Gurupurnima Blue Moon 7/31/15

This Guru Purnima Blue Moon in Aquarius offers jewels of sacred remembering. In the heart of pain, yours and mine, sprout the seeds of change. The trials of this human journey align with the wisdom gleaned by those who walked this path many moons before we came. Embody the teachings. Learn from the lessons. School's in session. We've seen this all before. Nothing we do is in vain. Everything they realized remains. Reclaim compassion in action, grace in motion, this ocean of love. It's not conceptual, so free yourself therefore from the burden of thinking. If only for a moment. Experience that which gives us this breath of life.

Feel the cosmos. The star stuff that created this expanding universe. Few of us consider, but are none-the-less effected, when the planets in our spiral galaxy change their natural orbit, or go retrograde. The vibrations to which we've grown accustomed are altered. Often in unexpected ways.

Uranus, the planet just beyond our capacity to see without a telescope, the planet that pulses shock waves of unexpected new energy to disturb our sense of limitation and provoke our rebellious nature. Just went retrograde.

Venus, the planet closest to Earth, the planet that harmonizes the light of the Sun with the frequency of love and nurtures our creative collaboration on Earth. Just went retrograde.

Our habitual way of doing things isn't going to cut it. All kinds of energy is getting liberated. Maintaining the status quo gives way to this unique window of transformation. What does it feel like to be with the fear, doubt, judgement, all egoistic human-isms that deny love? They're getting illuminated. And they ain't pretty. Now is the time to be with them. We've seen this all before. Say goodbye to the story that was and hello to the fruits of what is blooming in cosmic proportion.

Let the unraveling recalibrate your heart's electromagnetic vibration. Meditate in that direction. The first couple of weeks in August could get wild and wooly. The new Moon in Leo on August 14 will be a sweet space into which we can channel the energy that frees up between now and then. Avail yourself to the truth that is your part to play in this whole. Pay attention. And walk in a good way.

*gratitude to John Lennon and Xavier Rudd - Official for lyrics borrowed in this cosmological diatribe

Venus retrograde, Saturn direct, Full moon in Aquarius, oh my...

Venus begins her retrograde in Virgo today, July 25. In short order she will transit back into Leo, where, for the next six weeks, we will attract, relate and co-create in some very unpredictable ways. Suddenly old attractors, buried deep in our limbic system, will spark to life. Where Venus in Virgo is inclined to ponder the strange signals we’re picking up, Venus in Leo is all too happy to act on them. So… caveat emptor. What you attract and find attractive will be influenced by your unresolved past.

Venus is the lover, the loving and the love. She’s the creative essence playing and dancing with energy. The muse who inspires our every creative expression. And... she’s stubborn. She grows accustomed to playing and dancing without desire for change. On a bad day, she outright resists change. And change is inevitable as her frequency slows down in relationship with Earth. A slight incoherency will result. This isn’t inherently good or bad, just different. Unfamiliar, yet strangely familiar. A paradox of sorts.

A cautionary tale must be told of Saturn squaring Venus during this transit.

Saturn keeps us honest, primarily with ourselves, which takes far more work than most people are willing to give. And by work, I mean pay extra attention to your desires, the current life situation you’re in and be honest about whether or not you're embodying your truth and acting in integrity. Are you acquiescing to the wants and needs of others, or are you honoring your truth and demanding the respect of others? Probably both, and likely with a mixture of conscious and unconscious tendencies.

The warning here is that unconscious tendencies, when it comes to what we’re attracting and attracted to, may be dominant as Venus retrograde opens a Pandora’s box of possibilities. This will likely feel confusing, at least initially. Instead of trying to work it out, whatever it is, you'll be better served to just listen and feel. Catch yourself every time your thoughts gravitate toward trying to figure anything out. Direct your thoughts instead toward the intentions, the new forms you're living into. If you can help it, refrain from taking action on your desires until after August 1, when Saturn goes direct. With Mars in Cancer squaring Uranus and opposing Pluto (because we needed more intensity?), reactivity can be on high. Response-ability is of primary import, and that’s Saturn’s domain.

Saturn is the outermost planet we can see with the naked eye. In a manner of speaking, it represents the limit of our awareness of what’s beyond the veil. It keeps us more grounded in the here and now. But it too has been retrograde since March 15. A lot’s happened since then. We’ve traversed some difficult territory, some we thought (or hoped) we were complete with. Saturn's review intensified as it went back into Scorpio mid-June. There is a lot of alchemical potential between now and September 16, when Saturn moves back into Sagittarius. With structures falling away, energy is availing more and more for us to tap into and create new structures. With so much intensity on this planet right now, it is all the more important to be mindful of what frequency we’re tuning in to and what paradigm we're aligning with. Where the mind goes the energy flows. This is a time of great regeneration, of dying and being reborn. The phoenix is coming into form, as it prepares to rise out of the ashes.

Are you willing to rediscover, embody and expand your creative voice? That’s what Venus is asking as she retrogrades back into Leo and conjoins Jupiter again on August 4. Can you recognize and dis-identify from all the old stories and beliefs that limited you in the past? The full moon in Aquarius on July 31 precedes Saturn going direct. With Saturn stationary, this could be heavy. There may be an unrelenting sense of aspiring to one thing and bearing burdens that inhibit these aspirations. As Morpheous said to Neo... "Be patient. The answers are coming."

The Aquarius full moon reminds us the paradigms into which we blindly give our allegiance are hollow. Outdated. Meaningless. It’s time to step into something unfamiliar but essential. With Mars moving out of Cancer and entering Leo on August 8 and Jupiter entering Virgo on August 11, our ability to engage and create new order will grow stronger. Because Venus will still be in retrograde,  so too our need for a clean game will be evermore critical. And by clean game, I mean we have to be impeccable warriors. There’s no room in this world for more unconscious projections, deceit and manipulation. The full moon in Aquarius also reminds us to let go of our need to force things. There's a power that lies beyond the veil, and that's Uranus in Aries, also retrograde... Neptune in Pisces, also retrograde... and Pluto in Capricorn, also retrograde. Have you forgotten or displaced your inherent power to relate with, dissolve and transmute whatever arises in your life? Many traditions and teachers remind us that in order to course correct the imbalances and inequities we face as a collective, we first need to reconcile them within ourselves. These imbalances will grow increasingly obvious in the weeks to come. Remember the wisdom of the ancients. Attune with the music of the spheres. Journey well and in a good way... For all our relations.

With stellar blessings,
Ryan