Intuitive Astrologer and Ritualist
I am delighted, absolutely tickled, that my article has been published
by the Center for Humans and Nature!
The article is a peek into my world with Monarch butterflies. I’ve been immersed in writing about my experiences and this article is my debut:
May Nature Thrive!
heartfully,
Jacqueline
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“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The veil is thin, now
New Moon Scorpio slips in.
Dark moon
the shadow side
the underbelly
the slippery slope.
Down in the labyrinth,
learn how to see in the dark. Subterranean passages
honeycomb the bedrock.
Water runs deep, bubbling up.
What’s rising to the surface?
Memories, secrets,
betrayal,
the gritty seams.
Naked metaphors.
Waste, trauma, poison,
the rude surprises,
the broken pieces.
Truth and myth
that break us open or
make us stronger
or both.
Transformation.
Destruction and the dead end
or
life force and healing.
Choose your path.
Persevere.
Dive down into the depths
and return, return
with precious jewels of regeneration.
Rise up, renew and heal.
Again, again, and again.
“Sometimes we bury materials in order that they may be preserved for the future. Sometimes we bury materials in order to preserve the future from them.”
Robert Macfarlane, Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Scorpio tends to hold their cards close to the chest, keep it cool, don’t reveal too much. But the new moon lands exactly opposite Uranus and it’s likely to be an emotional roller-coaster for some people. Restraint is not the word of the day… except for those bound to codes of safety and protection who may over-react. This new moon kicks off a month that highlights the tense Saturn square Uranus signature of 2021.
Don’t let anxiety, agitation and irritability run the show.
Choose your path. Combine emotional intensity with mental perception to break away from limiting habits. What are your “go to” self-destructive habits? Direct the restlessness of this moon phase to break through emotional conflict and tune into clarity and intuition. The influence of Uranus is bold and often chaotic, yet Uranus is also known as the Awakener and the Liberator. In other words, wake up and be free!
The new moon seed comes to fruition at the next full moon, a lunar eclipse in Taurus on November 19. Transformation full speed ahead!
“Everything in your life will improve as soon as your determination to move forward is stronger than your reluctance to let go.” Timber Hawkeye
Scorpio New Moon Seeds of InquiryHow may I be awake and aware to the gifts of every day of being alive?
What are my predictable numbing or addictive habits?
What are the images, memories, words, and phrases that are arising within me and around me that drag me down?
What are the images, memories, words, and phrases that are arising within me and around me that affirm and support me?
The sun, the moon and the planets are your allies in seeking truth. They offer parameters, milestones and timing. They open doors – if you are willing to step through the threshold to deeper understanding and self-acceptance. I welcome your inquiry as we stand at the crossroads. I offer navigation in the mystery through astrology and tarot.
With Love,
Jacqueline
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“Thank you for emailing me about downloading and saving the sessions I had with you in 2019 and 2020. I’m listening to them for the very first time.
The information you helped me to understand, and your delivery is so very appreciated. This is answering questions that I’ve had for a long time. I was able to listen to them because of your reminder.
Just excellent!” T.S.
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Artwork: A Wish Away by Janie Olson
“Gambling is sacred chance, an opportunity to be in contact
with the living, breathing, scattered cosmos.”
– Enrique Salmon, Iwigara: The Kinship of Plants and People
Life seems a precarious gamble.
Play it safe.
Take a chance.
Watch your step.
Think again.
Reconsider, deliberate.
Toss the dice
and wing it.
Reassess your situation,
look carefully,
be prudent.
Flip a coin.
Contradictions escalate.
Caught in the cross-hairs
of agitation and restraint.
Draw your circle,
into a spiral
that becomes Your Center.
This year’s Leo New Moon coincides with Lammas, the ancient Celtic festival celebrating the beginning of harvest season. Lammas (Lughnasadh) is one of four traditional cross-quarter days that mark the height of the season. Sun and Moon land at the midpoint between Summer Solstice and Autumn Equinox, a prompt to take stock of our courage for change. Leo is a fixed sign (along with Taurus, Scorpio and Aquarius) and has great strength to persist and endure, but tends to resist change.
The pure essence of Leo is radiant self expression, playful creative abundance, confident, generous and entertaining. The shadow may manifest as egocentric, arrogant, over-bearing, extravagant, childish or melodramatic behavior.
The complexity of the current time is mirrored by the new moon design. Fiery Leo stands in opposition to the cool, stern and sober face of Saturn and square to unpredictable Uranus, highlighting the ongoing dilemmas of 2021.
Should I stay or Should I go?
Conform or boldly break free?
Hang tight or take a leap?
Shut up or speak out?
Work within the system or be an entrepreneur?
“Let nothing dim the light which shines from within.” Maya Angelou (Leo Rising)
It is a tense time. All the best attributes of Leo are super-charged in our favor if we can align ourselves with the confident, yet vulnerable, creativity and generosity available at this new moon. Look to where Leo falls in your chart for clues as to where this power and intensity is highlighted.
“All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.” Martha Graham (Leo Moon)
Leo New Moon Seeds of InquiryHow may I be available to the creative force of my inner being?
What habitual patterns are generating fear and resistant to change?
What new awareness is awakening me in this year of 2021?
What is my harvest of awakening and how am I am evolving?
The sun, the moon and the planets are your allies in seeking truth. They offer parameters, milestones and timing. They open doors – if you are willing to step through the threshold to deeper understanding and self-acceptance. I welcome your inquiry as we stand at the crossroads. I offer navigation in the mystery through astrology and tarot.
With Love,
Jacqueline
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Artwork by Julie Dillon
On the other side of reality
the cracked sacrament of unconsciousness
is peeling away.
Confetti of distractions
stealing time.
Scattered ideas,
thoughts and threads of conversations,
polarization,
resonance,
and nonsense.
Constant craziness,
this world.
Precious life on
our jewel of green and blue
planet Earth.
On the other side of reality
the cracked sacrament of unconsciousness
is peeling away.
Eclipse glimpses beyond
the fragmenting mirror
where eternity and finitely meet:
the anvil altar of change.
Karma swings the hammer again and again,
the hammer rings awaken us
from the hypnotic trance
or yet be snared
in the spinning wheel again and again.
The Sandwich:Unraveling.
Life is bound to be more confusing.
So much busyness.
Questioning and getting lost in the questions.
Creative explorations, unfocused meandering.
Need to be focused? Adjust your expectations.
Pace yourself. Connect with the natural world.
Invite intuition to be your ally.
Mercury Retrograde is often considered as an annoying period of time we bear through for 4x each year. Back up your computer, don’t sign important contracts, beware of miscommunication. It has become a cliche. “Is Mercury Retrograde?” is a refrain heard anytime logical systems go awry.
Logic is only one function of our minds. It is one that we depend on and surely it has an important place in our culture. What else is there aside from logic?
Illogical is defined as lacking sense or sound reasoning, displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment, far fetched or impractical or unlikely to be believed.
Alternatives to logic are sensing, intuiting, and imagining.
Perhaps this curious passage is an opportunity to refocus the lens of reality. Versatility and flexibility help shift gears.
Delusional thoughts, fear, foggy thinking, mental disorientation is a risk. Although seeking logic during these surreal times may be fraught. Sensitivity is heightened. It may be tempting to hide, indulge in escapist behavior or become numb to the assaults of the world. Better to stay awake and gain insight into the subtle and unconscious dynamics of life.
June 14, the second hit of the Saturn Uranus cycle joins Mercury Retro to flavor the Eclipse Sandwich. Ways of life we take for granted are destabilized. Stressful and confusing.
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Read more about the Saturn Square Uranus cycle here:
Between a Rock and a Lightning Bolt
“Uranus, the Awakener kick-starts new directions and sudden life changes, Saturn steps in measured time and tends to resist change. Is it possible to master the alchemy of risk and caution to express creativity and originality to implement enduring change? We will certainly face the baggage of the past and need to determine what is worth carrying forward. There is a strong emphasis now on our future goals and the impetus forward.”
Eclipse Sandwich Seeds of InquiryWhere may I find an opening into the quiet within me?
What are the new connections and information coming into my life now?
What is unraveling and what is being revealed?
What needs conscious confrontation in my life?
How may I simplify as the input of stimulus intensifies?
The sun, the moon and the planets are your allies in seeking truth. They offer parameters, milestones and timing. They open doors – if you are willing to step through the threshold to deeper understanding and self-acceptance. I welcome your inquiry as we stand at the crossroads. I offer navigation in the mystery through astrology and tarot.
With Love,
Jacqueline
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“It was lovely & deeply inspiring , as always to be with you & hear your wisdom & guidance, it continues to resonate with me. I really look forward to hearing it again. I wish everyone could have the gift of a reading with you!”
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Artwork: Lucky You and Sentimental Lady by Janie Olsen
Raven Reflection by Cathy McClelland
Deep in our bones live
the memories of our ancestors.
The rhythms of the seasons
resonate through the multitude of branches
of each family tree.
Now.
The rhythms of the seasons
are fragmented and unraveling,
no longer tied to weather patterns,
plant germination and animal migrations.
No longer in sync with rainfall and snowstorms
and heatwaves and cold streams that swirl around our planet.
Deep in our bones live
the memories of our ancestors.
Phases of the moon:
dark moon, half-moon, and bright moon,
travel through the storied constellations
night after night
after night,
each and every night for millennia.
Now.
We can still depend on
the sun and the moon,
on the cycles of the planets.
We are connected
to all of this.
Now.
The Equinox
the still point,
one breath, one brief moment,
a milestone of balance.
Affirm.
Each one of us
is a culmination,
a budding leaf tip,
a unique branch
of an ancient family tree.
We can still depend on
the instinctual wisdom
that hums from the heartwood
and flows through our lifeblood.
We are connected
to all of this.
Equinox. Refresh & Renew.
Begin again
and again and again.
The Equinox
the still point,
one breath, one brief moment,
a milestone of balance.
Begin again
and again and again.
Soon the days will grow longer and already people are restless to spread their wings. “Between a Rock and a Lightning Bolt”, this year is a good time to break patterns, innovate and redesign how and where we’re going. The Equinox is a wise time to pause, reflect and engage with the here and now.
The Equinox is at 2:32 am PDT, no matter if you’re sleeping. How may you greet the arrival of the Equinox on March 20?
“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.”
Pema Chödrön
Seeds of Inquiry and ContemplationWhat is my intuition saying now?
Am I listening?
Imagine yourself as a flowering branch of your ancient family tree. Even if you don’t know much about your lineage, call to your ancestors and listen.
“Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.” Linda Hogan, Native American poet, storyteller and author.
“The unconscious wants truth. It ceases to speak to those who want something else more than truth.” Adrienne Rich
Don’t give up. Be kind to yourself. Be steadfast in seeking your truth.
“The difference between a life lived actively, and a life of passive drifting and dispersal of energies, is an immense difference. Once we begin to feel committed to our lives, responsible to ourselves, we can never again be satisfied with the old, passive way.” Adrienne Rich
The sun, the moon and the planets are your allies in seeking truth. They offer parameters, milestones and timing. They open doors – if you are willing to step through the threshold to deeper understanding and self-acceptance. I welcome your inquiry as we stand at the crossroads. I offer navigation in the mystery through astrology and tarot.
With Love,
Jacqueline
Intrigued for more personal insight? Contact me for a deep dive into your design.
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Artwork: Collecting Wishes by Janie Olsen
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