☾ ● ◯ The most dramatic Full Moon in this year of the Wood Goat takes
place Sunday night – Monday morning (depending upon where you are the
world (see comments to check time zones)), 27th-28th September, with a
Full Harvest Supermoon Lunar Eclipse. The last similar supermoon was 33
years ago and there won’t be another like it for 18 years!
With
‘The Lights’ along the 'me-we' Libra-Aries axis at 4 degrees, this 4th
blood red Moon is an Aries Supermoon stimulating those born around
either equinox (Spring or Autumn) to focus upon balancing the needs of
self with those of others maybe more than the rest of us, who are also
being asked to consider the benefits of being true to our autonomous
authentic self, as opposed to the adaptive self that often relies upon
all kinds of outside dictatorial influences that can compromise
morality, beliefs and truth.
☾ ● ◯ While co-operation with
others is essential in this world of 7 billion human beings, and our
happiness essentially depends upon how we treat others; agreements made
during this Full Moon must include beauty, joy, and hefty whack of
personal independence to feel free and self-directed, without harming
others.
☯☆☯ In Tibetan Buddhism our authentic presence is called
‘Wangthang’, which also means ‘the field of power’ which permeates and
surrounds the body within and around the electromagnetic aura; this is
strengthened to protect and magnetise by the merit and goodness we
consciously create.
In Tibetan astrology, the Wangthang is
associated with the element of the year, i.e. in this particular year of
the Green Wood Goat, the element Wood, which relates to Air, is where
we find our collective (and personal) power and the ability to
spiritually ascend. With Spirit Sun now in Libra, Air and Wood are
highlighting the capacity to find spacious balance in growth, egoless
command with practiced calm, and generosity without dominating fixity.
Air of course is also associated with breath and balance, so calm
abiding meditation (Shamatha or Shiney) is highly recommended for the
duration of this eclipse – and beyond!
☾ ● ◯ And as the
retrograde Mercury is also next to Sun during this Full Harvest
Supermoon Lunar Eclipse, the heart-mind can only benefit by taking the
opportunity during this powerful space-time portal to release all
self-cherishing clinging to ego attachment, and imbibe the light of the
Sun, welcoming the ability to be genuine and true to the heart-mind and
the love-light within.
“The best and most beautiful things in
the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the
heart.” ♡ Helen Keller
ps: If you’d like to give yourself a
marker in time as to how one changes and grows happiness, light and
self-development, another Equinox Full Moon in March 2016, in six
months’ time is a good place to aim for and see how you are… Meanwhile,
if you’d like an astrological reading to help navigate the heavens and
to develop and grow your own Wangthang, please contact me, Laura, here for rates and exchange. _/\_ ♡
Wishing all a wonderfully illuminating Full Harvest Supermoon _/\_♡
With ℒℴѵℯ ॐ & thanks to thangka painting maestro Romio Shresta for Buddha Shakyamuni enveloped by eclipsing dragons _/\_ ♡
"We
are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is
pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves." Buddha_/\_
☿ ♎ ℞
#MercuryRetro
in Libra ~> The planet of the mind asserts the need to check
balances, financial as well as physical and emotional. Equipoise can be
found in meditation/yoga/dance/prayer positions that allow one to remain spacious and on the still point, with a silent heart-mind.
☆ Many factors can challenge our peace of mind, and the planets are
mirroring a wild start to a fast-moving three-week period of changing
seasons ~>
☆ JUPITER opposite NEPTUNE (once every 12 years!)
today! = Healing with Wisdom & Compassion. Developing faith in the
groundswell of care, as His Holiness Dalai Lama calls for 'Growing
Wisdom'. ...It feels like we are dipping our feet into holy water,
knowing that both earth and aqua have the power to heal and purify.
☆ & Saturn is about to change signs leaving Scorpio (for 28-ish
years - phew!) to enter Sagittarius and to help us solidify the meaning
of life (as tough as that may be) for the next two years.
Sagittarius/Gemini/Virgo/Pisces may feel more responsible with weighty issues that may well be disguised as a means to accomplishment.
Note this is also fast-moving #eclipse season... quakes, tsunamis, volcanoes are all over the place.... internal ones, as well as external.
☆ A Guru Rinpoche Equinox on 23rd, brings rainbow blessings to the day of solar charge and change.
☆ AND on the 27th/28th a Full #supermoon harvest moon lunar eclipse over #London
in only 10 days time, when we're half way through the merc retro, and
when solutions to problems are (re) applied and tested; and if they
don't, then we will try again.
Take good care everyone. _/\_ Go lightly...
Artwork of Chenrezig, Lord of Copmpassion, by 17th Karmapa _/\_ with thanks & ℒℴѵℯ ॐ_/♥\_ Laura
The planet of communication, Mercury going forwards today in Libra (did I hear a cheer 'hooray'?!
), and with it the words of fellow Libran Mahatma Gandhi, “Be the
change you wish to see in the world” become ever more popular. Rightly
so; for each and every one of us has a personal responsibility to alter –
and improve – our lives, as well as benefit those of others around us,
and therefore shape our own (collective) destiny. But how do we actually do that?
By changing the way we perceive ourselves, our relationships, and our
position in the world we do actually alter the way we react. By seeing
all the good around us, the kindness and love we give and receive - and
are grateful for - it enables one to generate a feelgood factor, which
in turn makes problem solving much easier. Ghandi also said that
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in
harmony.” To all intents and purposes many go through the opposite of
this, bumbling best we can through a time of soul searching, seeking new
ways of looking at the world, and new ways to change our approach to
problems so that our needs get met, if not our wants. Yet these times
call for material consolidation and practical advancement in spiritual
study. Though it’s not always easy to implement the new ideas,
symbolised by Mercury's retrograde in Libra, but by the time that
Mercury re-enters Scorpio, on the 9th November, we may be very glad that
we were brave enough to embrace the change that come from the heart,
bringing beauty and joy to the fore.
❂~❈~❂~❈~❂~❈~❂~❈~❂~❈~❂~❂~❈~❂~❈~❂
Many thanks to unknown artist for inspiring heart _/♥\_
