We passed the Sagittarius Full Moon yesterday, close to the Great Attractor, in that mythic territory that I’ll refer to as the 2012 zone — mid Sagg through early Capricorn. The Moon is there now and will be for another day or so. As of Monday morning the Moon was conjunct the Galactic Core in late Sagittarius. As of a bit later it will make a conjunction to Pluto in early Capricorn: not sentimental. Rather, the craving to open up a secret compartment of thought and emotion.
One of the properties of the sky lately has been that after the Sun leaves a sign, some really interesting astrology happens there, after the Sun has left.
The latest example of this is now that the Sun is in Gemini, Venus and Mars are in Taurus, heading for a conjunction. The buildup is an event of its own; the conjunction looks a lot like consummation of ideas, relationships, and experience. This will be exact the day of the Cancer solstice (beginning of summer in the north and winter in the south), at the exact midpoint of Taurus (the Beltane point). The Sun for its part will be in an exact conjunction to Vesta that day.
Descriptions of what this astrology signifies to me feel more apropos for an airing on Book of Blue, as the sexual, ritual and healing components are depicted vividly and Gemini-styled, craving expression in words and experience (Gemini is nothing, if not curious). We get a kind of ultimate sexual image (Venus and Mars on the Beltane point) and the ultimate image of the celibate priestess (Sun conjunct Vesta in Cancer). There is a luxurious tension here. Look for pleasure opportunities, with that deep relational component, in strange, unusual or unexpected ways and places. Some might arrive vicariously, or with people you would never expect would be available; and with a spiritual dimension that has seemed, until now, out of reach. This is I think something we are all reaching for, a cosmic dimension to eroticism; the realm of the psycherotic.
Venus and Mars, for their part, are now working toward that conjunction, with both points in Taurus. With Venus in Aries for so long, the change in signs feels refreshing, cooling off Venus long enough for her to heat up again in hot pursuit of Mars. The conjunction will be close clear through making its one exact contact, so there is a feeling of anticipation in the air, culminating on the 21st and the days that surround it.
Sun plus Vesta in Cancer illustrates holding space for others as a gesture of nourishing them sexually. I mean this literally: be supportive of the pleasure and relationships of others. Encourage them to get what they want, need or crave. Create spaces, create ritual experiences, and allow some of your own desires to manifest by taking conscious action. The world needs much more of it than it gets. Remember that the first property of Vesta is holding space, space that is defined by a fire or hearth at the core. It’s time to tend that fire continuously.
Other upcoming Venus and Mars conjunction are: Aug. 20, 2010 in Libra with both planets direct. Then there is Oct 3, 2010 in Scorpio involved with a Venus retrograde. Then there is May 23, 2011, again in Taurus, conjunct Mercury.
jlo – I don’t know what to say! That was an incredible read and never before had I realized all the nuances found under the subject of Drugs (and how they make you feel).
Would you mind if I printed this out and showed it to a couple of friends? The stigma of ignorance can be erased with just a subtle remark such as: ” coke seems to be a more stable drug than meth” from what I hear. You’ve given me a treasure trove of information and I thank you.
You know those toothless cats, with the shifty eyes, picking the open wounds on their faces? Those are tweaks. The best way I can describe that drug is that a cloud descends on you, dark, and the perception is narrowed, but you want it, bad, more… Methamphetamine, crank, speed. Central valley in California is notorious for the production of. It’s one of those things that (while it’s being “cooked”) if you light a match at the wrong time, the bathtub as well as the house explodes, literally! Those are the thieving cats. Longer than arms distance, no trust, or, trust MYSELF to be aware of the possibilities.
Cocaine, although upper, seems to be a more “stable” drug than meth. The cokeheads I’ve ran across seem to have a more normal based reality: job, relations.
Crack, on the other hand, is sheisty as shit. That’s the gutter substance of any major city. NOTHING is out of the question to get some rock. Usually you’re gone by the time you’ve succumbed, (spirit, soul, life force… out the window).
Needle junkies (heroin, not speed), although I consider a mellow, can be vicious when searching for a binge. Some friends of mine, past, used to hold people up at gunpoint to get a fix, they had no bullets (couldn’t afford them) but, a gun in the face doesn’t usually elicit “Hey, you got bullets in that thing?” Generally, I’d keep my distance.
All the pharmaceutical derivatives of Opium, I throw under the “mellow” category. (Just watch out for the slammers (needle junkies)). Although, too many pills and you get kinda junkie. Pot, or Cannabis I would throw here too. BUT, I will defend marijuana usage.
A lot of these substances have addiction principles. You take them, and they pull you in. Weed doesn’t. There’s dependency, but that’s a prior mental attribution, not due to the substance alone. The body doesn’t freak out when lacking weed. Other substances, and my bane now, alcohol, tobacco, actually have physical withdrawal symptoms. My chemistry alters when I lack in the blood stream. MJ I could take or leave, I just think she’s a good girl.
LSD, even though it’s lab, I can dig it. (It’s been twelve years since I’ve been there, and I played for seven, hundreds of trips, some kick-ass intellectual meetings). Mushrooms are my friends, that’s mother nature at her finest, if you want to see soul… (Just be careful as there is a mortality rate on them, I’ve taken enough to allow my body to start shutting down on me, it’s not fun!) I have to condition myself to play with any more of mother earths creations, Peyote. I have to be a little more aware. I won’t fuck around with shit anymore. I have to have some sort of clue. And most of it (swimming around in our societies) ISN’T the “good shit”. So many of our vices are dirty, tangenting manifestations. I’m all up for exploration but, shit man, there’s gotta be a bit of evolution prior to.
B, I honestly don’t know where your dude’s at. When assessing people I have to go deep, not the space or time. And, I probably should have worded my assessment of Capricorn differently, there was never any control or “over” them capacity, I, in my own intimate relations with Cap’s, was able to view (those specific Capricorn’s) altering realities. Having Pluto in the twelfth, then crawling in to the solar zone!?! ALL CAP’S I have ultimate respect, and thanks for… I have learned a great deal regarding opening up.
I guess that’s it for now.
Jere
Hmmmm. Yes, I was getting more of a living/dying or sensation -even the “shadow” idea didn’t seem to fit – and the consistency of the imagery esp. left/right “left” me oh so curious.
I haven’t slept a wink since this one (last couple nights) which leaves me frustrated as I would like to see more.
I dream vividly always; this one has certainly left me wondering what those images were about.
And it defintely had “fresh new beauty” about it – while still attached to that which was dead or needed to be cast off.
Thx for input.
jlo . . No doubt you are right. I know (the nose knows, if nothing else!) that he smokes a lot of pot and of course the booze. My heart breaks for him though. I had thought that, sometime in the future, I would offer to “look at his chart”, assuming we were to get past the recent friction. However, I now suspect he won’t be back here. My fellow condo owners are discussing ways to get his father (the owner) to sell the place, as they are dead set against the boy’s living here anymore.
I more or less assume his father will institutionalize him, which could help him or make him worse. It is really tragic, but on the other hand, the people he has terrified (an elderly couple had their home broken into the “last” time) only want him put away – somewhere! – forever. He just can’t stand to be alone and frankly, I believe that’s a big part of what motivates his bad acts, along with the drugs (especially liquer) that give him courage.
mystes is right; counselor or tripmaster, you can communicate with substance abusers in their own language and I sense you have cautious compassion for those that can be helped. Would be interested to know what “tweak” and “mellows” mean if you have time. Thanks again.
Jere… You either have brilliant future as a substance-abuse counselor, or a dreamwalker/tripmaster. Or both, eh?
xoM
B, he’s on something. There are different substances that will get you there, but some combos are better than others. Throw alcohol (opening up) in with a hallucinogen and wow, you got some weird shit. Throw it in with tweak, and you’ve some dirty shit, throw it in with mellows and it’s a whole different creature…. Cat needs a real talking to. He seems to be mixing the wrong substances/mental faculties, if he’s mixin’ it with kids.. there’s a shut off valve that’s not working finely. He needs to be checked.
Cap’s used to be able to be dominated in the spiritual sense, last pluto transit. Now, good luck. They’re ready to go. I think pluto is just waking them up. Cap’s scare me more than anything, perhaps it’s the “right next” mentality that gets me?! Or just the fact I’ve got one big one with my number on her. She’ll either bludgeon or wake my ass up.
But, your dude is on substance, guaranteed, either work it out with the bro, or Fuck him! Kick his ass to the curb. Let him fail in his own familial capacity. But, Wake Up’s I don’t promise.
Good freakin’ luck B!!!!
Or maybe our shadow self, like all the signs have a shadow (unconscious) side.
Well, I forgot to mention that he attacked an officer (police) and that his dad is very rich and powerful and has had to bail his a…. out before this. And he’s still in jail. . .with other inmates. But this is the 1st time (so I’m told) that he’s had a run-in with a cop. So do you think it is the Saturn return? I hope to get an actual birthdate on him at some point. I know he’s adopted and is half black and half white. His dad is white. Neighbors who didn’t see him often were surprised to learn he was 29. He looks and behaves like someone much younger.
If he is 29, his birthdate would be sometime between Dec 22’79 and Jan 20 ’80 and during that time Mars and Jupiter were conjunct at aroung the 15th degree of Virgo, where Saturn is now and was stationed for so long.
awordedgewise, your dream intrigues me. The first thought that came to mind re: double images was an imbalance between the soul and the ego . .too much color (life?) in the ego and too little in the soul (or the other way around.) Then I discarded that because of the buildings. So then wondered if the dying image was being replaced by the vivid image, like a caterpiller is shed for the butterfly. Curious what you and others think it means.
Thank you, Eric, for some of the best news i have read in a while. The proverbial “interesting times” bkoehler describes, well – i’ll take a pass. The really cool dream of awordedgewise is quite a bit to think about, thank you for sharing the tableau . Eric, your Vestal compersion element is very appealing. To quote a Nobel-Prize winning poet “I slept and dreamed that life was Joy. I awoke and found that life was Service. I acted and behold! Service was Joy.” May it be so for all.
Blessings,
-Len Wallick
Wordedgewise UP!
“BUT the image on the Left was always in vivid living color seeming very NEW and vibrant…”
*8^D
Y’asm… Mama’s coming, and She’s ready to make some art.
I had an interesting dream. Cannot remember the “storyline” but everything in this dream was in “geminii mode” — every building, person, etc had a twin/mirror image the two were attached at the hip as it were – BUT the image on the Left was always in vivid living color seeming very NEW and vibrant, the image on the Right was always black/white outline only; used up, old, on it’s way out, ready to be discarded.
This is not Pluto. Pluto would kill him, casually.
Tell me if this fits. You remember my downstairs neighbor who was creating problems for me, as I was for him. He didn’t like the birds I fed and I didn’t like the loud voices, music (if you can call it music) and smoke he and his friends produced. (Mystes once had a similar problem and sat on her patio(?) playing her own music, probably naked as a jay bird too) I knew from him that he was a Capricorn and overheard him say he was 29. Knew he was probably going to have a Saturn return and Pluto conjunt his Sun around the same time.
Anyway, I bought the kid some mosquito netting to “insulate” his balcony “roof” (I’d already covered my balcony floor with screening) and switched months ago to “waste free birdseed. The next day he hung the netting, then that night he hammered on my other neighbor’s door (a woman) but she didn’t answer.
Later that night he was seen roaming – naked – a few blocks from here. Even later that night, he entered a stranger’s house, still naked, got into bed with a woman who was sleeping, and her son. He bit the son’s ear, the son woke his mom, his mom freaked out but called the police and now my neighbor is in jail.
Don’t have his birthdate but think this is definetly Pluto. Venus and Mars? Maybe. Vesta? Probably!