Friday August 01, 2008 HAPPY SOLAR ECLIPSE
At 3:13am this morning the sun and moon joined in a
Solar eclipse at 9 degrees 32 minutes of Leo this sets
The stage for a 2 week window of …well, please read
The article on eclipses and if you do nothing else
Please remember:
SOLAR eclipses block the NOW and allow us to look
Backwards and I shall quote one of my teachers
““the past is in the scroll that the high priestess holds
on her lap for the purpose of learning only. We review
the past not to lament certain events or punish ourselves;
rather, we review the past to discover the patterns, laws,
and workings of divine. The high priestess lets us know
we can learn from the past and past lives for the purpose
only of knowing our eternity.
That might be the only fruitful meditation. Meditating
on what could have been done or be takes us away
from truth. The past serves only to pull out insights
that help now within the perspective of returning
to the source.”
Today at 8:52am the moon and Mercury join in a
Fiery exchange of ideas, passion and maybe a bit
More POP and energy than normal. Use this energy
To find joy within rather than frustrations without
And you have it…
Color today Orange for creativity, passion and
POP, zip, bam boom
Use Orange Carnelian or Golden Citrine for increasing energy,
Detoxifying, cleansing chakras and channels and
Raising the ability to understand our path of joy
OIL of RELEASE FOR SURE
Kiss for today is think about what you want to happen,
Thinking about what you do not want to happen is
A form of meditation and meditation creates Manifestation.
SOLAR ECLIPSE AUGUST 01, 2008
PDT 3:12am 6:22 am EDT, 11:22 am GMD
The eclipse happens at 9 Degrees 32 Minutes of Leo
As the sun and the moon join at this degree
My own Mantra For this eclipse is
“I Create from love and move forward with
An Open, Joyful, and willing heart to create my divine destiny”
If you read Dane Rudhyars book an Astrological Mandala you will see he describes this degree as “The need to involve one’s most spiritual and vital energies in the creative act if it is to produce significant and beautiful new forms”
Rudhyar talks about breathing in joy and creativity and the FIRE OF SPIRIT as the indicators of this degree being important. Breathing in LIFE and energy and creativity and JOY and ….. Well, how does this align with your life right now? What if you are here for a purpose, (and you are) and part of that purpose is sitting there waiting for you to slow down and LISTEN and step into your space?
I believe that I have some pretty good information on my website about eclipses but this one surely is calling me strongly to say and do much more than normal. I will have some of the clinical details at the end of this writing for those of you trying to understand astrology but for the majority of you out there, I really want to put this into English.
We are in the window of the eclipse and have been for a couple of weeks. Do you notice folks a bit testier than normal? Fiery and not as easy to forgive and forget? Have you noticed quite a few people leaving jobs, relationships, and otherwise feeling that their lives are without meaning, or at the least they feel they cannot understand their lives? I have hundreds of folks writing me that they are depressed and sad an angry and cannot let go of fear or doubt.
I know most of you do not get 100’s of e mails daily but the theme from many of them to me is the above. I often think I keep too busy to get much drawn into my own fears and my own personal path has always encouraged me to LEARN TO LET GO and LET higher power align my life. NOT usually an easy task but by now, I recognize it is a necessary one.
But those who know me well will tell you that sometimes I step into the Dark Night of the soul and wonder why, and how can I do it, and WHY? Then I pick myself up and find something that is fun, and something that INVOLVES the LEO energy within me. In Astrology Leo is in the house or area of my chart which has to do with DIVINE connection or what would take me HIGHER in life. Aka 9th house. This house has to do with higher education, schooling, travel, trips and being open to learning from others “Different than myself”
For me truly ”Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day.” Zen Proverb~ which seems to me a huge part of what we are experiencing right now. This eclipse asks us all to Let go of old ideas and open ourselves to love and joy. AND that said. I write so much about love and joy and yet wonder how many of you are taking the time to experience the things which give you these emotions?
I often get clients who tell me they have forgotten what “They” really like to do or what makes them happy. Well, I have also been there myself and we get back to the center of us, one step at a time and this eclipse or rather this next MONTH is going to show you how to do that if you are open And willing to take some time for yourself
So, maybe I need to be writing about TIME, taking the time for your values, which of course are what you are doing, not what you say are values. But what you spend time and energy on are our values really aren’t they?
I just got back from a few days away from the house, the cats, the office and e mail. During this time I colored, watched some old movies, read good books, meditated, watched the sun set, ate good, and took 2 hour bathes and reconnected to joy through all these simple things. Sometimes it can be as simple as the above things for us all but if we do not take the time we cannot find the center of our being.
In Seattle Washington the Solar eclipse chart which I always create to tell me what we are to do during an major event shows.
Cancer rising, SELF Care the moon and sun in Leo in the 2nd house which is OUR VALUES. Of course it is the money house and it always makes me so sad when people say, I will be happy when I have a million dollars, or I can be happy when I have money. I surely can tell you that if you cannot take small times away and find joy in little things that a million dollars is not going to do it for you. OR 10 million or 20 million.
So, how about shifting your mind to being happy RIGHT NOW with what you have and let your mind go away from what you do not have? This Solar eclipse astrology chart has mercury the MIND and the south Node, the past, and Venus, what we love, and Transpluto, transformation (ALL IN LEO) in the values and mind area.
The discipline required from this chart is SATURN the planet of accountability in the 3rd house of the mind. Saturn in Virgo is asking us to think Green about our lives and think Simpler, to pare down and to recognize what it is that we really NEED.
It is now time to THINK of what you want to happen and be ready to heal old thought patterns. Jupiter the planet of luck and abundance and MORE is in the 7th house of partnerships. Telling us to have faith and find people who are going to show us how to make our lives better. (Jupiter is in Capricorn you know) Groups, teachers, friends who lift us HIGHER are a necessity for us all. Some of us say “I am such a giver, that I attract takers” Well, nobody can take from you unless you give it can they? Think about what you are giving and what you are willing to receive during this next few months.
Vesta which is sacred connection is in Taurus in the 11th house of groups. Get out and go to seminars, classes, workshops, get online and listen to Oprah and others who are hearing the call and answering it. The energy of healing in this chart seems to demand some Alone time and
Time to not think, so much as BE. My good friend and a great artist Bonnie Chance
http://www.bonniechance.com made me some bookmarks which say. DO LESS, BE MORE… Lets all use this as our own mantra. What is BEING to you? Being alone, being contented, being happy, being rested, being well fed, being safe, being loved, being? If we think we cannot be happy until we have all of the above things, surely happiness will be as elusive as catching the wind. Could you be ………..into just BEING and watching a sunset?
We have 7 planets RETROGRADE (apparently backwards in motions)for this eclipse. What
The term Retrograde means to me is : reconnect, repair, replay, replan, revise, re envision, reapply, reconsider and realign with source.
Uranus the planet of change going backwards in Pisces is in the 10th house of how we are seen in this chart. When you were 17 how did you think others would see you at this age? Can you re -align your dreams and be ok with dreaming a new future for yourself, can you see how much stronger you are than you thought you could be ? Can you reconnect to the Carefree child hood (child) that some of us did not have. Can you let go of what you thought you SHOULD have and be willing to be all that you Can be?
We can do this Using the planet of belief, Neptune riding with Chiron the wounded healer and the North node for this eclipse (in the unique, original and innovative sign of Aquarius) and heal the past and Create a happy childhood. This energy is in the 8th and 9th houses in this astrology chart asking us to let go (8th house) and reach for divine connection with something Higher (9th house) Which is what spiritual living is…being willing to constantly be ok with tomorrow being a better day and forgiving yesterday.
This aspect carries through the rest of the year and into 2009 as Jupiter the planet of MORE will move into Aquarius and align with this strong healing and illuminating energy. Neptune asks us for Divine love, and divine connection and Chiron says that through our wounds we have become UNIQUE and WONDERFULLY different healers in our own right. Do you see your
Own magnificence? Leo energy asks for you to be willing to be the king or the queen within your own heart which is truly the only place that it really matters.
Regarding finding the blessings of my not so happy childhood. Why would I have learned to mediate if I did not have discord within myself? Why would I have reached out to others if I did not understand what pain feels like? Why would I have moved past my history had it not been that way for me growing up? So, look at your past with GRATITUDE and see what you have become or WILL BECOME because of your hardships and see how much the victor you already are. YOU are the king or queen within yourself if you will just recognize your magnificence, and that you can never ever…ever…get enough people telling you how wonderful you are unless you can somehow get to believing it yourself.
And if now is the hard time. If you can let go of the LESS than simple things in life and reconnect with a more simple energy I promise this next few years will be much easier for you.
We believe the house we have, the partner, our reputation, the job, the auto is our life, but do you believe that those things Really do make you happy? OR are they what the world says you should have?
The 5th astrological sign of the zodiac is Leo …FIXED FIRE, and a passionate energy of endurance which is what we must have to take that next step. We are in a changing world and that is a good thing, if we want clean oceans, blue skies and healthy food we must make changes and you signed on for this time to be part of the Solutions, so lets begin to move along with a joyful heart.
My dreams lately show long lines of people and those who are not moving being snatched up into? I would hope someplace where they are not required to move as fast as we here on planet earth are being required to move. For the first time in my life I am dreaming Angels and seeing
People STEP proudly into their own power like never before. So along with the sad e mails are the proud and VICTORIOUS ones of people who have left what they thought they HAD to HAVE behind and are stepping into something so much more than they ever dreamed they
could BE:
The next 2 weeks will be the testing point of the eclipse as we are allowed to envision the past, not to muse, ponder, regret or what not over it but to see, learn and then put it behind us.
On the 16th we have a LUNAR eclipse which I will write about and then things really begin to move for us all. Meanwhile do as little major stuff as possible between the 1st and the 30th of this month when we have a 2nd NEW MOON. Look, listen, and enjoy life. Breathe in clean air, go to the beach, watch a sunset, hug a baby, go look at little kittens, or puppies, color, draw, write, sing, dance, go to a street faire, ENJOY life… and you have done the LEO THING which is spiritual living through joy and creativity to me.
NOW the astronomy stuff:
The mechanics of Eclipses happen when the Sun, Earth and the Moon align with the Nodes of
The moon and when this happens instead of a Full or new moon we wind up with a Solar or Lunar eclipse.
Throughout history eclipses are marking points for huge changes on the planet. Since we have at least 2 Solar eclipses (which always must happen at a NEW MOON) and 2 Lunar eclipses which always happen at a Full moon one might think that these events would pass pretty much unnoticed by the astrological community. The difference is that this time up on the planet is a huge turning point.
If you usually watch a New moon and say, Wow, that was over. And done with, forget that with eclipses. There is an Season to an eclipse. The strong shadow of the eclipse lasts for 37.5 days. There is always a NEW MOON within 18.75 days of a nodal conjunction and when this happens we have a Solar eclipse.
Within 2 weeks we have a FULL moon and the lunar eclipse happens. Sometimes a 3rd event can happen another solar or lunar eclipse. In July 200 there was a lunar eclipse between 2 solar eclipses, and in May-June 2002 we had a Solar eclipse between 2 lunar eclipses. These events all happened within the 37.5 day window.
Solar eclipses happen …as if…line 3 glasses up on a table. Pretend one glass at one end is the sun and the glass at the other end is the Earth and the middle glass is the moon. THE moon or the middle glass is blocking the light of the sun. In astrology the moon is our past, our emotions and when the SUN (the now) is blocked by the past what happens?
IF you are an evolved soul, which I KNOW you are… everyone else is leaving……….then
You like the high priestess card in the tarot deck will use this time and energy well… …I shall quote one of my teachers who would not appreciate his name in this but know these are not my thoughts but his. AND I agree totally
“the past is in the scroll that the high priestess holds on her lap for the purpose of learning only. We review the past not to lament certain events or punish ourselves; rather, we review the past to discover the patterns, laws, and workings of divine. The high priestess lets us know we can learn from the past and past lives for the purpose only of knowing our eternity.
That might be the only fruitful meditation. Meditating on what could have been done or be takes us away from truth. The past serves only to pull out insights that help now within the perspective of returning to the source.”
This to me is the purpose of a solar eclipse. AND gratitude is something which I would be asking you to practice over the next 2 weeks. Gratitude for our lessons as well as our rewards, because the lessons sometimes bring us the greatest rewards down the road.
Right now upon this planet and in the sky we have A mix of Fire fueling change and if we can make those changes from our passion] We will have it down. IF not, then we will be doing this again in 2009 with more Leo Eclipses until we get it and begin to move into our own power.
Happy solar eclipse and look at what you wish to be eclipsed in your life. I shall also publish the eclipse article from Steve nelson if you wish it sent to you, please let me know. HAPPY ECLIPSE and let all negativity be eclipsed and ALL JOY released within yourself and your life for now and evermore. Namaste Carol Barbeau
