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March 2008 Celestial Timings
By Cayelin K Castell

In Special Memory of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
January 12, 1914 or January 12, 1917 (from two different sources)
to February 5, 2008

Jai Guru Dev,
Express my delight that World for all millennia will be a happy world.
Brahamananda trust will be the glory for all the world
and will take the world to invincibility and that is my delight.
World is going to be a happy world for all millennia to come.
The future of the world is bright and that is my delight.
~Excerpted from Maharishi’s message to the World January, 2008

I copied this message from a YouTube video the day I heard Maharishi had died. I wanted to honor his memory and his mission to change the consciousness of the world as a way to facilitate the “Dawning of the Age of Enlightenment” as he called it when I was involved in the Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement back in the 1970’s. I was initiated in Transcendental Meditation on July 9, 1972 when I was 16 years old with my Mother, Father, and Sister. My parents later went on to become TM teachers.

In April of 1975 I went to Maharishi International University (MIU as it was known then) in Fairfield, Iowa and worked on staff until January 1976 when I became a full time student there. I loved the way ahead of its time aspects of MIU and getting a unique and comprehensive experiential education in consciousness studies as well as the required courses any accredited University must offer. My time at MIU felt magical and inspiring.

I had the great fortune of seeing Maharishi in person when he came to MIU in September 1975 and in my true passionate Venus in Aries, Scorpio Rising, Sagittarius Moon ways I was (and I still am) committed to the vision Maharishi was energizing to transform this world into an “age of enlightenment”. Maharishi use to say “green trees make a green forest” meaning enlightened people make an enlightened world. There are many ways to experience enlightenment and I no longer do TM as regularly as I once did but I still find what I learned from Maharishi valuable. Truly, Maharishi gave the world tremendous momentum in the manifest realization of an age of enlightenment. It is up to us to dream this dream onward and with that in mind I offer these Celestial Timings to the fulfillment of that vision and dream. Jai Guru Dev

Spring Equinox opportunity to Change the World…
This is really interesting…Check out this Equinox Solar Wave Event being energized by Aluna Joy. She asks us… Do you have 32 minutes to Change the World? This is a Stellar Synchronized, 24 Hour, Global Equinox Event and is using a window of opportunity in the multiplying potential of LOCAL STAR TIME on March 21st, 2008 with a Full Moon!

…this year the Star Elders say we are ready to evolve this solar wave to a stellar one! This year the Star Elders call us to work with the equinox but add a hugely multiplying potential . . . a specific local sidereal time LST (a.k.a. Star Time) to synchronize our global efforts to reclaim paradise.

Why Your Local STAR TIME you ask? Local Sidereal Time (LST) is an Astronomy term, referring to how the planet is oriented relative to the position of the stars. It is a measure of the passing of the center of our galaxy (the Milky Way), overhead. Sidereal time is STELLAR TIME and is approximately 3 minutes, 56 seconds shorter than a solar day. LST is a measure of time independent of the Sun's cycles. Thus, Local Sidereal Time (LST) moves backward in solar time about four minutes a day, two hours a month and one day a year. Anywhere you are on the planet, at the same LST you will see the same stars overhead as anyone anywhere else will at that time. Example . . . your favorite star will set 4 minutes earlier each night. So why do you care about this? Read on and you will!

The Cognitive Sciences Laboratory in Palo Alto, California, made some exciting discoveries. They studied a group that had natural clairvoyant, clairsentient, clairaudient, ESP abilities. They discovered that during a specific window of time, that their test group was more accurate by 400% and more in their abilities to "see" or predict events. When scientists examined the accuracy of thousands of ESP predictions, along with the documented times that these anomalous cognitions took place, they were stunned. The precognitive cycle coincided with particular Local Sidereal Time or LST. Scientists discovered that peak efficiency for ESP was repeatedly at 13:30 LST. Working with 13:30 LST could lead to more efficient uses of one's psychic talents.

This means every 23 hours and 56 minutes, humanity has a unique doorway open to them to see through and work with energies that could change the world! The Star Elders say that if we can "see" through the doorway, we can also "project" through the doorway and radically change our world. When we project all our visions of a brilliant future and send healing energies, we can change the world and reclaim paradise. This LST window of opportunity is about 1 hour long… but the Star Elders suggest that from 13:20 to 13:52, only 32 minutes, is the most powerful time in this window. When we consciously work with the energy of heightened harmonious equinox energies, and combined it with local Sidereal times from 13:20 to 13:52, we have an immeasurable amount of potential to make our dreams come true for the planet. It is only 32 minutes . . . one half hour! Do you have time to change the world??? This link gives you all the details and how to find out when this is happening in your Local Time Zone. http://www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/solarwave2008.html

In Like a Lion out Like a Lamb?
The famous saying that most describes March is “if it comes in like a Lion it will go out like a Lamb”. Most consider this to be about the weather in March that is often spring like one day and a raging blizzard the next. In Guy Ottewell’s Astronomical Calendar he proposes this saying may have originated due to the Constellation of the Lion being at the Zenith (directly overhead) in the evening sky as the constellation of the Ram (lamb) is setting.

Visible Planets

Invisible Planets

Stars worth noting in the Night Sky this Month

This month Procyon and Sirius are the two bright stars in the eastern sky after Sunset. Procyon, 11 light years from Earth, is the star known as "before the dog" rising just before the dog star Sirius, who is 8 light years from Earth and our brightest fixed star. Look for Sirius to the lower left of the three stars of Orion's belt. Also prominent is the bright red star known as Betelguese marking the shoulder of Orion. All three stars, Procyon, Sirius and Betelguese form a perfect equilateral triangle known to some cultures as Heaven’s Gate where souls enter this dimension.

Regulus is the bright star that you see at the base of a "backward question mark" that defines the head of the Lion constellation. The Moon was below Regulus during last month’s Lunar Eclipse and will occult Regulus on March 18. This important royal star is about 84 light years away or 8 times further away from Earth than Sirius. Rising later in the evening, is the stellar triangle that marks the tail of the Lion. This stellar triangle features the bright star Denebola, 43 light years away.

Important Reminder: All the events listed in the Celestial Timings have a minimum of a three day impact including the day before and the day after. In many cases, the planetary effects extend into weeks, months and even years. Noting the sign and degree of the aspects and planets helps you to know if these events are directly affecting your own natal chart. The Celestial Timings then are a great guide to knowing how these energies affect us collectively but also when to pay extra close attention to the personal initiations we all go through.

Daily Highlights


March 1, Saturday. Capricorn Moon conjuncts Pluto near Galactic Center. North Node, Chiron and Neptune travel within 10 degrees and closer this entire month. See March 11.
March 2, Sunday. “Out of Bounds” Capricorn Moon conjuncts Jupiter and Venus Conjuncts Chiron (17 Aquarius 49)
March 3, Monday. Moon moves into Aquarius
March 4, Tuesday. This is the day to March Forth in love and compassion for all life. And its my 52nd Birthday! YAY. Mars returns to Cancer crossing the June Solstice marker located at the Galactic Edge. Mercury conjuncts Chiron (17 Aquarius 53)
March 5, Wednesday. The Aquarius Moon is occulting Mercury, Venus, and Neptune. Venus moves through the 7th gate, the Gate of Manifestation
March 6, Thursday. Today I am sending Happy 23rd Birthday Blessings to my beautiful twins. The Moon conjuncts the North Node (27 Aquarius) before moving into Pisces opening the New Moon window exact tomorrow and the Sun sextiles Jupiter. Venus and Neptune are conjunct.
March 7, Friday. Today is the Pisces New Moon conjunct Uranus and Mars is opposite Pluto
March 8, Saturday. The Sun conjuncts Uranus exact today and the Moon moves into Aries
March 9, Sunday. Mercury conjuncts Neptune and Daylight Savings begins except for Arizona, Hawaii and parts of Indiana
March 10, Monday. The Moon moves into Taurus
March 11, Tuesday. North Node, Chiron and Neptune within 10 Degrees all month. Mercury reaches greatest elongation from the Sun visible in the morning sky.
March 12, Wednesday. Moon moves into Gemini and Venus moves into Pisces.
March 13, Thursday. Venus sextiles Pluto
March 14, Friday. This is an “out of bounds” Gemini First Quarter Moon (24 Gemini) that will then move into Cancer and conjunct Mars. Mercury moves into Pisces until April 2.
March 15, Saturday. Mercury sextiles Pluto and Venus opposes Saturn Mars 1.7 degrees S of Moon
March 16, Sunday. Moon moves into Leo and Venus trines Mars
March 17, Monday. Mercury is opposite Saturn
March 18, Tuesday. Mercury trines Mars
March 19, Wednesday. Moon moves into Virgo and conjuncts Saturn. Sun crosses the March Equinox point of Zero Aries at 10:49 pm Pacific Daylight Time.
March 20, Thursday. Happy Vernal Equinox for the Eastern Time Zones. The Sun crosses zero Aries at 1:49 am Eastern Daylight Time.
March 21, Friday. The Libra Full Moon (1 Libra 31) squares Pluto
March 22, Saturday. Mercury is 1.0 degree South of Venus
March 23, Sunday. Easter Sunday. Moon moves into Scorpio
March 24, Monday. Mercury squares Venus
March 25, Tuesday. As we approach the Sun Mars Square on March 30 it is time to revisit the effects of the Mars Retrograde over the Galactic Edge.
March 26, Wednesday. Moon moves into Sagittarius and occults Antares.
March 27, Thursday. Mercury sextiles Jupiter and conjuncts Uranus
March 28, Friday. Moon returns to Capricorn and conjuncts Pluto for the second time this month. Venus conjuncts Uranus
March 29, Saturday. The ‘out of bounds” Capricorn Last Quarter Moon
March 30, Sunday. Moon conjuncts Jupiter and Sun squares Mars
March 31, Monday. The Moon moves into Aquarius

Daily Timings

March 1, Saturday. The ‘out of bounds” Capricorn Moon conjuncts Pluto near Galactic Center and at the point where the ecliptic (the path the planets follow) meets the Milky Way. This means we are receiving direct transmissions from the Moon and Pluto at this critical intersection point as the Moon passes directly over Galactic Center due to its southern extreme declination. This has been occurring for the past 4 years and was at maximum declination for the past three years. Now we have Pluto at Zero Capricorn (marking the December Solstice) a rare 248 year event that also just so happens to be near the Galactic Core. The Moon amplifies this transmission giving us greater direct access to the galactic codes beaming in from this area of the sky. Essentially this means we are receiving information outside the boundaries of what has been considered ordinary reality.

Adding to this unique and powerful Galactic Transmission is the Map of Moon conjunct Plutoalignment of the North Node (a nineteen year cycle), Chiron (a 50 year cycle) and Neptune (165 year cycle) all traveling within 10 degrees and closer this entire month. Events of extreme novelty outside our usual everyday experience are facilitating a collective awakening beyond anything this world has ever seen. See March 11 for more details.

March 2, Sunday. The “Out of Bounds” Capricorn Moon conjuncts Jupiter (16 Capricorn) and Venus Conjuncts Chiron (17 Aquarius 49) suggesting an expansive stretch beyond the old forms and the old structures that have limited our perception and belief about who we are. When we energize Compassion, Acceptance, Forgiveness and Loving Kindness these become the cornerstones of the newly emerging paradigm. With each thought, word and action we take we are choosing the new structure, the new reality, the new paradigm, the new world we are creating.

Working with Awareness allows us to have compassion for the places we are still feeling and healing, for the wounds that have defined our experience, for the denied or forgotten hopes and dreams we thought we couldn’t truly experience and for the ways we have been unconscious about our lives in general. Loving Acceptance of all we have been and all we are in this moment creates miracles of change and understanding that transcends the current reality. The Hopi Elders have reminded us that we are the ones we are waiting for and it is up to us to take responsibility for our current life experience and to create a new world through what we think, feel, say and do. It is time!

March 3, Monday. Moon moves into Aquarius and Mercury (at greatest elongation 27.1 degrees from the Sun in the morning sky) conjuncts Chiron (17 Aquarius 53) exact tomorrow. This is the third pass of Mercury past Chiron since January as the recent Mercury Retrograde has been deepening the messages about Chironic Healing and Change through reprogramming the “thinking” circuitry and liberating the mind from the limiting beliefs that have enslaved us. Mercury has reached its furthest stretch from the Sun stretching us to think outside the boundaries of ordinary reality.

Chiron acts as a bridge to the higher (or celestial) realms or dimensions and Mercury in Aquarius has the ability to access and reveal more fully the multi-dimensional codes of Light and Love that take us beyond the limitations of the material three-dimensional world. All we need to do is state our willingness to receive the Codes of Light and Love that are ours to experience from the pure divine source powerfully anchoring these Codes in the Here and now.

March 4, Tuesday. This is the day to March Forth in Love and Compassion for all life. And it’s my 52nd Birthday! YAY. The “out of bounds” Mars returns to Cancer crossing the June Solstice marker located at the Galactic Edge. This marks the third passage of Mars over the Galactic Edge. The first was around September 28, 2007 and the second was on December 28, 2007. The retrograde passage of Mars over the Galactic Edge three times is a rare event. The last time Mars crossed zero Cancer in its retrograde phase was in 1960 stationing direct at 29 Gemini on February 5 or 6, 1960. With the Solstices now aligned along the Galactic Plane where the Milky Way and the Ecliptic intersect, an event that occurs every 13,000 years, we know we are at a major shift of the ages. The exact intersection took place in May 1998. Mars crossing the Galactic Edge is further drawing our attention to this area of the sky.

It helps to go out and look at where Mars is to get a visual connection to this area of the sky and to open to receive the incoming information Mars is transmitting now. Plus we have Mars near its maximum declination where it has been for the past several weeks and it remains beyond the boundaries of where the Sun can travel from the Earth’s perspective until the end of April. This represents the sacred masculine reaching into new territory beyond the boundaries of ordinary reality.

It turns out that similar to the Lunar Standstill Moon, Mars only goes out of bounds when it is retrograde in either Cancer or Capricorn and that does not have a consistent pattern. For example, counting from the year 1900 Mars was retrograde in Cancer opposite the Sun in January 1914 (15 Cancer), January 1946 (24 Cancer), December 1960 (9 Cancer), January 1993 (18 Cancer), and December 2007 (3 Cancer). So it is the December 2007 transit of Mars through this area of the Sky that comes closest to the December Solstice and the alignment along the Galactic plane in the last 94 years. Plus, it just so happens this was the Mars Retrograde cycle closest to the Galactic Alignment as well. (See March 25 for more)

March 5, Wednesday. The Aquarius Moon is occulting first Mercury (18 Aquarius) visible in South America, North West Africa, then Venus (21 Aquarius) visible in East Melanesia, Polynesia, North America except in the North East and finally Neptune (23 Aquarius) visible with a telescope in Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, West Mexico. The Moon occults Mercury at 6:06 am, Venus at 11:10 am and Neptune at 1:46 pm (all times given are Pacific Time so you will need to adjust for you time zone).

Mercury Venus Mars and Moon

This map gives you an idea an idea of how close these four really are and how even though they are in the Sign Aquarius they are located in the Goatfish a.k.a Capricornus.

The Moon is a transmitter and when it covers and uncovers a planet or star it instantly transmits the current celestial codes, including knowledge and information existing beyond the limits of linear rational knowing, to those who are receptive and ready to anchor the incoming upgraded harmonics and resonance patterns marking this Turning of the Ages. This requires letting go of the old forms and being open to new more intuitive forms of understanding, perception and knowing. Ultimately these new resonance patterns allow for greater experiences of creative genius to manifest within everyone.

This Moon occultation over Venus marks the passage of Venus or Inanna through the 7th gate into the underworld. This means the Queen of Heaven is passing through the Gate of Manifestation (as described in the myth of Inanna) and is releasing her 7th vestment symbolizing the first chakra or her life force energy. In the story of Inanna this was when Inanna surrenders her royal robe, also referred to as the “Garment of Ladyship” and she arrives in the underworld stripped naked and vulnerable.

This Timing is significant for anyone turning a multiple of eight (16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, etc.) from August 24, 2007 to April 5, 2009, as this marks the eight-year personal synodic Venus Return. The importance of this eight-year cycle has been lost to many current systems of astrology but is one of the most significant cycles considered in Shamanic Astrology. This Venus Gate is a time for releasing all attachments to life being a certain way and surrendering to the transformative process of shamanic death and rebirth. This is a process that will intensify next month as Venus passes through the 8th gate known as the “death by intent” gate. In preparation for this initiation Venus and Mercury are in a rare conjunction of three degrees or less all this month.

Additional note: Come June of this year we will be exactly half through the 8 year Venus transit window that began June 8, 2004 when Venus crossed the Face of the Sun for the first time in 122 years. The second Venus Transit will occur June 6, 2012. As we approach the heart of this 8 year Venus Window I will share more about how we can tune into what it means in future Celestial Timings. (see March 10)

March 6, Thursday. Happy 23rd Birthday Blessings to my beloved twins, Ian and Jenna! Today the Moon conjuncts the North Node (27 Aquarius) before moving into Pisces opening the New Moon window exact tomorrow. Plus, the Sun (16 Pisces) sextiles Jupiter (16 Capricorn) and Venus conjuncts Neptune (23 Aquarius) creating a convergence of energies expanding on the occultations of yesterday. Neptune, Aquarius, and Pisces operate in the Celestial World (or the divine), Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Capricorn operate in the middle world or “this world”, the physical world we experience on a daily basis.

The physical world receives its inspiration and expression from the divine blueprint or codes of light that are evolving in the Celestial. Then these light codes (or seeds of the divine - as seeds contain the codes of all that has been and all that is yet to be) eventually manifest in their evolving forms through the physical as both are intimately related. The rate of manifestation for these divine seeds depends upon how willing, ready and able we are to receive the upgraded templates or resonance patterns. If we are operating from our wounds, anger, and unresolved issues then we are not ready or able to fully receive the new light codes.

These light codes will act as a catalyst or trigger to release the density of the past but will take much longer to integrate as a result. Therefore it has never been more important to be willing to take responsibility for our wounds and issues for the purpose of transmuting them so we can ride the waves of change more joyfully.

March 7, Friday. Today is the Pisces New Moon (18 Pisces) conjunct Uranus (19 Pisces) and Mars (1 Cancer) is opposite Pluto (1 Capricorn.) Pluto operates in the Underworld (the world of initiatory change where we face our deepest fears for the purpose of being transformed into the strength and power of who we really are) and Uranus operates in the Celestial World (the world of initiatory change that frees us to fully engage our divine nature). Mars operates in the Middle World (the world where we live and take action). In this New Moon we have an opportunity to cultivate the “seeds of the divine” for greater physical expression in this world. Ultimately this is best achieved when we reach the point of realizing our divine nature is continually expressing in the physical world. Ultimately this is the experience of living Heaven (or the Celestial World) on Earth.

Appreciation and self-love are the most important tools that you could ever nurture. Appreciation of others, and the appreciation of yourself is the closest vibrational match to your Source Energy of anything that we've ever witnessed anywhere in the Universe. ~Abraham Hicks - Excerpted from a workshop in Spokane, WA on Tuesday, May 30th, 2000

March 8, Saturday. The Sun conjuncts Uranus (19 Pisces) exact today and the Moon moves into Aries. The Sun and Uranus catalyzes unexpected changes supporting radical compassionate healing through revolutionary events and ideas designed to shift or even shatter our current beliefs or perceptions of reality. The Sun and Uranus together have a sense of great magic connected to them especially when we consider the power of this combination to dislocate our current assemblage point for the purpose of creating greater freedom. With the Moon’s move into Aries we are reminded of the importance of inspired action that furthers our commitment to experiencing radical compassion for ourselves and then extending that to others.

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." Dalai Lama

March 9, Sunday. Mercury conjuncts Neptune (23 Aquarius), and Daylight Savings begins except for in certain locations including Arizona, Hawaii, parts of British Columbia, Puerto Rico, Indiana and most countries nearer to the equator. Messenger Mercury now in its direct phase is returning for its third conjunction with Neptune (22 Aquarius). The first conjunction was January 22 and the second conjunction was on February 2. The Neptune factor was a prominent part of this Mercury retrograde stretching us even further beyond the realms of logic and reason than usual.

Neptune operates in the Celestial World where we encounter divine guidance and grace in a very “other world place” that is connected to the Cosmic Overview. This is a great time to ask what are the personal and collective messages coming in from this “other” realm? The Celestial World is where the stars and planets reside as well as teachers and guides from other dimensions. Here is where we might receive messages, guidance, insight and inspiration from our angels, or the Galactic Confederation or the Ascended Masters or Star Beings or other Celestial Beings currently helping with the evolutionary quantum leap occurring at this time on Earth.

March 10, Monday. Venus conjuncts the North Node (27 Aquarius 34) at 4:44 pm Pacific Time. Venus represents the Divine Feminine as she connects with humanities destiny. 4:44 pm PDT is a reminder of the correlation with the 44:44 Stargate or the Earth’s sacred geometric portal. The Book of Enoch and other prophetic and channeled writings describe the Earth’s ascension through the 44:44 Stargate as we encounter and integrate the light codes being beamed to Earth through certain astronomical and astrological events.

Remember we are almost exactly half through the Eight Year Venus Gate. (See March 5) So today’s conjunction of Venus with the North Node is a significant reminder of all that is going on beyond our everyday reality preparing the Earth and all who live here for ascension. Although Venus conjuncts the North Node every year it is only during the North Node passage through Aquarius every 19 years that Venus and the North Node connect in this domain. So, we don’t have to know what it all means but it helps to know there is more going on than we might be aware of at any given moment. If you would like to tune into this for yourself here is something to activate your own connection that Maia Christianne shares about the 44:44 Stargate.

The 44:44 Stargate and its sacred geometry is the earth's portal into the next octave for humanity in the Return Home. Here we will move into a closer look at the actual procedure of the ‘uplifting, the time when ensouled human beings come together in a mass synergy of experience in which they achieve a Light quantum within their cells, transferring them through the 'eye of the needle'. The choice for ascension is made from the level of the higher self for each soul who will pass through the 44:44 Star Grail gate, and is that which represents the 'eye of the needle'. More info here http://www.spiritmythos.org/earth/NES/nes_intro.html and this link describes more about the Venus gates http://www.spiritmythos.org/timely/08-10-01_seraphicodes.htm

And this link has more information as well: http://people.tribe.net/cosmogenesis23122007/blog/83e702d3-1289-4438-9dc2-6ef22880f91b

The Moon is making its closest approach to Earth this month (known as Perigee) and moves into Taurus transmitting the mysteries of sensuality, beauty, intimacy, the art of receivership and the mysteries of sacred pleasure as a creative, orgasmic, artistic expression. This is a great time to relax, slow down, and remember the art of receiving, savoring and enjoying each moment with gratitude for all the abundant gifts and beauty life has to offer even in these intense times of transformation. Breathe, relax, enjoy and give thanks for all the gifts you already have, starting with the gift of this life.

March 11, Tuesday. The North Node (27 Aquarius), Chiron (18 Aquarius) and Neptune (23 Aquarius) are within 10 Degrees all month. The destiny of humanity, the North Node, is aligning with the Shamanic Healer (Chiron) and the Cosmic Dreamer (Neptune) indicating a time that is intended to revolutionize consciousness and the cosmic perspective bringing through new innovative and creative ideas, visions, technologies, and energies. These new energies support the fulfillment of the Aquarian Dispensation that says everyone has the right to choose their own evolutionary path.

In the Aquarian mysteries events of “extreme novelty”, as described by Terrence McKenna, are what drive radical change. McKenna used “novelty” as a way to described newness and massive dynamic change as opposed to a static situation with very little change. He found that when "novelty" is graphed over time, what results is a fractal waveform known as “timewave zero” or simply the “timewave”. McKenna felt that December 21, 2012 was the omega point of infinite novelty and that leading up to that point anything and everything conceivable to the human imagination would occur simultaneously.

McKenna’s predictions were as ‘novel’ as the introduction of the ‘timewave zero’ concept ranging from the notion that some new super technology would bring the great collective of humanity together when time travel became a reality, to the birth of self-conscious artificial intelligence; to a global UFO visitation and so on. At times, he also doubted whether anything would happen at all while also claiming that this was not a contradiction because everything and nothing could be happening simultaneously.

Certainly, the coming together of so many unusual celestial and earthly cycles are in the realm of “extreme novelty” and we are completing with the old forms, the old beliefs and ways of being as we reach a new threshold of understanding and experience in accordance with our divine destiny at this time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_theory
http://2012era.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=28

March 12, Wednesday. The Moon is occulting the Pleiades visible in Siberia and Alaskaa otherwise the Moon is visible about a degree north of Pleiades in other parts of the world. Once each month the Moon sends an energy transmission from the Pleiadian Stargate. Going out under the sky and viewing the Moon with the Pleiades is a way to directly access the inspiration and insights facilitated by this energy transmission.

Also today Venus moves into Pisces traveling through this realm until April 5. The Sacred Feminine is exploring mystical union with the divine and the imaginal realms where she is learning more about co-creating her world though her ability to imagine the manifest reality of her heart-felt visions and dreams.

March 13, Thursday. Venus (1 Pisces) sextiles Pluto (1 Capricorn) and Mercury conjuncts the North Node (27 Aquarius 29). This is a deepening of the March 10 Venus conjunction with the North Node and Mercury is facilitating additional information through unusual means or novel events that shift our current perceptions of reality liberating our minds and our concepts while also supporting dynamic evolution that fulfills our destiny.

March 14, Friday. This “out of bounds” Gemini First Quarter Moon (24 Gemini) is stretching beyond the maximum declination of the Sun reaching beyond our known reality. The First Quarter Moon represents a time of rapid growth as we visually see the Moon growing bigger each night as it moves toward Full. Plus the Moon is at the Center of the Sacred Hoop providing a direct transmission from beyond our Galaxy. The Gemini archetype expresses from the Trickster Coyote so whatever happens is designed to help us remember to be spontaneous and unattached to outcome. The Moon moves into Cancer this afternoon and conjuncts Mars (representing the first labor of Mars in his new quest that began December 24 when Mars opposed the Sun). See March 15.

Mercury moves into Pisces until April 2 suggesting this is a time to listen more deeply to our inner knowing, especially when events do not make logical sense. Mercury in Pisces is not about figuring things out in a left brain linear way through logic and reason. Rather this is an expression of the mind that is more right brained, creative, and trusting what is known without knowing how or why. 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 space for expressing our creative inner genius.

March 15, Saturday. The Ides of March is the infamous day Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BCE. According to Wikipedia the Roman calendar used the word Ides, meaning to divide, to describe the middle of their calendar month. The 15th day of March, May, July, and October marked the ides, or middle of those months. All other months the Ides fell on 13th day. William Shakespeare’s play made famous the warning to Julius Caesar “Beware the Ides of March”, which of course, he ignored. As we approach the Spring Equinox the Ides of March is a reminder to pay attention to our environment and how we are engaging with those around us. The Sun is now in the last 6 degrees of Pisces suggesting that genuine compassion for ourselves and others is the place to start. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March

Mars is visible 1.7 degrees south of Moon (3 Cancer) possibly visible in the early morning hours before Sunrise, Mercury (1 Pisces) sextiles Pluto (1 Capricorn), and Venus (3 Pisces) opposes retrograde Saturn (3 Virgo). The energies of today carry a message but rather than a warning it is time to pay attention to the transformative energies present today that can help us to create a world based in greater compassion and caring for each and every living thing on this Earth and beyond. The March 8th Timings quoted the Dali Lama saying "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." Compassion for ourselves and doing what we love are primary ingredients for successfully co-creating the New Earth in harmony and balance with all life. This is supported by what Buddha said “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the Key to Success. If you love what you are doing you will be successful.” Moon and Mars conjunct

March 16, Sunday. The Moon moves into Leo transmitting the mysteries of our radiant and shining divine essence. When healthy this expresses as self-love, self-confidence, self-approval and self-acceptance. This is a great time to practice approving of yourself and affirming your essential divinity. If this is challenging it might help to find a friend who is willing to practice this with you and reflect the gifts you see in each other remembering that what you see in another is what is within you too! You can even do this yourself by just thinking of someone you love and/or admire, noting what it is about them that attracts you or inspires you. Then take a moment to embrace and claim those qualities or aspects knowing that what you see in others is what IS within you.

Venus (4 Pisces) trines Mars (4 Cancer) in signs that are about the sacred feminine and sacred masculine being immersed in the language of the heart emphasizing compassion and appreciation for each other and for life.

Appreciation and self-love are the most important tools that you could ever nurture. Appreciation of others, and the appreciation of yourself is the closest vibrational match to your Source Energy of anything that we've ever witnessed anywhere in the Universe. ~Abraham-Hicks Excerpted from a workshop in Spokane, WA on Tuesday, May 30th, 2000

March 17, Monday. Fast moving Mercury (4 Pisces) is opposite slower moving retrograde Saturn (4 Virgo) providing us with an opportunity to send messages through the Earth’s grid system. When we consciously work with this energy Saturn grounds the inspiration, ideas, and thoughts of Mercury into a stable useful form.

Saturn governs the structures of reality including our DNA codes. These codes directly link to the Earth’s bio-physical and cosmological fields. The stars and planets circling the Earth imprint or activate the latent codes within our physical system. The ancients knew how to work with these mysteries and created sacred sites including temples, petroglyph sites, standing stones and other cosmologically oriented structures. With intention and attention attuned to these grids we have the power to effect the collective mental vibration. This is accomplished when we focus our thoughts on love, compassion, peace, radiant personal and planetary health sending them telepathically, thus instantly, through the Earth’s grid assisting in altering and aligning the Earth to the new harmonic resonance patterns that are available now.

March 18, Tuesday. Mercury (5 Pisces) trines Mars (5 Cancer) bringing the message of love and compassion to the Sacred Masculine whose current quest is to revision healthy forms of family and community in harmonic resonance with the Earth. Love is always the answer.

“…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.

Moon conjunct Saturn near Regulus

March 19, Wednesday. Today the Moon is occulting Regulus visible in New Zealand, East Melanesia, Samoa, Tahiti, Polynesia, Antarctica and then the Moon moves into Virgo and conjuncts Saturn. Regulus is one of the four royal stars marking the heart of the lion energizing the heart through radical self-love, self-forgiveness and self-compassion and a magical Behenian star as well. If you had the good fortune to see last month’s total lunar eclipse you may have notice the star above the Moon. That was Regulus and the star appearing to the lower left of the Moon was Saturn. With Saturn so close to Regulus this occultation is sure to magnify the magical effect accelerated by last month’s lunar eclipse as we enter the Equinox Solar Gate.

The Sun is crossing the March Equinox point of Zero Aries at 11:49 pm MDT and 10:49 pm PDT. This means today and tomorrow we are in the precise window of the Equinox Solar energies. At the Equinox the Sun makes its path directly over the Equator bringing and equal balance of Day and Night to both Hemispheres of the Earth.

The Sun’s path over the equator decreases the usual strength of the Earth’s magnetic field. The magnetic field moves clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counter clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere creating a spiral magnetic effect. (This picture shows the magnetic fields rotating in opposite directions.) Galaxy showing magnetic fields spinning in opposite directionsTwice each year as the Sun passes over the equator the magnetic energies of both hemispheres are at their lowest potency. This means for about 24 hours before and after the exact Equinox point it is easier to connect with other dimensions energizing otherworldly magic that holistically benefits the Earth.
http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v397/__show_article/_a000397-000154.htm
(See Introduction)

March 20, Thursday. Happy Vernal Equinox for the Eastern Time Zones. The Sun crosses zero Aries at 1:49 am Eastern Daylight Time. The Chaco Canyon complex, along with many pyramids, temples and standing stone circles have been built around the planet to capture the magic of the Equinox Solar Effect. In South America, there is a pyramid at Chichen Itza known as Kukulkan (feathered serpent) famous for the undulating serpent shadow cast down the stairs of the pyramid by the rising Equinox Sun.

Dzbilchaltun with Equinox SunAt another Mayan temple Near Merida, Yucatan, Mexico the light of the Sun passes through special openings in the temple illuminating the center of a column of stone about a hundred yards away. Dzbilchaltun (Zi-bil-chal-toon means place with writing on Stone) was used by the Maya to determine the exact day of the Equinox. http://www.yucatantoday.com/destinations/eng-dzibilchaltun.htm

In Tucson, Arizona we have a Sun Circle that captures windows of light at the Four Solar Gates of the Year. This photo is of the Solstice Sun but it gives you the idea of how it works. If there is a site near you aligned with the Equinox Sunrise or Sunset it is a powerfully inspiring and grounding experience to see how it works. You caSun Circle at Equinox 2008n also pick your own place to observe the Sunrise. Mark the spot and then tomorrow and at the September Equinox you will see the Moon rise in that exact same place. http://web.axelero.hu/dob10638/english/mayan_e.htm

March 21, Friday. The Equinox Libra Full Moon (1 Libra 31) finds both the Sun and the Moon square Pluto (1 Capricorn 31) and Mars (6 Cancer) forming a Grand Cardinal Cross. The closest aspect in this cross is the Pluto square to the Sun and the Moon. Whenever the Sun (1 Aries 31) squares Pluto it signals the slowing of Pluto before its Retrograde station. This year Pluto goes Retrograde on April 2. This Full Moon square Pluto is illuminating any shadow places that are preventing us from fully and passionately living life. These shadow elements include our fears, limiting beliefs about who we are, our forgotten and/or denied talents, abilities and skills, our buried feelings, and our unconscious wounds especially around our relationship with ourselves and others.

For those with planets or angles between 28 degrees of mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sag, and Pisces) and 2 degrees of Cardinal signs (Capricorn, Cancer, Aries, Libra) you are on the leading edge of this Pluto initiation suggesting it is time to die to who you believe yourself to be and open to an empowered rebirth. Surrendering your attachments and letting go of the old forms greatly helps facilitate the Pluto initiatory process.

When we are willing to turn toward what we fear and integrate it in our life we are no longer driven by it. When we are no longer driven by fear it loses its power to choose where we are going. We shift our experience from being at the effect of whatever fear is driving us to incorporating it in such a way that it becomes our strength, our gift, the medicine we carry. Willingness to engage your shadow including any fears, or ideas, or beliefs, or things you are hanging onto, releasing whatever is ready to leave your life supports the empowering process Pluto initiations intend for us.

March 22, Saturday. Mercury and Venus dance within one degree of each other from March 20 to 26 and are in the same degree from March 21 to 24. Today Mercury maybe visible in more southern locations low on the eastern horizon before the Sun rises less than one degree south of Venus (12 Pisces). This indicates an intensification of the guidance and support Venus is receiving from Mercury before she goes through the 8th gate initiation next month. (See March 5)

March 23, Sunday. Easter Sunday. The Moon is passing by Spica just before moving into Scorpio the archetypal energy most known for being a master generator of Life Force Energy, of Will, and of Desire. Our primary evolutionary process is NOT about getting over our human desires or somehow evolving past them.

Scorpio School says desire is fine and is in fact a part of the human experience. It is our attachment to the way we want our desires to manifest that causes pain, frustration, and other problems. When we learn how to be with our desires without attachment to how they manifest, then Life Force Energy is free to manifest in the most powerful and life supporting ways possible. Not being attached to results often means that what actually manifests is more amazing than what we were imagining anyway.

March 24, Monday. Messenger Mercury is bringing the Queen of Heaven Venus (14 Pisces) an important message as they join together less than one degree apart in the constellation of Aquarius just 20 degrees ahead of the Sun in the morning sky. They rise about a half hour before the Sun in mid-northern latitudes so they probably won’t be visible but it is worth tuning into the messages that are available anyway.

Venus and Mercury

March 25, Tuesday. As we approach the Sun/Mars Square on March 30 it is time to revisit the effects of the Mars Retrograde over the Galactic Edge. I have shared in the past that there is increasing scientific evidence that the Earth experiences increased Galactic energy every 13,000 years when the Solstices align with the Galactic Plane. Scientists are now finding that every 13,000 years a burst of light containing some kind of alchemical substance (light codes perhaps?) comes from the center of our Galaxy as evidenced by the layers of iridium and rhodium found in the Earth’s strata at 13,000 year intervals.

In 1997 Alexey Dimitreiv published information that all the planets in our solar system are dramatically increasing signs of energetic activity, including atmospheric pressure, brightness from the Aurora Borealis, magnetic field strength and cataclysmic activity and this is one of the signs that our entire solar system is moving into an area of the Galaxy where this hyper-dimensional energy is higher. http://www.divinecosmos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=36

In the 1980’s, Daniel Giamario, founder of Shamanic Astrology, began sharing information that the December Solstice marked by zero Capricorn in our Seasonal Cycle was to align with the exact intersection of the Milky Way and the Ecliptic. In the early 1990’s astronomer John Muess calculated this intersection would be exact in May 1998. Synchronistically, in May of 1998 scientists began noticing a new energy belt of highly charged atoms appearing in the Earth’s Van Allen belt. diagram of Van Allen Belt

According to Wikipedia…

The Van Allen Radiation Belt is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's magnetic field. The Van Allen belts are closely related to the polar aurora where particles strike the upper atmosphere and fluorescence. The term Van Allen Belts refers specifically to the radiation belts surrounding Earth; however, similar radiation belts have been discovered around other planets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Van_Allen_radiation_belt.svg
http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/articles/eisbaker.html
http://www.tmgnow.com/repository/global/planetophysical1.html

All this is to say something very interesting is going on not just on Earth but in our entire Solar System and Galaxy. Scientists are now pondering what many feel is an imminent Galactic Superwave burst of (blue) light energy coming from our Galactic Center may be imminent as we approach 2012 and beyond. (More about this to come in future Celestial Timings)

March 26, Wednesday. The Moon moves into Sagittarius and occults Antares (10 Sagittarius) visible in North New Zealand, Polynesia, Southern South America, and Antarctica. For the rest of us we will see the Moon Near this heart star of the Scorpion. The Sagittarian mysteries explore the multi-dimensional levels of truth as it relates to our conscious in the moment experience. There are many layers and levels to explore here, thus Sagittarius is known for the ever expanding spiritual quest into new dimensions of experience. The Moon is opening the Antares Stargate further transmitting divine wisdom into the physical world. Antares is the royal star most connected with Archangel Uriel who transmitted the Celestial Mysteries to Enoch. (See May 2007 Archives)

March 27, Thursday. Mercury (20 Pisces) conjuncts Uranus (20 Pisces) energizing events of extreme novelty. (see March 11) Uranus and Mercury are experimental energies intended to produce novel results. In the realm of Pisces novelty expresses through heartfelt experiences of radical compassion and healing. These expressions come from a genuine ability to deeply feel not only love, but sorrow and grief. It is helpful to allow these feeling to be just as they are and receive the gifts they have to give us.

I saw grief drinking a cup
of sorrow and called out,
"It tastes sweet, does it not?"
"You've caught me," grief answered,
"and you've ruined my business.
How can I sell sorrow,
when you know it's a blessing.?"
Rumi

March 28, Friday. Moon returns to Capricorn and conjuncts Pluto for the second time this month. (See March 1) Venus conjuncts Uranus at 20 Pisces, encountering the unpredictable revolutionary energies of Uranus. In Pisces, this is the expression of the magical feminine as the compassionate world healer through her ability to dream and connect with the imaginary realms where creative genius 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.

March 29, Saturday. The ‘out of bounds” Capricorn Last Quarter Moon (10 Capricorn) is a great time for organizing our thoughts, plans, actions and space around us in ways that help to integrate effective expressions of who we really are. When in balance the Capricorn mysteries operate with awareness of how our actions effect the next seven generations and how we can actively contribute to the health and well being of our personal and collective environment? Are we conscious stewards of the Earth? If not what can we change to be in greater harmony?

March 30, Sunday. Moon conjuncts Jupiter (20 Capricorn) expanding the mysteries of responsible stewardship of the Earth and considering the effects of our actions on the next seven generations to follow. The Moon in many native traditions is considered the wise Grandmother watching over, guiding and assisting the peoples of Mother Earth. The Capricorn archetype is recovering its ancient expression as the “circle of grandmothers” who wisely guide all those who will listen. Now more than ever it is time to listen to the wisdom of the grandmothers, the elders, the ones who know and can guide us through these uncertain times.

Sun (10 Aries) squares Mars (10 Cancer) marking the acceleration of growth for Mars in its direct phase. This is similar to a first quarter Moon when the Sun and Moon are square each other and the Moon visibly grows bigger each night. This is the time when Mars commits to further his quest crossing an important threshold or gateway into the heart of the journey. Essentially this means there is no turning back now. The sacred masculine principle must move forward in his quest to discover and implement successful healthy ways of caring for family, tribe, community and the Earth.

March 31, Monday. The Moon moves into Aquarius transmitting the mysteries of ultimate freedom from the known as we embrace unexpected events of extreme novelty. Embracing the unknown is liberating, however, it can often be scary. When we can trust that all creation is evolving toward greater expressions of love and light through multi-dimensional layers and levels of divine manifestation then we know everything that happens is moving to fulfill that purpose. It is much easier to ride the waves of change when we can surrender and trust the process. Especially when we consider these evolutionary changes are revolutionizing our world with or without our cooperation.

Other Resources not already mentioned:
The Astronomical Calendar 2007 by Guy Ottewel
The Celestial Guide 2007 by Jim Maynard
Sky and Telescope Magazine January 2008 Issue
www.sky.org/skywatching
Sky and Telescope Website

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