Practical Tips for BALANCING the LAST QUARTER MOON

                     Welcome to LAST quarter time!!

IT'S JULY 1, 2013 as I write this...about 24 hours past the exact start of our LAST quarter time for this month....It's TIME to get moving...to complete ALL which we had `wanted to do' at the NEW MOON of June 8th.....TIME to get busy! But this cycle we also have that glitchy little Mercury Retrograde...and so! It's NOT the time to, well, talk too much...gossip AT ALL..say ( or think) anything which we wouldn't want broadcast EVERYWHERE. ( Maybe I just shouldn't blog?) But alas...it's as healing for me to reflect on the cosmic cycles as it (maybe ) for you to read this dear star gazer! Each month we have a week of increased activity designed to COMPLETE projects which is NOW through our new moon of July 8th. Use this time to redo what needs doing...and complete what you can. Writers ( because of the mercury retrograde) may find this to be the best time to edit. This is the time of the `follow-up' phone calls for us all....and the time to finish up projects. SINCE it is also a mercury retrograde best not to make any formalized contractual commitments. And SINCE this mercury is in the ultra sensitive psychic sign of CANCER issues surrounding family and security are hitting us in the solar plexus. Now, isn't that month appropriate as we near the big `family holiday'; July 4th! Chances are our `dream' of a perfect family gathering may be tarnished by the reality of missed family members, missed connections, mis-communication. When it doubt; zip it up! Now that's good advice for a mercury (r) in CANCER...especially around the family picnic table! ONE MORE REALLY IMPORTANT point! Jupiter is now commencing its once every twelve year transit through CANCER. So much to say about that transit.Since Jupiter is the purveyor of `BIG' and cancer is the receptacle of things `EMOTIONAL'...one can expect a lot of heart felt-belly-aching feelings attaching to the areas in YOUR chart where CANCER dwells. At the very least, this holiday season will trigger nostalgia for `the family that was'....or perhaps never could be. Dust off your prints of NORMAN ROCKWELL and reflect on the fantasy of things `the way they were'....but resolve to ENJOY the reality of who you call family TODAY and give thanks! By the way...where you will find the MOST stress & tension to get those `feelings' in line (re: family, security, confidence) is around the ARIES 8 degrees in your chart. Symbolically...the square of LAST QUARTER tension between ARIES and CANCER is the dance between ME and my FAMILY. No matter who we are...as an independent being we come from a familiar history...and...that family can both sooth you or smother you...support you or suppress your independence. Try to blend these disparate energies for the next week...and see what wonderful NEW foundation you can build by the NEW MOON in about a week! Many blessings and have a GREAT INDEPENDENCE DAY!! 

               Happy SUPER MOON!

This morning, at 7:32 EDT was the official moment of the `Full `Super' MOON' in 2 degrees of Capricorn. By now, you probably know that `super' moon simply means that the moon is super close to the earth....that's the astronomical meaning. Let's reflect on what that means SYMBOLICALLY....or astrologically. To assist in that we turn to the esoterically derived Sabian symbols... The symbol for TODAY is ` The Human soul, in it's eagerness for new experiences seeks Embodiment'....Hmmmm

Are you experiencing a feeling of anticipation? excitement or hope today? At the very least...the build-up of emotional tension of the preceding two days is now past. Once the moon is `past full' it's like finally being able to exhale. ( If you were holding your `breath' over the past 48 hours trying to balance the home/career conundrum, you can now RELEASE!)

This symbol, incidentally is the SOLAR symbol each year for DECEMBER 24th/25th....Isn't that amazing? The day we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ is the day of this embodiment symbol.....yearly.

So! How can we cultivate this energy? Surrender to new inspiration....today. Allow the inner promptings of `something' new materialize. Stop, look and listen to the wonder of NEW EXPERIENCES....and begin to `embody' your dreams. Give birth. Launch a creative project. Allow the maternal waters of  the CANCER Sun (mother) to give birth to something TANGIBLE and earthy under this CAPRICORN (father) moon.

Today is the MOST potent day....but this urge to manifest is strong until our NEXT new moon....( in two weeks).

SO get doing!

Blessings,

Cjb

MOON sextile GEMINI Sun....

Is Going On RIGHT NOW...( as of 11:13 EDT)

Take a peak at the MOON right now...From my window it looks lovely...fatter than a mere `crescent'...alluring as it plays peak-a-poo with WNY's overcast skies. What does a SEXTILE mean??

It's a 60 degree angle formed between two bodies, and in THIS case the SUN & MOON. Its a time of productivity with effort; achievement with a focus without much stress & strain. Sextile periods are times when effort is awarded...easily. A sextile is considered the prep time before the REAL time of heavy lifting and vigorous effort to achieve our goals...which of course is the 90 degree period as represented by the SQUARE. Think of tonight until Sunday the 16th at 1:24 pm as your time to stretch before the period of heavy -lifting, vigorous work out time when the sun & moon create a more compelling `gotta do my work time. So from now until Sunday afternoon...plan, prepare, organize. Focus time ( SQUARE time) is all next week!\

Best blessings!

First Blog Under the GEMINI new CYCLE

Welcome to Cassandra's Cosmic Reflections!!

Under this new cycle...in the communications ' sign of Gemini...I make this intention; To share astrological tidbits with you about the unfolding energies....one word at a time!

Funny how this works. First of all, I had every intention to work today an another project, but, alas....I got inspired just moments ago to start my blog. The moment is recorded above Let me explain what you are viewing.Mercury the planet of communication is in a 120 degree pattern or,  a trine ( positive & self-supporting) alignment with the passing lunar node AND the asteroid Chiron. The picture ( snap-shot) above resembles a triangle, and, in asro-speak this is a GRAND TRINE in water...the perfect medium for attracting emotional stability.

Translation: The cosmos is suggesting we align in this moment with healing ( chiron) words ( mercury) which are timely ( N. Node).

Yep. 

To use astrology in this fashion...as a barometer of the ebb and flow of life is absolutely exhilarating!. We all have an `alignment' with our inner Self, our God, our psyche. Whatever word you use....we do receive an in-going flow of information....knowledge ...all the time.  What I do is cast a chart for those `ahha' moments to help me literally translate what is being unfolded in that non-verbal moment.USING astrology in the moment we are filled with `something'...helps us to objectify, qualify and understand what the universe is communicating. Generally there are no surprises. I felt the urge to start this blog TODAY...without knowing the exact astrological aspects. Drawing up the chart for that moment simply confirms the feeling.

As an on-going service to YOU I would offer this gift. When you have a `filled moment'...with some seemingly random guidance...jot down the time ( and place & date) and communicate it to me here. I will post the chart and discuss it for you.....

Many Blessings!