FULL MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE   AUGUST 16^th

Friday at 2:16pm PDT  with the MOON AT 24 degrees 21 minutes

Of Aquarius and the sun at 24 Degrees 21 minutes of Leo

The word “eclipse” is from the Greek Verbs Ecleipo, which is (to cease, existing) and Calypse (to cover).   We see the sun as a linear and logical energy (left brain) which we use to create life with on this planet.  While the moon is the right brain, more intuitive energy of feelings and emotions and in astrology represents our past. 

We are living in exciting times and this eclipse now ends a cycle for us which we have been dealing with for the last few months.  At a full moon we have the option to release and let go until the next NEW moon.  Ideas, feelings, emotions, and things which no longer serve us

Leave more easily over the next 2 weeks  and we are now sensing that some things are just not working and either Must be reconfigured or released.

A Lunar eclipse is when the Earth (practicality and where we are now) stands between the moon (which represents our emotions and our past) and the sun, (the light) cutting off the light of the sun from the moon (our past) .   These eclipses seem to bring us into REALITY. The bright light of truth, justice and what is really TRUE.  Let this light  shine on all those Old ideas and feelings and we will get an opportunity to truly SEE  THE  LIGHT in our own lives and release the past with this full moon Lunar Eclipse.

Lunar eclipses are a bit more emotionally electric than solar eclipses so remember the ECLIPSE RULE: NO NOT REACT or even ACT right now if possible for 2 weeks prior and 2 weeks after these eclipses. Eclipses will reverberate for about 6 months for all of us, so there is no sense in rushing into actions right now.   Lunar eclipses are always at a FULL moon time and this is usually a more emotional time  than usual, so slow down and have FUN and make

Love and peace, not war during this Aquarius /  Leo  Eclipse

For many of us finally we will begin to feel safe enough to take off our masks, come out of the closet  and experience the freedom of not hiding behind our pain or our past as this Aquarius energy pushes us towards being our own unique and original self.

My personal belief is that eclipses are the WILD cards that allow us to AWAKEN. Eclipses happen to WAKE  US  UP

TRY NEVER to sign important papers, have surgery, or do major debates or negotiations, during the 24 hours prior to and after the eclipse. The waves of emotions are still high and it is best to wait for a smoother energy for important events.

THE ECLIPSES work with the LUNAR Nodes which represent in your chart where you have come from and where you are growing to. AND In the sky where we learning spiritual development are the North node and the South Node is what has nourished us in the past.

For this eclipse we have the energy to reconfigure our lives but we have to learn Non-attachment to the past which is the lesson in Aquarius.  So for this eclipse we have

Chiron the wounded healer (retrograde) at 18 Aquarius

North Node what we must do at 18 Aquarius

Neptune illusion and intuition (retrograde) at 22 Aquarius

And the moon (our past and emotions) at 24 Aquarius  asking that we remove ourselves

From pain and suffering, move forward and envision what COULD be and heal the past.

My Mantra for this time is   I FORGIVE ALL PAST EXPERIENCES without
Putting blame or excuses on any of it and LET IT GO”   Which seems much in

Theme with all the other energy.

Uranus the planet of change going backwards (retrograde) in Pisces  Asking us to

Think differently, dream what we want and realize we are manifesting every moment by our thoughts.  GOOD or bad, it is being created with this magical new energy.

And we also have a GRAND Trine of earth energy which is productivity and an energy which urges us to build firm foundations. 

We have the planets Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Saturn in the linear and logical earth sign of Virgo.  We also have Vesta the energy of sacred commitment in Taurus    And the 3^rd earth energy is Jupiter going backwards (retrograde) in Capricorn.  A Grand trine of Earth energy will assist us over the next 6 months in our building projects to  create what we want instead of what others have expected of us.

Pluto is moving backwards in the Freedom loving and TRUTH sign of Sagittarius (Fire) asking

That we find the FIRE and the passion to create a life which is in alignment

All of the outer planets are involved aspect wise in this eclipse which is always the theme when HUGE changes are coming upon the planet to politics, and since Aquarius is Equality for all and Leo is heart energy about creativity, love and joy.  This should be a wonderful time coming for the planet.  Though the Virgo planets are asking us to tighten our belts, we are told that if we

Pare down and really look at what gives us JOY we are going to gain much more than we thought we ever could have.

As in all FULL MOONS we have an opposition to all the Aquarius (air energy) as

We have the SOUTH node (our past) at 18 Leo, (Leo energy is Fixed Fire)  we have The sun (the light and the now) At 24 Leo;  and Transpluto (personal transformation) at 28 Leo.  These Leo planets Are asking you to step up to the creativity, fun, romance, risks, adventure and take a gamble on yourself.  

Be open to miracles with this eclipse as Neptune asks us to dream, believe and as planets

Begin to go direct around Thanksgiving we will have many answers as to what we are going to be doing next. 

For Right now, get into the vision of believing that things will be better than you could imagine.  For right now, get into joy.  For right now, take a look at your life and begin to approach life in a simpler more joyful manner and we are all going to be truly astounded at our  new lives.  One day at a time is all this energy asks of us, we can do that, right?  And if we do this we will….

HEAL the past by seeing a new future for yourself and for the next 2 weeks let go of all

Blame, Anger and guilt. 

How you do this is by replacing it with FUN, with laughter, with Joy, with color, and sunsets, and sunrises, and friends who love you and by beginning each day anew with renewed vows of “Today I shall be more joyful, trust more, and be open to miracles”

And if you read this and think “I have none of these”  Begin to create it.  Begin to hang out with people who donate time and care for others, people who are energetically open, cheerful and alive, and you can pick up this energy and become this also.   We none of us are finished products and we are all BECOMING something new with this energy.  So lets create the US we want to be and if we each do this, how can the world not become a Better and happier place?

Do this and I promise that this next 6 months are going to awaken you to a new life .

I WISH YOU LOVE, JOY, peace and that you immediately begin to

FORGIVE ALL PAST EXPERIENCES without
Putting blame or excuses on any of it and LET IT GO”

Namaste  Carol Barbeau    carolastro@carolbarbeau.com

http://www.carolbarbeau.com

“All the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good from love”. Eleanor Farjeon

The Houses

Astrology is a language of symbols. We use the astrological

signs like costumes for the planets which are the actors.

The houses are the areas or the stages where the actors

in their costumes do their thing.

The 1st through the 6th houses relate to your life, your

family and your stuff. The 7th through 12th houses represent

you in the world, mixing and mingling with others. 

FULL moons create energy of letting go, 

and NEW MOON EVENTS create a CONJUNCTION OR Merging in one Area

and an energy of NEW beginnings and the birth of something new..…

FULL MOONS are in opposition and something needs to end and we

see this also as a need to balance your energy in those areas (2 houses) 

LUNAR ECLIPSES ARE FULL MOONS AND ACTIVATE 2  houses for you:

REMEMBER a house is nothing but the FOUNDATION something is happening

on.  Eclipse always involve the SUN AND the moon And whether they are

working together to CREATE or apart as far as they can get in a

full moon eclipses which we are having on August 16, 2008

I can promise you ECLIPSES are going TO ROCK YOUR WORLD:

•           1st house is the Ascendant, self, your body and

        physical appearance and how others see you.

•           2nd house is money and what you think is important,

        such as your values, desires, money and possessions.

•           3rd house is communication, brothers, sisters,

        lower learning, practical mind, socialization and

        communication.

•           4th house is home, security, family, ties to the past, 

        safety, nurturing and roots.

•           5th house is love, creativity, kids, sex, 

        risks, romance and self esteem.

•           6th house is work, health, duty, service

•           7th house is partnerships of all kinds, how you 

        identify with others and balance self with others.

•           8th house is intimacy, joint finances, joint values,

        sexual energy, shared resources, and death and endings.

•           9th house is higher religion, philosophy, ideas, travel,

        higher mind, spirituality and how we expand our horizons.

•           10th house is career but most of all how you are seen,

        your title, status, authorities, respect and recognition.

•           11th house is groups, friends, the things you want to

        leave as a legacy this lifetime for mankind to use,

        causes, goals, friends, harmony and fellowship.

•           12th house is the closet, secrets, karma, the past 

        and dreams, visions, limitations, repressed energy

        and spiritual connection

THIS FULL MOON ECLIPSE WILL OPEN 2 of these areas in your life.

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Where the eclipses happen for you is interesting if you know where

These degrees are in your chart? IF not, then how about a class, or buy

My learning cd set and I will send your chart with it and tell you where

All this is happening for you.

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Friday August 15, 2008   WHEE ….we could be

having  lots of fun and all over the place if we are out

of control mode and into fun mode…

Hold onto your hats, get ready for surprises and do not try and

Force anything as GALE Warnings of change, and optimism, and

Healing and Opening to the new are in the air today.

This day is certainly full of energy attempting to get us all out

Of self imposed boxes which we have felt we HAVE TO be in.

Look for things which happen over this next 2 weeks of a nature

Which you perhaps thought you did not Want…as GIFTS ….

At 12:43am as the sun opposed Neptune dreams could have

Been just plain weird, or really illuminating.  Having trouble sleeping

This week?  Well this could be the last night of that energy.  Eves

Of FULL MOONS are always energetically challenging times

And this is no exception.

At 1:00pm Mercury the planet of communication wearing the

Sign of VIRGO touched DOWN on Saturn the planet which

Would like it all PERFECT:   and you know for sure

That is NOT what we got today.  Attempt to find details for

And about self and keep out of the other guys way, and for

Sure the other guys stuff today, PLEASE:  

-    Color today pink for love, pink sapphire, rose quartz,

           and amber for love and to help ground you  also

-         Oil of Nutmeg to calm soothe and center you, this is

          the greatest sleeping medicine in the world, did you know that?  

          Get a fresh nutmeg, grate it and drink it in hot water,

           Nighty night and pleasant dreams, and do this 12 hours

           before you need to get out of bed please this can knock you

           out BIG time… so use care

-          Kiss for today?  DO as you know is right, without trying

           To interfere with ANYONE …

Today for sure our mantra or KISS MIGHT also be:

CHANGE YOUR MIND…….regularly …and don’t believe

everything you think.   And today and always

Let us be big enoug h to be 

smaller than our neighbor, spouse, friends,

and strangers.

Thursday August 14, 2008  a GREAT v/c  Day

Today at 10:09am the moon moves v/c or times out. Usually

I say these days are not the best, but today with a wonderful

Aspect with MARS in very practical Virgo we have a great

v/c time.

At 3:56pm the moon moves into unique and original

Aquarius beginning to set the stage for the eclipse on

The 16^th at 2:16pm.   Aquarius the 11^th sign of the zodiac

Is about Originality and is the sign of the rebel and the

Often when planets are in this sign people are urged to behave

A bit out of the ordinary.  EXPECT this for the next few

Days and Lets hope that the ORDINARY was not that

Great and they are getting UPGRADED as the universe is

Attempting to do for us all.

CHIRON (the wounded healer)   Neptune (Intuition)
The North node (What we need to be doing)  and now the

Moon are in Aquarius joining together for a bang up lunar

Eclipse Full moon this Saturday.  GET Ready for a fun

Weekend.

-     Kiss for THIS MONTH::::  HIGH Hopes and HIGH ideals

      bring HIGH profits in all areas of our lives..

-     Color for this month green for growth in all good things::

-     Use frankincense or myrrh and maybe Oil of release to let

      go of fears and ready you for that wonderful next step

      that is coming…

-     I would think that anything you wore that made you feel good

      would be a great stone today..Pay attention to what attracts

      you today and you will get a great deal of information about

      what is going on inwardly..

Aquarius Colors are Aqua, Silver, Purple, pink, blue

and red: 

STONES are Amethyst, Hematite, Graphite, bloodstone,

Sugilite, Obsidian, Tourmaline, Aquamarine and RUBY ZOSITE

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BE OPEN to miracles:

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to 

be continually fearing you will make one. –  Elbert Hubbard

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AUGUST 16th   LUNAR ECLIPSE CLASS  $50 for the whole day… as

we learn about the next 5 years of our lives …

IF YOU WISH me to record this class and do a personalized cd for you

for these events until 2015  , it will just be $65.. if

you cannot come and I send the cd’s to you with your information

if you attend the class/workshop… only $50 with

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Sign up now and lets learn

About NOW TO  2015   and what changes will be happening for

us personally and within the world

This will be at my home in Shoreline Wa.  Prepay for directions 

call   206 542 7641 with

master card or visa or pay pal for this on my website at

http://www.carolbarbeau.com

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Cherish forever what makes you unique, 

 ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes. –  Bette Midler 

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Wednesday August 13, 2008  A Great day for accomplishments

Though we are just 3 days from the LUNAR ECLIPSE we

Are feeling the push as planets and energies grow this week.

The moon in Capricorn today urges us to excel and at

7:43am as it touches Jupiter (the planet of MORE) we

May just be feeling we can do anything today that we set

Our minds to do.  AND that could be true.

At 10:03am the planet of what we want and love (Venus)

Touches Saturn (obligations and accountability) and the

Urge to create something lasting is here.  As this day

Goes onwards the energy seems to build until at last at

11:57pm the moon makes a GREAT aspect with URANUS

In the sign of Pisces.

And we create another wild dream night, with some very

Interesting information if you set intentions before bed to

Get CONCRETE knowledge and information.  WE are

Being gifted with a wonderful energy this month which is

Allowing us to perceive the past in order to begin to really

Release it on the Lunar eclipse full moon Saturday.  So, take

Notes and look on all that has happened the last few months

As INFORMATION only.  LET go of emotions and see what

This information has really been trying to lead you into.

-     Kiss for today:  GO beyond your ordinary modes of ideas  

      and see what doorways open for you by STRETCHING everything,

      mind, body, spirit

-     Color today  green for healing

-     Use green aventurine for physical healing and Amber

       or Turquoise for spiritual or soul or past lives healing

-     Oil of jasmine or rose for soothing opening to love and healing

All problems are invitations to look deeper 

 and live higher. — Alan Cohen

“Loving yourself–I think that’s so key and that’s really what love is. It begins inside.”– Sheryl Crow

Tuesday August 12, 2008  Work hard and succeed today

Today at 2:04am the moon moved v/c or times out until

4:42am when it moved to Capricorn.  The key phrase

For Capricorn is “I USE”  and this useful earth sign

Encourages slow, steady and dependable growth as

Do all the planetary alignments today.

Rushing will bring you into using your feet a bit more than

You might take my Granny’s advice and “USE your head

In order not to use your feet so much”

2:04am as the moon in the sky touches Pluto moving

Backwards could bring some interesting dreams and maybe

Awakening with a sense that there is something important

You need to do.

1:21pm we have a GREAT contract signing aspect if you must

Be signing for things this month.  9:57pm a great relationship

Aspect as VENUS in Virgo gets the information it needs to

Make some rough decisions.

At 11:04pm Saturn helps and assists us to make the hard

Choices in life which will truly allow us to make room for

The GOOD stuff. Kind of like eating the veggies so that

You have room for dessert.

Expect to awaken in the am with a FIRM AND RESOLVED
SENSE OF commitment to decision made tonight which will

Be 6:15am tomorrow the MOON (our emotions) squaring

Jupiter( Faith) 

-     Use Turquoise the stone of the shaman, teacher and protector

-     Oil of Oil of purity and renewal. Pine, fir, frankincense,

      or maybe how about the YOUNG LIVING OIL ABUNDANCE?     -  

-     Color today white for purity of vision and just go ahead

      And get it done today and get it over with

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“Old age is not an illness, it is a timeless ascent.
As power diminishes, we grow toward the light.”

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Monday August 11, 2008  Another fiery day

Today the moon remains in the sign of Sagittarius until

2:04am tomorrow morning.  This Monday brings busy to

New levels as we have opportunities for learning at every

Corner.

Major transformations, lots of new news and much today

Will be things which you kind of have to figure out on your

Own.  Information seems good, but mixed and everyone

Has their own opinion don’t they?

At 7:06am a great aspect to get us going with the SUN

(the light and NOW) trining (an aspect of ease) the moon

(emotions and feelings) Even though we are midst the

Eclipses we could really find some great answers today.

12:21pm a surprise of a good nature, and maybe some

Wonderful ideas could brighten your day.  Moon square

Uranus.    At 2:32pm a great aspect with Neptune (intuition)
Brings more insight into a long standing thing you looked

At as a problem, and maybe now have the solution for?   At

7:24pm a Square with mars the planet of action asks us all

To slow down, do not react in anger, and be PRESENT
within the moment again.

-    Color today Blue for clarity of vision

-     Use Alexandrite which is the I LOVE LIFE stone 

      OR a less expensive and  Very good alternative fluorite,

       purple for spiritual connection, green for healing and

       pink for love of all things

-      Oil of sage to clear the air as you clear your life

-      Kiss for today is Pay attention::: slow down  

        and do one thing at a time  and please be nice

        and think about who and what you love instead of who

        and what pisses you off please…   woops..should I use

        that word?  YEP:: the moon in a FIRE sign and that word

        works sometimes doesn’t it.

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and I also love the saying ::: “When the power of love overcomes

the love of power the world will finally know peace”. Jimi Hendrix

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“Love does not dominate; it cultivates”. Goethe

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Sunday August 10, 2008  Balance is the key

The moon in Freedom loving Sagittarius today asks that we

Have fun and DO what really resonates with US personally.

But with Venus the planet of relationships today moving into

The practical sign of VIRGO at 3;51am you may just awaken

With your TO DO list looming large on your horizon.

Venus in Virgo is a time to get healthy, to look at the details of

Our live which are not in alignment with our desires for self.  Venus

In Virgo each year is a time to perhaps, leave a bit of the zip,

bam boom energy behind in favor of a more balanced way of

loving and living.

10:08am as the moon in Freedom loving Sagittarius makes

An opposition with the planet of obligatins, Saturn in Virgo.

Well, we all have things to do and we can do them (or part

Of them) and have fun can’t we?

-           Kiss for today:  Slow down, and breathe, breathe,

            In love, light, joy, gratitude and just BE PRESENT

            And see how much you really have to be happy about

-           Color today yellow for thoughts of what makes you happy

-           I will for sure be using amber to settle me down today

-           Oil of Clove to encourage sleep, stimulate dreams

             and create a sense of protection

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This is part of an e mail from one of my best friends:  She is

An nlp professional and on my website under other professionals

If you wish to contact her and make an appointment: her

Name is Lynda Armour Deering

“”I really love my life, even when it feels odd  

 or odd and uncomfortable things happen because

 it takes me out of a daily trance and into a wakeful now. 

It is when we are a wake in the now   that we learn and can

see what is really there. 

Most of us continue to   live in a trance state, and

continue to bargain with parts of ourselves to be that

which is often about others.

If I can pay for the roof over my head, have love

and friends in my life and have  health to enjoy each

and every day, or at least learn that each day is a new

normal for me,   then God has blessed

me beyond what I could ever have imagined.   Life is good,

Carol, it really is and can be good for everyone.”” 

Saturday August 09, 2008   SLEEP late if you can

Today we begin with that Scorpio stuff and the rough

Aspect between NEPTUNE (intuition or confusion)
at 2:07am  followed by a wonderful Mars (action)

Aspect at 3:28am certainly made some of us perhaps

Need to get a few extra winks this morning.

Messages Should have been coming fast and furious as we

Slept last night and maybe some of them not quite as clear

as we would have liked them?

11:17am clarity comes with a great Mercury aspect

And some things begin to rearrange themselves.  And

Then at 2:02pm again some confusion could come in

With a ROUGH Mercury (communication) Aspect as

That Moon in very emotional Scorpio times out or moves

v/c.

At 4:10pm the moon moves into Fiery Sagittarius

Still carrying some possibility of misunderstanding

So again, I shall name this day.

Stop…look…listen and keep quiet if possible as our

Best bet for today.  

I keep repeating and repeating

And repeating as I receive over 100 e mails per day

Asking “WHAT is going on, why are people being

So mean or whatever” 

that between a solar and lunar eclipse

People are processing the PAST and old ways and

People and OLD Stuff…  For most of us, that is maybe

Not the most comfortable time so doing as little as

Possible during these 2 weeks is an excellent idea if

You can manage it.  And we surely do need to do

This sometimes.  BE nice and…

-     Color today black for calm and deep quite

-     Use black tourmaline or obsidian for grounding

      And  protection

-     Sage is good today and smudging is what I will be doing

-     Oil of Bergamot for depression and this is the main herb

      in EARL GREY TEA you know?  Lots of oils can be found in food

      and teas and what not. Lemon is good also

Kiss …be nice and avoid confrontation FOR SURE

And another Kiss for today, listen, learn and keep quite please

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 http://www.awakeningwithdawn.com/audio/GoldenLightofSelfMeditationMP3.mp3
is a recorded meditation that you might like and also please visit

Dawns website at
www.awakeningwithdawn.com

Join in her blog and share ideas and learning’s

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“Love does not dominate; it cultivates”. Goethe