Full Buck Moon: Sun in Cancer, Moon in Capricorn 14-15 July 2011

A baby buck in my yard

In the funny movie Bridesmaids (which I saw twice for the giggle factor) they revive the Wilson-Phillips song “Hold on for One More Day”. That’s pretty much how I feel these days. The tsunami of profound paradigm shift and physical manifestation is happening. The water has receded from the harbor. The shift is occurring and the water is getting ready to rush right in. But it is not here quite yet. Not just yet. Not quite. Hold on for one more day.

The eclipses brought huge rains to my neck of the woods, unprecedented for this high desert area. Mushrooms are fighting it out with weeds for space in the lawn. The creek path that I walk my dogs along is closed and flooded. Boulder looks like Seattle, except for the boats. And there is not one single thing for me to do but SURRENDER! I mean really, the weather is the one thing we all agree we cannot fight.

Fairy ring of mushrooms

The FULL MOON in Capricorn (Sun in Cancer) falls on the 14th and 15th of July. Think of this full moon lunation as the beginning of the manifestation of the shifts set in motion by the 3 eclipses just past. What did you set in motion? What parts can be let go of, released, to better facilitate your journey, lighten your load while enlightening the road you’re on right here, right now.

Yesterday I watched a couple, obviously traveling in their car, removing every single thing in that car, placing those things in the parking lot. Then they looked through everything, tossing some things, rearranging some other things, and repacking the car. This is EXACTLY what we are all doing on some level in our own lives: looking at what we’ve got, tossing some things, reorganizing and rearranging, and repacking for the next leg of the journey.

The teddy bear will DEFINITELY be making the trip!

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The Full Moon Cancer-Capricorn axis asks you to address issues of security.

From where do you get your feelings of safety and security? Do you depend on external situations, places, and people to determine how secure you feel in the world, in your skin? Have you made the shift -or maybe you’ve always been there- to finding security inside, through the direct connection with divine source energy?

Divine source energy never goes away, ever. You may disconnect from the Source but Source is always there, available for connection with you. Sometimes it becomes a moment-to-moment process of reconnecting, reconnecting, and then reconnecting again. You have to keep practicing until the connection becomes the norm and the disconnection is the exception!

Take some moments this FULL MOON to review the status of your sense of security. When you are willing to let go of  that which  does not support you feeling good and being in the joy of the moment?  Tall order, I know. But more and more, I see this is the only sane choice.

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A super powerful opportunity for consciousness shift occurs this Friday, July 1st as we have the third of three eclipses occurring: the New Moon Solar eclipse in Cancer. This New Moon Solar eclipse is part of a loose GRAND SQUARE in cardinal signs. Sun and Moon at 9 degrees Cancer. Pluto opposing at 6 degrees Capricorn. Uranus squaring at 4 degrees Aries. Saturn squaring at 10 degrees Libra.

During these shifts on the planet it is imperative that you do not focus on what’s happening on the planet that you have no control over and focus ENTIRELY on the best case scenario/turnout for yourself personally and the Earth globally.

The shifts are already occurring (clearly) and you are needed as part of the evolution in consciousness to make the transition
of the Earth’s ascension.The more you dwell in doom and gloom the less access you have to your creativity. You NEED your creativity to actively re-program your brain (your brain is the computer, your mind is the programmer) to the next level of evolving consciousness. In other words… if you are not pleased, thrilled, and delighted with your present reality YOU need to reprogram and re-align yourself with what you DO want your life to look like.

Believe it or not, your life looks the way it does because of your programming. Change the programming and you change your life. Be AWARE of what thoughts and images you are feeding your brain. Upgrade your thoughts to thoughts that feel deliciously GOOD to you and you upgrade the programming and hence your experience.

Try it, practice it, and notice FOR YOURSELF, the power of doing your own internal work.
Whatever you feed your brain it will use.
Feed it fear and lack and general crap and that is what you will experience.
Feed it joy, delight, possibility,and hope for the future and that is what  you will experience.
Don’t take my word for it. Try it yourself!

Ms. Moon conjoins Pluto and squares Uranus. Break down. Re-build. Break down. Re-build. That’s the dance of Pluto square Uranus, which we will be experiencing 7 times through 2015. I know, I know. What a TIME on Planet Earth! Where Pluto in early degrees of Capricorn and Uranus in early degrees of Aries move in your chart will show you the arenas of your life where this is playing out-which you should already know by just living it! Astrology does not make things happen. Astrology validates what is.

Mercury moves into emotional Cancer (where it will be until July 2nd) so don’t be surprised if your thoughts feel dominated by feelings. Remember that feelings are like clouds, always moving and changing, so don’t make any life-altering decisions based on your emotional state of mind.

Mercury in Cancer softens conversation with nurturing and caring. Before bedtime Mercury trining Neptune brings you into a forgiving, faith-infused state of mind

This is the 2nd of 3 eclipses in a row. There was a New Moon Solar eclipse on June 1st, this is a Full Moon Lunar eclipse, followed by another New Moon Solar eclipse on July 1st. A series of eclipses herald a time of shifts and re-orientations as we reboot and realign with truths revealed and consciousness shifting.

Evidence of the shifts will unfold over the coming months.

During a lunar eclipse the Moon crosses the shadow the Earth casts as the Earth moves between the Moon and the Sun. An excellent and powerful time to allow buried emotions and memories to surface, revealing the motivators and obstacles to your forward movement and personal evolution. It’s like a super duper deep refrigerator cleaning. There’s stuff in there whose time of service is up. Throw it out. Get rid of it. Clean the shelves to leave a fresh and renewed storage area. The psyche is similar to a packed refrigerator. There’s all kinds of crap in there, much of which is not needed at all anymore ( and maybe never was).

Full Moons are times of RELEASE and no more powerful Full Moon than a lunar eclipse. Take advantage of this portal of trash removal. It’s like your town just gave notice that it will pick up FOR FREE everything you no longer want or need in your abode. Get it out on the street because, I promise you, once it’s gone, you will never give it another thought.

Speaking of THOUGHTS – this FULL Moon eclipse on the Gemini-Sagittarius axis is all about THOUGHTS and the power of the mind.

Gemini collects data, information, conversation and runs it through the curious, versatile, mercurial mind. It’s a lot of busyness and not always a whole lot of substance.  Sagittarius is on the endless quest for TRUTH. We know that journey never ends but it’s an interesting journey, at the very least. Sagittarius takes the accumulated data and fashions a a world view from that. Be aware from where you collect your data because that will directly impact your world view. Chew on that

Consider this: If you are assembling data from the emotional realm and the unconscious drives of your psyche with no awareness of the source then you are creating a skewed world view that just might not be working in your favor. Use this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse to release psychic debris from your consciousness so your world view and big picture philosophy is more aligned with a clearer, more true perception of YOU.

Now go and have fun with that!

Emotional days as we lead up to the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on the Gemini-Sagittarius axis.
Where that axis falls in your own chart  is where you will see the emotional clearing out be most significant.

As I was driving away from chatting with a friend about her and her husband’s imminent adoption of an 8-year old boy from Ethiopia  I heard Terry Gross on NPR interviewing the creators of Toy Story 3. They played the part where the toys are freaking out because they know things are changing and they fear for their destiny. Andy is going off to college and where will the toys end up? Abandonment, fear, panic, free-floating anxiety, and having to completely surrender to some unknown outcome. It’s part of life, and personally, I think the hardest part. Especially the surrender part. Surrender and trust.

I am thinking of that little boy and his unknown destiny. I just finished reading Abraham Verghese’s heartbreakingly beautiful novel Cutting for Stone, which takes place mostly in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia. I feel like I have been crying for weeks.

The NPR interview had me bawling so hard I had to pull over.

How can we ever truly be abandoned if we are all divine sparks of the universe? And if that is true, how come we feel abandoned so easily?  All these issues are up with this powerful Full Moon Lunar eclipse on June 15th. A potent time to bring deep memories and buried feelings to the light to be released.

Keep your hankies ready. You’ll be needing them this week.
And when the crying stills watch something FUNNY (that’s even more important than crying)
Watch this: http://www.break.com/index/ultimate-dog-tease-2053833

Venus enters butterfly-in-the-garden Gemini. Little delights – a passing flirtation, some snappy repartee, fulfills the Venus in Gemini’s desire for versatility and clever conversation.

Ms. Moon enters harmony-loving Libra. Conversations and exchanges take on an air of grace and mutual receptivity. Libra also encourages you to see all sides of a story. This skill comes in handy as you delve into the mysterious realm of the psyche where you might uncover parts of the story you didn’t even know were there!

You awaken on Monday with an excessive amount of optimism as Jupiter semi-squares the Sun. OK, now what is too much optimism? Too much optimism is like thinking you will not gain an ounce by consuming an entire chocolate mousse cake just because you desire it. Jupiter, now fully ensconced in Taurus, will be tempting you with all kinds of delicious treats for your sensual enjoyment. It’s suggested that you stay optimistic and realistic, all at the same time.  A pretty enthusiastic day all around with
Ms. Moon in dramatic, big-hearted Leo.  By bedtime a creative quintile between the Sun and inventive Uranus can open up all kinds of creative problem-solving for problems that just seem dang hard to resolve. Don’t forget to ask the questions that need to be asked.

I can’t think of any combination more dangerous for the bulging waistline than Jupiter in Taurus. I had a few people over for dinner the eve as Jupiter entered Taurus and someone brought over the cake that I would request on death row as the very last thing I would like to taste as I left the planet. It used to be eggplant parmigiana but this chocolate mousse cake from Whole Foods just blew that eggplant right out of the picture. I could have done without the chocolate dipped strawberries. Overkill, if you ask me, and, as a chocolate purist, I can’t abide mixing fruit and the sacred chocolate. I still have a piece in the freezer which I thought would last me a few days. Who am I kidding? I hear it calling my name right now and I must heed the call.

I mean, REALLY!

Jupiter in Taurus is deadly for a chocoholic. I will have to use the upcoming station of Saturn to get my cocoa-filled cells over to the dance studio and work this off.  Two such wildly enjoyable Jupiter in Taurus experiences: a hefty piece of chocolate mousse cake followed by some tribal stomp dancing at my favorite dance studio, Alchemy of Movement. I can only hope that the alchemy is working overtime to turn chocolate into something more desirable than fat, like money.  Thank God I don’t have Jupiter in Taurus in my birth chart. I would be fat as a house. I only have to contend with my lust for delicious foods for a year every 12 years. I have enough loose pants and sarongs to see me through this visit of Jupiter to the sign of sensual delights. But it’s only been 2 days and I’m already a little panicked. Maybe I should invest in a lock for the refrigerator and lose the key.

A girlfriend came over yesterday afternoon to play. We were planning on cutting out pictures from magazines to create vision boards – dream boards of what we want to see our lives look like. It was the first superduper HOT day in Boulder and after a hour of magazine flipping and nibbling on muffins and watermelon, we both felt like we were heading off into the land of faerie. That’s when you feel like you’re dream-walking through time and the edges of perception start to blur. That’s Neptune retrograde. Blurred edges. Time warp. Perception morphs to dreamtime. 5 more months of this, on and off.

We got to talking about what we wanted for our lives as compared to the reality of what it is presently. It was a little hard to swallow that we created our present reality just as we were planning on creating the future reality. If that is really so (which it is! it is!) it seems we have to be way clearer and more consciously aware of our choices to bring in more of what we truly desire. See it. Feel it. And then relax as the new vision takes form.

This is part of the morphing of the grid of consciousness that is happening at warp speed right now. We just had the first of 3 eclipses, which create the opening for the morphing to occur rapidly. I think seatbelts are required for this leg of the journey.

Or as I have heard say:  Show up. Tell the truth. Trust God. Let go of the outcome.

I chew on that daily.

New Moon in Gemini
Solar Eclipse
1 June 2011

Will wonders never cease?

It’s the New Moon Solar Eclipse in Gemini, 1 June 2011
This is the first of three eclipses in a row. WOW! 3 in a row.
Eclipses are POWERFUL openings for shifting consciousness
3 opportunities coming up to re-boot:
New Moon Solar Eclipse  1 June
Full Moon Lunar Eclipse  15 June
New Moon Solar Eclipse  1 July

Eclipses offer a  rich and potent opportunity for you to re-boot and reset the consciousness grid. That’s right! You are an integral and important part of the process of raising the vibration on Planet Earth. You are a mandatory part of the entire process of ascension. I know, it’s a big concept to swallow but really all you need do is your part. Re-boot yourself, imprinting through your consciousness, exactly what you wish to be and experience in your life.

Your brain is the computer, your mind is the programmer. What are you programming into your giant magical computer? Time to RE-BOOT the brain! FEEL the delight and pleasure in what you are capable of manifesting, you Divine Spark, you! And I will do the same.

The New Moon in Gemini brings in lots of new thoughts, new ideas, and new perspectives. Gemini is curious, versatile, and eager to learn. In Gemini your mind is like a dry sponge, open to receive lots of new juice from all your new input. Stay OPEN to many different points of view. You just never know which ideas will be the perfect fit for your own journey. Gemini is ruled by the planet Mercury, mischievous messenger of the Gods (the archetypes).

A WARP-DRIVE TIME of MOVEMENT on all levels, in all dimensions of reality, in CONSCIOUSNESS. Everything in the Universe is imbued with consciousness. Everything. The entire consciousness of the Universe is undergoing massive transformation (always) and we are a part in creating what it is morphing into.  Really get that so that you take responsibility for your thoughts. Got to reign those puppies in!

Who’s controlling who?