Friday, June 30, 2017

Chiron the Wounded Healer


Chiron the Wounded Healer

By Felina Lune Kavi

Chiron stations retrograde @ 2:09am CDT on 7-1-17 (Retrograde until 12-5-17)


Unlike the other centaurs, Chiron was born immortal.  He was son of the Titan, Chronos (associated with Saturn), and a nymph, Philyra. In his mythic storyline, both parents abandoned him…which was his original wound…but he became a great teacher and healer.  This is where he found the gift within his wound, in taking on a parental role for others and teaching them all he had learned from Apollo, God of Healing.  One such student, Hercules (Herakles), accidentally wounded Chiron in the knee with an arrow dipped in the blood of the Hydra.  This poisoned arrow caused an incurable wound in any it would hit.  And, since Chiron was immortal, the painful wound would have no end in death.  Chiron pleaded with Zeus to let him take the place of Prometheus and die.  Eventually, Zeus granted his wish to release his immortality from the Earth to the stars, where he became the constellation known as Sagittarius today.  This is a condensed version of Chiron’s mythic storyline, but it gives insight into how the energy of Chiron as a celestial body in our solar system plays out in our human nature on earth.  Chiron transits bring us to our oldest wounds to help us heal and feel whole again.

Interestingly, Chiron takes approximately 50 years to return to where it was in the zodiac when we were born.  Like the obvious transition we all experience as we approach age 30 when we have our first Saturn Return, the Chiron Return at age 50 is a significant shift in our lives.  Depending on where we are in our healing paths at age 50…we can either experience a profound healing that takes us into our “golden years” with a sense of wholeness and wisdom, or we can deny ourselves that healing by denying our deepest wounds…often resulting in a quicker deterioration during our aging process which adds on more and more wounds to deal with as we grow older.


Chiron’s position in the zodiac shows us where our sacred wound is, the path to healing it, and the healing gift we develop from that wound.  With a slow and erratic orbit, Chiron’s sign at the moment of our birth gives insight into the healing journey of our particular generation of healers…while the house position and aspects it makes to other celestial bodies can tell us more about the wounded healer within each individual.  Chiron’s sign, then, is the Tribe of Healers we are born into in this lifetime.  The house position expresses the area of focus, or the healer role within that tribe.  And the aspects to Chiron give us more definition in the mythic storyline of our healing path. 

For example, I was born while Chiron was in Taurus…and there is a large group of people born between 1976 and 1984 who can say the same (though Chiron retrograded back through Aries for a few months in ’76, and dipped into Gemini for a few months in ’83).  We share a generational wound that has to do with self-worth, often revolving around the physical body as our sacred wound.  But the house position of Chiron in Taurus more precisely pinpoints in what area of life that wounding plays out.  My natal placement of Chiron is in the 1st House (House of Self), conjunct my Ascendant.  Essentially, this particular placement (especially when conjunct the Ascendant) shows that I embody the archetype of the Wounded Healer…it is who I have chosen to be in this life…and my woundedness follows patterns similar to Chiron’s mythic storyline (even in the quincunx, or ‘uncomfortable growth aspect’, between Chiron and Saturn that was present at my birth…as well as other aspects that bring up other parts of the storyline).

But, as another example, someone in this Chiron in Taurus tribe of healers may have Chiron in the 7th House (the House of Primary Partnerships).  In that case, their wounding (as well as their healing path and healing gifts) are explored in their relationships with others.  Then the wound of self-worth plays out in the realm of relationships.  Or someone with Chiron in Taurus in the 12th House (the House of Shadows) might struggle with their woundedness in the realm of the Unconscious, where their original wound might be deeply repressed into their shadow.   

Currently, all of us are experiencing the world wound (and its healing path) through the collective expression of Chiron in Pisces.  Especially this weekend, as Chiron stations retrograde in Pisces, the focus of the wounds of our planet and all life on Earth pools as Chiron pauses…then shifts inwardly during the retrograde.  Chiron in Pisces is essentially a wound of separation from Great Spirit, marked by a healing path in service to Spirit and a desire for Divine Love expressed through us (or, in its lower vibrational expression, a denial of Spirit and an exacerbation of the wound of that separation…the “There is no God” assertion).  The gift within that wound is a wellspring of unconditional, transpersonal, universal love that is our remembering of and reconnecting with the Divine within.  We’ve all been traveling through this Piscean planetary healing for the past several years…outwardly and inwardly as Chiron shifts between direct and retrograde motion.  How this Chiron transit interacts with our natal planets, and especially with our natal Chiron, reflects our personal storylines in our individual healing paths. 

The specific degree that Chiron stations in tomorrow is the 29th degree of Pisces.  The sabian symbol for this degree is “light breaking into many colors as it passes through a prism”.  This process is symbolic of our own process of differentiation we go through in life.  We are, before conceived, unified with source light.  We are brought to Earth through the womb of our mother (the prism), and then shaped through that process into our individual expression (a rainbow of different colors, expressing different angles of deviation).  We do not lose the source light, but we reflect it in many different ways.  Essentially, there is no real separation from Great Spirit…only one of human perception.  We go from unity to multi-unity…where we express our Divine Spark in a multitude of ways. 

So as the focus upon woundedness, healing, and the gifts within the wounds is potent right now…allow yourself the freedom to explore what arises.  Hiding from, or trying to escape, our wounds only prolongs the healing process we all must go through to come to wholeness.  Painful as it can be, depending on where you are in your path, such shifts of energy are present as opportunities to heal ourselves in whatever way we most need at this time.  And in healing ourselves, we are healing our world.


For one of my favorite videos about the Chiron archetype, see The Wounded Healer.

Friday, June 23, 2017

New Moon in Cancer: Navigating a Change of Heart

 


New Moon in Cancer:  Navigating a Change of Heart

Moon conjunct Sun @ 9:30pm, 6-23-17


The Blessing Moon phase begins with our two luminaries meeting in Cancer…the sign of the Caretaker.  On Tuesday night, the Strong Sun entered Cancer at the Summer Solstice (Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere) and the waning crescent Moon reflected that light on the shortest night of our year here in the North.  During this solstice each year, we collectively pause and take notice of how far we’ve come since the previous Equinox.  For many of us, we appreciate what we’ve accomplished in those growing days.  We can also see what was necessary to weed out in our lives in order to grow.   

Now, we come to a seasonal quarter in which we shift from one allegiance to another, symbolized by the shift from longer days into longer nights.  The Moon reigns now, until the Winter Solstice.  For us humans, a re-orientation begins in our lives that reflects this shift.  We often begin feeling into where we can be better caretakers…of ourselves, our loved ones, our environment, and our world.  Cancer is all about home and family…not just in the domestic sense, though attention to what is closest to us often comes first.  Home is not just our house, but also our body and our Earth.  Family is not just what we, ourselves, have created…but also the larger family of living beings on Earth as well as our ancestors from the past and our next generations to come.  This New Moon in Cancer provides us with a new beginning where we choose the path that best nurtures and aligns with the directional flow of our soul…the path where we lead with our heart.  In nurturing ourselves, we can better nurture others.

This new cycle begins in the 3rd Degree of Cancer, illuminating the symbol of “A man bundled up in fur leading a shaggy deer.”  Here, we are moving past what we know and travelling into the unknown.  This symbol evokes the image of the indigenous Sami Noaidi (shaman of the Nordic lands).  The Sami people are the only people who are allowed by law to continue their ancient custom of Reindeer husbandry…as it is integral to both their survival as well as their spirituality.  In my post about Deer Medicine, I mentioned the connection between deer (of all types) and the ley lines of the land. The symbol for this New Moon degree connects us with the Pathfinder archetype, and shows us how to use what is at our disposal to help navigate through life’s challenges.  Since the New Moon after the Spring Equinox, we have reached a state of preparedness through lunar initiations that has brought us to where we are now. Our sacred work lies before us, that which we’ve been building toward for months…and we must venture out into rough terrain with courage and conviction. 


Following a soul calling is no easy task…it is a Hero’s Journey, with all the tests and ordeals that follow.  We’ve all received the call to adventure this year, in some way. Something arose that pulled us out of our ordinary existence.  The call is different for everyone.  The death of a loved one that shakes us to our core, the necessity of career change, a failed relationship, moving to a different land, a health crisis…and suddenly we realize we can’t go on the same as we have been.  Significant changes in our lives have urged further transformation into the next stage of our individual journeys.  In the current astrological climate, where there is almost (*almost*) a respite after some heavy-hitting energetic shifts, some of us may take a step back and refuse the call momentarily.  If you are in that headspace, it can easily hold you back for longer than you intended.  Predictable gets comfortable, after all.  Until you start feeling regretful again. But by then, jumping in looks even more daunting.

Look to a mentor who will train, equip, or advise you to carry on (or, consider what you are reading here is a reflection of that encouraging energy…and the man leading the shaggy dear is showing you the way, if not the writer).  Many of us are already crossing the threshold into unfamiliar territory…and this New Moon will bring us our first test.

While I must remain vague on what is shifting in my own life right now, I can tell you that it has (in recent weeks, especially) triggered “ALL the feels”.  Cancer energy does that to many of us, after all.  I actually feel like I’m going through a grieving process, though no one close to me has died.  “One door closes and another opens” is an accurate description of this month for many of us.  Along with those feelings, confusion sets in as well.  Neptune Retrograde is still reminding us, “you don’t need to know everything right now…quit trying to make sense of it”.  Neptune, instead, keeps bringing us to dreamtime and otherworldly journeys…preparing our collective unconscious for what lies ahead.  Fortunately, I have a harmoniously aspected Neptune Retrograde in my own natal makeup…so the cryptic, symbolic language outside of our conscious understanding is where I often find deeper truths anyway.  Which brings me to the following…which can be considered my own Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Three months ago, I received the 7 archetypes into my chakras through the Harmony Rite of the Munay-Ki.  Each new and full moon since, I have been integrating them one at a time, from root to crown.  This New Moon is my final integration, where I am focusing on Pachakuti in my Crown Chakra.  Pachakuti is the organizing principle and Guardian of the Upper World in Incan cosmology…the Keeper of Possibilities, Transformer of the World.  In the Upper World, the Hanaq Pacha, we step outside of linear time and into circular time.  Pachakuti can make time stand still, bringing heavenly order.  Coming into relationship with Pachakuti allows us to recognize what can be changed and that we can change things before they are born. 




Pachakuti the Transformer

In the void, I asked Mama Tuta for clarity.  I was taken to the realm of the Stone People.  An apacheta (a stone cairn) at the base of a mountain told me to climb up the mountain.  Tall as it was, it took no time at all to climb…there is a certain heaviness of limitations that is left behind with the body while traveling through non-ordinary realms.  I was familiar with this mountain, though my body had never even been near it.  I had climbed to the citidel in the sky of Machu Picchu. 

“Is anyone here to guide me?”  I asked in this Upper World Realm. 

A Stone Giant, which I hadn’t noticed until it moved slightly to face me, answered.  “I am always here.”

“Are you Pachakuti?”

The Stone Giant’s features looked amused by my question.  “Pachakuti is in all of us.”

“I see.  Can you tell me what am I here to learn?”

He pointed the way.  “Go to the Intiwatana stone. You will know it.”

“Thank you.”  I replied, and walked in the direction of a large, terraced pyramid.

At the top, there was a beautifully carved piece of granite that looked like an altar.  As I stood before it, the rising sun projected a triangle of light through the stone and illuminated two concentric circles on the floor. 

It occurred to me that I should place my left ring finger in the center of the circles, since it is my only finger with a concentric whorl print.  When I did, two figures of Tai Tai Inti (The Sun) and Mama Killa (The Moon) appeared on either side of me. 

“We appreciate you paying attention to our dance.”  Mama Killa said.

“I have learned a lot from both of you over the years. Thank you for your wisdom.”  I replied.

“This lesson will be different, as you can see.”  Tai Tai Inti told me.  “The New Moon after the Solstice marks a time when the people on Earth have a choice of many timelines.  The one they have chosen previously is not sustainable.  The people in your country, specifically, are approaching a great change.  Pachakuti awaits their choice.”

“Do you mean the Total Solar Eclipse is the great change?”  I asked.

“Yes.  When you see me glide across and cover his light with my body…your country’s day will turn to night.  Your people’s shadows will have the opportunity to become conscious.  Celebratory as many will seem in being part of this, it will also feel as though long-untended wounds of their ancestors are reopening to be healed.”  Mama Killa warned.

“You must work together to heal those wounds, as they are also the wounds of Pachamama.”  Tai Tai Inti added.

“So this New Moon begins…what, exactly, for us?”  I asked.

“It begins the coming together of your people…all of them, not just the one’s who have already committed to consciously healing.  The intention must be set to reach as many as possible between now and the coming eclipse, to encourage each unique medicine within them as you can.  Too many are in a destructive dream state.  Their illusion is that nothing can be, or should be, changed.”  Tai Tai Inti answered.

“The truth is, everything changes, one way or another.”  Mama Killa said.

“And we have to change it to the best possible outcome.”  I agreed.

Mama Killa smiled.  Tai Tai Inti gestured toward the top of the stone altar.  “Look here.”  He told me.

I placed my forehead against the top of the warm stone.  Visions flooded in.  The globe of the earth from a cosmic view.  The focus zoomed in above where the path of the eclipse would be soon…from Oregon to South Carolina.  Little lights along the path moved closer to each other and brightened the darkness between them.  Lights from north and south moved in as well and joined.  A heartbeat grew louder and louder.

I lifted my head, amazed.  I turned to Tai Tai Inti and Mama Killa.  “You’re bringing them together.  They don’t yet understand the greater reason, but they are being drawn in.”

They nodded in agreement.  I thanked them and returned home.



For more information on the 7th Gate of Authority, where we reclaim our reconnection to the Divine and to our spiritual Self, check out 7th Chakra:  Healing the Spirit.

Friday, June 09, 2017

Full Moon in Sagittarius: Attention is the Coin of the Realms

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Full Moon in Sagittarius: Attention is the Coin of the Realms
Moon opposite Sun @ 8:10am, 6-9-17

The Strong Sun Moon may appear tiny, but it will pack a powerful punch.  It looks smaller in our night sky because it is at apogee (exact at 5:22pm CDT yesterday, June 8th), when the moon is in the farthest point of its orbit from earth.  To the casual moongazer, the size difference may not be as obvious as a supermoon (moon at perigee)…because at apogee, the moon only appears up to about 14% smaller.  Quiet and distant though she may seem, this Full Moon has a big message that may hit close to home for many of us (if it hasn’t already…since the energy leading up to it has been anything but subtle).
Before going into the astrological details, I feel the urge to remind you that you are not alone.  For many of us, we’re experiencing great shifts in our lives this month…and for some, the manifestations of these circumstances can be downright brutal, depressing, or scary (or all of the above, and more).  If you feel this doesn’t apply to your life right now (or you are experiencing huge shifts but in a really positive way)…be there for someone who is going through turbulent transformation.  Help them through it however you shine best in their lives.  These are the very catalysts that can make or break an individual…and we don’t need anymore broken people.  We’ve seen the worst of what that can do.  Whether you are in the thick of something, or willing to help another through it, don’t be afraid of your ability to transform heavy energies.  Every one of us can do it, though it is more difficult to do it when we are in a powerless state.  Protect the planet.  Use your medicine where needed.  Make your intention clear, and allow for miracles to manifest.

Inner Planet Ingresses
Our three inner planets (Mercury, Venus, and Mars) all shifted into new signs this week.  These are known in astrology as the “personal planets”…their cycles and placements within the natal chart having very personal effects upon each individual (as opposed to the outer, transpersonal planets…which often have very global effects in transit and generational effects in natal charts).  On Sunday, Mars moved into Cancer.  On Tuesday, Venus moved into Taurus and Mercury moved into Gemini.
Mars’s ingress into the sign of Cancer shifts the focus of actions and desires into the watery oceans of emotion.  This can feel combative at first, until Mars settles in to this sign of home and family.  Where is the beginning of Cancer in your natal chart?  Mine is in the 3rd house of communication…and I have already had to check myself a couple times this week in response to emotional triggers.  There can be a very protective energy to this Mars in Cancer combination…and threats to the freedom or well being of loved ones, families, children, or the home environment can give rise to the warrior within. Even those of us without these familial influences featuring strongly in our lives will still likely feel a need to lash out in response to emotional attacks from within or without.  However, this is not what Mars in Cancer is all about, but it can incline such behavior.  As Mars moves through this sign until July 20th, we are all confronting our emotions head on…and at every instance, we have to realize ‘what part of this feeling is mine and what part belongs to the other person?’  Don’t allow yourself to be sucked into the lower energies that others may be acting out.  Energy always needs a place to go…and if it's not healthy, don’t give it a home within you when it’s not yours to begin with.  You have your own emotions to work on.  If you feel safe enough to do empath work, you can help the other person raise their frequency so they don’t spread those lower vibrations to others and do any more damage.  If you don’t, or don’t have empathic inclinations, just steer clear and don’t feed into it.  Focus on how you are feeling.  Cancer energy can help us get to the root of emotions, and Mars’s battle here is really one of taking right action in response to those triggers and softening the blows.
Venus was a warrioress herself for most of the Spring in the sign of Aries, but her recent ingress into Taurus has her once again laying down her battle gear and getting back to more pleasurable experiences.  After the battle of the Divine Feminine resurfacing in a world inclined toward patriarchy, Venus shifts our focus to what it is that we truly value and love to do.  What brings us joy and pleasure?  And how can we receive an abundance of those things in healthy ways?  The area of the chart where Taurus begins gives clues to where in your life this Venusian shift is focusing for you.  Venus in the sign of the Gardener says ‘the seeds of the Spring have sprouted and grown, the flowers have blossomed, the fruit of our labors are coming to be enjoyed.  This summer is the time to make what you love be what you do.”
Mercury’s ingress into Gemini is as harmonious a placement as Venus is in Taurus.  The mind delights in the efficient gathering of information, networking with others, and communicating knowledge. Do pay attention to where your mental energy is focused.  The house in your natal chart where Gemini begins can clue you in to what area of your life needs this mental shift most. 

Sagittarius Full Moon and Jupiter Station
Traditionally, in astrology, the sign of Sagittarius is said to be ruled by Jupiter.  In this full moon’s chart, Jupiter is stationed and turns direct shortly after the Full Moon’s exaction…so the potency of Jupiter’s focus on growth, abundance, and luck pools and amplifies the energies at play during this lunation.  A Full Moon in Sagittarius while Jupiter is stationed in Libra is a rare occurrence, so it is interesting that the very same occurrence can be found in Donald Trump’s birth chart (though his birth was just before an eclipse, but he was also born on a Friday in June).  I felt this synchronicity should be brought to light.  I don’t like even mentioning his name because I don’t resonate with much of anything he puts out into our world (I don’t hold any hostility toward those who support him, I just have no natural alignment with his way of life or his actions on the world stage…as if that isn’t already obvious…and what he and I care about is in stark contrast).  But it should be mentioned because it seems this Full Moon is going to be affecting him probably more than anyone else most of us know of…and the whole world will be watching how that’s going to play out.  For those of you reading this, magical thinking is more powerful than wishful thinking…if you want to give energy to necessary change, set clear intentions and connect with others to harmonize the will of the collective.

Strong Sun in the 19th degree of Gemini:  “A large archaic volume”
We, as human beings, carry a vast amount of knowledge and heritage with us.  All of this, together, is the collective mind of the human race…to which this symbol refers.  The Strong Sun in this degree opens this large archaic volume into the light of consciousness during this Full Moon, teaching us from many wisdom traditions that are the foundations beneath any of our cultural or individual mindsets.  This wisdom is of remembering (or, rather, re-membering…putting pieces of ourselves back together as a whole).  Modern day living has a way of scattering us from one direction to the next…many of us just trying to find our center within a sea of distractions.  By now, we have learned that focused intention is a powerful way to manifest what we truly need in our lives.  But there is more to learn.  There is always more to learn.  Taking time to connect with guides and ancestors can bring beneficial answers and highlight the parts of our path that we’re not seeing during this busy month.  At the very least, soaking up some sun in the next few days can bring a download of wisdom into your body too.  Sun is conjunct Ceres (which was exact on Monday, but has been in effect for a couple weeks now), which is the asteroid of the Caretaker, the Nurturing Mother.  So the Sun is also highlighting how we are nurturing others, and in what ways we feel nurtured.  If one expression has been outweighing the other, we will be called to find a balance.

Mini Moon in the 19th degree of Sagittarius:  “Pelicans moving their habitat”
There is a need to find a new way of life…to remove ourselves from what is no longer serving us and, in many cases, threatening our health or survival.  Pelican medicine is focused on flock and family, especially the younger generations.  The collective feeling of this moon is to create some distance (moon is at apogee, after all) between what is toxic in our lives now and what we really need in order to heal.  With Chiron at the zenith (Midheaven) during the Full Moon exaction, our woundedness will receive a spotlight in all of this…guiding us toward our specific healing path.  Saturn is also conjunct the moon, though a few degrees away.  Still, the energy of restriction and difficult lessons is building into a moment of maturation that may manifest a little later in the day.  

Pluto in the 19th degree of Capricorn:  “A small child with a huge shopping bag”
Pluto here is activating an aspect pattern with the luminaries that we might call an ‘Irritation Triangle’.  With a semi-sextile to the Moon, Pluto focuses a sharp wedge of uncomfortable energy toward the Sun through an inconjunct (or quincunx…150 degrees) aspect.  The inconjunct is a little jarring, but is meant to encourage necessary growth.  In this degree of Capricorn, Pluto carries a heavy load of transformative energy.  Where ever the sun is transiting in our natal chart (19 Gemini) is where that pressure will be felt most, and where ever Pluto is in our natal chart (19 Capricorn) is where it is coming from.  This is an energy of accelerated growth…where the child is carrying out responsibilities even before fully developing in effort to help out.  Essentially, you may not feel ready to be of service in the way that you want to…but situations will still arise to prove to you that you are ready to grow quickly into whatever role is calling you.  Don’t hold yourself back because you don’t have degrees and experience…take on the experience as it comes.  Maybe it’s that you’re afraid to do something on your own.  The truth is, you can.  This is not a time to stay comfortably where we’ve always been operating…it’s a time to break out of routine and try something new.  Pluto is conjunct Juno at this time so there may be an obvious focus on relationships as well.  For those that are suffering under the weight of unhealthy relationships, here’s your chance to make a break (it may not be a clean break, things could get messy…but if it’s necessary then Juno is empowering you to do what you need to do).  For others, this may just be an uncomfortable growth period in your relationships.  You might need to make personal changes without waiting on your partner to get on board and change too.  Do it anyway, and allow them their own time to develop at their own pace.  Taking the initiative to make healthy changes in yourself often inspires those close to us to do the same for themselves.  Inspiration is often a better motivator than forceful demands.

Jupiter Stations Direct in the 14th degree of Libra:  “A noon siesta”
 Jupiter, the planet of growth and abundance, has been retrograde since February.  During the Full Moon, Jupiter is stationed (not moving, from our point of view on earth anyway) and will turn to direct (forward) movement less than an hour after the full moon at 9:03am Friday morning.  With all this activity, there is an evident need for a period of relaxation and recuperation…so that we may recharge and allow ourselves to ‘digest’.  So, don’t forget self-care…things like meditation or even napping will do wonders for our bodies and our psyches this month.  We are not meant to sustain constant activity.  We all need a little down time to rest and digest.  Jupiter, as one of the social planets (along with Saturn), reminds us that social structuring cannot be maintained without taking breaks.  Dreamtime during this station (as well as the time leading up to it and following) may present us with messages and answers we need for the growth period that is occurring now. Jupiter stations in harmonious aspects to the opposing luminaries, so if you want to tap into the best of what this full moon has to offer, drop Pluto’s heavy load for a moment and take time to quiet the nervous tension that’s been building.  Pick it up again with a renewed sense of optimism and determination after a much-needed, though probably short-lived, break from activity.

The Uncomfortable Growth of the Inconjunct Aspect
Pluto isn’t the only inconjunct pushing for growth this full moon (though he is the only one directly focused on the full moon energy, so his transformative influence is going to be obvious).  There are two important, and interconnected, aspect patterns occurring at this time that are a combination of inconjunctions and sextiles.  The aspect patterns are called Yods (also known as ‘The Finger of God’).  This is about timing and adjustment…it has the same feeling of uncomfortable growth from the inconjunct aspects, but the sextile presents a more apparent opportunity to take necessary action in that growth.  The pattern looks like an isosceles triangle…and the apex planet at the point across from the sextile is where the ‘finger of God’ is pointing you to make an adjustment. 
One of these yods involves the sextile between Stationary Jupiter in Libra and Vesta in Leo (asteroid of the Priestess of the Sacred Flame), both inconjunct to Neptune in Pisces (which will be stationing retrograde next week).  The other yod involves the sextile between Neptune in Pisces and Juno in Capricorn (mentioned above in conjunction with Pluto), both inconjunct to Vesta in Leo.  It is the square between Jupiter and Juno (husband and wife, King and Queen) right now that’s providing the stressful activation of these yods, but they are pointing us to adjust where Neptune (Pisces 15) and Vesta (Leo 14) are in our natal charts. 
Neptune in Pisces is the Mystic, the Empath, the World Server, the Healer.  Spiritual and helpful as this placement is, in an inconjunct its attributes of being confusing, nebulous, and escapist can be heightened.  However, the yod pointing here is not necessarily a call to develop clarity in the area of life it is transiting, but more to go with the flow of not knowing.  It may be a message to stop trying to control everything and just allow the adjustment to happen in a mystical manner.  Or it may be another call to ask guides or just trust Spirit.  Again, meditation, shamanic journeying, or revelations during dreamtime may be more along the lines of what you need to make some adjustments.
Vesta in Leo is the Fire Priestess, the Heart-Centered Leader, the Divine Child, the Caretaker of the Creative Spark Within.  In many ways, the roles are similar…but the mode of expression is illuminating and fiery with Vesta while Neptune is watery and mysterious.  The inconjunct aspects to Vesta point a focus toward hearth and home, and tending the sacred flame within.  Interestingly, the Roman word for hearth is ‘focus’…and that kind of dedication is what Vesta is known for.  Where Vesta is transiting is where you need to create your sacred space and connect with the shakti energy of the Divine Feminine, or where you can reconnect with your inner child and how much they know about the very thing that makes you feel alive being the thing you should be focused on creating in your life.  The challenge is that it may not be anything close to what you’re actually giving your energy to lately.  Therein lies the need for adjustment to facilitate growth.
Let us not forget the Grand Fire Trine mentioned in my last post about the New Moon.  It’s still in full effect…and the Full Moon axis is nearly making it into a Kite pattern…with the Sun as an anchor to give the harmonious creativity some form.  Yes, there is a lot of uncomfortable energy surrounding us…and yes, there is potential for crisis…but there are also cathartic, creative outlets still there for us to tap into and explore.  



Journeying with the Archetypes
At the end of March, I received the shamanic archetypes of the Munay Ki into my chakras through the Harmony Rite.  At this lunation, I am integrating Quetzalcoatl into my Third Eye Chakra.  Quetzalcoatl is the Guardian of the Middle World and our Consciousness, known as ‘The Feathered Serpent’ because he is a combination of the bird (Quetzal, representing the link to the sky and the Upper World) and the snake (Coatl, representing the link to the earth and the Lower World).  He is known as the Lord of the Dawn, the Day Bringer, and the Morning Star (Venus).  Quetzalcoatl brings harmony and order, organizing our conscious, waking life.  The Feathered Serpent holds the animistic wisdom of our Earth that, when called upon, can bring necessary order to our practical, material world.  In times like these, a little divine organization goes a long way.



Quetzalcoatl the Morning Star

Just before dawn, I woke up and walked outside.  I sang ‘Guided by Venus’ to the Morning Star, and welcomed her on my journey.  My cat, Ani, rubbed against my feet. I bent down and rubbed her head.

“What are you doing out here?”  I asked.  It seemed a valid question, since she’s usually reluctant to go outside.

She answered by leading me to the backyard, through our garden.  It wasn’t quite the same at the break of dawn as I remembered it at other times.  The gentle breeze seemed to make everything dance.  I realized I had rarely ever been in our garden for a summer sunrise, and certainly not for a few years at least.  Am I really that nocturnal?

“Yes, you are.” Ani replied to my thought.  “But the Day Bringer has a message for you today, that’s why you’re here.  I’m here to guide you.”

“This is still dreamtime?” I asked, sitting next to my familiar beside the strawberry patch.  “I thought I was awake.”

“We both are, but our bodies are still sleeping in bed.  I’m still on your legs.  Our souls have sacred work to do.” She jumped down from the edge of the raised bed and looked east with me.  The first strokes of sunrise painted the horizon.

“I love you, Ani.  I’m glad you’re with me.”

Ani rubbed her head against my hand then sat in my lap, purring. “I love you too.”

The sunrise was rapid, almost like time was accelerating.  Then at the first glimpse of the fiery orb over the horizon, a large and radiant phoenix flew from the east toward us.  It landed on a garter snake at the south entrance of the garden and took it gently into its claws, circling low around the perimeter of the garden beds.  Then as the phoenix with the snake began to slowly descend before us, both of them transformed into one of my Spirit Guides, a black-haired woman with changeable wings.  Her wings were white and angelic now.

“You’re Quetzalcoatl?  I’ve always called you Deja Vu.”  I said to her.

“I’m Quetzalcoatl in a form you know.  You can still call me Deja Vu.  It’s an appropriate name for our connection.”

“Ani says you have a message for me.” I stood up as Ani hopped down from my lap.

“Yes.  You share your understanding of ‘as above, so below’…but you must also share your understanding of ‘as within, so without’.  Your tribe will say ‘be the change we wish to see in this world’…but then they will worry about how to change the world and will scatter their focus for something to do outside of themselves to create that change.  Becoming the change is inner work, the outer work follows a flow that starts within.  The outer world reflects back to you the inner changes you make.  This is forgotten or ignored when people worry about the state of the world.  With worry within, the worries manifest and amplify without.”

“Yes, we have to send out harmonious healing by transmuting our consciousness from heavy energy to light energy.”  I agreed.

She winked, “From lead into gold.”

“It’s difficult to piece together the best way to explain that. Do you have any advice on organizing my thoughts into the right words?”

“As you say in your acting classes…’Don’t just tell me, show me.’”  She replied and flew away again toward the sun. 

Ani started walking back to the house, turning her head over her shoulder to say, “Time to return.”



For more information on the 6th Gate of Perception, where we reclaim our spiritual vision and our ability to manifest spirit into matter, check out 6th Chakra:  Healing the Thoughts.

Love and Gratitude,
Felina Lune Kavi