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Sunday 26 August 2018

26th August Full Moon in Pisces, 28th August: Mars stations direct


Hi everybody!

The Sun has moved into Virgo, an earth sign related to healing, health and the nourishment provided by Mother Earth along with a focus on integrating the spiritual with the physical body bringing healing resolution of those embedded ‘wounds’ and memories held in our physical being.

An earthy safety net for grounding the emotions:  Grand Earth Trine  Sun, Saturn, Uranus
Virgo, Capricorn, Taurus 3/3/2 degrees Effective from 25th to 27th August
The earth energies are strong and flowing as we come into the energies of the watery emotional Full Moon in Pisces.

The Sun connects with Saturn and Uranus in a flowing trine opening the doorways of our physical being and world providing release of karmic connections, ties, wounds and offering an uplift of healing forces for our bodies, spirits and Mother Earth.

From 1st August to 30th September: 
Ongoing elevation of ‘burdens’ to higher consciousness!
Saturn and Uranus have been in an ongoing earth trine since 1st August and will continue to work together in this way until the end of September. The opening of the doors within our bodies and within our physical existence have had some impact on the wider systems and organisations of the world including governments. 

Political changes and restructures worldwide: 
Ongoing whilst Saturn and Pluto continue to trek through Capricorn until 2020!
Australia has been going through another leadership challenge of our Prime Minister resulting in a change of leadership. This is echoed across the world as America faces leadership issues along with United Kingdom, Cambodia, Philippines and many more. 

Democracy and the concept of ‘freedom’ is getting a makeover:  Don’t we just know it!
The concept of democracy and how it is enacted is being questioned across the world as governments come and go.  Saturn rules Capricorn and it’s all about structure, systems, governments, big corporations so we can see that since Pluto moved into Capricorn some years ago we’ve had ongoing transformation.  Saturn is working on the de-structuring of systems and will eventually bring us to new understandings of freedom and ‘democracy’ when he moves into Aquarius in 2020.

Interesting book that has been published recently:  ‘How Democracy Ends’ by David Runciman


26th August: Full Moon 3 degrees 12 minutes Pisces at 9.56 pm AEST...the big ‘let go’!

Wow!  What a gift! What a release!
Image result for whale blowing waterA full moon always brings release and culmination and in Pisces it’s all emotional, big and immense emotional energy.  We all need this one after all the eclipse chaos which has turned and tumbled us in the light of the cosmic rays. 

Emergence from the eclipse vortex!
Our tunnel of change is taking us straight into the light of a new energy!  We won’t really know where we are until we move through the Full Moon as we release, let go, blow off the excess energies and breathe out the chaos and collective emotional energies within us.

Only way to go:  Up!  Transcend or drown!
Pisces rules the collective unconscious, the combined emotions of all gathered and amassed in this one energy, the last sign of the zodiac.  This is the sign that offers spiritual transcendence from victim consciousness and from the collective ‘mud’ of unresolved emotions and disempowerment. 
We're all in this together!



Out of the eclipse vortex:  
Release the chaos and the old sailing ships of false emotion and belief!
This Full Moon ushers us out of the eclipse vortex of the past weeks offering a release from the turmoil, confusion, chaos and confusion which goes with eclipses.  The Full Moon brings the release as we head on for the next two weeks towards the New Moon in Virgo which completes the lunar month of Leo and brings us to new directions.

From now to the New Moon we clear residue and come gradually into clarity about where we are, who we are now and where we’re headed. 

Venus in square to Pluto: 
Libra/Capricorn
Effective from 26th to 28th
Looks like a challenge and/or opportunity to put ‘partnerships’ on a new footing with a clearing of long buried, festering emotions.  This may relate to any one-on-one partnerships including the one with ourselves. 

It offers a new basis for equity and divine justice...maybe karmic!

18th August to 2nd September: 
Jupiter trine Neptune at 15 degrees Scorpio/Pisces...let it go, let it go, let it go...down the plughole!
This energy has been with us since about mid August and it’s providing a huge release supporting this Full Moon in Pisces.It’s opening the channels for all those old emotional pains to just drain away.  

Scorpio rules death, rebirth and transformation and Jupiter’s being trekking through this sign all year...clearing the emotional body of buried, repressed emotional energies. 

The doorway to emotional transformation opened:  Divine release!
Now the floodgates are open and the plug which has been blocking the release has now been removed.
This is a very positive flowing energy opening up our blocked emotionally wounded energies, releasing and raising consciousness within us personally and within the collective. Whew!  We needed this! 


Sabian Symbols for the Full Moon in Pisces:  From Lynda Hill www.sabiansymbols.com

Full Moon:  Pisces 4
HEAVY CAR TRAFFIC LINKING TWO SEASIDE RESORTS
This shows moving about, getting from destination to destination in a free flowing manner. Driving or flying or in a bus; there’s lots of activity going on. There's also a need for space sharing, patience and give-and-take as people have their own needs. This can show communications and linkages between separate worlds leading to increased pleasure, OR, frustration, confusion or psychic indigestion and the need for a holiday. There's a lot going on and confusion can set in if one doesn't follow the rules to ensure a smooth flow of operations. Being 'squeezed-in' can bring a sense of panic but it can also bring pleasurable interchange between people and a chance to tune out. Communications. Linking between separate worlds. Pleasure or psychic indigestion? Going with the flow. Cars, traveling. Traffic control. Nervous and digestive systems.

Sun:  Virgo 4
BLACK AND WHITE CHILDREN PLAYING HAPPILY TOGETHER
This Symbol shows the integration of people of different races, religions, economic status or places. You may find people from different or seemingly disparate or separate areas coming into your life, making it richer, more rewarding and interesting. Prejudice of any kind, whether religious or race based, economic or class systems, is an illusion based on social perception and excludes people that could add to our lives. Social perceptions can color how we see others and these need to be put aside. Rather, it's about embracing brotherhood and caring. The integration, acceptance and enjoyment of all people brings depth and meaning to life. Universal brotherhood. Overcoming prejudices and boundaries. Knocking down social boundaries that separate people. Accepting people from anywhere. Affirmative action.


28th August:  Mars stations direct at 28 degrees 37 Capricorn at 12.05 am AEST
Until 13th September when he moves into Aquarius

From 21st August to 5th September:  Mars at a standstill! Hold steady!
Mars is sitting on 28 degrees Capricorn so not a lot of physical activity during this time.  We’ll feel the movement forward after 5th September.

Looking forward while strengthening physical body and spirit:
However we will start to feel that we can look forward, especially now Mercury is on his way.  Mercury and Mars are the energies which drive our ‘machine’ to keep going, to expend energy and when they are working together we feel more liberated mentally and physically with fire and drive. 

Divine courage and faith strengthen spirit and body:
It’s our heart energy we need to fuel these ‘machines’.  Venus in Libra at this time is helping us to balance and re-balance, holding the fort so to speak while the other two planets ‘get it together’. 

Until 25th September:  Mars continues out of bounds...new consciousness!
Mars is still out of bounds and in Capricorn carrying the world on his shoulders in a whole new way.  That’s what we’re learning. It’s a very physical experience as the Capricorn energy is offering physical mastery and spiritual authority in our physical body and lives on earth.  Our masculine power base is getting revamped and re-oriented in how it is to express in the wider world after this period. 

We still have Mars in Capricorn for 16 more days in his out of bounds state and then he’s moving into Aquarius for 12 days in his out of bounds state. Even as he gathers new consciousness for our earthly physical existence he’s still ‘off the planet’. 

Bottom line for timing movement forward:  Easy does it!
This will give you some idea of the timing for Mars moving through the change process of stationing direct.  It’s not a one day affair and he takes a while before he gets some speed on so we need to remain patient while he finds his ‘legs’ again. 

From 22nd August to 5th September: Mars on 28 degrees...14 days stillness!
He has been sitting on 28 degrees Capricorn since 22nd August and will be on that degree until 5th September

From 5th September to 12th September:  Mars on 29 degrees for 7 days

From 13th September to 16th September:  Mars on 0 degrees Aquarius for 3 days

9th October:  Mars moves out of ‘shadow’ at 9 degrees Aquarius...back to where we started before our Mars ‘makeover’!
Mars stationed retrograde on 27th June at 9 degrees Aquarius.  He needs to come back to this degree before he’s out of ‘shadow retrograde’.  That’s when we know exactly what territory has been covered in our lives.  That will be on 9th October.


 
Golden Oldies:
‘I am Sailing’ Smokie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT-MIjZiqR4 For the Full Moon in Pisces

‘Sail away’ Enya  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqVrLdN7d68 for the exit from the eclipse vortex

‘Fields of Gold’ Sting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnj1zshmTE0 for the Sun in Virgo...another reminder of the harvest

‘He’s got the whole world in his hands’ The African Children’s Choir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHZUMt2Zk1I
Mars stationing direct in Capricorn



Upcoming Dates:
6th September:  Mercury enters Virgo
6th September:  Saturn stations direct at 2 degrees 33 Capricorn
9th September:  Venus to Scorpio
10th September: New Moon 17 degrees 0 minutes Virgo 4.01 am AEST
11th September:  Mars enters Aquarius



That’s all folks!
Hugs all around!

Here we go!  Up and away out of the muddle and chaos and breathing new air, the air of freedom.  Be patient with experiencing this sense of release as it’s a flowing gentle energy of earth and water coming through us untangling so much panic, fear and trauma of the past months.

Mercury’s on his way gradually moving forward but still going over old territory.  Mars is at a dead slow and will be for a little while even after he changes direction this week.  It’s slow and steady for a while longer as we return to some sense of stability even though the world is in a rocky place. 

Love and blessings to us all as we are carried by the divine spirit within, the faith in our own spiritual power and authority to take our place in the world as we hold the vision for a better world and the creation of divine love, balance and divine justice. 

helenbea
from the chair...breathing









 
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Thursday 23 August 2018

23rd August Sun enters Virgo


Hi everyone!

In the last rays of the Leo Sun yet travelling in the light of the Leo New Moon for a few more weeks, we’ve now going into a time of adjustment, re-adjustment and regrouping following the huge influxes of sun energies and Leo light still holding in the Mercury mental body until 8th September when Mercury moves into Virgo.

Mercury madness uniting our mind energies of masculine/feminine:
Mercury has been a huge player in this eclipse cycle sitting in the Leo energies at the last solar eclipse at the New Moon in Leo.  

Mercury as ruler of Gemini, is concerned with the re-connection and unification of our masculine/feminine energies along with our re-balancing of right brain/left brain operating systems. We’ve been healing the heart pain held in our minds.  From chaos to clarity!

Hearts being strengthened with the light of divine faith:  
Belief in ourselves!
We had to ‘lose our minds’ as our Leo heart energies have been engaged and strengthened.  Leo is the ‘path of heart’ and brings forth our courage and strength as light beings with energy beyond the ‘small mind ego’ of the ‘muggle’ world!

This is it!  The time when we choose the way of the light and the path of heart!


Maintain light energy to the mind, the head, heart and body:  Focus light!
Big reminder to keep bringing the golden light into the body, mind, heart and spirit as we continue re-aligning with our inner light and divinity, building our strength, power and divine energies. We need to keep backing ourselves with the process of enlightenment.  Who knows how far we can go! Up to us!

The light is our nourishment as we are primarily energetic beings in a physical body.  Yes, we need to look after our physical bodies but we need to re-charge our batteries with light energy and to take time out while our physical bodies accustom to this charge of light. When the Sun moves into Virgo there’ll be a focus on integrating these light energies into the physical body in a whole new way.  Healing power!


23rd August:  Sun enters Virgo at 2.08 pm AEST
Healing power for our physical being and earth!
Until 23rd September
Time for regenerating and renewing physically:  
Strengthening the body!
The Sun moves into Virgo putting our focus on the earth energies of the harvest and healing with the natural energies of the earth and investment in our physical power to regenerate and renew.  It’s time to ground our minds into physical reality.

Purification of the toxic energies from within our physical being!
Virgo has traditionally been seen as the sign of ‘the perfectionist’ and it can manifest in that form as it calls us to ‘purify’ those toxic energies which are held within our physical being. They're the result of spiritual dissonance from other places, times and peoples and manifest as physical pain or dis-ease.

Coming out of the craziness of Mercury retrograde inside the eclipse energy!
We’ve been in a crazy Mercury retrograde cycle all tied up in the eclipse energies where it may have challenged us to stay focussed when chaos has been happening. it will now start to ease as the Virgo Sun helps us to get practical and grounded as we release the threads of mental constraint and get aligned.

Harnessing our mental power for bringing physical healing:
It needs to be remembered that Virgo is ruled by Mercury our mind manager as well as Chiron, the centaur of healing power. Time to do some serious listening to the physical body as now our heads are getting screwed back on.
 
Mars still getting new healing ways and renewal:  Still in Capricorn!
We’ve still got Mars, our physical body getting his ‘makeover’ in retrograde and ‘out of bounds’ gathering new consciousness to heal our bodies and life force.  is focus on physical manifestation is not likely to show up fully just yet as he’s challenged to release those Capricorn benchmarks from the physical vessel.  Our masculine energies are being challenged to re-frame the concept of ‘success’ and to find new pathways to claiming our power and authority.

The Virgo Sun is going to work with Mars in this context as the power of Virgo purification energies work on our physical bodies to clear and evolve those ‘wounds’ we carry spiritually within our cells. Mars is now slowing right down preparing to station direct on 28th August so our bodies may feel sluggish during this period of ‘stationing’.  More on this with the Full Moon update.


Sabian Symbol for the Mercury retrograde period from which we have emerged:
From Lynda Hill:  www.sabiansymbols.com

This last Mercury retrograde stretch was hardly a ‘picnic’ let alone ‘An Evening Lawn Party of Adults’ but this degree is an indicator of our emergence and what we’re taking forward into the coming months...more coming together of like-minded souls and gathering to socialise.
Leo 12
AN EVENING LAWN PARTY OF ADULTS
This Symbol shows having fun, relaxing and socializing with people, usually in an informal setting, although this can sometimes imply formal ones. Give the rigors of the work routine a rest. Having a drink, eating some food, sharing a chat and gossip, meeting new people, networking and catching up with friends is good for the soul. Relaxation is great, especially where there is no need for pretense. Of course, you may be the host of the party and you may have to provide a venue, food, drinks and entertainment. Still, you should get to enjoy the moment and mix with people. Rising above superficiality into receptivity. Enjoying social settings. Formal versus impromptu. Catering. Leisure time. Conversations. Invitation lists. Socializing.


Golden Oldies:
‘Oh What a Beautiful Morning’ Gordon MacRae from ‘Oklahoma’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMORAZCog5A  for Sun in Virgo

‘Fields of Gold’ Sting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnj1zshmTE0 for the Virgo Sun




Upcoming Dates:
26th August:  Full Moon in Pisces
28th August:  Mars stations direct


6th September:  Mercury enters Virgo
6th September:  Saturn stations direct at 2 degrees 33 Capricorn


9th September:  Venus to Scorpio
10th September: New Moon 17 degrees 0 minutes Virgo 4.01 am AEST
11th September:  Mars enters Aquarius


That’s all folks!
Hugs all around!  Remember it’s the Chinese Year of the Dog and it’s been a ‘dogged’ year of movement!

We’re getting grounded now with the Virgo divine feminine energies so we gather with our animal friends and pets in a furry embrace.  Virgo rules pets as well as healing assisting us with the evolution of our mind consciousness.


Note: Mercury gradually moving on while Mars is slowing down!  Maintain the faith a bit longer!
Mercury is now starting to move forward whilst at the same time we have Mars slowing down, preparing to station direct on 28th August, just after the Full Moon.  So we won’t necessarily feel ‘charged up’ just yet!

Now heading to the Full Moon in Pisces just a few days away, which promises an emotional and spiritual release like whales blowing off ‘steam’ as we are taken from there into the final two weeks of the eclipse passage when we birth into the New Moon in Virgo. 

Remember we’ll feel this emotional release for anything from 3 days before and after it comes to fullness.  The flowing energies of Jupiter in Scorpio now in its trine with Neptune in Pisces is guaranteed to make it an easier release providing we continue to surrender and go with the flow.

Love and blessings to us all as we maintain focus and direction despite experiencing shocks in between periods of relentless trekking on the Saturn road to ascended mastery.  Be nice to look forward to some fun and frivolity ahead and the coming energies promise more light relief as we continue.  

Next year is a 3 year numerologically, aligned with the Empress Tarot Card, the divine feminine energy of creativity and growth.  After this ‘2’ year of balancing and marking time it will be a whole new energy to give uplift and lightness.  Next uplift, Mars moving direct and then the New Moon in Virgo.

helenbea

from the chair...dreaming of running 


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Monday 20 August 2018

19th August: Mercury stations direct

Art:  Vladamir Kush

Hi everybody!

We’re travelling in the lunar landscape of the New Moon in Leo partial solar eclipse which occurred on 11th August.  We’re in these Leo lunar energies for the next month until the New Moon in Virgo...and in terms of the eclipse for anything up to 6 months we may see sudden changes in our physical existence.  Eclipses wake up!

The current eclipse cycle:  A call to own our light force within...power!
All eclipses call us to change and to let go of the past but the series this year have put the focus on claiming our Leo light within whilst releasing mammoth energies which have kept us hooked into old benchmarks, conditioning and ‘rules’ created by humanity.  It’s been a call into our divinity, owning our divine power in a physical sense. Eclipses evolve planetary as well as individual consciousness.

The combined forces of retrograde planets with eclipses!  Challenging!
For me and many others it’s been a most challenging eclipse period with the call to step forward, claim our spiritual mastery as we put paid to memories which have been keeping us in a holding pattern for such a long time.  Mercury retrograde in Leo played havoc with my 'head', mind and clarity. Just grateful I didn't end up in the psych centre!

Next year looking a little easier: More to come on the good news!
The most challenging aspects for this year have been all the retrograde planets and in particular Mars and Mercury both retrograde at the same time.  Venus is also to go retrograde in October/November.  So our bodies, minds and hearts have been getting a major makeover.  Next year, it will just be Mercury doing its regular retrograde stretches.  Whew!  A relief!  'This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine...and get bigger!!!'

What lies ahead:
Integrating our power for future action in the world:  Get ready!
There’s much to do in the next year or two where we’ll find ourselves taking a more active role in challenging the powers that be who continue to oppress with inequitable laws, actions and societal benchmarks.  

With the nodes and eclipses falling into the Cancer/Capricorn continuum over the next 2 to 3 years from November 2018, the focus will be on creating and building family connections which are nurturing and which extend globally. We’ll be focussed on establishing emotional security within us, family and home.

South Node calls for letting go of ‘the comfort zone’...even if it’s uncomfortable!
The South Node in Capricorn will be our call to truly let go of the systems and structures which have invested in the material, financial world as the means for finding success and status in the world.  This doesn’t mean we have to forego material comfort but to find new ways of securing emotional and financial security for ourselves and therefore for the world.

Jupiter moving into Sagittarius in November:  Boosting the crusader, truth seeker within...more fire!
Are you prepared to fly under the radar and establish a new kind of freedom?  The next 2 years we’ll be preparing the groundwork for Saturn moving into Aquarius in 2020.  By then, Jupiter will be moving into Capricorn ready to clear out those false beliefs of the status quo!

What’s been happening:  
Mercury retrograde these past weeks...Mercury madness!
Art: 'Labyrinth of Faces' Lyudmila Kogan

We’ve been out of our minds with the incoming light flushing the confusion our of hiding!  
Confusion Central!
We’ve been pushed to bring the light of the Sun into our mental bodies and operating systems with our minds possibly feeling more than a tad confused and addled as this whole process has been happening in the eclipse vortex of change energies.  Nothing is yet fully clear but is starting to clear as our Mercury pulls away from the confusion and starts to make sense of it all.

Purification of the nervous system and mental body:  
Leo energy is pure light and it’s been working over our minds!
Mercury rules communication systems and in our body it’s the nervous system, respiratory system taking a bit of a hit as old traumas, fears, anxieties have been flushed out of the cell memories held in these systems. As we keep releasing projections taken on from others even as their ‘good intentions/good advice’. we reaffirm our creative power within...Leo power!  Roar!

Building our power and strength mentally and physically:  Remember the power of words and self talk!
Mercury also connected to perambulation with arms and legs possibly impacted with restriction as these areas are released of old fears, doubts and insecurities of moving forward and taking our power as ‘lights of the Leo Sun’.  Strike a light everyone!  We’re getting moving but easy does it until we get our Astroboy rocket boots on after Mars, our physical body moves direct on 28th August.

19th August:  
Mercury stations direct at 11 degrees 32 Leo at 2.25 pm AEST
Up we go!
Until 8th September when Mercury moves into Virgo
Our light filled Mercury balloons are taking off:  Up and on we go!
The Leo heat and fire has infused our whole being and mental body with its light and we are now full of ‘hot air’ rising to meet the power of the Sun.  But hold on!  It’s not going to be on the go until after 21st!

17th to 21st August:  Mercury at a standstill!  Heads up for timing...stillness!
Mercury sitting on 11 degrees from 17th to 21st Leo so these are the days where things go slow, may need ‘re-doing’ or where communication, travel, commerce and contractual agreements may break down.

2nd September:  We’re coming back into clarity of mind!
We're building our fire power and restoring our minds very slowly and surely as we move towards 2nd September when Mercury moves out of shadow.

Mercury moves out of shadow retrograde:  Getting things moving...finally!
Mercury comes back to the degree where he turned retrograde so now he’s working strongly with us to enact all the new energies which were activated during his retrograde period.

Next Mercury retrograde period: 17th November to 7th December
From 13 degrees Sagittarius to 27 degrees Scorpio

Golden Oldies:
‘This Little Light of Mine’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJJ1TwC-upE for Mercury stationing direct in Leo...light and light!

‘Happy Talk’ From ‘South Pacific’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMORAZCog5A for Mercury moving on...eventually!




Upcoming Dates:
23rd August: Sun moves into Virgo
26th August:  Full Moon in Pisces
28th August:  Mars stations direct

6th September:  Mercury enters Virgo
6th September:  Saturn stations direct at 2 degrees 33 Capricorn

9th September:  Venus to Scorpio
10th September: New Moon 17 degrees 0 minutes Virgo 4.01 am AEST
11th September:  Mars enters Aquarius



That’s all folks!
Hugs all around!

Our lion cubs are gathering to welcome the Sun in Virgo yet knowing that a new fire and light has been birthed in our soul with the New Moon in Leo carrying us on in creative excitement and new avenues to explore.  Maybe we’re still in recovery from these past weeks and are catching our breath as the planetary energies moving direct will restore energy, power and motivation.  Let the light of divine love and passion grow within you and through your whole being to support you going on.

Mars is stationing direct on 28th August AEST but be aware that he is sitting on 22 degrees from 21st August to 5th September so not a lot of movement coming in for us until after 5th September.  We’ll be regaining our physical awareness and balance.

Love and blessings to us all as we travel with divine light, strength, courage and faith in our guiding stars!




Helen  from the chair...trusting





It’s all about love
Divine reunion