Today marks the first day of my next 52-day cycle in the yearly spread of the Mystic Science of the Cards system. Entering this Saturn-ruled cycle with an Ace of Spades as my primary card, I feel the significance of what this period will bring. The Ace of Spades is one of the most ancient [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Spirituality’
Ace of Spades and the Hidden Truth
Posted in Mystic Science of the Cards, tagged Ace of Spades, Five of Spades, Mystic Science of the Cards, Pluto, Sagittarius, Saturn, Spirituality on April 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My Venus Return
Posted in Astrology, tagged Archetypes, Astrology, Leo, Libra, Moon, Psychology, Shamanic Astrology, Spirituality, Uranus, Venus on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published October 14, 2008 September 5, 2007. I am sitting with my partner of two years in our couple’s therapy session. I have been struggling with ending this relationship for months now. I do not feel I have the strength I need to walk away, without the support of our therapist. I need a [...]
New Moon in Scorpio: Shambala Activation Part 1
Posted in Astrology, tagged Astrology, Fixed Stars, Libra, Moon, Neptune, Psychology, Scorpio, Shamanic Astrology, Spirituality on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published October 28, 2008 The summit shines in its glory before me seeing the peak, I start to climb thinking I know what steps to take unaware of what lies ahead I begin my ascent breath by breath moving toward that longed for bliss the light of heaven my goal in sight But clouds [...]
New Moon in Scorpio: Shambala Activation Part 2
Posted in Astrology, tagged Archetypes, Astrology, Fixed Stars, Moon, Scorpio, Spirituality on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published October 30, 2008 The Scorpio mysteries are women’s mysteries and those of death and rebirth. As I continue to bring this new Moon into my awareness along with the fixed star Khambalia, connected with the physical and/or metaphorical idea of Shambala, I am immediately taken back to the most intense experience I had [...]
Saturn’s Initiation Cycle
Posted in Astrology, tagged Archetypes, Astrology, Capricorn, Psychology, Saturn, Shamanic Astrology, Spirituality, Transits-Cycles of Initiation on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published May 18, 2009 Father Time I remember feeling like I would literally die if I didn’t leave Salt Lake City before winter hit. Like a snake, the skin of my emotional habits had become too confining and it was time, once again, for it to shed. I knew my oncoming Saturn initiation would [...]
Super Full Moon in Capricorn July 7, 2009
Posted in Astrology, tagged Archetypes, Astrology, Capricorn, Ceremony, Inner Planets, Moon, Psychology, Shamanic Astrology, Spirituality, Transits-Cycles of Initiation on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published July 6, 2009 Tomorrow’s Full Moon in the zodiacal sign of Capricorn at 15 degrees, exact at 2:21 a.m. PST, highlights what Shamanic Astrology calls the mystery school of that sign. Its archetypal energy investigates the rules and principles that govern the structure of the Universe, bringing spirit into matter to administer and [...]
Making the Gods Work For You: the Astrological Language of the Psyche
Posted in Astrology, tagged Archetypes, Astrology, C.G. Jung, Ceremony, Myth, Psychology, Shamanic Astrology, Spirituality on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published July 9, 2009 “Astrology is not a belief system; it is a language of the dynamic interplay between our interior life and the exterior world. The astrological language grants us access to the invisible realm it describes, and provides the vocabulary with which we can begin a detailed investigative exploration of the psyche.” [...]
India Arie: Leo Archetype of Radiant, Radical Self-Love
Posted in Astrology, tagged Archetypes, Astrology, Inner Planets, Leo, Psychology, Shamanic Astrology, Spirituality, Sun, Venus on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published on July 24, 2009 “Without self-love a man can do nothing. There are two qualities of self-love. One is a dirty thing. The other, an impulse, love of the real “I.” Without this, it is impossible to move. An ancient Hindu saying—‘Happy is he who loves himself, for he can love me.’” —Gurdjieff [...]
Joanna Macy, Circle of Grandmothers and the Capricorn Archetype
Posted in Astrology, tagged Archetypes, Astrology, Capricorn, Psychology, Shamanic Astrology, Spirituality on March 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Originally published June 26, 2009 First in line to get my book signed, I looked across the table at the deeply wrinkled face and cloudy eyes radiating grounded crone wisdom, and I reached for her hand. “You’re a grandmother,” I said softly. “I am a grandmother,” she said, her reply affirming my acknowledgment of something [...]
Hijacked by Neptune: Where Was I Going
Posted in Astrology, tagged Archetypes, Astrology, Jupiter, Neptune, Outer Planets, Pluto, Psychology, Saturn, Spirituality, Transits-Cycles of Initiation on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published on July 14, 2009 Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you, Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around [...]
