June 2022
We are shifting, can you feel it?
Into the mutable Gemini means we are almost in Winter (Summer in the North).
Athena is our focus this month, though often in the astrology the Roman names are used it is not so in this case.
The Romans identified her with Minerva but in astrology we are looking at the asteroid Pallas Athene.
Athena
Athena is Zeus’ daughter by another of his unwilling conquests.
When a prophesy foresaw the resultant pregnancy would bare twins one of whom would be a son who would overthrow his father Zeus was afraid to follow in the footsteps of his father Chronos whom he overthrew.
As Chronos had done to his own father Ouronus.
As a result, he turned Athena's mother into a drop of water and drank her. Sometime later Zeus began to experience debilitating headaches.
Eventually the god Hephaestus cleaved a fissure in Zeus’ head and out came a fully grown Athena, clothed and carrying her amor and weapons.
Athena was a goddess of wisdom, defensive wars and weaving.
She became Zeus’ favourite child and likely successor and had many a run in with her half brother Ares/Mars the god of war, who was Zeus’ least favored child.
Ares ruled the bloodthirsty, brutal, and violent aspects of war. Athena fought only as a last resort.
She used her wisdom and her wit and always had winning strategies to outsmart Ares.
Known to be a virgin goddess, her energy was directed into her mind, strategies etc. She suppresses in many ways the traditional feminine aspects of herself.
Now there are many powerful myths around Athena so I will whizz through a few of the more famous ones.
Like her ongoing issues with her uncle Poseidon.
Athens was named after Athena when she won a challenge against Poseidon.
His gift of a saltwater spring on an island surrounded by sea did not match her gift of an olive tree.
It provided food and oil to cook with and burn on an arid island.
(Side bar, it was this battle that ultimately led to the women of Greece losing the vote, to appease the god of the sea).
Medusa is another unfortunate casualty of the war between Poseidon and Athena.
You can read more about it in my post on Poseidon/Neptune.
Another myth that needs mentioning is the story of Arachne a young girl with amazing weaving talents, who was so confident and proud she declared herself better than Athena the goddess of weaving.
When Athena got wind of this arrogance, she disguised herself as an old woman and went to see Arachne’s work for herself.
Long story short Arachne continued to proclaim herself better than Athena, even after Athena revealed herself and this ended in a competition which Arachne won.
Athena enraged turns her into a spider, where she and her children continue to weave to this day.
The myth of Medusa and the one with Arachne show the more challenging aspects of Athena and this is very much to do with her strong masculine energy, and we may say her denial of the feminine.
Harnessing Pallas Athene…
Her Glyph is similar to Venus except where Venus has a circle Pallas has a diamond, with edges and points because she is connected to the ‘masculine’ feminine or merging the two into the female body.
She was not even born of woman.
And she was a virgin goddess so never gave rise to her sexuality or sensuality opting to be like a wo_MAN in a man’s world.
She excelled in this but could not even support poor Medusa after her traumatic rape, instead punishing her.
Looking at where Pallas is in your own chart will help you to see the parts of yourself you are reluctant to embody, refuse to allow yourself pleasure and choosing to operate more from your head.
She is a great strategist and has a strong mind and intelligence, so this also becomes a point in your life where you can lean into her skills and wisdom.
Where she shows up in your chart talks to your leadership ability.
Look for sign (how) and house placement (where) to see how Pallas Athene influences you.
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Astrology Buzz
Mercury Direct June 3rd At 26 degrees Taurus and then begins his third pass over the degrees 26 Taurus to 4 Gemini, ending 18th June.
How is your clarity around your communication style, and your narrative? Have you changed the way you see yourself, do you want to?
Gemini May 22nd to Jun 21st Just as the sun gets ready to leave Gemini, Mercury leaves his shadow and begins to move forward to new ideas and solutions.
Gemini jumps for joy, ready to play when the sun shifts to Cancer and free Gemini child may get smothered.
Cancer Jun 22nd to Jul 22nd this mothering archetype can be a smother mother, who feeds the feelings and crushes you to her ample bosom.
Or if you are disconnected from the nurturing part of your nature, it can show up as neglectful if it shows up at all. You may find the crab hiding under a rock to avoid the feelings.
Which extreme do you see most in yourself?
Or are you good at self-nurturing with an understanding of your natural cycles?
New Moon:
May New Moon was on the 30th in the sign of Gemini.
As it has just been here is my Instagram forecast in case you want to work with this energy.
Cancer New moon will be on June 29th and I will do a video forecast closer to the time on my Instagram.
Feeling unable to release because you have spent so long suppressing and repressing? Get in touch for some personal support and practical tools.
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Full Moon
June full moon is in Sagittarius on the 14th opposing the Sun in Gemini.
Eclipse season has passed though we may still be dealing with the aftershocks.
Sun and Moon clearly are!
Can you believe they are onto their third therapist in as many months?
Pluto pushed for transformation, Saturn demanded hard work what can we expect from this months therapist, Neptune?
Drugs (numbing is kinda his thing), or maybe Neptune will suggest they holiday under the sea with King Triton, riding on seahorses and eating oysters, all of which will have the most beautiful pearls…
Do you think these wild stories may have Sun and Moon thinking their therapist needs a therapist?
Seems to me Saturn’s straight talking bossy ways are looking better to our luminous couple right about now.
Physically for Sag and Gemini, hips, bums, thighs, shoulders, arms, hands, liver and nervous system are activated.
Questions are tailored to the exact planetary alignment over this Full Moon.
Most especially the challenging conversation between Sun and Moon with Neptune.
They will be most potent if started over the 3 days of Full moon 13th, 14th and 15th, there is never a wrong time to reflect however, all is in divine timing.
Questions you may ask yourself in Gemini/Sagittarius axis, will be sent out later this month, closer to the Full Moon
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Crystal picks for June
Pallas Athene theme
Clear Quartz is what better crystal for getting laser lucid clarity that this master crystal?
It is so like Athena, clear, strong (hard on the MOHS hardness scale).
It is literally used in lasers, computers, watches all very masculine focused, linear type technology.
As wise strategist Athena prefers only to go to battle as last resort and to plan for minimal casualties of war.
With Clear Quarts we get this birds eye view type big picture combined with laser clarity which is a powerful combination.
Lapis Lazuli is softer in terms of the MOHS scale, which is why we often see it carved into beautiful shapes.
However, don’t let that fool you in terms of its action.
Lapis, like Athena does not suffer fools gladly.
It is a crystal that opens and focuses your Third Eye (intuitive chakra) to see beyond the 5 senses.
While there are many crystals that do this, I have found Lapis to be a hard task master, no soft edges.
It may be that the little flecks of gold in this stone are iron pyrite, known to be a strongly masculine stone.
It was a favourite of Cleopatra however (often crushed for her eye makeup) and she epitomizes many of Athena’s traits, while also having a clear handle on her powerful feminine energy.
So if we learn to use the iron and the softness to balance the masculine and feminine within we truly get the best from this stone and from life.
Disclaimer: crystals should not be used as cures but rather as support.
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Aromas of the month
Rosemary and Tea Tree are my Athena oils.
Rosemary is the perfect oil for memory, clarity, focus and reminding us to breathe.
Imagine going into battle and trying to remember all the strategies and pieces on the chess board.
This could be a board meeting or a sporting tournament, a family gathering or a family holiday.
Not to mention it is delicious in cooking.
I also feel like Rosemary is a feminine oil with a more dominant masculine side, much like Athena.
I can just see her standing long green platted hair and lilac eyes, a beauty dressed in her battle amour, not a man under her command doubting her for a second.
Tea Tree clinical, astringent, sharp, disinfectant…clearly this oil should be on every battlefield.
Both literal and metaphorical.
It may burn and make your eyes water, but this pain will speed up your gain when it comes to wound healing of any kind.
It works on all levels as an anti --> antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal.
I just love how it covers all bases like a strict nurse you hate to love, she is abrupt and sometimes rough, but the gentle sweet nurses do not get you out of the hospital nearly as quickly as Nurse Tea Tree.
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Uses and Blend suggestions:
Lucious Locks – in a 100ml spray bottle 30ml witch-hazel 50 drops Rosemary, 10 drops Tea Tree, 10 drops Cedarwood, 30 drops Wild Orange.
To boost your hair, ward off any unwanted hair visitors while making it shine, conditioning your scalp and general happy hair (even if you have to wear a battle helmet.
Wound wonder – neat Tea Tree or diluted depending on the wound, here are a few examples.
Neat spot on a pimple, graze, scrapes and scratches or one of my favorites is dropped into the side of your nail for a quick or whitlow.
Dilute in some cooled boiled water and use a cotton ball to bath bigger wounds and sepsis.
Soak feet in water with Tea Tree for foot fungus issues, athletes foot etc.
Let me know if you like these blends, recipes, and suggestions.
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It takes 22 seconds for the molecules to reach the brain.
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By 20 minutes they will affect every cell in the body
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