HAPPY 2014!

                                                                     HAPPY 2014 !!!!

This morning...around 6:15 am ...was the new moon in Capricorn to start our year off with a BIG NEW MOON PUSH!

Ok...Whats a new moon? The sun/moon are `new' when they are conjunct...( together) in the sky from our ( earth's perspective). A New moon happens...peaks... and then we say the moon's energy WAXS ( grows) until the middle of the cycle when the sun -moon are OPPOSITE to each other and we view this opposition as a FULL MOON.

January 1st traditionally has been the day of resolutions...and sure we all make/break them yearly. Well, if EVER there was a January 1st when a successful resolution would be made...TODAY IS THE DAY.

In fact you could say that every New Moon is like a January 1st; a great TIME to make a promise, a prayer an affirmation....

Check in with your unconscious today. Check in with your day-dreams, your will forces, your imagination and SET YOUR INTENTIONS!:)

Not only will you be tapping into the collective energy of a `new year'/new you....but the emotional energies ( lunar) of the cosmos will be supporting you.

This is why it's helpful to MANIFEST by the MOON....allow the creative juices of the cosmos to
gently nudge your singular intentions to completion...


Another feature of todays astrology is this: We begin this new year with the planets forming a big rectangle involving the cardinal signs; Aries, Libra, Capricorn, Cancer.

Cardinal signs are the spark plugs of the zodiac; they start action. Each of the cardinal signs begin one of the 4 seasons falling upon the equinox and solstice points of the sun/ earth dance.

SO! START something!! Start anything ....except a new relationship. Reflect on THAT part of your life. Venus is retrograde ( re-do) and we all understand that the Venus archetype is love/desire, and, yes $.

When the planets form a `box' square or rectangle...we astrologers call it a GRAND cross/ Grand
square etc.  Its `grand' not because of anything festive...lol! But because it's a NEW TEMPLATE of a
beginning point!

We build we squares...right angles...work gets DOWN with the leverage of our elbow/knee joints...Masons used the squared -off circle to lay the foundations of buildings...

TODAY SET YOUR AFFIRMATIONS/RESOLUTIONS/....and expect results...real results.

And while you are at it... understand that grand squares can be a wee bit tense. Since everyone is experiencing this `I gotta do my DREAM' NOW!!! We all may be a bit focussed and well, self-absorbed...

This is ESPECIALLY true for where you find cardinal energy; Cancer/Capricorn/Libra/Aries....

You can learn  MORE about this all at my classes...(BTW)

New Moon Class Thursday!
2014 workshop Friday @ Monday

MANY BLESSINGS FOR A BEAUTIFUL 2014!!
xxoo

Cassandra's Cosmic Reflections: Do you feel the shift? Watery, mystica...

Cassandra's Cosmic Reflections:
Do you feel the shift?            Watery, mystica...: Do you feel the shift?            Watery, mystical, magical Neptune is now `direct!'     And, so what?? This past week on Wed...

Do you feel the shift?            Watery, mystical, magical Neptune is now `direct!'     And, so what??

This past week on Wednesday, ( around 1:43 pm) the planet Neptune went `stationary direct' the term used to describe a planet seemingly moving in a direct fashion from Earth's perspective. Of course planets don't actually go `backwards' ( retrograde) and `forwards' in their orbit... but from our planet's perspective they do.

Reflecting on what this MEANS for us all... I would offer the following.

Neptune is the symbol of the SEA: WATER. And from the watery depths all life emerges from the first protozoa to the baby first cradled in her Mom's watery womb. Neptune is one of the `big three' trans-personal planets which evokes archetypal layers of meaning. And, the outer planets move s.l.o.w.l.y. Neptune takes 148 years to orbit the sun, so, we haven't collectively experienced it's meaning LIKE this ( in the sign of Pisces) since the late 19th century...

Neptune is moving through is\t's `home sign'; Pisces.  WHERE YOU find Pisces in your chart is getting a big dose of Neptune energy ...now...and for the next 12 years!  This coupling is like an enhancement of all things Neptune for you and for the collective.

Beyond the `sea' what does Neptune mean? Mysticism, magic, compassion, forgiveness, empathy, oneness, psychism, ghosts, intuition, BOUNDARY-less-ness.

It may seem as though the above word are all unrelated except when you consider the SEA. It is said we know more about the `moon' than we do about the mysteries of the SEA. Mystery...depths and vastness makes up the symbol of the sea and of Neptune!

 Water... is the fabric of all life...and yet it requires a CONTAINER. And so where there is Neptune there are no boundaries.. Isn't that what happens when we `connect' with another in  a spirit of com-passion? when we `read' another's mind? when we connect with Spirit ( which has no `physical container?) 

Neptune. going. direct....means that we MAY be better able NOW to connect with that amorphous part of ourselves which has been swimming without focus since the day Neptune `went retrogade'...which was on June 7th.

Question; Did you have a dream, spiritual goal, a passion, that has been on `the shelve' since June? Did you inexplicably revisit that goal THIS week? Neptune rules our heartfelt passions.. Neptune going direct may help YOU direct your heart's desires now!

How about your spiritual practices. Have you been distracted or non-committal about your meditation/prayer/ ritual practices since June...and suddenly realized that you `want to commit again' this week? That's Neptune going direct.

What about YOUR boundaries? Have you been having your energy drained by something `non-spiritual'...or even parasitic since June and have suddenly thought!!! I need MY space ...I need MY definition! That's the whisper of Neptune.

The shift is here. It's subtle....like a ripply wave in the sea. 

Cassandra's Cosmic Reflections: Libra: Mirror,Mirror on the Wall

Cassandra's Cosmic Reflections: Libra: Mirror,Mirror on the Wall:                               Its the NEW MOON in Libra 10/4/13  Time: 8:34 pm EST Tonight plant your affirmations firmly in the arena o...

Libra: Mirror,Mirror on the Wall

                              Its the NEW MOON in Libra 10/4/13  Time: 8:34 pm EST

Tonight plant your affirmations firmly in the arena of your life where `Libra falls' within your chart. What is LIBRA? the essence of Libra is `the relationship'. Any thing or anyone `outside of ourselves' represents our mirror...the feedback point from which we are validated as being ....separate.

I know I exist because of YOU.

Now, `you' isn't limited by your SO ( significant other), BF or GF or best friend. The YOU which provides feedback to the 'ME' can be varied as the `public' or your pooch. In other words, we surround ourselves with libran feedback no matter whether we are constantly surrounded by `others' ( a public job) or isolated hermits.

One form of libran feedback is the MIRROR. Think about his. The glyph or symbol for the planet Venus looks like this: (((and VENUS is the RULER of LIBRA)))


                                       
                                                                
And what does this symbol `look like'....?
Perhaps a mirror....handheld of course!

     
Every one has had their inner image of self modified shaped and interpreted by the great `out there'...the `you's' in ones' life. It starts in infancy. Baby learns to delight in the delight her Mommy expresses...eye-ball to eyeball...face to face. Nothing is more revealing than to look into the eyes of the `other'.

And what that other communicates back to YOU....shapes you. It  shapes your inner dialog, your perception of self...and yes; your `self-esteem.'

During this new moon cycle....at least through the next 48 hours...LOOK IN THE MIRROR. Really make eye-contact with the I within. LIKE it...err...LIKE YOU. Do a little conscious reflection work whereby YOU become the FEEDBACK to YOU.

Throw in some positive words...like...I Like YOU. YOU look GOOD. I Love YOU. ( the me inside) .

Become your own MIRROR. Try it...the you inside of you needs & wants a little balancing this time of year...especially THIS year when the energy of erratic Uranus is directly opposite ( eye-balling) this New Moon. ALL OF US ...yes...even the politicians... the President .. are experiencing a big dose of `erratic' .

To compound the cosmic weather we have volcanic Pluto figuratively erupting it's lava in a tense angle (  90 degree aspect) to BOTH the NEW MOON and ERRATIC Uranus. It's enough to want to crack every mirror except the one we hold close to our face.

Ground and center...balance the Venusian ( love) energy ...and attempt to do this in a revolutionary way; become the `other' you would like to attract to you.

The scales of Libra are about BALANCE. Inward balance during strange, scary, times is within reach; grab your OWN MIRROR...and smile....

GRAND SEXTILE FOR HEALING!

Today...the grand sextile begins to become exact. What is a GRAND SEXTILE you may ask? Well, it is a relatively rare configuration consisting of planets in a 60 degree angle to each other... The planets in question are in compatible signs of EARTH & WATER elements..

Take Saturn in Scorpio. It rules `rules & manifestation'... To Saturn's right is VIRGO VENUS (love) and to it's left is PLUTO CAPRICORN  ( transformer)...

Lets make a sentence: We are now transforming our LOVE into something REAL and solid.... but there is MORE!

Like a Mandela wheel spinning...the GRAND sextile also involves the OTHER water element...the planets in Cancer, namely Mercury/Mars/Jupiter. This tight connection suggests we are determined ( mars) to communicate ( mercury) our beliefs ( Jupiter) in a powerful  ( Pluto) way.

Once the MOON shifts into TAURUS ...just after midnight tonight..... We we REALLY get the message of balance, cooperation, give and take regarding our beliefs, love, and relationships.

Isn't astrology the best? the best! 

Cassandra's Cosmic Reflections: WATER trine ...sparked by MARS!

Cassandra's Cosmic Reflections: WATER trine ...sparked by MARS!: Today---July 13th---Firey Mars moved into watery Cancer adding to our most memorable and unusual GRAND TRINE IN WATER which has been graci...