Today is May 26. The Sun is square Chiron, from Gemini to Pisces. This is the perfect astrology for sex scandal-du-jour, blamed on men. Sun-Chiron contacts are about the sense of the wounded male, inner male or father. Many of us grew up around men like this, men who could not or would not fully express themselves; how could they, given their situations? And the ones who did were often blamed for abandoning us. Don’t worry — you won’t be attacked by the nearest feminist if you describe the no-win situation many men get painted into, or allow themselves to be painted into.
Fe Bongolan writes, “The Sun’s ingress into the early degrees of Gemini these last three days finds many of us beginning new directions by distances ranging from small increments to leaps of faith. On these journeys — a form of creative ‘walkabout’ — we’ve begun exploring what we’re capable of, what tools we’ve got to get there, and how far we’re brave enough to go. With the Gemini Sun squaring Chiron in Pisces, those journeys are deepened. Chiron is associated with a wound, ancient or recent. Often, that ‘wound’ is felt as a limitation and a heightened awareness, a creak in your knee that prevents you from dancing full out, a sense of weakness that makes you feel vulnerable, or an old fear that you may never succeed in what you dream, do or say. But today’s Sun square has the help of an exact sextile to Uranus, the Awakener — also known as Prometheus.” Let’s come back to Uranus/Prometheus in a moment.
The thing about Chiron-styled injuries is that they awaken potential. The seeming limitation, or the pain, or the struggle, brings something out that might not have come out otherwise. We know this about life, and often wish it were some other way (and it can be); but then it is possible to find your way to a sense of gratitude for what shapes and informs you so deeply. Prometheus was the guy who was chained to the rock as punishment for stealing ‘the fire of the gods’ (however you interpret that) and bringing it to mankind. A bird would eat his liver every night, and every day it would grow back — day after day. In transcending his own injury, Chiron also freed Prometheus from that horrendous situation. Chiron and Prometheus are bound by karma, and they are linked up today because both are taking aspects from the Sun. Today’s aspects seem to say: remember, there is a way to freedom.
If you missed my podcast yesterday, here it is. The theme is Gemini; the title is, “Looking for Ourselves Everywhere.”
(((Sadge))))
thanks Burning!
wow. sounds like you DO have a heavy month coming up. I’m thinking though, that with all of these great visualizations and colors it will actually be Lighter, rather than heavier…..
I like the pines…
oh, and on the colors thing, I think some of that was channeled and/or intuited, but *also* is based on the speed of different colors in the visible spectrum (think stretching a rainbow in the sky out). each one of those colors has a specific measurement wavelength that it travels at. the electromagnetic spectrum. violet travels the quickest, it’s the shortest at ~400nanometers and that color is assoc. w/healing. indigo, or cobalt, is just a little bit longer~450nm.
I know you know this, just typing it out.
Love You! we’ve come a long way. my treehouse, kayak-adventuring friend! keep looking at the stars. and joke ’em if they can’t take a f*uck!! we are on the Path!
peace.
Good stuff, SiS, I use a thick pine forest around me with myself inside the pines and surrounded by my totem animals. I think I’ll surround all of us with that waterfall now. And then the cobalt blue. Never heard that it specifically is for protection. I’ll put that around it all. Got a very heavy month coming. Thanks. Love ya. (((SiS))))
Hey Jer,
good point. yeah, I think intention is the huge important factor, over the color.
just that I got into using these quantum colors (meaning quantum field) that are assoc. with hexagrams fr.
the I Ching…it’s tied into the Feng Shui I use…
anyway, the quantum color for protection is cobalt blue. in this teaching.
and pink, or rose is the quantum color for love, loving support. which is great.
so, yah, use your pink, no worries.
I used to use diff. chakra colors for things.
and then I got into these quantum colors and man, they work really well for me. v. potent.
I didn’t mean to imply that cobalt was the one & only.. just if you didn’t know what to use, I would suggest using cobalt..for protection…
peace to you, my friend.
SiS, why cobalt blue? Serious, I don’t have much base for color. I’ve always done a pink bubble, due to a friends Grandmothers influence. I’ve never really grasped the color spectrum any other way yet. Definitely curious.
Friend,
Jere
((((Hugs Carrie))))
it makes my heart feel good that you seem to know when you need to stop and take a breather. veg. out with music. that’s really imp. esp. being a caregiver like you are.
you HAVE to take time out for yourself so the cup can keep “spilling over” with all of your care and love. I know you know this, as you wouldn’t have gotten this far, but just wanted to give a *shout out* to ya.
I have a suggestion that might help with your dad sitch.
I don’t know if you’ve ever mentioned doing any energy work, but even if you haven’t, it is still v. effective to put a protective circle around yourself before you have to deal with possible neg. situations. ( the color would be cobalt blue, BTW). just envision it. just draw it around yourself in your mind ( kind of like a hula hoop), bless it by thanking it for protecting you, and then release. you don’t have to keep it in your mind, or think about it, it’s there. workin’.
well, I’ll just go ahead and tell you something else I do when I have to enter into a hostile or unpleasant persons environment, knowing they will potentially bombard me with their stuff. and that is, I pretend I am in the center of a waterfall. or a fountain, where the water would be kind of bubbling up through the top of your head, and then down all the sides of you. it doesn’t have to be a crazy ass waterfall, like class V rapids, but the water is moving gently but decently. anyway, when the environment starts getting wiggy, that waterfall begins, and I peer fr. behind it. and all of that negative depressing shit, just falls down, falls away, it cannot touch me. and the waterfall of course, is v. calming. so I stay pretty damn serene.
it works even when your back is turned ( a great time for certain people to be sceney), or to the side, any way! the water just takes it away. and because you’re so chill, you can just send out tons of love, it will just flow outward,
works while driving too. as in cramped quarters with dubious energy.
know that sounds pretty weird. you can try your own ideas, it can be pretty fun.
actually. I just read your comment again, the slow bleed. hmm. I know this, but I’ve gotten pretty good now at realizing other people’s stuff and not taking it so personally, really realizing it’s about THEM, not ME. and then when I go there, it’s easier for me to get into the compassion mode for them, (because the self-centeredness and inconsideration and neglectfulness says much about how they have never been able to process their issues., etc. or how miserable they must be inside. sad) rather than focus on the pain they cause to me.
when I am able to do that, there is a shift. I almost get really really happy that I’M NOT LIKE THAT!!! yeah!!!that I am able to interact with others in a different way. or that I have an awareness that encompasses a greater scope….I get really really thankful. really thankful. bow to gratitude….and then pretty much if I can stay with that, everything goes a lot smoother, and I’m able to actually laugh (sometimes just inside,depends) at the goings-on rather than go to the hurt-painful part……does any of this make sense?
awareness can be a Gift, hopefully to be used responsibly. and also, on the flip side, you kinda have a responsibility TO use it…get my drift? (ah the double-edged sword…)
trying to help stop the bleed…in my little way.
take care of yourself!
peace.
Carrie – that’s me, here in Bisbee. Sunny and warm here: it’s already about 85, light breezes are blowing, and the humidity is 12%.
Just think of my sun, Len’s admonishment to let the sun in, and you should be warm in no time.
Brendan,
Thanks; your words and your hug are warmly accepted. I forget; are you the one who lives in southern Arizona? Or is that Burning? Anyway, thanks.
this is really a comment on yesterday’s podcast (of which i’ve only managed to listen to the first third so far; once it gets rolling, it’s great) & mirrors, but that thread is so far down the page now…
anyway, i remember as a kid every once i a while i would look into a mirror on the wall, usually fairly close, had have the weirdest experience as i looked into my own eyes of suddenly not recognizing myself. it was always a startling, unsettling feeling, and i can’t remember how long it would last — that is, whether i would look away before the feeling dissolved or whether it would dissolve while i was looking. it seems to me i’d stay with it for a few interminable seconds, anyway, looking at this ‘stranger me’ looking back, not quite able to feel who that was.
usually (since i was always alone when it happened) i would actually speak out lout the words, “i don’t look like me.” (or some variation on that idea, but that phrase feels about right.)
i’ve looked in mirrors many times since, including some looking with intention, but i don’t know that i’ve had quite that same experience for many many years. i wish i had some idea how many times i actually had the experience, and at what ages…
the more i’ve read in PW about how solar taurus has aries, the sign of ‘self’ in the 12th house, that more this makes some strange sense. i think.
Carrie:
My best wishes for your trip and moving your father. My mother had much the same relationship with her mother, and it lasted until her passing. At the core were so-called expectations that were apparently unmet according to my grandmother. My mother felt that was hogwash – and it was. I rather think it was jealousy, as my mother had a larger family, a much better education, and far more love than she ever did. My mother was a success and she wasn’t, in other words. No problems with my grandfather by the way, he was a loving and supportive father.
Take care, stay warm. A hug for you.
Eric,
Thank you for putting these daily astrology insights out there; they are the perfect way to start the day.
Stellium; I love the way you think and your added comments are very helpful for clarifying things. Thanks for sharing.
I am cold today and tired and not looking forward to dealing with my dad this weekend as we move him from that life he had to his new life. He hurts to be around; not because he directly harms me but because his neglect of my feelings and his self-centered attitude. Yes, his generation didn’t show their feelings that well but he was emotionally expressive. It is just that he is also selfish and unthinking and inconsiderate and…and…and….you get the idea so I need not elaborate further. Suffice it to say he has wounded me over the years in a slow bleed and so it is appropriate that I am actually bleeding and will be the whole weekend as my family and I help him move. It is as though my body is reflecting my emotional side physically. That may sound weird but it has only been two weeks since the last bleed and though it can be chalked up to “the change;” the timing is unfortunate. It leaves me feeling tired, bloated, physically fragile, and cold. I want to be warm and held.
Despite the step back to earth and reality, I am still emoting all over the place. Yesterday, after my reality stuff was done, I sat on the back porch swing and, through the compassionate gift of my husband loaning me his mp3 player, I listened to Yanni’s “On Sacred Ground” and set myself swinging into a delight of the senses. My spirit soared, my heart flew, my mind took flight and my body was rocked like a baby.
Today it is cloudy; perfect weather for my feelings. I am listening to Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Aurumque” and feeling the peace. Not feeling much ambition right now; just tiredness and peace.
Thanks Eric. Do love ya! xx
interesting tidbit:
looking up the Sabians the Chiron/Sun sq. (Sun at 5+ Gem)
I thought the II 6 discussion was of note, part. tying in to your podcast.
Workmen Drilling For Oil – ..attainment of new forms of knowledge. i.e. AMBITION.
so, the discussion on this symbol was pretty long and there was some cool ideas about digging into the collective Unconscious & reawakening powers of the archaic psyche that once flourished…and there was Atlantis in there..
but this was the part that I thought might complement or provide more food for thought for those who might have enjoyed the Gemini portion of the pod:
“…The zodiacal sign Gemini has basically the meaning of insatiable curiosity and avidity for knowledge; it is logically a ‘human’ sign (The Twins). One of the Twins tends to seek power and knowledge from the ancient past, the other to discover a living source of strength and wisdom which is forever being replenished by the celestial downpour of Spiritual Consciousness and love (nxt symbol). It is man’s nature, alas, to begin with potentially negative emotions and desires.” -Astrological Mandala
I don’t want to get too wordy but I thought that was pretty cool how well that fit, and just kinda reinforces the whole idea of opening our minds and seeing the Bigger Picture, which is
humans loving. period. humans. action verb: loving. and I read it that these humans are integrated, they are not just male, or just female, they are whole, the specific gender doesn’t matter,
… that the point is Conscious Love!!
also thought it was interesting that the interpretation hinted (or screamed, depending) at the need for healing for all of us by stating that we all ‘begin with potentially neg. emotions & desires’… but nonetheless, it also points to another way, we can heal ourselves.
enter Chiron! Lights!
so here’s to the AMBITION that we all wake up to a new Ambition! there is a way to Freedom.
holding the torch.
peace~