Hello, how is 2022 treating you so far?
It was off to a big start for most of us I am sure
In the hope of getting on track for a good 2022.
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And happy Chinese New Year, it is now the year of the Water Tiger.
Courage and strength, with sensitivity and compassion and a focus on intrapersonal relationships.
Ouronus
Ouronus or Uranus the primordial Sky God, or more the personification of the sky itself.
It is through the union of Gaia (Earth) and Ouronus (sky) that many important deities come to be.
Ouronus is the father of Titans.
But not just Titans, also the Cyclopes and the Hecatonchires who he considered to be monsters.
Ouronus was ashamed of these creatures and did not want them to tarnish the beautiful (nymphs and nature spirits) or noble and powerful (Titans) offspring with their ugly monstrous natures.
So, he trapped them inside the earth.
Gaia felt the pains of having her children thrust back inside of her, their anger and storming in her belly created much pain.
She felt them physically but also emotionally.
She was furious that all her children were not
being loved equally by their father and so she set about a plan to free them and divorce herself from Ouronus.
She approached her Titan offspring, but none would help, except the youngest, Cronus (Saturn).
Remember him from last month?
Gaia fashioned a stone sickle for her son and hero Cronus to overthrow his father and free her banished children.
He did this by waiting for the sky god to envelope Gaia in a sexual embrace, at which point Cronus sprung his trap and castrated his father.
His severed genitals were flung into the ocean.
The drops of blood gave rise to the Furies, the Giants and the Meliai (nymphs).
But the genitals floated on the sea producing the foam from which Aphrodite sprang forth.
As mentioned last month Cronus betrayed his father, and then his mother by not freeing the Cyclopes and the Hecatonchires.
Later, Zeus was the liberator of the imprisoned monsters, and they gave him the power of the storm.
By castrating Ouronus the severing of Earth and Sky, began the passage of time as we know it.
The sky now moved rather than before when earth and sky were united, and sky was locked in place.
Archetypally we see Sky Father as our mind, intellect and thought process.
We see Earth Mother as our bodies, that which is material or able to manifest.
We may look at this divorce of the archetypal parents as the point at which our mind divorced our body.
We lost the mind body connection that we are seeking to re_member (severed members are not uncommon in mythology, what parts of ourselves do these castrations reflect)?
We are re_membering how to live within a balanced Sacred Masculine and Divine Feminine.
His symbols are the sky, the stary heavens and the zodiac.
Harnessing Uranus…
Uranus in astrology is considered a modern planet having only been
discovered with the invention of the telescope.
Uranus was discovered on the 13 March 1781.
The first of the three outer planets, along with Neptune and Pluto.
Read more on Pluto in my November newsletter.
Although Saturn is the traditional ruler the sign Aquarius, Uranus became the modern ruler.
Aquarius is said to be the visionary and revolutionary, almost other worldly sign that rules astrology.
Much of that linked to the Uranian rulership.
He also loves to be in Scorpio, whom he was initially given rulership to, before Pluto’s discovery.
He is less comfortable in Leo and Taurus.
Taurus happens to be where Uranus is currently transiting.
It takes Uranus about 84 years to do a full 360-degree journey around the chart.
Which means he spends over 7 years in a sign.
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are known as generational planets, because they are so slow moving that there will be a generation of people who share the same Uranus sign.
This makes it less about your personality and more about the collective experience.
Because Uranus is like lightening, he is quick thinking and quick to change.
Leading to sudden and sometimes shocking paradigm shifts.
We may see Uranian energy as the higher expression of Mercury.
Accidents and surprises, both good and bad abound when Uranus is impacting your chart.
Uranus influences the brain and nervous system most of all in our bodies, due to its connection to electricity and electrical impulses.
Where Uranus is in your natal chart gives good insight into how you and your generation will revolutionize and update the world.
This is often seen early in the generation on the fringes, with art and culture that is different and unique.
At first seen as odd but by the end of the generation has often become cool and the new ‘popular culture’ and fashion trend.
For those who know tarot, Uranus is The Tower card…if you are having a tower moment this is the Uranian energy.
Spotlight Advice
Tuning in with Uranus
If you are resonating strongly with this Archetype, then I am going to give you a few suggestions.
It is always helpful to have a guide or mentor when doing a study of the self… it can be very hard to be objective with yourself.
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Action Steps
1) What is my Uranus sign? First you need to know what sign your natal Uranus is in.
As it is generational the where in your chart (house) will make it more personal.
I will give you a ballpark break down, but you will notice there are overlapping years.
This requires checking your natal chart. May be fun to look back in history to that time.
What big changes in society, community, culture, revolutions were going on?
Uranus in Aries 1927 – 1934
Uranus in Taurus 1934 – 1941
Uranus in Gemini 1941 - 1948
Uranus in Cancer 1948 - 1956
Uranus in Leo 1955 - 1962
Uranus in Virgo 1961 – 1969
Uranus in Libra 1968 - 1975
Uranus in Scorpio 1974 - 1981
Uranus in Sagittarius 1981 - 1988
Uranus in Capricorn 1988 - 1995
Uranus in Aquarius 1995 - 2003
Uranus in Pisces 2003 - 2010
Uranus in Aries 2010 - 2018
Uranus in Taurus 2018 - 2026
2) Uranus and Midlife Crisis? Between the ages 40-43 Uranus makes it 180 degrees round the wheel.
This is our Uranus opposition, and it is well known to be the ‘midlife crisis’ point.
For those of the Uranus in Scorpio generation, that time is now!
Yup that is me, and I can tell you life has shown me some crazy, since the day Uranus arrived in Taurus.
I don’t even think there is much you can do to prepare for Uranus transits.
That said how you respond to them and the rate of recovery from them will surely be improved by doing your work. By that I mean self-reflection, radical honesty, accountability, forgiveness, and compassion for yourself as you peel back the onion layers.
If you are pre or post Uranus opposition sit with what that looked like or may look like for you. Which brings me to my final tip.
3) Look to the other side for balance:
The sign opposite your natal Uranus (that means the one in which your opposition occurs) is a good counterbalance. The planets you may have in that house will also give some extra insight, but let’s for a moment just look to the other side without any extra information.
I will use Scorpio and Taurus as an example.
If your natal Uranus is in Scorpio, there is in that area of your life a tendency to want to blow up anything that is not deep and meaningful enough. To be obsessed with transformation perhaps especially the painful kind.
If we feel into the lessons of Taurus, appreciate the simple pleasures. Observe the pleasure from our 5 senses. Take practical steps that don’t always have to hold the meaning of the Universe.
We may come to understand the duality within us…well this level of it anyway. What complicated beings we are.
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Astrology Buzz
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius and Capricorn
started on 14th Jan to the 4th of Feb. The next three Mercury Retrogrades will fall across the cusp of an air and an earth sign, before we end 2022 with a Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn.
Can you see how intense the Capricorn and Saturnian process is still playing out for some time.
Restructure on many different levels and layers.
Aquarius Jan 21st to Feb 18th is our final air sign, and loves friends, groups and gatherings.
This out of the box visionary energy is the perfect time to shift your trajectory.
See what you really want and even if that seems unrealistic, let the Aquarian season propel you there on a bolt of lightning. Hey it my shock you but it will be fast.
Pisces Feb 19th to Mar 20th Okay, to your lightning bolt ride crashed into your house/relationship/career and you burned it to the ground…now what?
The good news, no sign can paint you a new dream and then sing and dance it into being than Pisces. Pisces acknowledges the end of a season, but is gentle, psychic and ready to start a new season, with the dream.
But oh the feelings when we are working with the fish.
Whatever you do, do not numb the feelings.
This is an intense space this year with Neptune and Jupiter in Pisces…please if you are addictive, reach out for help. There is always support.
New Moon:
February New Moon is on the 1st in the sign of Aquarius.
Red Tent with the Lunar Lionesses
To all the women out there, yes you, we see you.
It is time to nourish your roots and fill your cups.
Nobody else can do it for you.
To be the best version of you requires that you give you the time you deserve.
With our monthly content and gathering as well as the support of a group of women that only want the best for you.
To hold you when you cry.
To pick you up when you fall.
To cheer for you when…well just always cheering you on and celebrating you.
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We invite you to invest in yourself through this practice of Red Tent, which helps to bring the unconscious aspects of ourselves to the surface to be processed.
Magic happens when women gather.
Join us in this monthly lunar practice held on or around the New Moon.
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Full Moon
January full moon is in Leo on the 16th opposing the Sun in Aquarius.
Whew, get ready for some stubborn energy to rise up.
We are dealing with not only sun and moon in the final degrees of these two fixed signs, but the nodes are at the final degrees of the other two fixed signs of Taurus and Scorpio
Let’s look at a sentence in both higher and lower expression for each of these signs. To give you an idea as to who is talking loudest and how they are talking in your inner world.
Leo – I am a strong, proud, courageous leader.
I love the limelight and hate the menial labour; I am too important for that.
Aquarius – I dream of this amazing inclusive society, and we can get there if we work together.
You and your feelings are not important, it’s the big picture that matters.
Taurus – Let’s grow a sustainable garden and eat delicious food, life is all about pleasure.
You can’t make me; I am comfortable, and I am not moving.
Scorpio – I will uncover the problem and not stop till I have fixed it.
If you don’t feel the pain and transform with it, what is the point? I will dig till I am dead.
Physically for Leo and Aquarius, heart, blood pressure, circulation, calves and ankles.
On this Full Moon, Venus and Mars, the cosmic lovers, will conjunct (at the same degree point) in Capricorn.
It happens about once a year and is a time to look at the masculine and feminine aspects of yourself, and you within relationship to others.
Questions are tailored to the exact planetary alignment over this Full Moon.
They will be most potent if started over the 3 days of Full moon 15th, 16th and 17th, there is never a wrong time to reflect however, all is in divine timing.
Questions you may ask yourself in Leo/Aquarius.
Drilling into my own fate and destiny, what do I need to take personal responsibility for and where do I need to collaborate?
If you are Leo dominant – Where in my personal relationships do I make myself the number one person rather than an equal partnership?
If you are Aquarius dominant – Where in my personal relationships do I lose focus of the other because I am focused on a cause or a group?
If even one of these triggers you on some level, take the time to think about it, journal or meditate on it.
Use these tools mindfully and if you need extra support and guidance, I am available for consultations.
Crystal picks for February
Uranus theme
Labradorite has a flash like lightening, it is part of the feldspar family and cousin to moonstone. This stone is strongly connected to magic, and it can be fast acting, like Uranus.
This is a crystal that activates the intuition fast and is not worried if the intensity is shocking.
When it comes up in a healing session, I know my client is highly intuitive and even psychic, whether they know it or not. Labradorite tells me so.
It is also amazing at acting as a mirror and holding us accountable.
It gives us power but with a warning not to abuse it and to do your inner reflection and work to make sure that you don’t.
Moss Agate You know that smell of a lightning storm, all ozone from all the electricity?
Well moss agate is the grounding counter point to all of that big sky energy.
It brings us down to earth, and births us back into be_ing.
Uranus burns things down with lightning bolts and then when all has turned to ash, we can be like the phoenix and rise from the ashes.
This is where we want the gentle, nurturing support of moss agate.
Not rushing us as we use the trauma to grow stronger, but first need to be vulnerable and new.
Spirit Quartz is really a formation rather than a specific crystal, it is of the quartz family, and I have pictured an Amethyst spirit quartz as amethyst is birthstone to Aquarius.
It is a cluster or point with little points all over each individual point. Also sometimes called fairy quartz.
It is gentle but powerful and for me it is childlike, and soul aligned.
As we are rebirthing, we tap into soul and inner child alike. This stone brings the magic of wonder, trust, and imagination that we so need now.
Disclaimer: crystals should not be used as cures but rather as support.
Whoop whoop, you can even book a crystal healing session from anywhere in the world via my website now.
Aromas of the month
Peppermint and Patchouli are my Uranus oils.
Peppermint is a good approximation of a bolt of lightning in its effect.
As you inhale your brain switches on fast, lighting up.
Your energy levels are charged. You move from feeling stuck to being invigorated, liberated even.
This is also a cooling oil working on pain and inflammation.
It gives what can be described as a cool heat, almost pulsating between the two. Causing an expand and contract action which works wonders on muscle pain and tension.
But most especially in line with our theme it stimulates, tones and supports repair of the nerves.
Patchouli also works wonders on the nervous system. Providing nerve protection, supporting regeneration and detoxification of the nerves.
Patchouli is a super grounding oil with an earthy smell, it can be linked in our myth of Ouronus and Gaia.
Where the severing of earth and sky led to a separation of sorts of our mind body connection, I feel Patchouli is like the re earthing of Ouronus.
So as not to get shocked we need to be earthed.
This will bring all the fly away thoughts, anxieties and fears down to earth to be dealt with practically and methodically.
Interestingly it was an oil that became popularised in the hippy era, and there is much in the changing times back then that can be seen reflected now.
doTERRA is CPTG (Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade)
Uses and Blend suggestions:
Embody – applying this body cream will be affirming the body and calming the mind, so do it mindfully.
Tub of neutral cream 500ml (aqueous works) and 20 drops Patchouli 30 Elevation blend. As an alternative to Elevation, you can use 30 drops of another oil or group of oils. Some suggestions are Grapefruit, Bergamot, Clary sage, Geranium.
Also a note that doTERRA oils are pure and potent, so if this amount of drops is too strong or not potent enough for you just adjust.
Breathe and Earth – 5 drops Patchouli, 2 drops Peppermint and 3 drops Geranium into your diffuser and enjoy. A great body, mind, emotions grounder.
Let me know if you like these blends, recipes, and suggestions.
Note: How Fast do Essential oils work?
It takes 22 seconds for the molecules to reach the brain.
In 2 minutes, Essential oils will be found in the bloodstream.
By 20 minutes they will affect every cell in the body
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