‘Overcoming Crises with Compassion’
Do you remember that amazing full lunar eclipse, last September 27th? Were you able to watch it that bright evening? We are about to have its mirror image, in penumbral form, on Wednesday, March 23rd. If you live on the East coast of North America, you will see the beginning stages of the eclipse (5:30 am) before she sets as the Sun rises.
Both lunar eclipses are within a degree of each other, but in opposite signs. We get to taste both ends of the spectrum, which ushers in the equinox season. If you combine the two charts, you get a new Moon experience in both Aries and Libra in the form of a full Moon! !
What do you remember from that period of your life? What needs to be repaired or revisited?
Both the fall and spring equinox partake of the balance between dark and light; both are a 
time of shift in season. Yet the spring season is full of the fire of the constellation of Aries, which the Sun entered last Saturday night, and we are ready to plant the seeds we harvested in September. Aries is a sign ruled by Mars, this particular Mars is in the more considered sign of Virgo, and is opposite Neptune. This is a far less fiery and self righteous Mars than the Sagittarian warrior of September.
Venus, the ruler of the Moon’s sign, Libra is in close connection to Neptune. Neptune is often called the higher, less personal aspect of Venus. This is universal love, the big picture, the mystic’s version of Venus.
Maybe this is where we should pay attention the identical Uranus in both charts. He is at 19° of Aries …in September he was in retrograde, and now moves in a straightforward direction. Here is the very beautiful Sabian Symbol for that potent degree, which unites these two charts at the point of individuation! ‘A young girl feeding birds in winter’ Keynote: ‘Crises in compassion.’
It feels as if we are at a crossroads, we either face our challenges with fear and loathing, or with the compassion we want for ourselves. This seems to be a the theme of this year’s election campaign, and the latest events in the refugee crisis.
The Sabian symbol for the Sun and Moon in their moment of perfect manifestation in opposition to one another continues the theme of love and healing. The Sun at 4° Aries presents the picture ‘Two lovers strolling on a secluded walk, Keynote: the progressive polarization of energies needed for fulfilling one’s life function.’ What does this mean?
Perhaps it can better be experienced than said: The Two of Cups in the Rider Waite deck might express it visually. Each full Moon is a moment where energies in opposition come together, not to blend, but to fulfill the promise of the polarity.
The full Moon at 4° Libra is: ‘Around a campfire, a group of young people sit in spi
ritual communion. KEYNOTE: The necessity to unite with kindred spirits as one enters unbeaten paths illumined by the still-insecure light of a dawning intuition of new values.‘ ‘The still insecure light’ might be the light of this lunar eclipse!
Jupiter and Saturn are in square to each other at this full Moon. This has the quality of expansion and compression in conflict or discomfort, when you can’t catch your breath, you have the wind is knocked out of you, asthma? Through the gentle recall of breath, meditation, patience we return to the center. Harmony is regained in more creative form, like an accordion? like singing?
Calling All Choir with Mark Growden at St. Gregory’s on De Haro
Sarah Fuhro Keeping our Ancient Wisdom Alive
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March 8. Coltrane’s ascendant, his soul gate is at 2° of Pisces. The Sabian Symbol for this degree is: Petrified tree trunks lie broken on desert sand. Keynote: The power to preserve records of their achievements which is inherent in fully matured culture. Indestructability. Music is both ephemeral and transcendent, like Pisces. Love, like music renews itself with each phrase, just as the Moon renews herself with each new Lunar cycle, and as we renew our connection to life with each new breath.
Jupiter is in perfect opposition to the new Moon and Sun. He’s one of two planets who rule Pisces and set the tone for this zodiac sign. He is the King of the gods on Olympus (Zeus), and expands our spirits through optimism and hope. Some say he supplanted the original monarch of the Greeks, Hera. Juno (Hera) in this chart is trine to Ceres (Demeter). Are we going to see a flood of female energy return to balance a long imbalance of male energy, as illustrated in the American election drama? Yet neither political party speaks to the cause of Demeter, our earth mother. This chart has the potential to bring attention to the environment, with yet another warning about the way we dishonor our home.
teaching us Pisces’ values. To feel another’s pain and pleasure is the genius of Pisces. The Age of Pisces began around the time of Christ and is now on the wane. At that time, two thousand years ago, a prophet symbolized by a fish, also the symbol of Pisces, spoke of the importance of love; ‘love thy neighbor, as thyself,’ a very difficult commandment. The sacrificial aspect of the fish became a theme in Christian doctrine. Yet often it was applied to the poor and to women, and left out the powerful and men.
the resistance to change. Saturn makes a square to Jupiter, on one side and on the other to the Sun/Moon/Ceres drama. The outlet for all of this is in Gemini. Gemini is communication, and a kind of nervous energy, which can make polarities seem like irreconcilable opposites instead of equal parts of a whole. In the Gemini card (The Lovers) from the Arthurian Legend Tarot we are offered another view of polarity. Gareth and Lyoness walk side by side in the forest. Their relationship does not consume or eliminate either one. As the seasons change so does their bond. The usual sense of this card as one of choice, takes on an evolutionary tone. We don’t have to eliminate contradictory elements in our nature. Astrology shows us the complexity of our nature held within a circle, a living picture of many parts which ‘feels’ change.
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