Supermoon in Taurus/Scorpio closes - Carol Ann Ciocco

Pivotal Eclipse Portal

October 21. 2015 / A portal is closing now. From AUGUST 29, 2015 - OCTOBER 27, 2015 we have been walking through a Triple Play of Supermoons, which enclosed one of the most powerful Eclipse portals in recent memory. 

Two of the Supermoons (Aug 29 and Oct 27) bookend a very special Supermoon -- the Tetrad Total Lunar Eclipse 'Bloodmoon' of September 27, 2015, the peak of the portal. 

It was a biggie.

The portal closes in about a week, on October 27 with the Full Moon Supermoon in the signs of Taurus (Moon) / Scorpio (Sun)

What a ride it has been!

Before we look at the upcoming Supermoon, why don't we talk about the Pink Elephant in the room in the wake of the Supermoon/ECLIPSE Portal closing out now. That is:

RELATIONSHIPS!

Think about this for a moment: we have been dealing with relationship issues pretty much non-stop since late July. (Venus Retrograde kicked it off on July 25.) The cracks in our relationships showed themselves in glaring ways since then, and many fissures and realization-flashes peaked at the eclipse on September 27th.

And since Mercury was Retrograde during much of this time, we have had plenty of time to review exactly how we feel about our interactions with others, how we have handled things and how want to show up differently in the future.

So here we are now in the wake of all of this. Maybe you can relate to the following?

Do you feel like you know how you want to show up in relationships based on what you learned during the portal, but have no idea how to do that yet?

Are you still confused about what changes you want to make?

Or perhaps you literally don't have the energy to show up in the new ways yet?

That's because you are not yourself.

As my teacher Stephanie Azaria has said in regard to the shift that occurred in late September: we have been delivered to a new place. To a new dimension, really.

So if you are a bit exhausted by having to deal with (seemingly non-stop:) relationship 'stuff' lately and aren't sure how to get 'there' from 'here' - consider this:

You have become a whole new person. This has been a process which began in 2012. Along the way you felt the changes at moments in time, but then in March of this year, suddenly the ground moved underneath your feet in a way that seemed significant. But you couldn't quite put your finger on it.

Then at the end of September, you were firmly 'moved' or delivered, as Stephanie says -- and now you show up HERE and not THERE. You're scratching your head. It seems like you should be DOING something, but ... what?

In the Aftermath of the Eclipse / Mercury Rx - Carol Ann Ciocco

October 3, 2015 -

Hi Everyone, how are you? What a week we've had. It's been very erratic, with lots of chaos and has also provided a massive opportunity to step up to a new level of consciousness. 

I just wanted to drop in and quickly share some thoughts with you as we now integrate that Super Harvest Tetrad Total Lunar Eclipse that happened last weekend, Sept 27/28.

First of all, we had a total of 8 solar flares over the course of the past week surrounding the eclipse. Four of them were major and one of them in particular was so powerful it would have wreaked much havoc with our power grids IF it had been directed toward Earth. The combination of powerful solar flares, the eclipse energies, the full moon energies, and mercury retrograde -- all in one week -- created quite a whirlwind of energy.

The old world is disintegrating. It has been for a while of course, but with each passing step up the ladder of spiritual evolution, it begins to crumble even further, faster. I am talking about the world WITHIN you, and also the worlds you are building or participating in building in your immediate life.

Relationships, your job, your money, your career, your spiritual connection, your friendships, your creative expression... fill in the blank

Today's Supermoon in Pisces opens Eclipse Portal

by Carol Ann Ciocco

August 29. 2015 / A portal opens now. From AUGUST 29, 2015 - OCTOBER 27, 2015

we will experience a Triple Play of Supermoons, including a very important Total Lunar Eclipse on September 27, 2015, the peak of the portal.

The portal begins today with the Full Moon coming up in about an hour (at 2:36pm EDT). This Full Moon is a Supermoon, which is simply a way of saying that it is closer to the Earth than other Full Moons. 

Since the Moon rules the tides, a closer moon causes more intense rising of the tidal waters. 

Since water is associated with emotions, our emotions run higher as well. 

This Full Moon is in the sign of Pisces (with the Sun in Virgo).

Pisces is water-water-everywhere. It is always an oceanic experience. Lost at sea, either in bliss or in madness. Overwhelmed by helpless emotion, or quenched with the sweetest inner peace.

And so we have a tsunami of emotional energy here.

Supermoon in Pisces brings us a golden opportunity to wash ourselves clean of all doubt, regret, fear and resentment. 

It may feel like you are drowning. You may not know exactly what is going on - and you don't need to. Spirit knows what it is doing, even if it's not clear to us.

The Sun in Virgo reveals the solution to the nebulous and confusing energy that the Supermoon in Pisces brings:

Put your feet on the Earth, touch base with dry land

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Do your chores. Take comfort in routine, in ritual, in solitude, and in simplicity.

And keep in mind that the Moon is simply a transmitter of the Solar energy to Earth, 

So allow the golden solar energy to Illuminate all.

If you are underwater, turn on your headlamp and swim toward the Sun. 

Let the Light of Your Soul be your Guide.

 

11-22-63 - Cultural PTSD & the Uranus-Pluto Square - Carol Ann Ciocco

Healing & Resolution

November 22, 2013 // On this day, November 22, 2013, we mark the 50th Anniversary of the murder of our (United States) President John F. Kennedy.   This week we also marked the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, and subsequently the murder of our President Abraham Lincoln. In addition, on November 11 - Veteran's Day - our minds turn to the murder of millions of human beings as a result of war. For those in the United States these wars include: the Civil War, WWI, WW2, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, the attack of the World Trade Center in New York City on 9-11-2001, and the war on civil rights and basic human liberties for which people die - as well as countless other violent acts of human against human. Cultural PTSD At the time of milestones of any traumatic event, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) rears up into full view. I.e. all of these events are cultural trauma that we are currently unconscious to; as war and murder continue unabated, we are acting from the wound, lashing out in fear and pain, not really knowing why. The United States is a 'baby' nation, still in its childhood. As such these events and others like them are similar to traumatic events in our cultural childhood - repressed and the source of much suffering, often leading to repetition of the trauma. Compared to other nations, such as those in Europe, or most strikingly, India and China (which have been in existence for 5,000), we are about twenty years old. We are babies! When an individual reaches the age of 20, this is the beginning of moving away from childhood. Often if there is repressed trauma; it will emerge in body memories or flashbacks as the energies seek to be released and healed. The pain must be retrieved from the subconscious and brought into the light of conscious awareness. From there, healing is possible. As a nation we are struggling to bring our traumas to consciousness. Our nation was born from violent revolution and blood, as well as the murder of many thousands of indigenous peoples. And it seems our milestones revolve around our shared traumatic events as we are still immersed in the PTSD effects. "Where were you when JFK was shot?" "Where were you when the Towers came down on 9-11?" Since Vietnam in particular, we have developed in our understanding of how to heal PTSD and its root causes in individuals. If we begin to apply that to our nation - our collective psyche - the collective wound would begin to heal.

Eclips Portal Closes - Comet Ison - Carol Ann Ciocco

Eclipse Portal Closes

November 16, 2013 // Hi Everyone, How are you doing? What a month we've had! As November comes to a close, we will be wrapping up the eclipse portal that began with the Full Moon on October 18. This cycle peaked with a Hybrid Solar Eclipse in Scorpio on November 3, a powerful event made even more so by the 4th (of 7) Uranus-Pluto squares only two days before. I describe this eclipse, the Uranus-Pluto square, and their themes in my recent newsletter which you can read here: http://ow.ly/qSua7 These themes continue to resonate and may be related to the comet discussed below.

The eclipse portal will 'technically' close with the Full Moon in Taurus (Sun in Scorpio) which occurs tomorrow, Sunday November 17. The eclipse portal is still energetically present, however, until November 28 when Mercury Retrograde will be completely finished. I.e. there is a 'shadow' Mercury Retrograde effect, concerning when Mercury gets back to the exact degree it was at when the Retrograde began. This is when Mercury is officially back up to speed after slowing down for three weeks. 

 The shadow ends on November 28, and so does the eclipse portal. We have changed so much in the past month/6 weeks! Keep in mind that November 28 is Thanksgiving in the U.S. It is time to immerse ourselves in GRATITUDE! for all that we have received and will receive- from earth, from the celestial realms, and from each other.  

The eclipse portal closes with a bang and a sizzle! Along with the gorgeous Full Moon in the sensual sign of Taurus on Nov 17, we are having a close encounter with the Comet ISON, on its 10,000 year journey from the Oort Cloud in our Solar System (see below for more info on this). ISON will make its closest approach to the Sun (its destination) around November 28. Note the synchronicity of the dates of the eclipse portal ending and ISON's approach to the sun. This reveals how closely related ISON is to the Hybrid Eclipse of November 3 (and the Uranus-Pluto Square). 

Additionally in regard to timing: the Earth will pass through the 'comet dust' of ISON on January 12-14, 2014, which is when the full message INTEGRATES into the earth realm. (See below for more information)        

ISON has been heading our way for some time now, but it suddenly burst forth a few nights ago, on the evening of November 14. On that night many people were surprised by something in the sky - which some thought looked like a UFO. I'm pretty sure it was the Comet ISON which just 'turned on its light' after being faint for the past year. It's nucleus may be fragmenting, which means it will burn bright and then 'turn off' again.

ISON is green and white and appears to be changing color which is why some people thought it was a spaceship. Keep in mind that ISON - like all comets - actually IS an extraterrestrial visitor! Just not what we perceive as the Star Trek variety (not yet:) And so ISON brings us a message from deep space. What is it saying?

To explore this question, scroll down for some information on ISON's sudden outburst, and for some thoughts on its symbology and the information flowing from it.

Blessings Carol

Saturn into Scorpio: Prepare the Way - Carol Ann Ciocco

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause-there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.

- William Shakespeare, 'Hamlet'

As we speak, Saturn is preparing the way for the closing portal of 2012 as this magnificent ringed planet moves out of the sign of Libra and into the sign of Scorpio today, October 5, 2012 at 4:33pm EDT.

We have just emerged from a very powerful Equinox experience (as discussed in my previous newsletter which can be found here: http://conta.cc/R1lYfM) characterized by the Uranus-Pluto square and culminating in a very intense Full Moon that brought us plenty of awareness, illumination and information. Pay attention to what happened in your life, what you were thinking about, the cast of characters, and especially how you felt, under the Full Harvest Moon of September 28, 29 and 30. If you don't remember, go back and review that time during your prayer and meditation. Review the entire 11-day period from September 18 - 29. Here you will find clues concerning what needs to be jettisoned from your life in order for you to move forward, as well as seeds for the new cycle. Your willingness to surrender to the natural process of change paves and prepares the way. 

Saturn will remain in the sign of Scorpio (minus some retrograde time) for about 2 years, until December 23, 2014. Saturn returns to any given zodiac sign approximately every 28-29 years. The last time Saturn was in Scorpio was between November 29, 1982 and November 16, 1985. In particular think back to 1982-3 and realize that similar themes will emerge for you as did at that time. This will inform your review. What did you let go of at that time? Do you need to let go of something similar now, at a higher octave? Or are you on a totally new arc on a totally new spiral? Did you resist the changes wanting to be born? What were your goals and how have they evolved? In general, how was your experience of this shift back then?