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Cathy Pagano, M.A., C.E.C, is a Jungian Psychotherapist, Astrologer , Wisdom Life Coach , teacher and storyteller.
Cathy works with the tools of the imagination - dreams, alchemy, myths, astrology, symbolic language, storytelling, ritual - to awaken the Soul's wisdom.
I believe that Americans are called to a higher consciousness at this point in our history. We are called on to live up to our ideals and create the country our forefathers imagined. Inner consciousness needs to be acted upon for social justice.
Cathy believes that our writers and artists must take up our responsibility to create art that inspires, teaches and heals our humanity. She has a weekly internet radio show on storytelling called The Bard's Grove on BlogtalkRadio.
Cathy writes about political, psychological/spiritual, and cultural issues.
Thursday, February 2, 2012 Leo Full Moon, February 7, 2012: Neptune goes into Pisces (1 comments)
This week brings another turn of the Wheel of the Year, the entrance of Neptune into its own sign of Pisces followed by the Full Moon in Leo. Energies are still shifting, new opportunities are opening, and we'll soon be seeing more light here in the northern hemisphere.
Friday, January 20, 2012 Aquarius New Moon, Mars Retrograde and Chinese New Year 2012 (3 comments)
As you can see, there's a big shift in energy coming on Friday, January 20th, when the Sun enters Aquarius and Monday, January 23rd with the Aquarius New Moon and Chinese New Year. This is the energy that will begin to move us into our new vision, with Mars turning retrograde at the same time helping us focus on our Truth. So let's see what the Cosmic Story tells us about this weekend's energies.
Friday, January 6, 2012 Cancer Full Moon, January 8-9, 2012 (2 comments)
This first full Moon of 2012 highlights the opposition between the Sun in Capricorn and the Moon in Cancer, and speaks to the nurturing, creating and protecting aspects of life and society. It brings up the archetypal powers of mother and father, the issues of nurturing and protecting, and impacts our emotional body as well as our social body. The energies of family and state begin our new year, the structures that bind us.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Capricorn New Moon, December 24, 2011 (2 comments)
This Capricorn New Moon falls on Christmas Eve, inviting us to let "love bloom bright and wild' on the most magical night of the year. Can we open ourselves to Spirit, to our passionate heart which loves unconditionally, so there is room in our "inn' for this divine birth? We celebrate the rebirth of the Light at Winter Solstice as Yule, Hanukkah, Christmas or Kwanzaa - let's remember the Mother who gives birth to the Light.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Gemini Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse: December 10, 2011 (3 comments)
The lead up to this Saturday's total lunar eclipse is electric. Uranus, the planet of sudden change and freedom (think The Tower tarot card) turns direct about 7 hours before the Gemini full Moon lunar eclipse. These two combined energies will shift something fundamental in us.
Friday, November 25, 2011 Part 2: How Artists Can Occupy Main Street (11 comments)
The great mystic William Blake said, "Artists will be the priests and priestesses of the new age'.
One way to creatively grow the Occupy Movement is for Artists to Occupy Main Street -- not with sit-ins and protests, but by occupying the minds and hearts of people back home with the real stories of our times.
Thursday, November 24, 2011 Take the Movement to the Next Level: How the Arts Can Occupy Main Street (2 comments)
The great thing about a peaceful revolution is that we can creatively make our points by using our intelligence, humor and artistry. Whereas violence is pretty much the same wherever it is practiced -- hurtful, divisive and destructive -- peaceful creativity is original, inspirational and unifying. As things begin to turn violent, we can bring down this military-industrial complex with creative action.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Sagittarius New Moon Solar Eclipse, November 24-25, 2011 (4 comments)
This New Moon is a Solar Eclipse as well as a SuperMoon, bringing in more intense energies that can shift our awareness and beliefs. The Moon is at its closest to the Earth now, exerting a greater pull on both our inner and outer waters; the Solar Eclipse brings the Moon onto the same plane as the Earth and Sun, setting up a new energy grid as the old one dies out.
Sunday, November 6, 2011 The Cosmic Story: Taurus Full Moon, November 10, 2011 (2 comments)
This month's Taurus Full Moon stands across from the Scorpio Sun, making us aware of life flashing before our eyes during this season of death. The Taurus Moon energizes the beauty and possibilities of life that we want to conserve and protect during the coming months of darkness and cold, so they can blossom again next May.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 Scorpio New Moon, October 26, 2011 (3 comments)
With this Scorpio New Moon, we enter the land of Death. The death of the year begins now, at Samhain/Halloween, as the darkness grows even deeper in the 6 weeks before the Light's return at Winter Solstice. Our western culture has made death something to be feared, and so we do not welcome it in any form. If we are strong enough to face our deaths, then we will get through the Scorpio initiation of death and rebirth.
Thursday, September 22, 2011 Autumn Equinox, Libra New Moon & Aries Full Moon 2011 (1 comments)
This article combines the Cosmic Story of the Libra New Moon and the Aries/Libra Full Moon later this month. Libra is all about cooperation and diplomacy, but you have to know your own standpoint so you can find the balance with others. Know thyself and you will understand others.
Thursday, September 8, 2011 Pisces Full Moon, September 12, 2011 (2 comments)
Full Moons try to unite two opposing and yet complementary energies. Virgo sets us the task of integrating our personal body, soul and spirit. Pisces asks us to open our hearts and merge with everyone and everything -- we are called to integrate other realms of existence into our human life.
Monday, August 22, 2011 The Cosmic Story: Virgo New Moon, August 28-29, 2011 (3 comments)
Virgo, the sign of the worker, the craftsperson, the perfectionist. Virgo, the sign of the healer, the farmer, the technician, the environmentalist. Virgo, the sign of the analytical, practical mind and the gift of discernment. Virgo, the sign of the Virgin, the one who belongs to herself.
Monday, August 8, 2011 Aquarius Full Moon, August 13, 2011 (2 comments)
This Saturday's Full Moon finds the Sun in warm, generous Leo and the Moon in cold, heavenly Aquarius. In Leo, we look at our life here on Earth and create. In Aquarius, we look to the Heavens and wonder.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Leo New Moon, July 30, 2011 (1 comments)
The Sun enters its own sign of Leo on Friday, July 22-23.We celebrate this time of the Sun's rulership at the next turning of the Wheel of the Year on August 1st, the Celtic festival of Lammas, the festival of the first harvest. Leo's fire is a bonfire, a strong steady fire that illuminates and warms us. The lion who symbolizes Leo is proud and fierce, beautiful and expressive, roaring to let us know he's the King!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Capricorn Full Moon, July 14-15, 2011 (4 comments)
The intense energy of the past three eclipses was like a giant wave that has brought us to a new shore. Our new destination might not be clear yet, but there's no going back now. New patterns of perception are beginning to operate in our new emotional bodies, giving us the opportunity to see the world with fresh ideas and possibilities, as the old social structures continue to crumble and open up spaces for new life.
Saturday, June 25, 2011 Cancer New Moon Solar Eclipse, July 1, 2011 (3 comments)
This Cancer New Moon is also a solar eclipse, making it a more intense new beginning than a regular new Moon. Cancer, whose guardian spirit is the Moon herself, symbolizes the primeval oceans, the Great Mother of Life. gives us birth. Cancer comprises the mysterious realm of the collective unconscious, all the memories of the past life of our species and our planet. Out of this memory mix we each receive an emoti
Friday, June 10, 2011 Sagittarius Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, June 15, 2011 (3 comments)
Now the Cosmic story wants us to re-align ourselves to a different vibratory pattern, one that opens us to greater consciousness and understanding. Are you seeing how your beliefs and thoughts are creating your reality? If things aren't working out the way you want them to, perhaps it's time to let go of old expectations. Are you running into obstacles? Perhaps you need to reconsider what you think you desire.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 Gemin New Moon Solar Eclipse, June 1, 2011 (3 comments)
Get ready for accelerated time. Yes, it's going to get faster! Coming up this next month are three eclipses, as well as planetary shifts that will accelerate our evolution. Since most of these celestial events occur during the Sun's journey in the sign that rules the Mind, please be open to changing your mind! As you change your perspective, you enlarge your life.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 Scorpio Full Moon, May 17, 2011 (2 comments)
This Full Moon brings us face to face with the great god Eros/ Desire, acknowledging both our personal desires and those of others. "All desires are pure, if we distill them back to their original intention." (Caroline Casey). The earthy sensuality of the Taurus Sun shines out and gives rise to the emotional passion of Scorpio during this Full Moon. What awakens our passions? What is worth being passionate about?
Friday, April 29, 2011 The Cosmic Story: Beltane and the Taurus New Moon 2011 (1 comments)
Now that the Sun has moved into the sign of Taurus, we can begin to focus our intention on building something sustainable in the world. All that fiery, creative Aries energy is still being resonating, moving us forward into a new life but the Sun's move into Taurus now focuses those impulses through our attention to what we really desire and what we want to manifest.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 The Cosmic Story: Libra Full Moon, April 17, 2011 (1 comments)
This Full Moon, with the Sun in Aries and the Moon in Libra, sets the tone for how we will create our life this year. Just as the Spring Equinox begins the new astrological year, and the Aries new Moon initiates the new growth for the year, so the Libra full Moon shows us how we intend to relate to others in our quest for personal growth and identity.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Aries New Moon: April 3, 2011 (2 comments)
This Aries New Moon is a new dawn, the beginning of the moon cycle of the year. As Rumi so eloquently puts it, each day we rise, we have the possibility "to shine like grains in the light' -- to let our truth shine into our world. In dark times, the world needs light. It's time to shine. This Aries new Moon is the time to plant those seeds of new beginnings, which originate in a new sense of identity.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 The Cosmic Story: Virgo Full Moon & Spring Equinox March 19-20, 2011 (2 comments)
The Virgo Full Moon focuses our awareness -- awareness being one of the gifts of any full Moon -- on how each of us has a place and purpose in the pattern of Life. Where Pisces asks us to swim in the multi-dimensional ocean of life energy, Virgo demands that we incarnate the specific blueprint of life that each of us vibrates to. How do we become "virginal' so we can give ourselves away? How serve our fellow human beings?
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Pisces New Moon, March 4, 2011 (1 comments)
When we reach the 12th sign of the Zodiac, we come to the end of our year-long journey. The lesson: Take everything you've learned, experienced and loved; everything you imagined, hoped for and desired for the future - and let it go! Or as Christ said: sell all your riches and come follow me. This is the quintessence of the yearly cycle.
Monday, February 14, 2011 Leo Full Moon, February 18, 2011 (2 comments)
This full Moon in Leo wants us to express our dreams and our hopes for the future. Aquarius is very future oriented. With the Sun joining Neptune the day before the full Moon, that Aquarian vision is deeply spiritual and imaginative, calling on us to live an artful life. Mars and Mercury join Neptune and the Sun, giving us the initiative and the new ideas to bring forth our vision.
Sunday, January 30, 2011 Aquarius New Moon, February 2-3, 2011
Aquarius is concerned with collective consciousness and where we are headed - to the future. It is a fixed air sign, drawing our focus to ideals and the Divine Mind, helping us think outside the box for new possibilities. The Water Bearer is pouring out the waters of the Collective Unconscious, offering us a new connection to the archetypal energies that make us human.
Friday, January 14, 2011 Cancer Full Moon, January 19, 2011 (1 comments)
The full Moon in Cancer occurs on Wednesday January 19 at 9:22pm GMT/4:22pmEST/1:22pmPST. The Sun in Capricorn and the Moon in Cancer bring up family issues and obligations as well as the issues that face us as citizens of our respective countries.
Friday, December 31, 2010 Capricorn Solar Eclipse, January 4, 2011 (1 comments)
A Solar Eclipse is a new Moon where the Sun and Moon are on the same plane as the Earth. All three heavenly bodies line up, and we see the Moon's passage over the face of the Sun. The Moon, which symbolizes our emotional body, blocks our rational solar consciousness and we are allowed to "see' the truth of our emotions. What are you feeling that you've been told is inappropriate? What have you been ashamed to admit to?
Friday, December 17, 2010 The Gemini Lunar Eclipse December 21, 2010: A Transformational Winter Solstice (5 comments)
This Winter Solstice is marked by a total lunar eclipse, with the Moon close to the South Node of the Moon in Cancer while the Sun stands not only with the Capricorn North Node but also Mercury, Pallas and Pluto. These energies will come into play when the Moon is eclipsed, creating new psychological patterns that will help us meet new challenges.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 The Cosmic Story: Sagittarius New Moon, December 5, 2010 (2 comments)
Sagittarius wants to teach us, through our philosophy and our beliefs, as well as through imagination and story, about the Cosmic Laws of Life. Once we release our old life and its underlying belief system, we step into a larger vision of our purpose and of Life itself. We will find that we keep some of our old beliefs if they can serve our new life -" if they offer us Truth.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Taurus Full Moon, 11.21.2010 (4 comments)
This Taurus Full Moon on November 21, 2010 (12:27pm EST/ 9:27am PST) is at the last degree of Taurus, the culmination of the sign, where we either "get' the essence of the sign or fail to. So this full Moon we have the essence of the Scorpio Sun and the Taurus Moon, distilled and refined, lighting up a new awareness if we can attune to it. It is up to us how we choose to work with these energies.
Friday, November 12, 2010 What Progressive Need to Do Next: Become Teachers and Storytellers (63 comments)
If we want to see our vision and our ideals accepted by mainstream America, we need to tell a better story. The best way to change people's old beliefs is to understand what people need and then tell them the story of how to get it. I believe that if we tell our stories in a positive way, we can alleviate people's fear and win out over the corporate story. But we have to go into our communities and talk with people.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Scorpio New Moon November 5-6, 2010 (1 comments)
The Scorpio New Moon, occurring on November 5th at 9:52pm Pacific time and on November 6th at 12:52 Eastern time, is very powerful this year because it sits alone in the sky. It makes no major aspects to other planets, and so we are left alone with ourselves to dive deep and explore the scorpionic themes of death and rebirth. The new seeds we plant must gestate in darkness for a while.
Sunday, October 31, 2010 A Halloween Story
Samhain, the Celtic festival that marks the beginning of winter, is still celebrated in many countries. Samhain, meaning 'Summer's End' is the time when the sun's power wanes, and the forces of winter and darkness - and therefore of the gods of the Underworld - grow in strength. It is a celebration of the dead, when the veils between the worlds open and the spirits of the dead can come into our world.
Monday, October 18, 2010 Aries (Blue) Full Moon October 22-23, 2010 (4 comments)
This Aries full Moon will energize us to look deeper into our relationships in order to learn how to take in another person's point of view and grow beyond our own. Even if we have achieved a balanced viewpoint within ourselves, we can still grow into a new balance when we relate to an Other whose values are so opposed to ours.
Monday, October 4, 2010 Libra New Moon, October 7, 2010 (3 comments)
Libra is the sign that's concerned with the structure of partnerships, the social forces that shape the rules of engagement between self and other. That's why Saturn is exalted in Libra -" it's all about the structures (Saturn) that support relationships. Not the emotions of passion, but the rules of engagement, which include romance.
Monday, September 20, 2010 Autumn Equinox & Aries Full Moon September 23, 2010 (2 comments)
Once again, we meet at the balance point of light and dark. The Autumn Equinox occurs this year on September 22-23. The Equinox is a moment of balance, of quiet, of stillness, as the Sun passes over the Equator from North to South. We have reached the time of Harvest, and a few hours later, the Aries Harvest Full Moon will reach its peak. A moment of perfect balance, made sacred by the self-awareness we need to cultivate.
Sunday, September 5, 2010 Virgo New Moon, September 8, 2010 (3 comments)
Virgo heralds a quieter time of introversion after the bright, golden days of Leo. Characterized by the virtues of patience and purification, Virgo puts great attention on technique and methodology, which is why it rules alchemy and the process of transformation. Virgo's ruler, Mercury, becomes Hermes the focused mind who purifies the unconscious mind and creates psychic wholeness or the Philosopher's Stone.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 Pisces-Virgo Full Moon, August 25, 2010 (2 comments)
Radical trust is the message of this Pisces Full Moon. The answers to our questions are all around us. First we have to trust ourselves and then we need to trust that there is a bigger Cosmic plan than we can see at the moment. It's a matter of perspective. Belief is the issue -" what are our real beliefs about life?
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Leo New Moon, August 9, 2010 (1 comments)
The new Moon in Leo takes place on Monday, August 9, 2010 at 11;08pm Eastern/8:08 Pacific time. As with all new Moons, it is a sowing time, a time to plant a seed of new life. Leo rules the Heart, and this new Moon is a great time to open your hearts and let the power of love move through you! The waters of the Moon and the fire of the Sun will help you turn your universe around.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Leo New Moon, August 9, 2010 (2 comments)
The new Moon in Leo takes place on Monday, August 9, 2010 at 11;08pm Eastern/8:08 Pacific time. As with all new Moons, it is a sowing time, a time to plant a seed of new life. Leo rules the Heart, and this new Moon is a great time to open your hearts and let the power of love move through you! The waters of the Moon and the fire of the Sun will help you turn your universe around.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 The Aquarius/Leo Full Moon, June 25-26, 2010 (2 comments)
The Leo Sun demands the best in each of us, while the Aquarius Moon calls us to give that best to our group, our tribe, our world. This is the time to step into that archetypal Being that you've been thinking about. Be the culture bringer; become the social artist. Like Lugh of the Long Hand, it's time to bring your talents and gifts to the collective table and help bring in the Future.
Monday, July 5, 2010 Cancer Solar Eclipse July 11, 2010 (5 comments)
The sign of Cancer is important to all of us. It evokes the Mother, the ebb and flow of tides, the nurturing waters of womb and well, the emotional body that animates the Soul. We are too quick to disregard the Mother in our society, too busy to pay attention to the ebb tides of life, too stressed to listen to the emotional body's messages, too unconscious to heed the call of the Soul.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 Capricorn Full Moon Lunar Eclipse & Summer Solstice (4 comments)
We are called to celebrate the Summer Solstice in the midst of the death and destruction in the Gulf, the wars and hunger ravaging the world, and the fierce imagination of the end of Time. We celebrate life in hard times to ensure our faith in the promise of new Life. We gather and celebrate to energize ourselves, to renew our passion, to engender our purpose. We celebrate to co-create the future.
Monday, June 7, 2010 Gemini New Moon, June 12, 2010 (3 comments)
We have to re-balance our left-brain society by learning to access our right-brain wisdom, because when we only perceive the world through "facts' we can document and prove, we are left with a dead world that offers us no meaning. We end up with the waters of the Gulf polluted, the wildlife struggling for survival, and no ideas about how to solve the problem.
Sunday, May 23, 2010 Sagittarius Full Moon, May 27, 2010 (3 comments)
Full Moons are times to become aware of what was planted at the new Moon. So there is a built-in consciousness factor. This is especially true of this full Moon that deals with the Mind.
The Sagittarius full Moon on May 27, 2010 at 11:08pmGMT /7:08pmEDT/4:08pmPDT occurs in the two signs that deal with the Mind: Gemini is the lower mind that conceptualizes and Sagittarius represents the higher mind that seeks meaning.
Saturday, May 8, 2010 Taurus New Moon 2010 (2 comments)
Another image for Taurus is the Garden, from its association with Venus/Aphrodite, Inanna, Ishtar, Hathor and the Tarot Trump, The Empress. These goddesses of Heaven and Earth, love and sexuality, fertility and joy all share the Garden as their landscape of choice. These gardens are places of green growth and peace, joy and beauty; the Garden welcomes us as a shelter for our Spirits.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Taurus-Scorpio Full Moon: Renewal of Personal and Collective Values (2 comments)
What happens when the Goddess of Love and Connection meets up with the God of Desire? At their worst, they gobble each other up -" turning love into lust and desire into perversion. At their best, these divine energies infuse and inspire us to connection with our passions, our truest Self. We blaze with Love for what we value and desire. We stand up for the beauty of Life.
Saturday, April 10, 2010 Aries New Moon, April 14, 2010 (5 comments)
Aries really wants to establish a unique identity, to pioneer a new way of being. Think of a volcano - that's how Aries creates new territory. Life rushes up and out and boldly goes where no one has gone before.
Friday, March 26, 2010 Libra Full Moon March 29-30, 2010
This full Moon in Libra asks us to be fair and just, to bring our talents and gifts into our society, and to balance our self interests with the greater, common good. Many people are living in fear because of the economy, and are quite selfish in their beliefs about what is right and wrong. Their self interest is more important to them then our common interest.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 Pisces New Moon, March 15, 2010
Pisces is the last sign of the Zodiac, symbolizing the completion of the human journey to wholeness. From Aries to Capricorn, there is a personal lesson to be learned. With Aquarius and Pisces, we are called to learn collective lessons of head and heart. With 6 out of 10 planets (+ Chiron, an asteroid) in these two signs, the cosmic story says it's time for each of us to align our individual stories with the cosmic story.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 The Virgo/Pisces Full Moon 2010:
This month, we find ourselves in the "in-between' space where the formless Piscean ocean meets the cultivated landscape of Virgo. The End, the Beginning and the Harvest. Water and Earth. Change and Stability. Spirit and Soul. Union and Uniqueness. Surrender and Service.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Aquarius New Moon: February 13-14, 2010 Planting the People's Vision of the Future (3 comments)
The New Moon in Aquarius is the energetic time of year to plant seeds of ideas and ideals that will benefit all of us in the future. This year this is a vitally important activity. This new Moon falls near America's Aquarian Moon, which represents the People and their needs. What values do we want to live by? What virtues need renewing? Now is the time to imagine, for without a new vision, we won't know where we're going.
Monday, January 25, 2010 Leo-Aquarius Full Moon 2010: Let's Play in the Aquarian Mindfield
Let's all engage in an Aquarian Experiment. With our two luminaries in the signs of creative expression (Leo) and group consciousness (Aquarius)this full moon, I thought it might be fun for all of us to play, another Leo trait, in the Aquarian mind-field - together.
Thursday, January 21, 2010 Avatar: The Archetypal Message Is "Get Back In Your Body!" (1 comments)
Avatar's appeal isn't just visual, it's visceral. Like ancient myths, it gives form to new archetypal energies, new ways to see ourselves as a people. Woe to the corporations, because it speaks to people's hearts and makes us think about our lives and about our world. I'd like to take you on a Jungian exploration of the film so you can see the archetypal depth of meaning there, and know why so many people are drawn to it.
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Capricorn Solar Eclipse, January 14-15, 2010: Planting the Vision of a People's New World Order (30 comments)
There will be a solar eclipse at this new Moon in Capricorn, the 10th sign of the Zodiac -" the sign most concerned with the structures of our collective life. But it is also the sign of the re-birth of the Christos -" the Christ consciousness that is our spiritual heritage which is meant to bond with our earthly nature.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Cancer Lunar Eclipse -" December 31, 2009 (2 comments)
This New Year's Eve features a lunar eclipse that could so easily bring up both our personal shadow as well as our collective one. We are called to 'leave behind' something that no longer serves us - or our world. Both the Capricorn Sun and Cancer Moon are the archetypal parents of the zodiac. Time to grow up children!
Saturday, December 12, 2009 Sagittarius New Moon, December 16, 2009 (4 comments)
The sign of Sagittarius calls us to adventure, to expand our horizons, seek different perspectives and learn something new. It is about journeys, goals, philosophies, teaching and higher learning, as well as storytelling and cosmic law. After the re-birth out of the depths of Scorpio, Sagittarius offers us the possibilities of open vistas, penetrating insight and deep meaning in our lives.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Gemini Full Moon, December 1-2, 2009 (2 comments)
As we emerge out of the cave of our Scorpionic depths this month, we might find that we need to expand our vision of life. Something has died within us so that new life can eventually grow. But before the new life arrives, we are left in a state of chaos and confusion. We need a philosophy that can encompass the changes we're going through. This Full Moon shines on how our minds cope with these changes.
Thursday, November 12, 2009 Scorpio New Moon, November 16-17, 2009 (1 comments)
We all know the stories about the Dragonslayers – St. George, Perseus, Archangel Michael. They battle to slay the dragon. For they see the Dragon as Evil and Death. There are other ways to meet the Dragon, to meet Death – the way Bilbo Baggins riddles with the great dragon, Smaug; the way Ged/Sparrowhawk riddles with the Dragons of Earthsea. This way entails respecting the Dragon.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 The Taurus Full Moon 2009: Saturn Enters Libra : All Hallow's Eve (1 comments)
The quarter Moon rides high in the nighttime sky besides Jupiter these nights. The first strong, cold winds of autumn are finally shoving the long hot summer out of the Valley. The time has come for the Dark to enter the Cosmic Story. The Celtic celebration of Samhain, All Hallow's Eve is the doorway to Wintertime, to death and cold and darkness.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Libra New Moon, October 17-18, 2009
Spending a few weeks enjoying the glorious colors of a New England Fall reminded me that Libra's concern with beauty is based just as much on the natural cycle of the seasons as it is on our cultural ideas of beauty. While fashion is ruled by Libra, the transformative beauty of birch, oak and maple leaves turning golden, orange and red amidst the deep pine greens touches on the deeper beauty of the soul.
Monday, September 28, 2009 Aries Full Moon 2009: The Harvest Moon (2 comments)
With the Fall Equinox, we move from the energy of self to the energy of community, the time for bringing in the harvest to make sure life survives the winter. It is the time of the seed, the potential we have to save for the new life to come in the spring, when that seed germinates. What have you harvested this year? What new seeds have been born in you that will take time to nurture and develop?
Monday, September 14, 2009 Virgo New Moon 2009 (2 comments)
The zodiac symbolizes the different tasks that humanity has to accomplish to grow our souls. Virgo's task is to integrate body, mind and spirit. With Saturn in Virgo for the past two years, hopefully we've developed the discipline to take care of our health - Body, Soul and Spirit. With the 3rd Uranus-Saturn opposition occurring so close to this new Moon, we get a chance to overcome inertia and make the changes that count.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Pisces Full Moon, September 4, 2009 (4 comments)
In June and July we had a series of three eclipses in Cancer/Capricorn and Leo/ Aquarius that has certainly stirred up a mess. But let's be truthful, we're just reaping what we've sown for at least the past 60 years. Ike warned us to watch out for the military-industrial complex and we citizens stayed asleep and let them take over. But it isn't too late to change things.
Saturday, August 15, 2009 Leo New Moon, August 20, 2009
The task of Leo, the sign of the whole human being, demands that we learn to think and feel for ourselves, and take responsibility for our actions. Leo accents our uniqueness, our creativity, our sense of play and fun and our sense that we each have something unique to contribute to Life.
Friday, July 31, 2009 Aquarius Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, August 5-6, 2009 (3 comments)
Lunar eclipses are like super powerful Full Moons. The Sun, Moon and Earth all align on the same plane, and for a few hours, the Earth blocks the light of the Sun from reaching the Moon. The Earth cuts off solar consciousness from the reflective power of lunar unconscious. There is a pause, a held-breath, when we get to see what's there in our lives without indulging in our usual emotional complexes.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 Cancer New Moon Solar Eclipse July 21-22, 2009 (1 comments)
Solar eclipses eliminate old ideas and ways of doing things. They also repeat every 19 years. So you might like to remember what was going on in 1990 and see how you responded to the situation you encountered. How did you change then? If you went with something new, now you have another opportunity to take that ability or realization to the next level of achievement.
Thursday, July 2, 2009 Capricorn Full Moon Eclipse 2009 (1 comments)
Eclipses mark endings and beginnings, and you're probably working out some issue that needs to be resolved so that you can get on with your life. It's a good time to eliminate anything that no longer serves your vision of life. That includes finances, relationships, jobs or belief systems. The patriarchy is dead - it just doesn't realize it yet.
Monday, June 15, 2009 Super-Charged Summer Solstice and Cancer New Moon, June 20-22, 2009 (2 comments)
Cancer is one of the most ancient constellations known to man. Since earliest times, this constellation has been linked with life, the protection of it, and the sacredness of it: life as a universal concept, life for the Earth, and life for the individual species, a family. Cancer was called the 'Gate of Men' - our souls pass through it to descend from the heavens to incarnate into the physical body.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Sagittarius Full Moon, June 7, 2009
Sagittarius shoots his fiery arrow heavenwards, aiming for a new vision and new consciousness. This Sagittarius Full Moon is all about leaping over the abyss from our collapsing 'reality' to a spiritual vision that demands personal responsibility and breadth of vision.
Thursday, May 21, 2009 Gemini New Moon, May 24, 2009 (13 comments)
As the Sun enters Gemini, we turn our attention to how we use words, what we want to communicate, and what information we need to proceed with our plans. We've been inspired to do something new in Aries, have taken time to decide what's of value to us in Taurus, and now we have to set our minds to gathering helpful information. Gemini does this through personal experiences.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Scorpio Full Moon, May 8-9, 2009 (1 comments)
This is my favorite full Moon of the year. I'm a Taurus you see and love this most beautiful time of the year, with the bushes flowering and all the trees greening. And of course it's also Wesak, the full Moon under which the Buddha was born, achieved enlightenment and finally passed from this world which he had so much compassion for.
Thursday, April 23, 2009 Taurus New Moon on April 24, 2009 (2 comments)
The Cosmic Story becomes clearer as we travel through time to meet our future. Don't you feel we're living in extraordinary times? During extraordinary times, the world as we know it changes. We are best served when we look at our expectations and beliefs about life and see if they're still viable for this new reality. And then we have to decide what values center us during this change.
Monday, April 6, 2009 Libra Full Moon, April 9, 2009
Sun in Aries like Mars' energy is aggressive and playful, inquisitive and impetuous. But there's also assertive leadership and courage under the bad boy image. The Moon reflects Venus in Libra, and can be seductive, social, intelligent and talented. Just as the Sun and Moon are often mythically paired as lovers, so are Venus and Mars.
Monday, March 23, 2009 Aries New Moon, March 26, 2009
While Spring Equinox heralds the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the Aries New Moon marks the moment of rebirth we celebrate at this time of year. Many ancient cultures celebrated the New Year at Spring Equinox, since Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. During this time of balance, when light and dark are equal, you have a chance to shake off your winter blues and see the possibilities awaiting you.
Saturday, March 7, 2009 Virgo Full Moon March 10, 2009 (2 comments)
Everyone seems to be in need of healing this week. The Full Moon in Virgo is especially suited for healing, although some of us might find the cure difficult to swallow. This full Moon sits right on the Uranus/Saturn opposition that's been the continuing saga in the cosmic story since Election Day. It's the fight of the century, the OLD vs. the NEW! And we still have three more rounds to go by 2010.
Saturday, February 21, 2009 Pisces New Moon 2009 (2 comments)
On Wednesday, February 18th, the Sun left the airy idealistic heights of Aquarius and plunged into the cosmic ocean currents of Pisces. Did you feel your attention shift? While there is still high-voltage energy traveling through Aquarius, we are directed to swan dive into the collective astral ocean. What are you feeling? What is everyone else feeling? That's the Pisces gift - you feel everyone!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 Leo Lunar Eclipse 2009
This Leo lunar eclipse will be powerful, not only because an eclipse focuses and intensifies the energy of a full Moon but because of all the energetic shifts that occur around it. So before we get to the eclipse itself, let's talk about how crazy this week is really going to be.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Aquarius New Moon Solar Eclipse/Year of the Ox 2009 (1 comments)
The energy of Aquarius takes our individual ego energy and seeks to unite it with the other energies of the planet. For too long, we have concentrated on rugged individualism, have seen ourselves as separate from the rest of the ecosystem, as well as from the rest of humanity. It is time to learn to merge our individual energies with the planetary grid. What is our role as human beings here on Earth?
Friday, January 16, 2009 An Astrological Look at Obama's Inauguration (9 comments)
The astrology chart for Obama's inauguration echoes his call for a people's inauguration. If we can stop ourselves from projecting 'the savior' onto him, we might just learn how to save ourselves and our world. The Inauguration Day chart is full of hope and a call for personal responsibility. And it appears that Barack Obama is really supposed to be the man of the hour.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Cancer Full Moon January 10-11 2009 (2 comments)
With Pluto's entrance into Capricorn, we can be certain that the old King ... the rule of the 'fathers' ... the old corporate structures ... the deadening social corruption ... is dying. The next 16 years will show us how we intend to evolve our vision of society and our responsibility to it. This is Capricorn's spiritual purpose. Pluto wants to renew it. This week's Cancer full Moon will nurture our dreams. Dream Big!
Friday, December 26, 2008 Capricorn New Moon, December 27, 2008 (3 comments)
Capricorn represents the initiation of Dharma, which is an Indian term meaning righteous duty or the proper way to live according to higher law. Our Capricorn nature wants to find its true purpose in life. It is a test to 'live in the world but not of the world' as Jesus put it. Since Capricorn also rules our collective structures - government, corporations, finances - we certainly have our work cut out for us.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Gemini Full Moon & Winter Solstice 2008
The Cosmic Story for this year's Gemini full Moon prepares us for a special Winter Solstice (December 21st) and presents us with an opportunity to create a holiday season for ourselves without the commercialism and frantic consumerism that many of us deplore. If we want to look for meaning in these troubled times, the economic downturn gives us a chance to re-create a gentler, kinder, simpler holiday season.
Monday, November 24, 2008 Sagittarius Thanksgiving New Moon 2008
The Sagittarius New Moon should be a wild one. As you all know, new Moons are beginning times. The seed time. So this new Moon is a time to plant the seeds of belief in your soul. What kind of seed will you plant? All the planets are talking and visiting with each other, so it should be a super-charged weekend. Happy Thanksgiving!
Sunday, November 9, 2008 Taurus Full Moon 2008: Time to Examine our Values (7 comments)
This Scorpio/Taurus Full Moon addresses our shared values, our money issues and our ability to transform ourselves if we hold to a higher vision. So let's all vote again for that higher vision of change that was voted into office on November 5th. Whether you voted for Obama or McCain, we find ourselves in the midst of a sea-change which began in the 60s and which will continue until at least 2015 if not beyond.
Saturday, November 8, 2008 Open Letter to America's Artists: Now It's Your Job to Inspire Us to Change! (9 comments)
Open Letter to America's Artists: To all Filmmakers, Actors, Writers, Musicians, Dancers, Artists.
America has voted for change, now please use your talents to help show us how. Obama's call for change must be supported by our artists for it to succeed. America, and the world, need a new vision. Our musicians and storytellers are the ones to create new myths to inspire us to make real changes to save our Earth.
Sunday, October 26, 2008 Scorpio New Moon 2008 and the American Election (3 comments)
Scorpio is never afraid to get down and dirty, and in this buildup to Election Day, when Uranus, the planet of revolutionary new values, reform and awakening opposes Saturn, the planet of convention, conservative values and the status quo, we're seeing just how low we can go. Before Election morning, we'll get to see all manner of muck rise to the top. Let's release and cleanse the toxins from our collective psyches.
Sunday, October 12, 2008 Aries Full Moon October 14, 2008
The Cosmic story going on in the heavens mirrors what is going on here below as above, so below. Saturn, the energy of conservation, of conservatism, of the status quo, of rigidity and the Old is coming into range of its opposition to Uranus, the energy of awakening, of revolution, of sudden change and the New. They will be exactly opposite each other on Election morning. The Old vs. the New. Does it sound familiar?
Friday, September 26, 2008 Libra New Moon: The Scales of Justice (2 comments)
Don't look for a quick fix to our economic woes with Mercury retrograde as Congress tries to bailout Wall Street. It's astrological wisdom that you don't sign anything while Mercury is retrograde, since there's a good chance that one of the parties will change their minds because they've had time to do more research. When signing documents, Mercury retrograde always says, 'Go back, you've missed something.'
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Pisces Full Moon, September 15, 2008
We are once again engaging in the struggle between the old ways and the new that began in the '60s. With John McCain and Barak Obama vividly representing the two opposing energies, the cosmos is letting us know that this isn't just a political fight. This is a cosmic demand to recognize that the old must make way for the new, but the new must also recognize and value the important aspects of the old vision of life.
Thursday, August 28, 2008 Virgo New Moon, August 30, 2008 (8 comments)
Work and Change are the order of the day. This New Moon is a preview of the big celestial face-off on election day - the opposition of Uranus (revolutionary new ideas) to Saturn (the old guard). These are the energies that faced off in the 60s, and we're about to enter a 4-year twilight zone that takes us back to the 60s so we can move forward to the future.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Aquarius Lunar Eclipse August 16, 2008 (2 comments)
On eclipses and 8-8-8 and finding your own security in the midst of change.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Capricorn Full Moon 2008
Full moons ask for our awareness. Do we have it in us to 'reflect' on our lives, our our society, and on our purpose? Cancer and Capricorn combine the energies of family and state, individual and culture. It's time to show the world who and what you really are!
Monday, June 30, 2008 Cancer New Moon July 2-3, 2008 (3 comments)
The Cancer New Moon inspires us to nurture the divine child within, so that we bring our creativity into the culture at this most important time in our history. Give America a birthday gift - give your vision and your actions to heal the country.
Saturday, May 31, 2008 Gemini New Moon, June 3, 2008
Mercury Retrograde in his own home of Gemini takes up his mantle of Psychopomp Guide of Souls for this Gemini New Moon. This soul guide leads us on a journey to discover the wealth we have inside. He calls each of us to the Hero/ine's Journey. At this critical time in human history, when will we take ourselves seriously enough to stand in our power and initiate the changes within and without which the times demand.
Monday, May 12, 2008 Scorpio Full (Blue) Moon, May 19-20, 2008
Don't miss this 'once in a blue moon' chance to shift your priorities to the deep values rooted in your soul, which will release the fear, anxiety and helplessness which hold you back from living mindfully. It's time to take yourself seriously and engage the mythic imagination to discover how to live divinely or die mythically. Sound extreme! That's Taurus and Scorpio for you!
Thursday, May 1, 2008 Beltaine & Taurus New Moon 2008
It's May! The Lusty Month of May. Beltaine is the beginning of the Celtic summer and the New Moon happens on the Taurus power gate. Taurus energy wants us to build something. So instead of wasting your time trying to fix what's broken, why not think out of the box and create something new to take its place? Coming out of the hard aspects of the last 6 months, we now have permission to play!
Thursday, April 17, 2008 Scorpio Full Moon, April 20, 2008
This Full Moon poises the question: Are we going to stand for our better natures, or will we continue to stay asleep while America burns? Only We the People can grow up and stand up for change - our politicians can't do it for us. We are receiving a message from the Great Spirit of Life - be the heroes and lovers of your life and times. Do what you came here to do. And start to do it now!
