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More Than an Eclipse

December 13, 2020 By Jacqueline

Gaze within the rising tide of darkness
and see the glimmer of stardust
in your bones.
The constellation of our times
draws us closer
to our collective underworld
where voices of truth and injustice
cry out from the center of our galaxy.

A solar eclipse
and perspective shifts.
A primordial score activates
an instinctive riff.

Turn off the noise
and listen to the movement of the planets.
As above, so below.
A dance entwined,
past and future,
inner and outer cosmos design.

We can’t rationalize this away,
Although many try to hold
the crusty barriers of the crumbling patriarchy.

Wacky juxtaposition
of the fat and the lean,
of looking forward,
of looking back
and of eyes closed.

Aspirations and goals magnified.
Contradictions illuminated.
Visionary tension crackles with risk and caution.
Synchronicity sings.

Step aboard the Wheel of Fortune,
the Solstice 2020 gateway
is weighted with responsibility.
Veracity and shadow.
Fiery catapult.
The end and the dawning of an era.

Sagittarius Solar Eclipse December 14, 2020 8:16 am PST

One door closes and another opens. Endings and beginnings are hallmarks of eclipses. During a solar eclipse, the moon casts a shadow over the earth; the shadow of consequences of past actions, habits and addictions to opinions. What is really going on? Smacked out of the comfort zone of righteousness and entitlement. Religious and political intolerance, fanaticism aflame. The earth is shifting beneath our feet. Here we are, there’s no turning back. Be present with what is essential.

Breathe, embody, open your mind without losing focus to the winds of speculation and endless distractions. The present moment is a valuable place to be, a solar eclipse portal that emphasizes making changes in habitual patterns. Craft the tension to form your intentions.

Each solar eclipse belongs to a larger family of eclipses that appears every 18 years (overall for more than 1000 years). Past dates of eclipses in this family (called Saros Series 4 South) include December 2002, November 1984, November 1966, and November 1948.

Consider what concerns in your life are holding you back.
Where are you investing your attention?

Saturn ingress Aquarius December 16, 2020
Jupiter ingress Aquarius December 19, 2020
Jupiter conjunct Saturn, December 21, 2020 (0 Aquarius 29)
Winter Solstice December 21, 2020

≋ Fresh Air! ≋

Days after the Solar Eclipse, Jupiter and Saturn each move into Aquarius and join in a conjunction on the Solstice. This marks the ending and beginning of a 20 year cycle and is the closest visible alignment in 800 years.

The Saturn Jupiter conjunction begins a significant cycle of social destiny. There is an emphasis for new developments in social consciousness and shows up in community groups, organizations, business and financial trends. Challenges and opportunities arise at this time as individuals make important changes in goals and aspirations in accordance with the shifting landscape of business and social sectors.

We are in a passage where new ideas abound. Seeds of innovation and invention are fertile. Outworn patterns, both in our personal lives and in the business sector, become glaringly obvious and obsolete. Already we are connecting with social groups in new ways, what’s next? It won’t take long, developments get a boost of energy.

We’ve never done this dance before and we’re improvising each roll and twist, every leap and turn. We need to keep moving, yet we also need to find the rest and the grounding nourishment that our bodies crave. It’s easy to disassociate, forget and neglect the basics….Remember what is essential! In the quest for logic in an increasingly strange and chaotic world, beware of intolerance and inflexibility. Cultivate kindness.

Gateway 2020 – Seeds of Inquiry

What am I seeking in the future that exists now in my present experience?

How may I live and act according to my truth, free from judging myself or others?

Where am I drawn to “break the rules” of my conditioning?

Is there a restlessness within me and what is that voice?

What is the vision that I wish to translate into my present reality?

“Everything you said is right on, I can’t believe you know who I am. It’s stunning, just stunning! Tina S.

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Solstice Eclipse 2020

June 21, 2020 By Jacqueline

“Instead of only caring for ourselves, we are invited to care for species other than our own. We are encouraged to look to the roots of things. “Care” is tied to a German root word chara, which means to grieve or to lament.” Terry Tempest Williams, Erosion: Essays of Undoing

A new world is emerging.
We are transforming,
each one of us.

There is power in the awareness
of ebb and flow;
of seasons
of cultural rhythms
of personal cycles within.

The light of the Sun
eclipsed by the Moon shadow
as it stands in front of the light.

Turmoil,
transformation,
world out of balance.

Life is different,
see the world anew,
keep looking and look again.

Look to the root…
the way forward is tied to the past.
Injustice cannot be rationalized,
glossed over,
ignored and forgotten.

The upside down
the inside out, disorienting
shape shifting suspension.

Sorrow. Grief. Caring.
Come home to yourself,
the here and the now,
and listen to the Earth.

A new world is emerging.
We are transforming.
Seed your intentions.

Empower Respect.
Honesty.
Integrity.
Kindness.
Resonate and Amplify!

“Edges are important because they define a limitation in order to deliver us from it. When we come to an edge we come to a frontier that tells us that we are now about to become more than we have been before. As long as one operates in the middle of things, one can never really know the nature of the medium in which one moves.” William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer
June 17, 2020

Summer Solstice
June 20, 2020 2:43 pm PDT

Cancer Solar Eclipse
June 20, 2020 11:41 pm PDT

A Solar Eclipse changes the way we perceive the order of our lives. We see a shadow where we depend on seeing light. The darkness accentuated by an eclipse can bring a sharp focus of clarity into our field of vision. This eclipse marks significant endings and beginnings. Previous eclipses relevant to this time occurred in May 1966, May 1984 and June 2002.

This Solar Eclipse was preceded by a Lunar Eclipse two weeks ago and will be followed by the Capricorn Lunar Eclipse on July 4 which is the next full moon.

Shedding our skins,
again and again.
Letting go.
Emerging.

“Home, in the end, is of course not just the place where you sleep. It’s the place where you stand.” Pico Iyer

This powerful lunation is in the early degrees of sensitive Cancer, deeply caring and protective of home and family. It’s time to reconsider: what is family? A tribal ethic that only cares for one’s own race or gender orientation or species is passe. It’s over.

We need to become stewards of the Earth and all Beings that dwell here.
Life is too short.
The world is too small.

May this Solstice Eclipse
illuminate the cracks
where we need healing and
usher in an enlightened awareness
of caring and repair. We are Family.
Black Lives Matter.
Water is Life.
May All Beings Be Free.

Meditations with Tibetan Bowls coming soon when I have my tech side set up. It’s complicated.

These difficult times call for more love, cultivating ease and peace.

I look forward to joining together online in the near future.

with love,

Jacqueline

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Taurus New Moon: Earth Day

April 22, 2020 By Jacqueline

“We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. When we say we are connecting with nature, we are connecting with ourselves.” Andy Goldsworthy

This surreal reality
each day a new twist.
Warped,
off balance,
askew.

Anchor.
Claim your earth roots.
Transplant your awareness.
Seed your intentions.

Persevere.
Stick with your values.
Stability.
Tune in to your own rhythms.

Earth body.
Elemental rhythms.
Be still and hear the movement of your blood.
Become acquainted with the the subtleties of your breath.

Listen the song of your heart
and you’ll find kindness.
Keep listening…
and sing your song.

Stand naked to yourself,
and greet your unique mystery.
You are miraculous.

Earth Day
Every day miraculous.
It’s good to be alive.

“Your reading was very intuitive . It liberated my sense of self and purpose here as well as centering me in an expanded understanding of myself. Listening to the recording a month after the reading, some of the things you spoke of in terms of my path are now deeply resonant in my life. I am grateful for this tool of insight. Thank you.” Caroline S.

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Breathing and Being Present

March 28, 2020 By Jacqueline

“Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried away with your worries, fears, cravings, anger, and desire, you run away from yourself and you lose yourself. The practice is always to go back to oneself.” Thich Nhat Hanh

Reaching out…
because we’re all in this together.

The weight of Saturn in Aquarius
brings focus to group consciousness.

We are called
to break out of routines,
to restructure life with innovation,
to approach life with an open mind.

Anxiety and fear
can spread like a virus.

It’s up to each individual to
be skillful with attention,
attunement and breath.

To face loneliness and isolation
with curiosity and kindness,
without judgement.

Right now…

Take this moment
allow your shoulders to drop
slow down your breathing…

Breathing in, breathing out…
nothing rushed.

Wave away distractions,
these precious moments are for you.

Breathing in, breathing out…
notice how your breathing is shifting,
stay with this.

Drink in this moment,
Be present with all of you.

Notice where you are craving your nourishing breath,
drink in your breath, exhale and make room for another.
and another and another.
♥ Nourish your mind and body with lovingkindness. ♥

with Love,

Jacqueline

Let us breathe together with conscious intention.

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Meditation with Tibetan Bowls

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Equinox: Here & Now

March 19, 2020 By Jacqueline

True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.” Pema Chödrön

Divine Order by Vassia Alaykova 216x300 - Equinox: Here & Now — Divine Order by Vassia Alaykova

A wild surge in the crescendo;
our sober reality gets a kick.

Tests and limitations.
Choices to be made.
Duty and responsibility,
who is the authority?

Collective turning point,
reality overhaul,
cathartic initiation.

Conflict and confrontation
destabilizes equilibrium
exposing the need for
deep structural renovation.

Redefining authority and power,
careful negotiations strengthen diplomacy.
Perseverance, resourcefulness and cooperation empowered.
Our allies are wise discipline, responsibility and kindness.

Stimulated, energized, or aggravated,
impatient outbursts erupt.
Instinctive urge:
fight or flight,
where to go?

Allow Being.
Breathe into
Here & now.
Cultivate Loving Kindness.

“Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.” Brene Brown

Equinox: Here & Now

March 19, Spring Equinox, Sun in Aries,
March 20, Mars conjuncts Jupiter
March 21, Saturn enters Aquarius
March 22, Mars conjunct Pluto
March 24, New Moon Aries
March 30, Mars enters Aquarius
March 31, Mars conjunct Saturn

Mars is blazing through Capricorn (soon in Aquarius) and stimulating the line-up of Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn. Mars is the driving force of will, initiative, and assertion within each one of us. It is the passion that moves us forward in the world. Physical vitality and the ability (or inability) to express anger and rage, the Mars dynamic is not about thought or analysis. Mars is action. Courage, aggression and willpower pushing forward. There is an activation as it conjuncts each of the slower moving planets. Be aware of irritability, obsessiveness and over extension.

The status quo is being upended, turned inside out and spun around. We are stepping into Aquarian times where new visions that unite humanity are being seeded and born. The old guard will continue to defend the status quo as rules and authority are challenged. A pressurized and volatile time of profound transformation.

Dial in your focus. The disruptive intensity is also the fuel for your empowered intentions. We are all in this together. Hold gentleness in your heart and share it freely.

“We practice generosity with others and with ourselves, over and over again, and the power of it begins to grow until it becomes almost like a waterfall, a flow. We practice kindness with others and ourselves, over and over again, and this is who we become, this is what feels most natural.” Sharon Salzberg

Inquiries and Contemplations

Where do I need to focus my energy?

How may I pace myself in order to make wise decisions?

Allow your connection to your own vulnerability to soften your heart and awaken loving kindness for yourself and all beings.

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Sagittarius Solar Eclipse December 14, 2020 8:16 am PST

Saturn ingress Aquarius December 16, 2020 Jupiter ingress Aquarius December 19, 2020 Jupiter conjunct Saturn, December 21, 2020 (0 Aquarius 29) Winter Solstice December 21, 2020

≋ Fresh Air! ≋

Connect!

Saturn ingress Aquarius December 16, 2020
Jupiter ingress Aquarius December 19, 2020
Jupiter conjunct Saturn, December 21, 2020 (0 Aquarius 29)
Winter Solstice December 21, 2020