The
Eyes of Heaven
~ The Dawning of Our Future ~
by Eliza
Bassett
Aloha kakou - Greetings to all!
Many of you have probably heard about the upcoming (2001)
astrological/astronomical line up around the New Moon in Taurus. The New Moon
itself is on May 3rd, where the Sun and Moon conjunct at 14 degrees, with a host
of other planets visiting the 30 degrees of the Bull.
Let me give you some background about Taurus and New Moon
energy. Also, let?s first look at one of the possibilities regarding why
these astrological events generate so much attention.
In times past, when we did not know scientifically about our
world, we looked to the stars, and to those who could interpret the patterns of
our neighboring planets. Royalty consulted astrologers to predict crises within
the borders of the nation so resources could be prepared. Astrologers would die
if an event was not predicted correctly. Perhaps in these times, some of those
old astrologers are back in body again, and don?t want to die because they
missed predicting an event. Therefore, right away, let me say, please do not
fear this upcoming episode.
Taurus Energies
Let us focus on Taurus. The first earth sign. Grounded,
practical, ?earthy?, sensuous, and explorer of all the physical senses.
Plodding along, perhaps, towards a goal without being moved off their focus.
Collectors of things valuable, perhaps only to themselves, but then there?s
that long range planning - they see the future value being worth the wait.
Stubborn, patient, yet only for so long. Great gardeners.
The ruling planet for Taurus is Venus. In mythology, it
is also known as Aphrodite. A sensual goddess, indulgent, and playful. As a
planetary influence, this is the place of reception. How a person receives,
or their impressions of, anything - love, money, sex, beauty, pleasure,
music. On the other hand, there are also the qualities of being
capricious, oversensitive, vain, impractical, lazy and jealous.
Viewed from Earth, Venus can be anywhere from very close
to the Sun, or up to 45 degrees away, on either side of the Sun. For this
upcoming pile-up, Venus is a few degrees ?behind? the Sun. Right now it
is a dawn star, preceding the sunrise, and it will continue to be like this
through the Taurus New Moon.
New Moon
New Moon is the presence of the Moon in the same degree
as the Sun. We cannot see the Moon from Earth on that day. A few nights
later, the Moon is a teeny sliver in the western sky at sunset - some call
that a ?new? moon when it is actually in the first quarter phase.
Energetically a new moon can be considered a beginning time in our monthly
lives. Planting metaphorical seeds of ideas, plans, and the like at that
time for completion and fruition two weeks later on the Full moon is a way
many quietly live their lives.
Taurus Conjunction
The timing of an ?event? that impacts people usually
requires some tension building to create a trigger point. What?s happening
before the New Moon? Jupiter and Saturn have been in Taurus for several
months. Mars joins the Taurus party on the 22nd of March for about six
weeks. As the Sun ends its annual parade through Aries on the 19th of April,
Mercury and Venus are still in Aries. Those two add their vibrations to
Taurus respectively on the 29th and 30th of April.
Mars is the only planet visiting Jupiter and Saturn by
conjunction (sharing the same degree) before the New Moon. If anything may
trigger an event in people?s lives, it could be the passing of the Moon
through Scorpio, making an opposition (180 degrees) to Mars, Jupiter, and
Saturn on the first day of Taurus! As of the New Moon, Mars will have
departed Taurus for Gemini.
Fitting the Pieces
Together
I will use just one keyword for each planet here, since
pages can be written about each of these planets: Jupiter, expansion;
Saturn, constriction; Mars, activator; Mercury, mind; Venus, receiver; Sun,
self; Moon, emotions. And one word for Taurus - determination.
One possible sentence that can be constructed from these
keywords for the New Moon is: the determined self, joined with emotions,
receives thoughts that are expanded upon and then constricted.
What do you come up with? If you come up with fearful
interpretations, then you are tapping into one of the ?lesson? aspects
of Saturn - Fear and Loss.
This is a great alignment, with all of us remembering to
have a right-use of power and transformation (a difficult aspect of Pluto to
the New Moon pair). We?re grounding all the energies of the Aquarian age
in the present to manifest in the future all the positive aspects of Taurus,
now, in this time - the new paradigm.
The only element at the time of the New Moon not
represented by a planet in its sign is water - which is the element that
processes emotions. Take a bath, go to the beach, or visit some body of
water. Just having a burbling fountain or fish tank near you as you pray or
meditate will help. If you are a person who?s stuffed your emotions
throughout your life, then you?ll need to be working on releasing them
with an appropriate therapist or counselor, to be able to work through this
time of change.
This is a very active time - whatever you choose
to pray or meditate about at this New Moon, will be placed into action very
swiftly. An example - if one prays for Universal peace, this New Moon?s
energy may accelerate some conflicts before peace is brought to those
communities.
In conclusion: choose your thoughts and intentions wisely
at the time of the Taurus New Moon! Perhaps more so than ever in the past,
we need to be deliberating and considering what our words mean, their impact
now, next week, and as our native siblings say, consider the impact on the
seventh generation. Yet, do not fear. Consider this poem by Frank
Herbert from his novel Dune:
The Litany Against
Fear
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death
that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past
I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
May you all walk in beauty.
Malama pono (take care). NamastT.
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