Litha
May 17th, 2002, 07:19 AM
May 26th Alert - CONFRONTATION FUELS THE EGO
A shaman's view of the current planetary storm and approaching peak
of May 26th; credits to David Valentine
"Oops", people are asking..."What is going on"? Well, a couple
rascally planets are having their once every 33 year play day. Like
it is time to sweep out our Karmic clutter.
This affects countries, leaders, religions and groups, along with
each of us individually. Like, BIG TIME.
First, here's a simple outline of what's happening. This may help you
see / feel where the impact is in your chart. Pluto (ruler along with
Mars) of Scorpio is in Sagittarius. For those who appreciate that
everything is a polarity...Gemini is the polarity or opposite of
Sagittarius.
Polarities / oppositions are something like teeter-totters.
Pluto is one of the two major Karmic dealers in the chart. Pluto is
in charge of breaking things down so as to build them up. Look at
Pluto as a planetary Phoenix bird rising from the ashes of
destruction.
Now on the BIG TIME stuff.
To keep things nicely confused, upsetting or discombobulated (choose
your own word here) Pluto in Sagittarius is retrograde. That is like
running backward. At one moment the spring is wound up and the next
moment this spring is unwound.
Now, today, like right now, the challenge and disciplinary agent of
the Zodiac, SATURN, is moving up rapidly in Gemini. Got the picture?
On May 25th (go mark this on your calendar) Saturn will be smack dab
on the opposite top of Pluto. Both at 17 degrees. Pluto at 17 degrees
of Sagittarius and Saturn at 17 degrees of Gemini.
Oh yes, Saturn is the other Karmic indicator of the Zodiac.
Just to keep things lively, there is some expansion of all this
confrontation, self pity and release. On May 26th there is a FULL
MOON. Mind you not any old, ordinary full moon. This one is a full
moon in Sagittarius. PLUS, it is the only full moon this year that is
also a Lunar Eclipse.
Even ordinary full moons fill up ER rooms in hospitals, result in
more accidents and generally are days of run-a-way emotions.
WAIT, THERE IS MORE!
All through the month of May, Mars, that jolly fellow of energy,
action, aggression and confrontation is in...you guessed it...Gemini.
For a good part of the month Mars will be within a hair of a
conjunction with Saturn and or Pluto.
People are going to want to fight or hide in a cave. It's a time to
either want to punch somebody in the nose or hide in cave away from
the world of people.
AND MORE... Mercury, that little planet hot-footing it around the sun
and in charge of communications, went retrograde on May 15th. Mercury
will be retrograde until June 8th. Believe it... this month, Mercury
is in Gemini.
With a Mercury retrograde and nothing else happening some folks
simply turn off their phone and shut down their email. At best it is
a time of muddled or misunderstood communications.
Remember, retrograde motion only makes a planet look like everything
is going backwards and is all mucked up.
Whew, and triple whew.
Let me try to pull some of this together.
Globally we'll see leaders challenged. Like the recent vote by his
own party against Sharon of Israel. Or, of Arafat getting booed by
his own people. Or, of more columnists and people of both parties
attacking Bush on his domestic policies.
There is a high likelihood that some rulers would be deposed,
assassinated or making radical policy changes. Both Bush and Putin of
Russia currently fit the latter.
If you had only the Mars / Saturn conjunction there would be an
increase of hostilities, confrontations and aggressive actions. This
confrontational mode could either be yours or how you view another's
action toward you. With Mercury also conjunct this pair some of the
aggressive confrontational actions will more likely be verbal instead
of physical.
More on how this is all affecting you.
Confrontations fuel the ego. Suffering and self pity is a product of
the inner self. Only we are responsible for our thoughts. We can
choose between melancholy or joy. The shaman's call up their
discipline to play different mind tapes when their first thought is
that the world is either against them or unfair.
This is not a time for change. This is a time for accepting and then
flowing. Living each moment to its fullest. Change involves both past-
urizing and future-izing. You cannot be cut down, you cannot be
confronted when you see beauty all around. If nothing else look at a
picture of some natural scene, make a flower arrangement for your
home of workspace, or take a hike among the trees or rocks.
Anger, aggressiveness and beauty cannot live side by side.
Know that this is a powerful and beautiful time for you. If, you
choose to use it that way, it can be very beautiful. The Karmic
debris of the last couple of decades is being removed, whether you
like it or not. It is so much easier to hang on to all that stuff
(inner and outer) that no longer serves us.
This is a wonderful time for karmic release for this is the most
positive time to choose what we want to hang on to and what to
release. We can choose happiness and joy.
With the full moon on the 26th you will have a lifetime opportunity
to throw off restrictions and the limiting thoughts you have been
accumulating. This a one in a 33 year time span for Karmic cleansing.
You could well feel like a re-birthing.
Just maybe, Shakespeare was a shaman at heart. He saw all life as a
stage, and we, only as actors on the stage, as the plot unfolds.
A shaman knows he can choose his thoughts (it does take discipline).
A shaman learns to laugh at himself as he sees his own life in
unfolding on the stage.
A shaman has two weapons, besides discipline. One is enthusiasm (as
in "en theos" ... the God within). Two is his creativity and
spontaneity.
What is your choice? Confrontation or creativity? Self-pity or self-
motivation? The shaman laughs at self and life daily.
Enjoy the day...yes even this month.
A shaman's view of the current planetary storm and approaching peak
of May 26th; credits to David Valentine
"Oops", people are asking..."What is going on"? Well, a couple
rascally planets are having their once every 33 year play day. Like
it is time to sweep out our Karmic clutter.
This affects countries, leaders, religions and groups, along with
each of us individually. Like, BIG TIME.
First, here's a simple outline of what's happening. This may help you
see / feel where the impact is in your chart. Pluto (ruler along with
Mars) of Scorpio is in Sagittarius. For those who appreciate that
everything is a polarity...Gemini is the polarity or opposite of
Sagittarius.
Polarities / oppositions are something like teeter-totters.
Pluto is one of the two major Karmic dealers in the chart. Pluto is
in charge of breaking things down so as to build them up. Look at
Pluto as a planetary Phoenix bird rising from the ashes of
destruction.
Now on the BIG TIME stuff.
To keep things nicely confused, upsetting or discombobulated (choose
your own word here) Pluto in Sagittarius is retrograde. That is like
running backward. At one moment the spring is wound up and the next
moment this spring is unwound.
Now, today, like right now, the challenge and disciplinary agent of
the Zodiac, SATURN, is moving up rapidly in Gemini. Got the picture?
On May 25th (go mark this on your calendar) Saturn will be smack dab
on the opposite top of Pluto. Both at 17 degrees. Pluto at 17 degrees
of Sagittarius and Saturn at 17 degrees of Gemini.
Oh yes, Saturn is the other Karmic indicator of the Zodiac.
Just to keep things lively, there is some expansion of all this
confrontation, self pity and release. On May 26th there is a FULL
MOON. Mind you not any old, ordinary full moon. This one is a full
moon in Sagittarius. PLUS, it is the only full moon this year that is
also a Lunar Eclipse.
Even ordinary full moons fill up ER rooms in hospitals, result in
more accidents and generally are days of run-a-way emotions.
WAIT, THERE IS MORE!
All through the month of May, Mars, that jolly fellow of energy,
action, aggression and confrontation is in...you guessed it...Gemini.
For a good part of the month Mars will be within a hair of a
conjunction with Saturn and or Pluto.
People are going to want to fight or hide in a cave. It's a time to
either want to punch somebody in the nose or hide in cave away from
the world of people.
AND MORE... Mercury, that little planet hot-footing it around the sun
and in charge of communications, went retrograde on May 15th. Mercury
will be retrograde until June 8th. Believe it... this month, Mercury
is in Gemini.
With a Mercury retrograde and nothing else happening some folks
simply turn off their phone and shut down their email. At best it is
a time of muddled or misunderstood communications.
Remember, retrograde motion only makes a planet look like everything
is going backwards and is all mucked up.
Whew, and triple whew.
Let me try to pull some of this together.
Globally we'll see leaders challenged. Like the recent vote by his
own party against Sharon of Israel. Or, of Arafat getting booed by
his own people. Or, of more columnists and people of both parties
attacking Bush on his domestic policies.
There is a high likelihood that some rulers would be deposed,
assassinated or making radical policy changes. Both Bush and Putin of
Russia currently fit the latter.
If you had only the Mars / Saturn conjunction there would be an
increase of hostilities, confrontations and aggressive actions. This
confrontational mode could either be yours or how you view another's
action toward you. With Mercury also conjunct this pair some of the
aggressive confrontational actions will more likely be verbal instead
of physical.
More on how this is all affecting you.
Confrontations fuel the ego. Suffering and self pity is a product of
the inner self. Only we are responsible for our thoughts. We can
choose between melancholy or joy. The shaman's call up their
discipline to play different mind tapes when their first thought is
that the world is either against them or unfair.
This is not a time for change. This is a time for accepting and then
flowing. Living each moment to its fullest. Change involves both past-
urizing and future-izing. You cannot be cut down, you cannot be
confronted when you see beauty all around. If nothing else look at a
picture of some natural scene, make a flower arrangement for your
home of workspace, or take a hike among the trees or rocks.
Anger, aggressiveness and beauty cannot live side by side.
Know that this is a powerful and beautiful time for you. If, you
choose to use it that way, it can be very beautiful. The Karmic
debris of the last couple of decades is being removed, whether you
like it or not. It is so much easier to hang on to all that stuff
(inner and outer) that no longer serves us.
This is a wonderful time for karmic release for this is the most
positive time to choose what we want to hang on to and what to
release. We can choose happiness and joy.
With the full moon on the 26th you will have a lifetime opportunity
to throw off restrictions and the limiting thoughts you have been
accumulating. This a one in a 33 year time span for Karmic cleansing.
You could well feel like a re-birthing.
Just maybe, Shakespeare was a shaman at heart. He saw all life as a
stage, and we, only as actors on the stage, as the plot unfolds.
A shaman knows he can choose his thoughts (it does take discipline).
A shaman learns to laugh at himself as he sees his own life in
unfolding on the stage.
A shaman has two weapons, besides discipline. One is enthusiasm (as
in "en theos" ... the God within). Two is his creativity and
spontaneity.
What is your choice? Confrontation or creativity? Self-pity or self-
motivation? The shaman laughs at self and life daily.
Enjoy the day...yes even this month.