New Moon Journal

Full Moon in Aries-release the shells

The gulf waters gently lap at my feet as I drop the first bag of seashells into the water. I feel embarrassed standing here. Who throws seashells back onto a beach! One down 15 bags to go. My company? A lone pelican floats on the water watching, a flock of seagulls surround me thinking I have food, and four Mexicans sit on the rail eating lunch chattering and laughing in Spanish on a break from building one of those mega houses where the Campbell house once stood. Nothing stays the same.

I am letting go, closing a door. I decided on the drive over from Fort Lauderdale that 4th Avenue is the place. Our first house was torn down last year to make way for a bigger and better MacMansion. Naples was simple and quaint when I moved here in 1971, there were no condos, the palm trees and sand merged with the road. I miss that... today I have good memories of watching my Aunt Gladys and Grandma sitting in their beach chairs watching the sunsets while Mom walked along the beach bent over searching for shells. It’s bittersweet.

Friday when the Mars/Pluto square released I came out of the fog to recognize how intense these past three months have been. I wouldn’t say I am depressed, but I am certainly in a state of grief…one that comes and goes. Solitude is what I crave. I treated Dear Daughter’s summer college session like she was going to summer camp. But her leaving for the fall session was tough. Mars in Gemini, Pluto in Sag -both squaring off on my Sun in Pisces. It just sucks.

Last year while visiting my parents in South Carolina my mother gave me her collection of seashells, "I won’t be going to the beach anymore, can you please take these shells back to Naples for me?"

I pack two big baskets and a bucket of wonderful shells, sorted into bags of various shape, color and type [my mom is very Virgo], each in it’s own zip lock bag into the back of my truck. The weight of her statement, the finality of it just hung with me on the ride back home. My mom loves Naples beach and spent nearly 20 plus years collecting these shells. She will not see Naples again, and now I am the keeper of the shells. I procrastinated my task for over a year.

I am mindful of all this and that awareness is with me now on the beach. So many feelings come up... anger that I am the only one left in Florida, and I have to let go of these shells. Ah little kid energy, I let that feeling just be. Sadness that my mom is so frail now she can’t make it to the beach she loves. Part of me wants to hold onto the shells, so I can hold onto my mom...a voice in my heart says that’s just more clutter to add. Be with it and then let the shells go. Tears come and go, and I stand in it all. I remember this quote from Mabel Collins-

Before the eyes can see, they must be incapable of tears. Before the ear can hear, it must have lost its sensitiveness. Before the voice can speak in the presence of the Masters it must have lost the power to wound. Before the soul can stand in the presence of the Masters its feet must be washed in the blood of the heart.

I wonder what it means and will my tears ever stop...I throw shells up in the air in forgiveness. I let them go knowing the joy children will have in finding these gems. So I lovingly scatter bag after bag of them into the surf, watching their movement in the water, rolling this way and that. A myriad of feelings wash through me. Lightning flashes above the palm trees as the last bag is tossed, a storm is coming. I give thanks and good-bye to the Spirit of the place and the sea. It is done.

This is my story at this Full Moon in Aries...what about you?

A Full Moon Aries
September 26 at 3:45 pm est
4° degrees of Libra

What are you called to release? What has been completed since the New Moon in Aries six months ago? How have these last few weeks been? Getting tweaked? Mars rules this lunation.This Full Moon in Aries you may find:

• Wanting to start anew by- blazing new trails, initiating, high energy, taking action, innovative approaches.
• Self-focus around issues dealing with the physical body, survival issues, instincts, ego, and assertiveness.
• Innocence- integrity, honesty, authenticity, impulsiveness, straightforwardness.
• Self-discovery -how am I initiating, taking risks, eagerness, competitive.
• Independence (Aries) versus interdependence (Libra)-self-direction, self-reliance, autonomy, self-sufficiency.
• Courage-issues to do with leadership, strength, vigilance, boldness.
• Disengaging, self-absorption, vanity, anger, impatient.
• Health-acne, eyes, head/face/scalp/brain, headaches and dizziness.
• Finding a clear yes and a clear no.

The horoscope is a blueprint for our character. Character is destiny. There is nothing static in this universe in which we dwell. We can change by changing our attitudes and patterns of behavior. In so doing, we change our destiny. . . . An understanding of planetary influences allows you to take your life into your own hands and intelligently utilize the planetary influences that will help you in your evolution if you but will.- Isabel Hickey Astrology a Comic Science

In Libra we learn to define our boundaries with others in healthy, healing ways. Peer over our glasses to see things in a new way. But in order to have a healthy relationship with you, I must first know me, otherwise I merge too much. Do you truly know how to feel-the good, the bad?

So at this Aries Full Moon you may see what has been revealed in the last six months regarding you and others. How your boundaries are impacted, positively or negatively, by others you are in relationship with? Where do you merge and what you need to purge?

That is the gift of the Aries/Libra polarity in astrology. At the same time we live in a world of immediate results. The "I want it now" energy of Aries. What to do when that "I want it now energy" doesn’t get fed? When your partner won’t ’do’ what you want! Have you said to another "I need you to be…"

Aries and Libra mediate how we perceive our vested attachments- the ’my way or the highway’ attitude. With that "want it now energy" how do you work with your own critical inner voice? How do you get your needs met in healthy ways? Do you start to get restless? Do you start complaining- focusing your energy on what isn’t happening, how your spouse and/or the universe is not cooperating? I am so spiritual, healthy, gifted and you’re not- why is this happening to me? Listen for the next couple of days about how you are talking to yourself, sharing with others. Are you complaining about what isn’t working to your friends and spouse? Does this sound familiar?

Are you piloting your own ship, or have outside forces taken control of the helm?

Aries wants clear intent, the energy is action oriented. A healed Aries energy within (you and me) expresses their focused intent with laser like clarity. They also know when to go with the flow, to have patience, have a vision and not be knocked off the path.
What house is Aries on in your chart? In this house you want to show others the way and right now that energy is hard to manifest and see. Aries represents your identity, the strength and ability to stand in your power. How do you lead others in some tangible way through the power of your presence? YOU.

Aries -full moon September 26th together with the Libra-new moon October 10th work in sacred partnership. Libra is about balance, harmony especially in partnerships- marriage. Aries is about you, the individual, the self that wants to be special, is egoic, headstrong and brash.

Each lunation there is a new and full moon that work in partnership with each other to release what is no longer working in your life, so you can manifest your hopes, wishes and dreams. Think of two energies on a see-saw with you standing in the middle trying to balance. Without the energy of Mars it may feel like we have no forward momentum, no ground to push off from creating no sense of balance which leads to frustration, anger. Because we ’want it now’ the mystery of this time is lost. This energy may be coming from outside of yourself- from family, children, clients.

Heck what is happening now may take years to be truly understood. Think in terms of layers and cycles. It takes time for things to manifest. Astrology is about actively working with cycles and knowing your own rhythm. What did you plant with your intent at the Aries new moon back in April of 2007? This is now manifesting. The season of fall, a time of letting go, is a time of spiritual awakening and dismemberment. Birthing the spiritual self (Aries) and balancing that spiritual self in relationships (Libra). Carolyn Myss writes in Sacred Contracts:

Throughout your life you will confront circumstances that cause you to separate from the group mind (tribal consciousness). It is essential that you give birth to your power of choice and personal responsibility. With this separation you will not gain access to you individual inner strength, self-esteem, and gut instinct. . . .Birthing the [Greater] Self means having the strength to follow the mature guidance that directs you to begin your personal spiritual path. You make the transition from group consciousness to individual consciousness thereby opening the way for the higher potential of your [Sacred] Contract to be revealed.

As we move deeper into the Fall Harvest and letting go keep your attention on present time; do not allow your vital life force to slip into history. Release the shells. Identify limiting or negative attitudes that you have inherited from your family or social mind. Recast these beliefs in healthy healing ways.

We would have a great relationship if it weren't for you!

“I don’t recall.”

“I told him last spring.”

"We’d have a great relationship if it weren’t for you!" This from a book I read back in the 90’s on marriage and partnership. Aries is about self and Libra is how we relate to others, how we partner. Aries can be boorish and selfish when only vested in the ‘me’ energy. It’s the Full Moon at 14 degrees of Aries on Friday, October 6th, 2006 at 11:13 pm. And the boors are out and about. Full moon energy relates to your soul energy, the Greater Story you share with others that is healing and life affirming. You planted some intentions last spring and they are now manifesting- the good, the bad, the ugly.

I am vacuuming my way through this new moon in Virgo

The dust is still settling after the BIG window installation here at the Lessirard abode. I can now stand outside and scream for help and my husband can’t hear me with the windows closed. Last Sunday I stood on the patio with the sliding glass door closed yelling for him to come take the puppy. Inside the house, behind the impact glass, he thought I was just making faces at him...doesn't he know my mad face? My garage make over is on the back burner while the house gets put back together. The leaky roof is getting fixed tomorrow (found a good roofer) and then it’s onto major painting.

This is the first day in three weeks I have been able to get into my office and online at the computer. Pulled the plastic tarps off furniture, moved everything back into place to down load 1200 emails. There’s still clutter to bust, cleaning to do, draperies to hang, furniture to move back into place but I grabbed a few moments to write this. Seems like I sit and wonder am I making any head way? ***laugh*** I am vacuuming my way through this new moon…

We should be having a New Moon in Libra…but we are not. I forgot about that until today…Instead of Libra we are having another New Moon in Virgo at 29 degrees. Virgo is about cleaning up, ordering. Two new moons in Virgo begs the question “How am I shifting things to a better state?”

Maybe that’s why I went out this week and bought four new vacuum cleaners in the last three days. A Spotbot for puppy pee, heck paper towels and wool light spray cleaner was not working for me. This thing is way cool. Spot it, bot it, got it. Last night Husband and I sat on sofa next to each other watching the Spotbot do it's magic. Such togetherness.

I bought a nifty new Sears upright vacuum for the house to replace our old 15 year old cannister vac. My #1 question to the saleswoman– “does this vacuum suck up a magic markers?” No lie, our beloved housekeeper of 17 years came to me one day and said the vacuum’s not sucking. Low and behold there’s a Crayola marker stuck in the tube and a whole lot of other things. My husband still laughs at that one. Then with all the construction dust from the windows and mopping I decided to splurge with a new Hoover Floormate Spin Scrubber for the tile floors. Today I spent the morning sucking up dirty black water. The housekeeper was here yesterday. The thrill of it all. Oh yes, I fried our 12 year old shop vac by leaving it out in the rain during Hurricane– no wait- Tropical Storm Ernesto (hey, it was late and I was tired of moving things out of the POD).

This New Moon in Virgo is a solar eclipse at 29 degrees of Virgo, so BAM the Virgo energies at hand are kicked up a notch! Virgo energy with a Libra flare. Grounded thinking, practical wisdom. Get your ducks in a row by taking all the parts you have…then put them together in a cohesive new way. Straighten up and fly right so we can “see how we are attached to our own suffering.” Sounds pleasant doesn’t it? And it’s all playing itself out on the world stage with the Pope, Chavez…and such. What are they thinking???

My question to you is this: “What were you wishing for at the New Moon in Aries on March 29?”  Me? I strongly declared I want out of South Florida ***sigh*** Which set into motion where I am today, in the midst of re-ordering. And with Virgo at 29 degrees passing over my Pisces Sun in the 4th house …My ‘get out of town’ energy is coming up big time this week…I am missing the seasonal change, the Fall weather. For the past five years I have headed to Albany, New York and then to Omega to hang with friends (Shilo) and experience the Fall. The art festival in Rhinebeck, the pumpkins, the corn stalks, walking the land at Omega, the crisp cool air as the leaves change.

Not this year, I graduated in May. ***sigh*** It’s still a hot, humid 92 degrees here in sunny South Florida. My inner child is screaming “I want Fall weather!” Hush there child. I am grateful the latest hurricanes have veared away. Inwardly and outwardly I am pushing and moving, cleaning and purging things here at the Lessirard house. This Virgo experience is still unfolding, but there is now more light and less dirt at the end of the tunnel. I am getting through the Moving On process and putting parts together in a new way. The curious thing is I have never proceeded in this fashion before in my life, I am more a ‘spur of the moment’ woman. More Pisces then Virgo. In 1992 there was such a drive within me to be near water, so we put our house on the market and it sold in two weeks. Heck our last move was five minutes across town to a house with a very large swimming pool. But after watching my friends Shilo and Osi go banana's in their long distance moves, I decided to start early. (I don't know where we are moving.) I am learning a lot about me in the process.

At this new moon in Virgo I am seeing the power of my intentions declared in March. What were you thinking about back then? Those of you in the VisionKeeping process may want to really check in. Many times people come to session and say, “it’s just not working, I decided I want to do this. I set my intention and nothing is happening.” Yet when we tie this “wanting” energy back into their charts/heart’s and the moon cycle, a pattern is revealed, usually you haven’t cooked enough. That is what astrology is about ‘right timing.’

You see there are three crosses in astrology– Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable. Right now we are moving into the Cardinal energies. We have been in mutable energies for the past month. Think of mutable as getting your engine revved up at the starting gate but the flags not down yet telling you to go. It can be frustrating. When the Sun moves into Libra on Saturday, be ready.

The Cardinal Cross is represented by the signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. The Sun, or the CEO of your chart is making key aspects in your chart at this time of year. Where is 0 degrees of Libra in your chart? What house is that on? Cardinal energies want action, movement. Aries gives you the momentum. Cancer asks you for an emotional commitment (move that emotional body) ‘sea of emotions’, Libra asks for you to seek a balance in your life with a joyful heart (get your thinking aligned) and Capricorn provides the structure, provided you’re grounded (that’s Saturn working and learning us all). Highly intuitive people don’t like to be grounded. To those intuitives…. remember you need grounding energies to manifest your heart’s desire. Aries and Libra (Equinoxes) , Cancer and Capricorn (Solstice) work together in sacred partnership. Get all four aspects working together, in-sync and you start to manifest big time. For this new moon I called on an old and dear friend. Angelic Messenger cards where the first tool I used when I ‘woke up’ in 1993.

“The key word is Challenge: Accepting spiritual initiation as the birthing of your dreams.

This energy is here because you are now undergoing a period of spiritual initiation in order to give a specific presence and form to your dreams, hopes, and expectations.

This guidance suggests that you are being called to finish up old business, both physical and spiritual, in order to move forward with your life physically and spiritually. You are also being guided to relax and accept the guidance that is coming to you from your angelic teachers rather than feeling you must do everything for yourself and by yourself. This card deals specifically with the fulfillment of certain specific dreams and/or aspirations that you've felt were to be part of your life, offering your personal skill and spiritual insight to be of service to humanity.” – Angelic Messenger Cards

What does that mean for you at this New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Virgo? Well lets say at the Aries New Moon (fire) you want to get out of the town. There is a drive to do something, be creative. Spring is about new beginnings. By the Cancer New Moon you’ll be facing the bottled up emotions (water), the emotional attachments that connect you have borne fruit. By the Libra new moon you’ll be called to balance out the head (thinking) and the heart (love). In the Libra energies we gather up, it’s a practical harvest this year with so much Virgo energy at play. Don’t be surprised that by the Capricorn new moon you have your bus ticket in hand heading North.

That’s how one works the cardinal cross. Figure out what you want, plug into the energies at hand and then stand back to observe. Our thoughts set into motion things we do and don’t want to manifest in profound ways. At this new moon the energies are potent…it’s a solar eclipse. Stay aware of what you are thinking about!! Virgo is ruled by Mercury, the communicator. People are saying what they think. Libra is ruled by Venus. Libra also rules war. Think of the scales of justice…balance.

Check out April Kent’s blog for more about this Virgo New Moon. Thanks April for the mention! She’s got some great resources listed for this eclipse. I am headed that way to read her blog now…

Pluto's got you-if you are hanging in the dangle

“How to uncrap your day.” I laughed when this email came my way from Andrea Lee, writer and coach over at Multiple Streams of Coaching Income. She writes “I'll cut right to the chase today because if you're anything like me, it's been a week where all Hades seemed to break loose and you're looking on in round-eyed astonishment.”

Hades is Pluto. Pluto is the shadow eater. Even if we don’t follow astrology we are in the mix of things, dancing with these Pluto energies in our own way. For me, it’s been a challenging week of trying to get something completed and then getting called in a different direction. Ranting with my husband and then saying O-key do-key. “Is there more?”

“If you have felt like the world has collapsed in on you in the past two weeks, your life is in the process of being upended, or you got a huge surprise and gift of incredible and unexpected proportions, then transiting Pluto is definitely in your life and stirring the pot.” – read the rest of Eileen Nauman’s article here.

Andrea gives several suggestions on her blog…I like #4:

PULL A COSTANZA
If something's not working, a little or a lot, stop and try heading in the direction of the energy flow, often the opposite of where you've been pushing.

If you're writing and running into weirdness, consider swapping the verbal work with something visual like picking colors or photos for a graphic design.

If you've been doing a lot of talking, and frustration is mountain, try swapping the oral processing for listening - pull out the MP3 player.

Whether you are “hanging in the dangle” or being unraveled. Pluto is working all of us, slowly and lovingly from March 29 through September 4. Stay tuned. 

Blaze new trails at this Aries New Moon

“When Pluto is our travel agent, our ticket to heaven includes a stopover in hell.”- Caroline Casey

What do I share at this New Moon, Solar Eclipse in Aries? Do I write about it from a personal level or go global on you. The energies at play feel very global. I have lived in South Florida since the summer of 1971 when my parents moved from south Jersey to sunny south Florida.

People move to south Florida for various reasons- weather, escaping persecution, wanting a better life. It’s a hodgepodge community with very shallow roots. I live here but I never felt like I belonged here [See the Magic of my childhood].

It’s taken me a long time to recognize this and come out of the trance. That happened when I embraced shamanism back in 1995. As a child I roamed the woods and streams, connected with Nature. My mother was not the type to hold me back and allowed us opportunities galore to explore the earth and woods in ways that I still find miraculous.

I have a love of nature that is deep and rich. To check myself out and go into a trance for such a long time seems so sad. This grief comes up and off in layers, when I least expect it.  Last weekend Rich and I faced bumper-to-bumper Sunday traffic heading South on I-95 to Miami; we headed down to the Fairchild Tropical Gardens to see the Chihuly exhibit (that’s Dale Chihuly in the boat above). We sat on a bench facing a lagoon after walking the nature trails, the peace and solitude was cellular. Where has Florida gone? How long have I been in this trance disconnected from Self through the land? It’s been a long time.

New Moon Solar Eclipse in Aries
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 5:15 pm est
08 Aries 35

Aries represents:

• New Beginnings- blazing new trails, initiating, high energy, taking action, innovative approaches.
• Self-focus- the physical body, survival issues, instincts, ego, assertiveness
• Innocence- honesty, authenticity, impulsiveness, straightforwardness
• Self-discovery-exploration, taking risks, eagerness, competition
• Independence-self-direction, self-reliance, autonomy, self-sufficiency
• Courage-leadership, strength, vigilance, boldness
• Disengaging, Self-absorption, vanity, anger, impatience
• Health-acne, eyes, head/face/scalp/brain, headaches and dizziness

Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Aries at 25 degrees

The horoscope is a blueprint for our character. Character is destiny. There is nothing static in this universe in which we dwell. We can change by changing our attitudes and patterns of behavior. In so doing, we change our destiny. . . . An understanding of planetary influences allows you to take your life into your own hands and intelligently utilize the planetary influences that will help you in your evolution if you but will.- Isabel Hickey Astrology a Cosmic Science

The Sabian Symbol for this Full Moon: A DOUBLE PROMISE REVEALS ITS INNER AND OUTER MEANINGS.

We greet the Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Aries on October 17, 2005 at 8:13 AM. Mars rules Aries and because Mars is retrograde at this full moon you may find stumbling blocks regarding:

• New Beginnings- blazing new trails, initiating, high energy, taking action, innovative approaches.
• Self-focus- the physical body, survival issues, instincts, ego, assertiveness.
• Innocence- honesty, authenticity, impulsiveness, straightforwardness.
• Self-discovery-exploration, taking risks, eagerness, competition.
• Independence-self-direction, self-reliance, autonomy, self-sufficiency.
• Courage-leadership, strength, vigilance, boldness.
• Disengaging, self-absorption, vanity, anger, impatient.
• Health-acne, eyes, head/face/scalp/brain, headaches and dizziness.
• Finding a clear yes and a clear no.

In Libra we learn to define our boundaries with others in healthy, healing ways. Peer over your glasses to see things in a new way. Since the New Moon in Libra on October 3rd, how have your boundaries been impacted positively or negatively by others you are in relationship with? Begging the questions-Where do I merge and what I need to purge? That is the gift of Libra. At the same time we live in a world of immediate gratification. “I want it now” energy. What do you do when that “I want it now energy” doesn’t get fed. When your partner won’t ‘do’ what you want! Aries and Libra mediate how we perceive our vested interests/attachments. My way or the highway. At the Scorpio new moon in two weeks we’ll be working with the call to surrender these attachments.

With that “want it now” energy how do you work with your own critical inner voice? How do you get your needs met in healthy ways? Do you start to get restless? Do you start complaining- focusing your energy on what isn’t happening, what isn’t working. How your spouse and/or the universe is not cooperating? I am so _______ (spiritual, healthy, gifted) and you’re not- why is this happening to me? Listen to your own internal dialog the next couple of days. How you are talking to yourself, sharing with others? Are you complaining about what isn’t working to your friends and spouse? Does this sound familiar?

This week I heard a theme of frustrated feelings from clients. I am just not in the flow. My life path isn’t working. The thrill is gone. I gently shared that Mars, the planetary archetype of thrilling, adrenal-driven, oriented action is retrograde in Taurus. Our Mars energy (collectively and individually) within and without is out to lunch from October 1st through December 9th. Mars will be back in action on February 17, 2006. So where does that leave us at this full moon in Aries? Joan Wickenburg writes:

If you have overextended yourself, you will reap the results when Mars begins its retrograde motion. Its energy will come to the foreground of your life to be confronted, redirected, integrated or exorcised. Any pent-up frustrations must now be examined. Face your anger, confront your passion, acknowledge your instincts and become more conscious of what provokes or motivates you. Rather than functioning spontaneously while Mars is retrograde, use this time to develop new strategies for getting what you want; old ones may no longer work. This is a time for objectivity; it requires you to stand back to examine your life and design strategies that will take you where you ultimately want to go. Are you piloting your own ship, or have outside forces taken control of the helm?

Aries wants clear intent that is action oriented. A healed Aries energy within (you and me) can express their focused intent with laser like clarity. With maturity they also know when to go with the flow, to have patience, have a vision and not be knocked off the path. Even when the thrill is gone. LOL. Mars rules Aries. Mars- the leader, is out of commission, in retrograde. Aries is the sign of the pioneer and paves the way for new beginnings. Fiery goal oriented visionaries. A Get it done now! person who just can’t seem to get started and moving.

Now in this light the client dialogs make perfect sense, but it still doesn’t help that part of us who is feeling frustrated and stopped at the gate. What house is Aries on in your chart? In this house you want to show others the way and right now that energy is truly hard to manifest and see. Aries represents your identity, your ability to stand in your power. To lead others in some tangible way. The power of your presence. YOU. The Libra new moon October 3rd and now the Aries full moon October 17th work in sacred partnership. Libra is about balance, harmony especially in partnerships- marriage. In Aries it all about you, the individual, the self that wants to be special, is egoic, headstrong and brash. NOW.

Mars in Taurus is asking for you to hunker down and share your resources. Find value and meaning. Go to the Taurus area of your chart and share, share, share. I have Taurus in the 7th house of partnership, this is a time to focus and share my resources with others in partnership by actively being with people to learn and share. It is not a time for me to be the Hermit. If Taurus was in my first house then it would be a time for me to focus on me. . .first house = self. Spend time to go within. Erin Sullivan writes: “The slow burn that the transit of Mars retrograde engenders can be both corrosive and psychologically depleting and it can free up frustrated energy - simultaneously. The opposition from the Sun in mid-cycle (November 7th, 2005) can detonate anger, frustration or hostility, while at the same time, illuminate issues that may have lain dormant or unspecified.”

Remember playing on a seesaw and the other child (Mars) holding you up, and I couldn’t come down until they pushed off the ground. The other child made things move, and it was out of my control. Each lunation there is a new and full moon that work in partnership like this. It is an opportunity to release what no longer works in your life. This months it is two energies (Aries and Libra) on a see-saw and you standing in the middle trying to maintain balance. Without the energy and strategy of Mars it may feel like you have no forward momentum, no ground to push off from. This off balance feeling can lead to frustration and anger. Because we focus on I ‘want it now’ the mystery of this time is lost. Your off-balance energy may be reflected from the outside through your relationships with family, children, clients, friends. But really the issue is you and your Mars, creating healthy relationships in body, mind and spirit. The Mars energy is now manifesting unconsciously, behind the scenes that won’t fully be revealed until late December when Mars starts back into his forward motion. Heck what is happening now may take nine years to be truly understood. Think in terms of layers and cycles. It takes time for things to unfold and manifest. Astrology is about actively working these cycles and knowing your own rhythm.

• What did you plant with your intent at the Aries new moon back in April of 2005? This is now manifesting.
• What did you plant with your intent at the last Aries lunar eclipse (eclipses run in 9/18 year cycles) in 1994/1987? This is now manifesting.
• What did you intent the last time Jupiter was in Libra in October 1992 through November 1993? That is now viable and visable.

How many times do I hit my head on the doorway before I learn how to duck? Aries rules the head and as the Jupiter cycle is ending a new one is beginning. This Jupiter in Libra cycle initiated itself in my 12th house back in 1993. The House of Spirit-the house of unconscious fears where my tribal consciousness slammed me head-on as my spiritual path opened up. Broke open-a time of awakening and dismemberment by birthing the spiritual self (Aries) and balancing that Greater Self in all my relationships (Libra). I have been reflecting on the mystery of this past 12 years as Jupiter gets ready to cross over my Neptune in Libra at 29 degrees in the 12th house of Spirit. Today looking back to 1993 with wiser eyes I know that I woke up at the right time, in the right moment. Yet at the same time what was wonderful and exciting was also very hard, scary because things did not make much sense my old self (tribal consciousness) as I confronted the shadow within. Very shamanic, very transpersonal. Carolyn Myss writes in her book Sacred Contracts (pg. 340–341):

Throughout your life you will confront circumstances that cause you to separate from the group mind (tribal consciousness). It is essential that you give birth to your power of choice and personal responsibility. With this separation you will not gain access to you individual inner strength, self-esteem, and gut instinct. . . .birthing the self mean having the strength to follow the mature guidance that directs you to begin your personal spiritual path. You make the transition from group consciousness to individual consciousness thereby opening the way for the higher potential of your Contract to reveal itself.

• Keep you attention on present time, do not allow you vital life force to slip into history.
• Identify limiting or negative attitudes that you have inherited from your family or social mind.
• Recast these beliefs in healthy healing ways.[A shamanic journey may be in order help support you manifest this new way.]

In the last few weeks my 12 year journey (Jupiter’s cycle) revealed a new understanding and deeper meaning. For myself and my shamanic friends embracing this ancient wisdom and truth revealed our heart’s desire and soul’s longing. From this new view it may be time for all of us to do an internal inventory of what is working and let go of what no longer serves who we are today. Look to the Aries and Libra house in your chart. What houses are involved? How have you found balance? How are your relationships changed to make way for who you are today? Reflect back over the past 12 years, what have you learned? What needs attention? Gathering wisdom is what the Fall Harvest is about.

Jupiter is the planetary force of expansion, the traveller, the explorer, the teacher and the philosopher. Each time Jupiter changes signs he leads you into a new world of truth and opportunity- good fortune. Auspicious. Saturn is in Leo for the first time in 28 years wanting your hopes, wishes and dreams to be heart driven. If there is no heart energy in your intent then your dreams won’t manifest. This week the Sun and Jupiter meet up on October 22 at 29 degrees of Libra right at my Neptune. This is a good thing!

The call with Mars in retrograde is for each of us to be a resource for others through the power of our presence. If you are a teacher, it is time to teach. If you are an artist it is time to share your art. If you are a writer then write. Do and share what you have learned these past 12 years. Create from your heart’s desire. Jupiter leaves Libra and moves into Scorpio (the transformer) on October 25, 2005.

In Scorpio we transform through the death/rebirth process. We’ll greet the new moon in Scorpio is on November 1, 2005. But with Jupiter moving into Scorpio we are getting a preview of the energy this week. “Does fear inhibit some part of your inner expression of power?” (Andrews, p. 13) Money, sex and power come through our shared resources and our need for intense transformation (Scorpio) through relationship (Libra). Scorpio is the sign of the healer, her energy is fixed, feminine, watery expressing the need for deep involvement and intense transformation. Scorpio represents the shamanic aspects of dismemberment and remembering. Jupiter the planetary force of expansion meets with Scorpio to kick us collectively up a notch. A person influenced by their Scorpio qualities brings their strong will and determination to accomplish whatever they want to do. They can also become rigid, stubborn and unyielding (Scorpion). When one is willing to meet the Scorpio force (Eagle) within then one enters the path of Initiation through transmutation and transfiguration (Phoenix). People who are influenced by their Scorpio nature may be psychic and find themselves natural shamans. This is both a curse and a blessing depending on which power one answers to.

Thus as Jupiter enter Scorpio for the next 12 months we will begin to feel more deeply the nature of our dark (unconscious) and our light (conscious). If I focus on what isn’t working at the present moment, then I may miss the mystery of the journey. Now with Mar’s retrograde it is time:

• To practice patience.
• Own your feelings of frustration and anger.
• Stay in the routines that serve our highest good.
• Be a resource for others in your family and community.
• Re-evaluate your vision of what you want to create 1 year (2006) and 5 years out (2010).

Make a collage of your vision. From this place reflect and allow new priorities to take root by simply playing with this energy. Pioneer. Trust. Create. Share.

I wrote about Mars retrograde in Taurus.

For another perspective on this lunation I invite you to journey to astrologer April Kent’s article You were asleep.

Happy full moon in Aries.

Doorway Illustration copyrighted by Richard Downs.

The New Moon/ Solar Eclipse in Aries April 8, 2005

Ancient astrology was body based and biological. In the beginning astrology was a felt experience but after the beginnings of patriarchal civilisation, astrology became a science. . . .by watching and recording the astrological passage of the moon through the signs of the zodiac,  you get to now how the signs feel. You reconnect with the elements (fire, earth, water, air) and how these energies stimulate your body, mind, emotions and spirit.  Then the energies move out of science [masculine/logic] and back into the feelings [feminine/intuition]. –Shakti Woman- the new female shamanism by Vicki Noble.

Aries represents:

• New Beginnings- blazing new trails, initiating, high energy, taking action, innovative approaches.
• Self-focus- the physical body, survival issues, instincts, ego, assertiveness
• Innocence- honesty, authenticity, impulsiveness, straightforwardness
• Self-discovery-exploration, taking risks, eagerness, competition
• Independence-self-direction, self-reliance, autonomy, self-sufficiency
• Courage-leadership, strength, vigilance, boldness
• Disengaging, Self-absorption, vanity, anger, impatience
• Health-acne, eyes, head/face/scalp/brain, headaches and dizziness.
• Finding a clear yes and a clear no.

  ACTION. This is the time of year to put new projects into motion. As you can see I have been tweaking the journal. I decided to try out a blog format. It’s more flexible, easier to update and has a whole lot of bells and whistles like commenting and subscribing. At the end of this missive there is a spot to comment about this new format. Let me know what you think.

  At this New Moon Venus, Sun and Moon are in Aries. Venus attracts. Venus is the planet that has to do with our values and our ability to share what we have. . .rather than holding on, it is now time to let go and share. Venus works in sacred partnership to your Mars energy. Mars rules Aries. From the archetypal power of Venus you are called to claim your heart’s desire, and then Mars moves into action off that desire. Think of the fairy tale princess (Venus) waiting for her white night (Mars). Where is your white night? Is it time to get out of the castle and do for yourself? Share who and what you are about? Jupiter is in Libra asking for balance and harmony.  Can you expand into your relationships and still maintain your Self. Value your Self?  Or do you merge and get lost in the process of relating. Boundaries are highlighted at this lunation. Saturn is in Cancer making his final push forward leaving in July of 2005. Is there a structure in place -Do you feel safe and secure now?  Saturn rules Capricorn. Cancer is ruled by the Moon. The energetic partnership of Capricorn and Cancer represent the mother and father energies in the chart.  The intuitive and the rational. Saturn gives your intuition the structure, a foundation to work from. Saturn is a grounding force.  Mars the ruler of Aries in moving through Aquarius. . .asking and giving action energy for new forms to be built.

  Mercury in retrograde March 19 - April 12, 2005:

  What gift has Mercury retrograde bestowed upon you these past three weeks? Weird things may have happened. Look at the omens, read the signs, get the subtle messages the Universe is trying to share. If you can't figure it out, then talk to a friend, share from the heart. Get grounded so your communications and intentions make sense. Through right communication Venus attracts peace- peace of mind, peace of heart. Because this is a spiritual period representing restoration, look for breakthroughs in understanding. This awakening may come from out of the blue, yet it is a mystery that was seeded in the spiritual plane for a very long time, ready to manifest on the physical level. Stay true to your own spiritual process and the tools that have been anchored in you since 1987. This is a powerful time individually and collectively.

  Mercury moved into Aries at the beginning of the March. Mercury represents the way we think- the little me (ego) and the greater me (ego merged with spirit). Mercury started his retrograde process on March 19 at 15 degrees of Aries.

  What house is 15 degrees of Aries in? Now the Sun and Moon are there, Venus is also there as well.

  Mercury travels backward until April 12, then goes direct. Mercury in Aries- the energy of thinking and action going retrograde/backward. This alone can feel like chaos. Think of a cartoon character running forward with an unknown rubber band around his waist, reaching the limits and then being jerked backward. That's Mercury retrograde. It is sometimes gentle, sometime chaotic. LOL.

  Mercury in retrograde calls us to think again, this is a do-over, issues you thought you had addressed may be up for additional healing offering understanding and clarity.  Expect aha’s by the Full Moon in Scorpio on April 26th.

  As Uranus (awakens) moves through spiritual Pisces and

  Neptune

  (dissolves) moving through visionary Aquarius this next seven years be ready for astrology to move back into the feeling state, the intuitive side of astrology. The twelve Zodiac signs within your chart act as a filters for the planets, energizing that planet with additional purpose- the signs put the zing in the energy. They are archetypal forces that can be worked with actively within and around you.

  Our hearts have healed in so many ways. Libra an air sign is ruled by Venus representing the Heart chakra- the 7th doorway of marriage and partnership. LOVE.

  The theme at this lunation is “transmutation of life into Love”- Dane Rudhyar. Ask “Who am I in relationship to you?”

  “Where do I merge?    How do I lose myself?”

  Being loved and in relationship with another person stirs up our Mars energy because relationships reflect our divinity and our shadow. Libra works in balance with Aries. Aries represents the first doorway of life and the first year of your life. The Way. Libra calls for balance and harmony in relationships. The sacred other who you meet along your Way. The sacred marriage occurs between Mars and Venus at your 1st and 7th doorways within your own chart. Two points in the Cardinal Cross. To find balance go to the center, your center and there is Masculine and feminine in balanced harmony. Mars gets his marching orders from a healed heart. Venus beckons and magnetizes, mars initiates. Your inspirations come through the upper chakras and synthesize in your heart center. How these visions manifest into reality is determined by the health of the Venus and Mars energies within you. To be intimate I must first know myself. Libra called us to this task at the Full moon on March 25. What are you ready to plant?

  Mercury, the communicator who represents the way we think, is currently retrograding in Aries. When Mercury retrogrades our normal day-to-day thinking process goes underground for renovation; this happens in the first ten days so we can go to a deeper level. Mercury went retrograde Saturday March 19. Ten days of darkness/chaos, going inward in order to move outward.

  There are three crosses within the zodiac. At this Aries new moon lets discuss the Cardinal Cross. Houses 1^st (Aries), 4^th (Cancer), 7^th (Libra) , and 10^th (Capricorn) are considered action houses because this is where you are called to initiate- the cross of initiation. Here you are called to express the divinity within you- your divine will- through your creative processes. You are spirit seeded with a divine plan of action to manifest out in the world (world service). Aries celebrates the Easter/Passover season. . .the Spring Equinox.  Aries is about passion. The Cardinal Cross in esoteric is called the ‘Cross of Christ’ whereupon the Spirit is crucified. Each time you step outside of your fear based thinking, you meet this cardinal cross with courage and strength to make things happen- just as you pushed your way into this world to be born. The symbol of the cross offers a doorway at the sacred center- the heart, the synthesizer of the four doorways-

  1^st house (Aries ruled by Mars)  and 7^th house (Libra ruled by Venus)

  4^th house (Cancer ruled by the Moon) and 10^th house (Capricorn ruled by Saturn)

  Aries represents new beginnings and teaches us how to enter into creation- even in its most primitive state. You are called to step out of your safety zone this month in Aries- to pioneer something new. In Cancer we learn to manifest our bounty as part of humanity. In Libra we learn to legislate our life here on earth- in Libra we see the results of our actions taken in Aries. In Capricorn we take initiation- the seed to start again.

  In January did you make New Years resolutions, only to see the intentions fall by the wayside? What if your subconscious mind has been working quietly behind the scenes getting those seed thoughts from the new year ready for planting? After working with the natural rhythms within and my natal chart there is a time, a season and a reason- it takes the psyche time to integrate and come to terms with the intent. Now I am ready to plant the seeds.  Aries marks the beginning of the new year- the Spring Equinox in the North.  You may want to reflect on your own New Years resolutions and see if this is rings true for you.

  Mars the ruler of Aries knows what you want and what will energise you- offering a clear yes or clear no about your path. Mars informs you when you are on the right path by giving you energy (yes); if you are on the wrong path you’ll have an energy drain (no). Planets in the first house or the sign Aries inform you of your own life, where you are gifted at finding a clear yes and a clear no. (Campbell, p. 300).

  Engage your Will. 

  Fire in your belly! 3^rd chakra, the will center. Mars rules the 3^rd chakra- the solar plexus- the fire in your belly. If your water element is out of whack how can the fire be born- you’ll find yourself in anger rather than passion. Reaction vs. pro-action. The 3^rd chakra is the seat of eating disorders and weight issues. Our Mars is afflicted in some way. Look at all the press recently on Super sizing and Gluttony. Anger is associated with Mars- external solutions (spending, eating, drinking, exercising) are ways to mediate the strong feelings that manifest from the 3^rd chakra. The ability to speak your truth is related to the 5^th chakra. Women started speaking up in the ‘70’s demanding equal rights, equal pay. In their righteous anger they demanded change from a patriarchal society. Cancer moved through Saturn in 1974-1975. Those issues are with us still, now it is time to kick it up a notch. You may find your limit and nurturing skills may need to be strengthened. Obesity and gastric bypass are the talk of the nation because we as a society live at the 3^rd level of consciousness. This is a time where the tools (external solutions) of the past won’t work anymore. You are being asked to grow up.

  A healthy person with a strong 3^rd chakra knows who they are within the Universe and can look up to the heavens with her feet planted firmly on earth. Then the Will center bestows great pleasure, spiritual wisdom. She knows she belongs, her mind and emotions are a working unit through the heart. She has the will/intent to carry her intentions out into the world.

  Remember your belly button and the deep connection to mother. This center is your connection Spirit and Mother earth. If this will center is blocked, the person can not feel their feelings. This is the center is where we cord into others (through relationships) because there is a split between the heart and the mind. Feel the ‘fear’ in your belly. . .feel the ‘fire’ in your belly. The belly is the seat of your inner knowing. Gut reactions. Clairsentience. (Excellent books to read are Karla McLaren’s Emotional Genius and The Pathway by Laurel Mellin).

  A dream has been cooking you for a very long time. Eons. It is now time. How do you want manifest that dream? You have the talent. You have been seeded. Fire or fear. In any case like the book says feel the fear and do it anyway. Now. Take aim and follow through- engage your will. The power of your will in harmony with spirit creates Divine Will- Thy will and mine are one. (Brennan, Hands of Light,  p.140).

  “Go forward with your goals, plant the seeds, remember your connection to Spirit and how the seed not only serve you but humanity as well.”

  In Aries you are called to create from your passion- to manifest in service to your vision (remember Aquarius- and your point of Light). The best time to plant these intentions is at the new moon in Aries. Aries is cardinal a fire sign, ruled by Mars- a sign of new beginnings representing your pioneer energy. Where Aries is in your chart you forge ahead and lead the way.

  Where is Aries?

  What is in your 1^st house?

  Where is your Mars? That is where the action is.

  In Aries we set the tone for the next 12 month cycle with passion. The fire within feeds us until the Fall Equinox in September. If I am decorating a room, the foundation has to be good order for the other elements to work. My vision/intent is the seed that sets the foundation, I have to know what I am going to do, there has to be a plan of action to manifest the vision. In interior design I’ll make sketches/renderings, create plans from my vision. I then gather my support team, the carpenter, the painter, the upholsterer. I share my vision and give them the plans. . .I set this into motion through my intent. And with my force of will the vision manifests and grounds into being. The room materialises as the team works together.

  Think of television show Trading Spaces. Action, focus, courage. In Aries we go from thinking to doing. This is a Solar Eclipse. In April of 1986 there was a solar eclipse at 20 degrees of Aries. Nineteen years ago.

  Sam

  e sign, same degree. Other than age, what are you offering in service to humanity now? How have you changed? The Moon stands before the Sun and absorbs all the light, then she reflects this back to us. This eclipse energy will be working and learning us for at least two years.

  Power is the ability to use energy.

  In the body: Ego is force. It is important to know that Aries and the first house/doorway is representative of our lower nature, the egoic self. Fiery Aries is passionate, but too often our Aries is fuelled by anger, sadness, grief, guilt. We defend to protect our fragile state. There is a ‘little you’ someplace in the equation. Mars rules Aries. Unheated it represents a “me first’ attitude- war, vanity, anger, impatience. Mars and Venus are planetary pairs that work together- the sacred masculine and feminine. Mars in the body is represented by the 3^rd chakra- the seat of power, the will. Venus is represented by the 4^th chakra, the seat of love. The lower nature of ego must transcend into the heart. The heart creates a bridge to the higher centers. Heart disease is the number one killer in

  America

  . As a society we live from our lower three chakras, and stop short of the heart.  The bridge is broken, and war breaks out within and without.  The heart center is responsible for mediating the energies coming and going through the emotional, physical, mental and spiritual bodies. When one is connected to deep intimacy with self and others there is passion and power born from moving through and transmuting the anger, pain and suffering. Divine Love. The balanced ego merges with soul energy = power.

  Opposite Aries is Libra. Libra ruled by Venus is the 7^th doorway of marriage and partnership. LOVE. Who am I in relationship to you? Where do I merge? How do I lose myself? Being loved and in relationship with another person stirs up our Mars because relationships reflect our divinity and our shadow. Libra works in balance with Aries. Aries represents the first doorway of life and the first year of your life. The Way.  Libra calls for balance and harmony in relationships. The sacred other who you meet along your Way. The sacred marriage occurs between Mars and Venus at your 1^st and 7^th doorways within your own chart. Two points in the Cardinal Cross. To find balance go to the center there is Masculine and feminine in balanced harmony. Mars gets his marching orders from a healed heart. Venus beckons and magnetizes, mars initiates. Your inspirations come through the upper chakras and synthesize in your heart center. How these visions manifest into reality is determined by the health of the Venus and Mars energies within you.  To be intimate I must first know myself. Aries calls us to that task at this new moon. What do you want to plant?

  Power attracts, whereas force repels. Because power unifies, it has no true enemies, although its manifestations may be opposed by opportunists whose ends it doesn't serve. Power serves others, whereas force is self-serving. True statesmen serve the people; politicians exploit people to serve their own ambitions. Statesmen sacrifice themselves to serve others; politicians sacrifice others to serve themselves. Power appeals to our higher nature, force to our lower nature. Force is limited, whereas power is unlimited. Power vs. Force by Dr.

  David

  Hawkins

  Power radiates from within, transmutes into energy that heals, restores and revitalises the self. Soul essence is a loving, propelling energy of divine will, a purpose and power that flows through your spiritual consciousness. The ego is still present but the ego is called to harmony and balance shifting from force to power as it serves rather than competing. You become defenseless because there is nothing to defend against.

  The power of your own Aries energy is called forth at this new moon. We have entered the three spiritual festivals at the full moon in March (Easter), April (Wesak), and May (Goodwill). These are important times on the planet and within your own psyche. We are all being tested by the weight of living.

  David

  Hawkins book Power vs. Force is a good example of working with the Power of Presence. After a spiritual awakening Dr. Hawkins was able to transmute the most horrendous mental illness in his patients just by his sacred witnessing. The Power of his Presence. At the Aries new moon we are called to the doorway of remembering the Power of Presence – step into our divinity hold steady in Light. At this New Moon you are called to pioneer, to lead and plant your seeds.

  “Aries is the sign of male authority and it pushes on forward into positions of power through the pioneering of new fields and purposes; here do we find the quality of initiative. The more evident trait of Aries is intense activity, fired by ambitions, projective energy which must take command . . . Aries purifies thinking and raises thought power, compelling correction and advancing toward truth. The essence of Aries is the urge that impels persons to new ideas, plans, thoughts or proposals.” (Price, p.76)

  In the Tarot this Aries energy is represented by the Emperor card- the doer, the visionary, the leader, the builder. We all are leaders and builders, so this month check the Aries area of your chart. This is where the action is.

  Where is Aries in your chart?

  What planets there?

  ‘Take heart at this lunation, because comfort and salvation can be found in the most unexpected places.’ The creative process is fed by your Aries spirit. It is fed with your heart and soul. The Power of your Presence. Your creative intentions are needed now more than ever. So at this New Moon in Aries- what creative seeds do you want to plant for harvesting in the fall?

  At this new moon you are called to manifest your divinity in a greater capacity with your creative efforts leading the way. What are you longing for that needs to be planted in the spring for harvesting next fall?

  Your chakra system is fast tracking this power (Mars rules Aries)  energy to manifest your heart’s desire (Venus rules Libra). You are being fast tracked.  If the farmer holds onto his seeds in the spring and refuses to let them go, there is no fruit in the summer, no seeds for the fall. What have you resisted? How are you holding on? Surrender it now.

  The Sabian Symbol for 20 Degree Aries from Lynda Hill’s book:

  A YOUNG GIRL FEEDING BIRDS IN WINTER.

  

  KEYNOTE: Overcoming crisis through compassion.

  Commentary: The Young Girl Feeding Birds in Winter is an image of care, innocence nurturing and benevolence. Promises of nourishment to those who need it –emotionally, physically, or spiritually will help this situation improve. Sometimes it may feel like the cold winds are around us, yet we can find joy through doing thing for others. Long talks with either strangers or friends in need can being a sense of nurturing, reassurance, satisfaction and love.

  Oracle: Someone is possibly in need of help, someone who may even be the cause of their own problems. However, there are those who stubbornly resist moving on or changing their habits, even if it is to their own detriment. Employing non-judgmental help can lead others to trust and respond. You may be required to continually show love and dedication, even when it may be tiring or time consuming to do so. Perhaps there is a feeling of having to step out into the cold to help others. It is rewarding to provide nourishment for those who need it. However thing of what would happen if you withdrew you time and energy? Things done for others often have an unexpected spin-off. On completion you realize you’ve had fun and you feel really good about yourself. Nourishment can come in the form of food, water, words, advice, etc. Be careful that what’s being fed is in fact nourishing for those receiving it. There may also be a need to be alone and do simple and compassionate things. If the message provided by the Symbol is not clear, then try feeding the birds outdoors, or at least through open windows and see what the exercise inspires.

  Keywords: Nurturing innocence. Feeding energy to situations that feel cold, helpless and lost. Small efforts bring their rewards. Codependent relationships. Nurturing. Helping those less fortunate or smaller. Taking time out for others. Doing things without the thought of reward. Enjoying nature. Trying to find friends or company.

  The Caution: Wanting to wind approval. Creating a dependence with others that has to be maintained. Feeling bleak, lost and alone. The need to continually rescue others. Doing anything to be liked. Finding it impossible to stop giving. Not being able to say “no”.

  What does this SYMBOL say to you?

  You are invited to copy this journal and share it with others of like mind and spirit. If you have any questions please e-mail me at michele at sharedjourneys.org.

  References for the New Moon Journal

  Angeles Arrien. 1987. The Tarot Handbook.

  Alice Bailey. 1974. The Labours of Hercules- An Astrological Interpretation. Caroline Brent. 2004. on the web at Celestial Timings.

  Brenda Brush, PMAFA. 2003  Brush up with Brenda Astrology Class.  For a weekly tape from the Wednesday night class call 954-922-7222.

  Kathleen Burt. 1999. Archetypes of the Zodiac.

  Elizabeth Rose Campbell. 2003. Intuitive Astrology.

  Thom Cavalli, Ph.D. 2002. Alchemical Psychology.

  Demetra George

  . 1994 Finding our way through the dark.

  Lynda Hill. 2002.  Special Edition The Sabian Symbols as an Oracle.

  Marc E. Jones, PhD. 1993 The Sabian Symbols in Astrology.

  Alan Oken. 1990. Soul Centered Astrology.

  John

  Randolph Price. 1993. The Angels Among Us.

  Jan Spiller. 2001. New moon astrology.

  Jacquelyn Small. 1991. Awakening in Time.

  Art credits:
  Aries Zodiac Image

  Fire in the Belly

  Bird Feeder Hat by Eco-artist Erica Fielder