STAR GUIDANCE

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A place that captured the heart of a western woman!

The Dalai Lama was quoted as saying that the “world would be saved by the western woman”. I am not sure of his reasons for saying this, but one thing that I can say for sure is that if anyone has the power to do it it is the Western woman. We in the west have economic power. We have education and independence and we have laws that while sometimes may fail us in the existing system are in place to protect us and nurture us! Wow…what a gift that if we chose to, we can do so much with.

 

At the end of 2011 I took a trip to Nepal for a Trek and a trip of a lifetime. We were there seeking enlightenment on 11/11/11.  I feel enlightenment, self esteem, feminine power are the right mix with our gift in the west to give us the off-the-charts power of changing the world.

On my voyage I met Sonam, who in addition to being our Sherpa Guide, runs with her husband an organization called the small world. https://www.thesmallworld.org/. Together they grew an organization that has built schools, shelters, and economic empowerment programs for women in a country were the development and protection of women in the midst of all else, is not a priority.

Nepal is a truly special place. A place where I felt instantly at home. The people, the beautiful mountains, the deeply spiritual culture. I met many truly feminist (not feminine… in fact quite the opposite) men. One expat I met while there commented that while many western men came to the east to find a nice servile woman, not in Nepal. For Nepal, it was the draw of the western women to the Nepali man. What I realized was that while the western women had economic power and needed enlightenment to realize there power and use it. The Napili women is very enlightened and in the East they need only economic power. They need education, and structures such as water systems to support their development. (it is the women’s role in the mountainous regions of Nepal to fetch water, which can take up half the day. The small world has also been instrumental in several water projects that have freed up the woman’s time to allow for education. A couple of us went back in March of 2012 and were shown first hand the incredible work that they have been doing

 

Gender Studies in Nepal

Since I am in Canada, I have set up donations on my donation button at www.threemoongoddess.com to support charities that are partnered with the Small World. I think that Astrology is an amazing tool to help women here in the West with self understanding, direction and life purpose and so I have been providing reports with a donation to support one of these charities. If you feel moved to, and if you are in the US you can also support these guys by going to there site at https://www.thesmallworld.org/.
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Vesta – Virgin or Harlot?

25680962_sYou wanted to make war…. And I kissed you. You softened. But then remembering you needed to fulfill your duty, you turned away. I kissed you again. I told I needed you to weakening you. I needed to.

Why does Vesta do what she does? Vesta is focused dedication. She is the holder of the hearth and the sacred flame.

What is the hearth and the sacred flame symbolically? To keep a house warm in the time before electricity someone was responsible for making sure of the fire; keep that one coal in the stove or fireplace, and not let it go out. Similarly a flame was kept at the centre of the town and kept alive as a symbol community.  Keeping this focus and dedication kept things together much like the fire at the centre of the earth.  For gravity comes from the center of the earth. It is what hugs the earths inhabitants to it tightly. Without it we would float around without direction or anchor. This heart beat of the earth, this constant that keeps it all together, is the role of Vesta.

In Greek times she was a chaste virgin. But in ancient times she was the sacred prostitute involved in sexual union for something beyond herself. It was only in patriarchal times that she gave up sex for chastity. Doing so with the same heart of focused devotion to the patriarch when sex became a sin as she had  to sacred sex in the ancient world.

Maybe the Virgo man can help us to understand the “sacred whore” in Vesta. When Ophira and Tali Edut tell us about the Virgo man in their book Love Zodiac they describe a well put together guy, known for clean freakishness and total control. But they warn, the Virgo man has a little bit a sleazy side and this can come out when he’s loosing control or flipping out.

If we challenge our thinking… is it really sleazy? Maybe in line with his character he is seeking the path to purity….Vesta in her ancient times would have taken her wholeness and and offered herself up bring him back to groundedness.  Paulho Chehlo (a Virgo), plays around with this concept in his book Eleven Minutes. A story about a prostitute and sex in the sacred and profane. Tantric practices take us to the same place, using the fire within us to enlighten.  And sublimation, the act of taking that fire and focus and transforming it, takes Vesta to the same, and let’s face it, socially acceptable place of giving great dedication and focus to wonderful causes.

So Vesta’s role was not so much to be a chaste virgin or a sacred whore, but to use her wholeness, her containment and focus for the betterment of humanity. And to do so… there are no rules!

But first she must make sure she is whole.  This she can do by taking that fire and focus inward.

Tools that will help her on her path: yoga, meditation, connecting to what is her fire and how she uses her sexuality, quartz and serpentine crystals

When she is in her Flow, her gifts are: focus, commitment, work, dedication, service

 

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January Horoscope 2013

Pallas moves into Aries on January 10th and brings out the warrior in all women.  The Pallas symbol is a spear and we may see women donning their spears high ready for attack when Pallas forms a conjunction with Uranus, the planet of surprises on January 29th.  The next day Jupiter turns direct.  Pluto and Saturn have been acting like the wonder twins (circa 1970’s super friends). They have been locking rings together and sending down their superpowers on Jupiter throughout December 2012.  Saturn in Scorpio has been providing lessons on power and ‘shared’ resources and Pluto in Capricorn has been transforming institution and the status quo.  Jupiter, who in mythology was the father of all humanity, moves forward in Gemini, so we may find out what he has to say about all of this.  Pallas and Jupiter will be sextile exactly on February 1st, so we may see feminine power and humanity join forces in some way with a response.

The planet Venus moves into Capricorn on January 8th making us cautious, reserved, practical and committed.  But just because our passions are cooled does not mean we can’t be romantic when Venus sextiles Neptune on January 10th.  By the 12th, Venus will square Uranus bringing up some surprising tension and by the 16th, Saturn, Juno and Vesta will be locked into a Yod, also called the finger of God.  We are being pushed into deep transformation around our traditional approach to love, sex and marriage.  With the focal point on Vesta in Gemini, the focus will be on deep, intimate and sometimes uncomfortable conversations about these topics.  Vesta is not very traditional when it comes to sex, so this can go one of two ways… sexual healing (imagine reading passages of Paulo Coelho’s Eleven Minutes to generate conversation) or sexual hang-up (imagine watching the movie Bliss in uncomfortable silence).  Also on the 12th, Juno be conjunct Venus and Pluto (that’s a strong mix of marriage, love and power), adding to the deep transformations or simmering jealousies.

Aries

 Pallas in your solar 1st house of self brings out the warrior woman in your already warrior nature. You may be leading the pack and the first to raise her spear.  By the 26th the patterns start to emerge.  January 30th may find you bellowing an insightful banshee call to your followers.  Mars and Mercury in your 11th house of friends will give you their support.

Taurus

 You’ve got the money-making formula, Taurus.  This may have been causing you lots of stress, but with Mars and Mercury in your 10th house of career, there is no need to worry.  An exotic trip away and some vacation passion may unlock the money-making key.  It may not be who you expect; it might not be the sexy Latin lover who you lock eyes with under the exotic palm trees; but the friends you brought with you that you are now seeing with new eyes.

Gemini

 Have you been feeling like you’re in the school of hard knocks lately, Gemini?   Well, higher learning is certainly on the agenda.  The deeper you understand yourself, the clearer you become about humanity.  Your hopes and dreams and your career aspirations have been changing and now you are starting to see your role.  Share the love Gemini, share the power.

Cancer

 Love and intimacy have been the highlights – and they have all been oh, so foggy!  Don’t worry Cancer, this is all for the best.  If nothing seems like fun anymore, Cancer, at least you know you’ve got your career. Pallas moving forward in your 10th house of career will give you the energy, but you are going to have to listen deeply to your intuition.

Leo

 Relationships are on your mind, Leo.  Mercury will make you want to talk about it, but Mars can cause some disruption.  Lean on your friends.  They are glad to help and will be able to help you see the patterns.  Work captures your passions this month, just be sure not to go overboard.

Virgo

 You’re in your element this month, Virgo. While you are being of service, your favorite thing to do, you might find love.  Working with your community is never a chore to you, and this time it might push you into the limelight.  A lovely sextile between Venus in your 5th house of romance and Neptune in the 7th house of relationships, gives you a very romantic day indeed on January 10th.

Libra

 Your duty and responsibility to your family are being challenged, Libra. You’re the one holding on. Saturn is adding to the tension in your 2nd house of income.  Can you afford it?  It’s hard to believe that answers will come with a trip overseas or a trip down the halls of higher learning, but they will.

Scorpio

 If you’ve been feeling the tension with shared resources, it could be with money or intimacy with your honey or with that darn inheritance settlement. Things will move forward by the end of this month. There will be lots of action and communication when it comes to family and your foundations.

Sagittarius

 Your partnerships have been in sharp focus for the last little while, Sagittarius.  Unconscious material and your sense of self worth have been bearing down hard on the matter.  With Vesta going direct on the 26th, those relationship patterns will become clear.  Just how much space you need to be yourself may have been the issue.  Mars and Mercury in the 3rdhouse of communication will help you to better express what’s going on.

Capricorn

 Hard work and money are the focus for you, Capricorn.  Your relationship to how you see yourself and your relationship to money and work may be changing.  Mercury and Mars in your 2ndhouse of income will give you the drive to go after what’s yours.

Aquarius

 It’s your month, Aquarius!  You have lots of ideas and energy.  Venus and Pluto are conjunct in your 12th house of secrets this month and with Vesta in your 5thhouse of romance, could bring the chance of a very unusual arrangement to your love life.  Unusual is nothing new to you Aquarius… make sure that everyone else is on the same page.

Pisces

 January has you laying low.  It’s the month before your birthday, the Sun and Mars has you slowing down and Mercury has you in deep and sometimes unconscious contemplation.  Pluto and Venus will join each other in your 11th house of friends.  Vesta and Jupiter are in your 4th house of friends and family, so what you come out with on the other side may be some deep changes to your friendships and to your foundations.