Today is Tuesday, May 31, 2011. The Moon will be in Taurus until 7:56 pm EDT, when it enters Gemini. The Moon’s last aspect is a conjunction to Mercury, which is a way of saying put your feelings into words. Once the Moon separates from Mercury just past noon EDT, we will be in a void-of-course phase for several hours. Moon voids are the time to pause in the action; it’s neither the time to push the river nor start anything new. The afternoon may have a languid feeling, though this will be more than compensated by the rapid approach of the partial solar eclipse after the Moon ingresses Gemini.
As you may have noted from yesterday’s edition, eclipses are pattern-setting events; this means they can be used to dissolve patterns and establish new ones. Because this eclipse is focused on the South Node of the Moon (called Ketu or the dragon’s tail), that is about releasing blocks, enmity, psychological and language patterns that don’t work, and making peace with your neighbors. Look for the opportunities to do this; you will not have to make the opportunities.
Wednesday is a day to set aside as much time and energy for the things you love to do. One way to establish a new pattern, or for that matter, to dissolve an old one, is by taking action. So plan for that. I once described eclipses as “cosmic repeating stations.” That is, they can act to increase more of what is going on in your life. This does not mean you need to cram the day full of every blessed thing you enjoy — loading it with a sense of expectation, obligation or desperation — but rather, feed some loving and nourishing data into the system and let it grow.
Amanda pulled together some information from prior articles about eclipses that she thought might be useful, including the idea that “eclipses work on three levels, broadly speaking. The first is personal. The second is collective. The third is where the personal and the collective intersect.” That’s from an article called Understanding Eclipses. How exactly would the personal and the collective intersect? Hmm, they do it all the time, for example, every time you cross a street. Look for the metaphors in your life that amount to doing that — and notice when the light is red, when it’s green and remember where you’re going.
Another, Gemini-styled, involves what you think and what you say. What you think is personal territory; the moment you speak, it becomes collective territory. In that same article, you can read, “With eclipses, the inner always does well to precede the outer. There is you, then there is your expression in the world. You move in your heart or soul, and you move on the physical plane. When eclipses work in reverse, when they make us catch up, when they remind us when we’ve abandoned our evolution, it’s not so pretty at all.”
She found this caution in a 2004 article: “For anyone not having such a good time of things — as eclipses tend to be times of increased activity, problems can coalesce, and other weirdness can unfold on the way to being released — take a time out and ask for healing and repair. Stop what you are doing. Ask for help. Get with some friends, or pick up the phone and call somebody you love. And/or, make a list of what you need to resolve in your life, and do any one thing in that direction. It can be the smallest gesture. It is going to be a real step in the right direction.”
We live in intense times, and the first third of this year has been a wild ride full of pressure to hunker down and self-protect. But if we want more openness, more connection and more love, then we need to start this eclipse period by offering that to ourselves, our immediate loved ones and then the world. We need to remember to share the very things we desire for ourselves; the simplicity of that idea can be deceptive. Wednesday’s eclipse is square Chiron in Pisces. So if you find yourself tripped up unexpectedly by tension seemingly coming out of nowhere, have dreams in the next couple of nights that appear to be signaling old wounds to your psyche, or find your creative pursuits manifesting pain you no longer thought you needed to think about, don’t be alarmed. Ask yourself a question, listen for the answer and gently move outward from there with your exploration in a way that brings you pleasure.
Sadge, I’m sitting right alongside you soaking up your jesterly ways with my AC at 11SAG54 and I’m waving across the horizon at you GG 😉
I feel like I’ve been prepping for this eclipse and new moon with greater focus and surrender this past week. This day feels like the culmination of paying very close attention to the energies of Taurus and Gemini which were the sun signs of my dearly departed parents: Dad the bull and Mum the twins. As I’ve come to realize their energies embodied in my persona something in me has shifted in a big way and I’m loving it.
All hail the sun and the moon and may their blessings shower all who drop into PW. I hold each and everyone of you close in my heart as you go about your daily living on this miraculous planet.
you’re v. welcome!
Fun definitely in store, definitely..
you should have an advantage with your witty, playful, flexible, Gemini mind.
is what I’m thinkin’, GG!
well, I’ll be holding the fort down on the OTHER side of the dial.
but more like a jester, or a town Fool. not in a social butterfly kinda way…
not as sharp as you Gem, and that’s a good thing, cause I fall down A lot!
peace back at ya! nice talking to you again!
oh, and just a friendly eclipse tip Everyone:
all you have to do is think of the Sun,
and you won’t be alone….
haaaaaa!
Oh thank you kindly, Stellium!
My rising sign is 19 Gemini, so I was curious how close these would come to my ascendant.
Looks like this series gets pretty close — an 8 degree conjunction and then a 5 degree opposition.
Then in December I get hit right on the nose!
Oh my, must be some fun in store. I have had all kinds of things happen to me during eclipses over the years.
peace, GG
tiptoe tiptoe….
OK!!!!
tomorrow: Solar eclipse 11II02 hahaha! ok, 11Gem02
Lunar eclipse 24Sadge23 on 15June2011, soon!
Solar eclipse 9Can12 on 01July2011
then the next series isn’t until the end of Nov.
(oh what the heck!)
Solar eclipse: 2Sadge37 on 25Nov2011
Lunar eclipse: 18Gem11 on 10Dec2011…..
sorry for my funny numbering, it’s how I write my dates..
hope everyone’s pre-eclipse eve is going splendidly!!
cheers! and peace. back to reading all of the goodies…
Does anybody know the degree and sign of each of the 3 eclipses?
thanks.
good news Len, thanks for passing that along.
carrie – amazing isn’t it? my college daughter is running home to mom (me) again this summer; still hasn’t learned to say “no” to dad who still hasn’t learned how to not be abusive. I’m out of “plans” – gonna have to leave this summer’s changes up to powers greater than me.
Amanda, don’t be so sure; apparently Change is afoot. (Boo!) heh-heh 🙂
One pattern change for me is how I am dealing with my parents. Instead of just caving to their pressures and demands, I am asserting myself and doing things how I want for a change. Instead of bringing my Dad along for the move, I just said no and went without him which cut off a lot of time because he wasn’t there to quibble over every little thing. Or my Mom; instead of arranging my schedule for her, I said we will do things on our preferred time and our preferred way. Those are huge pattern changes for me.
pattern change: Gemany commits to shut down all nuclear reactors in 11 years.
I remember my husband hearing a woman berate her child in a store; she was calling him stupid and a pain in the ass and all sorts of denigrating names. Dave quietly said to her “I will give you a dollar for him to take him off your hands if you feel like that about him.”
That seemed to stop her as she pondered that for a second.
I remember a small child that ran out into the street; Dave was the first car upon him so he stopped, scooped up the child and brought him to the mother who was in a doorway where the child had come from. The child looked about 2 years old. The mother glared at Dave and spanked the child! As though a 2 year old is advanced enough to know the dangers of running in the street!
That’s like all these parents of toddlers who don’t hold their hands in a parking lot and then spank them if they run in the path of a car. Or the ones who get swimming lessons for their toddlers and then wonder why the same toddler drowns in their unfenced backyard pool. Putting the onus of protection on the child is crazy. Every time we hear a news report of some child harmed because their parent neglected to keep them safe, Dave and I wonder why the news people or emergency responders don’t question the parenting.
Children are people too, but they are not adults and they are not able to handle adult situations, schedules, and changes. Dragging a hungry and tired child through a mall and then whacking them if they make a fuss or cry is egregious and cruel. When will adults wake up? How many children have to suffer before we all wake up?
This is an issue that really gets to me. I feel like the Lorax in Dr. Seuss’s books (“I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees…”) except I am the Carrie who speaks for the children.
I might have got out of my car. The last time I saw that happen I was sitting in a window seat at Dominicks and I started pounding on the glass.
I was coming home from the store today, driving through a little nearby town where they make orange juice and not much else. I could see a woman quickly moving toward a house. Although the view was blocked by bushes and such, I somehow I sensed that she was angry. The road curved and as I approached the driveway, I saw her raise her hand high above her head and then strike a small child.
She was on her third hit and all I could think to do from my moving car was to lay on the horn hoping the noise would stop her momentum. She hit the child a fourth time as I passed. It was so surreal and happened so fast, but in slow motion in my mind.
I can’t get the image out of my head.
It’s not quite about one day…tho if it is, choose the one thing, the thing you want the most.
glad to hear that, aword. these collaborative posts can be a little confusing — the bulk of the top paragraphs are eric’s, with past quotes of his writing that i found, plus a couple sentences of mine from an early draft, and i supplied the past paragraph. the true test is whether or not i can follow my own advice & not fall into trying to cram too many things i love to do into one day…
clearly i’d make a terrible ghost writer. 😉
Your words and repetition of Amanda’s speak directly to my dragon’s tail. Thank you.
wink!! 18:56CDT … II!
Thanks ! luvluv
Nice.