when it happens..

Scorpio: Illustration from 'Kitab al-Bulhan' (Book of Wonders)

manuscript compiled by Abd-ol-Hasan Esfahani, late 14thC.

"Once in the Jurassic about 150 million years ago,
the Great Sun Buddha in this corner of the Infinite
Void gave a Discourse to all the assembled elements
and energies: to the standing beings, the walking beings,
the flying beings, and the sitting beings -- even grasses,
to the number of thirteen billion, each one born from a
seed, assembled there: a Discourse concerning
Enlightenment on the planet Earth. "

- Gary Snyder (Taurus b. 8 May 1930) , from 'Smokey the Bear Sutra'

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FULL MOON occurring on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at 21:42 UT
the Sun is in Taurus and the Moon opposes it in Scorpio 

on this weesak moon
{known to be the buddha moon, when the most compassionate loving spirit descends on earth = a time to awaken to the deep compassion and wisdom of our own higher being}
unspoken hidden feelings and emotions need to be expressed and shared

the Mercury-Uranus alignment in Aries indicates bold impetuous unpredictable surprising and very subjective expressions

facilitated by the spontaneity of Venus in Aries and by the versatility of Mars in Gemini

the taurus/scorpio axis does have to do w intimate relationship on one level
(me / the other facing me, my partner)

while the emphasis is upon matter, stability, the tangible, and the concept of form (Taurus)
versus complexities, intangibles, mysteries, deep and invisible fluctuations, change and transformation (Scorpio).

a Scorpio full-moon has greater transformative effects on most..
as a channel for invisible energies, it acts through a potent magnetic focal point 

the process lasts a few days:
a moon phase feels like a wave - a smooth progressive sway reaching a peak, embraces and washes everything before vanishing slowly ... the beach doesn't look the same after the wave - some people feel "possessed" by the energy, as if someone else is thinking for them - why, something happened?

symbol

Obeying his conscience, a soldier resists orders.

Key: A readiness to face the results of a refusal to follow the authoritarian patterns of an aggressive society.

As a person finds himself involved in activities which are traditional in his particular culture — and in many instances in all societies at this stage of human evolution — he often faces a conflict between his own individual sense of value (his conscience) and the demands of society. The conflict may be most typical in terms of the armed services — thus this symbol. In it we find the individual asserting his own values, though he cannot escape the consequences of his decision. In such a case he has to be quietly ready to face these consequences, whatever the cost.

The issue presented here is clear. Society in this situation seems to be all-powerful; yet the individual need not be spiritually bound, even if imprisoned. He still can display INNER FREEDOM and prove himself an "individual."

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