, reexamine what you think you want. See if your goals are still in line with your path. (Minor Planets in play- Ceres, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2011/11/tno-watch-borasisi.html" target="_blank">Borasisi</a>, Hebe, Niobe, Hybris, Bacchus)<br />
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<b>A: </b><u>Mercury (Page of Swords) and Uranus (9 of Wands): </u> <br />
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Eek, we're up against the ropes and have no idea where to move from here. 9 of Wands indicates our huge sense of exhaustion, yet it also shows us that we have a lot of EXPERIENCE now. These two cards show us that we are finally coming into a deeper understanding of our mental workings. The Page of Swords is always poised to move but a little nervous. She has all the knowledge she needs, just as the 9 of Wands, but where the 9 of Wands is exhausted and beat up, the Page of Swords is nervous and anxious. You need to figure out a way to ground yourself and summon some strength. Things are literally going to be able to go anywhere from here. The Mutable Grand Cross and this Mutable sun and moon are telling change is here whether we like it or not. Uranus is about to go conjunct with Eris (June 1), which is sending more CHANGE our way. You can sit there and cry about how tired and nervous you are, or you can keep plugging away. Venus being the 8 of Pentacles tells me that our route to fortune is going to be in the plugging away, regardless of the insanity coming from Mercury and Uranus. Make a move. <br />
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<b>H: </b><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/mars-retrograde-long-way-home.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Mars</a><u> and Chiron</u>- With all of this, what can you actually do about any of it? Well, this is mostly going to be an internal struggle, primarily a mental one. The best thing to do is to focus on resolving your conflict, and not trying to rush it- You must not try to push forward quicker than the flow wishes for you. You can choose to do so, but I promise that you will be pushed back and knocked on your ass at every turn if you do. Or you could be patient and allow events to unfold in harmony (*cough cough* Fourth Law *cough cough*). The downside to following the path, the flow, is that right now no matter what course of actions you decide to take you will be forced to confront old issues that have not been resolved. Any shortcuts you have taken, anything unfinished will be thrown back up in your face. We have been down the chirotic path before though, so you know the territory- besides, the more you face the issues, the less power they have over you. Your freedom comes from this conflict, both within and without. You must not shrink from it- you have to fight through. Step up and fight for your future or watch it fall away (Minor Planets in play- Siwa, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2011/07/varuna.html" target="_blank">Varuna</a>)<br />
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Ugh, Mars is retrograding into Scorpio, meaning more skeletons popping up for us. It's fine. Every time these issues come around, they give us a deeper understanding of why they manifested in our lives. Everything is not as it initially seems. Chiron is the Wounded Healer of the asteroids and he is telling us we have to be willing to give as much healing as we are receiving. To heal yourself, you have to help heal others. The thing is, we have to seek the perfect balance right now. Putting too much energy into others, or putting too much energy into yourself over others, is going to send you under. Everyone's self esteem is struggling right now. Build each other up as Mars in Scorpio brings back more unfinished business for everyone. We seriously all need to work together. Throwing others off the cliff is not going to make it easier for you to climb the mountain. Sure, if it's one of your piece of shit enemies, knock that sucker to the motherfucking ground. But if it's a friend, or someone you hardly really know, lend a fucking hand. You are going to need people you trust holding the ropes for you, and vice versa. There is something really strange about the Heirophant representing Mars in retrograde in Scorpio. I get a sense of ancestors calling out to us. Sit and meditate on this. What unlived dreams of your ancestors do you need to address? How are you an unknowing device for your ancestors to live out those dreams? This is an important thing to keep in mind when we are manifesting a future for ourselves in the coming weeks. Keep in mind what your dreams are juxtaposed against the dreams everyone has been feeding you plus the dreams that your ancestors never fulfilled due to giving up on their lives or any other tragedy that may have befallen them. Gemini teaches us that we are never truly just one person, and we never truly serve just one master. Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-55495250095880802242016-05-25T15:04:00.004-04:002016-05-25T15:04:50.511-04:00Venus in Gemini- All That Glitters...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Effective Dates</b>- 5/24-6/17/16<br /><br /><b>Helios Says:</b><br />
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"<i>Because life is short and you are hot</i>" -Steven Moffat, Doctor Who, Blink (2005)<br />
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You're tired. You're done- I get it, trust me. All you want is a reprieve, a way out of what seeks to oppress you. You feel the pressure from all sides, and you just want to run. That is the nature of Venus in Gemini- Screw the rules, fuck the future! Lets have fun today! <br />
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Of course, this attitude is unsustainable, especially with Saturn in Sagittarius- But after all we have been through, don't we deserve a bit of a breather? Especially when She will play a key role in the upcoming New Moon and will be active in the Uranus-Eris conjunction. Honestly, under Pluto in Cap, any bit of a reprieve is welcome- And those usually come during Gemini transits. <br />
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Yes it is super important to take the long view, and it is important to fix your mind onto great big thoughts, full of import and gravity- But if you neglect the moments in front of you, you neglect the chance to come up with your OWN wisdom to last through the ages. If all you do is parrot those who have come before you, and you have nothing new to add to the conversation, you will be forgotten. To make any impact, you must be present in the now, in the moment!<br />
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And goddamnit, you need to have fun. We all know that we have been needlessly kicking our own asses lately, because of a perceived lack of progress or a feeling of being off course. Think of this as a vacation from that (and good practice for Jupiter moving into Libra) You have to forget the big picture, at least temporarily. Gemini can run literally hundreds of scenarios in their heads at any moment, and will come up with the best solution given the variables, but can only do that from a relative perspective- otherwise key variables go unknown- In other words, you are the master of your fate at this juncture, no one else can tell you what to do because they have no idea of the reality of what you are facing right now. Sure, they can advise, but you're not going to give them the key secrets that could change the entire equation. Its just the way this time works. <br />
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During this time you will need to make key decisions about what is right for you, and no one else can tell you what to do. This is not helped by Chiron in Pisces- You will need to actually follow your instincts, and figure out what the hell it is that you really want. You will be distracted at several points by things that SEEM like they are great for you, and the logical way to proceed, but Venus doesn't do logic- everything here has to be the truth of the heart. If it doesn't feel right, you will shoot yourself in the foot to get out of it, whether consciously or unconsciously. Get it right the first time. <br />
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Of course, with Jupiter in Virgo, your natural reaction will be to deny this truth and run from it- I get it, its uncomfortable. Besides, i am the poster child for running away from the truth of my Self. You will think that you are not worthy of happiness, and blah blah, so on and so forth- Get over it. You will need to get these issues resolved before Jupiter moves into Libra, and you will not have a lot of time to do it. It is THIS YEAR folks. But in the end, time moves forward regardless of what we do and if we get it right- and that is the key to understanding Gemini- it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to work. Ideally, everything would be perfect, and harmony would be the de facto modus operandi, but what is perfect for me isnt necessarily what is perfect for you, and with 7 billion humans all wanting various things, their own versions of heaven, perfection cannot exist. A workable, functional future can, however- if you are willing to choose it.<br /><br /><b>Artemis says:</b><br /><br /><b>Cards: Queen of Cups, Ace of Swords, 2 of Wands</b><br /><br />
“Invisible threads are the strongest ties.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche<br /><br />Press on the gas peddle, it's fucking Gemini season! Everything seems to speed the fuck up at this time of year. And BAM, Venus is having her next ingress. This one kinda hit me out of nowhere. I was beginning to fall asleep from a Taurean induced stupor, cradled by ice cream and soap operas. This is a welcomed fucking wake up call. I feel like someone just dunked me in ice water and told me to get my shit together. It's party season. <br /><br />Who hasn't fallen for a god damn Gemini (god damn fdsjlksadjf Gemini)? Venus in the Twins is a charming muse who skips around blowing minds and bringing a flair of sophistication to any romantic interaction. She makes you laugh, she makes you think, and then she leaves you. And this is why we have all also hated a Gemini. <br /><br />I absolutely love air signs in Venus. It gives love a flirtatious, easy going nature (which is nice coming out of serious earth). We are crawling out of a period of time where our emotions were worn on our sleeve. The last couple of Venusean ingresses have brought to the surface the flood waters of our heart, revealing to us truer shades of our attachments. Now that we have received our insights, it is time to dive deep into our connections. It's time to view love from the Air sign's perspective. <br /><br />Saturn and Venus are coming into opposition, so I suspect Gemini will give us epiphanies about the grand plan. What do I mean by this? It will show you just why you are connected to the ones you love, and just why you value what you value. We have a primal attraction to what we are attracted to for a reason. It's an eerie sort of fate, and it gets stranger with a planet like Saturn involved. Saturn is going to give Venus a lot of pressure to address her grand plan. Saturn wants answers, and he wants purpose. He likes structure and lines and containers, and love really rebels against all of this. Love destroys any sense of "container." The intellectualization of Venus in Gemini fighting a idealistic Saturn in Sagittarius is going to be quite the battle. With these two signs, I imagine two girls fighting in a pudding or something. Hey it's still fighting, and one of them has to win! It's just going to be kind of a sexy fight. As the fighting between these two progresses, love will address the structure of our life and the structure of our life will effect our love. It'll be a tug of war for a while, but one of their influence will overpower the other in your personal chart. However, both will be forever changed from this interaction. The mutable Grand Cross is coming, and big changes are ahead. <br /><br />How do air signs fall in love? With our brains. No, dead serious. If we can find someone who makes connections in the same way that we do, regardless of their belief system, we find great value in this. Gemini is the flirt for a reason. She is always testing our minds, seeing how everything holds up and if we are able to contend with her. This is plain and simple air sign behavior. Get ready for a lot of this, in yourself and others. Gemini is going to send us out into the world, exploring each other's paradigms and having a lot of brain sex. Doesn't that sound awesome?<br /><br />2 of Wands warns us not to fear the unknown. Just go out there and find your vision. It manifests when you are around similar thinking people. You can solve this puzzle together and find out why we are pulled to the people we are pulled to. Why are these particular loves in your life? Insight is here, and it's electrifying. <br />
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You know, we have been way too stuck in the underworld lately. Im not a fan. I think its about time to bust out of this cage, dont you? Luckily I know just the man for the job...<br />
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<b>The Astronomy</b>: 3361 Orpheus is an Apollo asteroid that was discovered on April 24, 1982 by Carlos Torres at Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station. Its eccentric orbit crosses that of Mars and Earth, and approaches Venus
as well. From 1900 to 2100 it passes closer than 30 Gm to Venus 11,
Earth 33, and Mars 14 times. It passed by Earth at a distance of about
40 lunar distances on December 7, 2013. 3361 Orpheus is a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) because its minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) is less than 0.05 AU and its diameter is greater than 150 meters. The Earth-MOID is 0.0139 AU (2,080,000 km; 1,290,000 mi). Its orbit is well-determined for the next several hundred years.The orbital solution includes non-gravitational forces.<br />
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<b>The Myth</b>: Orpheus was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth.
The major stories about him are centered on his ability to charm all
living things and even stones with his music, his attempt to retrieve
his wife, Eurydike, from the underworld,
and his death at the hands of those who could not hear his divine
music. As an archetype of the inspired singer, Orpheus is one of the
most significant figures in the reception of classical mythology in Western culture, portrayed or alluded to in countless forms of art and popular culture including poetry, film, opera, music, and painting. For the Greeks, Orpheus was a founder and prophet of the so-called "Orphic" mysteries. He was credited with the composition of the Orphic Hymns, a collection of which only two have survived. The most famous story in which Orpheus figures is that of his wife Eurydice
(sometimes referred to as Euridice and also known as Argiope). While
walking among her people, the Cicones, in tall grass at her wedding,
Eurydice was set upon by a satyr.
In her efforts to escape the satyr, Eurydice fell into a nest of vipers
and suffered a fatal bite on her heel. Her body was discovered by
Orpheus who, overcome with grief, played such sad and mournful songs
that all the nymphs and gods wept. On their advice, Orpheus traveled to the underworld. By his music he softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone
(he was the only person ever to do so), who agreed to allow Eurydice to
return with him to earth on one condition: he should walk in front of
her and not look back until they both had reached the upper world. He
set off with Eurydice following, and, in his anxiety, as soon as he
reached the upper world, he turned to look at her, forgetting that both
needed to be in the upper world, and she vanished for the second time,
but now forever. Other ancient writers, however, speak of Orpheus' visit to the underworld in a more negative light; according to Phaedrus the infernal gods only "presented an apparition" of Eurydice to him. Ovid says that Eurydice's death was not caused by fleeing from Aristaeus but by dancing with naiads
on her wedding day. In fact, Plato's representation of Orpheus is that
of a coward, as instead of choosing to die in order to be with the one
he loved, he instead mocked the gods by trying to go to Hades to bring
her back alive. Since his love was not "true"—he did not want to die for
love—he was actually punished by the gods, first by giving him only the
apparition of his former wife in the underworld, and then by being
killed by women. After returning from the underworld, Orpheus never took another wife, instead only taking the company of young boys from that point on. The women of the area, feeling spurned, went into a Dionystic frenzy and ripped him limb from limb- Even as Orpheus tried to calm them with his music, they could not hear it. And so he died.<br />
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<b>The Astrology</b>: Okay, so- it doesn't take an astrologer to see just how absolutely contrived this story is. Seriously, i've seen comics with less convoluted plots (actually that's a lie- Ive never actually picked up a comic in my life). Orpheus was history's first rockstar. Unfortunately for him (and his adoring fans) he had some... different tastes than the culture of the time was used to. The Eurydike story was made up as a cover for this fact. Now in terms of the astrology itself, some astrologers link this asteroid as the long sought-after indicator of homosexuality (possibly sharing this with Ganymed), but I would go straight for the kill and call it more likely to be an indicator of pedophilliac tendencies, at its most extreme. Obviously more study would need to be done, but that would be my take on it. However, drawing solely from its myth (regardless of how contrived it is) Orpheus should indicate musical talent, a love of being in the spotlight, tragedy in relationships, going to the ends of the earth for the ones they love, drama, and a direct link from the world of the gods to the world of man.The greatest message that Orpheus tell us however, is that if you nuture your gifts, and use the skills that you are given, you can move even the will of heaven and hell.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">To find out where he
shows up in your chart, go to astro.com, put in your birth details and in the
extended options, all the way at the bottom, there will be a menu of additional
objects. Under that is a blank space where you can enter the number 3361, for Orpheus.
Once you have it entered, generate the chart! Where does Orpheus affect your
life? Let us know in the comments below!</span></span>Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-15807568997722633012016-05-23T13:46:00.002-04:002016-05-23T13:46:46.319-04:00Lillith in Scorpio- Dark Desires<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Effective Dates: </b>5/22-12/2/16<b><br /><br />Helios Says:</b><br /><br />“<i>When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage
and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in
pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet
ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is
more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our
destiny</i>.”
-Paulo Coehlo<br />
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So much for feeling stuck, right? It seems like events started moving again, going from 0 to 60 overnight (Which in terms of car speed, is actually insanely slow, but in cosmic terms not so much), and it couldn't have come quick enough! The events of the last two months have been grueling, to say the least- being slowly ground down, like each planet was raking a sheet of sandpaper across your soul an inch at a time, trying to buff out your edges and exposing the flaws. <br />
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Well I have some good news and I have some good news; The good news is, the greater part of this process is over, and we are on the other side of the storm (specifically the feelings of being stuck and impotent) - The bad news is that now the real work begins, and you are going to have to put your money where your mouth is. You see, now we have Lilith to contend with, and she is not the one to let you sit back and let life be something that just happens to you, especially not since she is in Scorpio! Your grace period is over and you forgot to cancel your subscription.<br />
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This will be an uncomfortable time, especially at the onset with it being Gemini season- You have a conflict between what you THINK you should do and what you actually WANT to do. Lilith will be running around in your subconscious as you try and keep pace in your mundane life, and will buck every attempt you try and make to get her under control- and that is a good thing.<br />
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This energy of this year is straight out of Fight Club- No, no, not the obvious "You don't talk about Fight Club" reference, I'm actually onto something here. In Fight Club, the narrator knows he is dying a little more every day, and he is losing himself in the inauthentic nature of his life. In fact, the creator, Chuck Palahniuk wrote the story after he had a fight on a camping trip, and came back to work bloody and bruised- None of his coworkers brought up the injuries to him and their reluctance to get involved in any kind of "messy" personal details or trying to forge any kind of authentic human connection was the inspiration for the book. These last few months have been the equivalent to that camping trip, and now we are coming back to work, battered and bruised. You will be given the same treatment as Palahniuk was given- and it will open your eyes. No one else will care about what is happening to you, they are too wrapped up in their own bullshit. Your isolation will be a boon, even if it doesn't feel like one. You will be made aware of what needs to change, and will not be able to ignore it. You will know what you have to do. <br />
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Work with Lilith and she will save your soul. Fight her and she will leave you to rot. She doesn't have time to waste on the unworthy. Show her what you can do!<br /><br /><b>Artemis says:</b><br /><br /><i>“We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.” -- Marilyn Monroe</i><br /><b>Cards: The Devil, 8 of Swords, The Queen of Swords</b><br /><br />You will hear me barking about mirrors all of the time. It is one of my favorite topics. We are all little mirrors running around, projecting our issues into the outside world and receiving projections from others. Sometimes we forget where our reflection begins and where the reflections of others end. Unlike a mirror you may use to look at your beautiful face, humans are living, lucid mirrors. We are ever morphing like liquid, filling cracks, reflecting some more, creating labyrinths of the mind - projecting outward and beckoning our deepest, most repressed desires to manifest as people and events in our lives. We take things in - traumatic events or hurtful words people say - and leave a void in the world. This is where Black Moon Lilith comes in with her influence. <br /><br />Who is the mirror of the moon? Why, that is the Black Moon Lilith. So what the fuck is that? Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? Why, Lilith gives no fucks about silly questions like that. She is the "evil" queen, aka the wild, self owned woman who kicked Adam in the teeth and bore a bunch of demon babies in some myths. She is not passive femininity like Eve, who is born of his rib and bound to her identity as a subplot of man. No, she is as much of a full being as Adam. She is associated with the dark sexual energy inside all of us that we unfortunately stifle due to the commands from "civilized" society. And then we label those urges a "monster" or "demon." How backwards is that? "Exercise the beast, don't exorcise the beast," goes a famous Satanic saying. You can't ever rid yourself of your primal side, so you better learn how to harness it and ride that dragon. <br /><br />Nature has no idea what the fuck we are talking about when we say shit like "good" and "evil." It doesn't know "good" and "evil." Nature only recognizes when things are out of wack and a horrible imbalance has crept into the fold. With our actions, we create a pocket or a void in our life. Back to Black Moon Lilith. During this ingress of the Queen of mental darkness, Black Moon Lilith will show us just how tight our blindfolds are. Shackles of various kinds lead to mental blocks that keep us from fully expressing our nature. As the mirror of the moon, Lilith will show us what personality traits we have developed to repress our desires. Scorpio is very heavy handed when it comes to transmutation. Why are you so terrified to change? You know that your job, spouse, whatever, sucks. So why don't you leave? Why don't you severe? Because you are afraid of your own power. Lilith left her position of glory because she did not love Adam and did not want to be his servant, as the Abrahamic god YHWH commanded. That was some big fucking decision... That means she wont take any of your shit excuses anymore.<br /><br />It's time to change. You feel it in the air, don't you? All of the events the past couple of moons have been gearing us up for our ability to cut through this thick jungle of our mind. We have witnessed deep misery. We have witnessed the power of the cosmos and how we are mere peons when it comes to the force of nature. The "dream" that society gives us is as fragile as glass when it comes to the forces inside of us. Don't fight her. Learn from her. Lilith will crack you open and devour your insides. She is ruthless. Change is inevitable, and that realization alone is enlightening. <br /><br />Remember what I told you when Vesta entered Gemini? Watch your mind. You lie to yourself as much as you lie to others. Those urges you feel in your gut, what do they say to you? If you do not manifest what you truly desire, the demons in your external world will just get scarier and scarier. And then they will seep back into your brain as anxieties and more trauma and back out like a horrifying wheel of death and destruction. Break that fucking wheel! This Lilith energy is very Kali, the dark dancing Hindu goddess of time, creation, preservation and destruction. She is associated with Shakti energy, or feminine sexual energy that leads to Kundalini Awakening. Creation and destruction are mirrors, and this is an ancient creative/destructive force we are dealing with. The deep, repressed desires inside of you are your way to the light. They only seem ugly because we are reflecting back the tremendous fear that society has for the wild. The power inside all of us is tremendous and boundless. Why wouldn't that terrify a handler? <br /><br />Lilith knows she was born a Queen, not a slave. Let this lesson pass on. Don't live your life in quiet servitude to those around you. Transform, become one with your desires, let the fucking beast out of the cage. Don't let them use your own mind against you. Don't let them tell you what you want. You know what you want.Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-8823529375642252832016-05-20T15:51:00.002-04:002016-05-20T16:04:06.941-04:00Mercury Direct- Measure of a Man<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Effective Date: </b>5/22/16<br />
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<b>Helios Says:</b><br />
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Are you done? <br />
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Honestly, I truly want to know. The way you have been talking, and the way that you have been thinking lately, it sure sounds like you are! You sound like you have given up- That you cannot take another step forward. It would be absolutely understandable, knowing what we know about what has happened to you- All those secret struggles, every loss, the looming abyss that is the future expanding in front of you; with your position in it growing more precarious with every step that you take. No one could rightfully blame you, with all of that in perspective- No one but yourself, that is.<br />
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There is no harsher judge at the end of the day, is there? At some level it has to be that way, as a survival mechanism- If you are harder on yourself than anyone else can be, then that becomes something that you can control; No one can hurt you other than you. Pain can be managed, quantified and controlled- The damage inflicted is in YOUR hands, and taken from your enemies, those who would inflict the pain on you themselves. The obvious flaw in that logic, however, is that while you strip your enemies of their power to cause you pain, you turn that power immediately over to a more powerful enemy than you could ever beat, and knows exactly where to strike for maximum damage. You make an enemy out of your own mind, and then hand it the launch codes to your personal nuclear arsenal. Then, to preserve its power and its hold on you, the mind will start to jump at shadows, seeing threats everywhere outside itself, fearing its own intentions are shared by everyone that you meet. You spend all your energy and time on guard from allowing yourself to slip up, carefully selecting every word you say, every move you make- judging every interaction you have for possible exposure, or a chance to exploit a weakness exposed in another in case they ever try to come for you. Your mind is the true torturer: Mercury is far crueler and colder than Pluto can ever be, Pluto is simply more creative in his punishments. <br />
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Your real enemy, however, is fear. Fear is what caused you to first turn your mind's own sword upon itself- What caused you to commit treason against your own self. Through fear, you have allowed yourself to become less a man and more a beast every day. Fear has you hiding. Yes, fear is a completely normal and understandable response to the threats we face in our lives, and in the face of an extremely uncertain future, but allowing it to paralyze us is not. The longer we spend our time being frozen in fear of a less than perfect future, the more we assure that becomes a reality. Every moment we spend paralyzed is one that we lose of happiness. What we must do, of course, is face your fear. Now, we hear that a lot, it is a common thing to say and it is trite. What must be done in reality is that we must stop trying to run from pain, and instead turn and look it dead in the eyes. From there it will fling the worst-case scenarios at us. We must accept the reality that we will experience pain, loss and suffering- A lot of it. Such is life, and it is the way it has always been. Your mind will throw everything that it can at you to try and cling to its power, but you must be stronger than it- you have to withstand the onslaught. It will try to show you your failures, missed chances and opportunities, those you have failed along the way- These must be accepted. Throughout this process you will want to run from everything it shows you, but you have to remember that you are better than that- You have overcome so much already, and this is just another challenge, albeit one where your future is on the line, your present is untenable and your past is a weapon. Once you have stopped allowing your fear to insulate you from reality, and you accept it as it is, right now, you will win. Acceptance of what has come before, and bravery in the face of uncertainty will ensure that your future is a bright one, even if it takes a shape different than what you once saw for yourself.<br />
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<b>Artemis says:</b><br />
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"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." -- Tolkien<br />
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<b>Cards: King of Pentacles, 8 of Wands, 4 of Swords</b><br />
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So, I have good news. Those are powerful words aren't they? It's a nice feeling, to sense things shifting in a different direction. A slightly more stable direction. Like, instead of rolling down a hill in a flaming car, now we are outside of the car and tumbling down. This is better! We were in a 6 planet deep retrograde period, and now that Jupiter and Mercury have gone direct, we only have to deal with 4 more wolves (Saturn, Mars, Pluto and Juno). <br />
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We have learned who our friends are. The internal burrowing we have done, deep down into the marrow of our bones, has purged a lot of our demons. So here's the thing. After you are done fighting the demons inside of you, you naturally bring them outside of you. Now that Mercury is swinging back into forward motion, those things are going to become projected into your external world. They are going to manifest as situations or people in your daily life, and you are going to have to take what you have learned and swiftly defeat these ghosts of your anxieties. Don't panic. This is a good thing. This is the only way to defeat them once and for all. <br />
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We are almost done with this intense wave of internal war, and the external enemies are going to begin to poke their heads out of the woodwork. Be swift. Don't waste your time. You have come out of this Mercury retrograde period with a deeper understanding of the workings of your own mind. It's a scary fucking place, yeah? So now it is far easier to understand the way that the darkness behaves in your external environment. Your brain is going to shift focus to the external world once again. <br />
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With this Sagittarius full moon on the horizon, this is going to be an incredible time of action. Decisions are going to be made, coffins are going to be nailed shut, and ghosts are going to be put to rest. And thank the fucking gods because some of these things have needed to die for a long time now. Mercury being in Taurus will make all of your actions very purposeful. Don't give into the lazy energy of the bull, because if you don't put the externalizing issues to rest, if you don't do battle with your inner demon become outer dragon, you're going to regress tremendously. Getting your ass kicked by the personification of your anxieties is a very traumatizing experience! That's like double PTSD... So take what you have learned during the past few weeks of demon days and utilize it. Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-21112975598627317512016-05-19T20:40:00.000-04:002016-05-20T02:50:18.508-04:00Full Moon Sagittarius Tarot Spread: The Seeker's Journey <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i><br />"Well, there are two types of deed. One is the physical deed, in which the hero performs a courageous act in battle or saves a life. The other kind is the spiritual deed, in which the hero learns to experience the supernormal range of human spiritual life and then comes back with a message." -- Joseph Campbell</i><br />
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<b>Artemis Says:</b><br />
Welcome to the first of many full moon tarot spreads to come! We will be featuring a new tarot spread that will reflect the energy of each full moon every single month. These spreads can be used to divine what energies you must personally overcome to maximize each full moon. <br />
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What will you need to participate in each tarot spread? <br />
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1. A deck of Tarot cards<br />
2. Your intuition<br />
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So let us begin! What will we be learning about ourselves this month? The ever cyclical Hero's Journey.<br />
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There is always an experience of seeking something higher than the self that is attached to the Zodiac sign Sagittarius. The hero finds the courage to leave their home and venture out to find a great vision that they can bring back to their people. This great myth is perpetuated in every single culture on the planet, and for great reason; we are all truly seeking to have those moments of transcendence that evolve us past our current stagnant state.<br />
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Sagittarius is ruled by the planet Jupiter, who is the Lord of Bliss and Joy. What does this tell us? Follow your bliss and you will find your higher vision.<br />
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Now shuffle your deck and pull a card for each of the following positions:<br />
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<b>The Call</b>: What is the adventure we are being called to have? What bliss do we seek?<br />
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<b>Refusal</b>: What inside of ourselves is hindering us from taking up the challenge?</div>
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<b>Crossing</b>: How will we find strength to begin our journey? This card combats the "Refusal."</div>
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<b>Allies</b>: Where can we find our strength and support? How will we be mentored? </div>
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<b>Ordeal</b>: What will be our primary trail before we receive our insight? What great fear will be exposed? What great dragon must be slayed at the threshold?</div>
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<b>The Great Vision</b>: What will be our lesson of transcendence? </div>
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<b>Temptation</b>: What inside of us will try and hinder us from assuming what we have learned?</div>
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<b>Return</b>: What outside of us will try and hinder us from assuming what we have learned?</div>
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<b>Atonement</b>: If your Great Vision is your sacred weapon, what is the beast in the Known World you must slay with it?</div>
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<b>Integration</b>: How will you integrate what you have learned with your old world so that it becomes a permanent part of you?</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Effective Date</b>: 5/16-7/26/16</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“<i>Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.</i>”
- Rohinton Mistry</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Helios Says</b>: Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to stop. Stop thinking so much. Give yourself one second of stillness. Try and take that to a minute. 5 minutes. 10. As long as you can stretch it. Now what are the thoughts that flood your mind when you snap back to reality? Are they self-depricating? Do they tell you how shit you are for wasting your time on such a pointless exercise? Are they thankful for the reprieve?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These are the questions you must ask yourself. I have said this so many times- Your thoughts, your inner voice and perception of what is real, create what is real for you. This echoes the teachings of the old sages and masters. You must be on guard with what you think, even from yourself. Hell, right now that should be ESPECIALLY yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You have not been kind to yourself as of late, bemoaning your challenges, and setting yourself up to fail so that you can further belittle and accost yourself for your ineptitude. That has to stop. You have to ease up on yourself, these times are tough enough without you stepping in. You have to strip down the background noise and get back to what really matters to you. Get away for a bit if you have to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The main challenge during this time is not to waste your energy chasing down meaningless side challenges, but rather sticking to your larger purpose. Keep that Taurean energy and focus going, and you will see success.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Artemis says:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt
thought.” - George Orwell, 1984<br /></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cards: the tower, the
hierophant, 10 of swords</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 15.6933px;">Fanaticism starts in the mind. Watch what you say and how you say it, because words are a magical spell. Your words, like seeds, weave intentions subconsciously; slipping themselves into your personal symbolism until one day they blossom and overrun your brain like dandelions on steroids. Have you noticed the power certain ones have over you or a collective? Call someone a “terrorist.” Better yet, call a woman a “cunt” and see what happens. Tell someone they “deserved” something. The funny thing is, words are just puffs of air, blots of ink, or digitized nothingness. They can’t really hurt you, can they? I use to be a very sensitive kid. I was very distraught over the fact that people weren’t kind to each other, and the smallest insult would send waterfalls down my cheeks. My first grade teacher sat me down one day and repeated the words that just about every adult has said to a child, “Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you.” She was wrong.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">Words
can sway entire nations. Words can make
you fall in love. Words are the building
blocks of the world, and no one knows this better than Gemini. We give Gemini’s a lot of shit in astrology,
but they really are the primordial power of air. They are connection, tributaries, circuit
board that brings all of the information together. They are libraries and telephones. They are the motherfucking internet. Where Vesta in Taurus had us diving into what
our foundations are, and our dedication to those foundations. Vesta in Gemini will have us contemplating
our dedication to certain ideas. This is
a combination for zealotry (hello hierophant surrounded by the tower and 10 of
swords – both very destructive cards that alter our entire worldview). Be very careful during this season.<br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">If
you built your idealistic foundation on something solid, then this ingress will
have you developing its method. If you
are an artist of ideas and words, this is going to be a great time for
dedicating yourself to your work. Gemini
is a mercurial sign, and therefore will not stop until every rock is
overturned. Their busy minds work like a
locomotive, so use this time of mental dedication to develop your ideas. Vesta is all about dedication and stoking one’s
flames. Without the eternal fire in our
belly, there is no torch to guide us through life. Vesta in Gemini will magnify our ideas and
language and show us just how they fit into the ideology and passions that move
us through life. You will be shown just
how powerful language really is. </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">It
is time to let false constructs fall, because building towers on shaky ground
will only lead to complete devastation in the future (10 of swords) via
fanaticism (hierophant). The cards are
heavily warning us here. Please keep in
mind that certain words can completely shut your brain off, while others can
blast open a door of imprisonment. Be
careful to learn what makes up your personal ideology and what words have
complete power over you when you hear them.
It could be someone’s name. It
could be whispering rumors. To combat
them, build weapons using your own words.
Ideas and words are the suit of swords in the tarot for a reason…</span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Oh man, I have been WAITING to do this one! I love all the TNO's and most of
the asteroids/minor planets (meh on the Centaurs, Artemis loves those guys),
but Typhon fascinates me to no end.</span></div>
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<b>The Astronomy</b>: 42355 Typhon is a scattered disc object that was
discovered on February 5, 2002, by the NEAT program. It measures 162±7 km
in diameter, and is named after Typhon, a monster in Greek mythology. A large
moon was identified in 2006. It is named Echidna—formal designation (42355)
Typhon I Echidna, after Echidna, the monstrous mate of Typhon. It orbits Typhon
at ~1300 km, completing one orbit in about 11 days. Its diameter is
estimated to be 89±6 km. Typhon is the first known binary centaur, using
an extended definition of a centaur as an object on a non-resonant (unstable)
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<b>The Myth</b>: Typhon, also Typhoeus, Typhaon or Typhos, was a monstrous
giant and the most deadly being of Greek mythology. Typhon and his mate Echidna
were the progenitors of many famous monsters. According to Hesiod's <i>Theogony</i>,
Typhon was the son of Gaia and Tartarus: "when Zeus had driven the Titans
from heaven, huge Earth bore her youngest child Typhoeus of the love of Tartarus,
by the aid of golden Aphrodite (<b>H</b>:
Reminding y’all ONCE AGAIN that Aphrodite is NOT a goddess, she is her own
primal force that doesn’t give two shits about the Olympians, Titans, or
whomever)". The mythographer Apollodorus adds that Gaia bore Typhon in
anger at the gods for their destruction of her offspring the Giants (<b>H</b>: ...It was her anger at the
destruction of the Titans which led to her creation of the Gigantes, and before
that it was the imprisonment of the Hekatonkheires which inspired the betrayal
and castration of Uranus. Gaea, you're kind of predictable). Numerous other
sources mention Typhon as being the offspring of Gaia, or simply "earth-born",
with no mention of Tartarus. However, according to the <i>Homeric Hymn to
Apollo</i>, Typhon was the child of Hera alone. Hera, angry at Zeus for having
given birth to Athena by himself, prayed to Gaia to give her a son as strong as
Zeus, then slapped the ground and became pregnant (<b>H</b>: The mental image of this story alone makes it my personal
favorite, as it is just SO Hera). Hera gave the infant Typhon to the serpent
Python to raise, and Typhon grew up to become a great bane to mortals. The b
scholia to <i>Iliad</i> 2.783, preserving a possible Orphic
tradition, has Typhon born in Cilicia, as the offspring of Cronus. Gaia, angry
at the destruction of the Giants, slanders Zeus to Hera. So Hera goes to Zeus'
father Cronus (whom Zeus had overthrown) and Cronus gives Hera two eggs smeared
with his own semen, telling her to bury them, and that from them would be born
one who would overthrow Zeus. Hera, angry at Zeus, buries the eggs in Cilicia
"under Arimon", but when Typhon is born, Hera, now reconciled with
Zeus, informs him. According to Hesiod, Typhon was "<i>terrible,
outrageous and lawless</i>", and on his shoulders were one hundred snake
heads, that emitted fire and every kind of noise: "<i>Strength was with
his hands in all that he did and the feet of the strong god were untiring. From
his shoulders grew a hundred heads of a snake, a fearful dragon, with
dark, flickering tongues, and from under the brows of his eyes in his
marvellous heads flashed fire, and fire burned from his heads as he glared. And
there were voices in all his dreadful heads which uttered every kind of sound
unspeakable; for at one time they made sounds such that the gods understood,
but at another, the noise of a bull bellowing aloud in proud ungovernable fury;
and at another, the sound of a lion, relentless of heart; and at another,
sounds like whelps, wonderful to hear; and again, at another, he would hiss, so
that the high mountains re-echoed.</i>" The <i>Homeric Hymn to Apollo</i> describes
Typhon as "fell" and "cruel", and neither like gods nor
men. Three of Pindar's poems have Typhon as hundred-headed (as in
Hesiod), while apparently a fourth gives him only fifty heads, but a
hundred heads for Typhon became standard. A Chalcidian hydria, depicts
Typhon as a winged humanoid from the waist up, with two snake tails below. Aeschylus
calls Typhon "fire-breathing". For Nicander, Typhon was a monster of
enormous strength, and strange appearance, with many heads, hands, and wings,
and with huge snake coils coming from his thighs. Apollodorus describes Typhon
as a huge winged monster, whose head "brushed the stars", human in
form above the waist, with snake coils below, and fire flashing from his eyes:
"<i>In size and strength he surpassed all the offspring of Earth. As far
as the thighs he was of human shape and of such prodigious bulk that he
out-topped all the mountains, and his head often brushed the stars. One of his
hands reached out to the west and the other to the east, and from them
projected a hundred dragons' heads. From the thighs downward he had huge coils
of vipers, which when drawn out, reached to his very head and emitted a loud
hissing. His body was all winged: unkempt hair streamed on the wind from his
head and cheeks; and fire flashed from his eyes." </i>The most
elaborate description of Typhon is found in Nonnus's <i>Dionysiaca</i>.
Nonnus makes numerous references to Typhon's sepentine nature, giving him a
"tangled army of snakes", snaky feet,<sup> </sup>and hair.
According to Nonnus, Typhon was a "poison-spitting viper", whose
"every hair belched viper-poison", and Typhon "spat out showers
of poison from his throat; the mountain torrents were swollen, as the monster
showered fountains from the viperish bristles of his high head", and
"the water-snakes of the monster's viperish feet crawl into the caverns
underground, spitting poison!". Following Hesiod and others, Nonnus gives
Typhon many heads (though untotaled), but in addition to snake heads, Nonnus
also gives Typhon many other animal heads, including leopards, lions, bulls,
boars, bears, cattle, wolves, and dogs, which combine to make 'the cries of all
wild beasts together', and a "babel of screaming sounds". Nonnus also
gives Typhon "legions of arms innumerable", and where Nicander had
only said that Typhon had "many" hands, and Ovid had given Typhon a hundred
hands, Nonnus gives Typhon two hundred. </span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Typhon
challenged </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zeus</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> for rule of the cosmos. The earliest
mention of Typhon, and his only occurrence in </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Homer</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, is
a passing reference in the </span><i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Iliad</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> to Zeus striking the
ground around where Typhon lies defeated. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hesiod</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">'s </span><i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Theogony</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> gives
us the first account of their battle. According to Hesiod, without the quick
action of Zeus, Typhon would have "come to reign over mortals and
immortals". In the </span><i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Theogony</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Zeus
and Typhon meet in cataclysmic conflict: "<i>[Zeus] thundered hard and
mightily: and the earth around resounded terribly and the wide heaven above,
and the sea and Ocean's streams and the nether parts of the earth. Great
Olympus reeled beneath the divine feet of the king as he arose and earth
groaned thereat. And through the two of them heat took hold on the dark-blue
sea, through the thunder and lightning, and through the fire from the monster,
and the scorching winds and blazing thunderbolt. The whole earth seethed, and
sky and sea: and the long waves raged along the beaches round and about at the
rush of the deathless gods: and there arose an endless shaking. Hades trembled
where he rules over the dead below, and the Titans under Tartarus who live with
Cronos, because of the unending clamor and the fearful strife.</i>" Zeus
with his thunderbolt easily overcomes Typhon, who is thrown down to earth
in a fiery crash: "<i>So when Zeus had raised up his might and seized his
arms, thunder and lightning and lurid thunderbolt, he leaped from Olympus and
struck him, and burned all the marvellous heads of the monster about him. But
when Zeus had conquered him and lashed him with strokes, Typhoeus was hurled
down, a maimed wreck, so that the huge earth groaned. And flame shot forth from
the thunderstricken lord in the dim rugged glens of the mount, when he was
smitten. A great part of huge earth was scorched by the terrible vapor and
melted as tin melts when heated by men's art in channelled crucibles; or as
iron, which is hardest of all things, is shortened by glowing fire in mountain
glens and melts in the divine earth through the strength of Hephaestus. Even
so, then, the earth melted in the glow of the blazing fire." </i>Defeated,
Typhon is cast into </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tartarus</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> by an angry Zeus. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Epimenides</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> seemingly knew
a different version of the story, in which Typhon enters Zeus' palace
while Zeus is asleep, but Zeus awakes and kills Typhon with a thunderbolt.</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pindar</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> calls
Typhon the "enemy of the gods", apparently knew of a tradition
which had the gods transform into animals and flee to Egypt, says that
Typhon was defeated by Zeus' thunderbolt, has Typhon being held prisoner
by Zeus under Etna, and in Tartarus stretched out under ground between
Mount Etna and </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cumae</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. Like Pindar, </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nicander</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> has
all the gods but Zeus and </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Athena</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, transform into animal forms and flee to Egypt: </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Apollo</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> became
a hawk (Horus), </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hermes</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> an ibis (</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thoth)</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ares</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> a
fish (Se..Set?) ,</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Artemis</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> a cat (Bastet?) , </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dionysus</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> a
goat(...), </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Heracles</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> a fawn (Nope), </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hephaestus</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> an
ox (Done), and </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Leto</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> a mouse (WHY WAS LETO EVEN
THERE). No early source gives any reason for the conflict, but
Apollodorus' account seemingly implies that Typhon had been produced by
Gaia to avenge the destruction, by Zeus and the other gods, of the Giants, a
previous generation of offspring of Gaia. According to Apollodorus "Zeus pelted
Typhon at a distance with thunderbolts, and at close quarters struck him down
with an adamantine sickle (Cronus' weapon)" Wounded, Typhon fled to
the Syrian Mount Kasios, where Zeus "grappled" with him. But Typhon,
twining his snaky coils around Zeus, was able to wrest away the sickle and cut
the sinews from Zeus' hands and feet. Typhon carried the disabled Zeus across
the sea to the </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Corycian cave</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> in Cilicia where he set the
she-serpent </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Delphyne</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> to guard over Zeus and his severed
sinews, which Typhon had hidden in a bear skin. But </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hermes</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> and </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aegipan</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (possibly
another name for </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pan</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">) stole the sinews and gave them back to
Zeus. His strength restored, Zeus chased Typhon to mount Nysa, where the </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Moirai</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> tricked
Typhon into eating "ephemeral fruits" which weakened him. Typhon then
fled to </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thrace</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, where he threw mountains at Zeus, which were
turned back on him by Zeus' thunderbolts, and the mountain where Typhon stood,
being drenched with Typhon's blood, became known as Mount Haemus (Bloody
Mountain). Typhon then fled to </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sicily</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, where Zeus threw </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mount Etna</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> on
top of Typhon burying him, and so finally defeated him. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Oppian</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> says
that Pan helped Zeus in the battle by tricking Typhon to come out from his
lair, and into the open, by the "promise of a banquet of fish", thus
enabling Zeus to defeat Typhon with his thunderbolts.</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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The Astrology: Where do we even begin with this one? He is a monster, plain and
simple, conjured up to destroy us for the mistakes we have made. Where have we
heard that one before, hmmm? Every day we see this in our own minds, especially
lately. So we find that he works in a lot of the same ways that Ceto does, but
Typhon doesn’t hide- He doesn’t need to. He is overt, he wants his presence to
be known. Fear is his weapon. Many astrologers also equate Typhon to natural
(or man-made) disasters, where damage is caused to the earth itself. Gaea’s last
child is out of even her control. Typhon tends to show up strongly around the time
that empires crumble. However it is never all bad news- Even amidst the
destruction people will come together to rebuild and ensure the survival- Look
at post 9/11 (pre-iraq war II), the Fukushima disaster, Gulf Oil Spill, the various Tsunamis and hurricanes that have
plagued us as our climate changes . People come together after disaster. Sure,
some will capitalize on the opportunity but when faced with catastrophe, we try
to rebuild. Typhon also has strong connections to renewable energy, and the oil
crisis. Typhon is definitely a TNO for the modern age, and will only grow in
importance. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">To find out where he
shows up in your chart, go to astro.com, put in your birth details and in the
extended options, all the way at the bottom, there will be a menu of additional
objects. Under that is a blank space where you can enter the number 42355, for Typhon.
Once you have it entered, generate the chart! Where does Typhon affect your
life? Let us know in the comments below!</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Effective dates</b>: 4/25-8/12/16, 12/30/16-4/3/17<br />
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<b>Helios Says:</b><br />
You know, I'm frankly getting tired of starting these off with a reminder of how bad things are right now. It's not like you guys don't know, you're living it just as much as I am. So why do I bother writing anything at all, you might be inclined to ask- Valid question, and one I ask myself often. While there are many reasons that I do what I do (and we do not have time to go into the deeper questions of purpose and meaning of life type of discussions in this particular post, that would give me an excuse to be even more rambling than usual), one of the main ones is to try and figure out the best way to move forward, regardless of how shit the conditions may be- for both my readers and myself. Luckily, that is where this particular gem of an asteroid comes into play....<br />
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Pallas Athene was the goddess of wisdom, crafts, and battle strategy. Keen-eyed readers will remember her from our recent post on Arachne. When she is not tormenting prideful humans (something she likes to do [Also revealing her fatal flaw, if you know what you are looking for]) she is the one you look to while everything is falling apart, even her father Zeus, chief of the Greek gods, trusted her counsel above all others. In short, she IS the way forward.<br />
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At this point in time, Pallas has just moved into Pisces. As everything falls apart around your ears and the very ground beneath your feet turns to shifting sand, our old approach no longer works, not at maximum efficacy anyways. Carrying yourself through this with nothing but affirmations, sheer force of will, and pure grit will not work- Keeping calm and carrying on is not the way. No, to get past this round you will need to get creative. You will need to *shudder* allow yourself to be vulnerable. With all of the retrogrades, and the torture the cosmos has decided to dole out, we are already exposed; we are cautious and afraid- And for good reason. Your first reaction is to turtle up, withdraw further within yourself to hide your soft spots. This could get you through, I won't lie- but it will only mean that you are fighting to hold your ground, and at best you will not lose any; at worst, you will lose everything. The only thing that is sure however, is that you will not go any farther than where you are at now. <br />
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What you must do is shed that armor, like a skin that you have outgrown and has become patchy and is already starting to flake off. It clearly doesn't suit you anymore (plus it's out of season anyway) so why do you keep lugging it around? Sure, it helped to shield you from a few hits back in the day, but you can't hide behind it forever! More importantly, it is holding you back from what you really want. With your masks and armor up, you cannot be seen by those who are looking for you and could be potential allies. In this time of uncertainty, authenticity is more valuable than gold. Removing your armor to show your true, authentic self will be frightening, but now is the time to unmask yourself. The time for charades is past. The challenge will be to actually do it.<br />
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<b>Artemis Says:</b><br />
“<i>Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you</i>.” – Wayne Dyer<br />
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<b>Cards: 8 of Swords, Knight of Cups, 3 of Pentacles</b><br />
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Pallas Athena sprung into life from the forehead of her father, Zeus, fully clothed in battle gear and ready to fuck some shit up. She is the goddess of Wisdom, Victory and Strategy. Warriors prayed to her for success in battle, and academics paid her homage so she could bring them illumination. Through her, we learn how to connect information and use it to our advantage. Athena teaches us how the pieces fit to form the whole. Unfortunately for Athena, her fellow deities pretty much ignored her as a sexual object. Because of this, Athena’s babies are the babies of the mind. She shows us where our greatest ideas may take place, but she can also be obsessive. What part of your life do you ceaselessly investigate in? Where are you gifted with the ability to make swift connections?<br />
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So, what does it mean now that she is drifting into Piscean waters? Pallas in Pisces is actually my natal placement for this asteroid, so I may be able to intuit a thing or two about this energy. The combination of 8 of Swords, Knight of Cups, and 3 of Pentacles, tells me that this energy is the ability to see the spiritual building blocks of the world. Pallas in Pisces tells me that we will be able to have confidence in our creative and spiritual connections. The world political climate will become increasingly more idealistic (Pisces rules religion and spirituality, so expect more of that to be brought up as well). The fantastic part about this energy is that Athena is forced to FEEL, not THINK in Pisces. We go from over rationalizing our strategy to feeling out intuitively how we should move toward our victories. This surge of creative intelligence will be amazing for unraveling old patterns that have us blindfolded in regards to our next move. Pallas in Pisces coupled with the Knight of Cups tell us that your ability to charm your way out of a situation will dramatically increase. This is great fuel for those who are already swimming in the waters of creative intelligence. <br /><br />
Pallas in Pisces will give us the opportunity to explore the architecture of our spiritual world. I bet that we will be seeing a lot more synchronicities, more spiritual groups coming together due to realizing connections, and an overall merging of people’s spiritualties. The fish make Pallas a lot softer than she usually is, giving her the ability to have insight on healing and creative interpretation. This is the position of the mystic and psychic and the ability to see spirit where others do not. This is where Pallas shows us how the spirit world connects to the bigger picture, and how fantasy and creativity play a role in bridging the causal and acausal worlds. Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-39931878077076329372016-05-13T12:59:00.004-04:002016-05-13T13:20:16.547-04:00Full Moon in Sagittarius- Worst Enemy<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Effective Date: </b>5/21/16<b><br /><br />Helios Says:</b> “<i>The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only
people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.”</i>- Hunter S. Thompson<br />
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Don't push me, because I'm close to the edge... that is very much the feel of this Full Moon. With the pressure of the multiple retrogrades, the mutable meltdown, and the looming specter of <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/uranus-conjunct-eris-war-drums.html" target="_blank">Uranus meeting up with Eris</a>, who could blame you for being just done? Not a damn one of us, because we are all there. These times aren't just hard, they're ruthless. <br />
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And this is not the day where I tell you that it is all smooth sailing from here. No, we have miles and miles to go before we rest. <br />
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<b>Artemis says:</b><br />
<i>“No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.” </i><br />
<i>― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass</i><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>Adventure. What could be more holy than the very pilgrimage one embarks on to find the “light”, the “answer”, the “whatever the fuck it is we are looking for?” There is always that insatiable itch inside of us that screams, “GO OUT THERE AND FIND IT!” (Whatever “it” is.) The world is so big and vast; of course the answer must be out there! Well, let me let you in on a little secret. God is like an onion. Stay with me here. God is like an onion. You keep peeling back layers and layers, hoping to reveal something, but all you're really revealing is more and more of the same - all the way to the core. As above so below. We are the very fabric of what makes up this universe. Explore yourself by exploring everything around you. Your exterior reality is like a mirror. Don’t be afraid to peer deeply.<br />
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<b>H:</b><u>The Sun, Moon, and </u><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/mars-retrograde-long-way-home.html" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Mars</a>- Okay, so let's start with the good news. You finally have energy! You feel like you can take on the world and can do whatever you set your mind to! The bad news? You are being blocked at every turn, leaving you to pace back and forth like a caged animal. All that energy just gets dissipated and squandered, leaving you annoyed, and feeling like a failure for not achieving as much as you wanted, further adding to your annoyance and frustration. This can lead you to lash out at those around you, especially those who offer to help you or talk. Since you don't think there is anything they can do to help, you lash out in anger and frustration, driving away your allies and support network when you need it most. All you want is just to fly above the problems that assault you, but you are shackled by your obligations. <br />
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<b>A:</b><u>Sun (The Fool), Moon (Ace of Wands), Mars (2 of Wands):</u> For the full moon in Sagittarius, I pulled the Ace of Wands. What we imagine, we become. We tend to build an image of ourselves and stick with that image like it is the one true god. Guess what? You can become whoever you want to be whenever you want to be. Your imagination is even more powerful than you could ever imagine (ooo paradox). We build the reality around us, which means you build your own prison by choosing to allow others to dictate your reality. This card is reminding us that we are lit as fuck and there is nothing that can smolder our divine fire. Don’t fear doing your work or finding your way. Everyone is honestly just terrified – like, all the fucking time. Everyone claims that they are looking for truth, but few are brave enough to look at it. When you stoke your fires, so to speak, there will be people around you who will try and smolder your light so they aren’t forced to see. Fuck these people. For the Sun, I pulled The Fool. Reset. It’s time for you to do something you’ve been afraid to do. It’s time for you to take that leap of faith and possibly tumble off a cliff to your doom. BUT, if you do survive, and your instincts were right, you could stumble into some form of great personal enlightenment during this full moon. With the 2 of Wands representing Mars in this reading, I would go on to say that a major decision needs to be made. I know the Mars in retrograde energy has everyone aggressive and unmotivated, but if you can actually make a clear decision about your future actions – if you can develop a vision – you will be surprised by the surge of energy you receive to spearhead this vision. <br />
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<b>H:</b><u><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/mercury-retrograde-obstinant-and-ornery.html" target="_blank">Mercury</a>, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/05/jupiter-direct-confession.html" target="_blank">Jupiter</a>, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/03/saturn-retrograde-brief-candle.html" target="_blank">Saturn</a>, Neptune and <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/pluto-retrograde-cocytus.html" target="_blank">Pluto</a></u>- This section deserves its own post, quite frankly. This is the source of the shitty astro of the moment- Mercury is about to go direct, but before he does he has one last, assholish trick to pull, and he has the Super Saiyan energy to pull it off. Mercury is going to throw up every nightmare and fear you have, and blow them way out of proportion: With Neptune and Jupiter they will be insidious and able to get under your skin like nothing else, while being exaggerated and overwhelming. Saturn makes sure that you are reminded every minute that you are insignificant, worthless, and no one wants anything to do with you, while Pluto makes sure that you are too terrified of your own shadow to do anything about it. You will not get rest, and you will not get respite. You will be a prisoner of your own mind, and these phantoms will be relentless. You will have a very hard time telling what is real and what is fake. What you really need to watch though, is your self-talk; now I was new to this concept until I heard @LordMoonstone talk about it in a video detailing his mental issues and suicide attempt- You must be very careful of how you deal with your self, and how you treat yourself with all this chaos swirling around inside your own head. Just because something shitty is happening to you doesn't mean that you are in fact, shit. These guys do not need ANY help tearing up your mind and your ego, least of all you cheering them on. You are going to want to find an outlet, a way for you to cope with all that noise- And you don't want to turn to drugs or booze, because they will only exacerbate the problem, trust me. <br />
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<b>A:</b><u>Mercury (The Star), Jupiter (7 of Cups), Saturn (Page of Swords), Neptune (King of Wands), Pluto (The Moon):</u> We're about to drop off a very nasty cliff the next couple of weeks, so you better start learning to fly. You also need to stop fighting the retrogrades. Sorry, you can’t run from the forced introspection. The planets have put a magnifying glass to your soul for a reason. You can’t fucking hide from your own mind. So you better get your adventure party together and quest to the center to face your own great beast. With the card combinations present, it looks like the outer planets are gearing for some reality rattling. For Pluto, I pulled The Moon, which means he is going to continue digging at you until you realize what subconscious forces have been pulling you toward the horrible chaos in your life. You are choosing to march in these directions. But why? What inside of you keeps you circling back around to the trash piles of reality? For Neptune I pulled the King of Wands and for Jupiter I pulled the 7 of Cups. We are brimming with ideas right now. Our heads are swimming with so many things we could be doing and experiencing, and our very urge to go and explore every nook and cranny is going to inflame our imagination. This comes with a bit of a warning, though – check yourself at every step to see that the pieces are fitting together correctly. Saturn being the Page of Swords suggests that insecurity is not over yet. Saturn knows that we know how to assume our power in this world, but he also knows we need a big push to do so. This is tough love, guys. He fucks our shit up so that we can become stronger and wiser. Don’t fear your knowledge. Trust it. Trust yourself and do what you need to do. <br />
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<b>H:</b><u><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/venus-in-taurus-worth-living.html" target="_blank">Venus</a> and Uranus</u>- Okay, so where do we go from all of that nonsense? Well, strangely enough these two might be the best antidote to the chaos I just talked about. All of those phantoms, spooks and nightmares have one fatal flaw- They only have any power if you take them seriously. Venus and Uranus right now have this great, heretical trickster energy, and it can cut straight through the dark, dank fears you have. The shadows fear laughter more than anything. If you refuse to give them any sort of respect, and just mercilessly ridicule them, they have no power over you. For instance- I saw an amazing tumblr post where a user was saying that from now on, their coping skill to deal with the anxiety, depression and negative self-talk was to imagine that it was coming from Donald Trump. Now as the Donald is a natural buffoon, and its impossible to take anything that comes out of his idiot mouth seriously, this is absolute genius. Make your fears afraid of you by refusing to take them seriously. Its just crazy enough to work, aye?<br />
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<b>A:</b><u>Venus (Queen of Pentacles) and Uranus (6 of Swords):</u> Venus is trying to tell us that in order to find pleasure right now, we must soak ourselves back into the earth. Get outside. Go climb trees and roll around in the grass and have a hike. The crazy thing about nature is that it teaches us everything we need to know about pleasure and beauty. It teaches us about the severity that is also necessary from time to time. But, regardless of how horrible the severity is in any natural climate, there is still an awesome beauty to it all that cannot be denied. Venus is telling us to find the beauty in the pain. There are no mistakes. Everything is a part of the greater echo system. Take a different perspective. And that is exactly what the 6 of Swords for Uranus is telling me. It is time to move on from our old ways. It’s time to come up with new methods. Your habits of the past aren’t going to cut it for the next level. The quest is long, we have no idea what is at the core, but I’m going to bet the infinite things we experience on the journey paint a mirror image of the destination. Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-81298877057540098422016-05-10T12:11:00.004-04:002016-05-17T18:32:13.943-04:00TNO Watch- Arachne<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I wasn't going to do one of these this week, but I have been sitting on this one for a while and she was screaming at me to use her- and I never keep a woman waiting! Not this one at least...<br />
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<u>The Astronomy</u>- 407 Arachne is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 13, 1895 in Heidelberg.<br />
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<u>The Myth</u>- In Greco-Roman mythology, Arachne is a talented mortal weaver who challenged (or was challenged by) Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, into a weaving contest; this hubris resulted in her being transformed into a spider. There are many versions of the story's weaving contest, with each saying that one or the other won. One version appears in the <i>Metamorphoses</i> of the Roman poet Ovid: In this version, Arachne was a shepherd's daughter who began weaving
at an early age. She became a great weaver, boasted that her skill was
greater than that of Athena, and refused to acknowledge that her skill
came, in part at least, from the goddess. Athena took offense and set up
a contest between them. Presenting herself as an old lady, she
approached the boasting girl and warned: "You can never compare to any
of the gods. Plead for forgiveness and Athena might spare your soul."<br />
"Ha! I only speak the truth and if Athena thinks otherwise then let
her come down and challenge me herself," Arachne replied. Athena removed
her disguise and appeared in shimmering glory, clad in a sparkling
white chiton. The two began weaving straight away. Athena's weaving
represented four separate contests between mortals and the gods in which
the gods punished mortals for setting themselves as equals of the gods.
Arachne's weaving depicted ways that the gods had misled and abused
mortals, particularly Zeus, tricking and seducing many women. When
Athena saw that Arachne had not only insulted the gods, but done so with
a work far more beautiful than Athena's own, she was enraged. She
ripped Arachne's work into shreds, and sprinkled her with Hecate's
potion, turning her into a spider and cursing her and her descendants
to weave for all time. This showed how goddesses punished those who were
mortal.<br />
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<u>The Astrology</u>- <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">In the chart, Arachne represents a point of
great talent, something that is completely YOURS. This is something that you
view as integral to your identity, and is wrapped up tightly with your ego. This talent is part of you. It can cause you great distress when it is challenged, whether by merit, or in competition. With that, it is easy to see how the Arachne story plays out- if the talent is nurtured, the ego is nurtured as well, and the superstar complex starts taking over. The other main thing with this one is the lesson that you will attract haters when you start working her, and using your talent. Sure, you will have fans and admirers too, but they never clamor as loudly or sting as badly as the haters; They will hurt more. You will need to develop a thick skin for that, if you want to progress with your talent- I imagine there were quite a few people who talked behind Arachne's back, saying that she thought she was too good for a shepherd's life, or that she was wasting her time weaving, and those comments will get to you. The trouble is that only serves to further isolate you, leaving you with just your talent and your ego, becoming a feedback loop. While these dangers are real, the real gem in this story is that if you nurture your talent, you can overcome heaven itself, and any pinche god who tries to stand in your way- And that is worth any amount of haters!<br /></span>To find out where she shows up in your chart, go to astro.com, put in
your birth details and in the extended options, all the way at the
bottom, there will be a menu of additional objects. Under that is a
blank space where you can enter the number 407, for Arachne. Once you
have it entered, generate the chart! Where does Arachne affect your
life? Let us know in the comments below!Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-23924988511644641612016-05-09T16:37:00.000-04:002016-05-09T16:37:38.736-04:00Jupiter Direct- Confession<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Helios says:</b><br />
“<i>Man approaches God most nearly when he is in one sense least like God.
For what can be more unlike than fullness and need, sovereignty and
humility, righteousness and penitence, limitless power and a cry for
help?</i>”
-C.S. Lewis<br />
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Okay, so I know this transit is going to be overhyped and touted by other astrologers, and they will trumpet this as the breaking of the dawn after a long night, but I am in the opinion that our long night isn't quite over just yet. Full disclosure- I do not work well with Jupiter OR Virgo, so that should be kept in mind with everything I say from this point on. This will not devolve into a shit-post though (at least, I will endeavor not to let it become that) at least, not on the transit- The factors that led up to it though... <br />
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Okay, so this barrage of eclipses, retrograde on top of retrograde, trips to the underworld, and a <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/uranus-conjunct-eris-war-drums.html" target="_blank">looming specter of doom</a> on the horizon have all brought up some serious issues. They have exposed our weaknesses, bared our souls and forced our greatest fears in our face. Issues that have been compounding for years have been brought up, and you see where you have compromised your ideals and your core beliefs along your path. <br />
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To make the most of this transit you will need to face the issues of where you have compromised- You have made some sketchy decisions to get this far, and those will need to be faced. Now I am the last person to EVER suggest taking any pages from Christianity, but in this ONE case, there is merit to do so- Please don't immediately close out of this because I am saying that (like I would). During this time, you seek purification: You want to admit your mistakes and unburden your soul. This is what you need to proceed. Note- You do not need to go the full monty and seek forgiveness for any of these things, but it doesn't exactly hurt (at this stage in the game) but this transit will hound you like the nun from last season of Game of Thrones, walking behind you with her bell, saying "Shaaaaaaaaame" for hours.<br />
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Now, turning it over to any one (or more) of the myriad of gods/goddesses or universal forces is not a bad idea as well, as the whole thing of Jupiter is that he is God, he is THE Guy, the chief force, the one who is (supposedly) bigger than you, and the one to turn your troubles over to- In Virgo, God walks among his people, he takes on that meat suit in order to better appreciate his creation. It makes sense to surrender (Pisces) what is more than you can handle so that you can move forward without the extra weight of your burdens. If that is too much for you to do (with the Christian connotations and all) hell, you can just go into the woods at night and whisper your confession to the wind- But you will want to actually do this, turn it into ritual if you have to. Seek purification to pursue wholeness. Subdue the monsters within you, because we have a long way to go from here.<br />
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<b>Artemis says:</b><br />
<i>"Why are you so afraid?</i><br />
<i>I can see you waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting</i><br />
<i>Withering away </i><br />
<i>I can see you dying, dying, dead, dying, dying</i><br />
<i>Why? Why?</i><br />
<i>Baby see</i><br />
<i>Try" - </i>Banks<br />
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<b>Cards: The Star, King of Wands, 8 of Cups</b><br />
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HOLY FUCK YES YES YES YES YES, JUPITER HAS GONE DIRECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (<b>H</b>: See, what did I tell you?)<br />
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Can you tell I'm excited? Jupiter, the god of Prosperity and luck. Jupiter, the god of expansion and adventure and philosophy. Jupiter, the storm king of JOY!<br />
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Jupiter has been retrograde for 4 months now, and we have been downtrodden and out of luck. When he moves backwards, he takes our joy and our luck with him. Shit is just more difficult than it needs to be when we don't have him giving us his good graces. The Storm King has officially given us back the light at the end of our tunnels. Since January, we have been forced to turn inwards. Unfortunately, this took a shot at our self esteem and manifested a series of unfortunate events (that got worse and worse as more and more planets joined in with the retrograde), but things are about to CHANGE. <br />
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For Jupiter going direct, I pulled The Star, The King of Wands, and the 8 of Cups. The Star is a clear indication that hope has returned in our lives. When you are lost in the woods your mind, forced to go so far into your own psychology by the fucking retrograding Jupiter, Mars, Pluto, Mercury, Saturn death squad, Jupiter finally going direct is a speck of hope. Once you find the north star, you can find your way out of any dark forest. Once you latch on to something that is unmoving and solid in your life, that fills you with an eternal knowing of yourself, that you can't deny or destroy, you learn to re-orient yourself. <br />
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Jupiter is all about going out and exploring the world. You have all played Oregon Trail, yeah? This few month retrograde period has been like watching your whole wagon crew get mauled by bears. Every adventurer knows the dangers of their pursuit, but their eternal optimism and curiosity is what keeps them whacking their way through the thick underbrush. They keep their mind on the trail, on the goal, and on the fascinating things they find along the way. Don't let the setbacks of the past couple of months crush your spirit. Jupiter going direct is having our spirit re-ignited. The King of Wands showing up is a clear indication of this for me. Jupiter going direct in Virgo also tells me that we will be gaining a lot of good luck if we peruse Virgoan ideas (like self improvement, service to others, intellectual pursuits). Don't sit still. It's time to get up and EXPLORE your world and try things you would have never tried before. Do things that scare you. Don't hold back. The positive outbursts of energy and the enthusiasm that you throw back into the world is now going to bounce right back at you. It's time to manifest your destiny - manifest change -be a pioneer (remember, Sagittarius, the cowboy of the zodiac, is associated with Jupiter). <br />
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The last card I pulled is the 8 of cups. This is GOOD. The waters are starting to move, and our baptism is almost complete. In the deck that I am using, 8 of Cups is called "rebirth." It is time to let all of the shit we have been internally contemplating die. It is time to let all of the shit that is shackling us to our sad lives die. Jupiter doesn't sit around and restricting himself and punishing himself like Saturn. He wants to see things, experience things, laugh, and participate in higher thinking with others. He is prosperity and expansion in all parts of our life. He is like the waters, seeping into every crack effortlessly and with immense curiosity. It is time for us to start doing the same and see all the crazy connections that come to us because of this. If you don't leave your normal routine, how will you ever find adventure and prosperity? <br />
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Get out of your comfort zone. Luck is back on our side. Stick your nose in something that has been poking at your curiosity and inspiring you. Don't be afraid! You see your North Star, now run to it! And don't forget to laugh.Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-82188416739933325672016-05-03T15:54:00.001-04:002016-05-03T16:22:12.208-04:00New Moon in Taurus- The Price<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Helios says:</b><br />
“<i>That’s the cost. That’s the price. Get ready, because when you crush
the humanity out of humans, you’re left with humans with no humanity. In other words, you get what you pay for, motherfucker</i>”
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―
Rick Yancey<span id="quote_book_link_16131484">
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Well, we survived that Full Moon in Scorpio- It may not feel like it, but we made it through. This one was rough, rougher than most; and for Scorpio that is SAYING something. Luckily the torture left us with a gift- It exposed our souls. Parts of you that you have given up for dead long ago got the chance to breathe again. Through the pain and the fire, you were able to take the first steps and see where you COULD heal, if you so chose.<br />
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It's never quite that easy though...<br />
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Over here, we are quite fond of berating you and beating the idea of knowing yourself and what it is that you truly want, your hearts deepest darkest desires into your thick skulls, but now this astro has whispered a question- what are you willing to do to get what you want? What will you sacrifice? How will you settle your debt? I assure you there will be a price to pay to see your dreams come true. This tells us something important- What you want CAN be brought to reality, and you can make it happen. It is within the realm of possibility. Then again, so is either myself or Artemis getting hit up by Emma Stone for a quickie- possible, sure within the multiverse and infinite possibility, but probable? <br />
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The astro gives us a chance though, an in. It always does. Each time we write one of these things its always an opportunity- For YOU! It's up to you to act on it though...<br />
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<b>Artemis Says</b>: <br />
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CARDS:<br />
MOON: 4 of Swords<br />
SUN: The Hermit<br />
Mercury: Ace of Swords<br />
Venus: The High Priestess<br />
Mars: 4 of Cups<br />
Jupiter: King of Cups<br />
Saturn: King of Pentacles<br />
Uranus: 7 of Pentacles<br />
Neptune: 6 of Swords<br />
Pluto: 7 of Cups<br />
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“<i>If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were
merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning
torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the
world. This makes it hard to plan the day.</i>” ― E.B. White<br />
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Taurus
is such a lazy piece of shit sometimes. No, seriously! You Taureans
are one of my greatest delights. I seriously adore you guys and always
seem to be surrounded by your bullheaded presence. The earth sign
Taurus is ruled by Venus, who is the embodiment of love, pleasure, and
fortune. Gluttony, sloth, and lust are my favorite sins, and Taurus and
her Venusean sister, Libra, wear those sins like a summer dress. You
can make it all look so good, Taurus...<br />
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But you're lazy as fuck. <br />
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With
my natal Mars in Taurus, I COMPLETELY get it. I would rather be lying
on furs, eating chocolate covered strawberries and screwing all night,
but I also have to pay my earthy masters their due (bills bills bills).
Fortunately, Taurus is here to teach us that work and the physical
world do not need to be like Chinese water torture (where every day just
slowly drives us more and more insane). <br />
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<b>H</b>: <u>The Sun and Moon</u>- In this lunation, the isolation that has been a theme in the past few moons is taking its toll. You feel that no one is on your side and that you are trying to scale the highest peaks on your own, with no climbing gear and no safety net. Your resources are painfully scarce and allies are few and far between, let alone ones that you can count on. This is A perspective; another way to see it is that you are pulling out ahead of the pack, and making a name for yourself. Use what you have at your disposal, and dont give up, just when things are getting interesting! You can do this, if you still want to. If your goals no longer match the path you are on, now is the time to break off of that course, before you are locked in- and it is very close to being that time. Change your mind before it is changed for you. <br />
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<b>A</b>: For the Sun, I pulled The Hermit. That Scorpio full moon sure did a
number on us, and 5 planets in retrograde surely didn't help. We
retreated. We went away and exposed the deepest parts of ourselves to
our inner eye. Only through crossing Scorpio's dark void can we be
reborn. Unfortunately, when we gain a new understanding about anything
(especially about the self), there comes an equal backlash of isolation.
The Hermit teaches us that once we go up the holy mountain, we wont
come back down as someone people will initially understand. We are
seeking our inner truth. We realized that the only way to live is from
this inner truth; fuck these illusory reasons society feeds us from
birth. Things look different now under this new light. Don't fret if
you are misunderstood. Hold your ground stubbornly, says the Taurus
Sun, because once you start shining, the whole world wants to bring you
down. Shed all the shit you don't need for this spiritual journey.
Only keep the things that feel good in your heart and make you feel
lighter for your long pilgrimage. <br />
For the new moon in
Taurus, I pulled the 4 of Swords. Ugh, Taurus is laying the laziness
on thick. She knows we are tired as fuck right now. So rest up,
darlings. Indulge a little. Eat some cake. Make love. Laugh. Sing.
Get some sleep. Give yourself a little break, because the past few
weeks have been ROUGH. Pull back from the people who are causing you
anxiety, regroup, recharge, and sketch up your next plan of action.
This is some beautifully lush energy coming in, but even though we will
be taking in life's simple pleasures, we will still remember our goal
and where we are going. Relaxation and regeneration doesn't hinder one
from getting to where they are going. Hell fucking no. It makes life
worth living, it strengthens us (body, mind, and soul), and it gives us
an opportunity for release. So, lay back... let go of your worries...
just for a bit. <br />
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<b>H</b>: <u><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/mercury-retrograde-obstinant-and-ornery.html" target="_blank">Mercury</a>, <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/venus-in-taurus-worth-living.html" target="_blank">Venus</a>, Chiron and <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/uranus-conjunct-eris-war-drums.html" target="_blank">Uranus</a></u>- You are struggling with issues regarding what you are worth and what you deserve. You must overcome your reflex to cut yourself off at the knees. You were not born to prostrate yourself before others, narrow-minded fools who cannot see the scope of your vision- You are here to do so much more than you have yet. The setbacks and challenges that are in your path now are not here to overwhelm you, they are here to be overcome by you, to make you stronger. It is not time to give in yet, you have miles and miles to go before you rest. <br />
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<b>A</b>: For Mercury, I pulled the Ace of Swords. The regenerative moon is going
to give us access to our ideas and our words again. Even though we may
be in retrograde at this time, the conjunct with Mercury/Sun/Moon will
give us a great deal of elation and bull headed poise. But be careful!
Mercury in Taurus makes us blunt and sometimes all too harsh with our
words. Truth is a double edged sword. Are you willing to bleed for
what you're about to say? This is probably a good time for work
involving words and the intellect. Our minds are sharp, poking at all
the tiny details (which can lead to a fuck ton of anxiety, so try and
slow down a bit and take care of yourself). Just remember, don't get
too caught up. Harness this powerful, kinetic energy but don't let it
get you carried away. For our darling Venus, I pulled the High Priestess. Sneaky, sneaky,
Venus. It seems that she has been fatefully weaving again, and she's
not talking. This is another indication that we need to STOP and
BREATHE. The High Priestess has many secrets. She is intuitive power,
perception, the seer, knowledge that cannot be acquired by the intellect
alone. What are the things you seemed to "know at first sight?" In
Venus in Taurus, she tells us that through the lips of joy, we will hear
our answers. Follow your initial instincts, no matter how strange they
may seem to your rational mind. There are forces at work that we
cannot see, so we must be silent and listen. It may seem strange, but
through your ability to relax and enjoy yourself - to have pleasure in
the company of those that make your heart warm - you will find the
answer to a great mystery. Shhhh, just listen. This is also a good
indication that this is the perfect time for magickal workings -
especially in regards to Fortune and Love. For Uranus, I pulled the 7 of Pentacle. More blah blah blah, reap reap
reap. The outer planets are incessantly giving us this message. Make
sure that you timing things correctly right now. All of your hard work
can and will go to waste if you are not watching for the right times to
initiate. Uranus knows that sometimes you need to strike like
lightening and do things in spontaneous flashes. Go with your hunches.
When something feels like it's ready to go, then get going with it.<br />
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<b>H</b>: <u><a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/mars-retrograde-long-way-home.html" target="_blank">Mars</a> and Neptune</u>- Here is where the debt racks up: With 5 planets retrograde, and in Taurus season, forward motion comes at a premium. The way will be unclear whichever way you turn, and every action will come at an exorbitant cost. What that price will be depends on the action and how much ground you are willing to take right now. The gains you make in one area of your life will be offset by losses in another. You must be willing to get into the flow- fighting it and swimming against the current will only increase this cost and make the cuts all the deeper. This is a sky for opportunists, those who are willing to wait for just the right moment. Or wait for a different sky altogether.<br />
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<b>A</b>: For our buddy Mars, I pulled the 4 of Cups. Ugh. We get it. We're
tired. We need to rest. We need to meditate. Mars in retrograde right
now means everyone is still in double asshole mode, so try and retract
this energy as best as possible. Don't let the apathy eat you alive.
Our energy is drained, we are contemplating throwing in the towel
because this shit that is stacking up against us is getting very fucking
high. Don't miss opportunities because you feel like you can't take
them on right now. Be playful. Look at things you wouldn't have looked
at before. Look AWAY from yourself. Your energy is creating a giant
friggin MIRROR and perhaps all you have been seeing lately is yourself.
Step out of your Martian ego. Inspiration is desperately needed right
now, and this card is telling me it is literally right under our noses.
For those of you who have the ability to duel with your ego, get ready
for some epiphanies. For Neptune, I pulled 6 of Swords. It looks like the spiritual world
is putting us through some spiritual trials right now. Jeez, thanks,
like we didn't notice that one... It seems all of our bullshit right
now is karmic, and that's ok. Deal with it now and swiftly before it
submerges your ship. Although we have had a tremendous amount of
misfortune lately, this is a clear indication that we are moving on from
that. Things are going to get crazy with the grand cross and the
Eris/Uranus conjunct, sure, but at least this last karmic phase is
starting to close up. What awaits us on the other side?<br />
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<b>H</b>: <u>Jupiter,<a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/03/saturn-retrograde-brief-candle.html" target="_blank"> Saturn</a> and <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/pluto-retrograde-cocytus.html" target="_blank">Pluto</a></u>- Most of all, you are struggling because you are trying to find meaning, a reason to keep moving through this storm of insecurity, self-doubt, and your own insignificance in the world and the cosmos. Make no mistake, these are big, cold, uncaring energies- They will crush you underfoot without a thought if you let them. So you have to make them take notice of you! You must find something, anything, to cling to- Anything that brings you a small bit of comfort or meaning, no matter how small or banal, and you must hold that you like it is the key to everything, life's greatest secret. Once you have it, you can use the Titan's energies to their full strength, bringing the cosmos to bear for you rather than against you. <br />
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<b>A</b>: For Jupiter, I pulled the King of Cups. It looks like
Jupiter is going to be the jovial king he is suppose to be. At the time
of the New Moon, he will be 2 days away from being direct again
(HALLEFUCKINLUAH). He is also going to be a part of the magnificent
Grand Earth Trine that is happening smack dab in the middle of our cruel
Mercury Retrograde. He is here to offer us what we want, so what will
you ask for? This is a wonderful time for expansion, for relaxing, for a
bit of laughter and relief from all of this craziness going on. If you
have been thinking of launching a project or an idea, this is the
perfect time. Luck will be on your side. For
Saturn, I pulled the King of Pentacles. Yeah, yeah, we get it. Saturn
is still telling us that even though we have this little bit of
relaxation coming our way, we still need to prepare for what is ahead.
He is always such a friggin drag. 3 of the 4 planets that will be
participating in the grand cross in June are already in place (forming a
dreaded t-square in the sky). Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn are all
putting pressure on each other and waiting for the Sun to hit the mid
point of Gemini (Grand Cross is on 6/6/16). So get your ducks in order.
Saturn is still in retrograde, so continue working on those loose ends
and build your fortified walls. You must become the master of your
domain in order to use the grand cross that's coming as a spiritual
evolutionary gateway instead of a baseball bat to all of your hopes and
dreams. Don't say I didn't warn you. For Pluto, I pulled the 7 of Cups. Ugh, screw you Pluto. He is
throwing so much shade our way. All of the bullshit you keep in your
head is coming out louder and louder to haunt you. No one likes digging
up more skeletons, but at least this card is indicating to us that it
is all just illusions trying to bring us down. All those things nagging
at you and giving you anxiety are shit that have been put in your head
by others. Proper behavior. Career goals. Relationship goals. Blah
blah blah. Look away. Don't get blinded by all of the things people
tell you that you should have and fucking get Plutonian and DESTROY that
shit. Once you have demolished the buzzing bees of societal
expectations, you can finally hear the voice deep inside. Then you will
know what you truly want. This will be the rebirth you need before the
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Helios Says:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This one could not have come at a better time. While the rest of the cosmos is falling apart and competing to see who can be the biggest mess, our girl Venus is here to step up and show us how its really done. As she steps off of the battlefield and goes back to the homestead, she is reminded of what really matters: Not the grand cosmic chaos, no, there will be time for that later. Now it is time to take comfort in the simple moments, the banality of life and the work we do. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She is in good company, with the Sun just having moved into Taurus after Mercury cleared the way for him (even if he is retrograding). Together, these three form a powerful base, in a sign that is so... good. I give Taurus a lot of crap, but only because that makes it's fields all the more fertile. Taurus is one of the most human signs there is- sure, you can make the case for Aquarius, but when it comes to actually living a real life, one with a sense of normalcy and any form of happiness rather than being locked up in some lab in an ivory tower, Taurus is the one you want. Where you have Taurus is where you find pleasure, where you have your favorite snack or comfort food; your bank account, your security and happiness. Taurus is the window box of flowers, the herb garden out back and the smell of fresh cut grass, Taurus is your connection to this world, how you leave a physical mark on it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Taurus is life. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The bull isnt the only life though- No sir! There is a lot going on in the earth signs at the moment, with Jupiter, the great party boy, in Virgo. Decidedly less partying, though he will turn up with some moonshine after a long days work in the fields! Can't ever keep him from a good time. And Pluto, the lord of the underworld, is still riding through Capricorn, lest you forget- Any look at one has to take the others into account. So what does that mean? Well, even though your life isnt necessarily going the way you want and your work is a lot of drudgery with little to no reward (Jupiter) and you feel powerless without much room to grow (Pluto) it is still up to you to show up, pay your bills, and find a reason to keep moving through this life, a way to make it bearable, no matter how banal or small. Luckily no one is up to the task more than our girl Venus. Guilty Pleasures and indulgences are her bread and butter. Silk sheets, chocolate and so much delicious sin- that is what is on your menu. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">No matter how hard these times get, there is always a reason to keep moving. Find it. Savor each moment, whether bitter or sweet, and apologize for nothing. You are beautiful, and I hope one day that you see it for yourself. Trust Venus. Trust Taurus. They will see us through</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Artemis says:</span></b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Life is a party, and parties aren't meant to last." - Prince</span></i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cards: The Lovers, Two of Swords, Two of Cups</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oooh lala, we have a menage a trois! Venus is plowing into Taurus, cases of wine in tow. She heard you forgot how to enjoy yourself (it's why we are all here in the first place), so it's time for your (very) friendly Venusean reminder! The Garden of Eden is here, beneath our feet, and no one knows this better than Taurus. Start reaping some of your sexy love harvest, punks, because we aren't going down on this sinking ship without a good time. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What does this combination of cards tell me? The deck I used for this particular reading is called the "Wildwood Tarot," and the individual that represents the two of swords sits blindfolded. In both hands she holds arrows at her heart with her bow stomped to the ground under her left foot. She is intently listening to her heart before making her decision. Where will she let her (love) arrows fly? She wants to achieve justice with her decision (another Venusean reference to Libra). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is the RIGHT decision? Once you have the fortune - once you have love - you have to ask yourself, "What am I going to do with all this money?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The woman in the 2 of Swords card has scales floating above her. On one side of the scale we have coins and on the other we have a feather. The outside world is in balance - as this is it's natural state. Always seeking balance. Things are moving the way they need to be, but, unfortunately, the woman in this card hasn't yet removed her blindfold to see the joy, union, and pleasure around her. The decisions have already been made. The Lovers are mid vows, the 2 of Cups are mid spilling of their life blood into each other's cups. Venus in Taurus is telling us to JUST BE. Be, in pleasure and joy, with the lovers and business partners that have chosen to be with us. Live through the heart while the mind is being muddled with all this bullshit coming our way from the retrogrades, wretched full moon in Scorpio, Eris and Uranus conjunct throttling toward us, and the dreaded Grand Cross only 2 months away. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What's the point of all the fighting if not for the pillaging? Seriously. We have all of this sexy energy coming from the Sun in Taurus and Venus moving into Taurus, use it to your advantage. You're going to get QUALITY lovers now. Although we got tons of offers at love in Aries in Venus, this is where we find the ones that are worth our while. Those individuals are few and far between. No wonder Taurus is so possessive... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The card for two of swords in this deck has two arrows. She can shoot two different things. She can have the union of soul that is offered by the 2 of cups and the alchemical explosion offered by the Lovers. She can have it all. It would be an injustice to just sit back and not seize. Taurus in Venus is all about taking what we desire, becoming intimate with it (2 of cups) and merging to form something beyond the parts (the Lovers). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We limit ourselves. We decide the world is one way without actually 1ooKing at it. Nothing is as it seems. Remember, Venus is a planet of illusions, just like her higher octave, Neptune. The two of Swords reminds us that sometimes what we are looking for can't be seen with the eyes, but it can surely be seen with the heart. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you want love, if you want fortune, if you want the things that you value, you must let your heart be the guide. The two of swords is telling us to make decisions based on our desires. The full moon in Scorpio is upon us in Sun in Taurus. What do you WANT? The heart knows. Let the lifeblood flow. Let the people around you hear your pounding heart. Without that passion, what's the point of living? And this Venus is all about the pleasures of living....</span><br />
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Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-47789698844126916472016-04-18T00:00:00.000-04:002016-04-20T14:56:42.253-04:00Mercury Retrograde- Obstinant and Ornery<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Effective date</b>: 4/27-5/22/16 (Shadow period til 6/8/16)<br />
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<b>Helios Says</b>:<br />
Guess what time it is! That's right, its time for everyone's favorite transit- Mercury Retrograde! This makes the fifth planet we have going retrograde right now, and man, could it be any less fortuitous? Well, yes actually- but it definitely isn't great timing, that's for sure. This year its all about the earth signs, first and foremost being stubborn-as-all-hell Taurus. So what is shifty Mercury up to in this sign? <br />
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Supposedly, Mercury in Taurus on its own is viewed as kind of a terrible placement. Now, I see where they get that idea, because he gets the best billing in the air and fire signs where his synapses are firing on all cylinders, and a few cylinders that he rents on the weekend. Hell, even Capricorn and Virgo get good press when it comes to Mercury, and Scorpio is no slouch either (think every self-narrated film noir detective protagonist, ever) but never Taurus. In Pisces he gets to be the tortured soul/brilliant artist type, but in Taurus Mercury is slow, plodding and taciturn, which is a nice way of saying as dumb as a bag of hammers. Well since this is my own placement, I guess it falls to me to defend him! I can attest that there may be some truth to the criticism- but Mercury in Taurus has a lot of great benefits that could very well be the key to navigating this tricky season!<br />
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The truly great thing about Merc in Taurus is that he gives this great focus, exclusive to this sign, that you will see referred to a lot as either blinders or tunnel vision. The simile is extremely accurate, as this sign has an almost preternatural ability to shut out any and all distractions in pursuit of a goal. While the rest of the retro planets are off causing chaos and hacking away at what is no longer important in your life, Mercury is going to ensure that you do not allow it to knock you off track in pursuit of your greater aims. Now, the challenge here is if your major life goals are up on the chopping block- This placement is not one that can course-correct with ease. No, it is more like the Juggernaut from X-Men: An unstoppable force once set in motion, but without any initial movement toward an aim, it is easy to give into the inertia, never getting started and wasting your time on pointless distractions that seemed important at the time. <br />
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Another boon to this transit is its concept of impact when it comes to your words. Right now, you will be challenged on the things you say and think, and of course since that is Merc's wheelhouse, that takes on added importance. You will find yourself zone-ing out a lot, being able to still your mind without even trying to (especially when you consciously have something to distract one of your other senses and can then shut out entirely, is a trick I have found works WONDERS). You must also be very cautious in the things you say- Take your time in expressing what is going on in your head, chew over your words a few times before you let anything slip out. Say more with fewer words, cut out anything extraneous. No fluff with this one. Say something that really matters. Also no matter what, be honest at this time- Brutally if needed. Now is not the time to skirt around anything in order to spare anyone's feelings. <br />
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One thing you do really want to watch out for is that time passes much more quickly under this transit than you realize, even though while its happening it can feel like you are trapped in a quagmire. I guarantee that you will wake up one day, when we are mid-Gemini, and suddenly realize that your to-do list is woefully uncompleted, and that you haven't shown up to work in three weeks. It's just the way it goes down. So use your time wisely, while you have it! <br />
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And obviously the standard Mercury Retro disclaimer- No signing any contracts (especially when it comes to things like phone bills or your cable/internet), no major life changes or big purchases, basically put nothing in writing if you can help it. The less you change in terms of your finances, and the day-to-day running and banality of your life, the better.<br />
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<b>Artemis Says:</b><i><br />"There's solace a bit for submitting</i><br />
<i>To the fitfully cryptically true<br />What's happened has happened</i><br />
<i>What's coming is already on it's way</i><br />
<i>With a role for me to play</i><br />
<i>I don't understand</i><br />
<i>I'll never understand</i><br />
<i>But I'll try to understand</i><br />
<i>There's nothing else I can do." - Fiona Apple, "Red Red Red"</i><br />
<b><br />Cards: Justice and 8 of Pentacles</b><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I was born during Mercury Retrograde, so an over active mind has been a staple of my existence. Add my Aquarian sun/moon/ascendant/Venus to that and I'm essentially a strange intergalactic being. So how do I fight through the alienation and over thinking? Fortunately, we have the answer to that question in the sign that Mercury is retrograding in (and the sun has just changed to) - TAURUS. In order to bypass the shit coming from Mercury Retrograde, use Taurean direct, honest, and plain speak. Or, you know, get ready for shades of this alienation to consume you. It is descending up on us... again... the most frequent and relentless of the planetary retrogrades; that of Mercury, the Messenger.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />So what the hell happens during Mercury Retrograde? In short, all things related to communication begin to break down. Your ideas become cloudy, you say shit you don't mean, you misunderstand others (flavored by your murky thinking), mechanical things break - essentially connections go haywire. It's not a very pleasant energy, to say the least.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Some people are obviously more adapted to it than others. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Some people thrive during Mercury Retrograde because they have learned methods that help them communicate through their own alienation. Because of this, I personally find Mercury Retrograde to be an easier time for demented writers (you know we all are demented, right?). It is a good time to WORK. Not to finalize things- Hell no! But WORK because with this Jupiter Retrograde in VIRGO (the detail whore) and Mercury retrograde in TAURUS (the obsessive freak), you will be able to see all the faulty pieces of your plan. And remember, Mars is also in Retrograde going from Sagittarius to Scorpio. In this state, he projects the plotting serial killer energy. Scorpio is the psychic detective of the zodiac - deeply inspecting human psychology. Don't forget! Scorpio must learn the lessons behind power in their lifetime, so expect challenges to dominance to increase during Mars Retrograde into Scorpio.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> These are tools, guys, not enemies. Use the Sun's energy right now (in patient Taurus), and stay calm through the chaos that is ensuing. Get still. Get obsessive. Get detailed about your WORK. <br /><br />The 8 of Pentacles card I pulled is a work order. You can turn this energy to your favor - just like anything else. Bend it to your will. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">With Saturn also being in retrograde, you can expect this Mercury retrograde period to be flavored with torture. Things you may have said months ago could suddenly come back to haunt you out of literally fucking nowhere. I pulled the Justice card to go with the "go to werk" message from 8 of Pentacles. This means you should expect unfinished business to walk up to you as you're in line for coffee, or trying to peacefully cross the street, or when you are attempting to hide from all of humanity on a hike through the fucking wilderness - it will find you. It's time to tie up all the loose ends and verbal contracts. Mercury is going to be testing our ability to remain consistent with what we have learned by throwing us shit back at us that we didn't deal with appropriately in the past. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">I feel that Justice is also trying to tell me that we must constantly watch our speech for injustice / breaks. This is your mantra for the next few weeks: Taurean direct, honest, plain speak. Use it like Justice's sword.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> <br />Mercury IS in Taurus, and Taurus has a heavy hand in finance. With the full moon in Scorpio descending upon us, and a beautiful grand earth trine coming during the Mercury Retrograde period, you can expect financial opportunities to emerge. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Pluto joined the Retrograde party this past weekend, bringing our inner demons to the surface. With Mercury getting anxious in his retrograde state, expect people's demons to come out in communication. Pair Mars in the party, and expect a lot of very loud outbursts. The Sun moving from Aries to Taurus (April 19) couldn't have come at a better time. Keep your eyes on the big fiery orb, folks - meaning - keep yourself GROUNDED and focused on the things that are real in your life, say what's on your mind, and try and channel all of this "bad" energy into Venus-like pursuits. Taurus is ruled by Venus. It's time to transform your pain, and it's time to structure your way to your fortune. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />Lots of love, everyone. Be good to each other. I know all you want to do is shoot people until they bleed out slowly right now, but really, it's all just a big misunderstanding! Isn't it usually? </span><br />
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<b>Effective Date- 4/17-9/25/16</b><br /><b><br />Helios says- </b>Close your eyes. Do you feel it? That overwhelming
emptiness, barely kept out of your thoughts. You distract yourself from the
ache, piling on obligations, frivolities, drugs, and meaningless sex, what have
you…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But every time you blink, or rest
your eyes, and breathe again, there it is- Always hovering at the edges,
threatening to swallow you whole. <br />
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You fear it. You are afraid because you know it is powerful, you know that it
cannot be stopped. It is pervasive and it never sleeps. It dwarfs your own
mortality. It whispers dark lies to you in the quiet- that you are ugly, that
you do not fit in, that you never were good enough and you never will be, no
matter what you do. It whispers that your loved ones do not love you back, and
that you cannot trust them, they will only betray you in the end. <br />
<br />
It whispers to you that you are alone in this world.<br />
<br />
It whispers that in the end, all you truly have is it, the emptiness- Your last
stalwart companion. <br />
<br />
This is Pluto Retrograde. He will summon shades of the truth; never the whole
picture, that’s not his style- not when just a bit is enough to have power over
you. He knows your fears and he will play on them. He will conjure up ghosts of
your past to terrify you, forcing you further within yourself so that you are
further and further isolated from anyone who can help you, leaving you with
only the darkness to whisper in your ear. <br />
<br />
You must not let this happen. I understand this temptation better than most-
The darkness knows secrets beyond mortal ken, and will tempt you with this
occult knowledge just as much as it will try to terrify you into submission
(Pluto is nothing if not an extremely skilled Dom, with intimate knowledge of
your weaknesses and just how far you can be pushed), and you will walk into
this thinking that you can flirt with the darkness for a weekend and come out
unscathed, because you have before. Before you were brought to the edge, and it
gave you an amazing rush, just enough to remind you that you are still alive.
Ever since, you have pushed further and further, dancing ever more erratically
on the knife’s edge. You have grown careless and overconfident- because you
have not faced any true consequences yet, you think that you never will. I am
telling you that if you dance with the devil this time around, he will take his
due. <br />
<br />
That is not to say that you should never go out dancing again, far from it! I
am just telling you that this time, decline the invitation and make the bastard
work for it. You have become far too easy of a date, and you need to play hard
to get! It’s time to make this relationship with the darkness work for you,
rather than it be all on his terms! Dance on your own if you have to- don’t be
so predictable that you will wait around for a partner, because he can smell
that desperation a mile away and will absolutely prey on it. <br />
<br />
Oh, and stop responding to his booty calls. Leave the bastard blue-balled for a
bit- It builds character.<br />
<br />
<b>Artemis says- </b>CARDS: 4 of Swords
AND 6 of Swords<o:p></o:p><br />
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Rune: Thoronzon<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">“</span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><i><span style="color: black;">Sometimes I feel like a Buddhist and I need to chant; sometimes a
Baptist and I need to holler and shout; and sometimes I need to be a Catholic
and need to purge my sins and confess. It just depends on where I am.”</span></i> - <span style="color: black;">Jill
Scott</span></span></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Pluto retrograde is a scary fucking
time. I mean, Pluto is already a scary
fucking planet. He is the dude that
tells it like it is no matter the costs.
Those with prominent Pluto in their charts seem to carry around mega
speakers and KABLAM energy anywhere they stomp.
This is because they are the reckoning.
They are the transformer. They
are death, the destroyer of words. Get
ready for nuclear bombs to set of inside your brain. Pluto retrograde is on the horizon, and it’s
in that devil of a goat of a sign ruled by super serious scary Saturn; Capricorn.<br />
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The one rune I pulled, Thurisaz (the thorn), is very clear with its meaning in this
situation; total and utter war with the self + tilling of the soil. You can’t plant new seeds if the soil is not
fertile – if there is some harmful insect ready to eat anything you attempt to
grow. It’s going to be uncomfortable and
it’s going to feel hollow, so I suggest you carry around a little light with
you wherever you go – like a lantern.
Bring something or focus on something every day that brings some form of
joy in your life. In a lot of mystical
circles it is tradition to purge before initiation. Actors do this before they begin to learn a
new character. They must purge
themselves, destroy the old character and rebirth into the personality of the
new. <br />
<br />
It seems Pluto wants us to purge and become the next version of ourselves. Hopefully it’s someone you WANT to be as
opposed to someone you are being forced to become. Unconscious forces will be magnified, and psychological issues may erupt more than usual. You can expect a lot of people to be snapping due to aggression, especially when Mercury retrograde and Mars retrograde join this Pluto retrograde. Please realize that a lot of your aggression toward other people may be due to miscommunication and everyone dealing with deep psychological issues during this period. <br />
<br />
Because Pluto rules in the macro sphere as well, this is likely to be a period of mass corruption and secret warfare. I expect a lot of what is going to go on here will be purged out and emerge for the public sphere when Pluto goes direct in a few months. <br />
<br />
The things that you really want, like money or power or fame or love, you will
start to see all of the shadow reasons why you love these things. You will see the rot that surrounds the edges
of everything, and you will bring it out and transform it. Or you will become more crippled and dead
than before. It’s your choice. It’s always your choice. Pluto is the god of the underworld and the
reflection that being in this underworld brings, and these reflections are going
to get violent. <br />
<br />
The two cards I pulled for Pluto Retrograde are both Swords; 4 of Swords and 6 of
Swords. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Swords represent air and the season of
winter. They talk to us about ideas, the
intellect, communication, truth, power, deception and violence. With two of these cards playing off of each
other, this Pluto Retrograde is going to be extremely cerebral. I would say that if you have issues with
anxiety or depression, you should build some safety nets for yourself for this
5 month period. If you can anchor
yourself in correctly and narrow in on one issue at a time and truly dive (with
support from those you truly trust to watch over you), you will succeed in
purging the demons holding you back from taking your next step. If you really don’t trust a fucking soul, you’re
going to have to grit down big time right now.
It’s going to be a rough fight, especially with these other retrogrades
joining Pluto (Saturn, Mars, Mercury).
You need to be hyper aware in this time because illusions will become thick. If you practice, it is a good time to work
with deities like Shiva. <br />
<br />
Where 4 of Swords is forcing us to heal our inner wounds, the 6 </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">of swords tells
us to move the fuck on.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Hello!</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Your boat has taken off (probably without
you).</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Good job.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Now you’re going to have to swim out to it
instead of sitting comfortably inside of it as you transit to the next
shore.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">We warned you about this boat in
former sky watches – well there it goes.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Don’t let the things that you want vanish like a ship in the night.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Start swimming, face your fears, dive into
the depths and get on that boat and move the fuck on.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">If you don’t, you can bet you’ll be trapped
in last year’s karmic wheel.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">You don’t
want to go through all that bullshit again, do you?</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s time to illuminate, destroy, and
transform. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">I wish you all the best of
luck. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></div>
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Allright, to start off with, I absolutely love this asteroid. She's nuts, in the best kind of way. And I can't think of a better guide for us right now. <br /><b><br />The Astronomy</b>- 3753 Cruithne is a Q-type, Aten asteroid in orbit around the Sun in 1:1 orbital resonance with Earth, making it a co-orbital object. It is an asteroid that, relative to Earth, orbits in a bean-shaped orbit that ultimately effectively describes a horseshoe, and that can transition into a quasi-satellite orbit. It has been incorrectly called "Earth's second moon".<sup> </sup>Cruithne does not orbit Earth and at times it is on the other side of the Sun<sup>.</sup> Its orbit takes it inside the orbit of Mercury and outside the orbit of Mars.<sup> </sup>Cruithne orbits the Sun in about 1 year but it takes 770 years for the
series to complete a horseshoe-shaped movement around the Earth.<br /><br /><b>The Myth(?)</b>- The Cruthin were a people of early Ireland, who occupied parts of the present day Counties of Antrim, Laois, Galway, Londonderry and Down in the early medieval period.<br />
The Cruthin comprised a number of túatha, including the Dál nAraidi in southern Antrim and the Uí Echach Cobo in western Down. Early sources preserve a distinction between the Cruthin and the Ulaid, who gave their name to the province of Ulster, although the Dál nAraide claimed in their genealogies to be <i>na fir Ulaid</i>, "the true Ulaid". The Loígis, who gave their name to County Laois in Leinster, and the Sogain of Connacht are also claimed as Cruthin in early Irish genealogies.<br />
By the late 8th century, the Dál nAraidi had secured their
over-kingship of the Cruthin and their name replaced that of the
Cruthin. Early Irish writers used the name <i>Cruthin</i> to refer to both the north-eastern Irish group and to the Picts of Scotland. Likewise, the Scottish Gaelic word for a Pict is <i>Cruithen</i> or <i>Cruithneach</i>, and for Pictland is <i>Cruithentúath</i>.<sup> </sup>It has thus been suggested that the Cruthin and Picts were the same people or were in some way linked. Professor T. F. O'Rahilly proposed that the Qritani/Pritani were the first Celts
to inhabit Great Britain and Ireland and describes them as "the
earliest inhabitants of these islands to whom a name can be assigned". It has also been suggested that <i>Cruthin</i> was a name used to refer to all the Britons who were not conquered by the Romans – those who lived outside Roman Britain, north of Hadrian's Wall.<sup> </sup>Other scholars disagree, pointing out that although <i>Cruthin</i> was used to translate <i>Picti</i> into Irish, <i>Picti</i> was never used to translate <i>Cruthin</i> into Latin. Professor Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
believes that the "notion that the Cruthin were 'Irish Picts' and were
closely connected with the Picts of Scotland is quite mistaken" while Professor Kenneth H. Jackson has said that the Cruthin "were not Picts, had no connection with the Picts, linguistic or otherwise, and are never called <i>Picti</i> by Irish writers". The Cruthin cannot be distinguished from their neighbors by archaeology. The records show that the Cruthin bore Irish names, spoke Irish and followed the Irish <i>derbfine</i> system of inheritance rather than the matrilineal system sometimes attributed to the Picts.<sup> </sup>It is suggested that <i>Cruthin</i> was not what the people called themselves, but was what their neighbors called them.<br /><br /><b>Why She Matters</b>- Okay, so... Even though the grand high source of wisdom that is Wikipedia seems to shatter the connection to the Picts and the matriarchal influence, almost all sources on the astrology of this really fascinating asteroid seem to work on that assumption. Yes, I know this opens up the door to the criticisms (sometimes extremely valid) of the field as a whole, but one of the great secrets of Astrology (and Religion. Oh, Quantum Physics too. Well, at least our understanding of them) is that the more you believe something, and the more you expect it to be or act a certain way, the more it does; right up until the moment it doesn't. Belief is power. And that is an interesting point to make on this particular one, as from a heliocentric perspective, it has a very boring orbit, with medium eccentricity, but when veiwed from our perspective on Earth, the picture changes significantly, becoming a crazy, potato-shaped orbit, and coming close enough to be considered a "second moon". So I would posit that this one deals with perception and perspective, specifically the view from the outside, not particularly one that is from the self. I have also found that this asteroid has quite a lot to do with matters of where one feels truly at home, somewhere where one can find a community that understands the native. Mark Andrew Holmes expounds, saying that Cruithne indicates sense of connectedness to ethnic,
regional or racial roots or to the land or earth; ethnic or racial
pride; environmentalism; clinging to core identity; stigma.. Australian astrologer Heather Cameron links it to putting effort into being alluring; acting too good for someone. Others link it to brands, tattoos or piercing. There may also be something to do with a connection to Druidry, natural energies and mysticism of that type. <br /><br />To find out where she shows up in your chart, go to astro.com, put in
your birth details and in the extended options, all the way at the
bottom, there will be a menu of additional objects. Under that is a
blank space where you can enter the number 3753, for Cruithne. Once you
have it entered, generate the chart! Where does Cruithne affect your
life? Post it below in the comments!Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-46153220760547847182016-04-11T10:30:00.000-04:002016-04-11T14:45:40.823-04:00Mars Retrograde- Long Way Home<br />
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<b>Effective date: </b>April 17th - June 29th (Shadow period from June 29th through August 23rd)<br />
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“<i>If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I
don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.</i>” -
David Livingstone<br />
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<b>Helios Says: </b>BRRAAAAAP!! BRAAAAAAP!! Hear that? That's the alarm ringing, early as shit and you were out partying the house down last night. That is how we're starting this one, all right!<br />
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Oh, and you're late. <br />
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Mars is making a strategic retreat out of Sagittarius, stuffing his suitcases as best he can, trying to get out of Vegas before casino security makes it up to his penthouse suite to collect on his severe debt, the size of several Balkan states' worth of GDP (I'm good for it you guys, I swear!!). Unfortunately, with his back against the wall, 40 stories up, he only has one place to go- back into Scorpio. Yes, everyone's favorite, blood-curdling torture den, the stagnant underworld he once called home. <br />
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This is the best news you will have all week. You see, apart from being where all the good stuff is (sex, passion, other peoples money, and not to mention all the riches of the earth [apart from oil, which Pisces gets for some reason. Go figure]), Scorpio gives one wonderful, uncomfortable and usually unwanted, yet still completely vital gift: The Truth; the Scorpio truth is one that hides nothing- it is the naked truth. Scorpio will expose the falsehoods, allowing you to take action.<br />
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Yes, you read that right; this is not going to be a sit-on-your-ass retrograde, oh no! You will need to make moves, and you will need to make them now, at the least opportune moment. You see, you are already feeling this. You are seeing the truth right NOW, seeing that there is a great deal that is just NOT working in your life. You are not the same person that you were 6 months ago, and the strategies developed then will not serve you now. Currently, you are being overwhelmed by the enormity of how much dysfunction you are facing, and you are frozen in place. You fear losing ground, so you refuse to work with the change that has already occurred. If you do this you will waste valuable time trying to defend a beachhead that you have already lost, and you will make far less headway towards your new goals than you would have otherwise. <br />
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There is another option- give up the high ground. The marginal, quantified success that you have made at great cost to you over this last year has been hard fought, I know- But its not the way. It has come at such a cost because you were fighting the way to get here, and you thought you were overcoming the odds. You thought it was what you wanted, you thought it was for the best- You were wrong. If you can face that, and you can accept it, you can change and move forward in the right way. <br />
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You faced the call last year to throw your middle fingers up and walk the path alone, daring you yo plunge into the unknown with no guarantees. It understandably terrified you, and you returned to safety, not knowing that you were running full-bore into a slow death, losing that precious progress that you had made. You went against your own best interest and acted against your own self-love. Of course, you didnt know this at the time- Now you do. The dysfunction you face is because of this, and it is also the solution to your problem: The areas in your life highlighted by the dysfunction you must correct by acting in your own best interest- By loving yourself first, and making the best choices accordingly, you will succeed. This will not be easy, and it will seem like you are surrendering. That is the fear mentality talking- Your fear of failure must be overcome here and now, because there is just no other way. Embrace what seems to be a failure, and fuck what everyone else thinks. Act in your own best interest, because you're going to die anyway- might as well be the one in the driver's seat!<br />
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<b><br />Artemis Says: </b><br />
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"<i>You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.</i>" -Buddha<br />
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Talk about being on edge... We are being told two contradictory things from this planet. On one hand, we have the Saggo aspect urging us to move forward and start a new phase of our lives. It is the turning of the seasons in many ways for us right now. And then, on the other hand, Mars going into retrograde is telling us to HALT. It's feels like we are pressing the gas and pressing the brakes at the same time. It doesn't feel very pleasant, does it?<br />
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When Mars starts moving backwards in the sky (retrograde), we lose our vitality. We are in the shadow period for Mars retrograde as I write this. A looming silence is on the horizon, and it threatens to thwart all of our plans. It is a pretty well known thing that anything initiated during Mars in retrograde will likely fizzle out. Financial plans, new projects, romances, etc. Mars rules sex and industry, so expect setbacks in both of these areas. With Venus in sexfest Aries, this will bring very conflicting feelings.<br />
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Arguments are easy to come by during Mars retrograde. Everyone is constantly a hair away from losing their shit, and the smallest things seem to annoy us. Sounds aggravating, doesn't it? This aspect is not only rough for your personal life, but it can create major rage fests in the political sphere as well. With our current political climate, that doesn't sound very good. <br />
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We are going to want to change - be dying for it in fact. But Mars is going to tell us NO. Taurus season is coming, and we are going to need to slow the hot Aries energy. The 4 of Swords tells us that people will withdraw and obsess (which will get even worse once the sun moves into uber obsessive Taurus). We have a very hard full moon coming our way, and with Mars in this aspect, we are going to need to get as much healing done as possible. This is a time to rest - both mentally and physically. Be very delicate around those you love because the smallest annoyances can lead to giant flare ups. Be kind to each other. We are a long way from home and we are all we've got in this strange land. <br />
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Cards: The Wheel and 4 of SwordsAstro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-27213879210891176832016-04-08T12:16:00.000-04:002016-04-11T03:03:47.903-04:00Full Moon in Scorpio- Skeletons<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>This Transit takes effect on April 21, 2016.</b><br />
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“<i>Way far back in the beginning of the world was the whirlwind warning
that we could all be blown away like chips and cry- Men with tired eyes
realize it now, and wait to deform and decay- with maybe they have the
power of love yet in their hearts just the same, I just don't know what
that word means anymore- All I want is an ice cream cone</i>” -Jack Kerouac<br />
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<b>Helios Says: </b>*Sigh* Life.... What is the point to it all? Does any of it matter? Why do we bother? We stumble blindly through time, cocking up everything we touch, experiencing a few fleeting moments of joy to break the monotony of the stinging misery that otherwise encircles us. None of us asked to be born, we just had all this merde thrust upon us. Sure, the grand traditions are there to try and offer us solace, a reason for being, some bullshit about learning lessons or whatnot- but the truth is no one truly knows what the point is, or what happens when we die. Our future is unclear, and our past depends on the perspective- All we know is the present, and that is suffering. <br />
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It's not getting any better. Take each moment as it is the best on you will have to look forward to, because it gets increasingly likely that will be the case. <br />
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<b>Artemis Says:</b> <br />
<i><br />“With my ninth mind I resurrect my first</i><br />
<i>and dance slow to the music of my soul made new.” </i><br />
<i>― Aberjhani, Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black</i><br />
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Oh gods, here comes the Scorpio full moon. Can you think of anything more dreadful right now? I hope you figured out how to contain that Aries fire, because you're really going to need it now. With Saturn in retrograde, this Scorpion full moon is going to dig all of the skeletons out of our closets. I know with some of you those things should never see the light of day, so that's kinda scary, not gunna lie. Motherfucking GHOSTS. They will come in the form of nightmares. They will come in the form of anxiety. They will come in the physical form knocking at your door. What does Casper say? Ghosts can't move on if they have unfinished business. You're either going to give up and live with them in your haunted house, or you're going to become a motherfuckin' exorcist. Your choice. Can you dance with the devil and finish your unfinished business?<br />
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<b>Helios Says: </b><u>The Sun and Moon</u>- Huh. Nothing else? That's new and different. Well, what isn't different is that we are going into this one exhausted. You are questioning your life, what matters, and what doesn't. I've been telling you for some time now that you need to make choices along those lines and cut away what doesn't serve you anymore, but have you been listening? Noooooooo, you thought you could just keep stalling, didn't you? Well now you don't have any more time, and you have to make those cuts NOW or they will be made for you. You are running out of time to hide. Everything will come to light, sooner rather than later. However, you still have a few precious moments left to choose a new way forward and throw yourself down it. I heartily recommend that you do so before it is too late. <br />
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<b>Artemis Says: </b><u>The Sun in Taurus:</u> For the sun, I pulled the card 4 of Wands. Back from the dead. The Taurus sun will start shining on the sacred holiday of 4/20 *puff puff pass*. This means that this new sun will be hit with a full moon quite fresh off the runway. Scorpio and Taurus are opposites on the Zodiac wheel, meaning that they share a good amount of traits and then differ quite drastically in others. They have the same sort of feel to them; like super hero and arch-villain. They couldn't exist without each other. Where the Scorpio moon may be haunting us about our poverty right now, the young Taurus sun is enthusiastically reminding us of our goal. Your sun sign in astrology is the archetype you are STRIVING to become (as opposed to your moon sign, which is how you react to the world and more of your personality - it is your instinctual reactions). We are striving toward this celebratory 4 of wands; getting exactly what we want. Don't take your eye off the prize. Charge at it like a bull. <br />
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<u>The Moon in Scorpio:</u> For the moon, I pulled the card 5 of pentacles. This card is all about poverty and what we learn about ourselves when we finally hit rock bottom. When we are in desperation, we are only kept alive by the most gnawing of needs. Dive deep, babies, clean your closets once and for all. These things that are living here, creating weights for your wings, they must be removed before you can live a full life. I know you're tired. Trust me, we all are. We have had unfinished business coming at us since Saturn started his retrograde a few weeks ago, so we should be getting our bearings right now. You've got this, punks. You've fought these mini bosses before, and you're still here today. Now finish them!<br />
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<b>Helios Says:</b> <u>Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Chiron</u>- Now this is more like it. Here, we see the real heart of the issue- You have lost your way, and have no idea where to go from here. You are afraid, and feeling nothing is much easier than facing that fear. You have been hurt, and instead of licking your wounds and stepping back out into the world, you have retreated further inside yourself, hiding from any potential to be hurt again. I tell you that you are wasting your life by allowing this to continue. Fear has you paralyzed, and it is killing you one day at a time. Your despondency has become inertia, and your ennui a crutch- Get off the couch and back into the game! You only have so many moments here, make them count. Schluff off your baggage and step lively.<br />
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<b>Artemis Says: </b><u>Mercury in Taurus:</u> For Mercury, I pulled the card Temperance. I know you're all planning, darlings. I know, because you are listening. I know, because I scared you enough. What's the plan, punks? Take your time. Measure it out. Get a white board and start learning alchemy. Put the pieces together slowly. Mercury in Taurus will help you. Be clear with your communication. Say things plainly. People will be easily confused (which may work to your advantage, I don't know your life). Things set into motion right now will take some time to manifest, but I assure you they will be stronger, more sturdy plans than anything made back in Aries. Your Aries plans were the beta version. It's time to solidify the real deal. <br />
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<u>Venus in Aries:</u> For Venus in Aries, I pulled the card Ace of Cups. Oh I'm so sorry, punks, this is going to be a rough one. It's a big wave, this ace of cups, a huge huge wave of emotion. Now we can ride this thing a few ways. Yes, ride like a bucking ram, because that is what this thing will be! So a lot of overwhelming emotion is rupturing the enforcement we thought were sturdy enough It's fine, really. All those damn skeletons coming out of the closet and all of this stress from attempting so desperately to plan for the future... I get it, I get it, but really there are two ways to ride this experience; accept things for what they are and use this powerful emotional energy to fuel things that make you feel good, or succumb to it all and drown in your sorrows. The cup is full. Will you drink from it, or will you shove your face in it and drown? Like seriously, don't be dumb. It's always your choice. And who drowns in a cup?<br />
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<u>Uranus in Aries:</u> For Uranus in Aries, I pulled the King of Wands. So, a challenge! Uranus is not giving up on us. He is warning us of what's to come and what we need to become in order to fight it. We need to become an unashamed version of ourselves. Eris and Uranus conjunct is coming (June 1), and it's going to be an eruption. Uranus is also pelting our public sphere with more chaos. What's going to happen with all of this new information coming in? The political sphere is going to get hotter and hotter still into the summer. <br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Helios Says:</u> <u>Mars and Neptune</u>- And here's where that ennui is coming from. You are burying yourself, probably under work or something, distracting yourself from the real problems in your life so that you don't have to deal with them. Well, burying your head in the sand isn't going to change the fact that you are in serious trouble. You are going to need to take action, and you are going to need to do it ASAP. You will need to break free of the stagnancy you find yourself in. You will lose something you once deemed important, and may yet still, but its time has come. Cut it away from you before it drags you down into the depths. You cannot see how much damage it is doing to you, and it would do significantly less if you moved on from it. Quit trying to fix what is broken, before it breaks you too.<br />
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<b>Artemis Says: </b><u>Mars in Sagg Retrograde:</u> For Mars in Sagg Retrograde, I pulled 9 of Swords. Ok, so 9 of Swords traditionally means "nightmares." Which makes sense right now, doesn't it? All of our energy is being drained by these nightmares. People's fears are surfacing in the public sphere as well as privately. There is a quite desperation going on and a lack of energy in general. We may have had a plan and it is failing us. That's okay. We learned what doesn't work. Time to get back up on that horse. The nightmares, the unresolved business, is coming right at us. Don't let being knocked off your horse a few times get to you. You're still alive, aren't you? Please don't tell me you are the type who gives up in the middle of a fight... <br />
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<u>Neptune in Pisces:</u> For Neptune in Pisces, I pulled the Queen of Swords. Well, darlings, at least we will be cutting through some of this illusion bullshit. The world is going to seem a bit... cold right now. Don't fret. Keep your eye on the prize, like an oasis in the distance. We are going to all cross this desert together. And no matter how tired we get, we need to continue to be decisive and always choose to cut through the bullshit or it will swallow us whole. Neptune is getting close to going into Retrograde again (June 13), so the bullshit will get easier and easier to see. This is good news, punks!<br />
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<b>Helios Says:</b> <u>Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto</u>- As you can see, the Super Saiyan energy has been lessened somewhat, due to Uranus separating from the pack in preparation for his date with Eris. That doesn't mean you should discount its influence, however. Right now, it is serving to isolate and insulate you, putting you in a corner by yourself, so that you can prove what you are capable of. Take advantage of your isolation, get your house in order while no one is looking. This is the time to take the steps that others would discourage you from, but the downfall is that you don't have anyone to turn to for good advice and feedback. Sure, you want to wallow in self-pity and do nothing but binge Netflix, since no one is calling you to go out to the best parties and you see the hoes hooking up and professing their love, but its far better to put the headphones on, go to the gym and get that summer body ready now while you have fewer distractions. One good habit will lead to another, and then change will follow. For the better. <br />
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<b>Artemis Says: </b><u>Jupiter in Virgo Retrograde: </u> For Jupiter in Virgo Retrograde, I pulled 7 of Swords. More bad news, babies. This card is downright insecurity. What do people do when they are insecure? They start hurting themselves and those around them. You are nitpicking at yourself. Seriously, stop that shit! If you look suuuper closely, you will see that your plans are actually starting to take form. This card tells us that those little things we have been doing - the sneaking around for information or the tip toeing around our enemies - is paying off. You're going to need to continue to have your wits about you. It's going to take every ounce of our craftiness to get ahead right now. We have to use the magnifying glass that is Virgo and find the little details that are going to help our big picture. You need to believe in yourself and your intuition more than ever now. You're going to need to be clever.<br />
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<u>Saturn in Sagg Retrograde:</u> For Saturn in Sagg Retrograde, I pulled the Hangman. Saturn is reminding us that he is fucking with time right now. Ghosts from the past are coming at us. Reverberations from the future are smacking us in the face. Our present is showing us how it has effected both the future and the past. How the hell is this even happening? Stay still. Stay centered. Breathe. We can do this. Slay one ghost at a time.<br />
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<u>Pluto in Capricorn Retrograde:</u> For Pluto in in Capricorn Retrograde, I pulled the Ace of Wands. Pluto is murdering things behind the scenes. He is like the Freddy of our past right now. If you so choose to let something go, Pluto will make sure you are transformed. You have an ally right now. The Planet of death and rebirth will work behind the scenes and pinpoint exactly what needs to die via your level of desire for the thing. You're going to KNOW what needs to die, and subconsciously you are taking the steps to kill this thing. Have you noticed? Only the things that matter most can survive right now. It's time to transform. It's time to choose to become a higher version of yourself so you can face what's ahead. What are you going to choose to kill? What's keeping you from moving forward?<br />
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<b style="font-style: italic;">One more thing on Pluto and Jupiter </b><i>- </i>the combination of the 7 of Swords and Ace of Wands tends to mean that this is the perfect time to get ahead in business.Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-73066025061755875202016-04-05T13:28:00.002-04:002016-04-05T14:55:40.514-04:00TNO Watch- Sappho<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Artemis writes:</b></h3>
Yeah yeah yeah, Helios, make the lesbian write the TNO on the asteroid Sappho! Like that’s not cliche or anything? Eh whatever. It’s best to write from a place of experience, no? Well, Sappho is actually a really friggin cool asteroid that talks just as much about a person’s poetic and romantic expression as their sexual expression. <br />
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Here is why you should get to know her (and don’t lie, dudes, we all know you’re interested in this one):<br />
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<b>THE ASTRONOMY</b>- Dancing around the sun midway between Mars and Jupiter in our solar system’s lovely Asteroid Belt, Sappho takes 1,271.350 days to complete her orbit. This means she muses around each Zodiac sign for about 3 months. She is 83 Km (52 miles) in diameter and was discovered by Norman Robert Pogson on March 2, 1864, rapturously floating through Taurus (of course). She was obviously taking in various Venusean delights, singing her poetry, playing her lyre, flipping through tumblr images and probably indulging in some vegan chocolates.<br />
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<b>THE MYTH- </b>So, anyway, Sappho was known as one of the greatest poets of ancient Greece. Dionysius of Halicarnassus called her poetry enchanting in its musical quality. It was so melodic that even when spoken it sounded as if sung. <br />
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So, what did she write about? <br />
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Primarily angsty poetry about love, of course (must be a thing in lesbian genetics, I swear). She especially enjoyed to sing about unrequited love and hot women (*le sigh*, who can blame her?!). Alexandrian’s placed her on the list of 9 great lyric poets, and she was quite the celebrity during her time. A few historians have attempted to hetero her up with male sea captain companions, but these assertions have been found to be historically incorrect. No one can just let a hot lesbian be a hot lesbian, can they? Her contemporary Alcaeus describes her as, "Violet-haired, pure, honey-smiling Sappho.” In other words, she was probably pretty sexy. She was exiled from her Lesbian shores for a while for unknown reasons, and was believed to have come back in her old age and live out the remainder of her life there. Very few fragments of her writing remain for us today, but her notoriety in antiquity has been noted by many historians. <br />
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Sappho was dubbed a "school mistress" by the Victorians. This claim is also inaccurate. Instead of being a teacher, Sappho had something far better going on; a sacred following of women. These artistic, spiritual, free loving women formed a group where "membership in the circle seems to have been voluntary, irregular and to some degree international." (Anne Pippen Burnett) Following lesbian conventions, they were probably all banging each other's exes, but I guess let's not get stereotypical here!<br />
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<i>Maximus of Tyre wrote, comparing Sappho to Socrates:</i> “What else could one call the love of the Lesbian woman than the Socratic art of love? For they seem to me to have practiced love after their own fashion, she the love of women, he of boys. For they said they loved many, and were captivated by all things beautiful. What Alcibiades and Charmides and Phaedrus were to him, Gyrinna and Atthis and Anactoria were to her ...” <br />
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<b>THE ASTROLOGY</b>- Sappho in your chart indicates whether you have an abundance of that sultry poetic romanticism in your life (no matter the sex of the person's chart). Do you see the world through a poet's eyes? Do you find yourself attracted to the beauty of romance? Do you fall hard when you fall in love? People with strong aspects regarding Sappho are also very ardent women's rights activists; they crave the sexual freedom that all women should possess and will refuse to take a back seat in relationships. Sappho is also an indicator of an individual who has a way with words, and (if aspected correctly) can indicate a talent for singing and dance. <br />
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Strong aspects with Mars, Venus, Psyche, Uranus or Eros in one's chart may indicate homosexuality in an individual. If she is strongly placed in Libra or Aquarius (or the 5th and 7th houses), one can also expect Sapphic tendencies. <br />
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In short, she is indicative of a poetic soul, how that poetic soul is expressed, and can be a strong indicator of female homosexuality if placed prevalently or aspected heavily in a woman's chart.<br /><br />To find out where she shows up in your chart, go to astro.com, put in your birth details and in the extended options, all the way at the bottom, there will be a menu of additional objects. Under that is a blank space where you can enter the number 80, for Sappho. Once you have it entered, generate the chart! Where does Sappho affect your life?Astro Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551432583793170687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123237234224074088.post-80498619525552242772016-04-04T10:30:00.000-04:002016-04-04T15:07:35.026-04:00Ceres in Aries- Kakodyl<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Effective date of transit</b>: 4/15-7/18/16<br /><br />
<span itemprop="articleBody">“<i>There’s a tendency to mistake preparation
for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll
the dice you’ll never be successful.</i>”<i> ~ </i>Shia LaBeouf</span><br />
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<b>Helios ASTROLOGICAL reading of Ceres in Aries</b>- Look at that woman up there. She is confident as shit, swallowing a flaming stick, in nothing but (very provocative) lingerie, showing herself and her awesome tattoos. God, I think I'm in love... Anyway, this is your role model for Ceres in Aries- Be bloody, bold and resolute! (laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm MacBeth! [Sorry, can't help myself. Grew up more on a stage than in a house, and always had a special place for the Scottish Play- That line is burned into my memory. Its even a much used tag here! Go on, click it- you know you want to!]) <br />
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Now, while Ceres was in Pisces, you were beat down pretty hard. Shit got heaped on you over and over again, and now you are buried under it, defeated and reeking to high heaven. You didn't know what to do to get out from under it or how to go about doing it, so you were paralyzed. You gave up, and let it happen. You did what you had to do to get through- You have to forgive yourself for that, stop tormenting yourself over the past; it is set in stone and done (well, not from a non-linear quantum/multiverse perspective, but still)- you have the present to worry about.<br />
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This transit is a major shift in the energy. This is what you need. This is where you start to stand up, shake off the merde, and get the fuck out of the quagmire you have become stuck in. This is action, this is unapologetic candor and unleashing the awesome that you have held back. If you wait to do so you will suffocate and die under your own guilt and regret. Do not allow that to happen- and make no mistake, indolence now is equivalent to suicide. Do not resist the flow by staying stuck where you are- Get out NOW, consequences be damned. Get to where you need to be to succeed. If you can't make it happen right this second, start planning ASAP. No one is coming to do it for you. No one else gives a shit. Go do it yourself or it WILL NOT GET DONE. <br />
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Let me regale you with a story that is not that well known about Ceres/Demeter. Now, if you have the faintest idea who she is, you probably know her from her supporting role in the <a href="http://agskylab.blogspot.com/2012/11/tno-watch-persephone.html" target="_blank">Original Lifetime Movie that is the Persephone saga</a>, but what if I told you that she had her own adventures while she was wandering the earth, looking for her lost daughter? WELL SHE DID. The one in particular I want to discuss is the Demophon story, aka the Elusian Mystery Cult. <br />
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Abridged version- Persephone <strike>flees </strike>is abducted from her <strike>extremely overprotective</strike> Mother <strike>who abandoned her in a random field</strike>. Persephone is taken to the underworld, to be Hades' bride, but no one but Helios and Hecate seem to know what happened and they refuse to speak<strike> because Zeus arranged this and swore them to silence</strike>. Ceres rants to Zeus, and refuses to allow the crops to grow, and all life on earth is threatened while she goes wandering the earth to find Persephone. In her wanderings, just as she is about to give up, she takes a break at Elusis, where she meets the queen, who just so happens to need a nursemaid for her son, Demophon. Demophon is sick, and Ceres takes care of him while his parents run the country or whatever. Now, they are kind of nice to her, so she decides to repay them by making Demophon immortal, because that's just something she can sort of do I guess... She takes him off of people food and feeds him solely Nectar and Ambrosia, the food and drink of the gods, which gives them their strength and immortality [partially]. The other part of the immortality process is a bit trickier though... She plunges the poor kid into a blazing fire nightly, burning away his mortality. One night, as she was almost done with the process, the queen barges in, and understandably flips her shit, sending Ceres into one of her now-famous tirades. Meanwhile, Demophon gets left in the fire too long, and he burns to death, which of course Ceres blames on the queen for being a shitty parent. Right around this time Helios and Zeus decide its a good idea for a reunion between mother and daughter, and send Mercury off to facilitate it, leading to more wacky underworld hi-jinks and shenanigans, but before she leaves she teaches agriculture to a random kid, saving Greece and humanity from dying out the next time an insane, grief stricken mother goddess ravages the earth out of pettiness. <br />
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Even though he dies at the end, Demophon finds life as a central figure in the Elusian Mystery cult, a religion focused on life, death, rebirth ad the underworld. They believed this story (along with other secrets they held) could provide clues as to the method Ceres used to make Demophon immortal, so that they could do it themselves. <br />
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Ceres can burn away the impurities in you and raise you up higher than you ever dreamed. All you have to do is let her. <br />
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<b>Artemis' TAROT reading of Ceres in Aries</b><br />
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</span><i>“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I
learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin</i><br />
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Ceres is the mother. According to myth, her mourning of Proserpina's return to the underworld is what brings
us the cycle of the seasons; and therefore she is also the ruler of the great
cycles in our life. When floating
through the arena of Aries, she becomes a fierce mother who teaches through
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Ceres in Aries is my personal natal position for the great
mother, so her dark mama approach is very familiar to me. She doesn’t take shit, she will push you into
the deep end of the pool so you have no choice but to learn how to swim, and she will test you at every
turn. This is how a Ceres in Aries
person teaches and this is how they learn.
Ceres in Aries will make sure that we are ready for this next step in
our journey, and she will be our partner in crime along the way. People ruled by this energy to not sit well with being told how to do just about anything. They are happy to take suggestions and advice, but in the end you must KNOW that it is their choice what they do with their life. And they want the same for you. <br />
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What does that mean for us? Well, it means that a time is coming where we are going to start standing up for the things we want - no matter what other people might think of them. That's a pretty amazing energy. <br />
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For this ingress, I pulled The Sun crossed by The Hangman. The rune that will clarify the energy is
Hagalaz (hailstorm). It’s time to grow
up. It’s time to regain our independence
and our ability to drive our own fucking life.
We are familiar with all of the things we need to tackle and all of the
things we need to get rid of in order to start our new life. At our center, we know what we need to do, and we're finally ready to do it. Something is urgently whispering, "There is no time like right now!" You will finally have the drive to start
taking action and pushing yourself, and those you care for, into more expressed versions of yourselves. <br />
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The way toward
thriving is to get up and take what you need.
Inaction and suspended ego are not going to work for you right now. The Hangman is water, he is stillness, he is
quietly peering into the next dimension. He is willingness to let go of the ego, and he is not boding well for our ego infused happy sun energy that is trying to shine out. Sometimes we need the ego. Sometimes we really need it to puff us up and give us power to actually manifest shit in our lives. Put yourself out there!<br />
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Because Ceres is entering Aries, I get a feeling that we are all being re-born
as a new version of ourselves. We are
infants in this new stage, feeling out how to use our brand new
powers. The best way? Ceres in Aries says just DO. Play.
Act. Take initiative and dive
in. It doesn't matter if you have a plan or not - do something. It's the only way to learn how you need to proceed from here. <br />
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Compete playfully with your friends
(this will be a great way to recharge during this period). Look at the things in your life with child-like eyes. This sense of independence and
curiosity is exactly what we will need in order to keep afloat with the
wacky energies coming our way the next few months. Don’t
fear. Ceres in Aries doesn’t have time
for fear in the midst of doing. We WILL do this, and we
will do this together. The real question is... Can you keep up?<br />
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<b>TAROT READING: The Sun CROSSED BY The Hangman<br /><br />RUNE: Hagalaz </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Effective date of transit</u>: June 1 2016- May 16 2018<br />
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<b>Helios' ASTROLOGICAL reading of Uranus Conjunct Eris: </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Here
we are- The transit that keeps me up at night, and the one that I have been
stressing about since basically I started writing, and have been warning you
was coming for the last couple years: Uranus conjunct the dwarf planet Eris. <br />
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So why should you care? What is so special about this one single transit? Well,
to answer that let’s look at the planets involved- First up, Uranus. Uranus was
a storm god, actually scratch that- Uranus was one of the first forces of
nature, of creation itself. He is chaotic, primal, and more force than god. He
was the sky, the storm, aether, what have you. When he coupled with Gaia, the
literal earth itself, it gave birth to the Giants, the </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hekatonkheires and the Titans, all of whom, on their
own, outclassed all the gods we know and love by far. However, it took five of
the Titans, an unstoppable blade, and the literal earth herself to take him
down a peg, as he could not be actually killed or stopped. He is cold,
uncaring, and revels in chaos just for novelty.<br />
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Even so, he doesn’t love chaos as much as the next factor, Eris. She is the
goddess of strife, chaos and bloodshed. She was a war goddess and one of the
besties of Ares. A quote about her, from Homer- “</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Strife whose wrath is relentless, she is the sister and companion of
murderous Ares, she who is only a little thing at the first, but thereafter
grows until she strides on the earth with her head striking heaven. She then
hurled down bitterness equally between both sides as she walked through the
onslaught making men's pain heavier.” </i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Most recently,
she caused some strife and chaos when she was discovered in the cosmos, causing
Pluto to be demoted to minor planet status and a redefinition of the concept of
what a planet was. Remember the backlash and public outcry that caused, and how
those wounds are STILL fresh for most people, all of whom have an opinion on
the matter. <br />
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Now, these two are conjoining in the sign of Aries, AKA the least chill sign
there ever was. War, passion, strife and chaos all combine in this sign on its
own, and with these two heavy hitters, it’s a recipe for disaster. And let me
remind you that we, (at least in America) are engaged in a bitter, ugly
election battle and it seems no one will win, least of all the people- Not to
mention that we are engaged in at least 5 wars at last count, and we are not
exactly recovered from our economic crisis. Moreso, these events affect the
rest of the world, and vice versa- Take for instance the low gas prices: Those
are considered a boon in America, and a sign of our recovery, but these prices
are DESTROYING whole countries and economies. In oil-rich countries built on
the profits of expensive oil (and steeped in corruption) these prices have
completely destabilized the economy, bringing them a hairs breadth from
anarchy- black markets rule, and the national currency is worthless, and people
are not getting what they need. Everything affects everything else now. That
could easily happen here- and that could very well be the best case scenario.</span></div>
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You see, even with the best version of this transit imaginable, I see no way to
avoid going through a LOT of upheaval and transformation- At worst? God, the
worst case is pure nightmare fuel. I could easily see this becoming a civil war
that spills out into the rest of the world at large, stopping global exports of
food, relief, and what have you, descending multiple countries even further
into chaos, and that’s only the ones that we don’t drag into the war with us-
The lucky ones. You think im exaggerating? The last time this transit happened
was in 1932, a year that set the stage for WWII. In 1848, there were major
riots and political revolutions, old states dissolving and new ones rising from
their ashes. 1764, more war. I could go back further but a trend emerges. War,
taxes, riots… no matter what, the people suffer- They are downtrodden and taken
advantage of. <br />
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Also to beware of is the fact that this will essentially be a resurgence of the
Cardinal Crisis. Jupiter will be moving to Libra later this year, and will be
opposing these two. With this in mind, it is taking place within orb of Pluto
in Capricorn, if widely. So there will be a new version of the T-Square, with
several times where Cancer is activated, rounding out the Grand Cross. So
everything from 2008-14, with all of its chaos and upheaval, will be back in
play in a brand new way. In fact, you could say that period was the warmup act
for this one. <br />
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I don’t have motivation or a positive spin for this one, or how to best work
it, guys. I can only warn you that its coming at the moment. More as it
unfolds. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><b>Artemis' TAROT reading of Uranus Conjunct Eris:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">“<i>In chaos, there is fertility.</i>” ― Anaïs Nin</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">So the very slow moving asteroid Eris (formerly known as Persephone - consort of Pluto) is going conjunct with our familiar giant planet of Chaos, Uranus. And I pulled a fuck ton of fucking crazy cards. Happy April Fucking Fools! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Eris is laughing at us already. She throws a golden apple into the center of our cosmic party. "For the most beautiful one! Kallisti!" Are you the one worthy of picking it up? Could you? Should you? Probably not, because Eris is the goddess of motherfucking DISCORD and CHAOS. Lower your egos down a notch, everyone. She's going to sucker punch us all one by one, and we need to stick together here. Shit is going to get rough for everyone, but seriously - we all need to stick together. Eris has no mercy. She will show you what you need to see, and she will show you violently. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">WHO THE FUCK INVITED THIS BITCH TO THE PARTY? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Get out something to chew on or find a spot you can pace in, because this one is going to be rough. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In all seriousness, this is a very serious post. "Why so serious, Artemis?" Because the last time this conjunct happened, the Nazi party sprouted, FDR became president, and the initial rattlings of WWII started to become visible. I know you can all feel it. Don't bullshit me. Don't bullshit yourself. You can see it in the eyes of everyone around you. We all know something big is on the horizon, and we can all smell the blood in the air. We don't know exactly what it is... but our spidey senses are alarming the fuck out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Birds can feel a storm before it comes and flock together (and they fly the fuck away). Sensing danger is instinctual. We don't even know we are doing it, but our subconscious mind picks up on the clues around us. We can all sense when we are being lied to and culled. We are being penned up, and they are about to take us to slaughter. The thing is, animals know when they are about to get slaughtered. And they start going MAD. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Our political climate is set for it. It is almost impeccable. Whatever way we decided to tip, we have already set up the dominoes. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">All Eris is doing is snickering and toppling them over. She is the initial spark; the CHAOS needed to get motion going. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">So what is Uranus doing in this reading? He is saying, fuck this shit, stuff is going to start changing around here! Like flashes of lightening, we wont see it coming and it might be a little disturbing at first. The outer planets like to deal in the macro. They talk in politics and mass human behavior. Uranus likes to talk about revolution and innovation. It looks like some massive inventions might be on the horizon this year. Bold new plans. Bold new uptakes. Bold New World. Will it be for the better? I don't know. Was the invention of the nuclear bomb for the betterment of humanity? Was the invention of cars for the betterment of humanity? No thing in itself is purely good or evil. Is it good for YOUR worldview? Whatever the innovations will be, they will be an evolutionary step for humanity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Around and around we go. You see, our sun (Sol) is rocketing through space at about 70,000 km an hour. This means that the planets are trailing after it in a spiral fashion, creating a literal helix. Sometimes the planets coast out ahead of the sun, sometimes they trail behind. The sun isn't just sitting there as planets rotate around it in a static fashion. Oh no. We are fucking throttling through space right now at high speeds. The world is in constant movement, spiraling outward, each rotation the same yet different. We have reached another solar rotation of Uranus since 1932, my friends, and now he and Eris will be effecting similar yet different revolutionary change. Notice the patterns. As above, so below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">It is time to seize opportunity. Shit is fucked up. It seriously is. All around the world, shit is fucked up. We see it clear as day, so why do we look away? This energy is going to make a lot of us snap back to reality. Things are happening HERE, where you LIVE. Do you see the massive election going on? It is one of the craziest we have had in decades. Everything hangs by a thread. America is a failing Empire, and the route we choose to take is extremely important right now. Rise to the occasion. This is our last chance. We have the Ace of Wands next, indicating that a surge of power and heat will descend upon us. People are going to get riled up. It is inevitable. How they decide to harness this surge of energy will be up to them. Will we use it to destroy our enemies, or will we use it to destroy each other? We end with the two of wands for Uranus, warning us against arrogance. This combination props up revolutionaries who are working through truly Aquarian values; humanitarianism and group evolution. We are BOLD right now - especially in the sign of Aries. We want our voices to be fucking heard already! Can you hear it? All over the world, the people are roaring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> Chaos is, at first, seen as a shiney novelty. We have our new thing, like the smart phone, and it is glorious. This is like the butterfly effect. The novelty gains popularity. More and more people want it. More and more Chaos ensues. We source slave labor to make their parts. We suck whole generations into a small screen so that we can program them easier. Don't you see? Chaos, at first, is a tempting seductress. She eases our worry and shows us something innovative and great. What we don't realize is that if we don't steer her OUR direction, that she will show us the folly of our ways. She will show us just how we can abuse our power. This is Eris' lesson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The cards I pulled for Eris are kinda ominous. Why wouldn't they be? It's fucking Eris, the goddess of Discord. The information we are being fed is trying to stack things against us. It is making us feel weak and stupid. Be warned, Eris is going to take all of this down. The wool is going to be pulled from our eyes, but it's not going to be very pleasant. But hey, at least we will finally be getting some fucking truth, right? The Tower card is indicating that there is mass corruption that is about to go down. What is the most obvious metaphor for The Tower card? Probably 9/11. No one knew those towers were going to come down (well, I could argue conspiracy, but I've already rambled long enough). It was seemingly out of nowhere, and it completely changed the culture of the United States. Seemingly out of nowhere, something may occur that will rattle our very foundations as a country. What could the unexpected be? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">I guess I really can't tell you, can I? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The next two cards I pulled for Eris are the King of Wands and The Emperor. The King of Wands is the King who cannot sit on his throne. He is an action oriented king, and he is an innovator. In my Hexen 2.0 Tarot deck, he is represented by Nicola Tesla. The King of Wands is obsessed. A new zeal will move about the political atmosphere; a fever of some kind. This could be good, and this could be bad. Really, people, it's all about your intent. Bend the energy to your will. The final card is The Emperor. He is Mars, and he is industry and war. This card in this position warns us that every little thing that we do now has larger repercussions in the future. We are walking on a tight rope and we need to sway in just the right ways. Do you really know what being in charge of your own destiny feels like? The reigns are about to switch, and if we, as the people, cannot take them, then someone else will. Who will rule? Will the chaos that ensues put someone diabolical in that oval office, or will we be so fired up by this energy that we will storm the capital and take back what is ours?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Perhaps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Helios and I will continue reporting this conjunct as things move along. Let's see how the patterns unfold, shall we?<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Uranus: 2 of Wands, Ace of Wands, 3 of Wands</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Eris: The Tower, The King of Wands, The Emperor </b></span></div>
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