2012 Pisces New Moon

by Anna Chapman

February 21, 2012
5:35 p.m. EST/2:35 p.m. PST
2 ° 42′ Pisces

 
“It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.” —Kahlil Gibran

Deep within the creases of my unfolding mind I dare to ask “who am I”. I hear the wind reply in ferocious gusts drowning out the possibility of hearing any suggestion offered from the past, an array of misconceptions piled one upon the other and concealing the answer; that which is, always, ‘not moving, nor changing nor requiring effort’. There is no unfolding, no question, only limitless knowing and eternal grace.

This New Moon in Pisces offers us more than just a glimpse into the deep regions of space whence we began. We are dynamically ushered into the truth of our existence whereupon our perspective changes in the blink of an eye. We achieve this shift of attention without a fierce slap on the back, the preferred method of Don Juan Matus in the Art of Dreaming. To assist his student, Carlos Castaneda, to ‘see’ a different reality the Yaqui sorcerer would pound Castaneda between the shoulder blades to initiate alternate experiences. The Art of Dreaming focuses on several stages (of a perceived seven) of lucid dreaming that potentially lead to one’s “total awareness”.

As there are five planets in Pisces until February 23^rd (the moon will move into Aries on the evening of that day) we have a great opportunity to swim in the boundless sea of infinite peace, compassion and awareness. Being sensitive to others, their needs, as well as our own fills the world with gentle kindness and loving consideration. In the depths of the ocean subtle movement is felt quickly. Respond time is immediate. All senses are based upon a deep level of intuitive knowing. For these few days we may indulge our selves in the pleasure of unlimited imagination and intuitive perception that blossoms into new projects, new and deeper relationships and a greater understanding of the self in relation to the whole.

A New Moon represents a period of ‘coming out of the dark’. A new cycle of activity is being initiated both for the individual and the collective. This does occur once a month but in relation to February and 2012 this information holds something specific for us. With an array of planets in Pisces, including Neptune, we might consider 12^thhouse issues as highly relevant. We might want to be prepared for issues from the past percolating to the surface or mysterious fears arising that have little basis in reality. Some of us may experience physical sensitivities to environmental or psychological toxicity. How this New Moon affects you will depend on where this major concentration of planets falls in your own chart.

In terms of the collective, we are fairly aware of what our agenda is, for the planet and humanity. We are looking to utilize our wisdom in a way that serves the highest good. This is not foreign to us but at this time, it means applying wisdom to a far broader range of circumstances than has been done before.

This is a characteristic of the twelfth house, Neptune and Pisces. Sheared away are all the illusions that define us, that keep us bound to misconceptions of power, greed and separateness. It is perhaps an overused analogy, but in the ocean there are no drops of water only the vast expanse of infinite consciousness.

Just two days before this New Moon there is a square that occurs between the Moon and Saturn at 29 degrees Capricorn and 29 degrees Libra. It calls us to attention. We become focused on patterns that do not serve us in a practical manner. Capricorn wants to be free of structures that are limiting and aspires to lofty creation. Fear does not contribute to this goal or insecurities that bind one to useless fabrications. We are shedding our collective skin and exposing our true nature which is limitless creative potential that serves the highest good. We will take everything we have done up until now and use what is beneficial and dispose of the rest in a timely and efficient manner. There is nothing that human beings can not do. We will astonish our selves in the next 50 years. We have astonished our selves in these last 50 years.

Of course there is more than one side to any astrological aspect and a New Moon in Pisces could also indicate a period of indecisiveness or a desire to escape whatever daily concerns you may have. Plunging into the depths is a way of avoidance (typically this includes drugs, alcohol, films or perhaps insanity). That is what Galatea chose. Galatea was a sea nymph who, as myth would have it, to avoid the wrath of the Cyclops Polyphemus, whose love she had scorned, fled and hid in the sea leaving her lover Acis in the path of the giant’s rage. He, the son of a woodland god and a river nymph did not have the option of following her. We presume that his Earthly half denied him access to the deeper realms. His fate was to be crushed beneath a boulder that Polyphemus hurled at the young couple. Rather ironically, Galatea had his blood turned into a river of the same name. It flows by Mount Etna in Sicily.

Avoidance however, will not be the path we choose. We are finished with sticking our heads in the sand and withdrawing into worlds of fantasy. There are several aspects in this New Moon chart that would indicate the selection of acceptance. Uranus is at 2 degrees Aries exactly semi-sextile the Sun/Moon—not so much a choice here as a firm shove toward what is for the highest good; a flash of brilliance that pierces the illusion. The asteroid Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom, conjuncts the Sun/Moon not exactly but within a little over half a minute. Most may be familiar with the story of her birth; that she jumped from the brow of Zeus, her father, an adult fully armor clad. She was the protectoress of Athens, Greece from whom the inhabitants sought wise counsel. There is a tremendous aspect of responsibility that goes hand and hand with this asteroid that lends strength to this New Moon chart.

And not to forget the Black Moon Lilith that is coming into trine with Pluto in Capricorn—a deliberate scourging of fears that leaves one free to experience the power of the individual and as this trine progresses into an exact aspect in the next few weeks it will include Jupiter and Venus also in Taurus and Mars in Virgo. My feeling is a powerful time for Mother Earth, sometime in March followed by an equally powerful time for the collective advancing interests to secure land and acquire new possessions.

The importance of the fixed star Fomalhaut in star history requires that it be mentioned as an influence in this chart. At 4 degrees Pisces it has effect in the three days following the exact conjunction of Sun/Moon. The origin of this star’s history is Babylonian. It is known as one of the four ‘Royal Stars’ marking at one time the change in seasons as well as the four directions Fomalhaut representing the South and our roots. The other three are Aldebaran in Taurus (East), Antares in Scorpio (West) and Regulus in Leo (North). Fomalhaut is in the ancient constellation Piscis Austrinus and has been associated with the Babylonian fish-god Oannes who came to Earth to teach humans how to be civilized. This star also is identified with changes that occur to promote spiritual forms of expression rather than material. Included with this kind of transformation can be intense emotional and physical experiences. The exact aspect of Moon and Fomalhaut occurs three hours after the Sun/Moon conjunction and two days later the Sun and Fomalhaut come into exact conjunction.

Releasing expectations at this time would be a wise choice. Going with the flow is a highly regarded decision as the warp and weft begin to dissolve and we are left swimming in an ocean of silence. We are required to listen intently as things may not ‘proceed as usual’. It is all part of this beautiful plan we create for our selves—all to be in love and in joy.

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Anna does intuitive consulting offering deep insight for personal growth. Available in person in the Santa Barbara CA area she also has clients throughout the United States and Canada. In Santa Barbara call 805 904-5433 for personal appointments or to arrange a phone or skype session. Anna works with a direct connection to source in order to assist her clients, both human and animal to achieve clarity and peace of mind.

For more information please visit Anna’s website at www.pannachapman.com or blogsite http://buddhalaugh.wordpress.com or e-mail her at pannachapman@msn.com

Anna is also available at Paradise Found, the local metaphysical bookstore, 17 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Call 564-3573 to make an appointment.

2012 Leo Full Moon

by Anna Chapman

Full Moon
19 Leo
February 7, 2012 2:54 pm EST/11:54 am PST

“Humanity is a species endangered by its beliefs, and most of all, its religious illusion of superiority. To go beyond history is not solely a human prerogative, for the path ahead is not ours alone, but the way of all sentient beings.”
—John Lash www.metahistory.org

Some people say (those living in regions near Timbavati, Africa) that the white lion is sacred and are ‘enlightenment bearers’. Credo Mutwa, well known Zulu/Bushman shaman, is one who would support this statement. His view points are presented in Linda Tucker’s wonderful 10 year study of the white lion and African shamanism, The Mystery of the White Lions. It is a great source of information that indicates our connection to these big cats that reaches far back into human history; that in fact they were present on this planet to assist humans in understanding the interspecies bond, a vital integration of knowledge that took place which saw humans become predators rather than prey.

Those who are recipients of the Great Memory, what shamans speak of as access to knowledge that includes the origins of humanity, say that lions came from the constellation Leo. The belief in cosmic origins permeates many of the stories told by African shamans for many centuries. The recent reintroduction of white lions into the wild (The first were released in 2003 but on a protected preserve. Otherwise white lions are hunted to extinction.) is thought to be a sign that we are about to return balance to the original interspecies bond—we only take what we need from nature. Continue

2012 Aquarius New Moon

by Anna Chapman

January 22/23, 2012
11:39 p.m. PST/2:39 a.m. EST
2 degrees Aquarius

 
“In effect, the ego and our entire sense of self must momentarily dissolve, allowing our consciousness to go through the “eye of the needle” and actually dive directly into the archetype of transformation. This is far from an intellectual exercise; to pass through the eye of the needle we have to strip down, leaving behind memory, intellect, fear and desire.”–Archetype Design by Vishu Magee (in reference to emergence of the Creative)

You might assume that the first New Moon of this new year would plunge us into an awareness more significant and deeper than we have experienced yet. You would be correct. The energy around this Aquarius Sun/Moon conjunction is of course, electric and as such has the potential to transform existing elements into new organisms—the key word being transformation. At the very least what can occur is a fusing of the conscious or ego self and the instinctive self that results in awakening—even if for just a second or an hour or a day, to “get it” revolutionizes experience here. We are the ocean from which the wave arises not the wave, the screen upon which our thoughts are projected, not the object on the screen. As that which is, after all else is not, we proceed in perfect alignment with the natural unfolding—life is an experience then of pure grace.

With this chart we see old patterns being hastily dismantled allowing for the very timely eruption of the unknown. It could not have been more perfect if we ‘had planned it our selves’! The t-square: Saturn (29 deg Libra) Jupiter (1 deg Taurus) opposition, square to Sun/Moon (2 deg Aquarius). This represents a place of utilizing the truth, the deep inner knowing of Saturn in this last degree of Libra, in a practical way to divest one self of what ever does not serve ‘that’. With Jupiter in opposition, if there is doubt, that tendency will be expelled from your repertoire. The Sabian Symbol that applies to 2 degrees Taurus (always round up to the next degree) is an “electric storm”.

The crack of light we see blasting across darkened skies known as lightning is billions of volts of natural static electricity followed by thunder. It is a terrific display of weather that is beyond our control and supplies enormous energy to the atmosphere and environment. Such is the nature of Jupiter harnessed in this t-square; a powerhouse to assist us in overcoming insecurity.

This dynamic we find squaring ‘the eye of the needle’, the conjunction of Sun/Moon, should handily dissolve several layers of illusion in which we have bundled our selves for a long time. In this early degree of Aquarius the human being ‘awakens’ to it self as an individual with the potential to realize self. Formerly, as a part of the whole, in this case a component of society indulged in numerous rules and regulations that keep one focused on the illusion and not what is, there is attachment to existence within a structure appearing to be real. In reality it is our thoughts projected onto the screen. As we begin to wiggle free of the illusion, sometimes flaying madly in the beginning, we see more clearly. The movement lessens and as we approach the single point of truth there is no movement. We are still. It is in this stillness that we finally awaken.

The Sabian Symbol for this New Moon is a “deserter from the navy”; that is the individual moving to a place separate from the collective in order to realize self and know one self utterly.

All movement toward this is perfect. Movement, we cannot resist. We are always moving. Within the movement is perfect stillness. The wave rises and falls and yet the ocean can be still.

We have not finished with Saturn, the Lord of karma and gatekeeper; standing upon the threshold that leads to our only real desire here that of discovering self. Saturn is the last planet that has earthly association. Saturn assists us in creating boundaries that serve us in a positive way. They help us to navigate a three dimensional existence in a practical and focused manner. Over millennia, these boundaries have served to define us in a negative way—they have become too confining.

What we could benefit from is the field without the fence. In astrology that might look like Saturn trine Neptune. That is the case during this New Moon. This aspect has preceded the New Moon and will continue on after it. This aspect will separate soon as Saturn goes retrograde on February 7 (back to 22 degrees Libra) but will come back into exact trine in October at which time both planets will be 0 degrees of Scorpio and Pisces. Neptune in its own sign! A powerful plunge into the realm of the undefined. For the individual, if we dare to apply such a vast concept to a mere mortal, we have a magnificent opportunity to wear the light body!

Once again we discuss Black Moon Lilith and its role in this particular chart remembering how it has been a major player for many months. It stands to reason that the point which represents our deepest fears and our greatest liberation, should occupy a central spot in this present unfolding. Grand trines are an easy flow of energy, so it is said. With BML in Taurus in this position of grace with Mercury in Capricorn and Mars in Virgo we can be assured of energy being expended toward implementing solid thought structures, practical, workable ideas that further our goals of realizing how much we may affect our existence here in a positive way. Once we truly understand the relationship between earth, cosmos and humanity, there will be an automatic shifting of priority to utilizing resources in a more discriminating way that serves the safety and security and highest good of all individuals and thus the collective.

We are here to ‘do it’ and man being adaptable will choose to adapt rather than become extinct. What naturally needs to occur will. Without resistance or in other words when we surrender, our survival and transcendence are a natural part of the process. Our willingness to change along with this planet and the universe is supported by the conjunction we see between the asteroid Ceres and Uranus at 1 degree Aries and aspecting then Jupiter, Chiron, Neptune, Sun/Moon and Saturn. There is a ‘healing’ taking place that will afford us a new perspective on who I Am. Aries refers to, “I seek my self” and that is exactly what is happening in terms of all forms of consciousness; seeking to remember self as that which simply is.

If this chart could be heard as a sound it might resemble 852 Hz, a frequency of 852 cycles per second. It is the return to spiritual order. If you wish you may listen to this here– HYPERLINK “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us4-4RGEjcY” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us4-4RGEjcY . What is spiritual order? From the perspective of non-duality, when we have pursued diligently the process of self inquiry and awaken to that which is when all else is not, that is spiritual order—being.

Our potential lies within our willingness to share and express what it is we discover about our selves knowing that this intimate communication with each other will promote an ease and harmony here. The waves of grace that embrace us now are encouraging such loving interaction. If we have resisted this in the past due to at least a dozen fears based upon memories from the past, they will seem inconsequential when the inner peace that is the alternative is recognized as a real choice.

During this New Moon delve deep and prepare for emergence into the light of self awareness and peaceful flow. When we do not resist there is boundless energy for so much more.

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Anna does intuitive consulting offering deep insight for personal growth. Available in person in the Santa Barbara CA area she also has clients throughout the United States and Canada. In Santa Barbara call 805 904-5433 for personal appointments or to arrange a phone or skype session. Anna works with a direct connection to source in order to assist her clients, both human and animal to achieve clarity and peace of mind.

For more information please visit Anna’s website at www.pannachapman.com or blogsite http://buddhalaugh.wordpress.com or e-mail her at pannachapman@msn.com

Anna is also available at Paradise Found, the local metaphysical bookstore, 17 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Call 564-3573 to make an appointment.

2012 Cancer Full Moon

by Anna Chapman

Full Moon
18 Cancer
January 9, 2012 2:30 am EST/January 8 11:30 pm PST

“I am a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.” —Byron Katie

The reality we experience is the reality we create and participate in. To argue with that would be to disagree with what we have created. 2012 is the year of becoming more aware of the reality I create. And knowing that I use all of my resources wisely to provide my self with the security I require. The Full Moon in Cancer will show us where our insecurities may lie or where we benefit from a deep empathy for our own human condition. We all require the necessities of life- food, shelter and nurturing in order to flourish here; in order to grow and acquire the confidence to be out there in the world.

What we integrate as children through the nourishment we are given via our mothers provides us with a framework to create our realities. This is a component of Cancer; so that by the time we experience the opposite sign, Capricorn, we have a well established platform from which to scale the heights.

This may be a time to examine relationships with the maternal figures in your life and to notice where any issues may exist that prevent you from manifesting goals. When our basic needs are not met as children subsequent behavior can erupt in anything from forms of passive aggressiveness designed to get what you did not receive as a child to the excessively violent temperaments of those who were not only denied but abused. At this Full Moon let us be grateful for the tools we have to establish self love and to become more fully aware of the self in relation to our earthly existence. This may sound all too serious but the result is more play, fun and pure enjoyment—the inner child. One thing Cancer demonstrates is an ability to provide everything the self needs based on instinct. We are guided to trust that instinctive nature through the light of the moon. In the beauty of the moon we identify with the divine self; we are lured seductively into a remembrance of self. Then wordlessly we bask in the warmth of perpetual nourishing; embraced by an eternal connection to the source of all abundance—my self.

Look within and blossom without. The blossom we seek externally is a temporary projection of the beauty that exists within us and is in perpetual motion, rising and falling with the ocean’s waves, the storm across the desert sands, the mass of humanity shuffling or raging through the crowded streets of any metropolis ankle deep in rubbish or suffering or unconditional love for the many who strive for perfection every day of their existence even if that is acquiring a piece of bread or a scrap of cloth to sell at market for a tuppence. We all are here with the same vision and that is to be here in a way that serves our highest good.

This Cancer/Capricorn dynamic focuses on our basic needs that when met translate into the resources required to be successful no matter what that means to each individual. The Sabian symbols which apply to the moon and the sun are, respectively, “a priest performing a marriage ceremony” and a “five year old carrying a bag of groceries”.

We have known for a long time how to nurture our selves and we know what the elements are that create balance and harmony in society. The assumed presence of a man and a woman in the wedding ceremony plus the presence of the priest, the earthly representation of divinity, is the trio that is unity. What more do we require to navigate waters ahead with ease and grace?

Perhaps a nudge from the Black Moon Lilith would facilitate our timely recognition of self as creator. Once again this point figures prominently, this time in square aspect to the moon/sun so that the term with ease and grace might be an intention we set to over ride what might be perceived as tumultuous and intense events. The Sabian symbol that represents the BML in Aries is “a young girl feeding birds in winter” which implies “overcoming crises with compassion”. This relates again to the feeling for the human condition and the need for empathy to carry us beyond our present state of experience. This we do from that point that exists in each of us beneath/inside/at the core of the self that is when all else is not.

The fixed star that conjuncts the moon is Wasat, a star at the center of the Gemini constellation. It resides at a place of deep balance within the sign of the twins and the dual nature that describes our existence here. It represents the potential within each of us to discover that point of peace where no matter what goes on around one, one remains in a state of equilibrium. Sometimes the interpretations of the fixed stars seem a bit antiquated but I will share the meaning of Wasat regardless. It is associated with chemicals and poisons and gas. Perhaps if the degree of Wasat (18 Cancer) aspects any of your personal planets you might want to be aware of what you put into your body or perhaps it would be a good time to do a cleanse to rid your self of any of toxic elements.

As Cancer and Capricorn rule the 4th and 10th houses of the chart and is the parental axis it would be beneficial to take a look at these in your own chart to access a deeper level of understanding of how your roots contribute to your visibility in the world. We have talked about the role of the mother with this Full Moon in Cancer. To discuss the role of the father in this chart we might look to Saturn the ruler of Capricorn. At 28 degrees Libra, Saturn stands quietly in aspect to Neptune, Jupiter, Chiron and Mercury. At this time the master of our limitations and the teacher who guides us beyond them through disciplined intention, brings us stability to access our wisdom, spiritual nature and the healer within and the precise thought, clarity of mind, to establish here what we know to be true within. Saturn supports us to do the work and to succeed. In Libra, Saturn is justice for all and freedom through understanding the nature of limitation. The Sabian symbol for 29 degrees of Libra (always round up) is “a deep sense of participation in, and commitment to, social processes which seek to bring to all men (people) Truth and a greater life.”

Considering the deep sensitivity of this Full Moon chart and the far reaching effects it may have upon us throughout this year, I felt that the fifth harmonic (the quintile aspect of 72 degrees and the potential to create; our gifts), the seventh harmonic (the septile aspect of 51.428…degrees and the challenges we may face en route to realization) and the ninth harmonic charts (the novile aspect of 40 degrees and our wisdom/vision and evolutionary intent) would have valuable information to complete the story.

Within the fifth harmonic chart we see a Uranus/Sun conjunction in opposition to a moon/Venus conjunction suggesting that our gifts are associated with our will to independence and freedom and the great compassion that is an instinctive aspect of our human nature. Our compassion is easily expressed when we are free and independent. Our light bursts forth when not obscured by fear.

In the seventh harmonic chart we see a struggle or challenge and that is to be overcome now. It relates to the thought pattern, “survival of the fittest”, an old human construct which undoubtedly had meaning at one time but has manifested in ways that apparently do not serve the highest good. Perhaps it could be replaced with something like, we all thrive in the light of creative expression. Many people with strong seventh harmonic charts are brilliant artists and creators. It is called a harmonic of challenge as it includes great flights of imagination as well as deep periods of introspection. Saturn trines a Neptune/Pluto conjunction and squares Juno in sextile to this pair and squares Venus. We are working on recognizing what lies beyond the ego and the desire nature.

At the ninth harmonic we take responsibility for our roles as messengers of the light. We use our wisdom in everyday experience to be discerning not disillusioned (head in the sand syndrome). We bring every thing into alignment through daily expression of the higher self that affects all living things in a positive and dynamic way. We are in service to far more than meets our eyes. We gather truth in relation to our basic needs that includes—“I have complete trust in my self as pure awareness.”

To assist us in ‘accomplishing our goals’, we have been given, as of December 24th, the seed for perfect balance (a little boost to the DNA). How quickly the seed grows depends upon the conditions in which it has been planted. But 6,832,000,000 (approx.) seeds provide quite a crop of peace and harmony. At this Full Moon it would behoove us to be grateful for our personal state of awareness and the continuance of enhancing that.

The Kogi of Columbia, a genuine lost civilization, fear that we do not hear words but are affected more by what we see. As dedicated caretakers of this planet they want us to know the potential risks we create based upon our actions. Whether we hear or see the message bottom line is, it is time to wake up.

This is a link to the homepage for the movie, Aluna, made with the help of the Kogi. Blessings and thank you.

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Anna does intuitive consulting offering deep insight for personal growth. Available in person in the Santa Barbara CA area she also has clients throughout the United States and Canada. In Santa Barbara call 805 904-5433 for personal appointments or to arrange a phone or skype session. Anna works with a direct connection to source in order to assist her clients, both human and animal to achieve clarity and peace of mind.

For more information please visit Anna’s website at www.pannachapman.com or blogsite www.buddhalaugh.wordpress.com or e-mail her at pannachapman@msn.com

Anna is also available at Paradise Found, the local metaphysical bookstore, 17 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Call 564-3573 to make an appointment.