Communion with a Red Giant - Mother Earth dancing with Mars - LONG

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Dear list,

 

Below is my own interpretation of the Mars-Earth Mother dance. It is

very " tip of the iceberg " as there are so many other aspects that I

didn't have time to thoroughly cover, but perhaps it will be of use

in a general way.

 

I'm unsure whether this post has made its way here yet, as it being

distributed with permission around the world.

 

I offer it for whatever inspiration it may give to those interested.

 

In Love,

Fabeku

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Dearest stone friends,

 

I have been receiving an increasing number of requests from people to

speak more about these changes, including the movement of Mars toward

the Earth Mother and what this means in a spiritual context. I offer

the following based on my own listening to this process and encourage

everyone to verify the rightness of what is given for you in the

context of your own life.

 

We are living in extraordinary times. Life as we know it is shifting

in ways that may first appear subtle but whose effects are being felt

at all levels of living and loving. The Earth Mother is moving into

MORE, shifting and expanding into wondrous levels of being that we

have never experienced in tens of thousands of years. As She changes

and grow she calls us to do the same, small tugs in our consciousness

that inspire us to embrace these changes with the fullness of our

soul essence to begin the Dance in this moment, fully present and in

Love with the possibilities before us.

 

It is true that the heavens and the Earth are moved in response to

Mother Gaia's Dance. She has extended invitation far and wide and the

response from all corners of Creation has been incredible. The signs

and wonders of this unfolding are being given to those with the eyes

to see, the ears to hear and the heart to receive moment by moment.

Can you hear it?

 

There is new music being played from the Mystery. As the Maestro

approaches the Orchestra new songs are emerging. You are a part of

that music. You are the instrument and the song together as One, the

music and the dancing that is inspired.

 

At this very moment we are experiencing a rare and exquisite

communion with a celestial giant, a dance of epic proportions as

Mars, the Red Planet, is closer to the Earth than it has been in

nearly 60,000 years. The blessings, challenges and responsibilities

that this presents to us are profound and incredible at once.

 

 

THE ASTRONOMICAL DETAILS

Mars approaches the Earth Mother most intensely in this month of

August. It can be seen at various points during the month, but on

August 27th at 4:51 a.m. CDT Mars will pass within 34,646,437 miles

of the Earth Mother. In that instant the Earth Mother communes with

Mars in a dance that offers a great moment of transformation for all

of us and for the planet itself.

 

During its close communion Mars appears larger and brighter in the

sky than it normally does. Its increased heavenly visibility mirrors

the increased presence it has within and around us all during this

exciting time.

 

 

THE ARCHETYPICAL MEDICINE OF MARS

Those that know me know that I do not and have never practiced

astrology. I know very little about it and so my approach to

listening and sharing around this cosmic event revolves more fully

around my own understanding of Mars as an archetypical medicine that

is found in the world around us and deep within our psyche and spirit

as well.

 

The planets, like so many other things in Creation, relate to aspects

of the universe within us as well as the universe around us – As

Above, So Below. Their movement, medicine and dances in the heavens

reflect the way their energies move within our bodies and spirits as

well. To understand the meaning of this Mars communion we must first

understand Mars as an archetype.

 

The most immediate association people make with the red planet

illustrates the relationship between Mars and the energies of war.

While it is true that this facet exists within the medicine of this

archetype it would be a mistake to limit its energies to that alone.

However, since most people begin there let us too begin there in our

exploration of this planetary and archetypical medicine.

 

Mars, whose very color is a fiery red-orange, resonates to aggression

and war-like instincts and tendencies. As an archetype Mars asks us

to examine sources of aggression within ourselves, to see where fire

rage uncontrollably or where we lose our temper and flew into rages.

What can trigger a war-like response with you? Do you have a healthy

grasp over your inner fire and the temper it can inspire? Are there

fires that rage within us, either on an individual or collective

level, that must be tempered in order to be balanced? Mars mirrors

the aggression within us individually and as a species, which may be

why many squirm in their seats in the presence of this archetype.

 

For all the illusions of civilization that we have created over the

years, sadly there still exists great wells of aggression and

violence within the human species that is the cause of great

suffering, sadness, loss and death across the world. Mars reminds us

of that, never letting us escape the truth of what's within and

challenging us to bring those fires into greater balance lest they

become even more destructive.

 

Often labeled as " bad " by people uncomfortable with the rawness of

martial energy, Mars really represents the energy of fire in both its

creative and destructive aspects. It is our relationship to and

balance with and within this fire that determines whether it is

productive or unproductive, protective or dangerous. Though it would

be easy to demonize Mars as the source of uncontrolled aggression,

only though afraid of their own aggression would go to such extremes.

As with all aspects of life in this dimension there is exists a

polarity of energies within which Mars operates.

 

Mars is also associated with the expression of the will. In this way

it is also a tricky energy with which to dance because in each moment

we have the opportunity to dance with either personal will or divine

will, both offering dramatically different steps to dramatically

different ends. Personal will is often shortsighted and unable to

perceive the big picture in our life or within life at large.

Personal will is exclusive, failing to consider true goodness for

both ourselves and others even though it can cleverly distort itself

to appear to be in our best interest. By contrast, Divine Will is

inclusive – allowing for our highest good while living in harmony

with the All in each moment. Mars asks us to examine what will we're

dancing to in each moment and to evaluate the way through which we're

expressing the energy of will and drive in our lives.

 

Archetypically speaking Mars embodies the masculine or yang element

within all of Creation, that fiery aspect that moves toward the end

with intense determination and drive. It is Mars that takes the seeds

received in the sacred space of the Divine Feminine and brings them

to fruition with intense focus, momentum and protection. In short,

Mars guards the sacred seed to insure that it comes to fruition.

 

In our interactions with the world around us Mars relates to being

direct, clear, unencumbered even during challenging emotional times,

able to express out Truth while honoring another's right to do the

same. In an out of balanced state Mars will wage war against all that

opposes its point of view, resorting to aggression over assertiveness

and expression at all costs rather than standing as a Divine

Sovereign in individual truth. Mars allows us to overcome fear with

courage, the fire needed to move toward the end with the strength and

intensity necessary to succeed in our journey. When this aspect of

Mars isn't balanced within us the fear is actually what drives us

into erratic and dangerous movements that take place blindly and

within intensity.

 

Returning to the concept of the Divine Sovereign, Mars holds the

medicine to defend our inner spaces from those obstacles that seek to

compromise the structural and spiritual integrity of our reality.

There are times in our evolutionary process that obstacles enter the

path and require our examination and attention in order to be removed

and transformed. It is this capacity to clear the road that is found

within the archetypical energy of Mars. In this way this planetary

body stands as the protector of sovereign reality, a spirits whose

medicine allows us to maintain that birthright at all times.

 

Because Mars embodies the medicine of the individual and the push

toward individualized expression this archetype calls for people to

stand in their uniqueness and be counted, to be who you are fully and

proudly. In a balanced state this quality allows a person to express

themselves truly and to allow others to do the same. We find the

honoring of soul essence deep within the fire aspects of the energy

of Mars.

 

Mars, as the warrior energy, holds the medicine of honor and truth.

Within us Mars teaches us that to express ourselves fully and

responsibility, even with all of our shortcomings and challenges, is

honorable and sacred. There is no shame in being human and that we

should not shame others for the same.

 

Mars also teaches us that anger, in and of itself, is not bad or

shameful, but that if we allow the anger to be expressed in

inappropriate or dangerous ways then have acted dishonorably and

should take steps to correct it immediately. For people who fear

their anger Mars teaches the rightness of this emotion when we have a

balanced relationship with it. For people consumed by anger Mars

evokes the warrior within us to contain the fires and to control them

properly.

 

Another important aspect of Mars relative to anger is the fact that a

true warrior looks for the cause of pain, including exploring deep

within to find the roots of anger. This way we learn to respond to

what is actually happening in that moment rather than reacting to

what has happened in our past, compounding the intensity of our pain

and anger by allowing what has been to creep into what is. In this

way Mars speaks to us of necessary boundaries and of having the

courage and strength to erect those boundaries.

 

In alchemy Mars is associated with the metal Iron. Iron is the

earthiest of the seven metals, the one with the closest resonance the

Earth Mother and the earth element. Mars is also associated with the

blood, both because of its color and because of the high iron content

in our blood. Iron is also the only metal that aligns with the

magnetics of the Earth, so there is a direct relationship between

Mars and the magnetic systems of the Earth Mother.

 

Finally the energies of Mars relate to the survival instincts

programmed deep within all of life. Its red color resonates to the

base central in the human body, the chakra where all survival

instincts are found. In moments of individual or collective danger

Mars calls to action those responses within us that insure our

survival, that know when it is time to fight in order to stay alive.

In this way Mars relates to the continuation of life on all levels.

 

 

THE MEANING OF THE DANCE

Through examining the above and through deep listening we can come to

get a clearer understanding of the importance of this Mars-Earth

Mother communion.

 

The arrival of this communion is timely because the fiery energies of

Mars bring purification at a core level for the Earth Mother, the

collective consciousness, for us as a global family and for all

kingdoms of Creation. First, Mars approaches the Earth Mother to help

release the unbalanced and destructive old world Warrior archetype,

focused on domination, aggression, brute force, submission, invasion

and wanton destruction. This archetype that exists within the

collective mind to which we're all connected and within the very

cells of our bodies is responsible for destruction on a global scale,

destruction that has impacted all levels of Creation.

 

As the Earth Mother moves toward MORE, toward a greater expression of

divinity, it is necessary to release the confines the old world

Warrior archetype places on us. In its place the new world archetype

of the Spiritual Warrior or Peaceful Warrior emerges. It is this new

archetype that embodies the qualities of protection, honoring the

sovereignty of all, the commitment to expressing one's soul essence

and the capacity to maintain the Truth of one's soul essence without

infringing on the Truth of another.

 

If we examine the events in recent years it is painfully obvious the

devastating impact the old world Warrior archetype has had on us and

our global family. The costs far outweigh benefits gained through

operating from this place of unbalanced and unchecked aggression. The

Earth Mother is calling for something more, something new. The answer

is being given by and through this communion with Mars.

 

As we approach the changes ahead we are being called to be Peaceful

Warriors, people that embody the unwavering commitment to living from

our Truth and our divinity, of maintaining the boundaries of that

reality and honoring the boundaries of the realities maintained by

others around us as well, even those whose reality differs from our

own. The Mars-Earth communion awakens within us the blueprint of the

Peaceful Warrior, inviting us to take a stand for what we know to be

Truth within our hearts, even if the world around us seems to be

affirming other things as being true. We cannot and should not waver

from holding tight to our Truth because the more of us that affirm

the divinity within us and within All as true reality, the faster and

greater this will find expression in the world at large.

 

We are, in a sense, being called to the visionkeepers of a new world,

those souls so clearly dedicated to the emerging divinity within us

and within the Earth Mother that we hold tight to that reality at all

times and affirm the Truth of that with all that we do. By so doing

we not only make it easier for others to do the same, but we make it

easier for the Earth Mother to embrace the fullness of Her divinity

and the greatness of Her destiny as well.

 

In a related way the dance of Mars and the Earth Mother is also

calling forth the presence of spirits to stand as visionkeepers for

the Earth Mother and Her process, which includes our own evolutionary

movement forward. These spirits have come to stand guard to what is

unfolding, to protect the delicate flower as it first emerges and

before it gains its own strength. These spirits may be found through

our totem spirits, the stone spirits, our guides and teachers and are

here in support of the process we're all engaged in at this very

moment.

 

The Mars-Earth communion is also taking place to address deeply held

anger stored in the recesses of both personal and planetary reality.

Over the centuries our bodies have become programmed with a certain

degree of anger and aggression that have changed our very

relationship with life on all levels. This constant resonance of

anger passed from generation or generation through the cells in our

bodies has a profound yet often unnoticed impact on our

consciousness, our body and our spirit.

 

As the Earth Mother dances with Mars in this communion there is a

call to release anger, to open up the prison cells within us and

around us so that pent up anger may be released and transformed. The

fiery red giant approaches us, drawing nearer to us, to express a

willingness to absorb this anger and to draw it back into the heart

of the Universe to be transformed and release. This is a time of

liberation. At no point in the past 60,000 years have we been given a

greater opportunity to liberate ourselves from the cycles of

destructive anger both as individual and as a global family.

 

The Earth Mother has been working so hard over the past weeks and

months to cleanse the energies of destructive anger from Her matrix

and a key part of that release requires us to examine our own lives,

patterns and behaviors and liberate ourselves from this destructive

expression of anger. Earth healing is individual healing. Individual

healing is Earth healing. The more we release from our own lives, the

more others may release from their lives and the more the Earth

Mother can release Herself.

 

Spend time reflecting on your own relationship to anger. A person

afraid to express anger and a person that flies into uncontrollable

rages are equally controlled by the martial energy. Now is the time

to establish right relationship with anger, to work toward the

release of destructive anger from the cells of our bodies and the

music of our lives. Mars has approached to make this easier and to

offer us the energy necessary to evoke this transformation.

 

Another medicine being gifted to us by the communion of Mars and the

Earth Mother is the medicine of patience. Just as iron is slowly

heated and cooled on the forge while it is painstakingly shaped into

its final form, so too are we being shaped on the forge of the

Mystery – tempered and being made stronger, reshaped and being

recreated into new and more incredible forms. This process isn't fast

and isn't always without challenge. However, it is not the presence

of challenges that determines our success, but rather the spirit

through which we address the challenges and the strength with which

we hold to what we know is true even when the illusions around us

make it seem otherwise.

 

This dance of the red giant and the Earth Mother opens a spectrum of

patience for all who seek to go the course yet require the requisite

patience to continue on the path even during trying times. In moments

where the process seems overwhelming, reach out and call upon the

patience that is there in each moment. We're experiencing tremendous

growing pains these days and patience is the medicine necessary to

maintain focus and motivating as we grow and expand.

 

With iron many tools have been created over the centuries. One tool

often forged from iron is the blade, a weapon whose symbolism speaks

to us at many levels in these times. Though sometimes seem

exclusively as an instrument of violence, the blade is also an

instrument of protection, revelation and compromise. In order to

appreciate the medicine of the Mars-Earth dance we should spend a

moment studying the medicines expressed through the blade.

 

As an instrument of protection the blade can be used to defend the

boundaries of our Truth against the illusions and " inner demons " that

seek to compromise our relationship to this Truth. When these inner

challenges rise up, as they often do especially during moments of

intense change, the blade can be used to dissect them into both

smaller pieces and truer forms of expression. When we're approached

by things that seem overwhelming due to their size or intensity, the

blade allows us to reduce them to smaller, more manageable sizes that

can be dealt with properly.

 

The blade also allows us to slay the illusions within us that hinder

the expression of our divinity. These untruths can be laid open

through the presence of the blade, revealed as illusions and then

discarded from our life. Imagine taking everything within you that

says you're unworthy, unloved, insignificant or incapable and

sacrificing these lies with the blade of Truth. How much different

would your life be if you never thought one of these thoughts or felt

the associated painful emotions ever again? Mars dancing with the

Earth Mother places the blade of Truth of our soul essence in our

hands and gives us the capacity to destroy these illusions in

powerful and meaningful ways, in support of transforming our lives

and our planet into MORE.

 

The blade also carries the medicine of compromise rather than arguing

within its symbolic matrix. There is an African tale of a martial

deity named Ogun that comes upon two fishermen fighting over a fish

at the banks of a river. The two men are warring intensely with one

another, fighting about which person caught the fish. They recoiled

with intimidation when they say Ogun coming over the hill and raising

his sword. Fearing that they would be killed for fighting over such

foolish things the men closed their eyes. Ogun asked the men to hand

the fish to him and bringing his sword to the earth her cut the fish

in two and gave one half to each man. He told them to stop fighting,

to learn the blessings of compromise and to both go home and feast

well.

 

The message is that in these days we needn't stand nose to nose

fighting about reality, but rather can compromise in a way that

allows everyone to be who they are, to believe what they believe and

to still feast well at the end of the day. The blade needn't only be

an instrument of violence, as clearly illustrated by the above story,

but can also be an instrument for waging peace between warring

parties through compromise. The same applies to our internal reality,

those aspects of self that argue and fight against one another. The

blade is a spiritual tool that allows us to sever the fighting

between the aspects of self and to allow them all to exist together

as facets of our wholeness.

 

The more we move toward the expression of our divinity the more

certain parts of ourselves react differently. Some parts may not be

used to this divine expression and may try to convince us that it

isn't true. Other parts may be thrilled that we're recognizing our

own sacredness and may seek to rush forward. It can feel like a

contradiction or realities and, in Truth, it is all a part of the

same process. There is no need to allow this conflict to fester

within, because both parts may exist peacefully and be honored for

the feelings and ideas that they each hold.

 

Another thing sadly forged from iron were shackles that enslaved

countless numbers of people and took them forcibly from the native

lands. The energy of slavery still exists in many ways on this

planet, including those beliefs, ideas, habits and practices in our

own lives that still enslave us. Mars and Earth have entered into a

dance together to break the shackles from our bodies and our spirits,

to liberate us from the issues that enslave us and keep us from

living our life from the light of our soul essence. This dance gives

us a very powerful opportunity to offer up all that enslaves us to

the fiery energies of Mars in order to free ourselves in meaningful

and potent ways.

 

Take a moment to reflect on those things that still enslave you. They

may be limiting beliefs, fear, self-doubt, giving your power away to

people outside yourself, failure to recognize your own beauty and

miraculous nature, fear of living from your divinity because of what

others may thing, a laziness to do the work required, etc. Now is the

hour to offer these things to Mars with the request that you have the

fire and energy necessary to remove them from your life once and for

all.

 

It is important to remember that while there is enormous support for

our liberation at this time even the most potent opportunity will not

do the work for us. It is important to assume responsibility for our

personal liberation and embrace it with the degree of work required

to make it so.

 

 

STONE SPIRITS TO SUPPORT THE DANCE

As always, the stone people respond in amazing ways to the shifts,

challenges and opportunities that face us all in these days. They

remind us that we're never alone and that there is abundant support

available to us all in each moment.

 

There are a number of other spirits that I am listening to at

present, but the four that have stepped forward strongly are

Hematite, Pyrite, Mochi Marbles and the Chinese Red Phantom Quartz.

 

The stone spirits of Hematite anchor us more fully in our Truth, give

us strength and patience in the process of forging and serve to

mirror our Truth back to us in moments where we temporarily forget.

They remind us that our destiny is strong and unshakable and renew

our commitment to the realization of both our individual destiny and

the destiny of the Earth Mother and all of her inhabitants. In this

specific dance Hematite embodies Elk medicine.

 

Pyrite steps forward to help us separate Truth from illusion and

encourages us to development the discernment to realize that all that

glitters isn't gold. These stone spirits allow us to find our own

path to our destiny more fully and encourage us to find the fire

within rather than relying on things and people outside of ourselves.

They ask us to engage responsibility with both the personal and

planetary process of transformation, realizing that some popular

practices are not rooted in safe, responsible or effective realities.

They help us to recognize what is true and effective for us and for

our participation in the transformation of the Earth Mother. Pyrite,

in the dance between Mars and the Earth Mother, embodies Golden Eagle

medicine.

 

Mochi Marbles connect us with our Ancestors, those that have gone

before us and who keep the wisdom of the ages in their care. The way

forward is by stepping back to a time when people honored their

Ancestors and recognized the healing and transformative power held in

the Ancestral realm. The Mochis reconnect us with the wisdom keepers

our physical and spiritual lineage, allowing us to work respectfully

with them as we grow and expand into MORE. Further, Mochis embody a

spiraling energy that gentle aligns us with the MORE that is emerging

upon and within the Earth Mother, easing the transition process and

filling it with quiet joy and sweet Love. There is also a cleansing

aspect of the Mochis that allow the old to fall away with Grace while

the new emerges within and around us. In this context Mochi Marbles

embody the energy and mysteries of the Womb.

 

The Chinese Red Phantom Quartz engages the new archetype of the

Spiritual or Peaceful Warrior as discussed above. These spirits

attune us to our inner reality to help us discover what must be

transformed in order for us to move in harmony with the Earth Mother

as she is expanded through Her dances with Mars. This spirit gives us

the courage to move in the world with a steadfast commitment to Truth

and transformation. Chinese Red Phantom Quartz evokes the fire energy

necessary to release destructive patterns of anger and to liberate

ourselves from illusions and that which enslaves us. Chinese Red

Phantom Quartz embodies the archetype of the Peaceful Warrior.

 

 

IN CONCLUSION

Everyone will have a unique relationship to the dance between Mars

and the Earth Mother and yet we all share a common transformative

process of release, liberation and reorientation to new, more divine

and more magnificent spiritual vistas. Whether you are inspired to co-

create personal rituals to align yourself with the energies and

medicines revealed to us at this time or called to reflect quietly on

what's before us in the moment, your heart will show you the road to

dancing perfectly with the energies of the Now.

 

These are truly extraordinary, extraordinary times…

 

I hope the above has been useful in some small way.

 

In Love,

Fabeku

 

PS> This is a rough draft that hasn't been proofed for typos and

such, but given the high degree of interest in this subject and its

time sensitive nature I have decided to share it with the list " as

is " . Please forgive any glaring typographical errors in the text.

 

 

 

2003 dancing dragonfly. This document may be freely

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