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End of the World Averted

Dana — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:43:58 +0000

Maybe all those emails worked–the ones promoting various global meditations to shift our consciousness and save the planet’s future. Today, just eleven days past the end of the Mayan calendar (which occurred on October 28, according to some calculations), a large asteroid is hurtling past us, coming within 200,000 miles of our surface, making it closer than the Moon. How nice that it’s just sailing by instead of heading toward us. Life is full of such small graces.

The Diamond Planet

Dana — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:27:04 +0000

It’s too soon to start putting this one in our charts. It’s also over 4,000 light years away. But it’s wonderful to think upon… on this Friday (Venus’ Day) just as Mercury stations direct, we got the news: scientists have discovered a planet made entirely of diamonds. Just think what else is possible!

Venus Moon brings gifts!

Dana — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:44:02 +0000

Did you see them last night–the crescent Moon’s knowing smile next to Venus’ radiant eye? The Venus/Moon conjunction is a high holy moment of the Divine Feminine, arriving each month (but not always visible). Last night’s pairing was one of the most seductive I’ve seen, and it brought special gifts! My mother (MOON) surprised me with several treasures from her jewelry box (VENUS): two necklaces, one amber, the other an antique chinese gambling chip with diamonds, gold elephants with blue sapphires and amber moon earrings. I love how many ways the sky writes itself into our lives. Yet it’s all too easy to overlook the signs. To become a deep sky reader, we must be willing to see its resonance everywhere, in big gestures and small corners. How did Venus/Moon visit you?

When Venus meets the Moon

Dana — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:17:02 +0000

I’m not an early riser, but one morning years ago, I awoke at 5:00 am. Something urged me out of bed and toward the front door, where through a window, I saw Venus glittering beside the Crescent Moon. Transfixed, I watched for several minutes–as something happened that I couldn’t quite name. Even now I can’t tell you what it was, except that I was deeply touched and changed. “Darsan” is a Sanskrit word for seeing and being seen by the gods. Seeing Venus and the Moon–the sky’s two holders of the Divine Feminine–was just that holy. I received a transmission; information was exchanged. Another opportunity for this sacred seeing comes tomorrow night at twilight (Friday February 27) when their conjunction will be particuarly inspiring as Venus is at her brightest magnitude. Who knows what messages we’ll receive!

Venus Admiring Orion

Dana — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:26:07 +0000

Most evenings now, I commune with Venus. She appears at twilight, blinking from the blue sky as though behind a veil, winking coyly. She tells me things. And she listens when I pray to her for blessings. Often we’re silent together. When the sky fully blackens, she blazes bright and sends transmissions that invigorate my too often closed-down heart.

Still, it took awhile to notice that something else was going on. Not without reason does Venus spend so many hours in the night sky now—she who enjoys being dazzled. Look who stands across from her! It’s that bold Hunter with his Dog Star. Arms raised, feet dancing, sword hanging from his belt, Orion exudes such strength and competence. Why wouldn’t a pleasure-loving planet swoon?!

This same admiration was apparent in the nearly two million gleeful faces crowding the streets of Washington DC this week. There were tears of joy around the world. We were all Venus—admiring our own Orion! Isn’t it amazing how thousands of years after the Babylonians searched the sky for their own news, the night stars keep broadcasting our stories.