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The “Blues” of My Alchemy
I have felt the potent healing power and fertile creative potential of this Full Supermoon (Beaver Moon) for sure, which we haven’t seen this close since 1948 and won’t again until 2034. So to say it provides great potential, is an understatement and there’s no coincidence it is aligned with so much on the collective scene going on like the election and its implications for opportunity on a grand scale.
In simple terms we’re looking at our values with this Taurus Moon and that goes for the self, life in general for ourselves and the collective, and our beliefs around money and abundance as well. Taurus brings in a calming, grounding energy to help us balance things and with a Scorpio Sun, tempers that with our passions brought to the surface in strong, focused, yet patient ways, while integrating our deepest shadow and hidden treasures.
Steady and persevering like the Tortoise and with a focus on abundance and gratitude, rather than lack and denial of the beauty inherent in and around us. A call again for a return to harmony with Earth and partnering with Nature to create change.
We have the ability to channel our emotions and passions productively and to release, cleanse, and transform the toxicity that is running the show.
Since the Moon symbolizes our inner world and all things emotionally hidden, our deepest desires and dreams, and yes, our unconscious shadow and underlying fears, this is a chance to bring it all to the surface and truly feel and see it, learn from it, and then creatively produce from the core truth of our essence once it is revealed, by peeling away those veils.
There’s huge potential for change taking place as we end 2016 – a collective “9” endings year for us, before we begin 2017 – a collective “1” beginnings year. What will we choose to cultivate in this new era?
This Supermoon is amplifying and illuminating the toxicity for us, collectively, that we can choose to cleanse, release, and transform.
Personally, it has illuminated important pieces for me for sure and also strengthened the affirmations of my own values and stance in reflective support of them.
In our new place we are surrounded by windows that we leave open all day and night, since we are high above everything and so we can receive the beauty and gifts of Nature 24 hours a day.
There are tree beings surrounding some, with extended arms offering their gifts.
There’s the lake and mountains offering their expansive wisdom.
And morning, day, and night the Sun and Moon dance in light and colors so brilliantly.
What has been most special is the Moon, which moves around to the windows during the middle of the night where Her light then glows directly on my face as I sleep.
I love waking and being illuminated by Her magick.
And with the Supermoon energy She has been supportive in helping me to move through my own emotions and mourning.
I found myself waking up in the middle of the night just two nights ago filled with feelings about Cosmo and feeling him strongly. And as I looked, the Moon was illuminating the room and I was drenched in Her light. I could see the rabbit on the Moon’s surface and knew that Her magick, along with my beloved rabbit family were helping me to heal.
I had a lot of emotional release through the night with the help of the Moon and Cosmo.
And it was just what I needed, as while I did experience release of emotions during the time leading up to and of Cosmo’s transition, I was also needing to be strong for him and Dave. Then we had the whole move transition the last couple of weeks, and now as it has come to closure I’m able to release the rest of my natural mourning process.
The Moon has been my best friend in that process helping to bring out all that needs to and then helping to turn it into alchemy for creative potency.
Some may say these are the “blues of sadness” I am moving through, but I feel them to be the “blues of magick.”
This evident in the colors that showed up all around me on our hike yesterday and that I was immersed in.
It was not a “sad” blue, but an “enchanted” blue revealing all the hues of its beauty that are my favorite and this movement through my own pains as the natural beauty inherent in love and life, felt to be embodied as my true aura and put me forever in the realm of my nature and essence.
I will continue to embrace the flow and release that this beautiful and powerful Supermoon assists me in, as well as invite any more to come forth that needs to be transmuted as well.
I did experience just that also on the hike yesterday, as in conversation I moved through, made conscious, and claimed something huge in a Scorpio way, which will have huge effects on my own shadow integrated.
It is not always easy, I know! But the support is there. It truly is, if you truly invite and embrace it.
Yesterday’s beautiful 8 mile hike on Angora Lakes Trail (I love the reference to rabbits in the name and there was even a young woman with a little dog named “Tiny” that went by us on the hike – that was one of Joy’s nicknames – so my sweet bunny loves were all around me) was incredible in so many ways. We keep discovering hidden gems of lakes and new hikes all the time here in the back country of Lake Tahoe.
I played with my shadow and invited her peacefully in.
I found a piece of an old honeycomb with potent hexagon sacred geometry.
I looked at the reflections in a puddle illuminating the truth.
I got to see Fallen Leaf Lake from above at a new perspective.
I saw more reflections at the lower lake of Angora in the light of the Sun.
I then discovered the alchemy within my emotions that revealed the magickal blue inherent always regardless of the light being present, as we came upon Angora Lake just as the Sun dipped behind the mountains. I am the light.
And that knowing creates a ripple effect out to everything I touch and experience, transforming it all instantly.
Angora Lake reminded me of a beloved place in Montana that I miss and will return to soon, being anchored by the ashes of my sweet Joy and Nestor.
I even wore my cosmic pants in honor of Cosmo.
There is new life awakening from the natural cycle of all things. And that’s worth smiling about.
What Do You Value? – Full Moon in Taurus Opportunity for Change
Full Moon in Taurus
It’s a Full Moon in Taurus and quite the pivotal Full Moon it is. The energies present can powerfully transform your life if you are willing to work with, rather than fight or deny them. With so much going on right now on the personal and global scenes, the Full Moon energies are mirroring for us ways in which we can assist the changes into a different experience.
We are working with the energies of Taurus (a very grounded, physical, sensual, earthy, nature-loving, artistic, resourceful, consistent and persistent sign that teaches us about value, self worth, and building anew) and Scorpio (an intensely transformational, deep – to the point of hidden, regenerative, healing, complex, mysterious, mystical, supernatural, sexual, and emotional sign that forces us to confront our fears and release what we have outgrown) during this Full Moon.
It’s no wonder why when you couple these two partnering energies there is a sense of impending “get things done” energy.
The Full Moon in Taurus offers you the opportunity to move through any stuck energies in your life and detach from everything toxic and unhealthy. It also provides the space to go within and get in touch with your deepest core and spiritual values that will support your emotional well being. Definitely a perfect time for purging on all fronts of everything that no longer serves your highest good. In turn, this affects the collective landscape of experience as well.
This is a great time to clean out, take stock of what you value, learn from, and thank and bless the things you let go of for what they have provided in your life. Concentrate your energies on your intentions with heart-commitment. This is a chance to transmute the old and release it so you are ready to accept the new. Doorways will open that were not present before, by embracing this natural metamorphosis that renews through the death cycle of letting go.
Taurus supports the empowering of personal power, as you learn what is worth building by examining all of the core values you operate from. Taurus also teaches you to be a responsible and loving steward of the Earth and to gently care for her as a mirror of our relationship to self and others – appreciating all she provides and interacting with her with healing love.
Taurus comes to us in Spring, symbolizing new birth, hope and promise of life, while Scorpio enters in the Fall to help us to confront our deepest fears experienced in life and to support their transformation so we can regain power through embracing this “death” of the old.
Scorpio helps us to see deeply in life and dive into our personal and collective unconscious to understand the hidden energies that are navigating our lives. It supports your understanding of how you relate to and share those values you discover with others and how these play out in your relationships over life and lives. Scorpio is about your emotional truth that can be uncomfortable to really look at with transparent honesty. During this Full Moon, you are being provided energy to help understand the emotional wounds so you can move into an experience of deeper intimacy in your relationships within and without – with yourself, with others, and with the Earth and Cosmos at large.
So, during the influences of this Full Moon, you can see that not only does reevaluating our personal lives come into play, but as we weigh these wise considerations, we are making value choices that will affect the interests of life for the collective whole and will be the foundations of the New Earth we are birthing. We have the chance to make conscious choices that will either move us toward greater growth or that will keep us stuck. Taurus and Scorpio work in balance to assist the purging of anything not working towards that greater good and growth and to take committed stance on expressing and demonstrating those values through consistent life choices.
This is also why it has been a challenging time for many, as so much is in this process of transformation. This is bringing up every possible hidden thing you have not addressed, perhaps denied, projected outwardly, haven’t yet integrated the message that was given to you, and repressed, so that you can face it in grounded strength in order to create healing integration and learn the alchemy of transmutation.
No longer can you run from the important things needing your attention. When you lovingly face and embrace what you are being shown, this energy supports amazing results awaiting you. I know for myself, in working through some of my own core mirrors and values that were knocking at my door this year, things that were grating at me for a while have transformed amazingly by my willingness to integrate them. I heard that the end of 2012 is a time of transmuting the last of our 3-D karma and I would have to say in my own personal life and experience, that this feels very true. The lightness I am feeling by facing the emotional truths from karmic things in my own life, is providing the wholeness needed to walk through the new doors of experience. I listened to the signs, including breaking my foot twice this year under stressful times, and took the messages seriously to heart. The results are continually gifting me beautiful experiences of which I’m grateful for.
If you are willing to commit to the process, which can be very challenging at first (but doesn’t have to be hard), there is a pot of gold at the end of the journey. This is a great time to also create and manifest big things, as you transform within and complete, clean, and change things. Being that Taurus is a very physical energy, you may also experience a lot of things within the body right now as a mirror of what you are working with. This can include tension and a lot of inner drive to do physical things. Moving your body in whatever way feels appropriate will assist the movement of energy, so it does not get blocked. And as always, remember balance. Be mindful that with sensual Taurus energy you may have the desire to emotionally indulge in things of the physical senses. Now, more than ever, let moderation be your guide and keep that gentle and healthy flow – extremes will be counter-productive.
There is amazing opportunity in the present energies for you to harness. You can become the creator of your life when you understand how to work with them. Know that you are being supported on your courageous journey, that we are all in this together, and that you do have everything you need within you.