Moon from Pisces to Aries & Dreemkeeper

The Moon moved from Pisces to Aries around 4 pm Eastern today. As it moved through Pisces over the past few days, I will have to note that I've felt unfocused--scattered. Now that the Moon has changed signs, maybe moods will shift.

In case this is the first post you're reading, I'm making a record of how the Moon, as it changes signs, affects moods. I didn't interact with too many people socially late today, so I can't tell how it's affecting others--thus, my own internal observations.

Yeah, I know--it's not such a big deal unless that Moon makes an aspect or connection to another point in the chart. And currently it's not. It's around 10:30 pm and I can't say that I notice much change since 4 pm. Pisces is like "no boundaries" and Aries is more outward, focused and fiery. I don't feel much fire--or an increase in passion or energy.

By about 6:45 pm Eastern tomorrow night, the Aries Moon will be conjunct Venus in Aries--in my case, in my 8th house.
Hmmm... it could be an interesting "date night"-- haha. That is, if I dated. (More laughter!)
It will be interesting to see what happens, mood-wise, tomorrow I guess--or NOT! ha ha

I can barely muster up enough interest about this tonight; so I don't imagine you care too much either dear reader. I don't blame you. I'm just trying to be consistant until the Moon moves through all the signs, at least once.

Anyway the Moon/Venus thing applies to everyone, not just me. Well, so much for that!
Moving right along....

I don't have much else to blog about today. However, I did happen to see a good movie last night--Dreamkeeper!
Here's the blurb:


Exploring the rich history and fascinating mythology of the Native American
people, this miniseries follows a young Native American on a pilgrimage
to New Mexico with his grandfather. Reluctant to go and embracing life in the
present rather than the past, the boy soon finds himself regaled with a
succession of his grandfather's wondrous stories, each with a unique parallel to
the present. Includes audio commentary."

If you're interested in Native American customs, traditions and heritage, you'll probably like Dreamkeeper. I enjoyed it. Until next time...

Joy

Obama's Address Congress Tonight--An Astrological Opportune Time?

In the last blog post I wrote that the Sun and Moon conjunction would be Tuesday night the 24th around 9 pm Eastern Time.

That simply means that the Sun and Moon would be in very close alignment in the heavens at that time.

The meaning of a conjunction is the merging or blending of energy--in this case, the Sun and Moon.

I'd actually forgotten that 9 pm Eastern was the time of US President Obama's Address to Congress & the American people.

The Sun/Moon conjunction was nearly exact around 4pm Eastern.
But at 9 pm, there was only about a 2 degree separation--still a powerful conjunction!

His Sun and Moon were transiting through his 1st house at 9 pm--the house ruled by the fiery red planet Mars, also known as the passionate warrior. The 1st house is the house of "self"--personal identity. Any planets there infuse ones sense of identity, personality.
Clearly, the Sun and Moon here in this Mars-ruled house could be a definite benefit when giving a speech! (Sun & Moon in Pisces)

At 9 pm Jupiter and Mercury were making a conjunction too, with only 1 degree of separation. That's pretty tight. (Jupiter & Mercury in Aquarius)

His Jupiter/Mercury were transiting through his 12th house--the house of self-transcendence and higher levels of consciousness.

Look at all that energy and how it was merging!

Its true for all of us too, actually.

Sun and Moon as well as Jupiter and Mercury were conjunct in everyone's chart!

These 4 transiting points were blending in not only his consciousness (aka transiting chart), but in each of ours too! As above, so below.

Using a few brief keywords to add more flavor:

Sun -- purpose, light, will power, operational self-image
Moon-- emotion, ability to respond emotionally, sensitivity

Merging those two energies... what do you get? You tell me! Did you watch his address?

Mercury --left brain, intelligence, transmission of information, talking, teaching, communication
Jupiter--right brain, faith, vitality and confidence, belief, truth, lifting of spirits, optimism

Mercury and Jupiter shoulder to shoulder in the heavens!

Toss into the mixture of Sun, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter with large portion of Aquarius and Pisces which are the signs of freedom, change, liberation, and innovation (Aquarius) and universal consciousness itself (Pisces).

And since Aquarius rules the 11th house of community and Pisces rules the 12th house of higher levels of consciousness, toss in the keywords community & consciousness to the mixture.

Stir well. And what do you get?

Well, from me you get these questions:

• Did Obama consult an astrologer to find out which was the most prestigious day to give this speech?
• And if so, did he schedule this day and time in advance?
• Or was this some sort of unintentional Diving Timing?
  
  By the way, President Regan consulted astrologers all the time, you know.
  
  Joy

Moon Neptune Conjunction

Note: The astrological observations in this post apply for everyone. In this post, I'm discussing the current transiting planets--one moving planet in relation to the other. So the planets and signs will be the same for you too.

As above, so below....

This image, The Thinker, is sort of how I've felt tonight. I was working on helping to solve a problem for a family member today-- mental wheels were churning, and all that jazz. Once those wheels get churning for too long, it's harder to engage the brakes; but I managed.

That image is how a person looks after watching too much CNN.
Note to Self: No more CNN this week! You have officially overdosed!

Consulting my astrology software, I see that the Transiting Aquarius Moon has just crossed over Transiting Neptune here at 11:30 PM Eastern time Monday night.

It's probably no wonder I feel (Moon) a bit scattered (Neptune).
And in true Aquarian style (Moon & Neptune conjunction in Aquarius), I refused to do any work this evening. No studying and no nothing--just vegged on the sofa and watched TV feeling rebellious toward life! That's Aquarius--it wants to rebel, do things differently, be unusual and that kind of thing.

I was actually completely aware that I was rebelling against my normal routine tonight--rarely do I just veg out that way.

Get up Joy and clean the house or study astrology--do SOMETHING for heaven's sake! No!

Then again, those Neptune in Aquarius energies can manifest in many different ways--that's just how they affected me tonight. There's the whole chart to consider in order to be thorough--but I'm rebelling against that. I'm just looking at the Moon and the aspects.

Between now and 4 am the Transiting Aquarius Moon will cross over my descendant--a good time to be sleeping! Anytime a planet crosses over a sensitive point in the chart, its significant they say. The Moon is below the horizon, decreasing in light. Hey! that's sort of how I f-e-e-l right now... below the horizon and decreasing in light. Ha!

Yeah, I'm aware that this isn't an interesting post; but my Aquarian Moon doesn't care! (Sorry dear reader, but that's Aquarius for ya'.)

I'm thinking that I should correlate the Moon's phase with the sign. Okay, so I will. The Moon's current phase--waning crescent phase. Crescent is about going inward--that fits.

Continuing, the Moon will be completely dark in a few days... the dark side of the moon!

Maybe its generally a low energy time; certainly a "going inward" time when the moon is dark. Well, that's part of the purpose of this personal public journal--and that statement right there is pretty contrary itself: personal public. Ha! It's contradictory if nothing else! And my Aquarian Moody Moon really doesn't care!

Anyway, part of my purpose is to document for myself (for the purpose of self learning) how the Moon energy plays out in the different signs. So there's my justification for this crazy, uninteresting post!

So, take the waning crescent Moon and toss in the conjunction with Neptune in Aquarius, and to me that reads, "Tired, blurred, and confused with a tinge of contrariness" or something like that.

It works for me--that's about how I'm feeling. ha ha

A couple of posts ago I warned about this!

The Transiting Moon crossed over Mars during the night last night, around 2 am, and remained conjunct to Mars most of the day.

That Mars energy probably helped me remain active with the family member's problem solving. Mars is a bit passionate and sometimes aggressive too--and I have to admit that I felt that today along with the determination that is associated with Mars as well!

All these planets below are in Aquarius!

I told you this was coming... several posts ago, I told ya'! And at dinner time today, the Moon pulled away from Mars and snuggled up to Chiron--the wounded healer. I can relate to feeling (Moon) that Chiron energy around dinner time--the issue with my family member triggering my old wounds. It wasn't anything too dramatic--but I could feel it. Right around that same time it was also making that conjunction with Neptune--gosh, no wonder I was feeling a little bit rough right about then.

So, I'm getting the correlation here.

Around 8 am tomorrow the Moon moves into Pisces while it's still making the conjunction with Neptune. Tomorrow should be a dreamy day! Moon in Pisces conjunct Neptune? What else could it be? Probably it'll be a great day to do readings--no boundaries!
Let the Spirit Games Begin!

But I digress. Moving back in time, around 9 pm tonight an exact Aquarian conjunction with Moon and Neptune occurred--that's about the time I was refusing to budge from the sofa!

By about 9 pm Eastern time tomorrow night (Wednesday 25th), the Moon will have pulled completely away from Neptune and be in an exact conjunction with the Sun--both in Pisces.

Moon and Sun conjunct in Pisces?
Sounds like more dreamy energy! Well, we'll see... I'm sure I will post more about it tomorrow as we move this Moon from Aquarius into Pisces and it hits the Sun. (Should be interesting--two luminaries in Pisces!)

So much for my Moon observations and correlations for one night... hope this made some sense on some level. But then again, with all that contrary Aquairan energy being activated, if I'm completely honest, there's a good part of me doesn't care if it makes sense or not!

And the beat goes on... tomorrow's another day, as they say. Meanwhile, the Neptune Moon conjunction should help me with my meditation tonight...

and I'm heading in that direction right now...
Om Mani Padme Hung! Om Mani Padme Hung!

Om Mani Padme Hung!

Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha! Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha!

Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha!

Joy

And the OSCAR goes to... YOU!

I really had a "moment" catching the last of the Oscar's tonight after giving the psychic class. And I wanted to post this thought while its still fresh on my mind. I hope I can make a decent point here.

I'm pretty tired--giving those classes really take it out of me. The whole time my energy is buzzing briskly--talk about being on stage! Ha! Well, anyway, I'll try my best to convey a decent thought or two here if you'll stick with me. Here we go.

I think they were talking about the movie, "Doubt". No, the movie itself is not what I want to post about. It was what the man who was introducing the actor said when describing his performance. He said something interesting.

It went something like this. (I wish I had the direct quote.) Phillip Seymour Hoffman was being recognized for keeping us (the movie watcher) at the edge of our seats while resolving whatever dilemma the movie presents. There's always a deliemma--the movie would be no "fun" without one! ha!

Like most movies, not knowing how it will turn out--we movie goers rate those flicks the best kind and actors get credit for portraying life-like inner and outer anguishing struggles.

I was reminded how much we love movies that present difficult life dilemmas. But aren't our very own lives just as uncertain and filled with doubt--not to mention, excitement-- at times?

I have to say that this isn't the first time I've contemplated this very thing; yet, I thought it might make a good blog post.

Here's the thing. Most people never see their own personal lives as being filled with as much (or more!) of the same type of edge-of-your-seat drama that we love in movies. And rarely do they participate in their own life with as much enthusiasm or excitement. Why is that?

Instead, we try to escape from our lives--we escape by going to a movie. haha

And we escape in many other ways too--but that's a whole other topic.

But, OK, and I do it too; I love movies! I also recognize that movies represent a reprieve from my own life albeit temporarily. There's nothing wrong with that inherently.

The deeper thought that I'm blogging about here is this:
What if we could learn see the uncertainty of our own lives with as much appreciation as we do the movies?

We could, you know? Why do we love uncertainty in movies, yet detest it in our own lives?

Well, maybe you don't dear reader--maybe you have made peace with life's uncertainty.

Or better yet, maybe you participate in your life with just as much enthusiasm as any adventure in any movie that's out there! And if you do, I'll bet that you enjoy life a lot more than the average person.

Generally, I'd say most people try to create something better in life, just like our beloved movie characters are doing. They struggle with their decisions and don't really know for sure how it will really end up. And would it be as much -- dare I used the word "fun" -- if they did? Life, after all, is full of surprises! Any honest psychic should be able to agree with that one! ha ha

Besides, sometimes we get MORE than we hope for; pleasant results! Sometimes, however, we suffer disappointment; but learn something in the end. (There's nothing like a movie [or your own real life drama] that ends with a great lesson learned!) And sometimes we can't make up our minds what we're doing, because either we don't know what we really want or because we're fighting inner battles that hold us back. Oh, its all just like the movies! But most of us don't enjoy the drama of real life the way we enjoy drama in the movies.

My only thought, and I will repeat it again is: What if we could appreciate the uncertainty of our own lives the way we do when we watch a movie?

How will it turn out? Will the main character (you) achieve your goals? How will you overcome obstacles? Win your battles? Will you change your goals? Hold on to your dream? Win? Loose? or Survive?

I love Richard Bach's books. His book, Illusions, was one of the first books I read when re-awakening. That is, unless you count Johnathan Livingston Seagull. If you decide (maybe after reading this) to check out his book, be sure to check out his other one entitled One. I can't remember in which book it was, but the Master takes the student into a movie theatre and points out that our own life is a movie.... you are writing, directing and staring in it!

And so, the OSCAR goes to .... YOU!!

G'nite,
Joy

Aquarius! And a Dialogue on KARMA

Right about the time I made last night's post (a few minutes after 9 pm Eastern time), the Moon was moving into Aquarius. And that's where we are now--Aquarius. "This is the dawning of the.....", you know the rest. Okay! I'm suppressing that tune in my head now so that I can write this.

I have no idea how the Aquarian Moon will affect me today. I'm writing this at mid-day today. Until now, I've made blog posts at the end of the day. I will have to observe and correlate my mood today to learn about the Aquarian Moon.

I've heard "detached emotions" in connection with Aquarian Moon's--nobody that I know personally (family/friends) has a natal Moon in Aquarius. So, I will observe and correlate my Mood today and note it--either later on today, by making another journal entry at day's end, or in tomorrow's blog. That's Good Lord Willen' and the Creek Don't Rise, as they say.

Well, maybe that's Aquarius energy right there! Making this post at a different time of day--Aquarius, the rebel; doing things differently! haha

Tonight I give a little teaching for my Psychic Class students, as I've been doing monthly for a while now. I'm usually pretty wiped out by the end of those; so I may not blog again until tomorrow. Anyway--that's not my point. And honestly, that's a question that I ask myself a lot when I think or write. I say to myself, "And the point IS??? --WHAT EXACTLY????" Otherwise, what's the point? hahaha

I want to think about this Aquarian Moon again--mind is meandering that way now. Before doing that, and for the record--I wanted to celebrate life for a moment.

Just a comment right now on one of life's great pleasures (for me) these days: it's when I wake up in the morning, feeling a bit cold this time of year, and learn that the fire hasn't gone completely out overnight--Yay! (Starting a fire from scratch is at the bottom of the list right there along with cleaning the bathroom--it's got to be done, but I don't want to do it! I do it anyway.)

Anyway, last night the fire didn't go completely out and I was able kick-start it this morning--Ahhh, here's to life's simple pleasures! (As I raise my coffee cup in a toast to the good life!)

So the transiting Aquarian Moon--well, its going to hit the fan as the saying goes. That Moon will cross over a slew of inner and outer planets in the next few days--in everybody's chart!

"This week the Transiting Moon Hits a Slew of other Transiting Inner and Outer Planets, Including the Transiting North Node! Check Your Charts Folks, Check Your Charts!"

That'd be today's cry if I was the Town Crier. It should be an interesting few days to observe--the mood/the emotional body will be combining with quite a cast of characters!
And I want to record that list for myself here, just in case I want to check back on this quickly over the next few days. In order of conjunction, here's how it will go. The Transiting Moon will pass over:

• North Node, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Chiron, Neptune

Then in my case, it will cross my Descendant having a conversation with my Natal Pallas as it does so--and that looks to be around midnight Tuesday night. Pallas--Defender of Truth! Pallas and my Moon doing a dance in Aquarius? Who knows what that may look like? But at midnight it happens, so how much trouble can I get into at that time of night anyway? hahaha

Then the Moon goes into Pisces where it runs into Transiting

• Sun, MC, Uranus

That sounds like fun (NOT).

Then the Moon is crossing into my 8th on the 26th. It hits Transiting Venus next which transits my 8th on the 27th (Friday) making an exact conjunction around 7 pm--8th house. Venus can be about $$ and so can the 8th house. Anyway....

The Transiting Moon goes into Aries late in the day on the 26th, which is Thursday.

Note to self: check out the money situation Friday, the 27th, in the evening around 7 pm and how you're feeling emotionally about it; Moon conjunct Venus in Aries.

Okay, enough of that. I had something ELSE in mind to write about when I started this post. So much for the unintended detour. I told you--who knows where we'll end up?

Hang on a sec... I've got to get another cup of coffee! By the way, the weather man was right... it's snowing.

OK. What I really wanted to post about has to do with Karma. What brought this to mind was that I also awoke to something that is NOT one of life's pleasures this morning. I won't bore you with the details; but suffice it to say that there's potentially feelings of huge frustration around this.

Now, a while back in association with this, I began to wonder if it was karma. And you KNOW what they say about karmic things--if you freak out or create some sort of emotional drama, it only comes back until you resolve it peacefully within yourself. I don't think it means being a sap or a victim to life in any way. It's just--why get upset?

Aside from doing a number on yourself, what you resists persists. May as well make peace with it. What I'm talking about is a petty thing really and if I focus on it, I can make it a huge issue; we can all respond any way we want to life--free will.

But with these little frustrations of life (or even the big ones), IF we can look at it as life simply playing out the energy of something we may have set up for ourselves in the past which we have to experience in the future (now), that's simply karma--that view of it makes life a little easier to take.

One of the mind tricks I play on myself at the time of this frustration is to say to myself, "Well, okay Joy, maybe you've got some karma coming to you for some reason..."--maybe somewhere in the past (this life or another), I was 'unkind to one of the children of the Universe', quoting Steve Forrest. And just as karma always works, when it is ripe, it comes around--like a train nothing can stop, you know?

And then I continue to say to myself, "... if this minor frustration is all the bad karma you have to deal with, you're doing pretty good!" Then I instruct myself not to create further karma by calming down and just dealing with it in the most peaceful way possible.

The idea being that if I sent out anger to the universe in response, guess where it's coming back? To me! Where else does it have to go? I mean it will end up right back at me, see my point?

So, let's say that I've sent out anger in response to some karmic event playing out. It will most assuredly come back in the form of another event that (potentially can) create anger again, you see? Then I've got, yet another, karmic opportunity to deal with the situation. And this time I can deal with it emotionally from a place of acceptance, peace and love.

It doesn't no good to argue with life anyway. When you argue with life (what IS), you always loose. What is, is.

But the whole thing is that I don't think we can really know for sure if life's potentially dis-pleasurable situations or events or circumstances are always karmic--but just in case they are, why not try to see them that way?

So then, if karma has ripened and I've got things coming to me....and this is the worst that it gets, I can actually celebrate that! My favorite saying is, "It could always be worse", and that flips things internally. Do you know what I mean?

And in the process of my meandering mental motion on this whole karmic deal, I thought of my dad. And I had to laugh, because my Dad used to say, "Okay, maybe I've got that coming... " And I didn't realize (until just now) that my father used to say that a lot. Mostly in arguments with my mother he'd say that, but I do remember an occasion when he said that to me.

It was when I was a teenager and was being (as teenager's can be) disrespectful to him. And he said to me, "Okay, maybe I've got that coming..." and then he admitted his failings as a father, but then he added, "...but I'm still your father!"

The point being that it seems that my dad may have had some subconscious understanding of karma--he must have. Because, as I sit and think about it now, he seemed to say, "Maybe I had that coming...." enough times that I can remember it. He wasn't coming from a victim standpoint--Dad wasn't like that. Maybe it was more like a deep internal understanding of karma.

Anyway, I wrote too much today. No more mental musings here!

And now on with the show... life!

Joy