from the chair: Full Moon in Taurus 30th October 2012

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What’s been happening to us: Stripped to the bones!

In the light of the Scorpio Sun, we’ve been in the energy of forgiveness, release, letting go, transformation of the past, transmutation of memories in body, mind and spirit. Since the Sun moved into Scorpio on 23rd, then meeting up with Saturn, we’ve been in the throes of karmic cleansing which is intense, focussed and sharply cutting through blockages in our mental, emotional, physical and astral bodies.

Karma is being lifted. cleared, balanced personally and collectively! Revelations and ‘decloakings’ are happening for individuals and institutions around the world. No-one can escape the scrutiny and demand for truth that is happening. The tower of false beliefs is collapsing and crumbling for us all.

It’s a blessing for all of us who have been ‘seekers of the truth’, even if it’s painful. It’s nothing compared to the pain in which we have been living for too long. We’re being called to show our ‘true colours’, with courage, conviction, faith, love and compassion.

The Global and Public Arena in a spin cycle of change: Around the world, public figures are being exposed for their ethics and philosophy, whether in truth or deception, whether rooted in love or hate, whether empowering or disempowering.

In England, the revelations around Jimmy Saville as a paedophile, is just one instance. Politicians in the Australian parliament are being stripped bare, exposing personal and party politics for all to see. Media moguls and reporters/shock jocks on radio are losing their footing as reporting standards, language used and biases are brought into public view.

The American election has brought forward allegations of long held secrets to be revealed. Will there be revelations before the election???

This ‘stripping down’ to the bones of people, governments and institutions is set to continue for a few more years. Divine justice will be done and truth will be served! This goes for us all, so ‘fess up if needed, even if just to yourself.

Freedom calls: We’re in the valley of forgiveness and transmutation of the old energies under the Scorpio Sun! We’ve been bathing in the fields of lavender, the violet flame of forgiveness and freedom, of letting go of so much struggle, pain and heartache.

As we release the forgiveness and heal our hearts, we open to the gift of love and abundance on all levels of our being. We’ve been clearing the way for this week’s Full Moon in Taurus, opening to receive from Mother Earth! The blockages must go for us to receive our full personal bounty for this lifetime!

The cells in our bodies have been transmuting into love and wholeness, letting go of the resentment, bitterness, anxiety, fear, worry and insecurities which have plagued our earthly existences. And in doing so, washing ourselves in the violet light of freedom, we are ripening like juicy grapes on the vine, ready for harvesting at the Full Moon this week!

No, we won’t be dried up sultanas, raisins or currants...but plump juicy, fresh grapes ready ripe for picking!

What’s coming in:

29th October: Venus into Libra 12.04 am AEST until 22nd November...take time out to enjoy the pleasure and joy of life.

Venus rules Libra and is always focused on ‘love and marriage’, partnerships of all kinds. It’s also concerned with peace, harmony, justice and balance. Venus represents the feminine energy. With Saturn in Libra these past three years, we’ve become familiar with balancing of the masculine/feminine within us and our lives as well as in mass consciousness.

Who ate that apple of that tree????!!! It’s a wonderful time to experience the joy of love, despite any challenges which, I feel, will be resolved with greater ease and peace for those of us who know the routine, us old souls who are here for purpose, to put an end to the ‘apple’ debate, once and for all!

Fruit of the Goddess: The apple has associations in ancient mythology both positive and negative, but is often associated with Aphrodite, Goddess of Love. Are you ready to taste the sweetness of love which comes from a balanced and harmonious relationship with yourself as well as your partner. It’s time to do the ‘tender talk’ that comes from a true heart. Get out of your ‘closet’ of separation and embrace love. The orchard awaits.

Apples are brimming with symbolic meanings and mythic associations. In China they represent peace, and apple blossoms are a symbol of women's beauty. In other traditions, they can signify wisdom, joy, fertility, and youthfulnessFrom: http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Fi-Go/Fruit-in-Mythology.htmlApple.

Trouble in the orchard? When Venus moves into Libra, it comes into opposition/challenge with Uranus in Aries (the radical reformer in the masculine sign of leadership and individualism), with Pluto in Capricorn squaring off/challenging them both.

What does all this astro gobbledygook mean???

Venus in partnership with Mercury finds the voice of peace and harmony to express in the world: Mind and heart united! Well, it seems to me that Venus is being called out of her Libran closet to find her voice in the world as she’s aligned positively with Mercury. He moves into worldly Sagittarius within the same day which means they are united by positive energy working together. Mercury in Sagittarius wants to talk with the world and everyone in the world. The message will come from Venus with her desire for beauty, unification of masculine/feminine, peace, harmony and justice.

Storming the Bastille...Uranus in Aries wants to storm the battlements and rip down any structures, ideas etc. not serving higher purpose and evolution. Uranus is urging Venus to take action with all her feminine energies, challenging her to step forward. Uranus will do it anyway as change and sudden, unexpected forces are his weapons of mass destruction. In Aries, he’s got the fire in the belly!

Venus in Libra wants peace at all costs, yet also wants justice. Uranus is stirring her to take action as his goal is freedom! Mercury is holding her hand. She wants peaceful, harmonious change which brings justice for all.

Venus takes to Facebook and Twitter: Peaceful revolution is at hand and is likely to come through words, mass media and the world wide web. Mass media has been getting a makeover for a couple of years and is still in the process of being cleansed, realigned and reformulated. It’s a play off between mainstream media (Sagittarius) and social media (Gemini) after two years of eclipses and nodes in these signs. We still have an eclipse in Gemini in November and one in Sagittarius next June.

Stay tuned for more changes. Truth will out!

Pluto in Capricorn is interested in slow, steady and thorough change: Already turning ‘the establishment’ inside out, with the help/challenge of Uranus, Pluto is the deep undermining force within the systems and structures seeking renewal and change. It’s slower moving than Uranus, but makes sure the job is done thoroughly. This is the breaking down of dogma, rules and the status quo within us and in the wider world. It’s a purifying, cleansing energy.

Bottom line...Committee of three to bring about positive peaceful change: With this line-up, all three planets, Venus, Uranus and Pluto want it their way but are within an arrangement where they have to work together in a unifying force if anything is to be achieved. Think of it as a committee who have a brief and must work together. Any conflict between them is to work to their advantage for a positive outcome.

Personally, activation of the urge to speak up for harmony and justice: We’re likely to feel some relief with these energies, even though there are conflicts, as Venus has Mercury’s help, so minds and hearts are united. Again, we are finding our inner feminine voice and preparing to speak...if not already doing this. The ‘speaking’ may be verbal or written, private or public, in social or mainstream media, to yourself or with others. The power of words in liberating the heart is extremely powerful and will possibly erupt suddenly with Uranian energy and/or go deeply to the core of an issue like a Plutonian

depth charge. Remember, it may all be a ‘conversation’ within you, laying ghosts of heart pain to rest.

29th October: Mercury into Sagittarius 5.18 pm AEST until 14th November...everyone’s talking, but is it their ‘truth’???

It’s all systems go until we close in on the 7th November when Mercury retrogrades for 3 weeks. From 15th November to 12th December, Mercury will be back in Scorpio.

We’re already in Mercury’s retrograde shadow which means we are already slowing down to some extent. However, Mercury in Sagittarius may find us saying things in the heat of the moment, foot in mouth disease is likely to take hold. Watch out. If you have to eat some humble pie, then it’s a great dessert for growth!

Ethics is ‘in’!: But the arrival of Mercury, winged messenger in the sign of Sagittarius, a fiery, big picture worldly energy, means communication and commerce will take on a big picture, worldly ‘spin’. Higher wisdom, philosophy, spirituality and ethics, will take on an expanded dimension. Sagittarius rules foreign connections/travel so expect the communication in mass media, world wide web to be a major focus for this time, whether under the microscope or as a means of getting at the truth. In Sagittarius, people join together for causes across the world and become spiritual crusaders for the ethical revolution.

Stay tuned to your inner compass:

Expect conversation/communication both personally and publicly to be under the microscope for truth and ethical content. Are we aligned with our integrity or selling ourselves short, selling out/ ‘prostituting’ ourselves. If a commercial venture is not aligned with who you are, watch out, as you may be tripped up.

This whole next couple of months through Mercury retrograde period until the end of the year, will be a huge clearing house for ethics and truth for everyone. Nothing to fear, providing we check in with our inner compass, called ‘the soul’, higher self. Keep taking the high road!

30th October:

Full Moon in Taurus at 6.49 am AEST at 6 degrees 48 Taurus

...let go and allow yourself to receive!

The moon is exalted in Taurus, which means it’s operating at its peak. Taurus is earth energy and is very much aligned to the Mother Earth energy as it’s ruled by Venus. This full Moon, allow yourself to take in the fullness of Mother Earth’s love as you wash clean of the Scorpionic past!

Taurus rules worth, self-worth, values and is directly related to personal resources, including gifts and talents and capacity to bring personal values into earthly manifestation. Taurus rules attitudes and values about money which tie in with earning capacity, moneys earned through work.

This full moon is about letting go of anything that blocks your self-worth, your sense of worthiness and entitlement to having a full, meaningful and joyful life on earth. Clear the space for feeling love and allowing the Taurean abundance.

The Sun in Scorpio opposes the Full Moon, the two major ‘bodies’ of our solar system coming into challenge and balance all at the same time. We need to accommodate equally the inner challenge of Taurus, accepting the abundance of the earth and our entitlement to that abundance. As well, we need to embrace the Scorpio Sun which asks us to let go, ‘die’, surrender, prune and release all ‘baggage’ from the past.

Keep opening the closet doors and let yourself shine: How many closet doors need opening...find your unclaimed selves and live a full life!

You couldn’t have a better message from Taurus than ‘do what you love, what you excel at and the money will follow’. Don’t expect Taurus energies to act quickly. It’s like Mother Earth, aligned with the cosmic cycles and planetary movements.

Be true to yourself and take your authority: However, Saturn is working with the Sun, helping us to be true to who we are and to strip away any false energies, fake personas. Saturn close to the Sun at this time is activating us to take our authority (Saturn) in the world (the Sun).

Karmic release: Saturn rules karma. With Saturn by the side of the Sun, we’re being invited to let the light in on the pain, death and destructive elements of our karmic legacy. How much of our history, how many lives have been aligned in harmony with each other and the earth?

Full Moons offer enlightenment to some area of your life:

The full moon is at its strongest shining its light on our subconscious. Dreams at night, insights during the day are more than likely as the unconscious offers up its secrets to help us move forward. Don’t be surprised if unresolved energies or issues surface, particularly around any or all of the areas listed above as ruled by Taurus.

Hopefully, sweet dreams! But if you have disturbing dreams, then trust that it’s a wonderful release during sleep rather than trying to get to these subconscious energies in a waking state.

Something’s ending: Full Moons bring culmination to some area of your life. Things come to a head and the emotional energy of the Full Moon helps us release that pent up energy. We are coming to a culminating point of releasing blockages under the Scorpio Sun, allowing the Full Moon energies of Taurus to uplift us into our own particular space of alignment with the earth and our particular destiny. The two weeks following this full Moon will see us tying off loose ends before the New Moon in Scorpio on 14th November.

Gratitude: Nothing speaks to the universe than the ‘attitude of gratitude’ – especially timely at the Taurus Full Moon!

Photo: Will never stop saying it...Attitude of Gratitude brings more of the good things into your life.

A reminder to us all for a Full Moon ceremony:

Give thanks for the bounty of your life at this time

Release the old energies

Invoke/call in the new energies

The Sabian Symbols for the Full Moon from Cathy Pagano: http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/astrostarsarticles/the-cosmic-story-taurus-full-moon-2012The

Sabian symbol for the Moon at 7* Taurus is: The woman of Samaria at the ancestral well. This beautiful symbol refers to a story from the Christ mythos. On day Jesus in his travels meets a Samarian woman at a well. At the time, the Jews despised the Samarians; and we get the impression that this woman was also some kind of outcast from her own tribe. When Jesus asks for water from this woman who is not bound by the rules of patriarchy, she gives it freely from a place of love. This woman refers to the divine Feminine Spirit who is open to new revelations and a new order of Being. She is an earthly Lady Wisdom, for she recognizes Jesus as someone who walks his talk. Because of this recognition, Jesus shares his divine mission with her freely and openly. Not so surprisingly, he does not share his mission so freely with his own disciples, who must discover the nature of his divine being on their own. Only an open, trusting attitude toward life and love can see the Divine plan at work. And it is a feminine attitude that sees Spirit at work.

When we explore our own depths and discover that we are all in this primordial soup together, experiencing life and death until we understand that the only truth is LOVE, we become like this Samarian Woman, open to divine law and truth. May we all open to this revelation!

The Sabian symbol for the Sun at 7* Scorpio is: Deep-sea divers. This symbol urges us to focus our intentions (the Sun) on exploring the deeper causes of our fears, our insecurities, our inability to relate. Perhaps past-life experiences still traumatize us. Or some cruel torment from our childhood. Part of it definitely stems from the crisis we face at the moment. To dive deeply into the collective unconscious helps us to understand the hidden energies of life that unconsciously move us toward greater growth or keep us stuck in a lingering death.