You shall not pass!
Time after time, we—they, us—fail to overcome the pull of our own shadows. Pride, arrogance, avarice, possessiveness, isolation, and withdrawal from community: these are the corruptions of virtue embodied by the Ring itself.
Time after time, we—they, us—fail to overcome the pull of our own shadows. Pride, arrogance, avarice, possessiveness, isolation, and withdrawal from community: these are the corruptions of virtue embodied by the Ring itself.
Often people sit and watch the most exciting transits happen in their own charts, expecting huge shifts and positive changes, only to be left slightly disappointed when the soul mate of their lives did not show up.
Nothing pleases me more than a dark Scorpio morning, a jug of my favorite coffee, a silent house with sleeping kids and time to just flow as I please. I was born to be free.
This beautiful quote from the Persian poet Hafiz is surely a sweet reminder in this time where drama can pull anyone who is not mindful into its vortex.
And so it was Vernal Equinox and the Sun took a step into Aries, the sign of the beginning of the astrological year and the cycle we know as the Circle of Life.
We are facing a symbolic New Year and yes, welcome to earth. Filled to the brim with ignorance and fear, humanity is struggling to find the light within. They get a glimpse and “I got it. I got it! Ops. I don’t get it! ” and then we go and get lost again.
They say freedom from irritation (inflammation, agitation) is a sign of liberation or enlightenment. Or as Ram Dass said it, «If you think you are enlightened, try spending a week with your family.»
To understand Chiron is to understand what it means being human. We strive for perfection, only to end up lying to ourselves and maintaining lies to others too. These lies are subtle. But they are everywhere. And how did that happen?
Venus goes retrograde about every 18 months, with the last period in Pisces spring of 2017, and now she continues her journey going retrograde in another water sign, Scorpio. Last time she went retrograde in Scorpio was 8 years ago in October 2010. Her rhythm is perfect.