ASTROLOGY ::

THE ART OF AWARENESS

Tag: Mercury

Inclusive Communication

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From the perspective of Earth the Sun is in Gemini joined today by the dark face of  the Moon and embracing as one, the Sun and Moon initiate a new lunation cycle enthusiastically declaring, it is in the voice of Gemini after all, the potential birth of a new aspect of ourself. At each New Moon the radiant light of the Sun sleeps swaddled in the cool darkness of the Moon  while our evolving self-awareness illuminating a new birth in our consciousness lies momentarily challenged by the inertia of the past mired in our habitual reacting in the present.  The monthly cycle of the Sun and Moon reminds me of the wisdom learned from Jiddu Krishnamurti teaching that knowledge is born of the past and that what we think we know aborts the  creative birth of both the present and the future. If we truly want to experience life without bias or preconceived ideas we need to open our mind and heart with a fresh perspective by dying to the known. Read the rest of this entry »

Beyond the Familiar

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Today is the waning phase of the New Moon in Pisces and the Moon in  the last degrees of Sagittarius offers a time of still repose and quiet contemplation so that we can integrate our physical, mental, and emotional activities of the past three weeks. A waning Moon is a Moon in conflict with the Sun suggesting that something in our unconscious is fighting for conscious awareness and that the ensuing battle is taking place within ourself reflecting emotional behavior that is preventing us from expressing our authentic self. A Sagittarius Moon stimulates emotional restlessness and discontent with the familiar which is one reason why this is a good week to reflect upon less familiar aspects of ourself in anticipation of the New Moon in Aries, March 26, heralding a new birth in self-awareness. Read the rest of this entry »