Uranus Entering Taurus on the New Moon Today!
Happy New Moon Everyone! And happy Uranus into Taurus day. Remember, there is still time to pick up a Uranus in Taurus mini-report. See below this post for details!
The New Moon in Taurus gets the day started today, but of course, the big highlight is the entrance of Uranus into Taurus, something that hasn't happened since 1934!
Meanwhile, in the next 24 hours, the planet Mars is going to square Uranus just as it enters Aquarius. These are some big league transits!
Things you might be feeling, noticing, experiencing:
* The time for change is now...no more dancing around it, it's time to make this happen
* Forceful change, a breakthrough, a discovery or insight, a flash of brilliance
* Sudden, disruptive events that shock or challenge the status quo
* The ground is moving, the basics are shifting, my basic needs are resurfacing or transforming
* You are ready to cut back, cut out, simplify, reduce and evolve
* You are ready to initiate a process of transformation, you know it will be a process, but you are ready to start
* It's a new day, a new dawn, and you're ready to get on the horse and go!
* You are feeling forceful, defiant, and ready to buck the trend or break the mold
* You can feel the moment of transformation is at hand, but you have absolutely no idea what is coming or what is about to change or shift
* You need to confront something, take a stand, rock the boat, challenge the tradition
* You are ready for a new mission
The Uranus/Mars/New Moon combination added to the Jupiter/Neptune trine that is perfecting right now is creating an aura of imagination, faith, hope, transformation, and confrontation, all at once. It's a beautiful moment so be sure to celebrate today by listening and watching, noticing where you are being led. Look at how far you've come, and look at where you are going. We live for new days, and though every day is new, we often forget how to act like it.
Prayer: Give us a bold new spirit. Fill us with the courage of your love, the boldness of your creation, and the happiness that comes when we find our most integral form of service in this world.
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A New Moon and the Power of Peace
​The New Moon is in Taurus today, along with Venus and Mercury. Meanwhile Jupiter and Pluto are closely aligned, creating a grand earth trine. What does this mean?
Given the simultaneous fire and intensity of Mars and Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius, today's new moon has the feeling of an important genesis moment amidst an ongoing wild fire of destruction. For example, think of the new foundations being established by thousands of people who are fleeing the fires in Canada right now. Or think of the flood victims in the deep south. These collective images are also metaphors. Something is being refined. Impurities are being burnt away, but differences and divisions are also being amplified as refinement inevitably leads to essential and basic differences that are more resistant than ever to being unified. The feeling of a holy war or a growing spiritual malignancy is in the air right now, and yet today's new moon offers an olive branch. Set a new foundation. Start fresh. There is support available right now, and it's as simple as making small changes and sticking with them, starting today.
​In my morning meditation I meditated on the agitating presence of Mars and Saturn in Sagittarius. These two planets act like a goad...a hot spike that can either propel us into the rapid refinement of our spiritual work, offering focus, purification, and discipline, or injure us due to overzealousness and anger or idleness and apathy.
As I meditated on these two planets amidst this Venusian themed new moon, I was also led to study several passages in the Bible. First I revisited a story about Saul from the 1st book of Samuel. As the story goes, Saul is being tormented by an evil spirit. The evil spirit is said to have been ordained by God to torture Saul, or it is implied that the spirit is under the command of God. Saul then sends for a young man named David to come into his court and play his harp for him so that the spirit might be soothed into submission.
The story is a foreshadowing of the fact that Saul is unfit to be King and will soon be losing his throne to David. The angry spirit is a reflection of Saul's inability to lead wisely, and David's harp playing is a symbol of the way in which the power of peace subdues the power of anger. The role of the "King" is undergoing a transformation in this important passage, from angry monarchical control hungry tyrant, who rules from fear and jealous power, to one whose power flows from peace, wisdom, and gentleness. In fact, this is really the first passage that foreshadows the coming of Jesus, a prophesied King (from the line of David), who was actually called a "prince of peace" rather than a King at all. Why this distinction? Because the only real King is God, from whom all blessings, goodness, and peace flow eternally. This is a big deal because it turns the notion of monarchical power on its head.
After this, I turned to the book of Ezra and re-read an important passage where the Jewish people are rebuilding the temple after the Babylonian exile. When the foundation of the temple is laid there is an enormous riot of both weeping, praising, and laughter that is described as one voice.
Finally I turned to the last chapter of 2nd Thessalonians, to a warning against idleness. In one particular line the apostle Paul writes, "We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busy bodies." He goes on to urge people to work for their own food, so as not to be lazy or reliant upon the corruption of the world or the market place.
As usual, keep in mind that I am studying the bible from an ecumenical and universalist's mindset. From this perspective, I see within these passages several archetypal themes that pertain to our new moon today.
* Real power comes from peace
* Even the most destructive things we are faced with, whether they be inner demons, wild fires, floods, or the evil in the world, can be seen or understood as operating within the jurisdiction of divinity
* The best way to subdue the intensity or the "rulership" of destructive forces is to stay firmly but flexibly rooted in peace, love, and compassion
* Music helps to calm malefic spirits
* Rebuilding something or setting an important new foundation often involves both laughter and weeping, both joy and deep sorrow
* When faced with so much destruction, chaos, and overwhelm, it's easy to become idle, lazy, or apathetic, but our liberation is likened to growing our own food. Our will is best applied to the work of receiving what is always being freely given. This work also naturally feeds others.
Prayer: Comfort our spirits with the music of your love. Help us to establish powerful new foundations, rooted in your peace. Teach us how to receive what you give freely, so that we might give freely to others.
New Moon Forecast
New Moon late tonight!
A new moon in the culminating degrees of Taurus opens our next moon cycle. Today is therefore a very lazy, dark moon kind of day. Here's a few things to watch for in the upcoming days as our cycle opens:
* Spring is shifting to summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, which means the weather will be vacillating and first summer storms will be coming through...the changeability in the air will be noticeable as Mercury is retrograde, Mars is in Gemini, and the Sun will be entering Gemini shortly
* Mercury retrograde in square to Neptune will highlight the changeability of the mind, the underlying ambivalence we might have about various people, projects, or ideas, and the susceptibility to confusion, illusion, or fuzzy thinking...the Mercury retrograde will also give our speech, words, and thoughts an other worldly or transcendental quality
* Mars in Gemini features the aggression of the mind, speech, and thoughts, as well as windy agitations, dryness, and mental fatigue or verbal explosiveness
* Venus opposing Pluto over the next week will feature passionate love affairs, bursting romantic escapades, implosions, conflicts, unconscious family material erupting, secrets, hidden longings, erotic fantasies, age or generation gaps in love and conflict, selfish needs, passive aggression, women's health issues, and gender roles or family lineage issues...
* Jupiter trine Uranus brings exciting, innovative, rebellious, individualistic, ego shining, celebrity like success or luck or confidence or inflation...sudden unexpected victories...flight and soaring...
* The T-Square between Sun/Mars/Mercury in Gemini, Saturn in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces brings a kind of philosophical transformation. A different way of seeing or thinking about something. Bridging worlds, walking our talk, transforming our points of view, and learning to deconstruct various ideologies as well...all part of a philosophical conversation, monologue, or debate...
These themes follow the trend of slowly but surely giving structure and clarity to the changes that began during eclipse season and through the last Uranus/Pluto square...little by little the changes that were initiated at the Spring Equinox are finding form and shape...right now it's as though a period of learning and fundamental change on a philosophical level must take place in order for the changes to find their perfect form...
Prayer: Thank you for another beautiful moon cycle. Alive on this mysterious, challenging, and beautiful planet...what more can I ask for?