Finding the Harmony
With Love, Your Local Astrologer
greetings spacelings!
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I just finished reading this book (above) alongside Anna Bright’s YA novel ‘The Song That Moves The Sun’ which was inspired by ‘The Discarded Image’ by C.S. Lewis!
I love the way the characters move between the planetary portals and experience the heavens through medieval cosmology.
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The motif used to express each celestial body is music. I won’t spoil it too much for you, but it got me thinking about several things:
-how we can start discussions that are true conversations, not merely for our own voice to be heard
-I keep focusing on my own daily rhythms and “finding my groove” as a mom, but what if the groove is a block party? (Haha I’m just thinking of emperor’s new groove now 🦙 )
-we need to be concerned less with how we look or sound at church during worship, and just enjoy being part of the throng!
-it’s not only about perfecting our own solo instrument, but finding harmony in the greater orchestra!
That’s my “star chart”. I have no idea what it means. But hey! Look at all those webby lines!
What I like about medieval astrology is that it reminds us that we are all connected.
God didn’t create your soul in a black hole or your brain in a vacuum…
That is a funny image:
(Source: ESA, European Space Agency)
Speaking of black holes, I was joking with my husband the other day that we will name our next child “Event Horizon”…
“The next target is likely Sagittarius A*, which is the black hole in the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. Sagittarius A* is intriguing because it is quieter than expected, which may be due to magnetic fields smothering its activity, a 2019 study reported. Another study that year showed that a cool gas halo surrounds Sagittarius A*…”
Crazy stuff!
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Without further ado…
Welcome to your home, the Cosmos!
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In case you need an astrology refresher:
Meet The Celestial Bodies!
☄️Mercury: logic, language, speed, witty, messenger, communication, travel, commerce, academia, intelligence, adaptability
✨Midheaven: house 10 (see “houses”)
🌝Moon: intimacy
🌚Lilith: dark side
💰 Jupiter: gracious, expanding, optimistic, mentor, jove/zeus/thunder, generous, booming, magnanimous
⚔️ Mars-active, courage, will, war, physical strength
🌞Sun: confident
🌹 Venus- beautiful, pleasure, relationships, harmony, sharing emotions
🪐 Saturn- restraint and effort; critic, wise, discipline, structure, hardworking,time, agricultural, life lessons
🗽 Uranus (Sky): egoistic liberty; Eccentric, revolutionary, fiercely individualistic, breaks rules, sudden change, innovation.
🌊 Neptune (Sea): transcendental liberty, non-egoistic liberty—Intuitive, dreamy, spiritual, subconscious, empathy, and artistic inspiration.
💀 Pluto (Underworld): Transformative, secretive, depths of the soul, rebirth, and letting go
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The Constellations
Meet the Stars of the show!
♑️ Cardinal Cappys take the lead in bringing everyone to follow a common duty, can be both responsible and strong-willed! Think of them like a moving ball of earth, whether a meteor or a landslide…
♒️ these water-bearers are NOT a water sign! (Confusing right?) this steady cloud can be a beautiful mist of illuminated forms and innovative shapes…or an infuriating fog of anonymity hiding you in the crowd
♓️ friendly fishies are feeling, always feeling, their way through the deep waters of empathy and introspection, adapting from fresh to salty water and going with the changing currents
♈️ an impulsive spark that ignites the flame! This blast of energy will knock you over like a ram or get you hustling!
♉️ immovable mountains, exploring the heights while still being a source of stability and reliable power to others; deliberate in their achievements
♊️ misunderstood Gems are whirlwinds of thoughts, ideas and many words, but ack! Why do they keep changing their minds??
♋️ like a tidal wave, they’ll drag you under… but then you realize you’re so crabby because that’s exactly the kind of Kleenex-clutching deep talk that you needed
♌️ the best sign, objectively. Ask any Leo. Pride, nobility, courage, authentic self-expression. Essentially flawless.
♍️ grounded, practical; molded like clay into a vessel, can be filled with spring water or intoxicating wine, so helpful it hurts!
♎️ as soon as they start talking to you, it’s like a breath of fresh air! A friend to your mind. Sage advice fluttering off their perfect lips.
♏️ ice cold, intense emotion and that stare… you know what I’m talking about
♐️ Dynamo baby! She is fireworks and birthday candles; a bow always changing its target and stringing us all along to play their favorite game!
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Key points:
—Water is emotion, fire is action, and wind is communication
—Cardinal: Initiates, Fixed: sustains, Mutable: investigates
📖 NOTE: this is all hogwash, but it’s fun to wash the hogs sometimes!
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Appendix:
1.Sun sign: is your default / core
2.”ascending”/Rising sign: is what ppl might think of u
3.🌙 Moon: how u are when nobody’s looking/ how u see yourself
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Aspects (angles between planets):
◾️Square means interesting tension
🥊 Opposition is conflicting drama
🎼 Trine means synchronized/ harmonious flow
🧲 Conjunction-aligned, amplified and magnified!
⚡️ Sextile- cooperative, charged with opportunity and potential
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Glossary:
—Anaretic: threshold, urgency or intensity nearing the end of a constellation’s reign
—“Houses”: sky divided into realms
(See below)
House 1: (aka “rising” sign / ascending) behavior, outward posture, unique energy you emit
House 2: financial and possessions
House 3: intellectual learning
House 4: home, family, self-worth
House 5: expression, romance, children
House 6: transaction
House 7: marriages and partnerships
House 8: emotional soul
House 9: learning and hobbies
“Midheaven” House 10: action, calling, career path
House 11: search for security
House 12: education/ emotion
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Okay, lecture over!
What are your thoughts? Share your sign?
Can you guess what mine is?
Aslan approves.
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Roaring with pride,
P.S. simply must add this poem by Moya Cannon, thanks to my dear auntie :-)
Night
Coming back from Cloghane
in the sudden frost
of a November night,
I was ambushed
by the river of stars.
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Disarmed by lit skies
I had utterly forgotten
this arc of darkness,
this black night
where the frost-hammered stars
were notes thrown from a chanter,
crans of light.
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So I wasn’t ready
for the dreadful glamour of Orion
as he struck out over Barr dTri gCom
in his belt of stars.
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At Gleann na nGealt
his bow of stars
was drawn against my heart.
