DOITGIRL

I just wanna go back and find that girl I was, half a year after he left me, when everythign was already dark but there was so much further down to go, and I want to go sit by her bed in that dim, dingy bedroom in Brooklyn. It will be after 10 in the morning and she’ll be trying to keep her eyes shut, because she can find no reason to get up, and she is paralyzed, anyway, by what she might have done the night before. I want to hold her head and put a light-filled reiki hand on her back and I want to look her in the cloudy, dead eyes and say, “You are going to survive. You are going to be alright. You are going to ascend. You are going to find the stairway to heaven and you are going to climb it.”

*

In late winter in Virginia, my friend and I were sitting in front of the fire eating dinner and sharing a bottle of red wine. She was telling me about her daughter who going through a hard time, her whole life had been pulled out from under her. 

“But—” she said, pointing at me— “she keeps seeing butterflies.”

“That’s wonderful,” I said. 

“Well what do you think that means?” she asked me. 

“Well, what does she think it means?” I said. 

“She…she thinks it could be signs that she is going to break out of her cocoon and fly.”

“Well, then that’s exactly what it means,” I said.

“Good,” said my friend, nodding. “Good.”

 *

This morning on my way to my friend’s house I stopped at the general store, and the manager and I smiled at each other when we passed by.

“You’re feeling better, huh?” he asked. 

“Gotta get down to get up,” I said. 

“Ain’t that always the way,” he laughed.

*

Do you know what a starseed is? That is what you very well could be. You could have gone through all of your extended and constant suffering in the first part of your life only to wake up at a predestined time— somewhere between 2006 and now to assist the new earth in its awawkening. Your long-storied and diverse experiences of suffering have enabled your deep understanding and compassion for those who still sleep and suffer. You only want to help. You only want to serve. You only want to save the world. What you are is a lightworker. You know the light is real because you have lived in and survived the dark. If you’re still processing the dark and your life is still falling apart, know it’s about to end, and that you can and will heal and wake up over night. Just keep doing the work. You are healing completely so that you may heal others. 

Last night was a deeply blue night— not sad, not sad at all, but everything was awash in the color blue. The sky was an inky blue, the clothes I wore were all blue, that endless blue ocean was loud enough to hear, and I even saw a rich blue ring around the moon. When I read more on blue, the color of the throat (fifth) chakra, and it seems to be the answer to what I’ve been struggling with, it symbolizes tranquility, peace, self-expression and the ability to communicate my deepest truths. That synchs up with absolutely everything I was seeking last week.

I also came home to myself more than ever under that moon, I came to the realization that despite my gratitude for this inner goddess school I’ve been going through, I shifted and processed through my visits with them until I integrated and came home to myself. It is my work to be weighted here, grounded, sourced and settled as Sarah in this lifetime on this Earth. I truly felt Mother Earth under my feet more so than ever last night. I want to be living this life, in this lifetime, right now. Not planning for it or escaping it. Living it now. I know I have a purpose. I know I’m on my way. Last night as I closed the door to the cabin I stopped and looked up one more time at that glowing blue moon. It beamed, pulsated with its light and seemed to say, “Know This. You are deeply, deeply loved. The energies of the light are working through you. Carry on with your mission.” Just then, a star shot down across the black outline of the trees. 

Love, DIG. 

Now the moon begins her journey to fullness, appearing in the sky at first as a sliver of a crescent moon, nightly increasing to form a horned moon.

As the moon increases, shining ever more brightly on the earth, she symbolizes the eternal rhythm of growth to maturity.

Candles poured during this time vibrate with an energy of increase, hope, rebirth, and gentle light & thus we do work, increasing our efforts to manifest our dreams. [annegeorge]

1. Being followed by a strange dog - bad luck (especially black dogs).

1. Alternatively, being followed home by a strange dog might indicate good luck.
2. A dog walking between a courting couple indicates a quarrel will soon take place.
3. Black dogs are generally considered unlucky, especially if they cross a traveller’s path or follow someone and refuse to be driven away.
4. To meet a dog with her whelps was considered in the highest degree unlucky.
5. It is good luck for dogs to come to your house.
6. A strange dog coming to the house means a new friendship.
7. Meeting a dog - good luck (especially Dalmatians).
8. To meet a spotted or black and white dog on your way to a business appointment is lucky.
9. Three white dogs seen together are considered lucky.
10. If a dog does not like a man, it is a sign the man has a bad character.
11. A greyhound with a white spot on its forehead - good fortune.
12. A home where a well cared for, happy greyhound lives will never be haunted by malicious spirits.
13. When a dog is staring intently, at nothing, for no apparent reason, look between the dog’s ears and you’ll see a ghost.
14. A dog with seven toes can see ghosts.
15. The ancient Greeks thought dogs could foresee evil.
16. Howling dogs mean the wind god has summoned death, and the spirits of the dead will be taken.
17. A dog howling at night is a sign of bad Iuck.
18. A dog howling for no reason means unseen spirits.
19. Dogs howling at a crossroads mean the goddess Hecate is near.
20. A howling dog outside the house of a sick person was once thought to be an omen that they would die, especially if the dog was driven away and returned to howl again.
21. The howling of a dog four times while under the front porch - harbinger of death.
22. A dog howling three times means a death has occurred.
23. A dog which gives a single howl, or three howls, and then falls silent is said to be marking a death that has just occurred nearby.
24. If a dog howls at night, it is a sign of the death of a friend.
25. If a dog sits and howls at the moon, it is a sign of death.
26. The spectral black dog (barguest) - a harbinger of death.
27. If a black dog appears in your car when you are driving alone, you are in danger of an accident.
28. Seeing an ambulance is very unlucky unless you pinch your nose or hold your breath until you see a black or a brown dog.
29. If you are sick, touch a piece of bread to your lips and then give it to your dog. You can detect how serious your condition is depending on whether the dog eats it or not. 
30. From a elder South Dakota Lakota Sioux Indian: if a member of the tribe would get sick they would lay with a dog and the sickness would transfer from the tribal member into the dog.
31. One old charm which was often used for childrens’ illnesses was to take some of the patient’s hairs and feed them to a dog in between slices of bread and butter; the ailment was believed to transfer to the animal, healing the patient.
32. If you have your new-born baby licked by a dog, your baby will be a quick healer.
33. If a dog eats grass, it is a sign he needs a tonic.
34. A dog eating grass means it’s going to rain.
35. If a dog lies on its back, it is a sign of rain.
36. A dog sitting with crossed fore-paws indicates rain.
37. Give your dog a bath and it will rain for sure.
38. Fishermen traditionally regard dogs as unlucky and will not take one out in a boat, or mention the word ‘dog’ whilst at sea.
39. If the inside of a dog’s mouth is black, it is a sign he is well-bred.

Tomorrow’s Laure Cabot. Wednesday, March 28: Wear White. Relax, meditate, cast a spell.

I’m still working hard on that 3rd chakra. They are days I am still unsure of my footing, still hear whispers from that old ego saying things you wouldn’t dare say in the light of day to anyone else. Those are the days I’m not fully connected to source because my life has slipped out of balance. Sometimes I do this intentionally,  but like a kid who runs away from home, as soon as I cross the street I wish I hadn’t. I want to be a mountain, I want to stay strong when the wind blows and the tongues wag. I’m working on my third chakra because mostly I’m still a little- or a lot— afraid of really, really living my life. Really asking for what I want. Then really knowing I deserve it. I deserve the best. So do you. We each and every one of us do. We know the best is a two way street. We have to be our best to have our best life. We get what we give. We have to allow our  highest self to take over, and we can’t second guess her. We can’t live our old life while living our new one. It’s time to choose. We have to be fully on the ride. I want to really know peace in my abundance, and not  be afraid it’s going to be pulled out from under the second I settle into it— the way it used to feel in my old life. I want to constantly be in gratitude for my life these days, for all these little and  big miracles happening all the time— without the fear of losing it all ever again. My life is really good. Somedays I’m scared to say it. There is no “other shoe” that’s going to fall for I am in control now. I want to trust my decisions I want to trust my choices. I don’t want to apologize for myself anymore. I want to once and for all shatter my ego, which whispers nasty nothings and tries to keep me down. 

If the voice isn’t speaking with love, if the voice makes you suffer, it’s not Divine. If the voice is judging you or others, or wallowing in the past, it’s the Ego. If it’s a voice or worry, fear or anger, it’s the Ego. If it’s a voice that telling you to “react” or “show someone” it’s the Ego. When you are suffering, the Ego is at work. 

Via Spirit Voyage. ”Power. Self-esteem. Gut instincts. Action. Heat. These words all pertain to the third chakra, which is located below the diaphragm in the solar plexus. This chakra is known as the Power Center and physically governs digestion.”

1) Kundalini Yoga for the Third Chakra

Sufi grinds bring space and balance to the third chakra and aid digestion. Simply sit cross-legged on your yoga mat or sheep skin. Hold onto your knees and begin to rotate the navel in clockwise circles for 1-3 minutes. Then switch directions for 1-3 minutes. Exaggerate the circles as much as you can by stretching the body as far as feels comfortable in each direction. Then you will feel the full effect of this solar plexus exercise.

2) Pranayama: Breath of Fire

One of the most simple, quick and empowering yoga techniques I know is Breath of Fire. Even 30 seconds to a minute of rapid breathing through the nose gathers your energy and brings balance to the third chakra. Each quick inhale and exhale creates a natural massage for the intestines.

Sit with your legs crossed. Rest your hands comfortably in your lap. Begin quick breathing in and out through your nose. Place equal emphasis on the inhale and the exhale. Relax the stomach muscles and let your breath naturally move your stomach in and out. Start out with 30 seconds of breath of fire if you are new to this technique. Increase the speed, force and duration of this exercise as you get more comfortable with the Breath of Fire.

(Editor’s Note: Breath of Fire is powered through the navel, not the lungs. To learn how to do it, stick out your tongue and pant like a dog. Then put your tongue back in your mouth, shut your mouth, and breath forcefully through the nose.)

3) Sun Meditation

Research has told us that regular doses of sunlight stabilizes the immune system, strengthens teeth and bones, helps lower cholesterol, and help slow down the aging process, thanks to Vitamin D. It also stimulates the production of serotonin, which helps to fight depression. The pineal gland, which produces melatonin, the chemical that helps us sleep, is also stimulated by the sun.

The sun is an energy source which is unparalleled in our solar system. We absorb its power and healing every day. Meditate on the power of the sun today. Visualize your own sun glowing brightly in your solar plexus for 3-5 minutes. If you are feeling disempowered or tired, you will surely notice an improvement. Let sunlight hit your skin directly if possible while you do this mediation.

4) Herbs and Essential Oils for the 3rd Chakra

Our digestive system transforms our food into fuel, which powers our body. Ginger and peppermint are both potent digestive tonics. Ginger can speed up sluggish digestion, and peppermint is good for the overly full stomach. They can both be used for upset stomachs.

For a third chakra/ digestive massage, mix one drop of ginger oil and one drop peppermint oil with a tablespoon of massage oil or lotion. Lay flat on a comfortable surface. Massage your stomach with this combination. Start with large, sweeping circular strokes and then move into smaller circles, working from the outside of the abdomen in towards the navel.

Ginger root is an excellent food to add to your cooking to bring energy to the third chakra. You might try it sautéed with onions and garlic in your next stir fry. Peppermint leaves can be steeped in hot water as tea, chopped and put into a pitcher of water for a refreshing drink, or simply be chewed.

5) Mantra

A mantra that helps with third chakra healing is Ek Ong Kar. It can be translated to mean “the Creator Created Creation” or “The Creator and the Creation are One” and it can help bring about the realization that the creator and the creation are one. In this week’s yoga, meditation and nutrition for the third chakra, begin to get in touch with your own power to create. Repeat Ek Ong Kar silently to yourself and contemplate its meaning.

3.19.12 MAGIC WHISPERS.

Laurie Cabot. Monday, March 19: Wear Lavender. Point your wand north, ask for balance in your life, take care of an animal. 

DOITGIRL whisper. ‘Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.’ RUMI

Song of the Day. “Solsbury Hill,” Peter Gabriel

Notable. Quintaria 

 ‎”I could not believe the information, I just had to trust imagination. Grab Your Things, I’ve come to take you home.” Peter Gabriel

DOITGIRL. 

I can’t look at my old journals anymore. They are filled with so much sadness, pain, and darkness it hurts to read them. For the most part, I tried to hide so much of that sadness all those years so that I would  be bearable to be around, but if you knew me intimately, you knew I was constantly in battle, and mostly losing. Last Friday’s newsletter broke the tone I’ve had in these, it turned more didactic about yogic spiritual life- but that’s not what I’m doing here, it doesn’t serve me or you if I fumble around in areas I’m still discovering myself. You can find the illuminated knowledge of Christina Sell, Elena Brower, etc, online for that sort of information. What I’m doing here, with DOITGIRL, is continuing to crack myself open and allow myself the most authentic, honest, purest, fullest life after what I filled 30 years of journals with: pain and suffering. Just this morning I flipped through an old diary and I saw how much I truly owe it to her, to my old self. She was asking again and again, “will I ever be ok? Will anyone ever love me? Will I ever even like myself? Who am I? Am I going to die alone and scared?” So that’s what I’m doing, I’m answering her. I’m doing this for her, me, and you. DOITGIRL started out because some mornings- most mornings- I couldn’t even put both feet on the floor. You can DOITGIRL, Rise up, I would say to myself.

Again, I REALLY want to say that if I can turn my life around and become the woman of my wildest dreams- I know you can too.

What I have discovered about myself since waking up is an inner mystic with reaches far more powerful than I ever had any idea. While I love yoga, and am going to start training to become a teacher in a week and a half, what I truly am is a mystic. I never had any example of this, there isn’t someone I’m modeling myself off, I’m looking at the woman in my heart for inspiration. I grew up in preppy town in Virginia, I went to college at a preppy college down the road. My first job was at Rolling Stone, which launched a career of me writing about other people performing their own unique and powerful brand of magic. That felt, though, almost more painful, to be so close to magic all the time, but not be able to find or express my own. I feared I would die without ever knowing my own magic. 

My ex, a lead musician and a powerful orator in his own right, used to say it felt like I was trapped under glass. That’s how it felt to him, because he deeply loved me and it pained him. I felt that way too. Like I had been frozen under the ice, and everyone else was skating and playing up on the pond. How did they know how to be happy? The only solace was my love knew how I felt, but neither of us had the magic key to break me out of my case. When I was sad, he would bring me movies I loved that I had watched with my mother— movies about women who transformed their lives, movies I had watched over and over again. They pained me also, for both me and my mother- who I feel was on the brink of her transormation right before her untimely death of cancer at 45. We would watch Baby Boom, Private Benjamin, Ruthless People. 80’s movies with big cheesy soundtracks and big powerful transformations for their heroines. I’d also watch Practical Magic a lot. Growing up I devoured Alice Hoffman’s magical, mystical books, and this movie adaptation I loved. Two magical women- one blond one dark- living by the sea in a magical house, healing the women of the small seaside town. I have probably watched it 500 times. Glimpses of me, tiny glimpses, then back to the dark and angry sea of my life, that sea would eventually drown me. 

These days, when I close my eyes and seek more knowledge about this spirit within me, the visions are electrifyingly vivid. I am on a terrain similar to the Scottish highlands, I am at one with nature, animals, and the Divine. My hair is long black and tangled, I am wearing a white dress that whips in the wind. The skies are purple, the wind is rising around me, the sea is rising below me, there are hawks in the sky, an owl on shoulder, there are wolves at my feet. This is my world, not the current one of society today. Never, I thought, could I be this powerful woman on the cliff. But my life now is about belief- for me there is no other way. And perhaps you’ve noticed in this awakening world— there aren’t coincidences any more. Even last night, my arms folded over my heart, candles lit, laying in the darkness, I asked for ONE MORE SIGN that this was all real, that this is who I really am, and you know what I heard back— “How many signs do you need?” Hah! So yes, it’s real. 

At 33, I pray this is only the beginning of my adventure. I love life so much that some days my fear of death is great— last night that fear hit a peak. To think, I used to tempt it, flirt with it, with the pills and the boys and the blackouts.

I don’t feel ashamed to be a witch, a mystic, a shaman, a goddess, what I feel is a great sense of responsibility for my gifts. This woman who I am— she had the power to heal, to save, and to lead others to the light. She had telepathic powers with animals, plants, and people. Her beauty would draw you to her, then she would heal you. When a friend in Hawaii - who I had not told any of this— did my birth chart, he saw my past that I thought- at one pont- I could have been making up, because I longed for it so. But he too saw the path of my soul from the beginning of time— that I was a witch, priestess, or Goddess, and I had great, far-reaching power. But then I was cast out or abandoned by my people, and forever I roamed, bereaved, angry, ever-searching for my home. This is my story, this is the wound I am healing in this life time. This is the pain I entered this world with, this time around. This is the story I have repeated in my life again and again, until I woke up a year and a half ago. We are all healing our ancient wounds and the wounds of our ancestors. This is our work here. 

My life is magical now, so I would say, the bereaved and homeless goddess has been found and saved, she is home in me, and she is healing. I am doing this for her. When I say witch— I am not talking about “the craft,” or even spells, although spells are fun- but should not be taken lightly. I am talking about a witch in the sense that I believe in energy, power, the elements, earth magic, that everything lives with a story to tell and its own power to wield. I believe that what you send out comes back threefold. Harm none. The more research one does on “witches” of the trials in Europe and Salem, the more we see, they were healers, or powerful women who others were afraid of. It’s ancient, ancient sexism and fear of women in power and the powers of women.. Go freaking figure.

Many of us are born haveing forgotten who we are. We are all ancient, we are all trying to find our way home. My passion is reconnecting us to the earth and to our primal ancient power, and to our lost selves. When we are severed from our true selves, chaos and danger insues. I spent 30 years bereaved, angry, searching, only to find a temporary home that would eventually, in its own way, burst into flames, and I would wander again. I was always very different, always watching life nose pressed against the glass. This can’t be life, I would think, while others around me seemed to be enjoying themselves, which I oftend resented. Energy channeled through me easily, although I didn’t understand my responsibility in things at the time. If it was negative, I could cause quite a destructive storm. I could make things happen. I could get what I wanted. I just NEVER knew how to treat it or keep it, because I had no idea how to care for myself, let alone anything else. But when it was positive, I could cause that sort of storm as well. I’ve always loved the elements- except heat. The higher the wind and the rain, the most myself I felt. My thoughts were always- when not focused on myself, boys, parties, how to lie to my boss to get out of work— the kinds of things that people were afraid of. I was a magnet for extremes, big love, big sadness, big jobs, big dark and deep trenches, looking back it’s a movie, all the highs and all the lows, but not one I would want to watch. I used to only watch the movies of my past, but I have left that theater for good. I have to clean out all the gunk from the past so my true self can live freely and happily and powerfully in my body in the present.

I am working with my powers, I am 99% love. The parts I need to heal are still rising, and I will do what it takes to heal them. Since that bright Virgo full moon that showed us to ourselves so clearly, a lot has been surfacing in the recent days. I’ve taken a lot of walks through the country, I’ve reikied myself with sacred stones placed on my body, I’ve meditated, done a lot of yoga, and I started hula hooping. I was never a dancer but we did some of this on our Goddess Retreat in Hawaii. Hooping doesn’t work if you don’t know how to dance with your eyes closed, just you and the Divine, the Shakti rhythm running up your spine. You’ve got to find and feel your own rhythm and stay in it, or you’ll drop the hoop. If your ego comes into play, you drop it. Distraction by others, drop it. The looser, easier, and freer you are, the better you are. The hoop represents the path. The way I move in that hoop does not feel familiar from this life, but yes from the past— some lusty sensual woman from a primal time, dusty feet, bare legs, bare belly, bare arms and playful, seductive smile, wakes up in that hoop. I spent the weekend in the backyard, under the hot spring sun, dancing and doing yoga and playing with the dogs. And lemme tell you, it was magic. 

I can tell you all about discovering that I was ancient mystic, step by stumbling step— literally two years ago I stumbled over an old cauldron at an antique shop in a fishing village and it called to me- yet I had never ever wanted one or thought of one—- that was the beginning of my coming out as Me….It was a challenge to “own” that cauldron because I was on a shopping trip with this beautiful, popular, skinny tan yogini girl who made me feel so insecure, she laughed at me as I bought it. The call for the cauldron was larger than my need to be liked. Looking back I was so weak, but I was at the very beginning of my journey to find my power. Now, that cauldron is filled with beach stones and shells, and each one I have wished on, my only audience the sea. Oh and yes— every single wish has come true.

Keep finding your way back to yourself, pay attention to the signs, sometimes they whisper, sometimes they sing, sometimes they scream— but they are all leading you back to who you truly are, leading you home. You do know when something is speaking directly to you. You just have to trust yourself. You are unlocking the secrets of yourself and you’re mighty powerful, make no mistake. Anything that tells you you are not, is a lie. We are all born without memory of who we are, and our personal power. Remember, what you seek seeks you. Seek Your Self. If you can dream it, you can be it. And chances are, if you’ve dreamt it, you already ARE it. Now become it. ♥<3

RULES OF A WITCH

Live in harmony with nature, the world, and people.

Respect all paths whether or not you agree with them. Do not impose your own beliefs upon others through acts of evangelism or conversion.

Respect your body, and keep it healthy and pure through practices such as exercise, healthy eating, and meditation.

Celebrate life and living. Don’t just exist.

Attune with the cycles of the earth.

Respect all people, regardless of sex, age, race, culture, class and religion.

Respect and revere the God and Goddess in their many forms.

Always focus on learning and understanding for personal growth through reading, practising your craft, and accepting the advice and wisdom of others.

Harness and develop your power and nuture a kind of union with the gods and powers of nature.

Create balance in your own life by embracing all the above.

 “You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.  What you’ll discover will be wonderful.  What you’ll discover is yourself.”  -Alan Alda

“Moon of Harvest” 

Goals:  

Continue work from last phase. Good time to concentrate on removal of self from situations, relationships, and habits. Relates to the Storing of the Harvested Plant. A time to rid oneself of everything that is causing obstruction, to get rid of anything (or one) you know longer need. Good time for hair cuts to slow growth, dye hair, pluck eyebrows (wax …)Time for self-analysis, rest an recuperation, meditation and readying oneself for the energies of the New Moon. 

The third quarter, Full Moon through Last Quarter, ideally brings illumination to the influences of the entire lunar cycle. The fourth quarter, called the “Last Quarter,” is from the Moon square Sun aspect through the next New Moon. It can bring a crisis in consciousness. This cycle’s experiences have culminated and one must now prepare for rebirth. VIA WHITE GODDESS

 Words. 

The Journey  

what you had to do, and began,

though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice —
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
“Mend my life!”
each voice cried.
But you didn’t stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do —
determined to save
the only life you could save. 

- Mary Oliver

Ancient Lore. 

Old gypsy remedies for a headache. 

 Rub your forehead with a stone and then cover the stone with soil.

 The ache is said to be absorbed by the soil.

 Alternatively, you can rub a headache away by rubbing a horseshoe on your forehead.

 (A piece of iron is said to work just as well.)

 Yet another method is to lie down and place a quartz crystal on your pillow. If you can’t lie down, try holding a quartz to your head for a few minutes to relieve the discomfort.

 Rosemary oil dabbed on the temples and third eye will end most headaches.

VIA gypsymagicspells

Moon Phase: 2/21, New Moon

The Pisces New Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 occurs at 2:35pm Pacific, 5:35pm Eastern and 10:35 GMT.   It is also Mardi Gras, the last day of celebration before the Roman Catholic season of Lent begins.  In ancient times, these were the days of want and scarcity as the winter ended and the last food was rationed before the new crops came in.

The Sabian Symbol for the Moon and Sun at 3*Pisces is: Petrified tree trunks lie broken on desert sand. With the knowledge we have of the collective unconscious, we know that while everything changes - lives, grows and dies - all life leave some record of our passage here.  We each have the privilege and the responsibility to add to our collective wisdom.  This month’s New Moon calls us to this work.  Don’t forget to take the time to meditate, surrendering your ego-stance and letting Spirit speak through your soul. What you think you are here to achieve might not be what your soul was sent here to do.  Take time to open to your creative imagination to figure out how you can combine both these goals in service to the world. CATHY PAGANO READ MORE

Valentine’s Day starts out in a comfortable mood as Mercury (thoughts, communications) conjuncts compassionate Neptune. We don’t seem to mind just going with the flow. We become challenged as to what our ego and our heart want as Moon squares Sun in today’s Quarter Moon. Healing waves rush in as Jupiter sextile Chiron, which can be quite favorable news for our values in finances, family, and love. Clear communications create understanding, which allows compassion for forgiveness. Later, Luna enters free-spirited Sagittarius, where we are eager to enjoy the moment - yet fail to comfort heavy emotional connections - which can mislead partners into feeling unsupported. Misinterpretations may be possible as Moon squares naive Neptune and anxious Mercury. Speak sweet nothings with carefully chosen words of truthful affections while being a good listener. Old-fashion love letters that contain kindness with gentle truth (without expecting a response in return) score points. ”A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.” Richard Bach. Tarot Guidance from High Priestess rx, Ace of Swords: A dishonest act proves deceitful intentions. 

 Have you read your February Tarotscope? 

Cathy Pagano on the Leo Full Moon

“The full Moon brings to light what we planted at the new Moon.  The new Moon in Aquarius highlighted our need for a new collective vision.  Mars went retrograde hours later to begin the process of honing our personal story in relationship to these times of cultural change and transformation.  The 60s are back - redux!

This full Moon between the Aquarius Sun and the Leo Moon brings out the best in us.Since the full Moon symbolizes the sacred marriage, the energies evoked this month are powerful.  He’s an Aquarian - noble, truthful, controlled and rational.  She’s a Leo - noble, self-aware, creative and intuitive.  They both value nobility of spirit - he because it’s the right thing to do, she because it’s innate to her nature.  She’s an Aquarian - a humanitarian, a rebel and definitely a free spirit.  He’s a Leo - self-confident, charismatic and proud. They both value their uniqueness, she because she values her freedom, he because he values his individuality.  The Leo-Aquarius axis energizes us to develop our creativity and offer it to our collective future. 

This marriage brings together our unique personality with our collective purpose.  It is no longer relevant to create just for ourselves.  There is this over-riding feeling that whatever we create must be beneficial to all humanity.  We each have a piece of the collective puzzle, and as we move through these next years of social change and global transformation, each of us can contribute our piece to the picture.  If we do this, we are sure to create a future world that benefits all of us.

The Sabian Symbol for the Sun at 19* Aquarius is: Amidst smoke and drizzle, jubilant fire fighters dig the final trench around a mountaintop blaze. It is up to us to mobilize all our faculties to bring destructive passions under control and then channel them into further human evolution.  As we work with these elemental powers of life, we are doing the groundwork to manifest our vision of the future.  It takes courage and fortitude to face the destructive fires ablaze in the world and create something new with them.  This is the time to engage in alchemy.

The Sabian Symbol for the Moon at 19* Leo is: Revelers on a houseboat dance to the sounds of a swing band.  It’s time to have fun and engage in life.  Just as we think we are headed to disaster, the fires are contained and we can rejoice.  Dance to bring in new life, dance to understand the wisdom of life.  There’s no way we can escape the limits of life, but we can dance our vision as we listen to the rhythms of life.  The cosmic rhythm is telling us to dance a new creation into being.

Mercury joins the Sun this full Moon, enhancing our ability to communicate (Mercury) our ideas to our group.  We have to have a clear idea or vision before it can manifest.  Group work helps.

With Jupiter in Taurus still working with Pluto in Capricorn, we will find opportunities to build and manifest our dreams.  That is, if our dreams are sourced in Love and humanitarian principles.  We are creating our brave new world as the old world dies its natural death.

Saturn goes retrograde hours after the full Moon at 30* Libra.   Three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher’s head.  This is a symbol for understanding and wisdom. Saturn marks the boundaries of our reality; at this degree, we are urged to understand the universal truths that underlie justice and fairness.  It’s time to ponder how a responsible humanity must act for the benefit of all.  Saturn will stay retrograde until June 25th. 

The year feels as if it is rushing ahead.  Take time to meditate and exercise, so you can be clear about what you intend to manifest in your life this year.  Mars retrograde will help you do it.”  Cathy Pagano