The Aquarius New Moon is a cosmically ordered moment to shake loose the restrictions that limit us from fulfilling our potentials. It is a time to set the world on fire, symbolically speaking -- to take risks, rather than remain safe. Look to your individual astrological chart to the house with Uranus in it, or that is ruled by the sign of Aquarius, to see where the trickster … [Read more...]
From the Mooncircles Archive: Anna Duval wrote this for us a year before her untimely death. We are pleased to remember her gentle voice and compassionate wisdom. At the Virgo Full Moon, the Sun stands opposite in Pisces, which means here in the northern hemisphere, the last month of winter is upon us. Ice packs begin their long melting flow into the sea. Slowly the Sun is … [Read more...]
"This is the miracle-- Every tree becomes beautiful When touched by sunlight; Every soul becomes God When touched by the Sun of Tabriz" -- Rumi 1 This month's New Moon takes place in gold-hearted Leo. Astrologers typically describe Leo as extroverted, playful, and creative. Yet perhaps because Leo is placed in the 12th house of my own natal chart, I find meaning in its … [Read more...]
No zodiac sign is more grounded than Taurus. Yet its obvious "earthiness" obscures its more esoteric dimension. In the pre-Christian world, religious ceremonies often revolved around rituals of sacrifice. Bulls--the animal linked with Taurus--were commonly used in these ancient rites. Consecrated to the Moon Goddess, the bull's blood was sprinkled on stone altars and used in … [Read more...]
In Greek mythology, the male sky god Ouranus, or Uranus, embraces Gaia, the feminine earth. But in Egyptian mythology, the sky is a woman, Nut. Her body is imaged as the starry firmament bent lovingly and protectively over earth; Nut's legs and arms are steadied by four gods known as pillars of the sky—placing the masculine in a position of support to the feminine. Among her … [Read more...]
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