Sagittarius New Moon

December 16th brings us the New Moon in Sagittarius at 24 degrees, the very same degrees of the Sun. Venus is also in Sag at 18 degrees in trine to Mars in Leo. The fires are burning high and we are fueled by the warmth Sag and Leo are radiating this holiday season.

The Moon and Sun sextile Neptune, Jupiter and Chiron in Aquarius and forge a Yod aspect, made up by three points, one sextile and two inconjuncts. This finger of God, another name for Yod, converges at the south node in Cancer. The new moon, Sun and Venus easily relate to the the Aquarian planets, opening our minds and hearts to let go of excessive emotions, overly maternal attachments, overeating, and overt protection of the homeland (shadow of Cancer). Even if we don't see the correlations between all of these aspects, they are there. A Yod aspect has to be consciously integrated or nothing necessary comes of it.

Sag is optimistic, ready to explore new horizons and philosophies seeking honesty, freedom and humor. Aquarius is friendly, humanitarian, and loyal (if it's unemotional and perverse shadow is not in charge). Together they merge our higher minds and consciousness with new inventions and vision of the future. The north node in Capricorn forges ahead urging the collective towards total reform, restructuring, and purging of all unstable structures ruling our world, thus the forms we have know ourselves to be, along with holiday traditions and business as usual is up for honest appraisal and reinvention, birthing us out of old paradigms which no longer apply to the evolution of our times.

Happy Birthday Sagittarius!!! Happy Birthday Cherie!!!

Astrological Mandala Class

Journey into a four-day, two weekend organic and creative process of astrological soul exploration to discover the deepest meaning of your soul's intention, and to create a mandala shield as a means to embody your current or desired state of soul evolution as it relates to your natal birth chart or progressed chart.

We will merge the use of mandala art, conscious body movement, breath, guided imagery, astrological symbolism and astrological language as a means to integrate and transform the most poignant areas of your life as we collectively approach and enter the Zero (0) Point Cardinal Birth Canal of 2010 (a grand cross with Saturn, Pluto, Uranus and Mars), a rare evolutionary turning point.

Based on evolutionary astrological principles, as well as creative metaphor, students will learn the basis of the astrological house system, the 12 zodiac signs and correlating planets, basic planetary aspects, and the student's Pluto Polarity-Nodal Axis relationship and the planets and planetary archetypes they most have an intimate appointment with in this life.

This class is a means to comprehend the intention of one's soul purpose, to awaken to it's unique intention set forth for this exact time and space on planet earth, and to design an Astrological Mandala as a creative metaphor for honoring and claiming that destiny with art, courage, beauty, and compassion.

Class open to 5 participants max.

Location in private home, close to downtown Silver Spring.

All participants must have Natal Chart session prior to class.

Drawing in Pencil. Painting with Acrylic and Watercolor.
All supplies other than Gesso board and brushes are provided.

$290 for early registration (by January 9th), $320 thereafter. $360 for Class plus in-depth session with early registration, thereafter $390

Second weekend to be scheduled in late February, early March

Mars in Leo for 8 Months

How blessed we are! Mars is in Leo for 8.5 months, from mid October-June 7, 2010! Already progressed to 19 degrees Leo in just two months, Mars still has six and a half months to go in Leo--hahoooo!!! A truly a fabulous time for creativity and taking action towards the heart's true authentic passions.

Mars extended stay in one sign is due to its retrograde motion from December 20th through March 10th. Mars only goes into retrograde motion every 26 months and this time it is in the sign of the Lion.

For those with the North Node, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars and the asteroids (Isis, Magdalena...) in Leo or Leo prominent in your chart (natal or progressed) it is an especially auspicious time:

for getting in touch with what is truly heart-centering
for following your heart rather than your head
for and designing, choreographing, painting

ushering in creative motivation geared to inspire action towards bringing your passionate artistic gifts of creativity, courage, generosity, leadership, and the channeling of light, love and beauty into your life and into the world (just to name a few).

Five-cent astrology describes Leo as self-centered, selfish, excessive--and there is that. The shadow of Leo comes to life, when Leo's heart is not honored by self and others. Leo suffers and creates melodrama if the heart isn't given a stage to express its creative energies through (by parents, culture...). And not all Leo's are built alike ither, some are more extroverted than others. House placement and planetary aspects all factor into the energy of any Zodiac sign. Overall, Leo needs to express radiant heart joy, igniting the heart fire in themselves and others.

For those with Leo Moon, and strong Taurus and Scorpio, Mars transit will be especially intense, initiating opportunities for creative conflict via the emotions, the body, primary relationships, money and deep sexual and psychological issues. Leo is a fixed sign and opposes Aquarius, the fourth fixed sign. Most likely Mars will fuel loads of creative energy into Aquarians' depending on the planets particularly aspected in your chart.

Collectively, Mars in Leo will conjunct the Pluto in Leo Generations (1941-1957) planet of death and rebirth...especially for those born in the 40s...additionally the heart energy Mars is Leo is generating will hopefully bring an end to the war within the next six months.

Overall, Mars is Leo is a blessing from the universe as we head into the season of winter, the winter solstice, the season of Capricorn, and Saturn retrograde (January 13-May 30), an internal quite time for renewal and rest. Mercury also goes retrograde the day after Christmas at 21 degrees Capricorn.

Mars turns retrograde, December 20th. The forward energies we have all been feeling will slow a bit. For some this will be frustrating and irksome, depending on how Leo is aspected in your chart. As the fires turn towards the internal, it gives us time to redefine our course of actions. To reassess our personal ambitions and affairs as they relate to our purpose, and to the heart. The heart signifies our literal heart,cardiovascular health, children, the inner child, and our creativity. And children may require more attention and love.

This is an important time to relinquish the patterns which have blocked creative movement and action, so a new course of action can occur. The new cycles will manifest when Mars goes direct in March.

To learn more about where Leo is in your chart and how all the transiting planets influence you schedule an in-depth natal reading for yourself this winter.

Gemini Full Moon & Goddess Circle 5

December 2nd ushers in a Gemini Full Moon, Sabian Symbol: "Newly opened lands offer the pioneer new opportunities for experience." Keynote: The power and joy of new beginnings.

Sabian Symbol for Sagittarius Sun at 11 degrees: In the left section of an Archaic temple, a lamp burns in a container shaped like a human body." Keynote: The value of the "return to the body" advocated by modern thinkers in order to balance the stress on intellectuality and objective consciousness.

We are right on time ladies. As we prepare for our performances and dedication to the Divine Mother I am filled with delight, excitement, and awe. I went shopping this afternoon and came home to the full moon with a cloudy red ring around it. We dance on Sunday just the the moon begins to wane.

The full moon is right on my nodal axis and illuminates the Holy Cross and five-pointed star within my natal chart. The Mountain Astrologer Magazine mentions that, "the Sun is quintile to Jupiter-Chiron-Neptune in Aquarius. A quintile is generated by dividing the 360 degree circle by five, a number long associated with the five senses and the human figure. In numerology, 5 relates to freedom, experimentation, and change. A pentagram, a five-pointed star, represents spiritual forces..."

WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE MY DANCE!

"The quintile suggests that, if we enlarge our point of view (Sagittarius) to embrace our common needs and interdependence (Aquarius), we can transform a potentially catastrophic situation into one that helps to boost us into a new age."

Mars is in Leo at 17 degrees (right on my sun) and shines brightly on our courageous hearts. We are rising to the occasion and I am grateful to be part of Angel's Goddess Circle and Sanctum.

Blessed Be.

JUST AN ADDITIONAL NOTE:
There seems to be a lot of chaotic energy out there today! Moon in Gemini, folks tend to be talking about their feelings or disconnecting from them all together. Mutable Full Moon disrupts the norm to make way for change...so become flexible and allow change to flow through and definitely have a centering practice of some sort.