July astrology

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hokusai_wave_1 Katsushika Hokusai

It is a tenet of psychological theory that Water in dreams signifies your emotions, is it not???  So a placid rockpool lit by the sunrise would be totally different psycho reality than dreaming about great big crashing tsunamis, yes?  I dreamed of tsunamis nearly every night during 2004 and thought it t’was emotional, to do with my turbulent subconscious etc. Then the 2004 Great Tsunami occurred & I thought again. The dreams were always totally realistic, as in seeing the wave and then looking around for something to cling onto or wondering if i could run up the hill sort of thing. The last one I had  was ridiculous; i was standing in an island resort room about three stories high, looking at a hotel bill and freaking  out. Only it wasn’t really me. It was like i was looking over this woman’s shoulder.  And the woman was saying to a man “we can’t possibly pay this” and annoyed as he seemed not be listening. Then the woman looks up and sees him agape at a huge wave offshore & he says “if we survive this we won’t have to…”

So i woke  up thinking how stupid, went downstairs & there was that Boxing Day Tsunami, on television. But, I also have them (eg; this year) with nothing like that happening.  Does anyone else have big wave dreams??  Or care to spout forth with interpretations & dream sharing. I think in general the idea of  – say – turbulent water = turbulent emotions rings true…My intention is to try and lucidly dream the answer by zapping up my mugwort.  Mercury opposite Neptune should also max out the dreams for the next few days…fab for liars too!

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W.T.F. yourself.

Please bear with me on this.

The Scorpio Sex Academic sent me the link to this guys Personal Ad online. Okay, it’s a whole site. And it is TOTALLY worth a read. Trust me on this. Right through to the end because it gets better.  I am not gonna do an Astro-Poll because peeps will just randomly click on impulse without reading his totally cuckoo yet genius personal ad. I am thinking he is a Leo and – as my head is still sore! – am going to simply relax & look forward to you guys commenting in the, um, comments stream.  The World’s Most Grandiose Personal Ad In Online Dating History is here….

Note; he provides NO details re his birthsign…You’d think someone SO cosmic would deem it of fuqing vital importance. I mean, if he wants his next missus to have both a trim waistline, the ability to help him manifest his global vision, comfortable with earning trillions of dollars, adept at yoga and uncluttered – that chick would WANT to know his birthchart. Obviously.

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Yes, it’s a fabulous time for a new beginning – any New Moon is good but a strong Solar Eclipse in the fertile sign of Kataka & with Uranus favourably aspecting is awesome.  So, go for it, name your resolution in the comments & experience the joy of a public avowal.

Mine is in the 6th house so i am determined to set aside time for proper meditation & a (most of the time) pre-bed ritual so that I’m  not lying there with my mind abuzz. So will master my circadian and other rhythms to zap my brainwaves into Theta or whatever fast. ie: more serenity & all. And to joyously develop better admin systems.

And yours???

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6a00d834cad15053ef0115711529a4970c-800wiLisa Congdon

As I have said, this ain’t no ordinary Dark Moon…It is the Dark of the Moon before a New Moon that is a Solar Eclipse & a strong one at that. Because it’s a Cancerian New Moon, think also of Goddess Energy & witchy style insights. It’s near to the old Pagan festival of Minerva & Sulis – goddesses of wisdom & healing, womanly strength et al.

Flash nostalgia that leads to sudden ‘aha’ moments or shifting of perspective is to be expected & super-productive. And yes, good time to unclutter, crap time to charge around acquiring things or starting big ventures…

Solar Eclipse New Moon Exact…

Los Angeles:  Tues 19.36

New York: Tues 22.36

London: Weds 3.36 am

Sydney: Weds 12.36

And so this thematically appropriate given the Eclipse in a few days…BUT what a trippy music clip. What is going  on here?  I am getting that Bonnie Tyler (she looks like such an 80s Gemini in this) is the headmaster’s wife of some boarding school & that at night or in her dreams, whatever, the boys dance around in ninja and/or angel costumes.  But what is it with the glowing alien eyes?? Your analysis Please…

Pre-Eclipse nerves have hit a lot of peeps i know. The Scorpio Sex Academic, my Psychic Gemini Hairdresser  & I  have been taking Lavandula compound .  It’s awesome for Dark Moon Blues.

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Sexy Druid Warriors always aid one’s interest in ye olde Celtic practices.

Celtic Astrology is fascinating, of course, but like Geomancy (the Celtic version of Feng Shui) not nearly enough is known about it, thanks to the persecution and genocide of the Pagans.

It has it’s own Zodiac & we’re all trees! I think it’s beautiful, though sadly incomplete…We are soon in the time of the Hazel Tree:

“20 July – 16 August


The Hazel was the tree of wisdom and it was a crime punishable by death to fell one. It was thought magical skills and knowledge could be gained from eating Hazel nuts. Hazel people are artistic. They have lively, analytical minds and make inspiring teachers. Imaginative, they are radical and idealistic thinkers.

The Ruling Deity – The Sea God Manannan Mac Lir, a master of disguise, rules this sign.

The Druic Animal – Salmon – To the Celts, the Salmon is the oldest and wisest animal, symbolizing inspiration – Hazels need to express their creativity or they can become morbid and introspective

Planetary Ruler – Mercury

Ogham Word – Coll”

YOU can go read the rest at the above Celtic Astro link. Or just Google but be aware that peeps bicker a LOT over Celtic Astrology. And if you click on the witch-burning link, that damned book (Malleus Malificarum) was like a best-seller. Can you believe it? I read the whole thing one go on a day long ago in a sterile but comforting university library & found it so scary. It’s so dry and legal. But imagine your local council using it as their handbook. I had to keep looking up to remind myself that i was surrounded by trees, freedom, laws and relaxed students of all races & sexual identity, religion et al.

And what Tree are U? Does it FIT?

anonymous-cow-grazing-1054655Holy Aphrodite! It’s the Taurus Moon and THAT time of the month. I am totally grazing and it ain’t grass.  Still, the Taurus Moon, other than increasing all of our appetites is so Sensual & Grounded, the ideal opportunity to earth oneself. Seriously, get near some ground, lie on the lawn, do some gardening, go a bit herbal…this is your tranquility zone before the Eclipse. The Gemini Moon kicks in for the weekend & Saturday has an insane amount of aspects.

It may be my Ceres transit (it and Saturn are opposing my Chiron) but i am going ape about toxic showercurtains and poisonous nail varnish. I got a new shower curtain & just freaked at the smell.

Yet a damp hemp thing hanging in the bathroom would fuq my Feng Shui for sure. And I saw the podiatrist the other day – a plain spoken Aries lady – and she said something akin to ‘wear toenail polish for a special occasion if you are wearing open-toed shoes and take it off the moment you get home.’

I have The Uranian lurking around again & so if i get home in open-toed shoes etc etc, there is no way i am going to be skulking in the bathroom inhaling also-toxic nail varnish remover removing it the moment I get home. I thought the whole point was that you get to wiggle red toes attractively in your sheets etc.  There is simply no such thing as an organic nail polish – it’s basically car paint for people. Alternatives; hippy henna or haute hippy neem oiled and buffed by podiatrist. Nail salons these days are as common as McDonalds. Maybe it’s a saturation thing. But is there a non-poisonous shower curtain anyone knows about?

And anyway, the Taurean Moon is always truly fabulous for Tree-Hugging…Let’s do it.

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My crush on Mr Tesla continues unabated & apparently unrequited. Probably something to do with that he exited this dimension quite a while ago.  If you are not certain whom he is, this mini-doco thing I just glomped off YouTube IS, I promise, worth the nine minute watch…

Because if you get Tesla, you will so GROK the next few years of sci-culture. His chart is here - he’s a Cancerian with Pluto Rising in Taurus and being trined by Pluto right now.  The astro-scape of the next few years is eerily similar to his personal chart… Re-grokking Mr Tesla is tres Pluto in Capricorn and the astrology of the G.F.C.

And let’s spare a fancy word or two for all our fave Cancerians/Katakas today – They’ve got Pluto just getting cracking on the ‘no, whom are you REALLY?’ opposition trip…Plus Uranus is gonna square them soon. Cancerians and AND Caps AND Librans. Think, the Devil, the Devil’s Advocate, the Devil’s Stripper/Gimp and – hopefully- the Devil’s really helpful, benevolent and efficient P.A.

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Mercury zipped from Gemini skies to Cancerian waters over the weekend. It’s an UP for emotional awareness and goobly deep dialogue but can also manifest as peeps contacting one merely to grizzle. And, most draining of all, when it becomes clear that they don’t want any helpful suggestions, perspective or to have their Qi raised. July 14 is when Mercury – messenger of the Gods – meets up with the Sun again & in astro-tradition, things lost during the last Mercury-Retrograde (most of May) shall now be found, mysteries solved and resolutions reached.