Solar Eclipse in Cancer: Following the Siren Call to Get in Touch With the Depths of Your Feelings

The energy has been building lately to Eclipse season, which is finally here with a Solar Eclipse in Cancer this Tuesday July 2nd 2019. This is a powerful astrological event that is kicking off a powerful month. 

✨Solar Eclipse Basics ✨

A Solar Eclipse happens during a New Moon when the Sun and Moon are on the same side of the Earth and the Moon blocks out the Sun from our sight. With this Solar Eclipse I believe it will only be visible in certain places in South America, not North America. Basically to have a total Eclipse the Moon has to conjunct one of the Lunar Nodes. The North Node is the northern most point that the Moon can cross the ecliptic (the 'apparent' path of the Sun around the Earth) and the South Node the southern most point during a New or Full Moon. During this particular Solar Eclipse the Moon will be conjunct the North Node. The North Node point has been in Cancer this year making it an important energy all year long, but it comes into action when the Moon aligns with it for the Solar Eclipse.

♋Astrology Eclipse Basics ♋

In Astrology the sign the North Node of the Moon is in represents an energy that we need to move towards as a collective and therefore on an individual level. If you have your personal chart looked at you would see more specifics about the energy you personally need to move towards and learn. The sign the South Node of the Moon is in represents an energy that needs to be balanced with the energy of the North Node, but also represents some energy to move away from. With this Solar Eclipse happening on the North Node there's an emphasis on moving towards this new energy and into new beginnings, In fact Eclipse seasons tend to bring plenty of important new beginnings and can also be major times of release. You may find this Solar Eclipse particularly ushers in new beginnings, although there can be a mix of endings and beginnings emphasized all July. 

☆January Eclipses☆

In order to understand this upcoming Eclipse season it's important to understand the January Eclipse season and to look back at that. It's interesting to think about what you were going through and letting go of at that time. Also, not just at that time, but how that impacted your past 6 months. We dealt a lot with the South Node in January and moving away from the past. In fact in some way you may have been continually moving on from the past in some way the last 6 months. Particularly from things that made you feel secure physically or materially that weren't serving you. Any clinging to things out of some sense of physical or material security. Relying on things outside of yourself for security. As we have been working through releasing these things that seemed more practical or secure somehow in a physical/material way we can move more into opening up to our feelings now and having things in our life that we want, that sparks our emotions and hearts instead of sticking with things out of obligation or unhealthy 'security'. Although, while there was release going on at that time it could have marked a period of time of getting your physical life balanced in a healthy way, to build a firm foundation when it came time to focus on the emotional aspect of things. The Lunar Eclipse during January didn't just bring up Cancer-Capricorn energy however, but also touched on Leo-Aquarius energy that had to do with the Eclipses of last summer. Basically we ended January with a theme that continued to evolve the past 6 months. That it was time to embrace the truth of your being. Time to follow your heart and emotions. That you should no longer do things to fit in, please others, or hold on to anything for a sense of safety of security. No more holding onto things for practicality or just cause it made sense mentally. Those themes have led us to where we are now where it's all about getting in touch with our feelings and emotions. 

♋Cancer Energy ♋

During this time and peaking with these Eclipses we are getting more into Cancer energy. Cancer is a water sign and is ruled by the Moon. Both of these things mean it has a lot to do with emotions and feelings. The Moon changes signs the most frequently of any planetary body and goes through different phases throughout the month. Thus, our moods and feelings are fluid and forever changing. It's important to get more in touch with our fluctuating moods and various feelings. The South Node has been in Capricorn, which is ruled by Saturn. For too long there's been such a rigid attitude about life. A harsh 'you got to do what you got to do' attitude. An attitude of suppressing feelings cause they are a sign of weakness or just get in the way. An extreme focus on material security and success. An attitude that this is a 'dog eat dog world'. We have gotten to the point where this has suppressed our emotions and the ever changing nature of our inner world. It's time to get in touch with what we feel again. To let out suppressed emotion. To allow ourselves the freedom to feel. To feel anything and everything that comes up and has been suppressed within our souls. To nurture and accept ourselves for whatever we may feel without judgement. To have compassion and love for ourselves, which can then have a ripple affect towards how we act in regards to others. To break free from rigidity. To break out of that box. To break free from the box in which you have stuffed your feelings. The box where you have been taught to be a well functioning drone. It's time to discover the feelings you have kept down. Any suppression of feelings isn't serving anyone anymore. It's time to get in touch with the fluidity of feelings in an ever changing emotional landscape. Yes, Eclipse seasons can be seen as 'fated' times. Basically they are just times where you have the capability of getting on the right path and new things coming together. Of course it's up to you though. Anything new in your life is going to come about because of being in tune with your feelings. It's all about what feels right and what your heart wants. 

Cancer is a mother energy and if you think about it everyone has an inner mother and an inner father. Perhaps they are just like how your parents were, perhaps not. It's time to mother ourselves however. Do you have a nurturing inner mother who accepts you and your feelings? Or is your inner father stronger and do you try to make him proud and therefore get overly practical, over achieving and shove down those 'messy' feelings? It's time to accept yourself. To nurture yourself and have compassion for yourself. Perhaps you think you can't nurture yourself and you're waiting for someone else to come along and do it for you. Your first responsibility is to your own self. Nobody is going to love or nurture you if you don't give those things to your own self. Self-care is something you should not pass up at this time. Does the thought of self-care seem like a waste of time or something frivolous that you're not entitled to? Well this energy is here to show you otherwise. In order to be successful and to do the practical things we need to do, we need to take care of ourselves so that we can function better. This can be a mix of taking care of your physical body and your mental and emotional self. The world has come to point where it's not going well with people who don't know how to take care of themselves , who are over worked, are cut off from their emotions and who don't have compassion for others. The Nodes and therefore the Eclipses always bring up a shift in energy that the world needs. The more people that deal with these things on an individual level, then things start to shift just a little bit. Of course on a personal level it will be much better for you if you shift into this energy. It will align you to a better way of life and better opportunities. It's kind of like the world's heart is hurting or is even shut off right now. Things are also way too rooted in  patriarchal structures, which this Capricorn South Node energy shows we need to move away from. I mean just look around you. The old structures are not working and things are starting to shift. These Eclipses are just a part of that. 

Of course we can't just get into emotions, nurturing energy, following our hearts and all that jazz without a polarizing force to balance us. That polarizing force is the South Node in Capricorn. Saturn will be exactly conjunct it during the Eclipse as well. We do live in this physical existence and this physical reality has restrictions, which we are reminded of with Saturn's involvement. We still have to function in this physical reality. There are very real responsibilities. From work, to finances to your physical body. You have to remember and balance your physical world responsibilities with your attention to your ever changing emotions and your ability to follow and nurture them. There's always a balance in life. Things have just gotten out of balance. 

Yes, things on a global scale are changing you could say. The structures of society and of governments are changing. The energy is building right now to the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn in January of 2020. These Eclipses are just part of that building energy. Certain societal structures are not working and there are shifts happening. Like I said before we are moving away from some structures that are overly patriarchal. No, it's not like we're going to end up living a drastically different life and end up living in a matriarchy or something. Things don't shift so extremely. The shifts will probably be more subtle. More of a balance could come about. Some structures in the government or in society could get quite tumultuous. I means this Solar Eclipse will be affecting the Solar Return of the United States. Basically the 'birthday' chart of the country for the next year. There's definitely changes coming just sayin'. Anyways, I personally don't really focus on world events etc. with astrology. My speciality and focus is on the personal. Besides I believe it all starts with individuals. It's the only thing you have control of anyways. You can't really go out right now and change the world as wonderful as the sentiment is. You can change your world though, little by little. This is just another opportunity too. One of many on this journey of life. As the wonderful Fernando Pessoa said in his surreal The Book of Disquiet 'A sensitive and honest-minded man, if he's concerned about evil and injustice in the world, will naturally begin his campaign against them by eliminating them at their nearest source: his own person. This task will take his entire life.' 

Basically this Solar Eclipse is ushering in a new emotional based energy and new things in your life in alignment with that. With Saturn on the South Node though we are reminded of restrictions of the physical world and our responsibilities at the same time. They must be in balance. We've had lots of planetary energy in Cancer lately already bringing up all those feels. Funny enough, at the time of the Eclipse Mars and Mercury will be in Leo. This is significant because of the Eclipses last summer in Leo and Aquarius. As we're integrating new lessons and energies we're reminded of what we've learned before. That it's important that we remain aligned with our authentic selves. That anything new in our life we connect to from the heart, feels authentic and allows us to be our true selves. Remember the power of your true authentic self. How good it feels to allow yourself to be exactly who you truly are. Get in touch with your true feelings and own who you really are. This is where the magic lies right now. 

Also, I have to mention that this Cancer- Capricorn energy brings up a lot having to do with security. It's important to find true security within ourselves and not to put all of your sense of security in things or people outside of you. There definitely is a big search for emotional security right now. Just make sure what you seek out is from a healthy, balanced place and that ultimately you feel secure within yourself. 

A smaller aspect going on at the time of the Solar Eclipse is that asteroid Juno is conjunct Mercury in Leo, trine Chiron in Aries and square Uranus in Taurus. There's a lot going on around committed relationships potentially. There could be new commitments or freedom from old wounds. There can be wounds healing in regards to relationships, particularly around whether you can be your authentic self within them and how they impact your identity. It's important to only enter into relationships that are heart based, that are authentic and allow you to be your complete self. Two complete people coming together to share. It's important to break free on the other hand from limiting partnerships or patterns from the past. There can be new things here, but they have to be aligned with your feelings, you have to be allowed to be your true self, and they can't be restrictive basically. Venus will also be in Cancer soon bringing more of an emotional emphasis on relationships etc. It's just one area of life that can be changing right now, that is shown by this energy. Really all areas of life of shifting though. Like I said it depends on your chart. It could be work, finances, home, pursuing personal interest or dreams etc. as well. It could just be a lot of shifts on an inner level. There can be so much changing on the inner level regardless. Many areas of your life could change. You could have new beginnings in one area and endings in another. This is what Eclipse seasons tend to bring about. 

🌊If you look at the lovely painting I have pictured above, during this time it's kind of like your emotions and feelings are sirens that are calling you to the depths of your own being. To draw you into the intense depths and fluid flow of your feelings. Listen to the call. Let yourself be drawn in and seduced. Don't stay up top. If you think of your life right now as a ship that you are sailing think about how small and limited it is compared to the whole ocean. Ships are so small and limiting compared to the vastness and depth of the ocean. Perhaps it feels safe, but it's always vulnerable. The ocean is profoundly powerful. So are our feelings. We could try to suppress them, but one day they will probably surface and overpower us anyways. We can't run from them. You'll be happier now and able to have better opportunities if you just surrender. So go on and heed the call of your inner siren. 🌊

P.S If you would like to know how this Eclipse season is particularly affecting you I'm always available for personal readings, so message me and we can set up a time to look at your chart. Also, I feel like I have so much more to say and explain about these Eclipses it's hard to get it all out, so I may do some sort of facebook live or something where I can be more free to ramble and really get into all of this. No promises, but potentially look out for that! 

Full Moon in Sagittarius: Moving Towards a Brighter Future From a More Vulnerable and Raw Place

The energy has been intense this week and now we're just about at the Full Moon, which will be taking place in Sagittarius tomorrow June 17th 2019 in the wee small hours in the morning (1:30 am pst) What seeds did you plant in your life around June 3rd? This Full Moon can be a culmination point and time of harvest for some of those things. It's much more than that though, it's a time of major release as it's the last Full Moon before Eclipse season. Yet, a lot of the energy we've had lately is already bringing up themes of the Eclipses. 

A Full Moon happens when the Moon and Sun are on opposite sides of the earth. The Moon and Sun are therefore in opposing zodiac signs. This Full Moon we are dealing with the Moon in Sagittarius and the Sun in Gemini. This axis has a lot to do with our minds, beliefs and communication/expression. Lately a lot of different emotions, emotional issues, desires and restrictions have been coming up in the astrology. With this Full Moon we need to take a look at certain beliefs and thought patterns that aren't serving us as well so that we can release them. 

With the Sun in Gemini during the Full Moon it is important to see what the ruler of Gemini, which is Mercury, is up to. Mercury is in Cancer at the moment and has been a big player lately. It's latest aspect it's about to make at the time of the Full Moon is a conjunction to Mars in Cancer. There's still a tremendous amount of emotions around during the Full Moon. So many layers of feelings, desires and now even thoughts and beliefs we've had are bubbling up to the surface to be acknowledged, released, felt and expressed. It's a powerful time, but it can be overwhelming There's so many blocks to be lifted, so much to be cleared. Perhaps so much to say. There may be a lot to be communicated and expressed. With Mercury and Mars in Cancer it could come off as quite emotional or even snappy at this time. Feelings and desires want to be expressed. Decisions could even need to be made. The road to expression could really be opening up. Things could be confusing though, which leads me to my next point. 

While emotions are coming up, people are having revelations about themselves, desires are making themselves known and people are expressing more, there still may be things that aren't clear. This is because the Jupiter and Neptune square is continuing and Jupiter is the ruler of Sagittarius, which is the sign the Moon is in. So much may be making itself known to you and you may be cracking open, but perhaps it's not best to assume you know the truths of situations. Although, it is important to seek the truth at this time and use discernment.

Sagittarius is also a sign that's about the future and Jupiter it's ruling planet is about expansion. You could see this time of release as a doorway opening you up to your future and towards new horizons. As you become more in touch with your feelings, express yourself and release the old you are cracking yourself open. There's an ability to burst through and open up towards life in a new way, towards new experiences and a bright future. There can be an optimistic quality to this energy. Yet, getting to that place, looking at the rest of this energy, isn't easy. You have to be willing to deal with a lot of layers and feelings if you want to burst forth into that bright future. 

This time it's not enough to just be bright and cheerful and to start going on your merry way with a bounce in your step. The bright future exists if you're not afraid to deal with things in your soul that may be uncomfortable first. Otherwise it will not be fulfilling. Peel back these layers. Allow the release. Look at your darkness. Let yourself be vulnerable. Let yourself be raw and then you will be ready for that bright future. You may not be walking towards it with a bounce in your step and a happy tune on your lips. You may be walking towards it with trepidation and a bit of fear as you feel how vulnerable you truly are. The point is that you show up and keep going. Keep your face to the sun anyways. It's time for the new. It's time to feel. To release. To be open. To show up vulnerable. Set aside the armor. Are you ready for the challenge? 

Midnight Astrology Update: Insight Into the Next Couple Days

Hi everyone! The Astrology is getting complex and intense right now, so I wanted to do my best and break down a bit of what is going on tonight, tomorrow and even a bit of Saturday. I thought it might be interesting to attach a picture of the chart for tomorrow. You don’t need to understand it, so don’t be confused by it if you are completely mystified as to what all those symbols mean. I’m just sharing what the charts look like for those that don’t know. What you’re looking at is the 2 D version of what the planets are up to right now. It’s my job to interpret it for you in my role as an Astrologer. Astrologers throughout the ages as they tracked the planets to see how the energy affected humans (we're talking at least a couple of thousand years) have created these charts and symbols as a language and key for what's going on up above. It's the language of Astrology. We have to have something to look at to be able to see what's going on and give the information to the lay person! Anways, just thought I'd be fun to show the chart for the current energies.

Enough of technicalities though, let's get into what it all means! 

✨ First of all Mars in Cancer is still trine Neptune in Pisces tonight. I mentioned that in my post on Facebook and Instagram yesterday if you happened to read it. We are really getting in touch with our feelings and our intuitions. Surrendering to the flow. On so many levels it’s so important for everyone to get in touch with their emotions and desires. A major theme in the universe right now that will really peak with Eclipses in July is to get into the Cancer energy, which is all about feelings. We can’t shove our feelings down or run from them anymore. We must honor the feelings, the vulnerability and the softness. It’s important to nurture ourselves and find healthy emotional security within ourselves. With this Neptune aspect we may have been feeling the flow of emotions and desires a lot since yesterday. It’s important to tune into that at least. It also has been a more go with the flow type day. Dreamy perhaps. Spacey. For some maybe difficult to get stuff done or function in practicalities. This is great to tune into yourself and also great for spiritual practices, meditative practices etc. 

 ✨Things are starting to get a bit tricky though, because Mars is going to oppose Saturn in Capricorn briefly. We are opening up to feelings and our emotional drives and desires more, but where as Neptune can sweep us off into sweet oblivion, Saturn can seem like a frustrating restriction or block. Reality looming over us. We can’t forget about reality, doing what we need to do or taking care of ourselves. Yet, we also don’t want to get so caught up in that though that we shut down our ‘inconvenient’ feelings, that we shut down our desires just cause we see blocks to getting them or that it’s just too difficult. This summer is majorly about balancing these two energies on a personal level. We can’t forget about the practical stuff and those foundations, but the world really needs us all as individuals to get into our heart and our feelings. To not shut down our emotional desires. Tonight and tomorrow talk yourself out of any depressive, restrictive thoughts you get yourself into. If you come up against external restriction don’t let it get you down. Of course other than that watch out for getting into arguments, fights with authority and be safe with this energy as well. Rage or exploding are not the types of feelings we want to get into. Handle your feelings and work through them rather than stuffing them down or just completely loosing your cool. 

✨ On a brief side note the Moon is in Scorpio at the moment and will be tomorrow as well. This just really adds to the emotional energy in the air. This adds some depth and intensity. It’s good that it’s helping us get in touch with those depths of feelings even if it’s scary and also helping bring up those intense desires. It’s time to feel emotionally alive and to feel lit up with passion. Even if it’s messy. Even if it’s scary. Even if there are fears, frustrations or blocks along the way or people or situations that seem Iike they are trying to stop you. Keep going. Push through. Crack yourself open. Work through any difficult emotions that come up.

 ✨Tomorrow Saturn will be sliding back into a sextile with Neptune and Jupiter sliding back into a square with Neptune. The Saturn and Neptune aspect is helpful because if we work with it we can find the balance between reality and the demands of reality and feelings and going with the flow of things. The reality of Saturn can work with the endless dreams and cosmic flow of life and all its possibilities that Neptune shows us. It kind of shows that we can bring our dreams into reality if we find a happy medium and don’t get too sucked into harshness and restriction or too sucked into crazy ungrounded delusions. Neptune and Jupiter squaring is something we’ve already experienced once. It has a lot to do with being careful of what beliefs you buy into especially those that are spiritual or religious in nature. Careful of falling into delusion. Careful about falling into that with anything. Things could be confusing sometimes. At least Saturn is in the middle of the two keeping some grounding. We need to explore feelings and dreams sure, but we can’t get delusional and buy into things that aren’t working. This aspect definitely is affecting the world stage and different societal, governmental and religious structures. It’s impact isn’t going to be just these few days but an ongoing thing throughout the year. I don’t really want to get into that though. We’ll keep it on the personal level for the sake of brevity. Besides, everything truly starts on an individual level anyways. 

✨Ok last aspect to talk about right now is Mercury in Cancer meeting up with that North Node in Cancer and then also opposing Saturn. Then it will be align with Mars. This is just more of those feelings again! Mercury has to do with communication and expression. Even messages. This is happening starting Saturday. There’s more opportunity to express our feelings. Start to open up. Perhaps getting important news. Important messages and communications. Those don’t always have to be emotionally based, but there can be a lot of expression in the right direction. It can be a mixed bag though because then it comes against Saturn. Oh and also trines Neptune! (Guys there really is so much going on it’s hard to talk about it all! I could go on for ages lol) There may be good messages, things coming together, an ability to express your feelings more. There could also be difficult messages for some or more likely some depressive or worrying thoughts. It seems to be a theme that as we get into our feelings more it’s like a stop and go. Neptune just shows this great intuitive quality though. This ability to get swept off into the tide of feelings and all that is. A cosmic rush you could say. In these next days we may feel moments that are a tidal wave of feelings and desires carrying us forward in our lives to the way we want to feel. Moments of surrender. Openness. Compassion and love for ourselves and others. Getting lost in feelings, sights, sounds, music, art, desires, sexuality, life on a cosmic scale. A feeling of being naturally high. Awake to all the feelings and sensations of life. A cracking open of spirit. Yet, there can be moments where we snap out of that and feel restricted or weighed down again. The fear or the depression can creep up. The naysayers. The authority figures. The parent with the wagging finger that can mask itself as different people in our lives or just reside in a murky corner of our souls. It’s just a stop and go process. It’s ok. Go with it. Just don’t let the difficult restricted moments keep you shut up in a box. Maybe life seems easier that way, maybe you can function better, but it’s not worth it. The reality checks can be helpful though because you do need to maintain your physical life, responsibilities and your body. Use the Saturn energy to maintain that, while you open up to the rest of it. It is truly about balance. 

  When Mercury meets up with Mars though, it may seem like blast off. Expression, feelings, desires and drives all come together to propel you forward. All around the time of the Full Moon. Should be a powerful turning point. A doorway of revelations, release of feelings shutting a door on old ways of being and believing. More on that in a different post though. Can only talk about so much at once! Just felt like I should check in and ramble a bit about current energies because it’s a major time and it can be intense. I usually would have made a shorter instagram and facebook post, but it would have been too long, so I thought I'd put it on the blog. I have lots more to say about upcoming energies so I will be around and finding ways to get the information to you. Wishing you all the best xx

New Moon in Gemini: New Connections, Ideas, Thought Patterns and Messages

Get ready to hit the refresh button with a New Moon in Gemini tomorrow! (June 3rd 2019). New Moon's are a time to plant seeds and manifest new things. They set the tone for the month ahead. 

With the New Moon in Gemini it's a time of new connections, new ideas and new thought patterns. It's a very buzzy energy that can have us flitting from here to there. It can be an exciting vibe. It's a great time to connect to people and to converse. Gemini is an air sign and is a very mental energy, so we may be full of ideas, wanting to mentally connect to others and explore different things. It's also an interesting time to take stock of your thought and communication patterns. If you've realized any patterns in these areas that aren't serving you, it's a great time to set an intention to rewrite these patterns. To rewrite some mental programs you might have that are perhaps more negative that may be keeping you in a state of worry or fear for instance. It's a great time to rewire communication habits too. For instance, if you have trouble being more open and expressing yourself you could set an intention to try to overcome that. Perhaps you struggle communicating with a certain person in your life. Maybe you have some communication blocks or problems. Now is a great time to try to overcome that and change some patterns. 

This could also be a time of insight and important messages and communications. Gemini is ruled by Mercury and Mercury happens to also be in Gemini at the time of the New Moon. Mercury is the messenger planet, so this is why we may be receiving different messages. Now, while there is no exact aspect, a square with Neptune and an opposition with Jupiter is looming in the background. We may be getting insights and communications, but some things may still be confusing. It's great our minds are so abuzz during this time, but it's important to trust our intuition at the end of the day.  You might have various facts thrown at you, but it's important to feel out situations and trust your gut. It's also important to have some trust and faith. To not let the monkey mind get the best of you. Last, but not least, keep the bigger picture in mind as you explore all the ideas and messages coming your way. Don't get lost in the details. 

At the time of the New Moon, Venus is coming off a trine to Pluto as well. Venus has been making nice aspects lately. This bodes well for our relationships and projects, which ties in really nicely with this Gemini New Moon energy. It really is a great time for new connections, new projects and new creations.