July Eclipse and Vesta

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(www.skyandtelescope.com is the source of the feature photo,
which is a “SkyMap with additions by the author(Bob King))

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Information From Sarah Varcas of

www.astro-awakenings.co.uk: 

“Around the time of this eclipse and in the months to follow, revelation of our deeper motivations will continue.

“If we’re pursuing agendas introjected from others or presiding social mores, this will become abundantly and undeniably clear.

“Childhood patterns, familial expectations so deeply rooted they feel like our own, dictates of society, religion, spiritual teachings past and present, all may shape us aside from our authentic spirit.

“This eclipse season, and especially this lunar eclipse, opens Pandora’s box of influences to reveal what’s really going on.

“It may not look pretty at first, but in the long run it will foster greater awareness and understanding, diminishing our capacity to be influenced by externals to…

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Boys don’t Cry

This makes me so glad we figured out that our 7 year old was being bullied by his own teacher and that we were able to rectify the situation.

No one should have to live like this their entire school career!

Debra Silverman on Being True to You

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Found this astrologer’s take on this month’s full moon, and it kind of fits in with what Perimenopausal Ponderings was saying about various crutches we have , and what Catherine Dean then said about struggling to enforce even the simplest boundariesfor yourself when you are a part of a busy family. 

This part really resonated with me:

“It took me years to know that if I was true to my taste buds, if I followed my energy, if I made no excuses when I didn’t want to go to the dinner party or hang out with people (because I am an introvert), that I had no obligations to people for its own sake, that that would free up my spirit and walk me straight into my soul, cultivating the freedom and expression of my true self.” – Debra Silverman

I have been trying the past few years…

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Keeping my mind on track…

SO! TRUE! LOL!

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Having just taken time to reply to Perimenopausal Ponderings‘ latest post, it got me think about what goes through my head when I do finally find the time and uninterrupted space to meditate. Her question was about the types of crutches we use to get us through the day. Mine is meditating or gin!

I’ve given up expecting the dog and my family to work it out for themselves that me, sitting quietly with my eyes shut, headphones on, deep breathing, is me meditating. The preparation for those ten short minutes is almost a ritual in itself.

It starts with me giving the dog some cuddles, declaring my intention to have ten minutes, grabbing the headphones and getting comfortable. With my Mums Radar switched to quiet mode, I fire up my meditation app and chose a session from a pack I’ve loaded earlier or go with the daily offering.

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Cathy Pagano’s Take, FM July 2018

from CathyPagano.com

“The cosmic waves of change keep rolling in…

“Don’t forget to go out and look at the Full Moon, even if you can’t see the eclipse. 

“The sight of the Full Moon and brilliant Mars shining nearby will imprint on your psyche in a magical way.

“Eclipses are magical moments where something slips through an energy portal to both destroy and create. It’s a path opener.

“Eclipses are known to bring things to a head; something is released, especially at a total lunar eclipse. It’s time to bring things sleeping into the light.

“The energies during the past few months have been intense and chaotic, and it feels like things are getting more intense, very much like the stage in labor called transition – the contractions keep coming without stop. It’s an intense time, but it presages birth…

(YES, SINCE APRIL – in my experience, anyway. Really as far back as February for me.)

“It’s during this most intense stage of labor that mothers have to try to stay focused on our task – to birth new life…

“So during this powerful Blood Full Moon lunar eclipse, when the light of the Moon is veiled, we have to stay focused, to see and understand what lives deep within us, those parts of ourselves we’ve locked away from our awareness that need to be seen and acknowledged.

“These parts might be gifts we developed in other lifetimes, old behavior patterns shaped by beliefs that no longer serve us, or lies we’ve told ourselves about who and what we are…

(Yes, and yes.)

“When outer planets are involved in an eclipse pattern, it signals a change in the collective energies as well as in our personal energies.

“…It’s time to figure things out – to see the root cause of our trauma and heal it through the trine to Chiron in Aries – through a new understanding of who we really are.

“We can ground in the meaning and purpose of our life experience when we see ourselves clearly.

“The healing is for masculine energy in men, woman and the world

“The Divine Feminine has been awake in the world since the 70s.

“It’s time for the divine Masculine to be birthed anew

“Warrior, father, lover and magician: these are the archetypal energies that need to be embraced and developed as the New Masculine.

“Will men rise to the occasion? Some of you have. Hopefully, you will help others who are ready.

“This means women have to do things differently as well, since we also have patterns of how we use our masculine energies that have been shaped by patriarchy.

“It’s time for women to find our own way of doing things. And many of us already have.

“Deep change is upon us and we have a chance to work consciously with it…

“These cosmic alignments focus on what questions we need to be asking ourselves.

“How does masculine spirit want to be renewed and incarnated now?

“…How do we deal with Mars’ shadow of aggression, anger and competition? What is bravery?

“How do we change our way of doing things? How can we shape something different by how we act in the world?

“Are we living our dharma? How are we contributing our knowledge and wisdom to the world?

“…Mars retrograde with South Node in Aquarius will find us walking away from collective expectations of what we should do and how to do it. 

“Just as Aquarius rules the round table of collaboration, it also rules mob mentality.

“South Node in Aquarius demands that we look at how we betray our beliefs when we don’t have the integrity to act on them.

“When it comes to dealing with Mars – the masculine spirit, left brain rationality and men – how have we been betrayed by them? 

“…With the collective nature of Mars retrograde on the South Node in Aquarius at this lunar eclipse, it’s time to recognize that our world’s fate is in our hands.

“When we engage in community on whatever level, we are participating in our world and bringing our unique gifts to the collective.

“Look at what you’ve been hiding from and bring it into the light of day where you can create something new out of it.

“With 6 of our 10 planets in fixed signs during this eclipse, there are possibilities of big personal breakthroughs on issues that have been stuck for a while.

“…We’re all being tested. Trust your inner spirit. Don’t fear the changes. We don’t have to go through anything alone. Where’s your tribe?

“Don’t be afraid to ask for help… we don’t have to go through things alone now. That’s a new way to solve old problems – help each other.”

© Copyright 2018 ~CATHY PAGANO All Rights Reserved

 

Full Moon July 2018

from Mystic Mamma

TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
*Full Moon* in Aquarius
What is the salve that will soothe
our wounds and calm our beating heart?
The Mother.
The great Mother of the Universe.
The Mother of Creation, The Mother of us all.
The Mother, the Mother, the Mother.We turn towards Great Mother Energy
and it is her energy that heals us.
It is her love that soothes us.
It is She who brings us into her bosom
and reminds us that we are not forgotten.
That we are not forsaken. That we are loved by her.
That she sees us and knows who we are.
That she holds us through and through.

This is the message that comes through.
This is the message that resonates
throughout the cosmos.

Yes, the intensity we are feeling
is real, but we are not
here to amplify that.

Let’s instead invoke the healing
Mother energy in the world
and allow it to nurture us
on the deepest levels.

Allow her energy to flow into our heart,
soothe our muscles and nervous system,
cleanse and purify our minds,
and calm our beating hearts.

“What the world needs now
is love sweet love.”

There is so much bubbling up from the depths
with a particular focus on the shadow side
of the Masculine energy with each of us
and within society at large.

Personally and collectively
we are seeing where it needs healing.

There is a lot of planetary activation happening around this,
so let’s be mindful with aggression and reactivity.

Take deep breaths, be patient and remember
we are all feeling it and dealing with it
in in our our way.

This Total Lunar Eclipse *Full Moon*
in Aquarius will be visible in much of Europe,
Asia, Australia, Africa and South America.

As you might have heard,
this will be the longest Eclipse
in the 21st Century with the
Totality lasting 103 minutes.

Through this darkness we will be
shifting our assemblage points
to realign who we are
through space and time,
in this space and in this time.

Time to take a look inside to see.

We hold the key.

Love, love love~
MM

Behold . . . Madonna

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This woman and her music
have been with me for so much of my life.

Through my turbulent teens as I learned what a woman could be, and do. Madonna, along with my mother, taught me to think for myself. Madonna did everything she wasn’t supposed to do and became one of my most important role models.

I held her on a pedestal in my head even while busy being a battered wife. She was one of the voices who kept saying I shouldn’t have to live like that. She was one of the women who taught by example, the strength that women could be. Midway through my twenties, I left that marriage and rejected abusers ever after. Whether anyone understands or not. I care not.

This woman’s music accompanied me through workouts spanning thirty years.

Three little boys have grown up listening to the same lyrics and seeing Elvis worthy…

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