Taurus is a “fixed” sign. The fixed signs are the creative pillars of the zodiac and they have great stability and power. The bull has great strength, stability and sexual potency and the cow is the nurturer who gives its wonderful, nourishing milk freely. They are the archetypal animal embodiment of God / Goddess – the totem of the Creator. Native Americans use the skull of another bovine animal, the buffalo, to represent Creator on their altar. Its universal – cattle are considered sacred in Jainism, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism as well as the religions of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.
Forrest calls his approach evolutionary astrology. Though there are certain traits a person may have that may be revealed in their birth chart, they are not necessarily static—each person has the choice to grow. We are all here to evolve. Rather than telling the future, an evolutionary astrologer may help the subject find the path that will lead toward growth.
“Your shadow is moonlight on a plate of silver; your footsteps, the seeding-place of lilies; the mystery of your voice, a chime of bells across the windless river air. The movement of your hands is the long golden running of light from a rising sun. Young horses are not more limber than your thoughts. Your laughs are bees buzzing around a pear tree. I dare to reach to you. I dare to touch the rim of your brightness.”
In the Don’t Want List is the photographic negative of the Do Want List. Like a photographic negative, the positive image is embedded in the reverse imagery. Write your Don’t Wants for the time being. Focus on releasing your Don’t Wants as the Eclipses process and release the karma, the drama, the events from June 2009 and June 2010. Release, release as the Moon narrows in the sky. Psychologically process the emotional events of the eclipse to get to the next chapter.
During New Moon Yoga we will:
* learn about the energy of the new moon and the astrological sign it is in
* receive a guided meditation and affirmations for the new moon
* practice asanas that correspond with the moon astrologically
* make an altar with personal objects to power up our intentions
* create intentions and send them out to the universe with music and a celebration
* ground ourselves and know that our intentions are received
Some of this stuff I’ve moved up to my “official list” – some things have changed, and I’ve added others. Go to Costa Rica Take a workshop with Deena Metzger Take Earth Activist Training Ride my bicycle to California to take Earth Activist Training Travel to India Travel to Indonesia run a Satsung – kirtan […]
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