Whenever they rebuild an old building, they must first of all destroy the old one. ~Rumi
Dear readers. We have been through a lot together. The past month particularly has had an intensity to it reflecting upon and completing a lot of shadowy/avoided and repressed lessons. We now arrive at the final eclipse for the year and much is to change by the end of the month. We are at the point of crisis where we shall find healing but one needs to walk through the death of the underworld, leave all of the past and what is known behind and courageously birth into the unknown. Trust. I was thinking about writing a specific blog for each ascendant (as referenced in previous post) but I feel collectively we are quite aligned in this partial lunar eclipse on Sunday morning (5am-6am AEDT) for it to be relevant whichever way I write it. Ok so the counsel here is to watch your energy/actions/communications and ego in relationships (personal or professional) this weekend. We are at a rocky end to a perilous journey and we are all becoming weary, confused and short tethered. Some things sure need to be forgiven, forgotten and let go of. Some even quite dramatically will or have ended ferociously/fiercely. But we are talking about destroying one building here not the entire street. Remember who your friends and loved ones are. Baby and bathwater situation. Poor Baby. Nobody throws Baby out with the bathwater. (couldn't help my Swayze there). As the moon is partially eclipsed we are feeling confused, fatigued and maybe making shit up in our heads. Be careful not to let your thoughts at this time dominate you into making peculiar/out of alignment decisions you could regret very shortly after. It's time to be as balanced and clear as you can and stick to the small stuff. Ie go back to basics and no I don't mean K-Mart. Though the K-mart of your mind. Anko. Ok I clearly also have eclipse head. But you get it, right? Then night after the eclipse the karmic axis changes sign to the Pisces-Virgo axis and here is when we will see effect of all the hard work we have put in/or suffered through. Jupiter is then free from the chaos of Rahu (karmic axis) and quite quickly we shall see more expansion and movement on the horizon. Really these are exciting times just keep your K-Mart head until next week. Please. Stay light, Mark :)
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Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea I could swear there is someone, somewhere watching me Through the wind and the chill and the rain And the storm and the flood ~ Bonnie Tyler If you've ever watched a Bonnie Tyler music video you are in perfect understanding of what an eclipse is. There are ninjas, cowboys, angels, choir boys, burning houses, flowy curtains and shoulder pads nonsensically in excess. And much like an eclipse nothing makes sense and nothing particularly means anything (or at least right now). This is where we are folks! Welcome to another eclipse portal. This weekend we hit the most intense one - the solar eclipse. Thankfully here in Australia we miss out on seeing the optical shadow of the moon crossing the sun - and as much as you may want to watch this phenomenon - in Vedic culture this is a shadow you don't want on your psyche/soul. My American friends you will be under this eclipse so go calm and safe! There is much intensity in the sky this month. Too much to write about here so I may have to write something more specific for each ascendant in the coming days. But for now this is really all about endings. Things abruptly being cut, detached from, leaving your life or you picking yourself up and making changes yourself. You may have noticed so much quick energy in you life and to those around you at this time. In some ways it's a grand reshuffle. The karmic axis is in flux and re-correcting, re-aligning and shaking things up. When we are all under the Nagas (or serpents of karma) we have little control and need to do everything, and anything we can, to stay calm as the spirals of change are upon us. And they ARE upon us. Much will be revealed and exposed over this month (especially by the end of the month - another post nearer to the time). For now the moon in Chitra is the grand architect buffering us like a pearl in the shell. Building something that we are not quite aware of the shape we will be after all the arduous reshaping. I'll leave you here with another song: And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you ~ Mariah Carey Stay light, Mark :) In many ways this full moon is a stable one. Compared to the stereotypical hysteria, or lunacy of what a full moon can illuminate in us mere humans, this one may feel more like an emotionally practical affair. I'm even boring myself here. Let's start with some lyrics:
His crown lit up the way as we moved slowly Past the wondering eyes of the ones that were left behind Though far away, though far away, though far away We're still the same, we're still the same, we're still the same Howling ghosts, they reappear In mountains that are stacked with fear But you're a king and I'm a lionheart ~ Of Monsters and men Really this full moon needs to be a little somber for the next two to follow are intense. October brings in the eclipse season and this will be an IN-TENSE time. Many changes, surprises, endings and beginnings are on the horizon. I will write about this in the coming days! Back to the moon in Uttara Bhadrapada. The moon being sandwiched between Saturn and Rahu gives it this perceived feeling of suffering and foreboding tonight and tomorrow. You could be in a Ping-Pong between the past and the future and neither will overly serve you well. Really the only way is through - here into what is right now. Surrender into the tears of the rain if they fall and accept what is growing in your life, for now, as it is. Controlling or making drastic actions over the next couple of days will only make next month more intense - as there is a storm coming, me hearties. Batten down the hatches in this temporary calm. And take care of those heart-ies. Across the earth to the Sun we have Mars in the same sign trying to bolster bravery, defence and courage - and really this is a godsend at this lunar moment. You will need this in the coming weeks but now use it as a way to replenish energy, defend boundaries and stand up for yourself rather than as I said earlier take drastic action or make hasty decisions. I think I will leave it there before you unfollow me. I wish you a calm and stable full moon and for your heart to land on firm foundations. Stay light, Mark :) #jyotish #vedicastrology #astrology #astrologerofinstagram #eclipse #pisces #sydneyyoga #yogasydney I can hear the rain again
Baby, I'm looking down back at you Where you goin'? Tell me, don't you want to see it through? Oh, it's tearing me apart When your heart goes into silence And I just wanna hold you When your spirit breaks in two Hey, baby, I wanna lift you up Love lives on forever The thunder never lasts So hold on, don't you worry The sun is coming back ~ LÉON The new moon tomorrow night is a STRONG one. The Sun and the Moon in sidereal Leo are joined by a retrograde Mercury aspected by a retrograde Jupiter and a retrograde Saturn sitting opposite. Wowsers! This is such a testing or an arrival into our strength, into our inner nobility and power. It's time to really BE. Be you in all your entirety and complexity without excuse or apology - though it could be apologising when you haven't been in this alignment too. It's the moment to stop lying to yourself and to stand. Whether that's stand down, stand up to or stand in is your choice. With an Uttara Phalguni new moon we are directed to our resources. It's a new moon to look at the contracts, unions and connections you have made (or making) both with yourself and others. Are these contracts serving? Is there a need to amend, heal or upgrade? With all the retrograde energy there is a returning to parts of you and getting clear. Communicating and feeling this clarity will create new bonds that will see you get where you need to go. Ultimately it's the question of what feels prosperous or wealthy for you in the future. Where are you going? Or what or who will help you get there. Stay light, Mark :) #astrology #vedicastrology #jyotish #astrologersofinstagram #newmoon #retrograde #horoscope This upcoming full moon in Shatabhishak (the star holding a hundred medicines) is joined by a retrograde Saturn. It may be more of a sombre and slow pace over the next couple of days in comparison to other full moons. Mentally we may be suffering or feeling a burden which may bring cathartic moments of healing, leaving us stronger or firmer after we have weathered the storm - remember Saturn values patience and hard work. The sun sandwiched in between a retrograde Venus and Mars shows there are independent actions to be taken while relationships are healing/changing (and even taking a backseat). Venus goes direct next Monday which will bring a sigh of relief to many confusions/blocks in this area (hang in there).
Sometimes in our lives We all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that there's always tomorrow Lean on me When you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on... For it won't be long Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on ~Bill Withers Stay light, Mark :) #astrology #vedicastrology #jyotish #retrograde #fullmoon #horoscope #astrologersofinstagram #sydneyyoga #yogasydney Stock up on toilet paper, lock up your valuables, protect all the children and buy into all the hysteria on socials that you can! This is is going to be a...another day followed by another day on this ride of life. Of course these retrogrades can have an effect BUT It's how you choose to live your experience in any experience that creates a hero out of a fool. I could leave it there and if I had a microphone I would drop it. Boom.
Great Scott! we live in a world full of noise - with so much drama, fear tactics and manipulations to hook us into investing either time or money into things - usually things with little substance or value to our lives - that give other people money or power. So let's get clear planets NEVER move backwards. They are perceived by our eye from earth to go back because of orbital speed and they ARE a touch closer to the earth (when I say closer it's like a person travelling to a the second pub over in Greenland that is closer to you in Australia). Make sense Marty? Ok let's continue to the flux capacitor! Anyway I had a point with my astronomical rants! Astrologically planets in (perceived) reverse (and YES all but Mars are involved over the next month) are said to turn the energy of the planet inward or intensify it. Someone born with many retrogrades is said to be unconventional (I thank my teacher for pointing that finger at me). Now too much of a good thing can happen at this time, sure. Things most probably won't go to 'plan'. But also you could revisit and reassess many aspects of your life and make them BETTER and get a chance to do it all over in a new and enlightening way. Whatever happens from here for the next few weeks or so take a breath, try it a different way and choose to do it your way. Stay light, Mark :) #astrology #jyotish #vedicastrology #horoscope #astrologersofinstagram #retrograde All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison ~Paracelsus
I wanna love you but I better not touch I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop I wanna kiss you but I want it too much I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison You're poison, running through my veins You're poison I don't want to break these chains ~ Alice Cooper The Sun, Moon and retrograding Venus all residing in Ashlesha this new moon is potent stuff. Ashlesha is a feared and often misunderstood moon. Perhaps because of its tendency to inflict pain like a snake defending itself. And much like a snake that is misrepresented as a villain of the animal kingdom we fear what we don't understand. And what we don't understand in ourselves we project onto something else. We then become a victim to our circumstances and create an enemy of the external. Well this new moon the victim stops here. It is within the next day or so an opportunity to confront our challenges arises. Now yes these can of course be outward such as a inimical person or situation (Venus is involved so it could definitely be relationships) but I'm definitely a fan of the notion that so without, so within - the macrocosm is just a reflection of the microcosm. Wherever there is agitation in your experience is the first port of call to witness/explore. And it is your fear that you have the power to overcome this lunar cycle. Just after the new moon the moon then crosses the gandanta point (water crosses fire) and we are tested on this deep dive into our fears. The warning here is to avoid paralysis and stagnancy. Anti Gandalf says "YOU MUST PASS" otherwise you're basically stuck on a bridge with a bunch of hairy footed hobbits for a holiday in Orcland (for who knows how much longer). It's also a good time to remember even though you're passing over a bridge of troubled waters YOU can also be the poison at this time. So be mindful of HOW you say your truth to others and don't inflict harm whilst you're in your shit. Be wise, be kind. Stay light, Mark :) #astrology #vedicastrology #jyotish #astrologersofinstagram #newmoon #yogasydney #horoscope Your brown eyes are my blue skies
They light up the river that the birds fly over Better not to quench your thirst Better not to be the first one diving in Though you caught me and you know why They breathe in the deepest part of the water What's the matter? You hurt yourself? Opened your eyes and there was someone else? Now I've got you in the undertow ~ Warpaint The journey of Venus retrograde is a fascinatingly curious one. When the goddess returns to the underworld, much like the Greek myth Persephone and Hades, disappearing from our skies transforming from evening star to morning star (or vice versa and in reverse in the hemispheres). Another myth is Banumbirr (or morning star) was a creator-spirit in the Yolngu culture of Arnhem Land and she is said to have guided the first humans across the waters to Australia. But as she leaves our skies dying/transforming we are without this guiding light in the skies. In all things Venus we shed a skin, we lose something, to gain something new but we are very much on our own merits and needing to face that realisation/fear. Much like Shukra or Venus in the Vedic texts we have the power to bring something back from the dead or resuscitate new life into our hearts. But this takes us facing our ultimate fear, letting go and leaving a part of us behind. To travel across the ashes and become something different. You cannot enter the underworld without a death - this I ask you to meditate on. This journey has already begun in our skies and culminates in early September. As Venus retrogrades in our sky we have a nourishing Sun in Pushya opposing the full moon in Shravana. Shravana whispers to us to listen. To tune into the silence that will fill us. Shanti or peace is the ultimate restorer over the next few days. Rest is also important to recharge. That being said, there is much in Leo and Aries lighting up the courage within for this love journey so it won't be slow or uneventful but perhaps if only for a day or two: take it easy and make some time for yourself to expand into the silence that has all the answers you need to hear to support you on this path. Stay light, Mark :) #astrology #vedicastrology #jyotish #horoscope #venus #fullmoon #retrograde #morningstar #astrologersofinstagram #sydneyyoga #yogasydney I'm into you, you into me
But I can't let it go so easily Not 'til I see what this could be Could be eternity or just a week But, yo, our chemistry is off the chain It's perfect now, but will it change? This ain't a yes, this ain't a no Just do your thing We'll see how we go ~ Aaliyah (Try Again) Sometimes along our journey, whether it be career, relationship or another sector of our life we can fail at first attempt. Without support, confidence or tenacity we can easily give up and call it as 'not meant to be'. Well this new moon I ask of you to ponder the question 'What if it WAS meant to be after all?' and instead of attaching meaning to an initial setback it may just have been a matter of timing or experience and now only needs a second go. A second chance. This mostly is a matter of the heart over the new moon. Particularly as Venus slows down to retrograde in the sign of Leo next door at the end of the week. Someone/something from the past re-enters for you to dust yourself off and try again with. Don't be surprised if people or blocked opportunities emerge from June and now you see a green light. This isn't the whole story as there is a bigger Venus adventure ahead but let's just keep it to this lunar cycle. The nakshatra Punarvasu means 'good again'. We renew and renourish at this time. This may mean slowing down or may mean things lightening up - whatever heals us at this stage in the year. This even reminds me of Venus herself as a planet. Venus is the only planet that can bring someone/something back to life from the dead. Feel into your heart and feel into the space that feels lost, stuck or abandoned. Where has it surrendered to loss or accepted defeat - this will give you a clue on where you are daring to grow and feel again? If we use the analogy of these spaces in your heart as dry and brittle plants - we now know where and what needs to be watered at this time. This is the power of this new moon to grant a second chance of prosperity. To win where one has lost. To see light where there was darkness. Stay light, Mark :) #astrology #vedicastrology #jyotish #sydneyyoga #yogasydney #newmoon #cancer #leo #venus #astrologersofinstagram This time of year in the vedic lunar calendar is always a special full moon. When the full moon illuminates in Sagittarius we have a guru purnima or moon honouring our teachers. 'Guru' is a term that isn't an easy one for westerners much like 'Jesus' or 'worship' or 'devotion'. After the trouble that we have seen from religions, cults and institutions in general there is a deep scepticism and fear around surrendering ones ego to anyone - and because of this now most of all ourselves. In India (and many other eastern cultures) we can learn the art of respect, discipline and surrender to our minds to something greater - hopefully the divine vs deception and fraud. I could go on about this but why I bring it up is more to soften the palate to encourage openness at this time for all that have taught you awareness or awakened you. In deep gratitude and reverence acknowledging your own naivety/ignorance and that you have had the darkness lit by those who have walked the path before is a deeply humbling and purifying act.
Moving on to the full moon peaking tomorrow night at 9:38pm AEST we have a moon in Purva Ashada. Through strength and connection at this time we gain lustre. Water particularly becomes an important element to purify and regenerate. Basically we are cleansing and this will leave us invigorated! So coming back to that Guru moon - where in your mind is in need of a good clean - old tired and outdated thoughts, habits etc now need to be actioned. What you put your energy into this moon is very much invigorated so pick wisely as it will quickly come to fruit. Mars and Saturn at this time are powerfully positioned opposite in the sky so there will be some frustration and slow progress (but there WILL be progress). This month is the time to get moving, plan, act, remove anything in the way that is holding you back and be brave. It's a good time to be around community, be out in the world and also move ahead with goals. And on that I leave bowing down in great thanks to some of my many teachers @komillasutton, Clive Sheridan and Sri Sakthi Narayani Amma. Stay light, Mark :) #astrology #jyotish #vedicastrology #gurupurnima #mars #saturn #sagittarius #astrologersofinstagram #horoscope #yogasydney #sydneyyoga |
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November 2023
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