Transits Newsletter Sept 23rd The Waning Moon & Mercury Retrograde Coming Up

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Waning Moon

Mercury Retrograde….

2

Cycles of Rest….

 

New Moon:

Sept. 25th

&

Mercury Retrograde:

TOMORROW,

September 24th!

 

 

One of the most powerful things I learned in my early days of

studying Jyotish was in terms of the Moon. As

I paid attention to the Moon’s waxing and waning cycles I noticed a

dramatic difference between when the Moon was getting bigger and when it

was getting smaller.

In other words, the Moon affects us in direct proportion to what it

is doing!

 

That’s why there’s centuries of lore associated with

the Moon!

 

Most people know the old wives tale about the Full Moon! All the animals howl around the Full Moon! Also, all the crazies come out during that

time!

 

Unfortunately, I find this simple association very misleading and

incomplete. Under close scrutiny one finds

that people ‘freak out’ during both extremes of the Moon!

 

In other words, people do kind of freak out when the Moon’s

at its peak!

However, I also find that people freak out just as much during the

New Moon.

 

Perhaps the reason why people don’t commonly make that

connection is because the Moon has disappeared and there’s no

physical reason to justify the emptiness, the loneliness, or the

depression that comes so often near the New Moon.

When people freak out around the Full Moon there is that big Moon

again to remind us that this may be why!

 

Therefore, it is extremely important to watch how one feels, and

even how others, and our whole world’s environment experiences the

Moon.

 

Take the recent collapse of the markets on September

15th of 2008.

The market collapsed over 500 points and everyone was literally

freaking out on this day.

 

When you make an astrology chart for that day you can see that the

Moon was recently full the day before. But,

this month, Saturn was with the Sun in Leo so Saturn’s influence

(delays, losses, grief and suffering) undoubtedly contributed to this

phenomena.

 

I’ve noticed over the years that emotions quite often drives

the markets.

 

This can easily be understood when you look at the Moon cursing

through the sky at different times.

 

Right now, on September 23rd, the Moon is beginning to

collapse upon the New Moon! Today, the

Moon’s at the 26th degree of Gemini.

The Sun, right now is at 7th degree of Virgo. This means the Moon will be colliding with the Sun

on Sept 29th.

In fact the Sun and Moon will both be at the 12th degree

of Virgo at 2am

(CST,) on the

29th. This

then, will be the New Moon!

 

Therefore, we’re in the Last Quarter of the Moon’s

Waning Cycle so you’ll notice the strongest influence of the New

Moon during these next 6 days!

 

Watch how you feel during these days and see if you notice an

increasing lessening of energy, emptiness, and inwardness. This is because the Moon is having this lessening

influence upon all of us because the light of the Sun is diminishing each

day.

When the Sun is bright and vivid we feel that energy and feel more

outward and dynamic. The moment that the

clouds cover the sky we feel less energy and more depressed. Studies have shown a direct correlation between the

volume of Sun light and happiness and depression in people.

Many people in the Northwestern United

States can’t stay there because the clouds are so

continually overcast. Others in

London complain because the

weather is always raining and overcast.

Studies also show that Winter months of long periods of overcast

skys brings much depression.

 

So, it shouldn’t be surprising that the lessening of the

light from the Moon also makes us a little crazy.

 

After I had watched the Moon’s cycles for a number of months

I noticed not only the repeatable influence of waxing and waning but I

began to notice that my body was feeling like resting during the waning

times, especially.

 

Then, it occurred to me, perhaps the Moon’s waning cycle is a

period of rest, of the general cycles of rest and activity? In Yoga philosophy I had learned about rest and

activity. Rest and activity go hand and hand

together. So, when we don’t get enough

rest then, our activities suffer.

 

This is why Yoga teaches such things as meditation, and increasing

one’s rest cycles so that one can get more balanced in one’s

life!

 

Like this I noticed that if I surrendered more to the flavor of

resting during the waning Moon cycle, I too, began experiencing more

restfulness and energy and clarity of mind. If

I forgot or couldn’t rest for whatever reason, during the waning

Moon cycles I immediately felt rough emotionally and experienced many

problems in my daily life.

 

The moment I remembered the Moon, however, and allowed myself to

rest more during this time I immediately felt better!

 

Now, I understand that the Moon’s

waning cycle is a major rest cycle!

 

 

And, if one rests more during this part of the cycle one will not

only feel better in the present moment, but one will be much more rested

and prepared for the dynamic doing and increasing energetic cycle of the

up-coming Moon’s waxing cycle!

 

So, pay attention to how you’re feeling right now!

 

If you’re feeling any lack of energy, drive or will, to do

things accept that perhaps this is due in part to

the Moon’s inward waning Moon time. Give

yourself a break! Allow yourself to rest more

NOW…. And see if you don’t feel immeasurably better now and

weeks to come!

 

Mercury

Retrograde

Cycle

 

Many people experience, also a lot of negative experiences during

typical Mercury Retrograde times too.

I’ve noticed that especially a lot of people in accounting

and law offices have many difficulties in details and law briefs not being

correct during these times. Also, many people

report even machines break down or have many difficulties during these

times.

 

Mercury every year goes through about 3 Retrograde cycles.

 

Next retrograde time

starts on September 24th and ends on October 16th.

 

Mercury Retrograde means the time when the planet Mercury is

passing inside the path of the Sun, in relationship to the Earth vs. other

times where Mercury is travels on the outer side of the Sun.

Like this, other planets sometimes pass beneath the Sun and the

Earth and at other times travel around the Sun, as if above the Sun,

again, in relationship to the Earth.

 

These times are always described as potentially uncomfortable or

negative times. Typical negative Mercury

results include mistakes of intellect, lack of clarity of mind, and many,

many difficulties in communications.

 

Like the Moon’s waning cycle, I started thinking maybe these

Retrograde cycles are a kind of rest cycle.

Because, when you pay closer attention to the planets during their

retrograde motions; you’ll notice a similar Inwardness going on.

 

Then, I made some experiments and during Mercury’s Retrograde

times I tried resting my intellect more! This

immediately helped because I also took more times in doing those things

that I normally do with my Mercury intellect.

So, if I needed to write some letters, communicate with people or

pay some bills, I allowed myself more time to do these things.

 

Immediately, I felt better inside and I noticed the normally crazy

kind of intellectual time settled down and felt much easier. When you rest during rest cycles you feel

remarkably wonderful.

 

If you don’t rest during important rest cycles then you

immediately feel worse, and all kinds of fatigue, tiredness, dis-ease and

stress result!

 

Pay attention to this upcoming last week of the Moon’s rest

cycle, and in a few days, when Mercury stops and begins to go retrograde

rest with your Mercury as well!

 

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Mark Kincaid

 

 

 

 

Parts excerpted from New

Book:

 

Chapter on ‘The

Waning Moon’

 

“Map of God

 

Discover Your Stars Within…

And Become the Master of Your Stars”:

 

Coming Out

soon!