1 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,200 Hello and welcome to Embodied Astrology, a podcast and 2 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,680 learning community where we explore the growing edges of 3 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,680 astrology and its intersections with healing, arts, activism, 4 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:33,400 relationships, and personal growth. 5 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,800 My name is Renee Sills and this is your week ahead forecast. 6 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,440 The audio that you're about to listen to is from this week's 7 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:43,120 Somatic Space, A weekly virtual class that Ioffer every moon 8 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,720 day, where we explore the astrology of the week ahead 9 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,600 through meditation, visualization, and gentle, 10 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:50,880 accessible movement. 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So it started three years ago in 39 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:19,840 2023 in Pisces season. And we're building resonance, 40 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,840 you know, we're building capacities, we're building 41 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,880 relationships with each other and with ourselves over this 42 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:27,560 time. And some of you have been here 43 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,680 that whole time, some of you have been here for big chunks of 44 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,280 it, and some of you are just coming in. 45 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,520 And I just really want to honor that. 46 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,240 Like any space, you know, this is a community and collectively 47 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,720 created space. And so for anyone to be able to 48 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,920 show up and hold a space like I get to do, it requires me to 49 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:47,360 have a reason. And that's you. 50 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,880 And whatever your reason is for coming here and for resonating 51 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,960 with me, that also flows in and becomes part of my reason, 52 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,600 whether or not I know it consciously in my own mind. 53 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,560 And so we're building connective tissues here. 54 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,840 We're building transmissive frequencies between ourselves, 55 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,680 and what you share with me becomes part of my heart, and 56 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,040 what I share from my heart, you know, becomes part of you in 57 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,560 some way. And so we're rippling in the 58 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,320 atmosphere together. And I just really want to honor 59 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,960 that as we move into this week of the Libra full moon. 60 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:27,840 So we're in airy season, and the full moons are always presenting 61 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:33,640 us with oppositional energy. And the opposite sign of Aries 62 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:40,200 is Libra. So on a symbolic level, Aries 63 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,880 represents the sense of self. And you don't need to have any 64 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,760 planetary placements in Aries to resonate with Aries energy. 65 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,760 Just take a moment right now and acknowledge your own existence. 66 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:59,640 Like, do that practically. Look, look at your body, look 67 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,640 around your space, take some breaths. 68 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,080 Remember your own history a little bit. 69 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:14,440 You were conceived, you were born, you've lived life until 70 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,279 now. You exist. 71 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,320 And just say to yourself out louder in your mind, I am. 72 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:33,080 And just notice how that feels. It's solar return. 73 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,680 Happy birthday. The world is a much better place 74 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,680 for your presence in it. Thank you for being here. 75 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,000 And let's feel that. Let's feel that moment of 76 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,200 celebration, right? Somebody exists here and this 77 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,840 beautiful being blesses our space with their presence. 78 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,800 And then let's let that come into our own body minds, hearts 79 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,640 and feel the joy of getting to be in existence together and 80 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:16,150 tell yourself again, I am. And then let's all just look at 81 00:05:18,190 --> 00:05:23,470 on the screen and let's practice a very Aries Libra mantra. 82 00:05:24,230 --> 00:05:27,830 And in our own body, mind's hearts, let's say to ourselves, 83 00:05:27,950 --> 00:05:44,470 I am because you are. And this moment is created 84 00:05:44,950 --> 00:05:51,030 because each of us are here, and if not a one of us was absent, 85 00:05:51,790 --> 00:05:53,670 this moment would be entirely different. 86 00:05:56,150 --> 00:05:59,110 And that's true for every instance, every circumstance. 87 00:06:00,510 --> 00:06:07,680 Well, I am because you are this moment, this experience, because 88 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:15,480 all of this. Let's allow our eyes to soften 89 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:22,000 with that, and maybe even close. And if it feels good, let your 90 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:30,960 hands touch your body somewhere and feel the presence of your 91 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:36,720 breath. Feel the inhale and exhale of 92 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:46,610 your breath. And in the inhale, exhale, 93 00:06:46,610 --> 00:06:53,570 notice the expansion and contraction, the taking in and 94 00:06:53,570 --> 00:07:05,610 the letting go or giving back. And let's send some breaths to 95 00:07:06,410 --> 00:07:12,680 any beings that we might want to dedicate this practice, knowing 96 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,360 that we've come to this space for reasons that probably have 97 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:20,160 something to do with our own well-being and growth and 98 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:26,400 purposefulness. Let's dedicate any benefits of 99 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:34,000 this practice and send them out. And you might call into your 100 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:41,920 heart and into your mind those that are experiencing not what 101 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:47,080 we get to have right now, the luxury and privilege of coming 102 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:52,680 together and relative peace, practicing together. 103 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:00,160 So many beings experiencing extreme and profound violence 104 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:16,320 and separation. There might be beings in your 105 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,320 life that you know are going through something really 106 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,960 challenging or hard, scary, painful. 107 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:41,679 And as we breathe in, let's breathe in the opportunity to be 108 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:48,360 here in this way today, knowing that this instance and this 109 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,840 opportunity carries so much inside of it. 110 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,720 The technology is an Internet that we use for connection with 111 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:07,360 each other, creating an enormous carbon footprint on the planet. 112 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:16,920 These technologies not available to everyone everywhere. 113 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:28,440 And also conduits holding space for connection with each other, 114 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:36,520 transmission of information, Co regulation and practice. 115 00:09:43,940 --> 00:09:49,220 The relative piece that we may be held by so that we can be 116 00:09:49,220 --> 00:09:56,760 here. In many ways upheld by violence 117 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:02,680 elsewhere. And see if you can just breathe 118 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:18,880 inside of duality and tension. And as you breathe again, tuning 119 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:29,100 in with I am, I exist and letting the I am and I exist 120 00:10:30,660 --> 00:10:40,520 inside of this massive complexity, so many different 121 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:45,040 layers of existence and reality and history and ongoingness and 122 00:10:45,360 --> 00:11:03,300 creation. And I want to offer an intention 123 00:11:03,300 --> 00:11:06,060 that we could share. And so if this doesn't resonate 124 00:11:06,060 --> 00:11:10,380 for you, feel free to recreate it in any way that does. 125 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:21,320 As we're here today, and as we continue to flow and move 126 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:30,680 through our days and weeks and months ahead lifetimes, may we 127 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:37,160 make good use of our time and all the complexities that we are 128 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:42,360 part of. May we not squander the 129 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:57,440 opportunity to be here in our hearts, our love as present as 130 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:05,320 we can possibly be, courageous and available for what is. 131 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,960 And then let's let any hands that might have found places on 132 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:23,960 our bodies reach for the ground and through your hands really 133 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,840 intentionally and energetically reach for the earth. 134 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:33,480 And you might have to reach down a really long way, and you might 135 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:38,160 have to reach through multiple layers of all kinds of things. 136 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:45,960 But imagine that your hands and the energy inside your hands can 137 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,360 penetrate easily through all those layers, through all that 138 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:58,080 distance into the soil and from the centers of your palms. 139 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,760 Imagine that you can reach right into the center of the earth, 140 00:13:06,070 --> 00:13:11,150 and as you inhale, imagine drawing up heat from the fiery 141 00:13:11,150 --> 00:13:13,950 core of the earth, through the centers of your palms, right 142 00:13:13,950 --> 00:13:20,520 into your heart. And as you exhale, send the 143 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,440 message to the earth. I am because you are. 144 00:13:30,610 --> 00:13:34,930 As you inhale, imagine life force and vitality flowing up 145 00:13:34,930 --> 00:13:39,170 from the earth into your hands, into your heart, knowing your 146 00:13:39,170 --> 00:13:45,650 own existence. As you exhale, know that you 147 00:13:45,650 --> 00:13:47,730 exist because you are part of Earth. 148 00:13:49,850 --> 00:14:06,940 Never separate. One more breath like that, OK? 149 00:14:06,940 --> 00:14:10,740 And then let's bring our hands together and let's rub them 150 00:14:10,740 --> 00:14:13,740 together and create some heat inside of our hands. 151 00:14:15,260 --> 00:14:19,540 And as friction builds heat between your palms, feel the 152 00:14:19,540 --> 00:14:23,820 left and the right sides both pushing against each other, and 153 00:14:23,940 --> 00:14:32,240 push and build that heat and push and build the heat and 154 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,360 breathe into your heart. And imagine that the warmth of 155 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,400 your heart can flow into your hands. 156 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:41,680 OK? And then pausing and letting 157 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,320 your hands float away from one another and sensing energy 158 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:51,640 between them, maybe with your eyes still closed, allowing the 159 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:57,200 hands to feel and sense for each other, feel and sense the 160 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:12,040 magnetism between them. And then let's turn our hands 161 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:17,800 towards our faces, and let's bring our hands somewhere around 162 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,960 the fronts and tops of our heads. 163 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,760 And maybe your hands touch your head over your forehead or the 164 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,920 front part of the Dome of your skull, and maybe they just hover 165 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,960 and you sense into that energetic electric charge. 166 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,640 And let's imagine now that the centers of our palms can send 167 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,040 heat and light and warmth right into our brains. 168 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,080 And as you inhale, imagine your brain filling with light and 169 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:55,200 heat and warmth. And as you exhale, imagine that 170 00:15:55,200 --> 00:16:00,080 light and heat and warmth emanating out, getting bigger in 171 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:05,560 the space around you. And for the next two breaths, 172 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,400 send gratitude and appreciation into your own brain. 173 00:16:21,510 --> 00:16:30,030 May we be allies with our minds. And then allow your hands to 174 00:16:30,030 --> 00:16:33,150 float down in front of your eyes so that the centers of your 175 00:16:33,150 --> 00:16:36,750 palms can reach right into the centers of your eyes. 176 00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:40,310 And maybe your hands cover your eyes, or maybe they just float 177 00:16:40,310 --> 00:16:44,320 in front of them. And let's inhale and imagine our 178 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:50,800 eyes filling with light, and exhale and imagine that light 179 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:55,000 pervading through the skulls into the space around us. 180 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:02,240 And let's send some love and gratitude into our eyes. 181 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:14,060 May we see that which is truly made of spirit, true beauty 182 00:17:14,060 --> 00:17:23,599 everywhere. And then let's allow our hands 183 00:17:23,599 --> 00:17:27,720 to float over our ears to the centers of the palms, align with 184 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:34,360 the holes of your ears and send light into your ears. 185 00:17:34,360 --> 00:17:37,400 And as you inhale, imagine that light getting bigger. 186 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:43,320 And as you exhale, imagine that light getting so big it can 187 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,320 spill out and ripple into the space around you. 188 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,320 And let's send gratitude into our ears. 189 00:17:55,480 --> 00:18:05,510 May we hear the truth of love and clarity of spirit. 190 00:18:12,230 --> 00:18:15,350 And then let's take our hands and cup our hands over our 191 00:18:15,350 --> 00:18:19,390 noses. And again, you can touch your 192 00:18:19,390 --> 00:18:22,190 own nose, or you can hover the hands in front of your nose. 193 00:18:22,670 --> 00:18:26,430 And let's really send some intentionality into the nose. 194 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:31,000 And the nose has a special relationship with Mars and 195 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:36,200 Aries, the season that we're in, because it's so important for 196 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:42,760 following our instincts. And so as you send light into 197 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:46,960 your nose, imagine it lighting up like a cosmic clown. 198 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,800 And as you exhale, let that light pervade through space, 199 00:18:53,360 --> 00:19:05,240 sending gratitude to your nose. Maybe we follow the instincts 200 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,040 that will lead us in the best directions. 201 00:19:13,650 --> 00:19:16,610 And then just resting your hands a little further down so that 202 00:19:16,610 --> 00:19:19,250 the centers of the palms face towards the mouth. 203 00:19:21,290 --> 00:19:24,930 And as you inhale, imagine your mouth filling with light. 204 00:19:29,690 --> 00:19:37,640 And as you exhale, imagine that light pervading, and we'll send 205 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:46,960 gratitude into the mouth. May this mouth be a gate for all 206 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:57,720 that is good to pass through. And then allowing your hands to 207 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,280 rest just a little further down so that the centers of the palms 208 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,000 face to the center of the throat. 209 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,640 And let's inhale light into the center of the throat. 210 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:20,080 Feel that light growing stronger with your breath, imagining that 211 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,600 light pouring into the space surrounding your throat. 212 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,960 Let's send gratitude into the throat and into the voice. 213 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,240 May this be a channel for healing and love and truth. 214 00:20:45,340 --> 00:20:50,020 And then allowing one hand to float over the other so that the 215 00:20:50,020 --> 00:20:54,140 two centers of the palm can both beam right into the center of 216 00:20:54,140 --> 00:21:02,060 the heart. And as you breathe, imagining 217 00:21:02,060 --> 00:21:06,100 light pouring up from the earth into your hands and then 218 00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:10,600 directing it right into your heart space, the heart growing 219 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:19,400 bigger, receiving the light and then offering the light, sending 220 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:25,560 it out in all directions. And let's give thanks to our 221 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:35,560 hearts, giving thanks to their capacities to receive and give 222 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:51,320 life force and love force. And then allowing the hands to 223 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:57,320 rest a little further down over your solar plexus, the high part 224 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:01,320 of your abdomen, just between where your ribs come together in 225 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:06,800 the front. And again, imagining light 226 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:11,120 pouring through the centers of the palms right into the solar 227 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:18,640 plexus as you inhale that light getting stronger, vital, 228 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,280 vibrant, and as you exhale that light emanating. 229 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:35,040 And let's give thanks here for our will, our willpower, and 230 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:39,480 really tuning in with the I am the I exist. 231 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:45,920 Give gratitude to yourself for the choices you've made that 232 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,840 have brought you closer to your love and to your truth and 233 00:22:48,840 --> 00:23:00,400 purposefulness. And then allowing the hands to 234 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,200 rest just a little further down now over the belly button. 235 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,040 And as you inhale, receiving light from your palms right into 236 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:19,800 your naval center, and as you exhale, imagining that light 237 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:26,160 getting really big, growing in all directions into the earth, 238 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:41,920 into space. And let's give thanks to all who 239 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:49,000 and that we've come from. I am because you are honoring 240 00:23:49,000 --> 00:24:08,120 ancestors of all kinds. And then one more time, reaching 241 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:15,520 the hands towards the earth. And now, as you inhale, imagine 242 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,360 the center column of your body filling with light. 243 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,560 And as you exhale, imagine beaming light through your hands 244 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:31,680 and into the center of the earth, and send your gratitude 245 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:36,760 to the earth. You might imagine your favorite 246 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:45,080 places, the earth beings that have filled your mind with peace 247 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,560 or filled your heart with exaltation and filled your eyes 248 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:54,880 with wonder. The earth that creates all the 249 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,520 food that we eat, all the water that we drink, all that becomes 250 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:08,680 our bodies. And for the last couple of 251 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:13,600 breaths, continue to fill your central channel with light. 252 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:19,560 And as you exhale, send your prayers, your unique prayers 253 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,320 from your I Amness into the earth. 254 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:55,480 And after your next full exhale, turn your palms out and open 255 00:25:55,480 --> 00:26:00,080 them up as you inhale and imagine gathering all the light 256 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,680 that you generated. And as you exhale, wash the 257 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,040 front of your body. Little chi bath. 258 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,920 Imagine you can wash the front of your body with that light, 259 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:14,600 letting it flow back to earth. We'll do that two more times. 260 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:19,160 As you inhale, imagine gathering up life force, spirit force, 261 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:24,480 creation. And as you exhale, imagine you 262 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,560 can pour all of that energy down and through and around your body 263 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:49,920 one more time. And at the end of that exhale, 264 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,760 allow your eyes to open and take in your space. 265 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,640 And as the eyes open, notice how your nervous system adjusts. 266 00:27:08,330 --> 00:27:11,410 And then let's come back together. 267 00:27:13,410 --> 00:27:23,690 How do you feel? Connected, deep belonging held a 268 00:27:23,690 --> 00:27:29,200 warm glow, soft and sweet, grounded, connected, cleansed, 269 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:33,920 alive like a warm battery, in a good way, in touch with my 270 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,840 desire for belonging, in a roll. Oh, dizzy, frizzy and 271 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:45,840 electrified, grateful, earthling, calm, centered, 272 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:55,040 connected. I am, I am nice. 273 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:02,960 So that was maybe 10 minutes, somewhere between 10 and 15 274 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,600 minutes. So let's notice, let's just 275 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:11,040 notice together the impact, the, the consequences, if you will, 276 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:18,720 of, of practicing. And for me as a practitioner, it 277 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:23,680 feels really important to notice the outcomes of my practice. 278 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,280 And this is important because the nature of practice is to be 279 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:34,040 ongoing and incremental and to build something over time. 280 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,440 And every time we show up to practice anything, it's going to 281 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,000 change. So some of you know that I went 282 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,840 to Sword Camp last week. That's where I was, and it was a 283 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:50,200 thrilling time for me. And it was also incredibly hard. 284 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,680 We trained for 8 hours a day, which is nothing I'm used to. 285 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,680 We did Kung Fu drills every day. I was running. 286 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:04,520 I'm like not a runner, doing all kinds of things that my body was 287 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:09,400 like, what are you doing? And it was fascinating to feel 288 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:15,000 how every day was different. I could have a day where I felt 289 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,720 so good. And I was like, yeah, I'm 290 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:22,320 strong, I've got this. And then the next day I would 291 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:26,800 feel completely the opposite. And then the next day I would 292 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:34,080 feel different again. And part of noticing the 293 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,120 influences of practice is building fortitude. 294 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,840 It's building a consciousness of things change. 295 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,040 And in the changes there are fluctuations. 296 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:49,080 Things go up and down, so sometimes something is going to 297 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,320 feel calming and centering and connective, and sometimes it's 298 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,320 going to make us feel frizzy and dizzy. 299 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,120 Sometimes we'll feel so energized and sometimes we'll 300 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,080 feel depleted. Sometimes we'll feel so 301 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,840 competent, and sometimes we really won't. 302 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:11,440 And part of practice then is cultivating spaciousness and 303 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:15,200 even a kind of indifference as to how we're going to feel 304 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:20,000 inside the practice. So, OK, today the practice felt 305 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,480 hard. Cool. 306 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,080 I'm going to show up tomorrow and see how it feels. 307 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:28,640 And then I'm going to show up the next day. 308 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,360 And I'm going to show up the next day, and I'm going to show 309 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,840 up the next day. And for those of you that have 310 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:37,920 been part of this practice space for the last three years, at 311 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,920 some point you realize that there is a residual 312 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:45,600 accumulation, right? So not every somatic space 313 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,000 session that you've ever been to has been your favorite. 314 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,920 Some of them may have really felt agitating or boring or 315 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,360 ineffective for you. But those of you that have kept 316 00:30:55,360 --> 00:31:00,160 coming back, I'm guessing you're coming back for a reason like I 317 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,760 am, because there's something that's building here. 318 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:11,400 And so that sense of fortitude and determination, I'm going to 319 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:18,080 keep coming back for This is why we sustain our practice. 320 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,240 It's like what sustains our practice. 321 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:26,160 And Aries needs that, right? That I amness, that I exist the 322 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:30,080 self we need that because life is like that. 323 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:34,920 You know, life will be lifey out there and some days you're like 324 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,800 chill, and other days you're fucking not chill, right? 325 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,960 Some days things are going your way and some days things really 326 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:48,200 are not. And so part of then the 327 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,320 tempering and conditioning of our human experience is to be 328 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:55,560 able to hold space around the experience and to be able to 329 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,400 remember the other sides of things, right? 330 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,680 And there's like, parables and fables out there about, I can't 331 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,200 remember. It's like a Chinese parable. 332 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,400 Maybe somebody knows that some guy is really lucky about 333 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,200 something, right? And then someone else is like, 334 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,440 wow, that's so great. You must be really happy. 335 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,760 And he's like, we'll see, you know? 336 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,360 And then he loses all his stuff. Like some tragedy happens. 337 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,720 And then some other person is like, oh, my God, you must be 338 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,680 really upset. This is terrible. 339 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,640 And he's like, we'll see, right? And then like something happens 340 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,640 in the loss that actually becomes a gain. 341 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,240 And then somebody's like, Oh my God, you must be so relieved. 342 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,320 It's going to be better now. And he's like, we'll see. 343 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,560 Because it just keeps going, right? 344 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:44,440 And so this sense of balance of fluctuation of a kind of like, 345 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:46,080 it's going to go this way some days. 346 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,840 It's going to go that way some days is part of how we might 347 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,320 think about the intelligence of the Aries Libra axis. 348 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,280 Just saying. He loses his only horse and then 349 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:57,600 the horse comes back with a herd. 350 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,720 Exactly. It's like you don't really know 351 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,560 what the outcome is going to be. You don't totally know what's on 352 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:09,000 the other side of something. And in our I am Ness, we're very 353 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,520 deluded a lot of the time. Like this is the human 354 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,360 condition, right? I exist and in my existence, 355 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:20,240 everything is about me and everything is about me right now 356 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,320 in the experience that I'm having, right? 357 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:27,400 I'm sure other people have this experience and it's not just me, 358 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,320 right? You're like, this is me. 359 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,280 This is my life. I'm the center character and 360 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,160 something's happening and that's the whole story. 361 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,840 And I'm, I really feel strongly about it. 362 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:44,080 Oh, my relationship is going through a really hard time. 363 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,560 This means XY and Z about me, which means XY and Z about the 364 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,840 future, which means XY and Z about everything on Earth, 365 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,040 right? Like this is what our human 366 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:57,360 minds do. We tell massive stories about 367 00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,960 our own existence, and we get really deluded about the 368 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:04,720 meanings of them. And so Libra, as an air energy 369 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,920 comes in and says, balance it out. 370 00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:10,239 Remember, there are other perspectives. 371 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,800 See it from a different side. Pace yourself. 372 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:19,080 Take a breath, take a beat, take a pause. 373 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:25,840 So this week we're in Aries season and there's a Libra full 374 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:33,239 moon on Wednesday. Today, moon day, Venus, the 375 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:37,960 planetary associate of Libra, is entering Taurus. 376 00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:42,400 So Venus is said to rule both signs, Libra and Taurus. 377 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,080 Now Venus is coming out of Aries. 378 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:49,960 We're in traditional astrology, it's considered to be afflicted, 379 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:54,000 my favorite word for a planetary condition, affliction, because I 380 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,920 love to do this afflicted, right? 381 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:02,480 So Venus in Aries. Venus is a connecting, relating 382 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:08,280 kind of energy and it wants to help bring things together. 383 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,080 But Aries as an energy separates, right? 384 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,200 It's a fighter energy, it's a survival energy. 385 00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:22,920 And so Venus in Aries can have a connective style that is quite 386 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,560 aggressive sometimes. Venus in Aries people are often 387 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:31,600 people who really love a chase and they're like, nothing gets 388 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,000 me going, like feeling like, you know, somebody's going to give 389 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:40,760 me a challenge. And I, I have been talking with 390 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:44,240 several people recently who have Libra placements and it's been 391 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:47,080 funny to have these conversations because a lot of 392 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,800 what's been coming up is how Libra as an energy also really 393 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:57,240 kind of likes to fight. And Libra gets this like pop 394 00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:00,040 astrology, cliche, right? That is a people pleaser. 395 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:01,920 It's a peacemaker, it's a mediator. 396 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:06,480 And that's true for Libra placements, but there's also 397 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:12,720 this Libra and I think kind of joy around activation and 398 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:14,920 agitation and poking at things sometimes. 399 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:18,360 And this is part of representing the other side of something. 400 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,160 And so if you've ever been around a kind of agitating Libra 401 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,040 energy, or maybe you contain it in yourself, I know that I do, 402 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,280 right? When somebody has a really 403 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,880 strong opinion about something and you're like, well, maybe 404 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:34,160 there's this other side. Did you ever think about this 405 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,880 thing? And it can sometimes just be a 406 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:41,680 little pokey. I don't know, OK, you seem 407 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,200 really convinced, right? And there can be this kind of 408 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:50,880 Libra and like side eye, right? The Libra smugness. 409 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:55,880 That's like, sure, you seem really opinionated about that, 410 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:03,520 right, Which is agitating. And so that can, you know, it's 411 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:07,200 like this feeling of like, what did you say? 412 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:13,440 Oppositional energy. So Libra represents polarity and 413 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:17,200 opposition as well as the, the coming together of things. 414 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:22,480 And the thing about Mars and Libra energies or excuse me, 415 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,920 Mars and Venus energies or Aries Libra energies, is that they're 416 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,040 both really important for relationship. 417 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:33,680 So we can't have relationship if everything's the same, right? 418 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:37,520 Then we're glommy and murky and not, we're not differentiated 419 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:39,080 that there's not relationship there. 420 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,400 So if we're always in agreement with something for completely 421 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:49,840 enmeshed and codependent in all the ways that's merged, what 422 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,080 happens there? There's a loss of arrows, 423 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,360 there's a loss of interest, there's a loss of growth. 424 00:37:56,280 --> 00:38:01,400 And so the friction in spaces of difference is also profoundly 425 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,560 attractive, right? It's really exciting. 426 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,480 And the feeling of where someone else's edges are is also the 427 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,880 reminder of where our own edges are. 428 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,640 And this is exciting. This is life affirming. 429 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:22,160 I see as comment in the chat. Nothing pisses me off more than 430 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:27,360 a dismissive indifferent sure, as says as a Libra Rising, I'm 431 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:30,200 always accidentally starting arguments by offering other 432 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,720 perspectives. Totally, Z says My Libra rising 433 00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:36,240 partner loves debate and intellectual fights. 434 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:40,920 Yes, exactly right. So we need difference. 435 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,040 This is exciting. This is growth potential. 436 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:48,440 Now, last week the Sun in Aries was conjunct with Saturn. 437 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,240 Did anybody go through some days like towards the end of last 438 00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:57,840 week where you were just like fuck all of this, I'm over it, 439 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:01,800 I'm done, I'm just going to bury myself in the earth now. 440 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,880 Extreme fatigue, irritation I see. 441 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:12,280 Laid in bed all week, yes, done. Totally. 442 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,720 So much agitation. Venus was also conjunct with 443 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:23,080 Chiron and Iris last week. So Venus in its afflicted state 444 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,960 in Aries just trying to be the planet of love out there in the 445 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:32,120 sign of fucking war with Chiron the wounded healer and Iris, 446 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:37,960 goddess of strife and discord. Did anybody have a a week last 447 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:41,560 week where you were like wow? I have a case of the 448 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:50,240 relationships. Hell is other people can't live 449 00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:51,720 with them, can't live without them. 450 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,920 I guess I'll just go bury myself and end the whole thing. 451 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,120 OK, I'm seeing some agreement in the chat. 452 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:08,840 Are they even my friends? OK, so we're coming out of that 453 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:13,320 week and now we're in this week where there's going to be this 454 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,640 Libra Full Moon and we're in Aries season. 455 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,640 Luckily Venus is going into Taurus and it's bringing in a 456 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:24,520 little bit more chill, so we have that support at least. 457 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:29,760 But Venus is also moving towards a square with Pluto on Friday, 458 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:35,640 and the Sun in Aries will be squaring Jupiter in Cancer on 459 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,920 Sunday. And both of those aspects feed 460 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:42,320 into this full Moon week with considerable amounts of 461 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:47,040 relational tension. And relational tension with one 462 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:51,000 person is always bigger than that one person, right? 463 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:55,080 Like you maybe have a moment where you're like, it's that 464 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,040 person, they're definitely my enemy. 465 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,880 But then when you tune in with the actual feeling about it, 466 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:01,960 you're like, oh, this is bigger than that. 467 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,760 Or the grief of, you know, the loss of one relationship carries 468 00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:10,040 the grief of the losses of every single relationship you've ever 469 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:13,760 lost or felt hurt by, as well as all the losses of your ancestors 470 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:16,160 relationships. It's like, wow, there's just a 471 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:20,880 lot here when we're working it out in our relational field and 472 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:27,960 dynamics And Pluto is in Aquarius and Pluto is recently 473 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:31,720 in Aquarius just over the last few years and it's a 20 year 474 00:41:31,720 --> 00:41:35,240 transit that's there. And so wherever Aquarius is in 475 00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:39,080 your chart, this is another air sign or relational sign and 476 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:45,920 energy that is a site of huge transformation for you as well 477 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,960 As for the collective that you're a part of. 478 00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:52,520 So think about where is Aquarius in your chart and what is 479 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:57,840 happening for you in larger kind of multidimensional societal and 480 00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:01,120 collective ways? How are your relationships 481 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,320 shifting in big picture kinds of ways? 482 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:07,960 This is Pluto and Aquarius. And Society, of course, is 483 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:11,360 always transforming and changing and massively right now with the 484 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:15,160 presence of Pluto and Aquarius. And so there may be things that 485 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,120 are happening in the world, right? 486 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,560 Lots of things happening in the world right now that are really 487 00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:23,880 shifting your orientation to how you want to be in the world and 488 00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,560 how you want to be a relational being in the world. 489 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,000 And that means in your one-on-one personal 490 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,320 relationships, but also in the ways that you move through the 491 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,360 world and the ways that you use your money and your body and 492 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,520 your time and your resources. And this is Venus and Taurus. 493 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:43,000 So last week with all of that energy, all of that, you know, 494 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:47,080 kind of intensity, right there was like one of the biggest mass 495 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:51,160 protests in history. And we're not quite at the place 496 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:55,320 of 3.5%, which is what some people say it takes to really 497 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:58,880 create massive change. But we're getting closer and 498 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,760 closer. And not everybody, of course, is 499 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:03,600 able to get out into the streets. 500 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:10,000 There is so much that's shifting right now, in these times of 501 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:15,160 absolute tragedy and devastation and senseless, egotistical, 502 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:19,680 narcissistic war. There's so much that's changing 503 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:24,640 as we're living through a time of religious extremism and 504 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:29,960 fundamentalism, realizing its own prophecies of Judgement Day 505 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:35,440 and Armageddon, right? There's so much that's shifting 506 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:40,240 inside of consciousness of the people that is actually, in my 507 00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:42,240 opinion, really deeply empowering. 508 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,800 And the feeling that I have, which one of my beloved's 509 00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:49,000 reminded me of, they were telling me about their teacher. 510 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,160 They just come back from retreat and they were sharing the 511 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:55,880 sentiment of their teacher who is saying that the freer they 512 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,880 get inside their body. And this is a teacher who is a 513 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:06,280 trans person and a black person, and also a person who has lived 514 00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:09,640 on a path that has always been outside of the status quo. 515 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,840 And this person is saying it, the freer that they get inside 516 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:16,760 of their body and inside of their lived experience, their 517 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:21,000 own embodiment, the less afraid they are, the less afraid of 518 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:26,080 violence, of imprisonment, of conflict. 519 00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:31,760 And my friend told me this and I was feeling the resonance inside 520 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,240 of myself because I also have that own experience. 521 00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:37,560 And then I was thinking about Audrey Lawrence quote, probably 522 00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:41,160 some of you know this quote. When I dare to be powerful, to 523 00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:44,680 use my strength and service of my vision, then it becomes less 524 00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:46,680 and less important whether I'm afraid. 525 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:52,520 And so this feeling of really taking up our own space, being 526 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:58,720 who we are boldly, courageously. And that word courage, right, 527 00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:03,680 it's full of heart. That is so liberating, that's so 528 00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:06,960 freeing. And inside of that, we might 529 00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:10,800 come to the recognition for ourselves that freedom is a 530 00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:15,320 choice that we get to make. That inside of these existences 531 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:20,200 that are so profoundly encumbered by the material 532 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:24,600 aspects of life on Earth in states of extreme oppression, 533 00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:33,040 that actually we're always free. Inside of these existences where 534 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,840 freedom is threatened constantly on so many levels. 535 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:42,160 The choice for me to love myself right now as I am here and now, 536 00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:44,000 is my choice. And nobody can take that away 537 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,720 from me. And this is part of what 538 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:52,200 internal space gives to that sense of self. 539 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:59,400 So Libra, the breath, the inhaling, the feeling, the both 540 00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,280 end of things. OK, this moment is really 541 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,360 intense. This thing really hurts. 542 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:06,000 I feel super activated right now. 543 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,200 I really want that. I really don't want that. 544 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:12,400 This is the I Amness, the impulse and activation of Aries 545 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:17,320 energy inside of extreme I Amness. 546 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,520 There's actually not a lot of freedom, right? 547 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:24,560 That I am can get very easily diluted and attached to its own 548 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:30,520 existence and existence and survival is often really 549 00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:34,440 pleasure oriented, fight flight oriented. 550 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:40,320 If we're really in deep states of fight flight, attachment to 551 00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:42,600 pleasure, aversion from pain, that's not freedom. 552 00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:50,360 So that balance point, Libra and the big breath, I'm going to die 553 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,840 someday. This moment's going to pass. 554 00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:57,320 There's something else that's happening here that's bigger 555 00:46:57,320 --> 00:47:00,360 than I can see. Maybe there's another 556 00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:08,200 perspective I can hold that gives us choice, and choice is 557 00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,880 freedom. So the other thing that's 558 00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:15,120 happening this week is that Mercury is trying with Jupiter 559 00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:20,040 on Friday on Venus's day and over the last while in somatic 560 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:23,040 space we've been talking about this trying because this has 561 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:26,000 happened three times because Mercury was retrograde. 562 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:29,840 So this started in February. So I've been talking about this 563 00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:32,680 since February and some of you probably have been working with 564 00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:34,920 it. So the first time Mercury was 565 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:38,520 trying Jupiter was on February 16th and that was was when 566 00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,800 Mercury was direct in its pre retrograde shadow. 567 00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:46,840 The second time was on March 8th and that was when Mercury was 568 00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:50,640 retrograde and that was the day after Mercury made its inferior 569 00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:56,080 conjunction with the Sun, a big kind of moment of consciousness 570 00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:58,840 shift potentially. And then the third time is this 571 00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:02,760 Friday and Mercury is now direct in its post retrograde shadow. 572 00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:09,520 Now I was really taken with this three time situation because you 573 00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:11,920 know that I love to work with the Sabian symbols. 574 00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:18,000 And I was also really taken with this particular situation 575 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:23,480 because Jupiter is at 15° of Cancer and it has been there the 576 00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,360 entire time. So all of these aspects, these 577 00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:33,040 trines from Mercury have been from 15 Pisces to 15 Cancer. 578 00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:38,800 And there is a chart called the Sema Mundi, the birth chart of 579 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:43,840 the entire world, that is a mythic chart that is said to be 580 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,840 passed down from Hermes Trismegistus, from the Great 581 00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:50,800 sage who delivers the celestial languages to human beings. 582 00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:56,040 And in this chart 15° of Cancer is rising and the moon is there. 583 00:48:57,120 --> 00:49:00,880 And Jupiter, symbol of the great teachers in the great teachings 584 00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:04,320 in the Great Benific is situated there at 15 Cancer this whole 585 00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:11,000 time and 15° of Pisces where Mercury has made these three 586 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:16,080 trines and also where Venus and Mars will make trines and the 587 00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:21,800 Sun or have made trines to Jupiter as well, 15° Pisces. 588 00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:25,200 And the Sabian symbols is a place that really talks about 589 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:29,720 the flow of inspiration. When we tune into stillness and 590 00:49:29,720 --> 00:49:41,840 quietude, when we TuneIn in alignment with faith that we are 591 00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:45,720 part of something bigger and we open ourselves to listening, is 592 00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:50,360 when we are blessed with the guidance, with direction, with 593 00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:53,640 the muse. And this is 15° of cancer, the 594 00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:58,600 Sabian symbol of someone sitting very quietly, receiving a 595 00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:04,960 divination, receiving inspiration, 15° of cancer, the 596 00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,480 birth chart of the world or the birth place of the world in the 597 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:14,080 Sabian symbols is represented by a mandala and talks about the 598 00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:20,480 profound self understanding when we embrace the practices that 599 00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:25,720 are required to understand and acknowledge and willingly find 600 00:50:25,720 --> 00:50:28,360 connection between all parts of our natures. 601 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:36,200 And a mandala is often a constellation of hard angles, of 602 00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:40,720 squares and oppositions that then also become soft aspects. 603 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:46,800 And this practice of working with symbolism is a practice of 604 00:50:46,920 --> 00:50:51,720 integrating difference in separation and a meditation on 605 00:50:51,720 --> 00:50:56,440 unity. So really powerful symbols to be 606 00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:59,920 working with this week as we head into this week in this time 607 00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:05,000 of war and this time of great transformation and awakening and 608 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:10,360 longing for new worlds. And new worlds are being born 609 00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:13,240 all the time, and they're often being born inside of 610 00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:16,000 destruction. That's how the Earth was 611 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:20,760 created, massive chaos and destruction, things pounding 612 00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:25,320 into one another that then release life force. 613 00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:34,000 So here we are at a moment on earth when life is lifing and 614 00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:36,960 there's so much that's happening and a lot of it doesn't make 615 00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:40,640 sense. And each of us are inside of our 616 00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:45,360 own unique I Amness. And the Sabian symbol for the 617 00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:50,760 full moon, 12° of Libra is children blowing bubbles. 618 00:51:54,240 --> 00:52:00,960 And the Sabian symbol talks about the way that blowing 619 00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:04,800 bubbles brings peacefulness to the mind. 620 00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:09,520 It's a state of playful meditation. 621 00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:13,480 So let's let's do that right now. 622 00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:18,320 Let's just imagine we've got our bubble wands and we've filled it 623 00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:22,400 with, you know, cosmic soap, and we're going to take a deep 624 00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:33,570 breath in and then blow bubbles and do that two more times. 625 00:52:45,020 --> 00:52:48,820 And last time, I want you to watch the imaginary bubbles 626 00:52:48,820 --> 00:53:03,240 you're blowing. Oh, that has blubbles. 627 00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:10,560 I love it. OK, did anybody feel the residue 628 00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,200 of taking deep breaths in and then blowing out through your 629 00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:15,880 lips? Did you notice that that did 630 00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:20,360 something to your brain? Maybe just like a little bit of 631 00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:23,280 a regulation, just a little bit of softness there. 632 00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:33,280 If you imagine, like watching the bubbles, they're so pretty, 633 00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:37,480 They're so fragile. They popped, right? 634 00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:42,600 This kind of like awareness, right? 635 00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:45,440 Suspended, just this one moment, really subtle. 636 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:50,640 Oh, it's gone. So I want to invite us to feel 637 00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:56,280 into this week as a time to practice blowing bubbles, right? 638 00:53:56,280 --> 00:54:00,000 And we might show up to the relationships that we're in, to 639 00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,640 the struggles that we're in, to the efforts that we're making 640 00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:06,040 and approach them like blowing bubbles. 641 00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:09,040 Like I'm going to fill up the wholeness of my being, my 642 00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:14,040 amness, I amness, and I'm going to blow it out. 643 00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:18,640 And in this moment of potentiality, it's real. 644 00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:23,840 And in another moment, it's going to change a playful 645 00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:26,280 contemplations, playful meditations. 646 00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:30,120 So thank you so much for being here today. 647 00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:33,000 I hope that this practice feels supportive for your full moon 648 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:34,960 week. There's definitely a potential 649 00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:39,000 that this week will bring up some tension with this full moon 650 00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:42,760 and everything around it. So if anything that we did today 651 00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,360 felt like it was balancing or regulating or strengthening for 652 00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:50,600 you, please keep practicing it and maybe share it with somebody 653 00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:54,960 else and blow some bubbles this week. 654 00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:58,200 And think about blowing bubbles, especially in moments where you 655 00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:02,680 feel like a strong, like I am kind of activation. 656 00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:06,080 If you're really in that place, you know, be playful about it 657 00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:09,440 and blow it into some bubbles and let the temporality and 658 00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:13,000 ephemerality of things hold space for you and for your 659 00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:18,080 choices. I just wanted to share that this 660 00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:24,840 past week I was visiting a friend who has a young baby and 661 00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:28,800 as a way of connecting with them, the baby's name is Zen 662 00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:31,560 which I feel like is pretty significant. 663 00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:36,800 And I became the bubble lady because they had bubbles and 664 00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:40,720 like my friend didn't like like she had the bubbles, but you 665 00:55:40,720 --> 00:55:43,640 know, young baby, if she starts doing it and the baby asks for 666 00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:45,640 it all the time. So I became the designated 667 00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:50,800 auntie who will blow bubbles. And it was so meaningful to have 668 00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:54,840 this image show up because part of the most like beautiful 669 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:58,080 experience of being the bubble lady was seeing Zen like this 670 00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:03,600 tiny little 1 1/2 year old literally being so delighted and 671 00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:06,720 full of joy. Like I just have this image of 672 00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:11,400 him looking up with the most, you know, curious, precious eyes 673 00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:14,880 and just like trying to grasp the bubbles as I'm blowing them. 674 00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:18,720 And I just wanted to share that image because it was such a 675 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:21,840 experience of like innocence and wonder. 676 00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:25,880 And especially thinking about it in the context of like the I am 677 00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:30,120 and how you're like reminding us to grasp again for that 678 00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:31,840 playfulness. It just makes me think of like 679 00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:36,840 young life, which is very Aries and like how, yeah, that 680 00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:39,000 rigidity sometimes comes like with age. 681 00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:45,840 But if we can return to that playful, curious self, Yeah. 682 00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:48,720 I don't really have anything else to say but just wanted to 683 00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:51,920 share that. Thank you so much for sharing 684 00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,760 that. I just, I, I love that image and 685 00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:59,640 I feel like you in that story channeled the symbolism of the 686 00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:04,440 full moon and, and the importance of your role. 687 00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:06,600 First of all, just thank you, bless you. 688 00:57:07,240 --> 00:57:13,520 It's like such an important role, you know, to be stewards 689 00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:18,000 of wonder for each other, right? And like that gift that you gave 690 00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:21,000 each other, that you and Zen gave each other, right? 691 00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:26,800 That Zen's fascination and awe and delight and like playfulness 692 00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:32,800 then draws you into the presence of creation, to me feels like, 693 00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:36,880 oh, that's actually like if I feel into the highest vibration 694 00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:39,280 of this full moon, like what I would pray for. 695 00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:45,960 Thank you and I hope that is for me, for you, for everybody.