Notice regarding September 2013 New Moon Rituals

Just dropping a note regarding the upcoming September 2013 New Moon on September 5, 2013 and the ritual downloads...I will be out of the country for this New Moon (which falls on my birthday and will feature prominently in my Solar return :))  I will not have internet access from noon (US EDT) on September 3rd until September 7th...it may be best to order prior to September 3rd if you want to use the ritual(s) and tend to have trouble with the instant download.

If you purchase and fail to click through immediately to receive the ritual, I will not be able to send it to you until September 7th, which is too late. If this happens, you can elect to receive the Full Moon ritual instead or I can issue a refund. I have also posted a note on the New Moon Page (but an unbelievable number of people order and never read a word I write on the page)...

The New Moon Rituals as well as the September 2013 Astrocalendars are already available.

Thanks so much for your patience and understanding.

Love, light, and blessings,

Dena

Saturn – Osiris – Green Man Transformation & Rebirth Ritual - August 2013 Full Moon in Aquarius

 Saturn is a powerful energy in my life, being stationary retrograde and the handle of my bucket chart. He dominates from the 8th house and co-rules my MC with the Moon and Pluto (my Saturn/Pluto midpoint is exactly the degree of my MC) and...rules my 4th house. The intricacies of his energy in my chart and life never fail to surprise me. (see my natal chart here). During Saturn's recent station direct (right on top of my natal Moon), I was struck with the urge to write a new ritual in his honor...the results are my latest ritual, Saturn - Osiris - Green Man Transformation and Rebirth Ritual.

The introduction follows:


While many consider Uranus as the planet of change and the ruler of Aquarius, Saturn is the potent ancient planetary ruler of the sign and is the energy we all use to make permanent, solid changes in our lives. Uranus may spark us with inspiration and jolt us out of stagnation, but Saturn is what grounds us and allows us to build (or rebuild) our lives once Uranus shakes us free – strangely enough, Uranus is the god who buried all of his children alive but now is the energy bringing sudden change. Perhaps it is the ‘outside’ energy – beyond our boundaries – that jolts us, as Uranus is so foreign and detached from what it means to be human and alive on Gaia.

 Saturn can be considered the cornerstone of life on our planet, which is why various religions worship him…some even consider Saturn as YHWH – the God of the Abrahamic religions. Saturn is, and has always been, a stronger, more accessible energy than his father, Uranus, within the human psyche. As Ouranos (Uranus), the sky, lay around the earth, he begat many ‘children’ but refused to let them be born out of the earth. This stretched and strained Gaia, who turned to her buried-alive children seeking relief. Saturn was the only child willing to do the deed and, as he dismembered his father with the sickle Gaia gave him, he severed the sky from the earth, separating the male and female principle with one sharp blow and ascending as the primary god, the ruler of Sky, Earth, and Sea. Saturn was the first male deity to concern himself with mortals and worldly concerns.  If we consider the mythology we may realize that Saturn’s actions against his father brought about the most significant, longest-lasting change than any other action in the mythological history of the Earth.

Saturn, our strict father, is very much his mother Gaia’s child - he is, and always has been, an agricultural god. Although he reigned over the sky and sea as well as the earth, the earth is where he truly feels at home, the earth from which he was born. The Egyptian God Osiris is said to be the planet Saturn and I personally connect both Osiris and the Green Man to Saturn – all are symbols of rebirth and transformation. All three are connected to the underworld as well as the fertile vegetative growth on Earth. All three are symbols of the cycle of life – death – rebirth and the passage of time.  For this ritual, you may attune to any or all of the three gods, depending on your personal path, belief system, and intuition.

Access the ritual on my Full Moon Page

 

In other news, it's been a CRAZY busy and unsettled month...I am preparing to start on the August Calendars tomorrow but they may be late this month. Hope not!

 

With love, light, and blessings,

 

Dena

 

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June 2013 - New Moon in Gemini

The Moon joins the Sun at 11:56 am EDT in the sign of the Twins at 18’01 degrees.  The Sabian Symbol for this New Moon is A Large Archaic Volume Reveals a Traditional Wisdom. The underlying tone of this degree can be read two ways – fitting for Gemini - and we, of course, can read as much or as little into it as we wish.  A big old book with fading pages and fragile edges can reveal mysteries we have long forgotten, for better or worse.  Knowledge is power; there is an almost ominous tone if we look a little deeper and realize that knowledge, in the wrong hands, can be – and is - used to control most of us in varying degrees. That same knowledge in the right hands, the gentle hands of a truly spiritual caretaker of Wisdom, can help guide us forward and provide a solid understanding that perhaps the ancients, who were more in tune with the cycles of the planet and Universe, knew much more than modern society has given them credit for. Traditional Wisdom can serve us well, if we are wise and read the ‘big book’ with an open mind and open heart. The answers to some of our most pressing modern issues can be discovered at this New Moon, if we care to look into the past…if we can look clearly and without fear.

We have two very tight square formations at the time of the New Moon. Mercury at 11’46 Cancer is issuing a challenge to Uranus (11’54 Aries) while opposing Pluto at 10’51 Capricorn. This is a transiting T-square with Uranus as the apex planet. What does Uranus want, and will Mercury give it to him?  11 – 12 degrees Libra is the target (or release) point. On a personal level, family secrets may be revealed during this New Moon, perhaps due to a sibling’s loose tongue. Someone close to you, or you, yourself, may have an emotional crisis due to a disturbed relationship. The Sabian Symbol for 11 – 12 Libra is Miners Are Surfacing From A Deep Coal Mine…it’s a very fitting description for a Mercury – Pluto opposition. Deep thoughts, buried secrets or desires rising to the surface, and old wounds re-opening are all possible now.  This energy signature is reaffirmed with another square between Mars at 5’50 Gemini and Neptune at 5’22 Pisces…there is pressure here to actively go below, to dive into the sea and search for what lurks down there in the darkness.  Although things may seem somewhat dire, there is a solid and supportive trine with Venus (6’48 Cancer), Saturn (5’30 Scorpio), and Neptune (5’22 Pisces). Any painful situation can be overcome, healed, or let go of but sometimes we have to lance the wound first and let it bleed.  Somewhere in that big ol’ book there will be an answer, a solution, or a remedy that you need. Many of us may be tempted to just skim through and look at the shiny pictures, courtesy of the Gemini energy, but those who will gain the most from this New Moon will be the Mercurial-Plutonians, the ones who aren’t afraid to learn the truth.

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Also appeared in my new newsletter, Venus Illuminated Metaphysical Newsletter - the New Moon Summer Solstice Edition

I am also offering a new monthly merchandise raffle/cash drawing...read more here and enter to win. 

Blessings on this New Moon,

Dena