Dear Friend and Reader:
We are out of the thick of the Twilight Zone, post-eclipse. The Sun and Moon are both solidly in Leo, though the one warpy thing is that the Sun is sitting on Ketu, the South Node of the Moon. The cosmos are still vibrating with this event, which was witnessed by hundreds of millions of people across Asia.
The Leo ingress comes with a reminder to all of us not to be so proud. We have a lot of names for the evils of male pride and arrogance; as a society we have fewer names for their female equivalents, and we don’t always know them when we see them. Pride is often a form of retribution on the past; Ketu is about releasing the past. But there is also something here about relating directly to the past; embracing history, being aware of its value, and extracting that which is the most useful; and leaving behind the rest, though consciously.
What is interesting about this configuration is that the Sun and Leo are connected through the fact of sign rulership; this is an ancient dignity, involving the element gold, the role of the king or other high nobility, and many other interlinking ideas from the Doctrine of Signatures. The ‘king’, as JRR Tolkien shows us so well, is the return to dignity and sanity; an internal principle of a guided, sane mind; a mind which has an organizing principle. When there is ‘no king’ — generally symbolized by vast corruption — people themselves are missing something within themselves. There is no male principle; neither men nor women can orient correctly.
We are being offered something here; we are being offered an exchange of that which is toxic for that which is healing. There is a release of toxic pride and the restoration of true dignity implied, and by that I mean guidance toward the receptivity and humility that comprise true nobility.
In any event — an interesting day. And listen to that cosmic bell ring.
Portland, Maine
PS, apropos of cats, the Book of Blue continues. Nudity warning!!
Re’clipse…
Hey PWorlders, I have posted a brief note on Bobos about the Eclipse Tantra that enjoyed a limited launch on the Day itself. If you’re curious, go here: http://tantra4bobos.blogspot.com/2009/07/eclipse-inside.html
for the skinny. Maybe there’s something you can apply to your experience, or some insight you can pass back to me.
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We’re headed out the door now with a pack of teenagers to run the ‘rapids’ (okay, languids) of the San Marcos river. Will read from you upon our return.
Love from the edge of the Moon,
M
Mystes, I was getting Lion images last week, not white I don’t think. I was too tired to remember.
M – have done. H. x.
PT… will you write to me off-list? mystes at grandecom dot net
thx
m
M – ok. Bless. H.
H’Azel… You can’t take off the posts as far as I know. I had to contact one of the administrators and ask to shuttle the posts. It was an interruption of their day and focus, but I felt pretty strongly about it. Still do. That practice was to have gone out *on* the morning of the Eclipse, and through a series of imponderables, it wasn’t received or posted.
We missed an opening. There are a dozen or so people who actually found the White Lion (and/or used it to build something else – a tool-making tool), so it was not entirely out of range.
The White Lion Tantra has been sealed. But there will be others.
Love,
M
Mystes, they seemed pretty interesting to me.
If I can take my posts off here as soon as they are irrelevant, how do I go about it?
I did. They are irrelevant.
Eh? Correct me if I am wrong, but did I or did I not see two posts by Mystes re the eclipse on here? They were here last look and now they have vani-shed. Who vanished them and why? PT.
The past three days were the best of my life in terms of spiritual clarity and vision for (my) future.
Today, however, I feel like I am vibrating apart into tiny tiny little pieces…..
I’m not sure if that has to do with my ‘Friendly Penis friendly’ t-shirt or not đŸ˜‰
xo’s
Patty – thank you for the chuckle, it really helps. Please allow me in turn to pass on a joke from the comedian Robin Williams:
“Your body produces endorphins when you’re being creative. Why do you think Einstein looked like that?”
Len,
Get a t-shirt that says ‘vagina friendly’ and see how much fun you have.
Results are guaranteed, but only on days with ‘d’ in them.
Thank you, Eric, for the astute perception and succinct expression (to say nothing of the surreal photo of sunflowers). Given that i am currently experiencing (indeed, just beginning) Mars’ transit through my 12th house, i can attest to this toxic male pride and arrogance being for real because i’m struggling with it right now, this day, this minute. i’m decidely not proud to admit that it is an uphill battle. It’s going to be a long seven weeks until the transit is complete. Thank you for helping me to be aware and giving me words to understand with.
i would welcome any supportive thoughts as i work to not be a jerk.
Yeesh!
-Len Wallick