stellArium & ethereal counterparts

after a recent gemini eclipse and mercury being still retrograde in sagittarius : we are to expect bad weather conditions and delays re. travel plans .. despite having the current difficulties and hard times on our minds, as the sun is almost conjunct pluto in capricorn and mars is closing into a square to saturn .. the moon in leo however may uplift our spirits with its benevolent and generous influence and remind us that sharing with one another is most important and meaningful. all in all we may celebrate a warm and quiet christmas .. happy holidays and blessings to all!!

“ I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.” Hafez As everyone has been writing extensively about the significance of having a Total Lunar Eclipse occur just hours before the Solstice, I will not enter the dispute over the last occurence of such astrological event and will only add my two penny with a few considerations. This total Lunar Eclipse occurring at 29° Gemini while the Full Moon is closely aligned to the Nodes, is joined by Mercury retrograde and Pluto, and is squared Uranus .. Days prior to this Sagittarius Sun. Gemini Moon opposition, time speeded up with Mars joining the North Node before a triple meeting with Pluto and Mercury gone retrograde: many probably have experienced breakdowns and breakthroughs .. revealing in due course the 'karmic' dimensions of the current times. But feeling that time to take important decisions was inevitably approaching, we've probably pondered over all poss

I will light the match of smiles. My gloom veil will disappear. I shall behold my soul in the light of my smiles, hidden behind the accumulated darkness of ages. When I find myself, I shall race through all hearts with the torch of my soul-smiles. My heart will smile first, then my eyes and my face. Every body part will shine in the light of smiles. I will run amid the thickets of melancholy hearts and make a bonfire of all sorrows. I am the irresistible fire of smiles. I will fan myself with the breeze of God-joy and blaze my way through the darkness of all minds. My smiles will convey His smiles and whoever meets me will catch a whiff of my divine joy. I will carry fragrant purifying torches of smiles for all hearts. I will help weeping ones to smile, by smiling myself, even when it is difficult. In the cheer of all hearts I hear the echo of Thy bliss. In the friendship of all true hearts I discover Thy friendship. I rejoice as much in the prosperity of my brothers as

Moon in Sagittarius from a Persian Manuscript Today a free-spirited New Moon in Sagittarius augurs many opportunities this month with the promise of solid results thanx to its exact sextile to Saturn in Libra .. this sensation of general improvement will be accelerated when hours later Uranus in Pisces turns direct. The new moon is also quintile Chiron/Neptune in Aquarius, asking us to think outside the box! And once Mars enters Capricorn just two days later on the 7th (date chosen for a mass run on the banks), confirming that action with the goal of achievement may move mountains.. it will activate high tides again when joining the Moon's Nodes after Mercury's passage and present conjunction to Pluto: as if recent civil protests and the revelation of certain leaks were only opening the way for a real stage Event in December! In short, on December 11 when Mercury and Mars' transit trigger the T-Square, it will prefigure precisely the path for a powerful lunar ecl

  Full Moon 21 November 2010, 17:27:19GMT 7e15, 43n42 Symbol: A Peacock Parading On The Terrace Of An Old Castle according to Rudhyar, this symbol refers to "hereditary gifts that manifest on a personal level" - or from an occult point of view, it is about the coronation of individual efforts when these rest upon a spiritual legacy.. Children In Halloween Costumes Indulge In Various Pranks social rituals that periodically allow the release of rebellious immature energies and tensions By taking a slow look at the varied aspects of this Full Moon, its mixed messages urge us however towards an inspired and truthful grounding of our passionate self within Reality. No matter how ambivalent and slippery this one appears, we need to maintain our lucidity and exert sound judgement. The Pleiades Star Cluster - Nasa This Moon.Sun opposition occurs at 29°-30° Taurus - and the last degree of a sign points at endings giving way for new beginnings - in conjunction

reminder : starting our " GLOBAL MEDITATION FOR A NEW REALITY ON EARTH " a transmission meditation today 11.11.10 @ 11:11pm EST that is GMT -5h = 12.11.10 @ 4:11am GMT (pls convert into your local time) during 11 min and for 11 consecutive days ... if you don't believe in the power of positive collective energy , remember last year's power of "yes we can" in US and the uplifting feeling of "we are all one" in Iran blessings to all who will join and pass the word .. more links : http://oneminuteforpeace.wordpress.com/ http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=23820&pst=956263 and many more on the web ..

  © Rakesh K. Mathur The spiritual meaning of the Diwali celebration is about the awareness of the inner light , something beyond the physical body and mind which is pure, infinite, and eternal, also called the Atman. Diwali is the celebration of this inner light, in particular the knowing of which outshines all darkness .. to rejoice in the Inner Light (Atman) or the underlying reality of all things (Brahman) brings Ananda (joy or peace). (fr. " Diwali " in Wikipedia) 6 11 2010, 4:51:46GMT, 7e15 43n42 a New Moon at 14° Scorpio : Telephone Lineman At Work Installling New Connections according to Rudhyar, this represents the need for new channels of communication and understanding. A few things I notice here: - The Sun and Moon stand alone with Vesta, in a bare semi-sextile to Saturn in Libra and a trine to Lilith in Pisces. - Water is largely predominant with 5 bodies in Scorpio : Retrograde Venus which recently conjuncted the Sun is to leave it sho

  29 10 2010, 1:10:25 GMT, 7e15 43n42  Venus goes retrograde little over every 1,5 year thru an inverted motion. If we keep in mind that the markers of our experience during any planetary cycle, are the very degrees of the inferior and superior conjunctions, then each of the movement's phases highlights certain areas of our lives. This year, the Venus cycle occurs in Scorpio, same sign as the recent Venus/Mars. The present conjunction of Venus with the Sun happens at 6° Scorpio: The Gold Rush Tears Men Away From Their Native Soil  and refers to a process of be-coming, of going beyond the familiar .. doesn't each quest originate in Desire? The water triplicity being here its predominant element, the visual figure that stands out in the above Venus cycle chart, is the familiar shape of a pendulum. "When a pendulum reaches the end of its swing, there occurs a brief instant of pure potential energy when the pendulum is motionless, before it begins its swing in th

23 10 2010, 1:36:32UT, 7e15 43n42 This full moon occurs at 30° Aries which corresponds to the symbol: A Duck Pond And Its Brood Each sphere of activity is necessarily limited by its natural environment. In fact our universal consciousness, no matter its span, needs to be localized into concrete actions as Dharma is given substance in the material world. Worthy of note, this is the second of two subsequent full moons in Aries since the last full moon occurred at one degree of Aries: A Woman Just Risen From The Sea; A Seal Is Embracing Her what was implied in the last full moon is reaching a culmination of sorts now. Through the transformative fire and sheer energy giving of Aries, we are reminded that the current times are about new seeds and principles, that we are to move forward into virgin fields of consciousness and that with confidence in our 'destiny' and who we are, we may initiate this new process. This chart looks like a basket made of many symmetrica

New Moon 7/10/2010 18:44:28GMT 7e15 43n42 symbol : " Circular Paths " .. each morning the sun rises and each day is followed by night notice how the T-Square in this chart is embraced by two semi-sextiles on either end. these semi-sextiles which usually go unnoticed, take here a profound meaning in the repetitive cycles of life and represent the hidden possibilities open to us when each moment is lived as a new birth and not as mere redundancy of the 'old'.. on one end the Neptune.Chiron conjunction in Aquarius is semi-sextile the Jupiter.Uranus conjunction in Pisces and points to the healing energies and spiritual help currently available to us, if we choose to turn our gaze in that direction on the other end the Venus.Mars conjunction in Scorpio (necessity for a deeply personal approach) is semi-sextile the Sun.Moon in Libra - itself in loose conjunction to the Saturn.Mercury, which in turn has closed into a square to the coming conjunction of Pluto with

Moon (early Aries) - Jupiter.Uranus (late Piscis) : on Thursday September 23 2010 Venus close to Mars (Scorpio) : on Saturday September 25 2010

On BBC - radio 4 "In Our Time" , Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Delphic Oracle, the most important and best documented source of prophecies in the ancient world. In central Greece, on the flank of Mount Parnassus, lies the ruined city of Delphi. For over a thousand years, between approximately 800 BC and 400 AD, this was the most sacred place in the ancient world. Its chief attraction was the Delphic Oracle, which predicted the future and offered petitioners advice. Travellers journeyed for weeks for a chance to ask the oracle a question. The answers, given by a mysterious priestess called the Pythia, were believed to come straight from the god Apollo. At the height of Greek civilisation the oracle was revered, and its opinion sought in some of the most significant conflicts of the age. Its activities were documented by historians including Xenophon and Plutarch, and it was regularly depicted in Greek tragedy, most famously Sophocles's masterpiece Oedipus

with the T-Square in the background .. time is speeding up this week, demanding that we make up our mind and some long awaited life choices September 19 : while both in retrograde motion, Jupiter conjuncts Uranus at 28°43 Pisces for their second meeting this year - their first encounter was in Aries on June 8th and they will meet again in January 2011. as mentioned in previous posts, this year is to bring major scientific and socio-cultural breakthroughs: while humanity has been in a state of expectation for a giant leap (Jupiter.Uranus), some important advances since June may seem to have gone unnoticed and taken time to be announced as such (Pisces retrograde) .. but they are to be taken at another level this time. according to the house in which it happens and the aspects it makes with other planets in each individual chart, the Jupiter.Uranus conjunction is to set in motion the area in our life where we are ready to take risks and step beyond the familiar .. and into the unkn

© Yuri Betetski telescopes at the Paranal Observatory in Chile being used to produce an artificial star in the high atmosphere with a laser beam.

have you noticed how the new moon falling before the Libra ingress / fall equinox is always a major momentum in the astrological year ? New Moon 8/9/2010 10:29:49GMT 7e15 43n42 the Virgo new moon corresponds to the harvest month and represents the mid-cycle 'gathering' impulse, from all our earlier responses to cosmic conditions since the Aries ingress - it is in fact a 'karmic' moment, when our sowing and labor lead up to fruit bearing, when the result of our intentions, actions and reactions is made manifest .. hence the symbol of the virgin (initial idea/concept) holding a sheaf of wheat (now given physical form). the planet Mercury is the main ruler of Virgo and gives it the detached mental acuity for precise detailed "work", while understandably so Ceres, now considered a secondary ruler, enhances the provider and nurturer dimensions of the sign as well as its intimate relationship to Nature .   as i looked at this chart, the first

24/08/2010 17:06:46GMT 7e15 43n42 Could you explain to someone who's never seen any, what it feels like to take a ride on a Ferris wheel? Difficult .. But once they finally get to take a ride, they will make sense of all the gut feelings and sensations you'd tried to describe them earlier. Well imagine that your own spiritual path is like a ride on an unknown kind of Ferris wheel. You will read many map roads and formulae trying to learn about it in manuals .. but at the end these will appear very pale once you're riding on it. Most of what will become has not been written.

blue Venus 20/08/2010, 18:48 GMT, 7e15 43n42 To understand better the effects of today's Venus-Mars conjunction at 14° Libra which is the first of three conjunctions to occur in the next 9 months (due to Venus retrograde' motion in the fall) - please reflect on the summer 1978 - spring 1979 period, which corresponds to the last Venus Mars triple conjunction in similar signs. The mechanics behind human relationships follow subtle rules and escape our rational grasp, in particular when it comes to our own; so look at the aspects this conjunction makes to your own chart. This very special pattern involving the Venus-Mars cycle and the combining recurrence with Venus retrograde has important implications on the social dimension of our relationships. In fact there's bound to be a deep spiritual transformation of the nature of both our relational aspirations and our very commitment to one another during such a key moment .. but the visible effect can only be gradual. A

Alignments of heavenly bodies are revealers - they operate and manifest thru progressive stages. The effects of eclipses are slow: they start with what is visible to the naked eye. After further scrutiny over the less perceptible, they reach a peak revealing then a need for rectification .. later on, what lied completely hidden at the beginning comes to the fore - in all clarity and full meaning. The same goes for any planetary cycle : there are as many stages of manifestations to be considered as there are aspects forming between two celestial bodies that move along. But we generally tend to reduce the cycle to four stages which represent the main 'crisis' points. The present Jupiter.Pluto cycle which started on December 11 2007 with a conjunction at 28°24 Sagittarius, was also aligned with the much talked about Galactic Center and has recently moved into its waxing square .. closing thereof the first chapter to this Jupiter.Pluto.Galactic Center story. When the God o

" Humanity is like a giant spiderweb. If you touch it anywhere, you set the whole thing trembling. As we move around this world and as we act with kindness, perhaps, or with indifference, or with hostility, toward the people we meet, we too are setting the great spider web a-tremble. The life that I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place and time my touch will be felt. Our lives are linked. No man is an island. " ~ Frederick Buechner " Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere. " ~ William Shakespeare

« Le centre est une source, à travers laquelle jaillit, s'écoule l'esprit. Et tous les participants à la communauté prennent part à ce jaillissement. Sous son état primordial, cet esprit n'est pas une « chose » et pourtant, il est potientialité d'un nombre infini de « choses ». Du coeur de la galaxie jaillit l'infinie potentialité, en source d'existence réelle. L'existence est toujours finie ; seule la potentialité d'existence peut être considérée comme infinie. Toute communauté galactique a un but fini : une place et une fonction dans le Tout universel. Mais ce n'est pas une fonction séparative. Les galaxies forment des amas de galaxies ; les communautés ne peuvent exister et prospérer que si elles comprennent et réalisent effectivement leur relation aux autres communautés, au sein de la « Communauté Universelle de l'Homme » planétaire. Dans une communauté galactique, l'intégration ne dépend pas de l'existence d'un centre « solaire

   Easter island at night. George Willis captured the most coveted Easter Island solar eclipse image: the total eclipse above the famous Moai (large stone sculptures). George Willis photo July 11, 2010, total solar eclipse from Easter Island.  Jeff Houpt photo

Shri Krishna sharanam mamah please click to access 'The Eight Sacred Syllables' Total solar eclipse (new moon) July 11 2010, 19:40:28GMT, 7e15 43n42 Symbol for 19-20° Cancer : "Venetian Gondoliers Giving A Serenade" Just as the lotus emerges from the deep muds, so does the "flowering" of the higher self - thru music, one may rise from the socially integrated consciousness that floats right above the waters of the collective unconscious and reach out to the suspended balconies above the venetian canals ... where the 'beloved' stands. This next Sun and Moon alignment occurring in an ongoing polarized environment (still quite active is the cross between Saturn, Pluto, Jupiter.Uranus as mentioned in earlier posts) is however in sextile with the fiery and passionate energy of Mars in Virgo and heralds some creative, productive and constructive times. However during the days prior to the eclipse, Venus will cloud our discernment on t

Time has come to embrace 'it' and breathe gently into it - with all the life force you can muster .. Despite some flowing aspects such as Neptune's trine to the Sun (June 19) and later to Mercury (June 24), the week leading to the partial lunar eclipse (June 26) is laden with confusing polarization and tensions. 1 : Summer Solstice on June 21, 2010 at 11:28:30 GMT is interestingly aligned on a similar axis (ascendants and MCs are very close in degrees in both charts) as that of the lunar eclipse because they happen a few days and minutes apart .. Chart for June 21 2010 - 7e15, 43n42 - 11:28:30 GMT In this chart there are two major patterns to look at: a Grand Trine involving the Moon, Sun.Juno and Neptune.Quiron.Lilith on one side and a Grand Cross involving the Sun.Juno, Saturn, Jupiter.Uranus, Pluto.Ceres.NNode on the other. The Grand Trine and the Grand Cross both speak of a 'perfect' equilibrium: one is a gift from above and is here to help wh

The crystal from the water exposed to cherry blossom. Dr. Masaru Emoto's healing prayer for the Gulf of Mexico: .. Let’s give energy of love and gratitude to all the living creatures in Mexico Gulf by praying like this. To whales, dolphins, pelicans, fishes, shellfishes, planktons, corals, algae and all creatures ion Gulf of Mexico " I send the energy of love and gratitude to the water and all the living creatures in the Gulf of Mexico and its surroundings. To the whales, dolphins, pelicans, fish, shellfish, plankton, coral, algae, and all living creatures (including human beings)... I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you. " link to his website: http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/e_ome_home.html