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Sun Into Libra 2012 Edition
Hello!
Happy Birthday Libra and Happy Equinox to everyone. Temperatures have begun cooling off here and the leaves are beginning to change colors and fall. The crisp air, bright, clear days and nature's beautiful palette always make this one of my favorite seasons. I hope that it's getting nice where you are and that the unfolding days bring even more love and joy into your life.
Since we connected last, I have been a happy traveler. With stops in Denver, Eugene and my old stopping ground of Los Angeles, I've been blessed to spend time with friends and family and to attend joyous events like a friend's wedding. After facing so many challenges during the first half of this year, these occasions are especially sweet.
In terms of getting all of my work done on time, well, that's a little different. I was happy to research and write this month's article in plenty of time, but I have slacked off on working on the new website. So it will be a few more days, or weeks, (see how relaxed I am after a vacation?) until it's all up and running smoothly. If you are working on a tech project, make a note about October 19th. That's when Mercury will hit the shadow of its next retrograde. Thank you for your understanding, patience and support with the site. The old one is up and running fine for now. The biggest news of the upcoming cycle is Saturn's shift into Scorpio. This is a major transit, so I'll leave you to this month's feature article.
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Blue Sapphire
You are seeing this situation from an enlightened perspective, and need to express your truth firmly and clearly.
THE MEANING BEHIND THE CARD
Treating yourself with respect is the key to healthy relationships with others. This message affirms that you are seeing your situation clearly and that it is safe and necessary for you to live your truth. Assert your needs with love and compassion to clear your path of undesirable or incompatible energy. When you honor your truth, your happiness emerges and permeates throughout your life.
AFFIRMATION
I speak my truth with ease and grace.
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Sun Into Libra 2012: Dare To Care
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The Sun will shift into harmonizing Libra at 7:49 A.M. PST on September 22nd, but this cycle's main event will take place on October 5th. That's when lesson-baring Saturn will move from graceful Libra, where it has been since October 29, 2009, into passionate, purifying Scorpio. The transit will last until December 23, 2014 with a retrograde revisit scheduled from June 14th to September 16th of 2015. Before that celestial changing of the guard, we have some ideal aspects for brainstorming and another Cardinal portal of bright beginnings to travel through. Also during the upcoming Libra cycle, active Mars will move into adventurous Sagittarius, mental Mercury will delve into intense Scorpio and artistic Venus will beautify service-oriented Virgo. Joining Jupiter in Gemini and Neptune in Pisces, Mars and Venus will form more Mutable squares and oppositions, further encouraging release and renewal.
The Libra cycles gets off to a lively start when the moon moves into Cardinal Capricorn on September 22nd. In alliance with powerful Pluto, the moon will square Uranus, the Sun, Mercury and Saturn through the 24th. These energies are bound to stir us up and spur us into action. Aligning our thoughts, words and deeds with high frequencies of awareness, the moon will next head into lofty Aquarius. There, with the Sun, Mercury, Saturn and Jupiter in fellow air signs, it will beam rays of sheer brilliance to us through the 26th. The last of Saturn's transit through balanced, deliberating Libra will lend soundness to the ingenuity coming during these days. October 8th, with its exact Sun Jupiter trine, is another five-star day for bright ideas. Putting the wind beneath our wings, or lighting the fire under our arses, a full Aries moon is set for September 29th. Rambunctious, pioneering and ever provocative, Ram's irrepressible spirit will inform and infuse us until October 1st. Much more than the mere turning of a calendar page, October 1st marks a turning of the celestial tide. That week Venus, Mercury, Mars and Saturn will change signs and generous Jupiter will turn retrograde. The most significant planetary shift is that of Saturn.
We are in the midst of a fifteen-year Pluto journey through reforming Capricorn and a three-year series of Uranus Pluto squares. Their propulsion will be strengthened in 2014 when Jupiter traverses Cancer and forms more major planet Cardinal crosses. And recently, on August 29th, the moon's nodes shifted to the Taurus Scorpio axis. It is into this eventful context that Saturn's transit of Scorpio occurs. I'll be writing more about the implications of the lunar node shift in the Sun Into Scorpio edition of the newsletter next month. For now, understanding more about the Saturn Scorpio transit is what's important. Because it has as many implications as it has interpretations, I highly recommend reading the work of many astrologers about this transit.
Its icy rings have been visible since 1610, and they've reinforced Saturn's reputation as the planet symbolic of boundaries, discipline and limitations. Saturn is astrology's authority figure, and it teaches us to earn life's rewards. Scorpio, represented by the scorpion, snake and phoenix, is the sign of metamorphosis. Amongst its many gifts are honestly, intimacy and death. This is a call to truthfully examine ourselves, and to change. For the next three years, each time an emotional button is pushed or a psychological issue is triggered, resolute Saturn will offer Scorpion medicine. Blocks to intimacy can be revealed and healed. Mortality is another Scorpion awakener. In the gifted hands of the planet governing time, respect for death's inevitability can help us live on purpose. Sober, abiding Saturn will help us face and overcome the fears preventing us from living our most cherished dreams. Immensely connected with the Neptune and Chiron transits of Pisces, this is cosmic transformation of the deepest magnitude. Indifference is not an option. For the resistant, this transit will be harsh. Saturn is as inflexible and it is relentless, and in emotional Scorpio it will be intent on getting to the heart of matters. For the hearts and minds bravely committed to personal and planetary evolution, this transit is alchemist's gold. We can release all heart chakra blockages and experience new levels of awareness and intimacy. Our first treatment is scheduled on Oct 10th when Saturn trines Neptune. The challenge for us will be to not deny that we care, but to fully acknowledge how dearly and deeply we do.
New Moon October 15, 2012
To gently usher in the beginning of this great change, the cleansing energies of the Mutable signs will be in evidence for the reminder of the Libra cycle. With Jupiter in Gemini, Venus in Virgo, Mars in Sagittarius and Neptune and Chiron in Pisces, each Mutable point of the zodiac's wheel will be occupied. Strong messages about what to let go of will be reinforced by Mercury's presence in detecting Scorpio. Dates to watch for these invitations to reflect and release include October 7th, 12th, 16th and 17th. Saturn's presence is Scorpio will add resonance to the clarity coming through far beyond this Sun cycle.
On the whole, the sweeping shift we are all experiencing is unfolding over many years, and the Saturn transit through Scorpio is poised to play a major role in it. For now, the Sun is entering diplomatic, instigating Libra to initiate us for the life-altering sojourn. It arrives here each autumn to start the new season and to remind us of our relationships. Spiritual growth doesn't happen in a vacuum, and Libra shows us where and how we can evolve through the people in our lives. Often reprinted at this time of year, the Prayer of St. Francis elegantly expresses the wisdom and grace of this evocative sign. This prayer also reminds us to get outside of ourselves long enough to support those we are blessed to have in our lives. Its essence activates a deep internal shift that moves our Light and love outward. At a point of such tremendous planetary change, its transformational simplicity is well worth practicing. Happy Birthday Libra!
The prayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace
Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Where there is injury, pardon
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Where there is doubt, faith
Where there is despair, hope
Where there is darkness, light
where there is sadness, joy
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console
to be understood as to understand
to be loved as to love
For it is in giving that we receive
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life
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At the book club we read " The Godfather's Daughter" by Mafia boss Vince "The Chin" Gigante's daughter Rita. This is her story of emerging from the criminal underworld she grew up in onto her own path of healing. I was traveling during the taping of this edition of the show, but my fellow book club hosts talked with Rita about her incredible journey. If you would like to be entered to win a copy of the book, email me by September 30th with at least two of the names of the other book club hosts. I'll draw the winning name on October 1st. The show airs on Fridays at 11:00 A.M. on Hay House Radio
. You can find " The Godfather's Daughter" on the Hay House site and you can join the discussion on Facebook at any time. Thank you so much for your support of this show!!
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Creativity Corner: The Lie Of Time And the Power Of Now
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To give credit where credit is due, the idea for this month's column came from Julia Cameron's
"The Right To Write." The dawning Saturn through Scorpio transit seemed an especially fitting occasion to talk about what she calls "the time lie." The gist is that we don't write, sing, dance, paint, etc. because we're waiting for the proverbial writer's sabbatical. We shelve our dearest aspirations while we wait for the day when we have a large enough sum of money in the bank to take that six months or year off to write the novel. The reality is that we could spend forever waiting for the ideal conditions to bask in our creative light. If we are going to live out our artistic dreams, then we need to give them time and space now. In practical terms that means setting and keeping a schedule.
Regimenting Saturn offers us discipline. For showing up regularly and consistently, the taskmaster fosters our determination and the development of our talents, and rewards our accomplishments. Tumultuous, transforming Scorpio is rich in the intensity that drives a great story. It expresses truth, raw emotion and passion. Art does not happen without these elements. This transit will last for the better part of the next three years. The choice to work with its energy or not is ours. The time will pass either way. In 2015, will our dreams be alive and thriving or we will still be living the time lie?
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It so came from the 90's, and it is perfectly relevant to the 2012 Saturn Scorpio transit. In " Good Will Hunting" Robin Williams plays the therapist who works with Matt Damon's character Will until there is a psychological breakthrough. Set in Boston, the story explores and exposes the limitations of living life through the intellect. The dedication of Williams' character helps Will confront and overcome the emotional issues that paralyze him and hurt those who try to love him. Totally retro, equally sweet.
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I am so happy to connect with all of you again! Through fabled 2012,, the consistency of writing each time the Sun changes signs has anchored and centered me and is always a great pleasure. The incoming season is bristling with exciting, positive change, and I hope that you are already experiencing this new, enthusiastic Light. Thank you so very much for subscribing.
Love and blessings always,
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