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April 2008 Celestial Timings
By Cayelin K Castell

 

The science of sacred geometry claims that everything in our universe has an underlying invisible geometric structure following a fundamental principle. Contemporary scientists now use sacred geometry to explain how physical reality is constructed from the omni present and all-pervasive background energy of the physical vacuum…

…Empty space is not empty at all! The vacuum is actually a plenum. It contains an abundant amount of energy, the zero point energy. There is a cosmic dance of energy back and forth between the physical realm and the zero point field, a constant creation and destruction of matter from the void. The continuous flow of energy in and out of the material world resembles what Eastern Hindu cosmology described as the cosmic dance of Shiva. The Golden Mean

Could it be that what scientists are observing as the zero point energy is in fact our own collective consciousness and that we are creating the physical world from this energy? If consciousness is indeed the first cause of physical reality and not the effect, at least we have identified a candidate for the required spiritual energy! http://www.soulsofdistortion.nl/SODA_chapter4.html

 

The ancient Greeks were well aware of [torsion] energy, calling it “aether” and understanding that it is directly responsible for universal manifestation. In the 1950s Russian scientist Nicolai Kozyrev conclusively proved the existence of this life-giving subspace energy, demonstrating that, like time, it flows in a sacred geometric spiral resembling the involutions of a conch shell that has been called phi, the Golden Mean, and the Fibonacci sequence. In the face of overwhelming evidence of its existence, Western scientists are returning to the notion of aether using such phrases as “zero point energy” and “vacuum potential" ... This breakthrough research in the temporal physics of subspace establishes that torsion energy permeates the entire multidimensional galaxy and not only is responsive to but may actually be consciousness creatively experiencing itself in time. Page: 52 and 53 of Conscious Healing: Book One on the Regenetics Method, by Sol Luckman

 

May 10th is Pangea Day designed to bring together millions of people from all over the world in a unique shared experience, use the power of film to create a better understanding of one another and form a global community striving for a better future. Info Here www.pangeaday.org

Visible Planets

Invisible Planets

Stars worth noting in the Night Sky this Month

The constellation of the Virgin Priestess (a.k.a. Virgo) contains seven main stars. Of these sevens main stars the most visible is Spica, meaning "spike of grain." Higher in the sky and off to the right of the Virgin Priestess is the constellation of the Lion. Prominent in the Lion’s tale is the star Denebola marking the end of the tale. Gazing from Spica to the bright red star above it is the bear star known as Arcturus. These three bright stars Arcturus, Spica, and Denebola form a star group that has been called the Spring Triangle or the Virgo Triangle. The best time to view this triangle is April through June looking South Southeast Sunset.
See this link for in-depth article on the Spring Triangle. http://www.space.com/spacewatch/070608_ns_spring_triangle.html

Daily Highlights
April 1, Tuesday. Moon occults Neptune at 2:14 am tomorrow morning Pacific Time.
April 2,Wednesday. Neptune occultation in central S. America, central Africa, Middle East Moon moves into Pisces, Pluto Stations Retrograde, Mercury moves into Aries
April 3,Thursday. Mercury (1 Aries) squares Pluto (1 Capricorn)
April 4, Friday. Moon conjuncts Venus (28 Pisces and just 5 degrees South of Moon) at the 8th gate and then the Moon moves into Aries
April 5, Saturday. The Aries New Moon (19 Aries), Venus moves into Aries
April 6, Sunday. Moon moves into Taurus, Venus (1 Aries) squares retrograde Pluto (1 Capricorn)
April 7, Monday. Mercury moves beyond 10 degrees of Venus today and is lost in the glow of the Sun moving to conjunct the Sun on April 16.
April 8, Tuesday. The Moon is about one degree north of the Pleiades (M45) as it moves into Gemini
April 9, Wednesday. The North Node (26 Aquarius), Chiron (20 Aquarius) and Neptune (23 Aquarius) find Chiron and Neptune moving to meet with the North Node in May. Neptune and the North Node meet May 4 and Chiron and the North Node meet May 26 (and the Moon will be there too with Neptune just three degrees away).
April 10, Thursday. The Sun Squares Jupiter, Mercury squares Mars
April 11, Friday. Late tonight or early tomorrow morning depending on your time zone the Moon occults Mars in NE Canada, Greenland, Iceland, N Scandinavia
April 12, Saturday. First Quarter Moon (23 Cancer) then Moon moves into Leo
April 13, Sunday. Sun sextiles Neptune and Mercury squares Mars
April 14, Monday. Mercury sextiles Neptune
April 15, Tuesday. Moon is occulting Regulus in Madagascar and Antarctica. Regulus is found at the base of a "backward question mark" that marks the head of the Lion. Then the Moon moves into Virgo and meets with Saturn
April 16, Wednesday. Mercury conjuncts the Sun
April 17, Thursday. Mercury moves into Taurus and Moon moves into Libra
April 18, Friday. Mercury Trines Pluto and Saturn
April 19, Saturday. Sun moves into Taurus
April 20, Sunday. Passover begins. Scorpio Full Moon (O Scorpio 43) the second Scorpio Full Moon (a rare Blue Moon type event see article) is May 19 at 29 Scorpio 27.
April 21, Monday. Sun trines Saturn
April 22, Tuesday. Lyrid meteor shower peaks. Mars Trines Uranus and Moon moves into Sagittarius
April 23, Wednesday. Antares occultation in Southern half of Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesia. Venus squares Mars and Jupiter.
April 24, Thursday. Pi-Puppid meteor shower peaks (Southern hemisphere) Mars and Jupiter opposition
April 25, Friday. Moon moves into Capricorn and conjuncts Pluto. Venus sextiles Neptune.
April 26, Saturday. Moon conjuncts Jupiter
April 27, Sunday. Moon moves into Aquarius
April 28, Monday. Last Quarter Moon 8 Aquarius 39
April 29, Tuesday. The 2nd Moon occultation over Neptune this month in Indonesia, North Australasia, and Hawaii. The Moon conjuncts Chiron and the North Node before moving into Pisces.
April 30, Wednesday. Venus moves into Taurus

Daily Timings
April 1, Tuesday. Moon occults Neptune at 2:14 am tomorrow morning Pacific Time illuminating any confusion around our shifting inner assemblage point. If our beliefs are assembled around limited views then this can prove to be an uncomfortable time. Neptune archetypally operates in the Celestial Word of formless form or the field of all possibilities where dreams originate and ideas shape shift in and out of our conscNeptuneiousness unless we are quick enough to capture them by taking mental notes and planning some actions that help these vision to manifest.

April 2, Wednesday. Neptune occultation in central South America, Central Africa, and the Middle East. The Moon moves into Pisces, Pluto Stations Retrograde until September 11 in a tight trine to Saturn (2 Virgo), Mercury moves into Aries until April 17.
The Pluto station is the biggest collective energy today taking us deeper into any shadow places where the structure of our reality has been formed by distorted beliefs. The backward movement of Pluto toward Galactic Center deepens the process of dissolving the enormous political, religious and economic deception, domination, manipulation and control that has enslaved much of humanity in accepting and living a reality that does not support us in knowing who we really are.

The Pluto retrograde takes us deeper into this dissolution and awakening process. This is not about resisting these limiting forces as that only gives them greater strength and power. It is about waking up, embracing and integrating these shadow aspects and while accepting any current or upcoming changes with wisdom, insight, responsibility and love. (See April 18 for more on the Grand Earth Trine forming later this month)

Mercury is traveling through Aries until April 17. Healthy Mercury in Aries operates from inspired, intuitive, decisive, courageous, and spontaneous action before the logical mind has time to get in the way. When Aries is operating from its healthy instinctual, intuitive nature they are naturally aligned with right action.

April 3, Thursday. Transformational Messenger Mercury (1 Aries) is squaring retrograde Pluto (1 Capricorn) energizing messages designed to transform our current experience of reality. For example, this is part one of a message from Patricia Cota-Robles reminding us that a new form of consciousness is already available to humanity when we embrace it.

The Legions of Light in the Realms of Illumined Truth have said that this year, 2008, will go down in the annals of history as the Cosmic Moment when Humanity's descent into poverty consciousness was reversed by the unified efforts of Lightworkers everywhere. The Beings of Light have affirmed that this is the year in which Humanity's ascent into the Infinite Abundance of our Father-Mother God will be reclaimed as our Divine Birthright. ~ Cocreating the NEW Archetypes for Humanity's Abundance by Patricia Diane Cota-Robles http://eraofpeace.org (See April 6)

April 4, Friday. Moon conjuncts Uranus (20 Pisces) and then Venus (28 Pisces and Venus is just 5 degrees South of Moon) at the “Death by Intent” gate and then the Moon moves into Aries. This Timing is significant for anyone turning a multiple of eight (8, 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.April 4 Sky Map

This is the 8th time Venus has met with the Moon since she rose as a morning star and we refer to as the “Death by Intent” Gate. Mercury is still within 5 degrees of Venus overseeing this initiatory process and having been within less than three degrees of Venus for the entire month of March helping Venus to prepare for this gate. The Moon, Mercury and Venus will rise just before the Sun so may not be easily visible unless you have a low horizon line.

The builders of Solomon’s temple tracked the Venus cycle and were particular interested in the eastern rise (or morning star) expression of Venus with Mercury. This was seen as a powerfully transformative time that they referred to as the return of the Shekinah. (See The Book of Hiram by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas.) It is rare for Venus and Mercury to spend such a long time together in the morning sky. The last time this occurred was 40 years ago in 1968 and prior to that it was 1928 as Venus and Mercury return together every 40 years. We can look back to those times to get an idea of how these energies expressed then but more importantly is what we are energizing in our hearts and minds now as we inform the mysteries as much as they inform us.

Venus is choosing to deepen her initiation in the realm of conscious death choosing to die to all that does not serve the fullest expression of her true purpose. Mercury and Uranus are both overseeing this initiatory process and facilitating the “events of extreme novelty” (see March 11, 2008 archives) that are intended to inspire our own knowing about what is “dying” and what is preparing to birth when Venus rises as an evening star around July 15.

April 5, Saturday. Today is the Aries New Moon (19 Aries) and Venus moves into Aries crossing the Vernal Equinox point. Aries is an archetypal energy fiercely committed to what they believe is just and true. Aries is also associated with spring in the Northern Hemisphere and rapid growth.

Applying Joseph Campbell’s structure of the Hero/ine’s Quest, as defined in his book A Hero With A Thousand Faces to the monthly Moon cycle the New Moon represents what he refers to as The Call to Adventure. The Hero or Heroine is often called to some kind of mission intended to help defend or protect their people or their way of life or to set right some kind of wrong.

The Aries New Moon is particularly linked with this understanding as nothing pleases Aries more than to set off on a mission they truly believe is a good cause. This is a great time to commit to something you feel aligned with in your heart. What mission of purpose are you being called to now? What are you willing to commit to that is aligned with your heart-knowing! (See April 8)

April 6, Sunday. Moon moves into Taurus, and Venus (1 Aries) squares retrograde Pluto (1 Capricorn) drawing our attention to the birthing of a New Earth frequency. Here is more of the message from Patricia Diane Cota-Robles further inspiring our understanding of this unfolding process and reminding us of the clearing process Pluto requires for genuine empowerment.

This is a New Day on Planet Earth, however, and we have reached a critical mass of energy, vibration and consciousness that is lifting us into the patterns of perfection for the New Earth. Together, this year, we will cocreate the NEW Archetypes for Humanity's Abundance and establish a new paradigm on Earth based on the infinite flow of Abundance from our Father-Mother God. Through our unified efforts, our Victory is assured As the Light of God enters this core of purity, it activates the Divine Potential of Infinite Abundance which has been dormant since Humanity's fall from Grace aeons ago. When Humanity's Divine Birthright of Abundance is activated, it pushes to the surface every frequency of vibration that conflicts with God's Abundance. These human miscreations are now surfacing in our daily lives to be transmuted back into Light. From outer-world appearances it looks like we are heading for a global economic collapse.

It is true that financial systems and institutions that are based in greed or any other corrupt practice are being turned upside down. These institutions are doomed to failure, and this purification process will wreak havoc in the lives of those who insist on continuing these obsolete behavior patterns. This old paradigm conflicts with the patterns of perfection for the New Earth, and it cannot and will not be sustained. Co-creating the NEW Archetypes for Humanity's Abundance by Patricia Diane Cota-Robles http://eraofpeace.org

What Patricia Cota-Robles is describing in essence is the purifying power of Pluto pushing to the surface our deepest fears and where we are not in true accord with spirit so it can and will be transformed.

April 7, Monday. Mercury (9 Aries) moves beyond 10 degrees of Venus (2 Aries) by April 11 and is lost in the glow of the Sun moving to conjunct the Sun (18 Aries today) on April 15 or 16 depending on your time zone at 27 Aries. The Amazon Warrior (Venus) and the overall warrior archetype is reminding us of the importance of a true warrior courageously dedicated to protecting the cosmic order of life and the Warrior Code of Honor. A true warrior is dedicated to protecting and serving their family and community. They are strong, skilled and courageous, and willing to put their lives on the line for the cause of freedom and justice. A true warrior is more interested in promoting peace than going to war but they will fight and consider it their honor to die in the defense of their family or community.

Aries asks: Are you willing to stand for what you believe is just and true? Are you willing to put your whole hearted energy into the causes you feel most passionate about? Do you have the courage and determination to do what it takes to ensure the success of your cause? (See April 5)

April 8, Tuesday. The waxing crescent Moon is about one degree north of Pleiades (M45) and then moves into Gemini. In William Henry’s book The Peacemaker and The New Key of Life, he describes the lore of the Pleiades saying, “Most of this lore centers around the Mother symbol of the dove (the Pleiades being the home of the Dove-goddesses, or Hathors) who guarded the ‘gate’ to the central point of heaven, Tula.” He goes on to say, “Understanding the Pleiades as the star gate to Tula explains why in many religious traditions the soul transforms into a dove at death...” Henry says Tula is the name of “the dwelling of the Lord”. It also refers to our understanding of Heaven on Earth, Shambala, the New Jerusalem and was a name that referred to our Galactic Core where new codes of light and understanding are coming forth to transform our current reality. The Moon is transmitting directly from the Pleiadian Stargate and worth tuning into tonight.

April 9, Wednesday. Chiron (20 Aquarius) and Neptune (23 Aquarius) are moving to meet with the North Node (26 Aquarius) in May. Neptune and the North Node meet May 4 and Chiron and the North Node meet May 26 (and on May 26 the Moon will be there too with Neptune just three degrees away).

Events of “extreme novelty” (linked with Terrence McKenna’s fractal waveform known as “timewave zero”) are expressions of Aquarian revolutionary change. (See March 10, 2008 Archives.) The Zero Point Field concept emerged based on the fact that field energies remain present at absolute zero even when other classic forms of energy vanish. The zero-point concept has also been described as the field of pure consciousness, a cosmic field of pure intelligence, the unified field, the vacumm state, the Akashic Record (Akasha is Sanskrit for space) or Akashic-Field or “A-Field” (from Ervin Laszlo’s book Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything).

This Field by whatever name is the source of all creation and is the record of all that has happened, while also informing what is yet to happen in all past and present universes or what Laszlo terms “metaverses”. In this book, Laszlo describes experiments by physicists, cosmologists, biologists and scientists supporting the "informed universe" theory and the existence of the “A-field”. Additionally, evidence suggests that we are not in a random universe as the probability of that is beyond astronomical. http://www.scimednet.org/library/reviewsN89+/N90Laszlo_akashik.htm

Indeed, this is much like the combination of current Celestial Events (seemingly beyond astronomical probability) informing us that we are living in a radically changing universe. Not only that, our thoughts, words and actions are helping to inform these changes. With the Shamanic Healer (Chiron) and the Celestial Dreamer (Neptune) meeting with the symbol that most represents our collective destiny (the North Node), we have an opportunity to heal and transform the wounds of our old reality into the medicine we carry as we dream the dreams of a new, wondrous reality. Neptune assists us in tapping into the vast Akashic Field (the field of all possibilities) from where all creation arises. Chiron assists us in transforming the past wounds so we are no longer at the effect of them as we consciously co-create a new reality in alignment with our divine design represented by the North Node .

April 10, Thursday. The Sun (21 Aries) Squares Jupiter (21 Capricorn) signaling the approaching Jupiter station retrograde on May 9. This alignment of the Sun and Jupiter creates the possibility of greater than usual inspiring and expansive energy particularly Jupiteraround the mysteries of structure and form and responsibly stewarding the Earth. The challenge is to be alert to a tendency towards overexpansion, overdoing, overconfidence, overload and even over-optimism that may be overly idealistic or ungrounded. It is just as much of a problem to have too much of something as not enough. For example, too much Sun scorches the Earth but not enough Sun and life on Earth can not thrive. This is a time to seek balance by noticing where you feel inspired and then taking wise, practical steps that ground your inspiration in beneficial and supportive ways.

April 11, Friday. Late tonight or early tomorrow morning depending on your time zone the Moon occults Mars (16 Cancer) in NE Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Northern Scandinavia. When the Moon occults a star of planet it accelerates the energy of that celestial body. Today’s Mars occultation further accelerates the current Mars Quest that began on December 24, 2007. This is the third time Mars has met with the Moon since Mars went direct in late January representing the third labor or task Mars must face in his quest for healthy expressions of nurturing and family. Saturn with Regulus, Mars just outside the Twins

During each of the Labors of Mars the masculine principle is asked to perform a difficult task to prove his worthiness in proceeding with his quest. One of these tasks is to heal any wounds connected to the old version of the Father archetype including the demanding, judgmental, punishing patriarchal Father who seemingly is never pleased or satisfied with what his children accomplish and achieve, or with who they really are. As we heal and forgive this old paradigm we can then more easily imagine and connect with an internal healthy father image expressing as safe, loving, compassionate, kind, generous, caring, and supportive, whose greatest delight is celebrating the unique gifts his children bring to his life. And so the quest continues.

April 12, Saturday. This First Quarter Moon (23 Cancer) is located on the edge of the Sacred Hoop near the fixed Stars Castor and Pollux marking the two brightest stars in the constellation of the Twins. In ancient times Castor and Pollux were invoked by sailors for favorable winds. The First quarter Moon in this area of the sky reminds us this is a time for invoking the favorable winds of change especially around the mysteries of family and home.

April 13, Sunday. Sun (24 Aries) sextiles Neptune (24 Aquarius) signaling the weeks left before the station of Neptune retrograde on May 26. Sun and Neptune work together to illuminate physical sensitivity and inner intuitive processes. The Sun is the center point of the planetary time clock. From Earth all the planetary cycles are keyed off their relationship to the Sun.

Whenever an outer planet sextiles the Sun it is always in direct motion either getting ready to station retrograde or having just stationed direct. In this case, Neptune is preparing to station retrograde. Neptune quests for the visions and dreams that help us to fulfill our soul’s purpose. Inner meditative time now can help attune us to the inner guidance that ultimately directs the successful quest.

April 14, Monday. Messenger Mercury (23 Aries) is sextile Neptune (23 Aquarius) drawing upon the vast inner knowing of Neptune that goes beyond logic and reason energizing “novel” events designed to stretch our current perspective to ever changing new ways of experiencing the divine. Mercury is a messenger and Neptune is a gateway into the mysterious, or unknown realms that requires the development of intuition for successful navigation in these realms. Saturn helps to structure the visions and dreams of Neptune into tangible form. This timing includes inspired and heightened intuition as a guiding principle for the new messages coming in to support new projects or finishing projects already in process or to assist in bringing the intangible into tangible form.

April 15, Tuesday. Moon is occulting Regulus, the heart of the Lion, visible in Madagascar and Antarctica. Then the Moon moves into Virgo and conjuncts Saturn. The magical star Regulus has been a major feature of the past two years as Saturn has been within six degrees of Regulus for much of 2007 and 2008. Saturn will station direct within a degree and half or so of Regulus in May staying within 6 degrees until the end of July. This is significant because the magical stars (a.k.a. Behenian Stars) are most potent when a planet is within 6 degrees of them. Regulus is a star that works directly with heart energy of self-love, self-forgiveness and self-compassion. With Saturn also involved this is a time for reformulating our life structure so we can more easily live in accordance with the powerful effects of self-love and self- acceptance. When we truly love who we are then whatever we do comes from a healthy heart directed space.

April 16, Wednesday. Mercury conjuncts the Sun (27 Aries) in the phase of the Mercury cycle known as the pyschopomp, or guide for souls. Of all the planets we observe from the Earth we see Mercury conjunct the Sun about six times a year. Three of those conjunctions are on the other side of the Sun when Mercury is moving in a direct motion and is furthest away from the Earth. In Shamanic Astrology this is not so much an underworld placement for Mercury as it is where Mercury is the initiatory guide disappearing into whatever realm is most needed at that time. Therefore, with Mercury’s helps the true warrior is guided toward their next mission. This is similar to when the hero or heroine is given a magical tool and information that helps them to accomplish the purpose of their quest.

“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.” ~ Meister Eckhart

April 17, Thursday. Mercury enters Taurus (where it remains until May 2) shifting the lens of our collective perception to a slower, more relaxed pace for the purpose of enjoying and savoring every moment. When healthy, Mercury in Taurus is an antidote for the tendency of the mind to be anywhere but present in the now. Surrender is the key. Surrendering to what IS, accepting what IS, allowing what IS, and loving what IS helps us to be fully present in every moment. Dwelling on the past and anticipating the future are what distract us from being in the present moment. The present moment is our point of power (not in the past or future) and the place where we can effectively co-create our reality. So we have extra help over the next couple of weeks in engaging the power of the present.

Mercury’s move into Taurus is also supported by the Moon’s move into Libra transmitting the mysteries of conscious equal partnership and that includes the partnership with ourselves and our mind and how our thinking directs our life experience. If your relationship to your mind and your thinking process is not working for you then try making a different choice. One simple practice is to focus on gratitude. If your life is chaotic, confusing and challenging then shift your thoughts to what you are grateful for in your life. Gratitude is one of the single most powerful tools for magical transformative change we have.

April 18, Friday. Right now we have a very close Grand Earth Trine with Mercury (1 Taurus) trining Pluto (1 Capricorn) and retrograde Saturn (1 Virgo). The Earth element is the substance and basis for all life in this dimension. When healthy, Earth energies are nurturing, stable, realistic, grounded, effective, industrious, structured, practical, persistent, patient and productive. The challenge with a Grand Trine is the energies can get stuck and then become distorted. When Earth energies are out of balance they express as stubborn, materialistic, inflexible, restrictive, unstructured, unproductive, and afraid to make changes and take risks.

Earth energies work best when coming from the principles of cooperation, collaboration and co-creation. These are key elements in creating a New Global World structure that allows for all the places on the wheel to make their contribution. The Grand Earth Trine is forming several times as Venus and the Sun move through Taurus over the next month. Plus the Moon passes through Taurus once each month activating this trine as well. Facing the fears that prevent us from experiencing conscious co-creation through collaboration and cooperation maximizes the power of these aspects. Otherwise, these energies can get profoundly stuck and then it often takes a huge crisis to shake them loose.

April 19, Saturday. Sun moves into Taurus where it remains until May 20 when it moves into Gemini. Tonight also marks the fullest rise of the Scorpio Full Moon exact in the early morning hours tomorrow. (See April 20). The Sun’s annual passage through Taurus illuminates the mysteries of intimacy, beauty, sacred pleasure and the art of receivership. Healthy receivership is tricky because in our current culture we are trained to express as Givers and Doers for the purpose of accomplishing and producing results.

This is great when it is also in balance with a healthy ability to receive the joy and pleasure of life. However the reality is most of us are caught up in the “Doing Addiction”. You know you are operating from a Doing Addiction if you feel driven to accomplish and produce as a way to feel you have value and worth, or as a way to avoid feeling what you are feeling. Over Doing, Doing too much, Doing for the sake of Doing are the leading causes of exhaustion and their related health issues such as Adrenal Fatigue.

Sometimes the best way to shift this pattern is to consciously make different choices. Take time over the next month to practice Being. One way to do this is to take time every day and DON’T DO anything that is coming from the drive to produce! Rather, spend some quiet time in nature, meditate, take a nap, daydream, feel what you feel with awareness. The challenge is to be in the present moment for as long as possible without doing anything that is accomplishment or achievement oriented. Practice responding to the moment rather than trying to control or manipulate it.

“There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence.” Meister Eckhart

April 20, Sunday. Passover begins. Today marks the first Scorpio Full Moon (O Scorpio 43) with a second Scorpio Full Moon (a rare Blue Moon type event see article) occurring May 19 at 29 Scorpio 27. The Scorpio Full Moon transmits the shamanic mysteries of empowerment that occur when we successfully embrace our shadow or all the aspects of ourselves we have denied or disowned in our lives.
These shadow elements operate unconsciously in all we think, feel, say, and do until we are ready to take responsibility for them. When we are in denial our shadow parts direct the course of our lives.

When we acknowledge and embrace our shadow bringing it into our conscious awareness then the transformation that occurs empowers our life experience because we are no longer using all that energy in denial or avoidance of what we most fear. These shadow elements are often our greatest skills and abilities or our deepest fears including the fear of failure, the fear we are not good enough, and the fear that we will be “burned at the stake” if we really show up in the strength of our authentic expression. Within the light of the Scorpio Full Moon these shadow elements are illuminated and transformed when we willingly embrace this opportunity.

April 21, Monday. Sun (1 Taurus 48) trines retrograde Saturn (1 Virgo 48) signaling the direct station of Saturn on May 2 at 1 Virgo 41. There are 60 minutes in each degree, 30 degrees in each sign, telling us that Saturn will barely move (about seven minutes) over the next 12 days. The Saturn station direct means we are rapidly approaching a time for full forward movement in implementing the visions and dreams gathered over the last few months especially in regard to our sacred relationship with our Mother Earth. This deeply meditative and informative time is aligning with the Earth Day Celebrations taking place this month.

April 22,Tuesday. Happy Earth Day. Lyrid meteor shower peaks. Mars (21 Cancer) Trines Uranus (21 Pisces) and Moon moves into Sagittarius. It is time to take action and to speak the truth that will liberate us from all the deceptions of the past and the ways our Earth is being harmed. We are all connected and what we do effects us and everyone in the entire world. Healing ourselves is the priority because then we automatically heal the Earth. As groups around the world join together in unified caring for the Earth our prayers and intentions solidify the critical mass necessary expanding and uplifting our collective global consciousness further energizing the planetary ascension process already underway.

More info on Lyrida Meteor shower http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0419_040419_lyridsmeteors.html Photo of Four meteors in Four minutes http://www.astropics.com/lyrids/4lyrids.htmMap of Lyrid Meteor shower

Lyrid meteors all appear to originate from a point in the sky near the bright star Vega. As this radiant rises higher, the rate of meteors increases. (S&T: Gregg Dinderman)

April 23, Wednesday. The Sagittarius Moon occults Antares in the southern half of Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesia. For the rest of us we will see the Moon near the heart star of the Scorpion. Again we find our attention is drawn to the importance of our hearts and living heart directed lives with great love and compassion for the process of life we are now experiencing. This Moon occultation is opening the Antares stargate further transmitting divine wisdom into the physical world. (See May 2007 Archives)

Venus (21 Aries) squares Mars (21 Cancer) and Jupiter (21 Capricorn) in a configuration that is intended to expand the nurturing masculine expression in the Cancer domain and expand the warrior amazon expression of the feminine in the Aries domain. Venus in Aries is a very independent expression of the feminine that is fiercely dedicated to protecting her family and community. Mars in Cancer is dedicated to nurturing his family from a place of great love and empathy. Thus, we see these energies though committed to protecting and caring for family have a different way of doing so and may not always understand the motivations of the other. Jupiter in Capricorn wisely counsels each to value and appreciate the differences and to honor them both as equally valid and important and to be grateful that each is doing their part with integrity and passion.

April 24, Thursday. Pi-Puppid meteor shower peaks (Southern hemisphere). Mars (22 Cancer) opposes Jupiter (22 Capricorn) for the second time since December 26 when Mars was Retrograde at 02 Cancer and Jupiter had just moved into Capricorn the week before. During the December opposition both Mars and Jupiter were aligned along the Galactic Plane further expanding and energizing the galactic codes coming in from this area of our galaxy. Mars and Jupiter are assisting in creating a radical shift of the Cancer Capricorn core foundational expressions of healthy family and community with awareness of how this affects the next several generations. The practices of misusing the Earth’s resources with no regard for the repercussions for future generations must change. The questions is how can we be a part of the solution? (See April 26)

April 25, Friday. The “out of bounds” Moon, having reached its furthest out of bounds stretch of the last couple of years, is moving into Capricorn and meeting with Pluto (1 Capricorn). Our attention is being called to the Capricorn mysteries as Pluto moves into Capricorn for the first time in 248 years and Jupiter travels through Capricorn every 12 years. In Shamanic Astrology the Capricorn archetype has a healthy expression coming through the Council of Grandmothers. The eldest woman of the tribe was the Clan Mother and she was the wise elder responsible for the welfare of her tribe. In the Iroquois Confederacy it was the Clan Mothers who had the final authority. Now this understanding is returning and the Grandmothers are reclaiming their power to vision and dream a new world. (See April 26)

Venus sextiles Neptune. Neptune’s influence helps deepen our intuition when we allow ourselves to trust our inner knowing. This means knowing what we know even when seemingly beyond the confines of logic and reason. From this place it is easier to experience psychic connection with the source of all that is and all that is possible. Venus is that deep intuitive inner divine feminine aspect we all carry within providing the physical pathway for these energies to express in this reality. The challenge is to listen deeply from our inner knowing. This is tricky as we can often be misled by the illusions of our doubts and fears and unhealed places within our hearts.

April 26, Saturday. Moon conjuncts Jupiter (20 Capricorn) further expanding the reclamation of the Capricorn mysteries from the grips of the wounding patriarchal culture that disregarded the wisdom and power of the Grandmothers to guide their people in healthy ways. Nearly four years ago a circle of 13 Grandmothers came together to assist with healing the Earth. This is their declaration:

WE ARE THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS who came together for the first time from October 1 through October 17, 2004, in Phoenicia, New York. We gathered from the four directions in the land of the people of the Iroquois Confederacy. We come here from the Amazon rainforest, the Arctic circle of North America, the great forest of the American northwest, the vast plains of North America, the highlands of central America, the Black Hills of South Dakota, the mountains of Oaxaca, the desert of the American southwest, the mountains of Tibet and from the rainforest of Central Africa.

Affirming our relations with traditional medicine peoples and communities throughout the world, we have been brought together by a common vision to form a new global alliance.

We are the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. We have united as one. Ours is an alliance of prayer, education and healing for our Mother Earth, all Her inhabitants, all the children and for the next seven generations to come.
We, the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, believe that our ancestral ways of prayer, peacemaking and healing are vitally needed today. We come together to nurture, educate and train our children. We come together to uphold the practice of our ceremonies and affirm the right to use our plant medicines free of legal restriction. We come together to protect the lands where our peoples live and upon which our cultures depend, to safeguard the collective heritage of traditional medicines, and to defend the earth Herself. We believe that the teachings of our ancestors will light our way through an uncertain future.

We join with all those who honor the Creator, and to all who work and pray for our children, for world peace, and for the healing of our Mother Earth.
For all our relations.
http://www.grandmotherscouncil.com/ and http://www.sacredstudies.org/gwg.html

The Circle of Grandmothers are returning giving us cause for Great Celebration and renewed hope for our Beloved Earth!

Moon with Jupiter

April 27, Sunday. The Moon moves into Aquarius transmitting the mysteries of the cosmic revolutionary. This energy is committed to its own unique path of self-expression, questioning what is and not settling for limitations of the status quo. This is a good time to step back for a good look at the big picture, and make changes where needed.

April 28, Monday. The Last Quarter Moon 08 Aquarius 39 is a good time for integrating the wisdom and experience gained from a grand cosmic perspective and is transmitting the mysteries of radical change through unique and novel events. The Aquarian Dispensation advocates the freedom to choose our own evolutionary path and yet often there are events beyond our control that catalyze radical shifts in our understanding and perception of our reality. The Aquarian Ideal recognizes our individuality as it expresses through universal principles and embraces the importance of honoring all the places on the wheel of life even if they are radically different than our own.

April 29, Tuesday. This is the 2nd Moon occultation over Neptune this month visible in Indonesia, North Australia, and Hawaii. Plus, the Moon conjuncts Chiron and the North Node today before moving into Pisces. The Moon is transmitting the entire collective library related to the Aquarius mysteries to Neptune, and Chiron. This is happening in the window of Neptune and Chiron preparing to meet with the North Node next month. (See April 2 and 9)

Beyond waking, dreaming, and sleeping, there are infinite realms of consciousness. ~Deepak Chopra

April 30, Wednesday. Venus moves into Taurus until May 24 traveling through the domain of sacred pleasure. In the mystery school of Taurus a primary key to experiencing the joy of powerful life force energy is in the ability to receive, enjoy and savor the moment. Any pleasurable, enjoyable experience engaged with conscious intent for the purpose of promoting self-awareness, well-being, and the strength and vitality of all concerned, ultimately leading to a state of bliss and ecstasy, is in the domain of Sacred Pleasure. Accepting our current reality frees the limiting energy of judgment and allows for new possibilities to emerge.

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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