Mercury and Saturn Meet at Galactic Center: A Planetary Bridge from Earth to The Star Nations

Mercury and Saturn Meet at Galactic Center:
  A Planetary Bridge from Earth to The Star Nations

Mercury conjunct Saturn from 12:47-1:23am CST on 11-28-17

The Galactic Center of our Milky Way galaxy is, in astrological terms, a portal through which we connect to multi-universes.  It is a powerful source of energy, motivation, and aspiration where its activation allows for downloads of important information from “The Star Nations”.  If you can imagine that an activation of the Galactic Center is like opening a channel, or a line of communication exchange, between our solar system to the rest of the Star Nations…you may understand how a double-dose of planetary focus on it provides a direct channel from Mercury (the Messenger) and Saturn (the Teacher) to our planet.  Saturn has been moving forward and backward through the Galactic Center degree all year.  Now, met with Mercury, Saturn’s final Sagittarius lessons (until about 30 years from now) are communicated before moving into Capricorn next month.  

In my observations, there is an accelerated influx of energetic downloads to those of us living on Earth this year and each of us has access to our own piece of that wisdom coming through.  So our experiences of this galactic wisdom can both be very different from each other’s and creates links in the greater message we’re receiving when we connect with each other on the soul level.  Even in the confusion cast by the illusion of separation we’ve been facing this year…there is a greater story happening of our coming together as a species and accessing the larger story of conscious existence by each heart-and-soul connection we make.

The message will come in three parts.  The first passage, which will be strongest with Saturn’s influence, begins at 12:47am CST on November 28^th…though the energy will be waxing and waning before and after that time.  The second passage (December 7^th) is when Mercury retrogrades back to this degree, and we review it…possibly picking up some of the pieces we missed the first time.  The third and final pass (January 9^th) is when Mercury is Direct and returns to this degree…at which point, we integrate and apply the wisdom we learned. 

A lot of the problems that people tend to blame on Mercury when it is Retrograde arise when they were too busy during the retrograde shadow period to be conscious of the messages all around them.  The shadow of this Mercury Retrograde already began on November 14^th…and lasts until Mercury stations on December 3^rd.  So we are in that shadow period now.  Pay attention to the messages you are receiving now as Mercury builds to its conjunction with Saturn throughout the weekend and especially through Monday, the 27^th.   

The Galactic Portal Degree, Sagittarius 28

The Sabian Symbol for this degree is ‘an old bridge over a beautiful stream is still in constant use’.  Mercury being the Messenger planet often acts as a bridge between worlds.  Saturn rules structures that are enduring and time-honored.  The Galactic Center provides the stream of consciousness from multi-universes.  If we stand upon Saturn’s structure and connect our conscious minds (Mercury) to the flow of the stream passing through, we may be able to better discern what is useful in our Earthly reality and what needs to be scrapped.  With this Sagittarian energy, much of this may center upon our ideas and beliefs.  We will need to ask ourselves, ‘which societal structures will provide sustainable links between human ingenuity and our collective needs?’

When we think of traditions, we often think of the past.  But new traditions are starting in this present time…traditions that will hold over time and be honored with use for generations to come.  If we think of ourselves, now, as the ancestors our next generations will be calling upon…what gifts do we each currently have that we can give to humanity now?  May we all work together to build a solid bridge, with the idea in mind that our future relatives will one day use it on their Earth Walk. 

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi

New Moon in Scorpio: From the Ashes

New Moon in Scorpio: From the Ashes

Moon conjunct Sun @ 5:42am CST, 11-18-17

The energy of Scorpio is at a peak now as we begin this ‘Long Nights’ Moon phase.  Not only do we have our luminaries focused here, but Jupiter and Venus are still conjunct in Scorpio and the asteroids of Vesta and Psyche moved into Scorpio together this week as well.  Three conjunctions pool a lot of power into this water sign.  Scorpio is a mysterious, shape-shifting sign (after all, the Scorpion is not the only totem related with Scorpio energy…there is also Spider, Lizard, Serpent, Wolf, Eagle, and Phoenix).  Scorpio also has two ruling planets:  Mars and Pluto…two heavy-hitters who are currently in a harsh square with each other and pushing for necessary action and change.  The energy of Scorpio can be transformative, intense, magnetic, tantric, and passionate…sometimes even obsessive, dramatic, and destructive.  It all depends on the mood and the motive…both of which are often heavily guarded secrets in this energy. 

With an emphasis on the water element, reinforced by flowing trines to Neptune and Chiron in Pisces, there is an undercurrent of empathy and intuition at this time.  There is also a deep dive into the emotional realm, which we may have grown accustomed to this past month…though it may be a bit more forceful this time.  Whatever may still be lurking in the depths even after all we’ve been through lately…it may become the underlying theme of this next lunar month. If you’ve been holding something back, brace yourself for the storm.  If you’ve been riding the waves for a while, letting the truth flow with each push and pull, now is the time you can find the larger truth that brings you ashore for some reflection after catharsis. 

The intent of all these elemental lessons of the Water Mysteries we’re experiencing this Autumn is to purify and allow healing.  Loss is often an integral part of this season’s transition into Winter…but the Wheel of the Year keeps turning.  The abundance we gathered at the Harvest will carry us through the Long Nights, and the choices we make for this New Moon will set the tone for the New Beginnings to come.  Set your intentions now…and as the Long Nights Moon waxes to full, trust that they will come to fruition with your dedication and care.  Transformation takes time, so don’t expect everything you wish for to be realized in one month.  But if you’re setting intentions now, mark your calendar for the Full Scorpio Moon at the end of April next year…because that is when these intentions will really start to blossom. 

On a global scale…can you feel the pulse of what’s happening?  This may be the year we look back on as a global society and see how every disguise at the Masquerade of the Patriarchy really began being stripped away in one way or another.  Sometimes by surprise, sometimes by volition.  But always as another piece in the puzzle to reveal the larger truth behind societal dysfunction.  Just as one of many examples…the #MeToo movement came in like a tidal wave and ushered in a dose of the same medicine for celebrities and politicians as well.  The point I’m getting at is that, unless you had no secrets left to reveal this year, there was bound to be some sort of purging that had to happen.  Our humanity is in a deep healing process right now.  For some, it can be very painful.  For others, scary.  For most of us, transformative.  May the changes we are going through bring our best possible outcome.

On a personal note...this year has been one of intense consolidation of all I’ve been learning.  So many big personal transits amongst (or, often, coinciding with) the already dynamic transits we’re all experiencing together.  This New Moon is even transiting my own natal Moon in Scorpio.  When a monthly lunar return lines up with a New Moon, the month ahead can be a very powerful initiation.  At this point, I am ready for whatever may come.  I am actively co-creating with the energy this year and have deepened my ability to trust the Universe…even when the results are unexpected.

Scorpio 27:  Drumming Up Emotions

The Sabian Symbol for the 27^th degree of Scorpio is “A military band on the march”.  As my natal moon’s degree, it reveals pieces of my soul’s past, my childhood, my emotional needs and comforts, as well as my habits.  Scorpio gives a theme of pushing the boundaries to reveal the deeper truths of life, while this particular degree of Scorpio keeps it in tight formation both for purposes of entertainment and uplifting effect on others as well as for respectfully accompanying the challenges of life and death.  There is a need for precision here which can lead to perfectionism (in my life, I have learned that crossing the fine line into perfectionism often leads to procrastination).  It is beneficial to be precise, but perfect isn’t even the true goal of practice.  ‘Practice makes progress’ should be the phrase we teach our children. 

I didn’t grow up with an overwhelming feeling of needing to be perfect for my parents.  I often felt far from perfect, really.  But there was this need to ‘fall in line’ with the norm of our family dynamics…even though I was clearly an Edgewalker from the beginning.  Achievement and putting our best foot forward was part of the parental moral code passed down to my brothers and me.  I could excel in my school studies and my grades, so that was where I put most of my focus as a young woman…even as I pushed the boundaries in other areas (much to my parents’ chagrin).  But giving up without really trying was occasionally grounds for getting grounded.  I did a month in the ‘Pink Clink’ (grounded to my room) for quitting Volleyball as a preteen.  The pastel pink walls of my bedroom that seemed to make a mockery of my supposed weaknesses were initially a gift from my parents after we moved to our home when I was 8 years old.  It was my favorite color then, by far.  But after living with it for years, the color soon took on a garish feel that accelerated my push away from childhood and into the complex colors of womanhood.  Purple has been the signature color of my womanhood ever since…likely, in part, because of all of the ‘blues’ I poured out into pages of poetry within that pink bedroom.

There I go, off on a bit of a reminiscent tangent…only to pull myself back ‘in step’ with the rhythm I meant to follow.  Back to the military marching band image.  As a unit, they can stir up unity and powerful emotions in a crowd…even a feeling of being part of something bigger than us all, empowering us to keep marching forward in our own lives and take on whatever comes.  And yet, within that band are many individuals all with their own paths to take…called to march to the beat of their own drum when the need arises.  This New Moon degree is both a consolidation of many unique gifts into one concerted effort as well as a reminder of our own individual participation within the whole. 

This is where ‘putting on a show’ is no longer about masquerading as something you’re not.  It’s about, as I teach my theatre students, working together with people of many different backgrounds, experiences, and talents to co-create a performance that is purposeful, meaningful, and moves people.  Acting is about DOING and BEING, after all.  And to practice the dramatic arts is to refine your ability to DO and BE anything. Theatre Geek that I am (I learned in 5^th grade that I wasn’t really cut out to be in the Band), I have to apply this symbol to the styles of performance that I know. Of course, the same responsibility of every band member working as a whole with their group achieves a similar outcome. 

One of the heavier implications of this energy has to do with pride.  Making others proud, being proud of yourself…those aren’t always bad things, it can be motivating to do your best.  However, fear of failure can creep in and cause a lot of unnecessary stress.  This energy can have you questioning if you ‘measure up’.  Negative thoughts like ‘I’m not good enough’ tend to cloud over self-motivators like ‘I’m doing my best’.  Those thoughts can then spiral into the weighty feelings of being responsible for ruining things for everyone else too if you make a mistake.  How you handle being under pressure may be tested at this New Moon. 

On a larger scale, this symbol evokes feelings of national pride as well.  However, such feelings are tenuous and strained right now.  Harkening back to the theme of ‘outward displays’ at the last Full Moon, we may see a lot of fanfare, pageantry, razzle-dazzle, and people tooting their own horn in an effort to keep up the mask that everything is under control…that we’re the best country in the world…and that ‘Make America Great Again’ is an actual goal and not just propaganda.  Of course, in our current state of warranted distrust of people in power, the marching band may sound a lot more like a noisy distraction (to many of us, it’s sounded like that for a while now).  The ‘musicians’ may not have their heart in it…and following orders may come across as robotic instead of inspiring.  However, in this cosmic climate of Scorpio…truths are meant to be revealed.  When you spot a distraction, look for what’s being covered up.  In this call-out culture, more and more of us are waking up to what’s real.

One of the things that may be forced even more into the light will be our addictions…both individual and collective…as Neptune is about to station direct.  What are we using to numb the pain of living?  Addictions are not always about drugs and alcohol…our own president is so obviously addicted to receiving attention that he doesn’t seem to mind whether it’s negative or positive attention he gets.  Many are addicted to material possessions, love, work, money, fame, electronics, drama, pain, memories of the past, etc.  Oil addiction will certainly be in the spotlight…since Neptune rules both oil and addiction.  Just yesterday, it was revealed that the Keystone Pipeline leaked 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota (not their first leak, but a major one).  This, just days before officials in my own state of Nebraska will announce whether the Keystone XL pipeline will move forward.  We’re all hoping this will cement the decision as an ‘absolutely not’…but we shall see what the New Moon brings.

Keep in mind that there will be triumphs to be sincerely celebrated…if not where you hoped they would be, then somewhere else.  Something will arise to make us proud of the work we put in with others.  Something will fall in line even while so many things are revealed to be ‘out of line’ with humanity.  Follow THAT drum beat, the one aligned with your heartbeat and the heartbeat of Mother Earth, and march on.

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi

The Jupiter Return: A Path to Prosperity

The Jupiter Return:  A Path to Prosperity

This is my 3^rd Jupiter Return, as it takes Jupiter approximately 12 years to return to the same degree of the zodiac as it was when one was born.  Jupiter is the first of two ‘social planets’…positioned between the ‘personal planets’ and ‘generational planets’.  The Social Planets show us our specialty in our societal groups and teach us how to hone our interests into skill sets for the purpose of interacting with our community.  When we go through our Jupiter Returns, we are expanding our horizons and following our bliss.  It is a very lucky influence…and often inclines experiences of being in the right place at the right time with the right people.  People enter your life or come into prominence in your life experience at this time that act as angels or blessings.  In my experience of my 2^nd Jupiter Return I became pregnant with my firstborn, Alyrica Rayven. Soon after, I moved back to Omaha (where I now live) and became re-acquainted with an old friend who is now my husband, Michael.  Both have been significant blessings in my life since. 

Jupiter’s call leads you to your unique version of prosperity in this life.  The position of Jupiter at your birth can show you your most expansive path toward soul growth and enlightenment.  Whether Jupiter is direct or retrograde shows you if the quest is more of an outward or inward exploration.  The house position shows you in what area of life Jupiter’s lessons will focus.  The aspects Jupiter was making when you were born show other energies at play on your enlightenment path. The sign shows you the type of quest you are to undertake as you explore these lessons.  And the specific degree Jupiter was in when you were born gives clues to the experiences and skills that you will explore and expand upon on this quest. 

I was born when Jupiter was Retrograde in the 8^th degree of Scorpio, which resides in my 6^th House of Health and Daily Service.  Jupiter was in harmonious aspects with Venus (my guiding planet) and the asteroids of Juno and Psyche when I was born…and also in a dynamic square with Vesta.  The Sabian Symbol for this degree is ‘a calm lake bathed in moonlight’.  With the retrograde influence, mine is an inward quest for prosperity.  With the watery imagery of the lake, the connection with the moon, as well as the depths of the water sign of Scorpio, this is a quest through my inner feelings and emotions.  There is great depth in this realm of my personality, though (on the surface) I am often calm, peaceful, and still enough to reflect higher inspiration from what illuminates my feeling nature…or, at least, this is how I’ve learned to hone those skills so far.  I was not always able to achieve such emotional calm.  It was, and continues to be, a significant part of my growth in this life.  But greater understanding of my own feeling nature has brought me the skill set that has enabled me to pursue my sacred work, which has brought prosperity into my life and also the lives of those I serve.  Jupiter’s influence in my life is explored through healing work (6^th House) related to spiritual love and service in relationships for friends and community (Jupiter trine 11^th House Venus in Pisces), commitment and responsibilities in marriage as well as female empowerment lessons (Jupiter sextile 9^th House Juno in Capricorn), creative focus through mind and soul alignment (Jupiter sextile 5^th House Psyche in Virgo), and dynamic changes in my sacred work as a Priestess of Gaia (Jupiter square 10^th House Vesta in Aquarius).  All of these explorations have deepened this year for me, and my path ahead is clearer than ever now.

In this 3^rd Jupiter Return, the call of Venus’s influence in my life is palpable.  Right now, Venus in Scorpio is closing in on a conjunction with Jupiter (exact at 2:05am CST on November 13^th) where they meet at this 8^th degree of Scorpio.  Venusian Healing has been an integral part of my enlightenment path, especially since my 2^nd Venus Return…and this year really feels like I’m activating her medicine in a greater way.  Jupiter Returns oftentimes coincide with taking workshops and classes to improve your skills and expand upon your interests (which I have been doing all year).  This year I have deepened my shamanic practice by becoming a Mesa Carrier and exploring my soul lineage through the teachings of the Q’ero people of the Peruvian Andes, harnessed the power of my inner shakti through tantric dance, dedicated myself to celebrate more with ceremony and learn from elders at each full moon, and have been learning more about sound healing through ParaTan mantra practice.  The Jupiter Return is a time to immerse yourself in your passions and expand your skill set to open you up to new opportunities to shine.  You find yourself becoming more visible within your community and feeling lucky to be alive at this place and time, no matter the struggles that growth may bring.  Though it has not been my experience this time, travel is often associated with this time as well as a way to expand your horizons and experience. 

Just today, I arrived at ParaTan to learn and practice the Kali Mantra…and something quite extraordinary (and personal) happened with each of us together.  We went overtime because a deep sharing between us happened…leaving us wide open and grateful to be in the presence of each other at that time.  These sacred sharings amongst people in my community have been happening at nearly every gathering, class, or workshop I’ve been attending this year…things that are not planned, just spontaneous sharings that end up being the exact thing that one or more of us needed to hear to shift something inside of us and liberate our life force energy.  In this Scorpio energy, such sharings are truly moving and deeply cathartic.

What Jupiter has taught me thus far is that prosperity is a seed that grows from inside each of us…one which we must appreciate, cultivate, and care for with all we learn and experience in life.  Only then can it fully blossom in our awareness and branch out into our lives externally.  Gratitude for the blessings you were born with and the blessings that follow is the stuff that feeds that healthy growth from deep in our own soil.  Love is the water that nourishes that growth.  And trust is the light that encourages that prosperity to grow upwards and outwards, generously giving and receiving in balance with the world around us. 

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi

Full Moon in Taurus: Potentials, Aspirations, and Appearances in a ‘Have or Have Not’ World

Full Moon in Taurus:  Potentials, Aspirations, and Appearances in a ‘Have or Have Not’ World

Moon opposite Sun @ 12:21am CDT, 11-4-17

Welcome to the Mourning Moon in her full display! This is the “time which is no time” between Samhain (the Witches’ New Year) and Yule (the Winter Solstice, which begins the 12 days of Yule that lead us into the New Year of 2018).  In this darkest transition of the Wheel of the Year, celebrations of the New Year are suspended until daylight begins increasing again.  In this suspended time, we witness the many deaths and transformations in our environment and we turn inward as well.  Dreary as it sounds (and often looks and feels to us northerners under blankets of snow), this ‘between time’ holds great potential for otherworldly, metaphysical experiences.  The veils between worlds thin at Samhain (Sundown of October 31^st) and that window into heightened perception stays open for a couple of months.  This is the first full moon of “no time”, and is just as dynamic as when it was new on October 19^th.  This year’s Mourning Moon is an active time of cosmic interplay where we are drawn to the dynamics of group experience…all the while being pulled into inward reflection by the very nature of the season.  Two strong oppositions are leading the ebb and flow of these energies, calling for balance:  the usual Sun-Moon opposition of the Full Moon and the unusual Venus-Uranus opposition at the same time.

The Full Moon Opposition-  Appealing to the Public Eye

In this set of Sabian Symbols, we see some distinct themes:  display, aspiration, potential, appearance, measuring-up, leveling-up, refinement, and even feeling out of your league.  Social ‘prestige’ (a word that literally means ‘trick’ or ‘illusion’) is tempting the ego at this time.  Neptune, who often acts as the Planetary Prestidigitator, makes harmonious aspects to the luminaries at this Full Moon, and so is included as a key to both balancing the opposition and lifting the veil on what we thought we believed to be true. Ceres, asteroid of the Nurturer, is in a harsh square with the luminaries and an inconjunct to Neptune...possibly throwing a bit of a wet blanket on our desire to escape into a more enchanted life.

Moon in Taurus 12- A Couple Window-Shopping

Hopes and dreams for the future are featured at this time.  Our culture and its advertising narratives of life becoming easier, or better, or more beautiful if we have this or that may be an undercurrent.  Be careful not to slip into materialism, or retail therapy, as a means to satisfy your craving for a better life.  At the heart of this symbol is a couple on a quest for shared experiences and happiness.  After all, there are other windows opening up at this time to peer through and connect with what you might be looking for. Notice, too, that while looking into someone else’s window display that you find appealing…a slight change of perspective reflects your own image back at you.  In that mirrored reflection, do you see what you lack?  Or can you see all the unique gifts that you have already? Underneath all the adornments and trappings of how we appear for others, what is your authentic expression?

Sun in Scorpio 12- An Official Embassy Ball

Here there may be the desire to be socially accepted, to mix and mingle with the right crowd that can get you where you want to be in life, to be able to make connections with people from all around the world who are influential, and to be influential yourself.  Sometimes there is a Cinderella feeling apparent in this symbol…where you are always taking care of others and their messes, not fit for or welcome to ‘the ball’, wondering why love and fortune has escaped you, wishing you had a fairy godmother to get your glass-slippered foot in the door of a new life.  The truth is, everyone at the ball is hiding behind one mask/disguise or another.  The Scorpio Sun here also heightens the perceptive ability to look into others and see if they are being their authentic self or just putting on a show for others…and this ability comes from being keenly aware of when you are doing the same.  Essentially, we all want to be influential in some way.  This doesn’t have to look like the image, of course…hob-nobbing with the elite. (Etymology Nerd Side Note:  The term ‘hob-nob’ comes from ‘have or have not’). But right now, many of us are focusing on how powerless we feel to positively influence the world around us or to make better changes in our own life that make us feel empowered.  It can seem like all the important decisions that affect our lives are made by people who don’t live the same hardships…which is often true.  Both symbols have that underlying storyline of desiring more, or desiring a better life.  But it is also a reminder to embrace and appreciate your authenticity in a social climate full of distractions from what is real.  Remember that you, too, have unique gifts to offer.

Neptune in Pisces 12- An Examination of Initiates

In harmonious aspect to the Sun and Moon is Neptune, the planet of Group Mystification.  Neptune’s lessons are often the kind that are shrouded behind some kind of veil, only to be revealed in stages of discovery after periods of being ‘in the dark’.  Initially confusing and disorienting, Neptune’s tests are meant to take us beyond what we know and into uncharted waters…it’s a process of gaining clarity in an unclear world.  It is those initiations into the Mysteries, where our lives must be examined to reach new levels of access and participation.  The larger description of this symbol is ‘in the sanctuary of an occult brotherhood, newly initiated members are being examined and their character tested’.  Neptune, who is usually about dissolving boundaries and not so much enforcing them, acts as the Grand Master here who upholds the laws, rules, and hierarchical order as the members vow secrecy and carry out the examinations of initiates.  So it is each of our own characters that are being tested now.  And in any situation where we find ourselves being tested, scrutinized, or judged…the best option is always to try to perform at our best.  Neptune’s lesson here is ‘prove yourself’…which will help to balance the opposing ‘have and have not’ forces of this Full Moon.

Ceres in Leo 13- A Retired Sea Captain Rocking Himself on the Porch of His Cottage

In harsh aspect to all of these energies is Ceres, the asteroid of the Caregiver.  She’s been through Neptune’s stormy seas…enduring the tests of character in our youth that make us judge ourselves or be judged by others…and even being a commanding presence in adulthood who others may see as someone influential in escaping into a world of uncharted possibilities.  Tired of all that striving now…she’d much rather relax in her rocker than get back in the fray.  There is a sense of quiet, contemplative contentment here that doesn’t quite rock in unison with the dynamic waves rocking our boat.  But relaxed as the image is, Ceres’s focus here and the dynamic aspects she provides will make this ‘need to simplify and keep calm’ a pressing issue.  Ceres shows what nurtures us…and the one thing that is certain in this Neptune-influenced Full Moon is that we all need a dedicated focus on self-care.

The Venus-Uranus Opposition- Abundant Inner Potential

In this set of Sabian Symbols, the themes are more inwardly focused.  There is still the energy of aspiring to be better...but it's more about better using what we already have.  Saturn adds some playful 'workhorse' energy with harmonious aspects to this opposition.  However, Chiron's square to Saturn and inconjunct to Venus-Vesta means we won't be able to ignore some spiritual 'heavy lifting'.

Venus in Libra 26- An Eagle and a Large White Dove Turning One into the Other

This is the degree Pluto was in when I was born…which is part of my own soul story of why phoenix-like transformations are so important to me.  Venus here, though, suggests that it is important to be firm yet kind in our interactions with others.  The Eagle represents a sure mind and a strong will while the Dove represents purity of heart and a reflection of peace.  The ability to integrate these two guiding energies within is being called for at this time.  You can look at it as the balance of yang and yin, a balance between left brain and right brain, a balance between mind and heart, or a balance between strong and soft.  However you see it, this is about using both as one for the best possible outcome.  So the polarities between the oppositions at this Full Moon are best activated by their similarities rather than their contrasts.  Vesta is also conjunct Venus right now, which provides an element of spiritual dedication and focus to this Venusian Alchemy. 

Uranus in Aries 26- A Person Possessed of More Gifts Than They Can Hold

While Venus highlights one of those gifts we can cultivate for our relationships, Uranus (the planet of Group Awakening) is presenting us with all of the abundance we possess at once, as individuals.  Such is the nature of the Aries-Libra axis…we can’t just focus on our relationships with others without also giving focus to our relationship with ourselves.  This is a frenzied energy, which makes us want to do it all…not wasting any of our gifts.  A better way to activate this energy is to align our heart and mind (the dove and the eagle) to focus on one thing at a time…otherwise we accomplish little and wear ourselves out in the process.  With many choices before us, where is the directional flow of your soul leading you?

Saturn in Sagittarius 25- A Chubby Boy on a Hobbyhorse

In harmonious aspects with Venus and Uranus is Saturn, the planet of Societal Structures and Rules.  In this symbol, the young boy is engaging in imaginative play…though it suggests a ‘practice makes perfect’ element.  What starts as a hobby we do for fun may well be the vehicle which brings us to a certain mastery later in life.  Since this combination of planets is highlighting our inner talents, this may be the time to really commit to one that we’ve always enjoyed but never really buckled down upon.  Hopefully, for those using this month to put your nose to the grindstone on writing that novel for National Novel Writing Month, you can tap into this energy and really develop something concrete from what it is you love to do.  Whatever your passion, Saturn is giving us a creative opportunity now to do the work it takes to manifest.

Chiron in Pisces 25- The Purging of the Priesthood

In harsh aspects to both Saturn and Venus, though, is Chiron (the Wounded Healer).  There must be a purification process in order to re-establish a successful transformation.  What’s been exacerbating the wounds we’ve been needing to heal?  This symbol is about overcoming corrupting influences and, with Chiron’s influence, getting back on the healing path.  It may be that the deceptions that Neptune is highlighting at this full moon are holding us back from really being able to activate our own gifts.  You may be afraid you’ll be opening Pandora’s Box if you finally address the root of the problem, but it is necessary to clean this wound thoroughly before the infection spreads further.  Whatever crisis you are dealing with personally, consider that it may actually bring a necessary element of catharsis.

It seems that while one set of energies may be making us feel a bit weary of the outer shows of our culture and how we fit into it, the other set of energies is inclining us toward all that lies within…our wounds and our gifts.  However you may celebrate this weekend, or not, I wish you well on making the best of these dynamic energies.

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi