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Summer Solstice and the Nourishing of Our Creativity

Lauren Lesko — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:21:06 +0000

“As the Sun spirals its longest dance cleanse us. As nature shows bounty and fertility bless us. Let all things live with loving intent and fulfill their truest destiny.”*

In the Northern Hemisphere day is swallowing night as the Earth rotating around the Sun approaches Summer Solstice and the triumphant returning of the longest day of the year. As the dawn of Summer Solstice ascends the golden rays of the Sun illuminate our life with eternal vitality and creativity. We have reached the annual summit of our creative potential and dancing in mimetic grace with the Sun we stand poised to bring to fruition something uniquely our own. The joyful pleasures and sensual playing of summer begin as soon as the Earth enters Cancer. When we are under the influence of Cancer we are seeking nurturing, sustaining, and protecting. Our sensitivity to being hurt is on high alert and we intuitively guard against being bruised by the outer world. When the Sun is in Cancer our instincts are hot and humid. Our life force and creative vitality is thriving and we are at the peak of our creative potential. I find a tender pathos knowing that when we are at our most creative we feel raw and exposed.

This Summer Solstice our creativity is more vivid and electrifying than usual. Jupiter and Uranus, momentarily fused in the fiery spirit of Aries, have inflamed our desire to break free from conventional wisdom and expand our conscious awareness beyond what feels safe and secure. Jupiter and Uranus conjoined in Aries is the celestial signature of the impulse to change. Aries garners a new beginning, Jupiter expands, magnifies, and exaggerates what it touches, and Uranus delivers sudden, unexpected, even shocking change. The cosmos is setting at our feet a golden opportunity for a radical change in our beliefs about ourself and our Universe, which can become the new foundation supporting our primal need for security.

The first aspect the Sun in Cancer makes is a square to Uranus in Aries unleashing a torrent of impulsive actions feverishly bent on breaking free from all manner of restraint that could easily backfire if we forget to first secure a balance between our needs and the needs of others. The Sun-Uranus square is softened by the Sun-Chiron trine creatively directing our impulse for sudden change toward healing a wound to our individuality. The time is ripe for us to recognize and value our individual contribution to the entirety of life. Whatever it is that we are giving birth to within our own psyche has something to do with sustaining and protecting the needs of humanity, which is why it is imperative that we become aware of our actions and the influence they have on the collective front.

At this solstice there is a blind spot in our psyche. When the Sun enters Cancer on June 21 the Moon, the source of our eternal being and ruling deity of Cancer, is unerringly silent at the last degree of Libra. We may discover that our first impulse to act is aborted before becoming fully formed, which can become the catalyst for our self-acceptance. The Sun-Pluto opposition is telling us that our dependency on the past for nourishing and sustaining the present has left a dark hole in our heart, and that when we assume personal responsibility for our actions and what our actions are creating in life we allow the light of our creative vitality to shine forth in the world.

The Sun is in Cancer from June 21 through July 21

* an ancient Pagan blessing for Summer Solstice

Fresh Possibility

Lauren Lesko — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:43:35 +0000

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In cultures around the world it is said that on November 1 and 2 the portals open between the living and the dead allowing us on Earth to mourn the one in celebration of the other. What makes this November 2 an even more potent celebration of life is the Scorpio Full Moon; the annual Full Moon of death and transformation. Every month the milky-white luminosity of a Full Moon reflects the life force of the Sun beaming sweet nourishment to our soul. Every autumn when the Sun enters Scorpio we experience a breaking down of our individuality, and when the Sun in Scorpio opposes the Moon in Taurus we begin breaking down the hollowed, inauthentic aspects of ourself that have starved our soul. The Moon is exalted in Taurus creating enduring change and growth, and when the Moon is full in Taurus the promised growth becomes our reality when we understand that material security comes from the deepest roots of our being.

Easier said than done. Making no mistakes the journey to our eternal being is mined with unimagined traps of every distortion, inventions and manifestations of our fears, meant to prevent our growing in a deeper self -awareness. Our greatest fears reside at the side of death but oddly so not so much our physical death as the death of our knowledge of what we think is real. This is a fascinating conundrum that human consciousness has created for itself, suggesting that knowledge is a dead thing, if we consider that knowledge comes from past experience and past experience is something that has already happened hence it is dead and gone.

Our attachment to what we think is emphasized this Full Moon both by Mercury in Scorpio and the challenging aspects the Sun and Moon will make to Jupiter, Chiron, and Neptune in Aquarius. This month illuminates our resistance to change highlighting our determination to build security by holding onto what we think, what we feel, and what we own. It seems likely that one of our greatest lessons this month will have something to do with trusting our inner authority and building a permanent alter in respect of our self-worth.

The last aspect the Taurus Moon makes before leaving sign is a trine to the North Node in Capricorn pointing an authoritative finger in the direction of our future growth; letting go of our dependency on the past and accepting personal responsibility and leadership in creating our personal security from the inside out. Saturn recently entered Libra shifting our sense of personal responsibility away from health toward relating with one another. Our relationships with one another truly foster our greatest growth and if we consider that this month is our time to die to what we know about ourself, in the spirit of Krishnamurti’s immortal words, “freedom from the known”, we have a wonderful opportunity to relate to one another with fresh possibility.

A Celestial Conundrum

Lauren Lesko — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:03:34 +0000

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This week we are under the guiding influence of the waning phase of the Gemini lunation cycle gently turning our conscious awareness toward introspective self-reflection. Each waning phase of every monthly lunation cycle necessitates a time when we integrate the external activities of the preceding three weeks by ingesting the illumination of the Full Moon in anticipation of sharing our acquired insights with others. This waning Moon is in Pisces square the Sun in Gemini and if we consider the elemental marriage of water and air we quickly realize the inherent conflict reflected in this waning Moon: how to integrate an open, spacious self with the unfathomable depths of our psyche without drowning the one and disconnecting from the other?

Adding a rich complexity to this celestial conundrum are ruler and co-ruler of Pisces, Jupiter and Neptune conjoined and retrograde in the spacious breath of Aquarius, also shifting our conscious awareness toward self-reflection. If we then consider that Mercury the ruler of Gemini recently entered the sign of its ruler ship we begin seeing the unmistakable imprinting of our boundless self elevated high above the Earth, and from this aerial perspective we can easily deduce that the myriad connections our unique individuality has been making under the tutelage of Gemini may be ready for a deeper experiencing of ourself unbound by the burdens of physical limitation.

Pisces is the visionary aspect in each of us dissolving boundaries, obstacles, and structures separating rather than uniting us with the Oneness of life; while Gemini, the madcap adolescent in each of us, refuses to be boxed inside prescriptive expectations of our past and demanding personal freedom to roam unencumbered is ever ready for an extra-ordinary experiencing of life that wisely adds buoyancy to our experience of ourself. Gemini is often called the “butterfly” of the zodiac flitting, flirting, and philandering from flower to flower with an innate awareness of the preciousness of life and the urgency of experiencing every moment with abandoned judgement. Perhaps the gift of this waning Moon is the reflection of our unbound self shimmering upon the watery surface of our psyche much like looking at a passing cloud reflected on the surface of a lake helping us to see what lives within.

Joyce Looking Back

Lauren Lesko — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:04:28 +0000

In the spirit of an expansive Jupiter and visionary Neptune conjoining in Aquarius for the first time since 1843, and poised exactly opposite my natal Mercury in Leo in the ninth house, I will post from time to time exquisite excepts of “poetic illuminations and mystical philosophies” affirming the palpable existence of the infinite wisdom of the Cosmos awakening within a uniquely individual knowing of the Oneness of Life.

“Looking back on my own experiences they all converge towards a kind of insight to which I cannot help ascribe some metaphysical significance. The keynote of it is invariably a reconciliation. It is as if the opposites of the world, whose contradictoriness and conflict make all our difficulties and troubles, were melted into unity. Not only do they, as contrasted species, belong to one and the same genus, but one of the species, the nobler and better one, is itself the genus, and so soaks up and absorbs its opposite into itself. This is a dark saying, I know, when thus expressed in terms of common logic, but I cannot wholly escape from its authority. I feel as if it must mean something……Those who have ears to hear, let them hear.” James Joyce was born at the time of a Jupiter -Neptune conjoining in Taurus trine Uranus in Virgo, and wrote the above passage, an excerpt from Varieties, at the time of a Uranus-Neptune opposition.

Asserting Our Individuality

Lauren Lesko — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:32:19 +0000

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As the Moon enters Pisces we begin our experiencing of the waxing phase of the Sagittarius new Moon; and making a square first to the Sun and then to Mars this Moon directs our attention to a conflict which we can creatively manage depending upon how we assert our individuality. The Sun, Mars, and Mercury are fellow companions in Sagittarius, at best, enlivening one another in philosophical questing and inquiring into new concepts, at worst, in self -righteous proselytizing and impulsive proclaiming. Sagittarius is that aspect in each of us physically and mentally reaching for new horizons so that we can experience the unfamiliar, the exotic, and the foreign as aspects within ourself but first we need to be willing to let go of what we believe to be “truth”.

The waxing Pisces Moon signals that the time has come for us to dissolve those boundaries separating “me” from “you” in order to experience a reality of inter-connectedness and oneness with all of life. And because reality is construed in the form of what we perceive reality to be the waxing Pisces Moon offers us a golden opportunity to question our perception of life. When we are under the influence of Sagittarius we are seeking universal understanding, and when we are under the influence of Pisces we are seeking universal surrendering: and both expressions of human experience require that we reconfigure the silhouette we call “self”.

It is not by chance that our ancestors gave the benevolence of Jupiter as guardian ruler to both Sagittarius and Pisces, especially when we consider that Jupiter is that aspect in each of us seeking to connect with something within ourself which seems far greater than ourself. The planet Jupiter is currently transiting in Capricorn adding stability to Sagittarius and containment to Pisces which is helping give form to our eternal quest for meaning and significance in life. Add the guidance of the waxing Moon in Pisces and it is likely that something we believe to be sacred will be challenged in the coming week. The probability of this happening is further emphasized because the Moon contacts the Saturn-Uranus opposition highlighting a sudden and unexpected breaking free of tradition, which may expand our conscious awareness that our perception of reality is much more fluid than we often believe it to be.

Of Lasting Value

Lauren Lesko — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:12:12 +0000

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I am writing this posthumous of an event of which I am well aware having gazed with affection at the sliver of the new Moon cradled below the punctuated lights of Venus and Jupiter; all three celestial bodies nestled in the arms of Capricorn. I did think at the time to take a photograph and fortunately my camera was out of batteries leaving me content to experience the moment undisturbed. When I opened an enthusiastic email from a dear friend inquiring into the significance of such beauty in the sky, the likes of which will not be seen again until 2054, I was inspired to articulate in words one possible meaning of this celestial event. The conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter took place on December 1, the first day of the new month, and for that reason alone a momentous offering of significance when we consider that the “birth” of any moment be it a body, an event, or an idea carries the seeds for the potential flowering of that birth.

Traditional astrology foretells beneficence whenever Venus and Jupiter are in harmony their conjoining construed with “our cup runneth over”; yet, if we look at Jupiter through a modern lens we see that Jupiter magnifies whatever it touches, in this case, a conserving Venus in Capricorn graciously maintaining the status quo. It seems unlikely that this conjoining of Venus and Jupiter will manifest in immediate, tangible good fortune because the fortune we are offered is of a more subtle variety.

Venus is that aspect in ourself manifesting in what we value; and the places, the people, and the things that give us the most pleasure and satisfaction in our life all reside under the canopy of our personal values. When Venus is in Capricorn one thing that we value is our ability to preserve that which we value most in life. Not surprising then that our attention turns toward “relationship” adding a more mature hue to our view challenging us to seriously consider the lasting consequences of our actions. When we are under the influence of Venus in Capricorn we accept personal responsibility, and self-discipline in all matters of our heart; we are even willing to sacrifice our immediate pleasuring, a tragedy for our goddess of love, in order to insure that what we value in life continues to thrive for generations to come.

The heady exuberance of Jupiter is noticeably restrained in Capricorn frustrating our enthusiasm to broaden our experiencing of life by planting our feet firmly upon the earth, taking one measured step at a time, and keeping our attention focused on accomplishing the goal in hand. In the modern world of “perpetual distraction” maintaining a single point of focus is becoming a lost art but the gift of Jupiter in Capricorn offers us the capacity to focus our intention in order to actualize what we aspire to be, to do, and to have in life. It is worth our remembering that Capricorn is an earthy sign full of robust sensuality bridled just beneath the surface of social respectability and when in company with Jupiter we can experience a healthy dose of unleashed sensual appreciation for being alive tempered with our sobering respect for life and awareness of the consequence and accountability of our actions.

This month seems destined to be remembered as one in which we consciously committed ourself to the hard work necessary to accomplish our cherished goals, and while, we may have to sacrifice the seductive sensuality of Venus and the jubilance of Jupiter, we gain the emotional maturity, self-determination, and personal authority to withstand whatever hardship might lie ahead knowing that each step we take contributes something of lasting value to our life.

Unwavering Belief

Lauren Lesko — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000

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A Sagittarius new Moon heralds a golden dawn challenging each of us to break free from the bondage of our tribal rhetoric so that we can dance in naked splendor with the universe falling blissfully into the open arms of the cosmos. When we are under the influence of Sagittarius we have an unshakable faith in our future and in our trust of life. What matters most to us is our unwavering belief that life is so much more than the sum of its parts. Sagittarius is that aspect in each of us expanding beyond the contours of what is familiar, shattering the prosaic realities of our daily life, disregarding our sentimental attachment with the past, and insisting that life be a mythic adventure riding gloriously off into the sunset of our future. Unfortunately, for those of us with a healthy dose of Sagittarius in our natal chart, I have Sagittarius on the cusp of my first house, we can be susceptible to Jupiterian inflation and defying the gravitational pull of Earth can be a major obstacle to achieving our goals in life; so too can be the believing that what is right for “me” is right for “thee”.

Every month, when the Sun and Moon kiss they share an intimate secret which then takes us on Earth the entire month to comprehend. This month the Sun and Moon are not alone in their shared secret, Mercury and Mars are nearby sharing in the intimacy of the moment. When the personal planets, Mercury, Venus, and Mars, involve themselves in a lunar transit the theme of “the personal” is accentuated. However, this offers a quandary to the Sagittarius new Moon considering first, that Jupiter ruling Sagittarius is a social planet, and second, the Sagittarius thirst for universal wisdom tends to be rejecting of the personal. So then, what exactly is the cosmic message we are about to receive?

In my last post, Epimetheus Mercury, I wrote about the underpinnings of the celestial cycles governing human experiencing which leads me to think that the Sagittarius new Moon is working in tandem with the Epimetheus cycle of Mercury to underscore the importance to personally break free from self- imposed didactic rules and regulations governing our worldly perspective. In the coming month we will be challenged to let go of our cherished beliefs especially those that chime a self-righteous note or two. Sagittarius can be our teacher and our healer if we allow our self to grow in tolerance of difference in the world, and in acceptance that perception, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. Questioning why we believe what we believe is not an easy task. We need to be willing to break free from the dogma of our past and look at the present with new eyes. Sagittarius is a universal principal in human consciousness and without conscious awareness of the unity of humanity what we believe can segregate and isolate especially when we think that our belief is more righteous or sacred than another.

The shadow faces of Sagittarius are fundamentalism and fanaticism which when left unattended become the poisoned faces of fascism. This is not the month for pointing fingers, on the contrary, the Sagittarius new Moon is suggesting that we stop blaming others for the difficulties we perceive in the world. We have a golden opportunity this month to claim ownership of our behavior and to stop projecting our beliefs onto the beliefs of others. Under the guidance of Sagittarius we can break free of the limited view of human potential that we have internalized as truth by broadening our perception of what is humanly possible, and with a little luck we may experience Sagittarian wisdom trusting in life knowing that it is so much more than the sum of its parts.

Aim for the Stars

Lauren Lesko — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:00:31 +0000

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When the Sun enters Sagittarius our nights are growing longer than our days and our conscious attention in tandem is seeking an expanded meaning of life beyond our daily toil. The wisdom of our ancestors honored the cycles of the seasons choosing to awaken the story-telling of their life experiences during the lengthening nights when human activity is beckoned inside. In the decreasing daylight of the fall season we find our self spending more hours indoors than out appreciating this time for exploring unfamiliar territory within our self, and expanding our consciousness we set upon an inner journey home to the source of our creation. For the ancient Maya Civilization this home was found at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, the World Tree rooted at the crossing point of the Milky Way along the ecliptic in Sagittarius. In Roman mythology Juno, the wife of Jupiter, is responsible for the birth of the Milky Way Galaxy born from the milk of her breast spilled from the mouth of Hercules. More recently, in the 20th century, the astronomers discovering the Galactic Center, a black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy located along the ecliptic at the same place as the Maya World Tree, believe it to be the source of everything in our galaxy including human consciousness. When we are under the influence of Sagittarius we instinctively understand the evolutionary calling of cosmic consciousness expanding our perception of life beyond the contours of our ordinary experiencing taking us to a place different than our material self. Taking our cue from the symbol for Sagittarius, half man and half horse shooting an arrow to the heavens, when we are under the influence of Sagittarius we aim our sight for the stars.

The motivating force of Sagittarius is our quest for the quintessential meaning of life requiring the full immersion of our mind and senses in a broad experiencing of life. In Greek and Roman mythology centaurs were creatures born of raw instinct with an unbridled sensuality often expressed in human form as a fun loving and robust sexuality not mired in the tribal mating rituals of either fidelity or commitment. On the surface of life this behavior appears lacking in respect and sensitivity to the feelings and needs of others, yet, if we reach beyond the surface we encounter the unconscious motivate; sensitivity to a stultifying tribal view of reality that compels us to break through the “chains that bind” into a more universal perspective that is respectful of the source of all life

Chiron, half brother to Jupiter, and progenitor of the race of Centaurs, was a wise teacher and healer of gods and humankind alike who himself suffered an incurable wounding which only his death could absolve. He arranged with the Olympian gods to exchange his immortal life for the release of Prometheus, the giver of fire to humankind, by entering Hades and freeing Prometheus from his chained bondage to a rock. The planetary body discovered in the 1970′s and named after the mythological Chiron orbits between Saturn and Uranus offering us on Earth a mediator between our bondage to traditional authority and our ability to unleash our full creative potential. When we are under the influence of Chiron we are made aware of a wounding we inherited from the collective experiences of humanity which can only be healed by dying to an aspect of our individuality which has inhibited our conscious awareness. The necessity for our healing is made all the more urgent with the insistence of the current Saturn-Uranus opposition.

Yesterday the Sun entered Sagittarius following Mars and followed today by Mercury. This celestial trio is offering a period of cosmic expansion broadening our perception of what our life can be. Mars our impulse to be, the Sun our essential life force, and Mercury our interpreter of reality, are under the influence of an evolutionary growth in consciousness that can shift our focus from what we do, our achievements in life, to who we are, the discovery of the essence of our life. Admittedly, this journey is an elaborate odyssey taking the entirety of our life before reaching our final destination, but this month we are given extra guidance from a potent cluster of planetary ruler ship with Jupiter and Saturn at the helm.

Sun, Mars, and Mercury in Sagittarius are disposed by Jupiter in Capricorn, the sign of Saturn’s ruler ship, and in trine to Saturn in Virgo, the sign of Mercury’s ruler ship. Uranus in Pisces is under the shared ruler ship of Jupiter and Neptune, and Neptune is in Aquarius along side Chiron and the North Node, all disposed by a Saturn and Uranus shared ruler ship. Venus in Capricorn and Pluto’s ingress into Capricorn cement this cosmic union of an extended celestial family which mirrors the potential unity of the extended family of humanity on Earth. This cosmic flurry of activity promises that we can manifest an inspired vision for the future if we reach beyond the perceptual box of what is and fully participate with all of humanity to create what can be.

This will be made more clear to us later in December when first Mercury, then the Sun, and lastly Mars square the Saturn – Uranus opposition alerting us on earth that certain structures created to serve society are ready to be fully integrated into the service of a greater humanity; the only caution being that we do not encourage those in authority to “throw out the baby with the bath water”. At the same time it is essential that we clearly understand the nature of the social policies presented in service to society and who exactly in society they serve.

At the end of November Venus in Capricorn dances in harmony with a newly directed Uranus in Pisces before joyfully falling into the arms of Jupiter. Tradition holds sway that when the two beneficent planets, Jupiter and Venus, are in joyful harmony that which we call luck springs eternal. Uranus in Pisces, the sign of exaltation for Venus, further suggests a universal awakening in what we value in life. The only advisable warning is to make sure that we do not become complacent observers expecting the change in our future to come from the efforts of others. Jupiter and Saturn are telling us that our efforts are an essential component for doing the work needed to accomplish the goal.

Pluto, our celestial ambassador having recently conjoined the Milky Way Galaxy adds a sobering mood to this months celestial euphoria when entering Capricorn; insuring that evolutionary transformation is on our horizon but not before we experience a significant death of an aspect of our self which we have held dear to our heart. This is not a time to fearfully cling to our past if we sincerely want a better future for our self, our tribe, our species, our Earth.

True to the Mark

Lauren Lesko — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:46:19 +0000

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Sunday, we experienced a celestial loop above and within; Mars entered Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter and Mercury in Scorpio, ruled by Mars, made a creative aspect to Jupiter in Capricorn, the sign of Mars exaltation. And if that were not enough, Mercury also made harmonious aspects to the Saturn – Uranus opposition, and because Saturn is in Virgo, ruled by Mercury, and because Mercury is the second fastest moving celestial body after the Moon, we on Earth seem destined for fruitful communicating during the week, communication that can ripen into meaningful change in our life respectful of the past and honoring of the future. For the past month, Mercury in Scorpio has been delving into our daily communications leaving “no stone unturned” in our examination of our past actions and their contribution to our current circumstances. Enter Mars in Sagittarius and we set ourself a course of restless questing and relentless seeking of life’s quintessential meaning giving ourself a golden opportunity to discover with courage and daring what we really believe our life is all about.

Mars, our impulse to act, has entered Sagittarius at a time when reality as we know it to be is under siege and our individual efforts to effect our environment are so many cascading arrows having missed their mark. Some might say that these are timely circumstances and that Mars in Sagittarius is helping us break down barriers, most likely in our perception of reality, that are preventing us from appreciating a wider experiencing of our life. If this is so, this cosmic message hit close to home this weekend when dear friends almost lost theirs along with thirty years of collected memories; jewelry that my mother had collected the last thirty years was stolen from her home; and the security my brother painstakingly built over thirty years is being washed away in an ocean of change; and what is left in the wake of devastation and loss is the valuing of human life and relationship above those things which are owned.

Sagittarius is that aspect in each of us instinctively aware of “the bigger picture” underpinning every human experience. We are after all individually and collectively connected to the evolutionary consciousness of life which in times of crisis is made all the more apparent to us. Not surprising that the wisdom of our ancient ancestors encompassed knowing that the source of all life and evolutionary change found in our galaxy is where astronomers today locate the Galactic Center; the crossing paths of our Milky Way Galaxy on the ecliptic in Sagittarius.

Things are going to get pretty interesting after November 21 when Jupiter in Capricorn disposing the Sun, Mercury, and Mars in Sagittarius adds commitment and achievement to the exuberant, spontaneous, freedom seeking Sagittarius promising concrete solutions between divisive beliefs. This is made all the more possible because Jupiter and Saturn join in celestial harmony insuring that our expanded view of human value can reach beyond the inscribed boundaries of the past. Adding to this celestial brew is Pluto’s entrance into Capricorn and Venus in Capricorn conjoining Jupiter making the last days of November a bonanza month for stellar achievement if we can keep our focus on the goal and our aim true to the mark.

Cosmic Boomerang

Lauren Lesko — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:29:51 +0000

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Yesterday, we were given a glorious celestial awakening when Venus, our goddess of love, kissed Pluto, our god of death and transformation, not once but twice, first in the last degree of Sagittarius and then in the first degree of Capricorn, and we on Earth were given a double dose of love transformed. Venus is that aspect in each of us that loves because we are loved, and when we are under the influence of Venus we weigh the gifts of our love seeking to balance the scales between what we give and what we receive. Venus is our celestial boomerang and by sending back to us what we give to others the celestial goddess of love administers the irrefutable cosmic law of karma in the causation of our actions. When we are under the influence of Venus we are well aware that we are the master builders of our fate, the architects of our life creating the life of our design. When Venus is in Capricorn we are learning that nothing in life is for free and that each act of love is marked with responsibility and commitment. This particular passing of Venus in Capricorn is disposing the face of the the Scorpio Full Moon, the luminous light of Taurus, intensifying the transforming of the love that has shaped our past and contours our present.

When we are under the influence of Venus in Capricorn we are made aware that love requires our maturity and we learn to respect and honor our self-value and the value of others. Our usual frustrations vented in anger turn a sober face disarming the childish disappointments we carry from our past by transforming our poisoned resentment into a deeper appreciation of our life, which is nothing less than the crowning jewel offered Taurus, and something of which I was reminded reading Full Moon in Taurus Brings Scorpio Love Lessons. I especially appreciated Jessica’s encouragement to value the simple physical pleasuring of the body, I’ve learned that Taurus Moon doesn’t care a wit about muddling through the complexity of my feelings — or his. That’s Scorpio. Hug therapy, sexual therapy, cuddle therapy are Taurus.”

Venus in Capricorn focuses our attention on the difficult work ahead testing our fortitude and our commitment to achieving our goals. Both Taurus and Capricorn honor our commitment to achievement and this month we have the celestial blessing of Venus, ruler of Taurus, dancing in harmony with the planet of manifestation, Saturn, and the planet of expansion, Jupiter. Worldly success seems at hand but not without our determined efforts to make it so. Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, demands that serious attention be paid to what we value in life. Traditionally Capricorn honors our social achievements and the prestige that they garner, but on a deeper level in human consciousness, Capricorn is that aspect in each of us aware of contributing to society the best of who we are and what we have to give. Saturn in Virgo opposing Uranus in Pisces is helping each of us to do the necessary work required to improve who we are and what we have in order to improve what our society is and what it can become. The influence of Uranus in Pisces tells us that we are experiencing an evolutionary change in our concept of love and by breaking free from the shackles of conditional giving and receiving we are given the gift to love because it is the nature of love to love.