Solstice/New Moon

[Guest guest]

On Thursday, June 21, an unusual planetary double event will happen: a New

Moon shortly after the moment of the summer solstice. At 7:38am GMT

(3:38am EDT) the Sun will enter the sign Cancer; that is the moment of

solstice. At 11:58am GMT (7:58am EDT) the Moon will conjoin the Sun at 0°

10' Cancer; that is the New Moon. I'm hearing that people already notice

the strong, "weird" energies.

 

The Solstice/New Moon chart shows a stellium of five planets in the sign

Gemini, opposing three planets in Sagittarius. These opposing energies

find their easiest outlet through Uranus, planet of sudden, unusual things

and of the higher mind or intuition. Uranus is strong in its own sign,

Aquarius. In addition the Saturn/Pluto opposition finds its easy outlet

through Neptune, planet of the subconscious and inspiration, of dreams,

illusion and delusion, also in Aquarius. In the Earth's chart the

oppositions are across the 2nd/8th house axis, showing possible

repercussions on the market and economy. The Sun and Moon are in the 2d

house of money, possessions, and prana.

 

The Sabian symbol for the Sun at 0° Cancer is:

 

CANCER 0°: ON A SHIP THE SAILORS LOWER AN OLD FLAG AND RAISE A NEW ONE.

 

[Rudhyar's commentary:]

KEYNOTE: A radical change of allegiance exteriorized in a symbolical act: a

point of no return.

 

This is a moment of crisis, a sharp turning point. In the zodiacal cycle,

at the summer solstice the northward motion of the sun (in "declination")

stops; the sun rises and sets as far north of exact east and west as it can

during the year-cycle. Its motion is now reversed. Slowly the sunset

points move southward on the western horizon, and the length of the day

decreases. On the "ship" which symbolizes the ego-consciousness floating,

as it were, on the sea of the vast Unconscious, the individualized will

makes a basic decision. The dominant Yang force allows the Yin force to

begin its six-month long rise to power. The "collective" will gradually

overcomes the "individual," and at the end the state will overpower the

person. Now, however, the individual person enjoys his most glorious hour;

he exults in his ability to make a "free decision" - i.e. to act as an

individual who selects his life goal and his allegiance.

 

In a decisive act heavy with consequences, the symbolic college-youth might

realize that he should bring to an end his quest for the ideal companion

and enter into matrimony. He assents to the possibility of progeny, of

home responsibility. His consciousness accepts a process of fundamental

REORIENTATION, implying the stabilization of his energies.

 

Marc Edmund Jones' comment: The nascent desire to align oneself with a

larger and more significant life trend. Compelling decision.

Repolarization.

-----------------------

 

At the solstice the Moon will be in 27° Gemini. The Sabian symbol is:

 

GEMINI 27°: THROUGH BANKRUPTCY, SOCIETY GIVES TO AN OVERBURDENED INDIVIDUAL

THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN AGAIN.

 

KEYNOTE: A release from unbearable pressures, freeing one for new tasks.

 

This symbol can easily be misinterpreted, for while it obviously has a

connotation of failure, it nevertheless depicts a particular state of the

complex relationship of an individual to his community. The bankruptcy

proceedings mentioned here should not be construed as referring to a

fraudulent type of bankruptcy. At least in the United States bankruptcy

does not imply a moral condemnation; rather, it means that individual

failure cannot be separated from the health of the community. The special

nature of the whole is implied in the failure of the part to perform

adequately under particularly harsh economic conditions. A society which

enthrones the principle of ruthless competition must also develop

mechanisms to exteriorize the principle of compassion. The latter was at

first emphasized by Northern Buddhism, and soon after by Christianity. The

concept of atonement is directly related to that of release from unbearable

economic pressures in bankruptcy.

 

Here we have another kind of "leaving behind," a LIBERATlON FROM THE PAST.

------------------------------

 

At 25° Gemini, Jupiter, the "Greater Fortune," the principle of expansion,

conjoins Moon and Sun:

 

25° GEMINI: FROST-COVERED TREES AGAINST WINTER SKIES.

 

KEYNOTE: The revelation of archetypal form and essential rhythm of existence.

 

At this level of "exteriorization" a contact with archetypes and pure

forms of individual selfhood is to be sought - also with the characteristic

images (Spengler's Ur-symbols) of the culture. Externals are left behind.

This is a step beyond "pruning"; it is rather a process of removal of all

superficialities of existence.

Cyclically, nature helps us to reach this state of bare reality. It is

not that we experience the Buddhist's void (sunya), but rather that we

reach the essence of our individual being, the form of pure selfhood which

is the structuring power underneath all external features - all that belong

to the "leaf' realm.

 

In a sense we can speak of this as a stage of ascetic repudiation, but

it is also one of ESSENTIALIZATION.

--------------------------

 

About 4 hours after the solstice, the Moon and Sun come together and at New

Moon both are at 0° Cancer: REORIENTATION or REPOLARIZATION.

 

How this affects you depends on where you live and also on your own natal

horoscope. But it will be a day of strong energies for all.

 

If you would like a copy of the solstice/New Moon chart (a map of the solar

system at that time), drop me an email.

[Guest guest]

Hi Dharma:

I probably should not read stuff here until I do my morning

meditation.

My mind was thinking thinking about this astrological post of yours.

I have just a limited knowledge of astrology, probably a dangerous

amount. My wife Lee used to give readings but gave away all her books

and does not follow it anymore.

 

Oy Vey: I have my moon in Cancer in the eigth house opposed the Sun

in Sag. in the first, Sqared, I think to Saturn in Pisces in the

forth, house of endings.

 

Lee, my wife is flying to LA that morning for her son's Thyroid

Cancer operation. Her first hunband died in his own plane and left

her with 4 small children.

 

OK Kabir, I will try to "Let the events come as they come".

Hey, but I cant stop thinking about it, and worrying too.

 

Love,

Alton

 

, Dharma <deva@L...> wrote:

> On Thursday, June 21, an unusual planetary double event will

happen: a New

> Moon shortly after the moment of the summer solstice. At 7:38am

GMT

> (3:38am EDT) the Sun will enter the sign Cancer; that is the moment

of

> solstice. At 11:58am GMT (7:58am EDT) the Moon will conjoin the

Sun at 0°

> 10' Cancer; that is the New Moon. I'm hearing that people already

notice

> the strong, "weird" energies.

>

> The Solstice/New Moon chart shows a stellium of five planets in the

sign

> Gemini, opposing three planets in Sagittarius. These opposing

energies

> find their easiest outlet through Uranus, planet of sudden, unusual

things

> and of the higher mind or intuition. Uranus is strong in its own

sign,

> Aquarius. In addition the Saturn/Pluto opposition finds its easy

outlet

> through Neptune, planet of the subconscious and inspiration, of

dreams,

> illusion and delusion, also in Aquarius. In the Earth's chart the

> oppositions are across the 2nd/8th house axis, showing possible

> repercussions on the market and economy. The Sun and Moon are in

the 2d

> house of money, possessions, and prana.

>

> The Sabian symbol for the Sun at 0° Cancer is:

>

> CANCER 0°: ON A SHIP THE SAILORS LOWER AN OLD FLAG AND RAISE A NEW

ONE.

>

> [Rudhyar's commentary:]

> KEYNOTE: A radical change of allegiance exteriorized in a

symbolical act: a

> point of no return.

>

> This is a moment of crisis, a sharp turning point. In the zodiacal

cycle,

> at the summer solstice the northward motion of the sun

(in "declination")

> stops; the sun rises and sets as far north of exact east and west

as it can

> during the year-cycle. Its motion is now reversed. Slowly the

sunset

> points move southward on the western horizon, and the length of the

day

> decreases. On the "ship" which symbolizes the ego-consciousness

floating,

> as it were, on the sea of the vast Unconscious, the individualized

will

> makes a basic decision. The dominant Yang force allows the Yin

force to

> begin its six-month long rise to power. The "collective" will

gradually

> overcomes the "individual," and at the end the state will overpower

the

> person. Now, however, the individual person enjoys his most

glorious hour;

> he exults in his ability to make a "free decision" - i.e. to act as

an

> individual who selects his life goal and his allegiance.

>

> In a decisive act heavy with consequences, the symbolic college-

youth might

> realize that he should bring to an end his quest for the ideal

companion

> and enter into matrimony. He assents to the possibility of

progeny, of

> home responsibility. His consciousness accepts a process of

fundamental

> REORIENTATION, implying the stabilization of his energies.

>

> Marc Edmund Jones' comment: The nascent desire to align oneself

with a

> larger and more significant life trend. Compelling decision.

> Repolarization.

> -----------------------

>

> At the solstice the Moon will be in 27° Gemini. The Sabian symbol

is:

>

> GEMINI 27°: THROUGH BANKRUPTCY, SOCIETY GIVES TO AN OVERBURDENED

INDIVIDUAL

> THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN AGAIN.

>

> KEYNOTE: A release from unbearable pressures, freeing one for new

tasks.

>

> This symbol can easily be misinterpreted, for while it obviously

has a

> connotation of failure, it nevertheless depicts a particular state

of the

> complex relationship of an individual to his community. The

bankruptcy

> proceedings mentioned here should not be construed as referring to a

> fraudulent type of bankruptcy. At least in the United States

bankruptcy

> does not imply a moral condemnation; rather, it means that

individual

> failure cannot be separated from the health of the community. The

special

> nature of the whole is implied in the failure of the part to perform

> adequately under particularly harsh economic conditions. A society

which

> enthrones the principle of ruthless competition must also develop

> mechanisms to exteriorize the principle of compassion. The latter

was at

> first emphasized by Northern Buddhism, and soon after by

Christianity. The

> concept of atonement is directly related to that of release from

unbearable

> economic pressures in bankruptcy.

>

> Here we have another kind of "leaving behind," a LIBERATlON FROM

THE PAST.

> ------------------------------

>

> At 25° Gemini, Jupiter, the "Greater Fortune," the principle of

expansion,

> conjoins Moon and Sun:

>

> 25° GEMINI: FROST-COVERED TREES AGAINST WINTER SKIES.

>

> KEYNOTE: The revelation of archetypal form and essential rhythm of

existence.

>

> At this level of "exteriorization" a contact with archetypes and

pure

> forms of individual selfhood is to be sought - also with the

characteristic

> images (Spengler's Ur-symbols) of the culture. Externals are left

behind.

> This is a step beyond "pruning"; it is rather a process of removal

of all

> superficialities of existence.

> Cyclically, nature helps us to reach this state of bare reality.

It is

> not that we experience the Buddhist's void (sunya), but rather that

we

> reach the essence of our individual being, the form of pure

selfhood which

> is the structuring power underneath all external features - all

that belong

> to the "leaf' realm.

>

> In a sense we can speak of this as a stage of ascetic

repudiation, but

> it is also one of ESSENTIALIZATION.

> --------------------------

>

> About 4 hours after the solstice, the Moon and Sun come together

and at New

> Moon both are at 0° Cancer: REORIENTATION or REPOLARIZATION.

>

> How this affects you depends on where you live and also on your own

natal

> horoscope. But it will be a day of strong energies for all.

>

> If you would like a copy of the solstice/New Moon chart (a map of

the solar

> system at that time), drop me an email.

[Guest guest]

Hi Dharma,

 

I had already taken note of these odd planetary positions, both sun and moon

entering Cancer, the sign that rules emotions in home and family life. The

new moon, the solstice, even a solar eclipse...

Is it by chance that Mark (without a clue about these details) chose this

very day to arrive in Holland, and start building his new home and family

life?

The constellations in Gemini and Sagittarius, seem to emphasize both our

rising signs...

 

Is there any such thing as a coincidence?

and if not...

do the planetary transitions rule the events, or do the events rule the

transitions? :-)

 

Love,

Mira

[Guest guest]

BTW, it is said that the more spiritually advanced a person is, the less he

is influenced by his birth chart and the transits of the planets. Perhaps

this is because he is freer of the personality level entirely. Or freer

from the operations of cause and effect... karma?

Has Mark arrived safely?

Love,

Dharma

Or absorbs all his planets or not projected her shadows :-)

But even the HH Dalai Lama still has his chart cast ... not

that he's the greatest spiritual being to ever walk the planet ...

not that he isn't either ...

Also, Solstice, 7:57 am is the closest I jiggled it, a few seconds off

I think.

One event that I know will occur in the morning is that Congressman

Dennis Kucinich has asked for a meeting of 20 people to convene

on the "Hill" to discuss the building of a Department of Peace with

a Cabinet level post ... nice Eclipse energy :-)

Koppejans said "raise a new flag" for this 0d Cancer at the

Aries Point - powerful energy - oh, timing was done in EDT,

it's late here so I hope that's right.

Read some very interesting material on the energies projected

out of the void ... Stephen Hawkins' no boundary theory ... and

Taking this concept forward as it is projected in energetic waves, how

this energy is intercepted by our brain waves, depending

on where our own are ... theta, alpha, delta, etc., and those

at one level accepting the collective unconscious archetypes,

and those on another level (at any given time this can fluctuate

for any given person) accept energies from consciousness.

Will post it when I'm less tired, son just left, other son going

on vacation in the morning to Peru. He thinks his Peruvian

side is "cool" his Dutch side he thinks less "cool" more rules, LOL.

Love and Light and Laughter,

Anna

[Guest guest]

Hi Mira,

>I had already taken note of these odd planetary positions, both sun and moon

>entering Cancer, the sign that rules emotions in home and family life. The

>new moon, the solstice, even a solar eclipse...

>Is it by chance that Mark (without a clue about these details) chose this

>very day to arrive in Holland, and start building his new home and family

>life?

>The constellations in Gemini and Sagittarius, seem to emphasize both our

>rising signs...

 

And the New Moon is so appropriate... the joining of male and female, the

beginning of a new cycle.

>Is there any such thing as a coincidence?

 

They say not. Try the word "synchronicity."

>and if not...

>do the planetary transitions rule the events, or do the events rule the

>transitions? :-)

 

Some say that astrology works because the universe is one, all of a piece,

and if we understand what is going on at one level, we see what's going on

at another level. "As above, so below."

 

Some think they see the beginning of a scientific explanation in the study

of planetary positions in relation to what's happening on the Sun and

therefore here. When the mass of the solar system changes, the shape of

the space changes. We know that when planets make what have been called

bad or hard or stressful angles - 90° and 180° - there seem to be more

sunspots and that affects the ion layer around the Earth. And so on...

But there's so much there that we don't know.

 

As the planets move around the Sun, we see cycles and tendencies. I know

that I can see a period when a person will be accident-prone, and if he's

careful then, he may avoid an accident or at least a more serious accident.

But what causes what?

 

Why not look at it as synchronicity? More and more, that feels right to me.

 

BTW, it is said that the more spiritually advanced a person is, the less he

is influenced by his birth chart and the transits of the planets. Perhaps

this is because he is freer of the personality level entirely. Or freer

from the operations of cause and effect... karma?

 

Has Mark arrived safely?

 

Love,

Dharma

[Guest guest]

Hi:

>Some say that astrology works because the universe is one, all of a

>piece,>and if we understand what is going on at one level, we see

what's going >on>at another level. "As above, so below."

The modern scientific world has "discovered" :-) that the root

element of all creation is the same as the hydrogen gas that makes up

a star...therefore, we are have the same beginnings.

This is a very unique Solstice/New Moon in a number of ways not only

is there a solar eclipse but mercury and mars are both retrograde

(uranus, neptune and pluto are also retrograde but that is not so

unusual). In the sideral system mars and saturn are also opposed and

the new moon is happening in Gemini/Sagittarius. I am finding that

people are dealing with major changes, lots of surprises, anger and

high levels of nervous energy. Generally, the new moon and eclipse

will break the negative energy patterns that begin to occur about

three weeks before the event - this time around due to the retrograde

motion of mercury and mars I believe the break will not truly occur

until after the full monn eclipse on 7/5. For those attuned to

spiritual/cleansing energy this is a great time for forward movement,

internal cleansing and even breakthroughs in karmic patterns. For

those who are a bit more unconscious there will be life shifts and

emotion based decisions that will have far reaching effects. What I

am finding with many of clients is a high incidence of residential

moves, divorces that have been lagging are now being finalized,

health issues that have been hidden now coming to light (I, myself

have been sick for months now.....thought it was stress only to find

out that I have parasites) and far too many choosing to go on

anti-depressants because they are in a state of panic.

This is an exciting time if one views it as a general "clean-up" and

goes with the energy rather than against it - can't have creation

without destruction.

Namaste,

Linda

Love,Dharma/join

All paths go

somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions,

and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of

Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

Welcome all to a.Your use of is subject

to the

[Guest guest]

Hi Anna,

>>BTW, it is said that the more spiritually advanced a person is, the less

>>he is influenced by his birth chart and the transits of the planets.

>> Perhaps this is because he is freer of the personality level entirely.

>> Or freer from the operations of cause and effect... karma? Has Mark

>>arrived safely?

>

> Or absorbs all his planets

 

I'm not clear on what you mean by this... the planets are out there in

physical space. How can you absorb them?

> or not projected her shadows :-)

 

The problem is not projecting the Shadow, it's HAVING one. The Shadow is

made up of all the unconscious stuff we haven't or won't admit into

consciousness, especially the stuff we've repressed and shoved down into

the unconscious. Repressing something doesn't get rid of it... it just

goes out of sight, out of conscious mind. It's dangerous because we don't

know WHAT it's doing then, and it may bite us on the rear when we don't

expect anything... and we don't even know what really bit us. )) For

instance, we may do something that has an unfortunate effect and not really

know why we did it... the Shadow acting!

 

Projection is one way we may find out what's in the Shadow and make some of

it more conscious. If someone says, "But I'm really not like that!" then I

look to see if I projected something. If I find it in myself, I can become

conscious of it... and clear it if I choose. I don't regard anything

within myself as bad or good, because I want to be able to accept

everything that's there. Everything that can be brought into consciousness

is no longer part of the Shadow.

>But even the HH Dalai Lama still has his chart cast ... not that he's the

>greatest spiritual being to ever walk the planet ... not that he isn't

>either ...

 

I think there's good reason. I don't watch the planets all the time,

and sometimes I'm sorry I didn't. One day I started to run a flight of

stairs, stepped on a piece of paper someone had dropped there, and took

off... fell all the way down the stairs and landed on my back, fortunately

not really hurting anything except a toe. I went back upstairs and looked

at the ephemeris. Sure enough, Mars was square Uranus in relation to my

chart... if I'd seen that, I would have known I was in an accident-prone

period and I never would have run down stairs at all.

>Also, Solstice, 7:57 am is the closest I jiggled it, a few seconds off I

>think.

 

I didn't try to figure it, just checked Raphael's Ephemeris.

>One event that I know will occur in the morning is that Congressman Dennis

>Kucinich has asked for a meeting of 20 people to convene on the "Hill" to

>discuss the building of a Department of Peace with a Cabinet level post

>... nice Eclipse energy :-) Koppejans said "raise a new flag" for this 0d

>Cancer at the Aries Point - powerful energy - oh, timing was done in EDT,

>it's late here so I hope that's right.

 

Haven't been paying much attention to the news, but I'm hearing about a

quake or two, a volcano, a typhoon... is there an unusual amount of

activity of this sort?

>Read some very interesting material on the energies projected out of the

>void ... Stephen Hawkins' no boundary theory ... and Taking this concept

>forward as it is projected in energetic waves, how this energy is

>intercepted by our brain waves, depending on where our own are ... theta,

>alpha, delta, etc., and those at one level accepting the collective

>unconscious archetypes, and those on another level (at any given time this

>can fluctuate for any given person) accept energies from consciousness.

>Will post it when I'm less tired,

 

Sounds interesting.

 

A question occurs to me. Thinking about working for continuity of

consciousness, does anyone know how many different kinds of brain waves we

can show at the same time?

> son just left, other son going on vacation in the morning to Peru. He

>thinks his Peruvian side is "cool" his Dutch side he thinks less "cool"

>more rules, LOL.

 

My daughter and her two boys just arrived Saturday... that's why I'm just

getting around to answering this. They'll be here until July 4, don't

know how much chance I'll get at my computer.

 

Love,

Dharma

[Guest guest]

Hi Linda,

> This is a very unique Solstice/New Moon in a number of

> ways not only is there a solar eclipse but mercury and mars are both

> retrograde (uranus, neptune and pluto are also retrograde but that is

>not so

> unusual). In the sideral system mars and saturn are also opposed and the

> new moon is happening in Gemini/Sagittarius. I am finding that people are

> dealing with major changes, lots of surprises, anger and high levels of

> nervous energy.

 

Very interesting! My daughter arrived on Saturday for a visit... she said

this morning that she's feeling shaky. Thinks it's jet lag, loss of sleep,

etc.

>snip<

> This is an exciting time if one views it as a general

> "clean-up" and goes with the energy rather than against it - can't have

> creation without destruction.

 

Good advice! Always best to look for the best ways to use the prevailing

energies.

 

Love,

Dharma

[Guest guest]

Here is a link to a free ephemeris for the month.

 

http://www.astrology.com/ephemeris.html