Saturday, June 21 - Sunday, June 22, 2014

Third Quarter Moon Phase: complete

Moon in Aries

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: accept personal responsibility

Negative Imprint: recklessness, carelessness

Positive Imprint: attention, renewal

Saturday brings the energy of the entire cycle to a head.  We accept or assume personal responsibility for where we are in the process of our growth and development.  It's the Solstice, the longest or shortest day, depending where on Gaia Sophia you are, and we reach a turning point in how we see and understand things - particularly ourselves.

This energy enables us to take charge and rise to the occasion.  What have you wanted to stand up and change, like an aroused striker around a factory?  What is your standard now?  What is being reborn in you?  What have you wanted to find?

All of the newness and change sometimes has us overlooking or rejecting "the old" too quickly.  We build the new from the old, so honor the contribution of what has been meaningful in the past as it morphs into the future.

Power issues and power struggles are inherent in this energy.  This happens when there are dramatic shifts and turning points.  When people feel like they are losing their place, losing their value, or losing the familiar, they can become fearful and reactionary.  Anger ensures. 

If the struggle is within yourself, accept responsibility for it.  See it for what it is and then stand up to it.  The power to end the internal struggle is strong today, and you can call on this month's Wisdom Goddess, Bagala, to paralyze or end the struggle.

Sunday brings the ability to get "unstuck" or out of limbo.  We rise above the challenges we've faced over the past month with a larger perspective.  This energy is intense.  It can feel relentless with one thing after another.  The pummeling of energy serves to strengthen us on the last day of this lunar cycle.  (Sunday is the last full day of the Third Quarter Moon phase, the energetic ending of the cycle.)  Whatever has been welling up inside us has a strong push on Sunday.

Enjoy the Solstice and I will see you back on Monday as we move in between the veils of the worlds for the Balsamic Moon phase.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Third Quarter Moon Phase: complete

Moon in Pisces/Aries

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: listen to music

Negative Imprint: arrogance, jealousy, deceptions

Positive Imprint: passion, enthusiasm

Melodies change today and the answers to things we need to know can be found by listening to music.

The energetic signature of today's energy is all about music.  Music is one of the finer forms of information dissemination.  Many things are carried on musical waves.  It's easier for messages from higher sources (higher Self, soul family, Wisdom Goddesses - everything) to be carried and communicated when these musical astrological frequencies align.  Mindsets, moods, perspectives, and outlooks can be radically changed by music.  It also works quickly.

As a species, our use of the gift of music is one of our finest achievements.

Listening to music today takes us to a new place.  The Sun's conjunction with Mercury enhances the effects.  It's a "salve" for the soul as intense change is underway.  If things are changing up in your life, calm the storm by listening to music.  If fun has eluded you lately, put on a favorite from your younger years.  If you seek a higher perspective on something, you will be guided to the appropriate music to choose.

The Third Quarter Moon phase begins today.  This is the "completion phase" of the cycle.  We analyze where we stand with all that has transpired since the New Moon (May 28).  This cycle has been about strengthening our inner selves, standing up for ourselves, and more of our true selves coming forward.  At the Third Quarter Moon phase we take responsibility for our part in things.  We see where we need to tighten up or "do better." If we take some sort of action to rectify things we've fallen short on, all the better.

Third Quarter Moon phase is ruled by all of Capricorn and the first half of Aquarius.  The Capricorn (Saturn) dominance can make Third Quarter phases feel overly-heavy or responsible and "not fun."  We tend to be harder on ourselves.  Don't let this element keep you from receiving messages you need today.

As you are out finding beauty in the natural world, don't forget to snap a picture and send it in to share with everyone.

(Today's report courtesy of The Cars, Led Zeppelin, Amos Lee, Garbage, and Grammy-award winning artist and wise owl Constance Demby.  My tastes lean toward other genres, but Constance's music takes you to a whole new level.  Highly recommended.)

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Disseminating Moon Phase: share

Moon in Pisces

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: look at things a different way; what's the true value?

Negative Imprint: breaking connections; feeling abandoned; invading privacy

Positive Imprint: making connections; feeling supported; giving space

Many thanks to everyone who participated in yesterday's group meditation.  It is an honor to file out on the field of consciousness and join in with galactic frequencies.  Energetically, it was a bombardment.  Definite marks were made and will ripple out to influence our experience of life, personally and collectively.  It is game-changing.

Today, links, connections, and bridges are made - links between people, links between projects, links between ideas, links between thoughts, links between the past and the present, links between feelings. 

The refreshment, revitalization, and reorientation that has been happening is enabling these links to be made.

Another major catalyst for this is the shift in what we value.  Today we discover what people, places, and things are truly worth to us.  We shift toward revering these things.  Great comfort comes from this realization.  But there may also be feelings of guilt for not seeing the value sooner.  Accept the reality and the responsibility of this, but focus on the link that has been made.  Learn the lesson and endeavor to always see what is truly of value to you.

The theme of "appearance" is also dominant today.  The appearance of things is easily manipulated because it is based on a plethora of perceptions.  It is subjective.  And it is creative.  The appearance of something, someone, or some situation changes today.  The change you perceive may be monumental.  It serves to bring expansion and growth.

The common denominator today is about second chances and relief from pressure and burdens.  We are freed to get on with something.

As a child, one of my favorite books was James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.  (My favorite teacher read Dahl's books aloud to the class every day after lunch.  There is much value in reading to children; it is almost a lost art.)  The book is about looking at things a different way.  What looks like a peach to some is actually home and vehicle for others.  The shift in perception requires an openness to imagination.  Dare to engage your imagination today.  Dare to look at things a different way.

Check back later today for another audio update and elaboration on how the energies are playing out.  I will be looking ahead to the next lunar month, the Cancer cycle, which begins June 27, 2014, and is a firecracker for sure.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Disseminating Moon Phase: share

Moon in Aquarius/Pisces

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagala (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: be like a sunflower and turn to the light

The heavens unite today for a party of galactic proportion.  The Earth moves to the degree of the Galactic Center, forming an alignment called a "conjunction" in astrology.  Energetic resonance results.

The energetic signature for the this degree is "a sculptor's vision taking form."

The ancients understood and passed down to us, barely, knowledge of the nature of the Galactic Center and the nature of Earth.  The Galactic Center is the home of the Generators of Life.  They are beings who configure codes of life and seed them into the galaxy for growth.  They generate life from raw life force.

The raw life force is bestowed to them by the Creator, called the Originator.

The Earth is the embodiment of one of these Generators.  Her name is Sophia and she is the Generator of Wisdom.  A female Generator is understood by us to be a goddess; therefore she is also called the Goddess of Wisdom.

Through a series of events that are detailed in the greatest story, she is pulled out of the Galactic Center, her home, and begins morphing into physicality, eventually becoming the planet Earth.  She is thus Gaia-Sophia.

An energetic reunion with her home occurs when the Earth reaches the degree of the Galactic Center.  The nature of the energy is creativity - as in from the Creator.  It's like a sculptor's vision taking form.  It's the power for concrete manifestation.  It's the power of life.

Under these energetic influences, an influx of energy for revitalization occurs.  Energy for life is sent.  Life.  Living 

We celebrate the value of life and living today.

In response, negativity is a strong tempter today.  If you experience this, turn your face to the Sun or to the stars.  Aim like a sunflower.  There's a higher energetic frequency to connect  to today and it helps us grow.  Look away from the darkness.  Turn toward the light.  Something much grander than we know if happening.

Meditation scheduled for noon EST/ 4:00 pm UTC.

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Oracle Report meditations are never dogmatic with strict rules because we uphold the principle of freedom.  Modify these guidelines with your own touches and preferences.  It only makes the endeavor more beautiful.  And if you cannot join at the specified time, you can hitch on at any time later, since the wave will already be in place.  Here are the general guidelines:

Sophia-Galactic Center Meditation - Tuesday, June 17 at noon EST/ 4:00 pm UTC (and anytime thereafter):

1. Put in place your personal protection (Medicine Wheel of Protection, surround yourself in a pillar of light, etc.)
2. Go outside if possible.  Feel your connection with the Earth, Gaia Sophia.  The latitude and longitude coordinates of where you are is where you are anchored in the grid of earth.  In your minds eye, pull the energy up from the Earth and through your body, out through the top of your head, and launch it toward the sky.  Aim like Sagittarius, the Archer.  The energy is going to 26 Sagittarius 22 in the sky - Sophia's home and our second home.  Say "home."  Feel home. 
3. Allow the inflow back from the Galactic Center, down through your head, down through your body, and back into the Earth.  This completes the circuit.
4. Do something celebratory and  make a day of it as best you can.  The expansion of consciousness that comes from aligning and allying with our First Home (the Earth) and our Second Home (the Galactic Center) happens one day each year.  Open up to receiving.

Monday, June 16, 2014

Disseminating Moon Phase: share, give feedback

Moon in Aquarius

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagala (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: adjust to change

Negative Imprint: arrogance; feeling unworthy and out of place

Positive Imprint: humility; acknowledging everyone's place and level of understanding

By the time this report goes up, the Moon will already have contacted the Black Moon (by opposition in astrological terms) for the month.  This is a nice "pass" for us, especially since we've been under sustained energetic rains from the Sun, the Galactic Center, and Mercury and Neptune's retrogrades. 

Those with the Sun or Black Moon in Leo or Aquarius (or anyone having a Black Moon transit to one of their planets) are more likely to have conditions and events develop today and tomorrow which facilitate a shedding of the old as the new is revealing.  The Black Moon rules the cycle of growth, which is a symbolic process of "death" and "rebirth."  Since the Black Moon is in Leo, issues with changes of all kinds - change to the order, arrangement, status, routine, power structure, power levels, life path - abound.  To some degree, these themes are in play for everyone today and tomorrow.

At the core, people want to feel like they matter today.  We want to feel like we have a place in the grand scheme of things.  We want to be acknowledged.  We keenly feel any sort of abandonment.  In actuality, what solves any quandaries that develop today is our own acknowledgement of ourselves.  We attach to the fact that everyone has a part to play and each are necessary and important.  This recognition is part of the energetic process that is going on this month that has more of our true selves coming forward, more of our true selves showing up. 

In kind, acknowledging others goes a long way today.

Even though today's energy has things coming forward and coming to light, it is not a day to push things.  Our roots with the planet Gaia-Sophia are being reinforced and strengthened.  This means we are growing.  Our "beings" or energetic fields are growing.  Pushing will only cause frustration.

Over the weekend, the Full Moon revealed and illuminated things.  We gained wisdom.  Now, in the natural order of things, the Disseminating Moon phase begins.  This is the time when communication is highlighted.  Disseminating Moon phase is the time when we share our thoughts, feelings, and ideas with others (and the Universe, Spirit, Sophia - however you view it) and receive feedback.  We also listen to others and give feedback.  The act of listening to others often provides solutions, insights, and answers we seek.  Disseminating phase engages our sense of hearing.  It's a talkative time.  We need to keep in mind that communications are under stress with Mercury retrograde at the degree of "a cat arguing with a mouse."  Communications need to be productive, not just a debate.  We stay true when we communicate respectfully.  No one has to take on board anything that doesn't resonate for them.

Tomorrow, Gaia Sophia, the divine being embodied as our planet, has an energetic homecoming - a reunion - and we are invited.  The Earth will be in conjunction with the Galactic Center, her home, tomorrow at high noon EST.   To celebrate, a group meditation is planned.  The purpose of this meditation is to strengthen alliance between Sophia, the Sun, humanity, and the galaxy.  It's good for the energetics of everything.

Oracle Report meditations are never dogmatic with strict rules because we uphold the principle of freedom.  Modify these guidelines with your own touches and preferences.  It only makes the endeavor more beautiful.  And if you cannot join at the specified time, you can hitch on at any time later, since the wave will already be in place.  Here are the general guidelines:

Sophia-Galactic Center Meditation - Tuesday, June 17 at noon EST/ 4:00 pm UTC (and anytime thereafter):

1. Put in place your personal protection (Medicine Wheel of Protection, surround yourself in a pillar of light, etc.)
2. Go outside if possible.  Feel your connection with the Earth, Gaia Sophia.  The latitude and longitude coordinates of where you are is where you are anchored in the grid of earth.  In your minds eye, pull the energy up from the Earth and through your body, out through the top of your head, and launch it toward the sky.  Aim like Sagittarius, the Archer.  The energy is going to 26 Sagittarius 22 in the sky - Sophia's home and our second home.  Say "home."  Feel home. 
3. Allow the inflow back from the Galactic Center, down through your head, down through your body, and back into the Earth.  This completes the circuit.
4. Do something celebratory and  make a day of it as best you can.  The expansion of consciousness that comes from aligning and allying with our First Home (the Earth) and our Second Home (the Galactic Center) happens one day each year.  Open up to receiving.

Saturday, June 14 - Sunday, June 15, 2014

Full Moon Phase: enlightenment

Moon in Capricorn

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: let go of control

Negative Imprint: resistance to change; denying self and needs; struggle

Positive Imprint: release; flow with change; embracing self and needs

As the Full Moon phase continues, this weekend's energy moves quickly.  It moves us forward, moves us to take up things we have wanted, moves us toward what is better for us.

With fast-moving energy like this, I usually advise that we slow down.  But not this time.  This time we let the wave take us where it will.  It's not as much surrender as it is willingly letting something else have a turn at directing the course.  This "something" is the divine force of the Universe.

When we play with others, we take turns.  This weekend, it's the Universe's turn.

You can also think about it like taking a ride on a brand new, death-defying, super roller coaster.

If you aren't inclined to giving up control, this energy asks you to try it.  You might like it.  The Moon is in Capricorn, which rules control and likes order, making this a more advanced task.

When we give up control, our imaginations are activated.  All sorts of magical things happen.  Clues, messages, and inspiration become illuminated.  Freeing our minds of expectations and outcomes enables another force, one that protects and guides us, to engage with us.

This weekend, let go and just follow along.

Friday, June 13, 2014

Full Moon Phase: illumination

Moon in Sagittarius/Capricorn

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: be like the wise owl who jumps higher in the tree for a larger view

Negative Imprint: inflexibility

Positive Imprint: flexibilty

A frenzied storm is being conjured on the chessboard of world events at the exact time a sparkling wave of dancing light beams its way from the Galactic Center to the world.

You could consider it a battle between swords and torches.

The frenzied storm that is much ado this Friday the 13th Full Moon is arousing change and reorientation.  Behaviors, actions, and feelings tend to be erratic, impulsive, and bizarre.  The energy has been intense, to say the least.  It's radical.  It's a lot to manage.  I will discuss the frenzied storm of the chessboard  and where that is leading us through July in an audio that will be posted later today.

But, for the purposes of today's report, which is to present a guide for navigation through the energy, we will jump above the chessboard and focus on a larger picture.  We view it from a higher vantage point.  Wise owls jump higher in the tree when needed.

From a higher vantage point, we see that the field of possibilities is rearranging, reorienting, and resetting.  Opportunities are opening.  Sparks of energy are raining down us in volumes.  It's an inundation of light.

With this comes turning points in our lives.  New ways are shown - new ways of thinking, in particular.  It's a good idea to not dismiss too much right now.  Open up your boundaries and take on board information you made not have been as open to in the past or new information that is coming to you.  (Blow out your own mind space by opening up room for new ideas so something doesn't have to do it for you.  Doing this is a high expression of this "radical" energy.)

To navigate today's energy, stay open and flexible.  Recognize that circumstances in people's lives and in the world at large are changing rapidly under this energy.  Don't judge things too soon or take impulsive action.  Maintain a firm connection with the Earth by spending even just a minute outdoors several times today.  The frenzied storm is waging everywhere and it's easy for people to "lose it."  The cure is simple:  Spend time outside.  Repeat as needed.  Do this and you will experience this supermassive solar, galactic, earthly Full Moon phase in a very enlightening way.

As always, let's keep things real and find beauty as the field of possibilities changes shape.

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Gibbous Moon Phase: trust

Moon in Sagittarius

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: find joy

Negative Imprint: heaviness; turning from nature; not participating

Positive Imprint: lightness; turning to nature; participating

A lovely event is underway.  As the Moon waxes Full and the Winds of Change rage and as people become more unbalanced, waves of soothing energy come to us this straight from the Galactic Center.

Tonight's Full Moon (00:11 am ET/ 04:11 am UT) is in range of the degree of the Galactic Center, flooding us with frequencies that will reorient us.  The energy reinforces the energy set in motion back at the New Moon on ___  that unfolds all month (the energy of building inner strength and coming forward with ourselves).  Now, with the Full Moon comes the fullest expression of the New Moon energy.

This soothing wave will be in effect during the entire Full Moon phase.  It will help to moderate the super-intense energies we've had this week, but it is also going to repair many things.  We get "straightened up."  The wave stabilizes our mental, emotional, and physical bodies.  The chaos that is being pushed within the human collective by outside forces meets energy from none other than the Galactic Center - the Gnostic Pleroma - the home of life.

This energy will only strengthen those working for light and natural world order - the Lightworkers, the Wise Owls.

In the world around us, anyone who is not grounded with the planet will be inclined to be taken deeper into the insanity of the matrix.  People's actions and reactions are likely to continue to be intense and dramatic.  Even bigger headlines may be made.  But the outcome of these things will not be what is intended because a wild card is introduced with this wave from the Galactic Center.  Full Moons bring a fever.  The wild wave gifts us with breaking the fever.

By all means, go outside and reinforce your link with the planet today.  This will enhance your reception of the wave's energies.

This report leans on the mystical side, but there are mundane energies in effect as always.  Today's energy tries to bring people together to further goals and projects.  The highest expression of the energy invokes a "party-like" atmosphere to celebrate the simple things in life.  The other octave is not feeling good enough to join in or to enjoy simplicity.  There is a tendency to stereotype or not take people or things seriously. 

Today also tries to bring some air and light to things.  It frees up clutter of the body, mind, and soul.  We evaluate whether certain things (beliefs, thoughts, projects, relationships) remain relevant, useful, and advantageous to see what needs to be discarded.

If you feel like you are stuck with something, this energy will try to move things to some degree.  It's hard to get forward momentum during Mercury retrograde, so don't be too hard on yourself or try to push.

Happy Full Moon!

(Another X-flare was released yesterday.  If anyone is able to find the time of this event, please email me. 

Also, I will be recording an audio update to accompany this wave of energy and how the Sabian symbol of the Full Moon - "immigrants entering a new country" - is in play.  If you don't follow alternative news, the borders of the US have essentially and not coincidentally been taken down in the last several days and people are flooding in.  No matter where you stand on this issue, the timing is most interesting and indicative of a larger plan.)

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Gibbous Moon Phase: trust

Moon in Scorpio/Sagittarius

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: take command of your emotions and channel them productively

Negative Imprint: emotions running amuck; falsity; superficiality

Positive Imprint:  emotions creating things; truth; meaningfulness

What's emerging today?  Conditions are set for the continued building of inner strength and something inside of us coming forward in the outer world.  There are three major themes in play:

1) Emotions run very, very high and can take the better of us.  This runs the gamut of emotions, but especially if we feel there is an injustice (against ourselves or others,) if we are fixated on a string of "failures" or "bad" decisions, or if we are trying to "enlighten" others.  There is a tendency for people to be pushy, so it's best to not push issues or push people too far.  It's very easy to place blame today, but what is actually trying to develop is a change to the status quo.  This energy reinforces the argumentativeness that is so prominent right now (due to the degree of Mercury's retrograde - "a cat arguing with a mouse" - and the Sabian symbol for this month - "aroused strikes around a factory").  Remember that interpersonal communications are hindered right now, even as we take a stand for ourselves.  Don't force anything today because the potential for explosive resistance is high.

2) A conflict between needs and desires can ensue.  Both are valid.  Desire is not a bad thing; it shows that we are alive.  Desire is a human quality that forges tremendous creativity.  But when desires run amuck they cause chaos in our lives.  We lose sight of things.  The desire for instant gratification is strong today, so stay focused on the reasons behind the needs/desires and you will stay on course.

3) Superficiality, facades, and pretense are prominent.  Make sure something or someone is what or who they present before getting on board because things are easily presented as more than what they actually are.  This would include signing contracts - triple check them.  Be aware of the potential for things to be sneaky today. 

We will stay in command of our emotions today and not let them command us.  Express them as needed, but don't let them run away with you.  Stay sane by connecting with nature.  Go outside.  We are hurtling through space in the cocoon of a divine being and we are loved.  We are loved for our depth of feeling and our ability to dream up beauty.  Let's use all of this emotional energy to change the dream today.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Gibbous Moon Phase: trust

Moon in Scorpio

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Storm-Calmer)

UPDATE 12:20 pm ET/ 6:20 pm UT:  The Sun released two x-flares today - X2.2 at 7:42 am ET/ 11:42 am UT and an X1.5 at 8:52 am ET/ 12:52 pm UT.  We look at the degree of the Sun and the degree of the Moon to understand the nature of the flares' energies.  The Sabian symbol for the degree of the Sun today is "a cafeteria with an abundance of choices."  At the time of the first flare, the Moon was at 14 Scorpio, exactly opposite Venus, but more interestingly, on November 5, 2013, when the Sun was at 14 Scorpio, a powerful X-3 flare was released.  Mercury was retrograde at that time as well.  14 Scorpio is "telephone linemen at work installing new connections."  14 Scorpio always brings intensity, but it rectifies difficulties with communications - the main culprit to all of the troubles that have happened over the last few days.  The second flare occurred when the Moon had moved to 15 Scorpio, "children playing around five mounds of sand."  This energy takes who we are and makes us better.  It unlocks latent talent.  So, from this gift from the Sun (the divine being Sabaoth according to Gnostic texts), the ultimate energy (X-flares) for adding many more possibilities, options, and alternatives to the field is delivered.  It also will heal some of the emotional volatility that is in effect from so many other astrological aspects.  Flares often have dramatic effects on the body, so if you are feeling the intensity in your body, take care of yourself.  This is a massive solar event that will tend to bring out lunacy and make things even crazier, but ultimately it has a greater design and intention.  Slow down and let things flow.  It's a big upgrade to our energetic fields.

Today's report is abbreviated because I sustained a back injury and am "down for the count" right now.  But it's important to get a message out today.  You don't need me to tell you that the energy is super-intense and causing a lot of upset and conflict.  Last Saturday's Mercury retrograde at the degree of "a cat arguing with a mouse" is a main part of the issue, causing tension and trouble within relationships.  Another contributor is the Sun's square to Chiron, which causes self-sabotage and wounding before the healing aspects of Chiron kick in.  Venus is moving into opposition with Saturn, causing all kinds of issues within professional and personal relationships, particularly power struggles.  Neptune stationed retrograde yesterday, beginning a tour of bringing to light long-standing, erroneous or limiting beliefs.  And finally, Mars, the Planet of War and aggression, is moving into opposition with Uranus, the Planet of Changes.  These are the reasons for the intensity.  To navigate all of this archontic mayhem, reinforce your protective measures - seal yourself with a cylinder of light, invoke the Medicine Wheel of Protection, or whatever your preference.  Practice the skill of being like the wise old owl in the tree - step out of the fray and observe.  Ask the aspect of Gaia-Sophia on duty this month (Bagalamukhi) to calm any storms that are raging for you.  The most important thing is to connect with nature to maintain sanity and to promote healing.  The Earth is ALWAYS the go-to, guys.  We are the parliament of owls and we are on watch.

Saturday, June 7 - Sunday, June 8, 2014

First Quarter Moon Phase: step out; take action

Moon in Libra

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: be like the turtle and slow down

Negative Imprint: arguments, conflict, jealousy

Positive Imprint: hopes, dreams, healing

Mercury stations retrograde (or appears to move backward in the sky) today and will remain retrograde until July 1.  Things tend to go a little crazy on the day a planet stations retrograde.  With Mercury, travel, communications, and electronics can cause us difficulties. 

Interpersonal communications are the primary focus for this Mercury retrograde, as the Sabian symbol for the degree of the retrograde is "a cat arguing with a mouse."  In addition to this, the Sun is located at the degree of "two Chinese men speaking Chinese in a Western crowd."  So there is ample energy in play for misunderstandings and problems communicating what we intend.  Be slow and clear when communicating and understand that you may not be understood at first.  It may take a couple of tries to get your thought across.  Keeping this in mind will help alleviate frustration and conflict.  The symbol of "a cat arguing with a mouse" tells us that people will tend to be more aggressive and stubborn.  Power struggles may develop.  Road rage and temper tantrums certainly increases on the day Mercury stations retrograde.  The turtle is pictured above to remind us that we slow down to navigate the energy that comes with a planet moving retrograde.

A sub-theme of Saturday's energy involves looking into the future with a hope or a wish.  The hope or wish may seem very far out of reach.  The universe is limitless and our power to re-create our lives is limitless.  It is a good day to dream a big dream.

Sunday's energy presents something for us to tap into.  Information, messages, and insight become available to change conditions that need to be changed.  We "move off" of something and "move on" to something new.  There is a tremendous push to get rid of or release anything that has been weighing us down.  If you are holding on tightly to something for comfort or safety, loosen your grip and allow some air to enter.  Sunday is one of the best days for healing for the whole year.

Remember to slow down - be the turtle.

Friday, June 6, 2014

First Quarter Phase: take action

Moon in Virgo/Libra

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: lighten up

Negative Imprint: heavy, serious, dismissive

Positive Imprint: light, wise, reverent

Today's energy develops to change our mindset.  In some way, what we previously believed expands into something much more.  Our higher mind takes over to help us see and do what needs to be done.

The Sun will square Chiron today, enhancing Chiron's themes of wounding and healing.  One tendency would be to inflict misery on ourselves due to our perceived "failures."  But we can choose the other path and set ourselves free from lingering doubts and feelings of despair.  We can rise out of and above the perceived failure, seeing that we operated on the information and conditions that were available at the time.  If you get caught up in a "Chiron storm" of self-loathing or self-sabotage, ask the Wisdom Goddess who is on duty this month, Bagala, the Storm-Calmer, to settle it down.  Bagala is particularly adept at abruptly bringing an end to things that need to end.

We are in the midst of massive changes in the world and in our lives and changes take energy.  Today's energetic signatures are heavy and somewhat "serious", so we will try to balance this by lightening things up.  If your energy level is lower today, don't push yourself.  Follow what your body is telling you.  Don't deny it.

The key to lightening up today is to revere something.  When we revere, we step outside of ourselves.  It's good to step outside of ourselves today because inner storms are inclined to rage.  What do you hold dear and revere?  Show it today.  Shifting focus to this is a magical act that will work wonders.

(Correction:  In the audio recording of the overview for this month - the Gemini Moon - I misspoke when detailing the colors of the directions with the Medicine Wheel of Protection.  East is yellow, South is red, West is black, North is white.)

Thursday, June 5, 2014

First Quarter Moon Phase: take action, break away, step out

Moon in Virgo

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: look at the details but also the bigger picture of things

Negative Imprint: settling for less, taking scraps; aggression, arguments

Positive Imprint: independence, creativity, speaking one's mind peacefully

The First Quarter Moon phase begins today, bringing the energy to link things together with the intricacy of a fine lace handkerchief.  We see how things from our past, present, and future are threaded together.  Details are important today, and taking care of small details is encouraged, but seeing the big picture of all the details is more important.  We want to make sure we are looking at the totality of things, not just one aspect.

The Sun is now in the middle of Gemini.  Gemini energy always involves others in various ways; it is the sign of The Twins.  The concept of "the other" is fused with Gemini.  It is concerned with "me vs others" and can have difficulty standing on its own.  You could also say it is about our inner world and what we show the outer world.  Today's energy highlights the Gemini theme of others through strong support of activities, projects, and ideas undertaken with others.

Further, the notion of "self and others" comes into play today in other ways.  In keeping with this month's theme of "aroused strikers around a factory," we are inclined to stand up and lay out our position in support of something important.  To minimize resistance, make sure you are coming from the highest level of intention and do not become aggressive or pushy.  Stand in your center and radiate your power.  Communicate your emotions, but don't get carried away or overdramatic.  Be clear and don't waver.  And if you don't get the support or outcome that you want, don't despair.  Enormous inner strength will be built and clarity about what is not in line with your highest, best, happiest life will be revealed.  Wisdom is gained.

The "intricate lacework" today includes potential for being misunderstood or disadvantaged.  This manifests if you are focusing too much of your energy on others at the expense of taking care of yourself.  What need is this satisfying in you?  Do you need to become more independent, self-contained, or creative?  Remember that inner strength is the aim this month.  Don't lose sight of alternatives or other possibilities.

Finally, a word about the impending Mercury retrograde.  Mercury will station retrograde on Saturday, but today it has moved to the degree in the sky where it will appear to stop and move backwards.  Simply stated, the retrograde energy is foreshadowed today.  Here's the thing: the degree of Mercury's retrograde is "a cat arguing with a mouse."  Take a breath and let's begin to reframe this.  Yes, this means the Mercury retrograde will be intense.  Things will come to somewhat of a standstill and communications will have conflicts.  People will argue about things.  But the fact that the cat is arguing with the mouse, when it could easily overpower and devour it, tells us that some sort of balance will come to situations - possibly for the first time.  Old values, ideas, and systems are reconsidered.  You could say the underdog (or "undermouse") takes a stand and gains power.  What was once overpowering is now open for discourse.  While Mercury is retrograde, the balance of power is transformed in all things.  Let's work the Mercury retrograde from this angle, starting today.

Since the day is like intricate lacework, I could go on and on about the energetic signatures, but this is the big picture.  Dive in to look at details, but come back to see things as a whole.  Keep building your inner strength.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Crescent Moon Phase: grow, expand, challenge

Moon in Leo/Virgo

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: look forward to something that is happy

Negative Imprint: blaming others; unsophisticated views forced upon others

Positive Imprint: spontaneity; imaginative views shared with others

On this last day of the Crescent Moon phase, the energy that formed over the past two days as the Moon came together with the Black Moon is fully discharged by 10:20 am ET/ 2:20 pm UT.  It certainly has been interesting to see what transpires when shadow sides are triggered during month-long energy for standing up and coming forward.  The Wisdom Goddess Bagalamukhi, the aspect of Gaia-Sophia who paralyzes ugly behavior and calms emotional storms, will be hard at work with all that transpired.

Today, signs about the future show up.  Signs come in many forms - synchronicities, messages, information, animal sightings, and conversations.  The past may come back in some way to show us the need for a new way or to reinforce something we have already learned.  We also see where we need to make adjustments or improvisations.

It is important to know that our personal levels of energy are somewhat lower today, so we do not want to push things.  We want to work with the nature of the day's energy, not against it.  We are building inner strength all month long, but much of our energy has been focused on handling the outer world over the last two days.  Today is the day to refuel.  Take some time to engage your imagination and your sense of fun.  Anticipate a brighter future.  Keep things simple.

The nature of this month's energy was determined back at the New Moon in Gemini, which was 8 degrees of Gemini - the energy of "aroused strikers around a factory."  The strength to come forward and stand up for ourselves is building inside each of us.  From this we are freeing ourselves from outer circumstances and conditions that limit or enslave us.  We are over-riding past tendencies.  The potential of this energy is limitless.  It is powerful enough to paralyze all things acting against natural world order.  We are adding to the imprint of this energy now.  One day in the future, when the Sun reaches 8 degrees of Gemini again, we as the aroused strikers will close out "the matrix."  The inner strength that is built now ripples out into the fabric of time.  Be aware of what is happening.  The Second Renaissance is underway.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Crescent Moon Phase: grow, expand

Moon in Leo

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: be like a sturdy old oak tree

Negative Imprint: division, disharmony, disrespect

Positive Imprint: unity, harmony, respect

With the growing light of the Crescent Moon, our inner strength also grows today.

Today's energy involves bonds between people being forged/reinforced or being pulled apart/revoked.  Monumental things can be established and "monuments" of the past can be  removed (so that they no longer block or restrict us).

Situations and circumstances may develop where you need to stand beside or be clear about what is acceptable to you.  Your inner wisdom is your guide.  Hold your line with renewed self-respect. These situations and circumstances may be prompted by someone else -  someone needing help.

We are in the midst of a "stampede" of spiritual assistance and communication.  Many things are resulting from this.  Our spiritual and earthly connections are becoming hardier and more steadfast (hard-wired with the planet, Gaia-Sophia).  The magnetic pull toward people, places, and things of like-mind that began last month is energized today.  These things go to the next level.  They are drawing power from the ancient past as if the bounds of space-time never existed.

All of the energy today serves to produce better flow - flow of emotions, flow of thought, flow of creativity, flow of communication, flow of spirit.  There is a push to release anything that is clogged.

Keep in mind that everyone's shadow sides continue to show up for integration today.  Shadow sides may be what drives the tendency today to stand up or make a show of things.  We project onto others that which we cannot face in ourselves.  The Moon will remain in Leo with the Black Moon until tomorrow around 11:00 am ET/ 3:00 pm UT.  Issues related to status, order, hierarchy, or place and potential changes to those things are prominent.  Power issues and power struggles are also heightened.  All of this serves to put things where they can grow.

To facilitate the inner-strengthening that is going on today, you can think of yourself as a sturdy old oak tree with deep roots within the earth.  This is also handy to draw up in your mind's eye if you begin to fear, struggle, or worry.

Let's be "Herculean" today, keeping things real and keeping things flowing as inner strength builds.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Crescent Moon Phase: expansion

Moon in Leo along with the Black Moon - conjunction around 6:00 pm ET/ 10:00 pm UT

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: believe

Negative Imprint: losing faith and hope; fear of the future

Positive Imprint:  maintaining faith and hope; enthusiasm for the future

Today is one of the most powerful days of the month to gain knowledge, experience, wisdom, and strength.  This will happen in various ways.

Interests, talents, skills, aptitudes, and creativity that have become dormant or untapped in our lives come to the forefront.  The situations and circumstances that develop in your life today conspire to expand these parts that lie deep inside.

The inner strength of others teaches us something.  Our ability to maintain even a glimmer of light today goes a long way in the collective of humanity.  Think about how effective a roaring fire blazing out from your heart would be.  How do you stoke that fire?  Go outside for a moment, breathe in the air (no matter the "quality"), and reconnect with nature (no matter how little nature there is where you are at the time).  In that moment, open up to the knowledge that a renaissance is happening on Earth.  Dare to be enthusiastic.

New perspectives are offered from those who are new to something.  You may be the one with more experience or you may be the novice.  If prompted to speak your opinion or ask a question about something that is meaningful to you, voice it.  This is especially true for collaborations today.  The addition of different perspectives will enrich it for everyone.

There is much to be positive about today, but it may become harder to remember this because the Moon will move into the same energetic area as the Black Moon (exact conjunction at 6:06 pm ET/ 10:06 pm UT).  As we go through the day, the Moon will get closer and closer to the Black Moon, which means the potential for encounters with our shadow sides and the shadow sides of others grows.  This signals and opportunity to learn something - not something to fear.  (If you are new to the Oracle Report, you can look up the sign of your own Black Moon in the Appendix of my book on the Black Moon available for free download on the Books tab.  Then refer to Chapter 2 for an explanation of the Black Moon in that sign.  This will give you insight into the core fear that holds you back in life.  It shows you how you tend to project your shadow side onto others if you are not aware.)

Shadow sides are strong today and tomorrow, but this is especially true for Leos or Aquarians and those who have the Black Moon in Leo or Aquarius.  Remember that you are undergoing a significant death and rebirth process.  Be kind and gentle with yourself.  Pace yourself and give yourself time for answers to appear.

Since everyone's shadow sides are triggered to some degree today, we want to give people space.  Mercury's impending retrograde is already producing flare-ups in how people are communicating with each other.  Though the energy is prompting us to stand up for ourselves, we want to keep things respectful.  Also, be patient when driving and traveling.

If you find yourself struggling today, re-read yesterday's report in the Archives to understand the double power of Crescent Moon phase energy that we are under through Wednesday.

Bagalamukhi, the aspect of the Wisdom Goddess Gaia-Sophia who is known as The Paralyzer, works with us to teach us how to stop, disengage, or relieve things.  If there is something you want to stop doing, disengage from, or get relief with, ask her to facilitate this.  She calms any storms that are brewing or have been raging. 

But let's circle back now to the main message for today's report:  Today is one of the most powerful days of the month to gain knowledge, experience, wisdom, and strength.

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Crescent Moon Phase: challenges

Moon in Cancer

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi (The Paralyzer, The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: perseverance

Negative Imprint: hopelessness; loss; domination; blaming others

Positive Imprint: protecting and upholding one's rights, ideals, hopes, wishes, and dreams

In a lunar month when the energy builds our inner strength and prompts us to come forward and stand up for ourselves like "aroused strikers around a factory," the beginning of the Crescent Moon phase today strongly reinforces this effort.

As I discussed in detail in the audio recording for this month, Crescent phase is the time when the Universe asks if we are serious with what we have envisioned for our future and if we are willing to stick to it through challenges.  Will we give up or see things through?

We are wise owls and will, of course, see things through because what we envision is meaningful to us.  This whole month is like a long Crescent Moon phase, but during the actual Crescent phase of the Moon, we face double the energy for challenges and double the need to persevere.  Knowing that Crescent Moon phases tend to bring challenges (which often feel like struggles), we can hold tight and ride it out. 

The Sabian symbol for the degree of the Sun today is "a slave girl demands rights of her mistress."  This strongly enhances this month's theme of standing up for ourselves.  With this we want situations in our lives to improve.  We want to rise above situations and conditions that are limiting or unsatisfying.  If we don't already know what these are, they will most likely become evident today.  Whatever we are a "slave" to comes up for us to recognize.

A key theme underlying this energy is the tendency to focus on what think we have lost or are losing.  The energy almost beckons us to gaze at our "losses."  We are tempted to throw everything away, feeling like things will never be better.  We are tempted to lose ourselves.

We can work this energy in the positive by "losing" something that needs to go - a belief, habit, thought, duty, relationship, feeling, etc.  The thing that is causing any hopelessness or limitation is what needs to go, not our hopes, wishes, and dreams.  We can call upon the Wisdom Goddess Bagalamukhi, the Paralyzer, to render these things powerless.  She helps us eliminate from our lives whatever sabotages us.

Leave the past in the past today and face forward with a persevering spirit.  Let the words of legendary basketball coach Jim Valvano become your mantra: "Don't give up.  Don't ever give up."

Saturday, May 31, 2014

New Moon Phase: begin

Moon in Cancer

Ruling Mahavidya: Bagalamukhi

Skill: regard your body as your temple

Negative Imprint: shutting down through self-sabotage

Positive Imprint: embracing change with a pioneering spirit

Saturday's energy brings the feeling of wanting to strike out off the beaten path and change things up.  A pioneering spirit is kindled.

Internal conflict can arise, however, if we are clinging to something that is not the way we want it (but is familiar and comfortable), clinging to the past, or clinging to what is worn out.  The energy is pushing us to seek a more satisfying experience, but fear of change and fear of the unknown are impediments.  If internal conflict embroils you today, moderate the feeling by doing something new - not necessarily making a drastic change, but taking a step in the direction of taking care of your needs.  This energy contributes to the overall energy this month that has us standing up for ourselves and becoming stronger inside.

Chiron's themes of wounding and healing are strong this weekend, as Venus transits the Chiron Point.  This brings, on one end, enhanced potential for self-sabotaging behavior and feelings of being victimized.  We tend to go digging in the dirt to find the places we were hurt.  It is important to ground ourselves in the present and not fall away or become lost in the past.  Unless the trauma is happening right now, it is in the past.  Don't get it twisted.  Don't be tricked into dredging up scars from the past.  This is self-sabotage and it wastes the present moment.  If the issue is current and is affecting you, your spirit is calling you to remedy it.  It is letting you know what you need to do if you listen.

The other end of Chiron brings a salve of healing and unlocked creativity.  Any efforts to strengthen or care for your temple - your body and psyche - yield stronger results.  Chiron rules reiki, acupuncture, massage - all types of therapies.  But walks in nature are miraculous healers.  It's wise to reconnect yourself with the natural world and her creatures today.  Link up and feel your inner strength build.

I will post separately tomorrow, as we enter the Crescent Moon phase.  Double the amount of "Crescent" energy is on tap through June 4.  As I discussed in detail in the audio recording for this cycle (available above), Crescent energy challenges us to not give up on things - especially the wishes, goals, and intentions that were set with the New Moon in Aries.

For today, however, go off the beaten path and see what you find.

Friday, May 30, 2014

New Moon Phase: begin

Moon in Gemini/Cancer

Ruling Mahvidya: Bagalamukhi (The Storm-Calmer)

Skill: be like a giraffe and gaze far ahead

Negative Imprint: impulsivity; self-sabotage; preoccupation with disaster, catastrophe, strife

Positive Imprint: measured responses; self-understanding; bright future

Today's energy is stormy!  But we don't need to worry because the Wisdom Goddess who is the Storm-Calmer is on duty.  She comes, sometimes at the last minute, to help us save the day.

The energy is electrical and theatrical.  It's a great day for a show, but some will turn this into a tantrum.  Attention is sought.  A "breaking point" may come and situations can get out of control.  Control is a prominent theme today.  At times it may feel like we have no influence or power over what is happening or what is being unleashed.  Nervous reactions and anxiety can result.  The tendency toward self-sabotage is heightened, as is the tendency to plunge head-first without thinking.  Big shake-ups can occur.  We may feel tested to the limit or at the limits of limbo.  Be forewarned of these potentials, and if you find yourself in the middle of a storm, detach yourself from the situation.  Pull out your energy.  Keep your cool.  Walk away.  Ask Bagalamukhi for guidance.

However, the potential for electrifying flashes of intuition and golden opportunities also occurs today.  This is enhanced by remaining in the present moment while at the same invoking the skill of being like a giraffe and seeing far off into the horizon (the future or perhaps even the past).  Giraffes are gracefully grounded in place but their ability to have a high observation point (due to their long necks) enables them to see far into the distance.  This perspective brings the gift for seeing results and consequences in advance, which is a very handy gift indeed today.  Be a wise giraffe before making any important decisions or taking important action.  See the consequences and go from there.  If you need further insight, clarification, or information, ask Bagalamukhi and then watch for signs, synchronicities, and messages.  Remember that these can come in the form of animal sightings and encounters.  Refer to Animal Speak by Ted Andrews for information about the messages and "medicine" that each animal carries.

Voices are exceptionally powerful today, so make sure yours is representing yourself the way you would like.  Voices spewing things that are unkind, untrue, unnatural, or unwise will be cut off.  You may be the one to do it.  Release any inhibitions and strike a chord.

All the world is a stage everyday and we are each playing our roles, but today it is especially so.  Open your heart and take advantage of any opportunities that fall on your path.  Remember that we are wise enough and powerful enough to calm any storms that arise, but we also have help if needed.  And she is very, very good at what she does, so don't hesitate to call upon her.  What's your play today?

Thursday, May 29, 2014

New Moon Phase: begin

Moon in Gemini

Ruling Mahvidya: Bagalamukhi

Skill: see shifts, turns, and changes as alignment with your true path

Negative Imprint: smugness, condescension, separation

Positive Imprint: refreshment, direction, duty

Venus enters Taurus and Mercury enters Cancer today, adding to the changing tone of energy that comes with a New Moon.  Many things will shift today - shifts of focus, shifts of preference, shifts of perspective, shifts in attitude, shifts in loyalty, shifts in direction.

Over the next month we are coming forward for ourselves and standing up for ourselves.  We are building inner strength and discipline to carry on with our life's purposes.  Today's contribution to the energy has us resetting our sights - our aim - to align with those life purposes and missions.  Things that we need - information, connections, introductions, support, and guidance - come to us to today.

In the audio recording for last month, I talked about the window of time between Mars stationing direct and Mercury stationing retrograde (May 21 - June 6) as the time when we want to "tee something up and hit it hard."  During this window of time, any preparations that are made to launch or project your ideas or work will yield bountiful results later.

Today also carries energetic signatures of the need to give or receive help.  The Earth is at the degree related to the "inner child" and focuses on assisting those who are less experienced overcome challenges.  You may be called upon to share your wisdom.  Also, we are directed in some way to re-connect with our own inner child.  That means we should integrate some play and fun into the day.  What does your inner child want to do?  Coloring a mandala may suffice.  Here's the Oracle Report logo mandala designed by wise owl Szabi that can be printed and colored.

It is unadvisable to go into anything unprepared or overconfident today.  Make sure a plan or strategy is in place before moving forward.  The tendency today is to rush forward in a sweep of Gemini energy, but composure is necessary.  If you are in a situation where you need to defend yourself, make sure you are "armed" with information and facts and be sure to put a shield of protection around yourself.  Honoring or praying to the four directions, above and below, and outward sets a "medicine wheel" around you that is impenetrable. 

I will talk more about the Medicine Wheel of Protection (and the Wisdom Goddess on duty this month) when I record the month's overview with Andrew tomorrow. Look for that to be posted tomorrow afternoon.  And speaking of Andrew, the wise owl who founded and is the administrator of the Oracle Report Facebook community, let's wish him a happy birthday today!  Andrew's help is a labor of love so let's send some of it back to him today.

Set your aim high and ride through the shifts that occur today.  Above all, find time to play!