Astrology with Adam Sommer
Take a peek with me through this mystical lens of the Pisces New Moon. A cosmic offering allowing us all to “spiritualize” our lives by aligning to what is “true.” I talk about this lunation cycle, the fixed star Fomalhaut, all of the other planets in the sky, and much more. Hope you enjoy!
Pura vida!
sOma
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“Only Divine Love bestows the keys of knowledge.”
Arthur Rimbaud
…the first time I experienced this “Divine Love” I was in a canoe. I was paddling in the tributaries of the Cape Fear river and I had a moment of divine clarity. It was simple. It came from the ripple of my paddle. I realized how beauty, love, and God were totally ubiquitous. I realized it was everywhere, just as long as I was receptive to see it. I realized I didn’t need a lover to experience it. Nor do I need any substance to be sensitive to it. All I needed was an open heart. Currently, Venus is in Pisces, in a three way embrace (or a triple conjunction) with Neptune and Chiron. I feel these three planetary Archetypes are trying to teach us something about this “Divine love” Rimbaud was speaking of.
the Triple treat:
Venus is the planet of Love, Beauty, and Value. When she makes contact with any planetary Archetype she brings her soft and ecstatic embrace with her. Neptune and Chiron have been traveling side by side since 09’, and now, as they are both about to get comfortable in the sign of Pisces, we are in for an interesting treat. A treat involving some kind of Truth. Not saying I know what the Truth of the cosmos may be, but instead, suggesting that they do. Pisces is the sign of God–of all the ineffable aspects of existence. Pisces rules over the oceans, the pineal gland, melatonin, dmt, spirit, dreams, fantasy, and inspiration. My hunch is this: Right now, as the three of these planets are in a precarious combination, we are in the prime location to remember something big. What might this be? Well….maybe our Truth–or “the Truth of Love.” Perhaps, the Truth of our existence on Earth. Looking outside of ourselves, we can look to nature, towards the sea and the atmosphere, in the attempt to distill some kind of truth. In the end, Neptune conjunct Chiron in Pisces, creates the foundation of this moment in time. 2012. It is the end of all of our hopes and speculations of the future, and the beginning of the hard knock truth of what we have created. So, how do we respond?
As Rimbaud said, “Only Divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.” What is the difference between Divine love and Personal love? Perhaps Divine love is unattached and Personal love is not. We expect our “lover” to be there forever and to always be giving back perfectly. We then try to relate to this love, this person, as the source of our love which will never die. But what if we could relate to the Love as eternal. Not them, not us, but something beyond us, which we are granted to experience freely. What happens when we realize that love is not ours, not theirs, but something way beyond our wildest imagination; something which is constant and everywhere. What happens when we realize that love is meant to be experienced in every moment of our lives, with everyone and everything. What happens then? My hunch is that this aspect between Neptune, Chiron, and Venus is trying to hint at this point for all of us collectively.
Venus in Pisces:
When Venus is in Pisces, she is said to be exalted. This means she is most comfortable and has the ability to shine the brightest in this sign of the zodiac! Why is this? I feel it is because Pisces is the aspect of Consciousness which relates to our dreams and imagination. Venus is our ability to sensitize to what is beautiful. Put the two together and you get the feeling of waking from a tantalizing dream, wondering: Is that even possible? Of course it is. Your dreams create your reality. And so, Venus in Pisces involved with Neptune (the energy of Dreams) and Chiron (the energy of the Wounded Healer) creates the ideal time for manifesting our wildest dreaming states so that we may heal the most unconscious aspects of our Psyche (which is also a Neptune theme).
Venus is not just relationships. It’s true, Venus does rule over Libra (relationships), but she rules over Taurus too. Venus in Taurus is more about self-value, self-worth, and self-love. It doesn’t have much to do with romantic love. In fact, if the Taurean aspect of Venus is not healthy in a person, no relationship will ever survive. In other words, if a person can’t be alone and doesn’t love themselves, they are doomed in an intimate relationship. There will be too much projection, control, and fear.
You can learn everything from Taurus–and to an extent, Venus too–from a tree. It is self sustained, never moving. It is in an ideal symbiotic relationship to the rest of its environment. So, what I’m getting at here is this: To experience Venus, to experience Love, we don’t need a Lover, we just need connection, symbiosis. With love for the earth, for our bodies, we are set. We are grounded and perhaps ready to then experience the myriad of different types of Love in the universe. But always, first, we must be grounded in our own Love….for ourselves! This is the teaching coming from this triple conjunction in the sky. They are saying, “Look: Love is everywhere! No need for searching. It’s here. Right now. Just sit, breathe, and remember it. Pisces teaches us how to trust in the flow of this “Divine Love.” So why not trust in the fact that you are Love. You are complete in this Love. And it is everlasting. Trust.
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As an Astrologer, it is true, most of my clients and people I talk too, are curious about Love. They want to know when they are going to meet their Soul mate or their flame or their “whatever you call it.” And my response is always the same; “How do you do alone;” “What do you do to love yourself?” Do you have an art form?” I ask these questions because they assist me in gauging where an individual is in their own self development. If the response is: “I can’t be alone;” “I hate myself; “ …or….” I have no idea what I like,” then my approach is always to encourage them in the direction to discover this and away from men or woman or love in the traditional sense. It only distracts the Soul’s purpose. Once they figure “it” out, they are ready for healthy, balanced, romantic love.
As Venus moves through Pisces into the second week of February, we are all faced with the same question: What is our relationship with God! Are we seeing God in a lover, in money, in food, or a drug? Where are we finding beauty. Being that Venus is also with Chiron and Neptune in this conjunction aspect, it is indeed the end of our hopes and the beginning of Truth. No more lies to tell ourselves. The year we have all been waiting for has arrived: 2012. No more lies. Only truth. May it set you free. May the experience of Divine Love in the coming weeks bring about the experience of “true knowledge’ and “true Love.” It’s only a breath away! Don’t be afraid to let your guard down. It will only set you free!
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Love,
sOma
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(Week of Oct 3-8th)
…This was originally supposed to be posted on Planetwaves.net, but a few complications got in the way, so here it is now. Hope you enjoy!
We will be entering this week fresh and empowered by the strange energy offered by the Galactic Center of our Milky way Galaxy. I say this because the Moon will ingress into Capricorn at 2:15 am MDT (I will use this time zone from now on) Monday morning. The Galactic Center is currently located at 28 degrees Sagittarius, and offers all inhabitants around our Sun an extra boost of unfathomably potent and strange energy. With this charge, perhaps we will be prepared to deal with the series of challenging aspects we will experience Monday morning. But not to worry…this doesn’t mean your “case of the Monday’s” will be augmented into the grey areas of emotional chaos, because you are reading this after all; You are becoming informed. And to be informed, is to be forewarned; to be forewarned, is all you need to make the right choices to make this week the best week of your life!
At 6:19 am MDT (again, this is the time zone I will refer too, so make your necessary adjustments) we will experience the Moon squaring Uranus. The nature of this aspect is an inner struggle that likely could be triggered by unpredictable morning traffic, spilt coffee on your lap, frustrating cancellations in your morning schedule, or any other number of possibilities which may challenge your ability to see clearly through the tests presented. It’s always our job to see the blessings in disguise within all of life’s bizarre offerings. Then, not long before your lunch break, the Moon will be conjunct Pluto. This fusion is the essence, or focal point of the Grand Cross which has been bursting and contracting for the past year or so. The Moon with Pluto asks us, in the breathe of a cold and wet whisper, “Are you ready to change.” There is always an ominous feeling with Pluto, and this is because he brings us to the depths of what gives us emotional security. Usually unconscious in the way this Archetype expresses itself, it is our job to become aware of this content living in the shadow’s of our Psyche. Having this occur at the beginning of October’s first work week, is a poetic way of ushering in the month of Samhain and Halloween. And so we ask ourselves (or at least we should be asking ourselves): “Are we doing ‘the work’?” “Are we aware of our shadows?”…these slippery Archons, that are consuming us from the inside out through sex, addiction, desire, and manipulation?” Are we aware of what we are letting in, and giving out? If the answer is yes, then you are in the clear. If not, well, be prepared for Monday to potentially offer a few razor sharp curve balls, and pulls into the darkness of your least favorite emotional states. These Transpersonal planets (Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and beyond) mean business, and its best that we align to them sooner than later, or else, they will start doing the adjustments for us. It’s always wise to be proactive with these movers and shakers living on the edge of our Solar System.
The challenges may continue into the Tuesday when the Moon will square all of the planets currently in Libra. They are: Venus, Juno, Saturn,Mercury, and–of course the Sun. This first quarter aspect of the growing Moon, who also began in Libra last Monday the 27th, will no doubt bring some drama into our lives from Others and in our Relationships. Now, we cannot just blame this square aspect, or the planets involved. We need to take responsibility for what we are projecting onto Others, and realize the nature of these illusions. After all, what happens on Monday with Uranus and Pluto aspecting the Moon, should have prepared us for this challenging “square” day. Again, if you have done your inner “plutonic” work, you will instead experience a major breakthrough in relationships with your friends and lovers on Tuesday, because you will understand, deeper, the nature of the reality you are creating in the first place. Deep eflections.
Wednesday into Thursday we will be experiencing an electric shift of energy into a more flowing state of being. This is because the Moon will be moving into Aquarius, making some gentle and stimulating aspects to the Nodes of the Moon. When the Moon is either sextile (60 degrees away) or Trine (120 degrees away) from the Nodes, there seems to be a heightened possibility for coincidence and synchronicity in the air. Also the feeling of Dejavu seems to be rampant–esp. if the Sun, or another planet is aspecting the Nodes in your natal chart in such a way. (Conjunctions to the Nodes seem to cause a similar effect). On Wednesday, Mercury will also be trining and sextiling the Nodes, stimulating the intellect, perhaps creating the need to get some coffee shop time with old friends, playing catch up, and getting your kicks through wonderful conversations.
And then we have Friday: “the Day of Bliss.” I say this because the Moon’s ingress into Pisces, which happens at 7:53 am MDT, will work its way slowly into the early evening making two oceanic conjunctions: one to Neptune, which happens first at 4:07pm, and then the second to Chiron, which occurs at 9:34 pm. The Neptune conjunction always represents a potential for bliss and ecstasy; just as long as we can shift through the smoke and mirrors that present themselves. Pay close attention to your fantasies and daydreams in the early afternoon. Make sure to miss happy hour and any offer of other mind altering substances. It’s an incredibly sensitive time, and its good to stay in the ground state of your being. Instead, sit by water, and just ask Great Spirit for more guidance along this elusive road that the moment is offering. Once the Sun has set, Chiron is greeted by the Moon at 9:34pm, and here is our opportunity to integrate all that we have experienced throughout this hectic week of the Moon moving through all of the last signs of the Zodiac, touching the Outer, Transpersonal planets one by one. It is my suggestion to be sipping nourishing tea–something like Nettles or Osha, with those that you love this Friday, simply reflecting on all the lovely times that you have experienced over the past year, preparing yourself for the Winter to come. It’s a perfect time for these types of imaginings, so don’t sell yourself short. Stimulate your mind, warm your heart, and watch your Spirit rise within these changing universal tides that we currently live within.
Love,
sOMa
….if you feel called to look deeper into your own chart this week, don’t hestitate to contact me to set up an in depth reading to look into all of these profound aspects that are slowly changing the nature of our world. You can contact me at KOSMOGNOSIS@GMAIL.COM.
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art by Nathan A Hutchinson …yesterday, when the Moon was in a trine aspect to Neptune and also when the Moon via Transit, entered my 12th house of my Lunar Return chart, something vuuuuury mysterious began to envelop me…… It all started with my Yoga practice in the morning. Within it, I was having these vivid visions of my energy body, and how I was creating it with my breath. Also witnessing worlds fall away without my breath. I have had these sensations many times before, but yesterday there was something uber-potent about it. As this energy was circulating throughout my entire being, I realized something simple about what we think of as Health: It has everything to do with alignment. Alignment with what?: with spirit, with body, with mind, with our environment, with the Archetype of Neptune, Pisces, and the 12th house. Its a simple realization which I’m sure you can easily agree with, but it was cosmic too. No illness can touch you if you are aligned, nor can any negative emotional state bring you enter the hellish realms of Plutonic despair. You learn to move with it, like the undulating sway of the Ocean. Remember: the best way to survive undertow is by surrendering, and it is surrender which allows us to align to the Archetype of Pisces. ….seemingly the day got off to a magical start–nothing was going to touch me–until……… I get on the computer to begin the work day and my external hard drive with all my essential music/movie/book files was blank. Fried. No data rescue, no geek, no freezer, no nothing was going to save my precious resource! Panic was the first response, and then immediately after–or during it–I melted away in a strange bliss. I saw it as a blessing. A chance to start over. Strangely, I felt like a massive gorilla had been lifted from my shoulders. Not sure why, it just was. Bliss. Satori. Om….oOo Surfing the waves of Neptune has never been easier. …then, by mid day, once the Moon was done with her aspect to Neptune, is when the moON (for this month’s Lunar return) entered my 12th….. I go to my “soon to be” home for my roommates lil’ girl’s 2nd birthday party. Everything seemed normal. I guess everything was apparently normal, but there was a deeper layer, an ephemeral communication unfolding: The animals and the children were psychically speaking to me. It first started with the other 2 year old who was there. Just eyes, questioning, investigation, no words, then hysterical laughter. I remember thinking during it, “This is how I communicate with animals…” Indeed. Then the animals show up. 3 dogs and a cat appears from downstairs. All of them, in constant conversation–with each other and with me. Young ones, and very old ones. A community of little beings. Now, I wasn’t on any good drugs, nor was I altered in any way. I was just in the 12th house. We are all psychic and we all have the 3 parts of this Archetype within our consciousness, its just a matter of aligning ourselves to it. Everything comes into place once you allow it to fall away. So we let go. …Trust……Surrender………….Blisss…….Everything working out perfectly…..oOo ….at the days end, I was able to connect the dots with the help of Astrology. I was able to see the fine and delicate lines that were drawn from my yoga experience in the morning, into the hard drives test, floating up into the psychic communication with forms of life that weren’t burdened with too much programing or worry. Without the programs and without the worry, we are Pisces–we are completely aligned with God…..There is no place to worry about what Elenin is going to do, or the Reptiles, or the Government etc etc etc…..Just plain ol’ simple living!
*It is my prayer for all of you who read this, to be inspired to attempt an understanding of a deeper alignment with the Archetype of Pisces within your life. Nothing could be so easy and so damn challenging at the same time. All you must do is let go!
art by Nathan A Hutchinson
…If you are interested in knowing more about this Archetype in your own chart, don’t be shy, and contact me at KOSMOGNOSIS@GMAIL.COM, and we can set up a time to do a in depth session with the Creator of all “things”: Neptune!!!!….
Links:
http://exploringastrology.libsyn.com/libsyn.com
http://evolutionaryastrology.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-11T19_02_33-07_00
Join me for this Harvest moOn to learn about the implications of this mystical Pisces full moON. We will talk about the Full moon and also the opposition of Mercury and Neptune/Chiron. Hopefully you will find inspiration in the show for your life, and make a change, in aligning to your Mystic within. Enjoy!
Namaste,
SoMa
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