Monday, June 17, 2019

Full Moon in Sagittarius: Aiming Toward Galactic Center




Full Moon in Sagittarius: Aiming Toward Galactic Center
Moon opposite Sun- 6-17-19 @ 3:32am CDT


Many cultures around the world have a similar cosmovision of the black hole at the center of our galaxy, even thousands of years before it was scientifically proven that it exists. To try to sum up many sacred stories into one idea (for brevity), there exists the opening of a portal at Galactic Center where souls go when the physical body dies. Through this portal, they are reborn again into the Land of the Ancestors (much like through a wormhole, out a white hole, and into another dimension).  It is also said that light information, often described in deified form, emanates from this place to communicate with us...teaching us in individual transmissions our own pieces of the vast cosmic wisdom.

My understanding of this cosmic wisdom is that the more we share our own pieces of it with others, the more we integrate and connect our Collective Consciousness to the greater story of the Universe. Having Neptune (Retrograde, in my case) at Galactic Center when I was born is a spiritual inclination that is specific to my generation, an unseen and extrasensory inclination to transmit Cosmic Wisdom through Universal Love.

Others have different cosmic associations with Galactic Center, such as Uranus in the last degrees of Sagittarius for those born several years after me...which connects them to GC through awakenings of the Higher Mind. Many people alive today have connections to this Cosmic Passageway in different expressions, all of them part of the transmission of Universal Knowledge. We don’t all express it astrologically, of course, but our many ways are like the colors that come through a prism when light enters it. Each is an expression of our Spiritual Source through the Prism of our Matter, transformed through the colors of our Soul’s Expression.

This weekend leading into this Strong Sun Moon in Full, my family and I experienced the death and transformation of a beloved family member, my familiar, Ani. We were spiritually tasked with releasing our attachments to the material expression of this beautiful soul, and sending her off with celebratory support even through our sadness. Such is the wisdom of life and death...that they are ever-supportive of each other and engage symbiotically and simultaneously. However, this loss was also on Friday, when Mars at the North Lunar Node was opposite Saturn at the South Lunar Node...all while the transiting nodes are conjunct my own during my Nodal Return. My point in bringing this personal expression to light is to show that it is the intricate timing of multiple factors that produces such a specific expression of this energy as the loss of a loved one. This has been a very soulfully impactful time for me, all aligned with my own cycles...my own path...bringing me to a turning point. I hope for you, what is blossoming from the seeds of this lunar cycle is seen in the light of its most beautiful expression as well.

The collective symbolism of this Full Moon illuminating Galactic Center speaks to the acceptance that death (or any commitment to transformation) is as beautiful as it is necessary. Such acceptance encourages us to embody the earthly role our Soul urges us to take in this life and move onward...trusting that we are in right alignment by following the direction of the Soul. We are always connected, no matter the physical form...so onward never means ‘without’. But it does mean progressing with new expression.

Sun in Gemini 26
Frost covered trees against winter skies”

In this light, we are stripped down to essentials. The more lively expressions of Gemini reach the stillness of frost. Here, the information we carry goes through a crystallization process to clarify the essential truth we are experiencing. The call is to experience the beauty of what is transforming within, even while feeling the harshness of external reality. As we become conscious of the beauty in what is unfolding at this Full Moon time, we allow our essential Self to more fully shine.

Moon in Sagittarius 26
A flag bearer in a battle”

The message of this Moon, infused with both Jupiter’s social amplification and Galactic Center’s universal connection to otherworldly dimensions, is to follow what your Soul is passionate about. This Moon is full of enthusiasm and visionary capacity. The flag bearer carries a collective symbol as well as embodying the symbol, with total faith in the ideal that spurs them onward. Like the frost-covered trees of the opposite symbol, the flag bearer is vulnerable to the elements of battle...without weapons and bare of all but an essential message. And, like the trees as they meet the realities of winter, the flag bearer is dauntless...transcending the fears of mortality and simply embodying the purpose within our action.


This Full Moon phase is spurred by spiritual activation from Neptune slowing to station in Pisces (an hour before Solstice on the 21st) and squaring Jupiter Rx, Moon, and Sun now. Neptune is also in flowing aspects to the nodes, Mercury, Mars, Saturn Rx, and Pluto Rx. This Neptune energy is quite powerful, and has been very influential over this whole lunar cycle. With squares pooling the active energy into Neptunian expression and trines and sextiles creating some harmony and opportunity, this Full Moon illuminates the question of what we truly believe in and how it can contribute to and integrate with the whole of our existence on our beautiful planet Earth.

Love and Gratitude,
Felina Lune Kavi



Sunday, June 02, 2019

New Moon in Gemini: The Boundless Voice


'Free Your Mind' by Catrin Welz-Stein


New Moon in Gemini: The Boundless Voice
Moon conjunct Sun- June 3rd, 2019 @ 4:59am CDT


The New Moon in Gemini this year begins what can be an inspiring adventure. The mind will be active, and we may even feel more social and communicative...but the seed of this adventure is best planted in silence before it starts growing in the strengthening Sun. The key is to really consider what it is you want to communicate this month and how it can inspire growth around you.

The Moon in June engages with the Sun at its most powerful, especially at the Full Moon...so this lunar month is called the Strong Sun Moon in the Northern Hemisphere. Other names for this Moon are Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon, or Oak Moon. This is a Solstice Moon, so if you are in the North it is Midsummer’s Moon (Strong Sun Moon)...while in the South it is Midwinter’s Moon (Long Nights Moon).

As we build up to our Solstice, we are illuminating a turning point in our year. How we engage with others and our environment at this time will greatly impact the experience of the next half of the year. And because this Moon-Sun meeting is in the Mutable Air of Gemini, it is important to be aware of how we are using the medicine of language.

A good reminder from my friend Sonja Richard
(aka Essence Ka tha'ras)


Mercury Out-of-Bounds
(5-27 to 6-17)

Fleet-footed Mercury, Guide of the Gemini Mysteries and Messenger of the Gods, has recently gone ‘out of bounds’ from the ecliptic path in this week before the New Moon. So the ruler of this New Moon in Gemini is sending us all a message that emanates from beyond the boundaries of our dominant culture’s patterns of thought and language. During these times, Mercury most delights in the Trickster archetype...where the opposite of what you expect to be true reveals itself, thus showing you a deeper layer of truth by reflection.

Mercury is currently at his most playful in this out-of-bounds Gemini expression...though there is definitely two sides to this playful nature. One is often guided by curiosity, fascination, and a sense of wonder, while the other side can be like a game of manipulative messaging. Whichever you experience more of has to do with how you choose to interact with your environment.

'Alice Through the Looking Glass'- Artist Unknown
I like to tell stories of the Gemini Mysteries to my daughter with the theme and archetypes of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alice follows her curiosity, which leads her down a rabbit hole into a fascinating (though often confusing) world of wonder. There are many levels for her to choose from in her interaction. And reason only gets her so far before cognitive dissonance takes hold and she’s having a bad trip. She knows the rules...but she’s learning to test the boundaries of them by seeing them flipped on their heads (or, ‘off with their heads’ completely). And that’s where this out-of-bounds Mercury comes into play (currently in Gemini, but soon to be in Cancer for an extended stay and revisit). Mercury is guiding this initiation after all...shape-shifting Puckishly through all the many insightful, delightful, and challenging characters of Wonderland. And now Alice can interact beyond the boundaries of accepted reason and learn something new.

This New Moon, guided by Mercury, has everything to do with how you use your voice. There will be much talking and writing and performing and sharing...but there is also a boundless space for listening in silence. Tap in to the quiet voice within, and gather your wisdom in its essence. By the Full Moon, this wisdom will have the opportunity to fully shine.


New Moon conjunct Magdalena
Gemini 13- ‘a famous pianist giving a concert performance’

'Mary Magdalene with Alabaster Jar'
by Esoterica Zosimoto
At a time when the Feminine Mysteries are being outwardly and harshly skewed by fear, judgment, shame, and blame...the asteroid Magdalena, the “Hidden” Goddess of the Christian culture, infuses this New Moon with Feminine Christ Consciousness. She facilitates this New Moon initiation by inviting us to release our many expressions of Woman from the bonds of fear and judgment...to release any shame or guilt that has denied us freedom...and to love the rising Feminine within all of us, unconditionally.

This is much more difficult for some than others. Magdalena is not well seen in our patriarchal culture, even after being revealed for her true gifts by the church not long ago. She is veiled behind many man-made illusions. Priestesses around the world have been singing her song for a while now...but not everyone can hear it. There is a deafness to the patriarchal culture that cannot understand the Wisdom of Womanity. And many of us have been conditioned to misunderstand this very wisdom, whether in our past or still.

In the quiet darkness of this New Moon, Magdalena takes the stage. She plays the song that only those listening can hear. And she inspires us with her inspired performance. Liberated from our past, we are able to be a source of inspiration for others. When you receive such a divine gift, it raises your vibration. When you interact with others after receiving such a gift is when you have the opportunity to show your work.

Now is the point in this lunar cycle when we listen to the boundlessness of the voice that most resonates with our soul. As Moon waxes to full in the next two weeks, the interactions inspired by this New Moon initiation will allow us to spread our part of the message coming through us.

Love and Gratitude,
Felina Lune Kavi