“Love is a weapon of Light, and it has the power to eradicate all forms of darkness.”

Yehuda Berg

 

…It’s been raining for days.  A group of women walk unmasked into the night led by a golden Bull.  The Watcher of the East peers down onto the Earth with his knowing Eye. This is a time of remembering…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On May 15th, Venus will turn Retrograde in close proximity to El Nath, the northern tip of the horn of Taurus–the Bull–beginning her long journey and transformation into her Morning Star phase.  In my last post on Venus I talked extensively on what Venus retrograde represents (HERE) and in this post I would like to bring it to a whole other level.  Using Fixed stars and the observable motions of this Venus cycle, I shall attempt to bring more meaning to this transit. In five parts (this being #1) I will bring you through the entire Venus synodic cycle with the intention of bringing deeper meaning to her stellar geometric dance and how it relates to the rebirth of the Goddess into the world.

 

 

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EL NATH

 

Venus’ station at 24 Gemini, in close proximity to El Nath marks the beginning of the end of her current cycle which began back in October of 2010.  The current Venus cycle relates to the Scorpio Goddess.  Essentially 19 months of deeply investigating–in penetrating fashion–all of our desires, relationships, secrets and darkness is coming to an end. If you think back to then, you will probably get hit with the realization of, “Damn, that was a really dark time…” (from Oct–Nov 10’).  In my observations, I saw lots of betrayal, secretive affairs, falling into despairing addiction, and flat out depression from many people in my life–including clients.  For those of you who did not experience this, you are the exception to the rule.  It’s probably in your chart.  And now, as Venus is in her maximum brightness as an Evening star we are experiencing a culmination of the energies that came at us  during that period.  Sit with it…….:::: How does now, relate to then? Is there some kind of closure happening for you with it? (I bet there is…..keep thinking)

Personally, I don’t do a lot of work with Fixed stars, but every once in a while I’ll get the charge to take a peek.  I received such a charge today. This entire Venus cycle happens in the head of the Bull (sidereal Taurus).  Starting on El Nath, moving back to Aldebaran “the eye of the bull,” and forward again, passing through the horns–El Hecka and El Nath. It’s important to note that this area of the sky is called the Hyades.  Along with the Pleiades, these two star systems are among the most stunning stars to gaze upon in the night sky. The two in combination create the constellation of Taurus. Being that Venus will be traveling around the head of the bull “the loins of the Goddess” I feel its important to get an idea of the nature of these stars.  For starters, lets look at El Nath.

Taken from www.Constellationofstars.com:

Of the Nature of El Nath:

“El Nath is the tip of the [northern] horn…. It was viewed as the force of the Bull, thereby having power over the waters or blood of life…. [It] is a weapon which can be used for good or for ill.”¹²

“With Venus: Favorable for gain, enemies who are powerless to injure.”¹⁰

 “El Nath among the Hindus represented Agni, the god of fire…also the similar Hutabhuj, the Devourer of the Sacrifice.”¹¹

 “Astrologers said that El Nath portended eminence and fortune to all who could claim it as their natal star.”¹³

 

^{….mmMMmm….weapons, sacrifice, blood, life, fire, good fortune……..Where is the love?}

Two ages ago ( ca. 4300 BC and ended in ca. 2150 BC.) was the Age of the Bull.  Civilizations around the world worshipped the Bull and would lay sacrifice to this sacred animal to assist men in relieving their sins and to give them greater power. It was also a time when the Goddess was still worshipped along side the Earth. Then came the Age of the Lamb (Aries), which destroyed polytheism and funneled it into one god, one head (Aries)–ie. Moses and his condemnation of his people worshiping the “golden calf.”  2,000 years later (some say 1 AD) came the “spiritual” age of the Fishes (Pisces). Jesus helped usher this age into being–this is the Age we are now stepping out of into the Age of Aquarius.  In looking back, its fascinating to see how these Precessional Cycles overlap into the affairs of men.  My curiosity in the moment though, is why Venus is stationing on El Nath and spending so much time there (around 19 days within 3 degrees).  Is she asking for a sacrifice? Is she looking for a greater weapon or skill to wield? Or is she reminding us of a time long lost through the ages? Perhaps this transit does relate to the rebirth of the Goddess into the Collective like so many astrologer’s are talking about?

If you read my first post on Venus you will remember how Venus retrograde periods relate to the ushering in of karmic relational contracts.  It’s a real phenomena.  Again, think back to the Fall of 10’.  Who did you meet and who did you release?  And within the complicated matrix of relationship dynamics, we all have our own “weapons.” : silence, coldness, screaming, spite, jealousy, revenge, slander, put-downs, arguing, arrogance, greed etc, etc, etc……These are all relationship weapons. With all subtleties aside, its important to wonder why? Why is it so challenging for relationships to work in our time? What is different? Perhaps….its the slow emergence of the sacred feminine again.  For too long have we lived in a patriarchal world subduing the power of the feminine. And according to many astrologer’s and culture’s around the globe, this particular Venus cycle relates to the re-emergence of the Sacred Feminine into the world. During this re-emergence, perhaps we shall see a slow and steady shift of how our relationships are conducted.  Not just with each other, but with the planet too!

Venus will be retrograde until June 27th.  There are a handful of important events set to occur from now until then.  When Venus is retrograde she is also moving her fastest.  She also reaches her perigee closet to the Sun during this phase.  What this creates is the feeling of time speeding up.  With two Eclipses also happening in the same constellation, it is not far reaching for me to say that the coming months are going to be some of the most eventful times of our lives. May we call on Mother Earth to assist us in this energetic shifting. In the end, its all just speculation.  I’m not going to pretend to know exactly what this Venus cycle is fully about.  There are things you know and things you don’t.  Parts of this subject matter are so big and so vast, it just blows my mind. I just find it interesting and worthy of noting that she is traveling in the Hyades “the Head of Taurus.”  It is my deep prayer for an activation, a revealing of how our relationship to the Feminine, to the Earth, to the Bull has been thwarted over the ages. May we all pray for this healing.

…As Venus falls night after night from her stunning post in the Western sky, the Hyades cry tears of sorrow…or is that joy.  You cannot tip a Bull, nor can you change the past.  Remember love and make that last….

Stay tuned for #2: “Venus travels to the Underworld”

:::: If you are interested in where this Venus cycle is happening for you and what it means, you can contact me at KOSMOGNOSIS@GMAIL.COM::::::

LOVE,

sOma

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We do not see things as they are.

We see them as we are.

 

~ The Talmud ~

 

There is something extraordinary about this week.  The way we relate to the world is changing. Seven days of perceptual mutation is upon us.  There are two major celestial events about to occur: Venus turning retrograde and an Annular Solar Eclipse.  Venus starting off the week, the Eclipse ending it.  Even though these transits have yet to occur, I’m sure you can already feel it.  Riding off a few rough patches at the end of last week (esp….Thursday eve and Friday morning,  felt by the Moon squaring Saturn) we are now being ignited by windy intellectual fires.  And so, here is my new idea: Weekly reports. The goal: To assist you in both planning and understanding your coming days. It is my hope that it brings you more context and meaning to your life.

 

…the prayer: To realize how our Inner world creates our Outer world.  To see into the nature of a Hologram.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday:

Having already passed the 3rd quarter phase of this Lunation cycle, the Moon in mid Pisces harmonizes with Black Moon Lilith via a sextile and prepares for a serious squaring palaver with Venus shortly before she turns retrograde.  Monday is potent day offering much reflection on what came up for us during the Super Moon in Scorpio.  When she is activated through the sextile aspect by Black Moon Lilith, I feel we will all be confronted with the shadow of our Inner Feminine nature.  This may bring up issues around sex and sexuality. It may also create a potent increase in our untamed animal spirit within. Think twice before acting on unhealthy urges.  Luckily, Mercury is trining Pluto on this sensuous battlefield giving us the capacity to see deeply into the nature of our Unconscious Mind.  These patterns we are having trouble seeing may become more apparent today.

 

Tuesday:

 

Tuesday is an auspicious day for a meditation during the Spirit hours.  Between 3-5 in the morning are said to be the most sacred times for Spiritual practice.  I can vouch for this.  If you have never tried, this Tuesday morning may be the greatest time to attempt it.  The Moon will sextile Jupiter in these early hours assisting the calm traveler to find a perfect activation point into the deeper more profound realms within.  Shortly after the Sun rises, Venus will turn to the Sun in her retrograde motion.  It will be good to have a visionary boon to hold onto throughout this Venus cycle.  Its going to be an stimulating ride. Tuesday afternoon, the Moon also  moves into Aries.  She will then conjoin with Uranus.  This is a day of insight, preparation, and electric change. A time for envisioning.

 

Wednesday:

 

What was intoxicating yesterday is now a challenging memory today.  The MoOn will still be in Aries, giving us the strength and courage to manifest the mystical downloads from Tuesday, but the Moon does make a frustrating square to Pluto.  A test on our ability to stay true to what we learned less than 24 hours ago.  Mars, who is ruling this Aries Moon steps onto the field with weapons aside and chest out high and faces Pluto via a trine.  This is a helpful aspect running parallel to the Pluto/Moon square because when Mars trines Pluto it gives us the urge to eliminate and purify aspects of our life.  Not only the urge but the power to do so. Whatever we saw on Tuesday in our meditation wants to be truly eliminated today.

 

Thursday:

 

If you are one of those helpless romantics in world, endlessly searching for your “soulmate” then today will be a day of interest for you.  Seemingly everything worthy of note Thursday relates to Love.  In the late degrees of Aries, the Moon opposes Saturn in Libra.  Saturn asks us with a stern gaze, “Have you been responsible with your heart?” “Or, have you been a reckless arrow pointed away from yourself and not in?” The Moon will also sextile Venus who is now moving retrograde, having already opened the karmic portal of Love and Love lost.  Juno, who relates to Soul contracts moves into Scorpio and Palles Athene moves into Aries.  With both of these asteroid Goddesses moving into Martian/Masculine signs on the same day, its hard not to come to the conclusion that some sexual force is at work here.  A helpful idea: Sexual energy doesn’t just need to be used for sex or gratification, it can also be used for spiritual growth, creativity, and healing.  Sit with this. It’s your koan for today.

 

Friday:

Whether you are the partying type or not, this Friday isn’t the best day for celebration. It is going to feel like an internal one for many.  A day of dreaming, reflecting, and ultimately healing.  As the Moon moves into Taurus and begins her balsamic homestretch into the mysterious New Moon/Total Solar Eclipse, there are some serious questions we are going to be posed with.  When the Moon sextiles Neptune in the early hours of the day, we will think: “Am I living my dream? “Am I in alignment with my visions?” Later in the day, the Moon will do the same with Chiron and we may think, “How am I overcompensating in my life?” “How am I living out of integrity with what I know that I am?” And lastly, the Moon will trine Pluto giving us the support to release, die, and be born again.  All those little death’s, side by side, breathing in, breathing out: Don’t fear death, it is just a doorway.  Find silence somewhere today and deeply reflect on these questions.

 

Saturday:

 

Saturday is a day of complete embodiment.  As the MoOn wanes closer to the Sun and disappears from sight, she makes a few important visitations.  The MOon makes three conjunctions today in mid-Taurus: to Mercury, Black Moon Lilith, and Ceres–one androgynous being, two Goddesses.  Mercury is going to enhance our perceptual acuity, offering us a direct link into the heart of “the matter;” Lilith will be waiting in sexy earth based attire, ready to show us a thing or two about sexual power and its proper usage; Ceres may be in the garden where she will give us the deep intuition of the importance of earth based living via organic metaphor.  Being this is the last day of the Lunation cycle, think back to the Super Moon (May 5th) and try to remember what came up for you then.  What was the seed you planted on the New mooN (April 21st)? And where are you at now? Can you see the Moon’s magic?

 

Sunday:

 

Today is the day of the Total Solar Eclipse.  An Annular Solar Eclipse at zero degrees Gemini.  Zero degree points are said to be critical points.  Fated events can occur on Zero degree points.  But before the Eclipse even occurs, the MoOn pays a visit to the Guru (Jupiter).  Whatever is learned in the hours before the Eclipse from the Moon/Jupiter conjunction it is going to be of great use when the Dragon hole opens. (If you wanna read more on the Eclipse, READ HERE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

art by Michael Garfield

 

 

Again:

 

We do not see things as they are.

We see them as we are.

 

~ The Talmud ~

 

…when we can successfully internalize our projections, we can see clearly how we are creating them and where they are coming from.  It is nobody’s fault but your own.  Own up to your accusations.  Sit deeply with your emotions.  The only person who can hurt you is yourself.

 

Love,

Soma

 

:::::: If you would like deeper insight into the week ahead, or what this eclipse may mean for you, you can contact me at KOSMOGNOSIS@GMAIL.COM::::::::

 

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“The ancient Sanskrit legends speaks of a destined love, a karmic connection between souls that are fated to meet and collide and enrapture one another. The legends say that the loved one is instantly recognized because she’s loved in every gesture, every expression of thought, every movement, every sound, and every mood that prays in her eyes. The legends say that we know her by her wings-the wings that only we can see-and because wanting her kills every other desire of love.

The same legends also carry warnings that such fated love may, sometimes, be the possession and the obsession of one, and only one, of two souls twinned by destiny. But wisdom in one sense, is the opposite of love. Love survives in us precisely because it isn`t wise.”

Shantaram by Gregory Robert

art by Autumn Skye

 

….there is a portal slowly opening.  Shadows playing tricks on our minds and messing with vulnerable hearts.  Love “outside” of us is changing.  Novelty of Love is increasing.  Old ways are dying, new ones being born.  Same true for our Loves. Curiosity awakens in the collective. Venus–as conduit of Divine Love on Earth–is demanding an upgrade.  There is also an echo in the ethers which sounds something like: “Be wise with your heart, be wiser with your mind, become an active participant…..”

 

Venus Retrograde In Gemini

 

On May 15th, Venus will go retrograde at 24 degrees Gemini. You can probably already sense something already.  A shift in perspective? Values? Your relationship? If so, its because the cycle has already begun.  We are in the Shadow period.  We entered it on April 11th when Venus was at 7 degrees of Gemini.  What is the shadow? It is the farthest back a planet will go in their retrograde motion.  When a planet moves into a Shadow, the premonitions of what is to come begin.  Subtle yet remaining profound.  So what is this Venus retro period all about? Karmic Alchemy is what I would call it.

 

art by Eric Nez

Karmic Alchemy

 

When a planet goes retrograde its energies redirect.  This doesnt always mean inwards–though I feel the overall movement of energy does trigger deep reflection, its not necessarily just an inner celestial experiment.  As an example, if money has been sluggish, when Venus goes retrograde (depending on where in your chart etc…) the flow will switch; it will no longer be sluggish.  That would be the Taurean side of the Venusian coin.  In another example: If you are in a relationship, the energies will redirect and you will reflect deeply on the nature of your connection with your beloved.  Many times during Venus retro periods this meditation will be triggered by another person, another Soul who you can’t shake from your heart.  A fated and karmic connection. This is the Libran influence of the cycle.  Either way, it relates to Love and how it comes and goes.

 

…here a lil’ Libran gift from her side of the coin:

 

Venus retrograde marks the beginning of a Venus cycle.  Its like a New Moon.  When she turns towards the Sun, she slowly begins to fall from her hypnotizing Evening Star position in the West and heads into the darkness–the Underworld phase as some would call it–soon to emerge days after as the Morning star in the East. This passage is called the Inferior conjunction in the cycle and relates to the birth of Venus and the Transit of Venus to the Sun you have probably heard about (I’ll talk more about this in future blogs).  As Venus heads towards the Sun in her retrograde fashion (respectively May 15th until June 6th) it is a powerful time for release.  Whether it be old habits or old lover’s, the immanence of this necessity will be blatantly obvious.  You won’t be able to ignore it.  It has a fated quality to it.  The Universe gains for control.  And so we must accept, continue to reflect, and watch it all unravel in its Divine perfection.  Always, years down the road, in retrospect we will be able to see the perfection.  Just not always while we are in it.

Now for the Alchemy part.  Old patterns die hard; as do profound relationships.  But what needs to be understood is that nothing is dying, it is just changing.  Energy cannot be created or destroyed.  It just changes forms.  Remembering that Venus relates to Love, Beauty, Symmetry and Balance, we can see deeper into the universal lovliness actually happening.  If we can fully remember and stay connected to our hearts during this cycle, unattached, watching, remembering what Love actually is, then we will have the capacity to evolve light years throughout the cycle; if we forget this, remain attached, and give our power to the things we love and the people we attach love too, it is likely misery will be knocking on your door.  So stand open, be alert for the signs, don’t ignore connections and most of all: “…wisdom in one sense, is the opposite of love. Love survives in us precisely because it isn`t wise.” A Koan!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bigger picture

 

I am quite aware of my omission of much of this Venus cycle information.  I didn’t talk about the Transit of the Sun and its implications.  I didn’t mention the implications of her birth as a Morning star, nor did I talk about her stationary Direct implications and what happens once released from the whole cycle. Also, this particular Venus cycle has a special meaning to many cultures in the world, including the Maya.  I plan on exploring this with you too.  So stay tuned….and stay open to what/who awaits you in the blissful days to come.

 

And here is a tune to get you excited.  A sigil.  A prayer.  A stir.  Rising Appalachia:

 

Love,

sOma

…:::::::If you are interested in where this Transit is happening in your own chart, in your own life, don’t be shy.  You can contact me with your questions and we can set up an in depth session where we can explore all the implications of Venus in your life: money, love, sex, art, beauty, all of it….::::::

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There is a potent Moon upon us.  In just two days we will experience a Scorpio Supermoon.  Meaning: The moon is closest it gets to planet Earth. Perigee is the term.  This Supermoon is 16% brighter than the one we experienced last March and its in Scorpio.  Yes, the word is intense.  It also happens to be Vesak–the celebration of Buddha.  What does it all mean? What is going to rise…and fall? Listen in and I will share my thoughts with you.

Love,

sOma

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This is a unique show.  It is my first talk with somebody who isn’t actually an Astrologer.  It’s perfect.  Mark is going to be teaching an incredible workshop on Emotional transformation in Boulder on May 5th and I felt it appropriate to get his voice to the world.  So I hope you love it.  He is doing incredible work.  In the show, we also talk some Astrology too.  You will love it. Hope to see you there…..at the workshop that is.

 

Love,

Soma

 

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