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by Cayelin Castell

Dreamtime holds powerful opportunities. It is a field where potential, past, and future are held in the same matrix as the present moment. If such a construct is foreign to you, stretch your mind and entertain the possibility that you could help to dream a different reality into being. Enter into the Mystery where reality is actually created.

In becoming a conscious dreamer, you can assist in literally creating a new reality for yourself, as well as contributing to the larger dream that is emerging. By focusing on this creation, your thoughts and intentions are projected at superluminal speeds across the crystal grid network that encompasses universes. This energetic field seeds, supports, and empowers the creation of an unfolding reality.

—The Mayan Oracle, Return Path to the Stars by Ariel Spilsbury and Michael Bryner. http://www.risingstarlc.com/mayan.htm

This month we have numerous planetary events in the Great Above drawing our attention to the co-creative opportunities available to us when we are consciously accessing the dreamtime. We are the dreamers, we are the dream; we are dreaming the dream as much as the dream is dreaming us, and we are being reminded that we are the ones “dreaming the dream onward.”

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February 2007 Daily Highlights

February Daily Timings

Knowledge of the celestial mysteries was highly sacred in the ancient mystery teachings. At this time…Knowledge of the sky and the cycles of the planets as they relate to the starry backdrop is a gift we give ourselves, in consciously participating with the planetary ascension, while responsibly and actively dreaming the dream onward. Many of the planetary influences shared in these Timings last for several weeks, months, a year or longer. However, some influences with the faster moving planets last only a few days. Every influence has at least a three-day window, the day of the exact alignment, the day before, and the day after. Timings are generally for Pacific Time unless otherwise indicated. What follows is intended to support your journey with these mysteries.

Feb 01, Thursday. Leo Full Moon (13 Leo) The IMBOLC Cross-Quarter is dedicated to the Celtic goddess "Brigit" (also known as "Brighid" or Saint Brigit). Traditionally celebrated as Candlemas or Imbolc, it is the time of extinguishing the old ceremonial fires and lighting new ones. Imbolc references “being in the belly of the Mother.” This is the time in the Northern Hemisphere when the seeds in the Earth (or the belly of the Mother) begin to stir, and what is hidden quickens as the days slowly grow longer.

The Full Moon closest to the Cross-Quarter held special significance and power to the ancients. The Astrological Cross-Quarter occurs when the Sun reaches 15 degrees Aquarius on Feb 4, so this is the closest Full Moon to the Cross-Quarter. Indeed, today begins a 5-day Cross-Quarter window from now until Feb 5, when we are in the potency of the Full Moon and the Cross-Quarter time.

With Leo on the leading edge of this Timing, we are reminded that it is self-love that is the key to maximizing this Full Moon energy. Catherine Ponder’s book, The Prospering Power of Love, states, “…There is no reason for you to feel disillusioned or disappointed if love has seemingly let you down or passed you by. Those who bitterly declare that their lives are without love are mistakenly looking to someone or something outside themselves for love. Begin realizing now that love is first within you and can be released through your thoughts, feelings, words, and actions. As you begin developing love from within outward, you are truly proving your method to be spiritually scientific, and satisfying. You no longer feel at the mercy of people, situations, and conditions. You become master of your world and free from hurt, fear, disappointment and disillusionment.”

Feb 02, Friday. Candlemas and Ground Hog Day. This window of time is for celebrating renewal and purification. Ground Hog Day is a tradition that began in Europe with hedgehogs coming out of their burrows to judge if winter was nearly over. In the New World, there were no hedgehogs so groundhogs were adopted. http://www.web-holidays.com/candle/

Today the Moon is occulting Saturn for the second time this year and the third time since December 10, 2006. Over these next few days sending our love and gratitude through the Earth’s grid system helps to anchor these energies in this reality.

Mercury is moving into Pisces and will go retrograde at 11 Pisces on Feb 13. This is a good time to backup your computer and to be prepared for technical glitches, as our typically left-brained cultural approach to life is radically shifting to a right-brained focus and communication style. More than ever it helps to trust our inner knowing, especially when events do not make logical sense, and to allow for the challenges that occur through “miss-communication,” when what you think you are saying is not what the other person is hearing, or what you are hearing is not what the other person is trying to communicate. Patience along with willingness to trust what is being transmitted telepathically helps bypass the limits of language. This is not a time to TRY and figure things out logically and rationally. It is a time to let go of attachments to results and to allow expression for our creative inner process.

Feb 03, Saturday. Mars (13 Capricorn) sextiles Uranus (13 Pisces) suggesting unusual events are possible today designed to shift the limits of our current reality assemblage point expanding our experience into new territory. It may be as simple as a perceptual shift. When we combine this influence with the Sun (14 Aquarius) sextile to Jupiter (14 Sagittarius), the perceptual shift is related to our experience of the truth and expanded states of awareness. This is an opportunity to gain a broader more innovative cosmic perspective.

The Moon moves into Virgo this morning. This is the Moon of the priest and priestesses, the Druids, the hierophants, and other wisdom keepers of the Earth who are the stewards of the pattern of life, the ones who measure the Earth and the Sky and know the best times for planting, harvesting, marrying, celebrating. They know how to maintain balance between the world of form and the Otherworlds. These are the mysteries of the pattern and finding our expression within that pattern that draws the forces of creation to us in a way that helps us to fulfill our soul’s purpose.

Feb 04, Sunday. The Aquarius Cross-Quarter energy operates from a cosmic perspective shifting the current assemblage point through radical changes that are intended to liberate our current experiences into expanded states of objective awareness and insight. We have reached the astrological Cross-Quarter (Sun at 15 Aquarius) between the December Solstice (O Capricorn) and the March Equinox (O Aries). Today is a good day to symbolically and ceremonially light the fires of regeneration and renewal.

Feb 05, Monday. The Waning Moon moves into Libra, crossing the September Equinox point of O degrees Libra. This cardinal point is currently aligned with the North Galactic Pole lying 90 degrees north of the Galactic Plane looking beyond our Galaxy where the constellation of Coma Berenices resides. (See Sept 2000 CT Archives) Tuning into this area of the sky enhances our intergalactic connections and our understanding of Time and Space. The North Galactic Pole accesses multi-dimensional energy, providing a doorway to other realms and galaxies, further facilitating our understanding of how to consciously exist in many realms simultaneously. Accessing the mysteries from this multi-dimensional perspective through the lens of archetypal Libra, we are reminded of the importance of our relationship to not only each other, our Earth, and the Sky, but also all the inter-galactic realms that are assisting in the transformation and ascension of the Earth at this time. The Equinoxes align with the Galactic Poles every 13,000 years for a period of time (minimum of 144 years). Approximately 6,500 years ago, the September Equinox or Zero Libra Point was aligned near Galactic Center, and the June Solstice of Zero Cancer Point was aligned at the North Galactic Pole. Taking an even bigger leap back through time, 26,000 years ago, the Zero Libra Point was aligned with the North Galactic Pole giving us the vast scope of this turning of the Great Galactic Wheel.

Feb 06, Tuesday. We are fast approaching the exact opposition of Saturn (22 Leo) and Neptune (20 Aquarius) on Feb 28. Saturn’s World of Form and limit condition is encountering Neptune’s World of Formlessness beyond the boundaries of this world in the field of all possibilities. Saturn and Neptune have been dancing in opposition since last year with the first exact opposition on Aug 31, 2006. Feb 28 is their second opposition and on June 25, 2007 they reach a third opposition.

These next few months continue to be an excellent opportunity for accessing the “field of dreams” or the “field of all possibilities” and dreaming our heart-felt desires into practical form. How do we bring the boundless into the boundaries of this reality, enriching our experience and connection with infinite. This question, or one like it, helps to activate your inner knowing, guiding you to the answers that will work best for you.

The Mayan Oracle (listed in the introduction) reminds us that “At a certain point when a critical threshold of energy has been focused on a clear intent such as world peace, the underlying constructs of reality shift and a new reality begins filtering into human experience. Make no mistake: great change is seeded by conscious dreamers who understand and know that they are co-creating the larger dream.”

Feb 07, Wednesday. Venus conjuncts Uranus at 13 Pisces near the exact same degree they were conjunct last year on April 18, 2006. Looking back to what was happening around that time last year can give us clues about what was initiated then when Venus was on her way to her underworld initiation. Venus has now risen as an evening star and is integrating her shamanic death and rebirth process, encountering the unpredictable revolutionary energies of Uranus again, though this time on the integration side of her initiation experience. In Pisces, this is the expression of the magical feminine as the compassionate world healer through her ability to dream and connect with the imaginal realms where creative expression originates. Innovative Uranus revolutionizes how Venus shows up to be of radical, revolutionary, and yet compassionate sacred service outside of what we normally consider ordinary reality.

Feb 08, Thursday. The waning Moon moves into Scorpio this morning transmitting the mysteries of life, death, transformation and rebirth. What needs to die? What beliefs, ideas, concepts, habits, and attitudes can we shed, release, or transform to support the fullest connection to passionate, alive, life force energy?

The annual conjunction of Sun and Neptune (20 Aquarius) is deepening the inner process of Neptune intending to further develop intuitive knowing and inspired dreaming. In Aquarius, this process is usually unexpected and revolutionary. In Neptune’s world, change comes in ways that are NOT logical or rational. If we are operating from logic and reason, then what once seemed so clear suddenly may be hazy and downright confusing. This is when a fog rolls in and the clearly defined landscape of the logical mind disappears in the mist. When this happens, it is time to surrender and trust your inner knowing as the most accurate guide available.

“In the emerging reality construct, you are literally dreaming both your personal myth and the greater “meta-myth” into existence.” ~The Mayan Oracle

Feb 09, Friday. Venus is conjunct Ceres (14 Pisces) and both are square Jupiter (15 Sag). Ceres, our largest known asteroid, was the first asteroid discovered and has been a part of the collective awareness since 1801. Ceres is the Roman counterpart to Demeter, both Earth Mother Fertility Goddesses who were preceded by Inanna and Ishtar. Their stories all have in common the descent into the underworld initiation theme. (Demetra George, Asteroid Goddesses http://isbn.nu/0935127151/price) As Ceres and Venus (known also as Inanna and Ishtar) travel through Pisces, they are encountering the compassionate Divine Mother archetype, and with Jupiter squaring them both, these themes are being expanded for the purpose of enlivening the truth of the Compassionate Mother within. This means we can benefit from taking time to nurture ourselves with great love and joy in the miracle of our lives in much the same way a Mother marvels at the miracle of her own child.

Feb 10, Saturday. The Scorpio Last Quarter Moon (21 Scorpio) is exact in the early morning hours with the waning Half-Full Moon rising around Midnight. This is a time for bringing forth what we have transmuted and transformed in the last year as the medicine or gifts we give ourselves and those around us. Dying to the judgments and misunderstandings we hold about ourselves, life, each other, and our ego attachments is ultimately empowering beyond what we have known before.

Sun (21 Aquarius) opposite retrograde Saturn (21 Leo) is bringing to light the manifest forms of self-love we are expressing in our lives. Saturn is now closest to the Earth and brightest in its annual cycle with the Sun, rising as the Sun sets. Therefore, the light of Saturn shines upon us the entire night. This will continue for many weeks, suggesting this is the time to look at how well we are doing in structuring our lives based in completely loving ourselves in healthy ways. We are the only ones who can make a different choice for ourselves. This is not a choice based on our external circumstances. The choice to love ourselves comes from within; and once we are committed to self-love and self-forgiveness, regardless of what we are experiencing, then (sometimes sooner than expected though sometimes not) our external circumstances will reflect the love we feel for ourselves and others in our outer world.

Feb 11, Sunday. The waning Lunar Standstill Sagittarius Moon is visible near the bright red star Antares tonight, marking the heart of the Scorpion. This royal star is a stellar pathway accessing the transformative energies of the oracle designed to expand awareness and meaning in ways that support the fulfillment of our earthly journey. (For more about Antares and the Golden Gate see January 1 and 15, 2007 archives http://www.celestialtimings.com/subscriber/holydayz.html) The Sagittarius Moon mysteries speak to the importance of knowing oneself as instructed by the Delphic Oracle. Further instruction from this oracle was, “Nothing in Excess, Not Even Self-Perfection.” This is reminiscent of another saying, “Everything in Moderation, Including Moderation.”

In the light of the Sun Saturn opposition, and the Sag Moon, these words from Layne and Paul Cutright’s book, Straight From the Heart, sum up the gifts of living and expressing the Truth of who you are: "Truth can be healing. Truth can be a doorway to a greater experience of love than you have ever known. Truth can bring you peace, build compassion, and help you love and respect yourself more fully. Truth can make you whole."

Feb 12, Monday. Moon conjuncts Jupiter (16 Sagittarius) further energizing the quest for truth in this Lunar Standstill window when much of what we thought was true maybe changing so that the truth behind the truth is more readily accessible. This is a time for wielding the sword of TRUTH cutting through all the illusions and misconceptions that bind us to limited realities with limited truths. When we live from inspired divine Truth we are free to live genuine love and compassion from our hearts.

Feb 13, Tuesday. The Lunar Standstill Moon conjuncts Pluto and crosses the Galactic Plane, and Mercury stations retrograde. Moon conjunct Pluto (28 Sag) urges us to cleanse, eliminate and purify the dross from our lives—be it limiting beliefs, uninspired thinking, the clutter in our environment, the lifestyle choices we are making, or the attachments we have to results.

Mercury stations retrograde in Pisces (10 Pisces) and remains retrograde until March 7. The entire retrograde effect is felt while Mercury is traveling through the degrees of the retrograde. On Jan 25, Mercury crossed 25 Aquarius, where it will station direct on March 7, and then Mercury passes beyond 10 degrees Pisces on March 28. (See Feb 2) Mercury Retrograde in Pisces assists the mind in shifting perspective, to engage a more conscious dreaming experience. The full window of this Timing began January 25 and ends March 28.

“The dreamtime matrix unfolds in waking reality as well as in sleep. All that you are and all that you hold, from issues and beliefs to hopes and dreams, shapes your personal dreamfield. From this field, you attract that which will bring about your completion and wholeness.” The Mayan Oracle.

Feb 14, Wednesday. Moon conjuncts Mars (21 Capricorn) illuminating our awareness around the mysteries of responsibly managing our personal and collective world. This is a time when we can actively notice or be conscious of what motivates “our Doing” and begin to make different choices. When what we are Doing is effective with a minimal amount of effort, and our lives are supporting the joy of Doing, no matter what it is, then we are in harmony with the Doing process. Doing that is motivated out of a need to prove we have value and worth, by being productive, taking care of others, proving oneself to some outside authority, or ignoring what we are really feeling, is an addictive form of Doing. Healthy Doing comes from genuine love of self and the creative process, for the purpose of creating balance and harmony with life as well as greater well-being and joy. This is good time to ask what is motivating your Doing process and if it is really healthy and supportive to your life. If not, are there ways to simplify for the purpose of “Doing Less and Accomplishing More?” Benefits from the wisdom of Capricorn occur when operating from a healthy place as this energy has the ability to organize and efficiently maximize a harmonious relationship with the world of form.

Feb 15, Thursday. Moon Moves into Aquarius transmitting the mysteries of the cosmic revolutionary who is committed to its own unique path of self-expression, questioning what is, and not settling for the limitations of the status quo. This is a good time to step back for a good look at the big picture or the cosmic overview and embrace the revolutionary changes that support us in freely living our divine purpose.

Feb 16, Friday. Moon conjuncts Neptune and the New Moon window begins. Aquarius and Neptune are both visionary archetypes calling upon our creative dreaming energy through our imagination and willingness to experiment with what we are imagining, finding new, expansive, evolutionary ways of experiencing this reality. This reminds us of the importance of experimenting with new ideas and concepts that facilitate evolution and change.

Feb 17, Saturday. Aquarius New Moon (28 Aquarius), Sun (28 Aquarius) sextiles Pluto (28 Sagittarius). The Sun and Pluto met on December 18 (27 Sagittarius at Galactic Center see the archives) beginning a new cycle focused on how we experience personal and collective authentic power. This Sun Pluto sextile New Moon energy marks a timing for revolutionary growth based on the intentions seeded at the Sun Pluto conjunction in December and signals the preparation for the Pluto retrograde on March 31. Noting and further releasing any lingering limiting beliefs, truths and misconceptions assists in creating a more authentic experience of our true original core self. This timing also illuminates any shadow issues, including the fears and judgments, and forgotten or denied skills and abilities we carry, while also providing fuel for the transformation to occur. This is an excellent timing to again embrace the truth of our being with loving forgiveness where needed, transforming these shadowed elements into our greatest gifts bringing to light their wealth as the medicine we carry.

Feb 18, Sunday. Happy Chinese New Year of the Fire Pig or Boar. (This article has more about the significant of this Chinese New Year: http://www.astrologycom.com/firepig1.html.)

Today we have four planets in, or entering into, Pisces including the Moon, Mercury, Uranus and the Sun. Also in Pisces is the asteroid Ceres (18 Pisces) See Feb 9. The Moon conjuncts retrograde Mercury (8 Pisces) and Uranus (14 Pisces) and the Sun is slipping into the magical mystical Pisces realm. Magic made manifest is the direct result of consciously engaging our imagination (known also as. our “dreaming abilities”), or clearly imagining a desired reality. The Pisces realm is connected to the “dreamtime” or the “dreambody” of this reality. Essentially, there is no difference between this reality and our dream reality. The world reflects our dreaming whether we are conscious of it or not. It has never been more vital to be conscious of the dream we are choosing at this time. The Pisces realm reminds us that our imagination is our greatest creative tool for consciously “dreaming the dream onward” in compassionate sacred service to life and to spirit.

Feb 19, Monday. Moon conjuncts evening star Venus (28 Pisces) at the Third Gate (known as the Gate of Personal Power) and is squared by Pluto (28 Sag). This is an especially powerful Venus Gate with Pluto adding the mysteries of empowerment to the Gate of Personal Power. Pluto is transforming whatever may still be needed to fully embrace the empowerment available now. From the place of complete surrender, Venus is now receiving the empowering blessings and gifts Pluto has to offer. For those born in an eight year (8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, etc.) this is an important ceremonial timing designed to reclaim and integrate the fullest experience of personal power.

Feb 20, Tuesday. The Moon in Aries is energizing the mysteries of the Warrior/Adventurer/Explorer. Aries loves the adventure and excitement of exploring unknown territory. This requires trust and courage as well as the ability to spontaneously and intuitively respond to each moment as it reveals the next step in the adventure of life.

Feb 21, Wednesday. Venus moves into Aries traveling through this realm until March 17 crossing the Spring Equinox marker currently aligned with the South Galactic Pole (See Feb 5) in the sky and energizing the feminine warrior whose nature is to act spontaneously and decisively in the moment. Venus moves into Aries today. The sacred feminine principle expressing through the Aries archetype shows up as the independent Amazon Warrior Wild Woman willing to fight for any cause she truly believes is just. She is spirited, adventurous, spontaneous, and values her sovereignty.

The Moon is also moving into Taurus reminding us to relax, slow down, savor and enjoy each moment with gratitude.

Feb 22, Thursday. Mercury conjuncts the Sun (5 Pisces) in its Psychopomp Phase in close alignment with the fixed star Fomalhaut, one of the four royal stars of ancient times and a messenger star linked with Archangel Gabriel. BIG messages are available now especially when we are consciously tuning into the our personal and collective dreamfield.

Feb 23, Friday. The Gemini First Quarter Moon (5 Gemini) near Aldebaran transmits the mysteries of the coyote trickster. This is a time for being in the moment, spontaneous, outrageous and fun, getting the cosmic joke, entertaining ourselves with what we do and how we do it, as well as embracing laughter as one of our greatest healing gifts. Paul Radini says, “Trickster is at one and the same time creator and destroyer, giver and negator, he who dupes others and who is always duped himself . . . He possesses no values, moral or social, is at the mercy of his passions and appetites, yet through his actions all values come into being. . . “ Tonight the Moon will be visible overhead as the Sunsets approaching Aldebaran near the Silver Gate (see the January 2007 archives).

Feb 24, Saturday. The Gemini Lunar Standstill Moon is crossing the Galactic Edge transmitting information coming in from beyond our Galaxy. The waxing slightly more than half-full Moon is rising and setting in visible range of its near maximum declination or “out of bounds” degrees. However, this phase of the Moon is not the best for observing rising or setting as it rises around 10 a.m. and sets around 1:30 a.m. The Moon will be visible overhead just past Aldebaran tonight. This is a transmission point from beyond our galaxy that the Moon is activating. All we need to is tune in and receive.

Feb 25, Sunday. The Lunar Standstill Moon moves into Cancer crossing the Galactic Edge at the center of the Sacred Hoop and Mars moves into Aquarius. The sacred masculine (Mars) is engaging the innovative creative energies of the egalitarian Aquarian ideal. One aspect of this is to discover healthier ways of expressing the Cancer mysteries of family and community? Starhawk's http://www.starhawk.org, visionary novel of the future, The Fifth Sacred Thing, portrays the clash of two societies: one based on co-operation, diversity, and creative solutions, and the other on war, control, and domination.

Starhawk describes the world based in cooperation as an abundant, peaceful society living in cooperation with each other and the Earth, while their neighbors struggle in the old paradigm of competition, domination and war. This book is a great resource for activating our imaginations around the possibilities of living in a truly cooperative society, where resources are shared, individual talents and abilities are viewed as equally valid and are honored in ways that promote healthy, joyful living. For example, in this society, doctors receive the same compensation as other professions including homemakers and those who raise the children. No one is seen as being more or less important than anyone else.

In the Lunar Standstill window we are reminded that it is what we envision, imagine and think about that creates our reality. The most innovative and cutting edge action we can take now is to consider the benefits of living in a world based in cooperation. The gifts of cooperation include unifying and strengthening the greater whole, moving us from mere survival into a new world where everyone is safe to thrive.

Feb 26, Monday. Retrograde Mercury re-enters Aquarius taking us inside the uniquely, innovative, unpredictable, revolutionary, avant-garde ways we connect with the “big picture.” Expecting the unexpected, without attachment to results, helps us to think the most radically freeing thoughts possible. Energy follows thought, so be ready to be in the flow of liberating change.

Feb 27, Tuesday. The North Node of the Moon (16 Pisces) and Uranus (14 Pisces) are moving closer to their exact conjunction on Mar 28, 2007, and the Sun at 8 Pisces is also moving to conjunct Uranus on March 5 at 15 Pisces, with the North Node still at 16 Pisces. The Nodes of the Moon move backward through the signs. When we approach an eclipse cycle, the Nodes slow down and stay near the same degree for several weeks. That is happening now as the North Node entered the 16 degree range of Pisces on January 20 and stays in this degree for over two months moving backward to 15 Pisces on April 4. March features a Virgo Lunar Eclipse and a Pisces Solar Eclipse.

Every 19 years or so the North Node catches up to Uranus. The North node has to do with our Time Track and represents our personal and collective destiny. Uranus is a change agent bringing about the radical changes necessary to support the fulfillment of our destiny. These changes often shift our perspective or points of reference intending to liberate us from any limiting beliefs or patterns that obstruct the free expression of who we truly are. It helps to be open and flexible and to roll with the flow of what is occurring, trusting these shifting reference points and perspectives are taking us toward greater fulfillment and joy of living our true destiny.

Feb 28, Wednesday. Moon moves into Leo, Saturn (20 Leo) opposes Neptune (20 Aquarius), retrograde Mercury (28 Aquarius) sextiles Pluto (28 Sag) for the second time this month. Self-Love and Self-Forgiveness are key factors in empowering lives. Self-Forgiveness includes accepting our emotional experience for what it IS without an attachment for it to be different than what it is. When we accept “what IS” we open the space for True Love to express…

“Emotional acceptance is a key to creating the experience of love. This means the willingness to be with things as they are for the rest of your life. But remember that emotional acceptance also does NOT exclude one’s working with ‘“what is” in order to change it. It just means that the motivation for changing it does not consist of desperately trying to get rid of situations that trigger our emotions of anger, disgust, fear, jealousy, resentment, irritation or boredom. Instead of creating an urgent survival experience around our addictive desire to see something changed, we enjoy the many benefits of preferential programming…

“…True love is unconquerable and irresistible and goes on gathering power and spreading itself, until eventually it transforms everyone it touches. Humanity will attain to a new mode of being through the free and unhampered interplay of pure love from heart to heart.”

—Ken Keyes, A Conscious Person’s Guide to Relationships.

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