Summer Equinox 2011 (see end of newsletter to order CD)
The season starts off with the Sun moving into Cancer and activating a cardinal grand cross, giving a surge of energy for initiating change. Thankfully, Jupiter into Taurus is in harmony with Neptune, making it more accessible to enjoy life. Yes there is uncertainty in the air, but the universe will always be an engine of change, and the world is still a beautiful place for those who have the eyes to behold it. But this is like a beautiful sunset; not a bad thing if you missed it, you just missed it.
When we think of the laid back days of summer, this will become more available after the full moon of July 14th. Until then, the grand square is activated and it is likely to feel pretty intense, with a hunger for security, comfort and familiarity being awakened with Cancer, but the world doesn’t feel familiar or comfortable! Something has to give and it is usually our attachments of how we think things should be that are standing in the way.
Jupiter has moved into Taurus as of June 4th and will be here for one year offering a relief from all of the tension and concerns of the world. The Taurus attitude is why get all caught up in possibilities and what ifs, when there is so much to enjoy now! Jupiter is our philosophical attitude of how we reach for growth, expansion, and abundance, and in the earth sign of Taurus, it is in the here and now that it is found. Taurus, the connoisseur of the zodiac, seeks quality above quantity in all ways and it’s time to lay out your plans slowly and patiently, focusing on quality first, completion in its time. Bring a bit of artistry into your skills, be the craftsperson in all you do and take pride in excellence.
Enjoy your way to a more enjoyable life. Experience the benefit of dropping into your senses, Stop and enjoy the immediacy of seeing, touching, smelling, tasting, and hearing, the vehicles of now. This in and of itself will pull you out or your head and into the moment. Taurus ruled by Venus, activates the law of attraction; the more time you spend in the state of enjoyment, the more you will attract an enjoyable life.
There is a favorable Jupiter/Neptune sextile this season providing an opportunity to rise above the tensions of the day. It is not as if the background tension subsides, but you have a greater opportunity to rise above the noise with this support. Neptune infuses the material plane with spirit: Matter enriched with spirit. Body infused with spirit. Earth infused with spirit.
Living with timelessness (The Mayan Deal) People ask when will this uncertainty and crazy quickened energy calm down. Some even wonder if this Mayan calendar business means the end of the world, so should we go ahead max out the credit cards or what? It might be the wrong question. What if this apparent collapse of time continues? Then we would want to align with timelessness, at least as a metaphor, as best we could, and that wouldn’t be all bad.
Think of all the benefits of living with timelessness! Fear would dissipate; fear is anticipating something negative going to happen in time, while in the now there is no fear. The burden of carrying things for so long would be dropped. Anxiety of anticipation would subside. You wouldn’t be concerned with aging and would stay anchored in the present you which doesn’t age.
Experiment with breaking free of the clock when you can. Is your natural energy at its best 9-5, M-F, or would you have a different natural rhythm of when you are most productive, creative, amorous and in need of rest?
Try a weekend with no clock, get up when you feel like it, nap when you feel like it, eat when you feel like it, play when you feel like it; liberate your natural creative cycle. If you are awake in the middle of the night with all of this wild energy, try getting up at 2, 3, or 4 in the morning and start your day, you might have some amazing realizations about your natural energy cycle. If you are awake anyway, why not just go with it? You will probably be asleep by 7 the next day, but who’s watching the clock?
Falling into Grace…Neptune in Pisces
With Neptune in its own sign of Pisces it would be wise to consider the difference between self-denial and self-transcendence. At its highest, this represents an opportunity to transcend the ego and its needs to become absorbed in a larger and greater reality. The shadow side of this is self-denial, which is still anchored in the ego in its denial rather than its glory.
If you are willing to fulfill your purpose and rise to your highest potential to serve others, your personal needs will be provided for, even abundantly. Your part of the equation is to know yourself well enough to know what you need in body, ego and personality to fill your needs so that you can be at your best for others.
Ways to be with the Energy
Expand yourself through breath and visualization to encompass the energy, rather than suppress it. Picture this quickened energy as increased qi and imagine it as light energy circulating through your being. The less resistance you have, the more energy can pass freely through you without any glitches.
Anchor yourself in your authentic, direct experience of truth.
Tune your instrument before you play it: start your day with some intention of aligning with your highest self and then set out to make your music.
Dissolve the solidification of your thoughts and beliefs. Return to acceptance of the mystery; not good, not bad, just is.
Be co-creators in the garden: Just as astrologers learn to listen to the living language of the heavens, the plant world is also a living library of information for those who listen. Plants hold earth wisdom and they have learned how to adapt to life here long ago. Honor the guiding spirit of your garden and let it inform you of its needs. Become an instrument of your garden’s will to thrive.
Appreciate the beauty of a flower and your interaction allows the flower to complete its soul’s purpose.
I ran across a beautiful saying recently that reminds me of the best of this season and is a good way to close our Summer newsletter:
Sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its lovliness. May we all do this for each other and the world.
Happy summer!
David Pond
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