Astro-Update: March Equinox, Full Moon Libra, Venus and Mars align
On Thursday March 21 the Sun enters Aries At 8:59 am AEDT to begin a new astrological year. Then, a few hours later the Full Moon in Libra perfects at 12:42 pm. Aries is ruled by Mars, the god of war and passion, and Libra is ruled by Venus, planet of love and beauty, and it so happens that on the very same day, a challenging square alignment constellates between them, perfecting at 7:07 pm. Venus is in the wavelength sign Aquarius, a fixed air sign that is prone to being attached to its ideas about love and relating, placing great value on independence, freedom of expression and respect for individual differences, whilst Mars is in the sign of the bull Taurus, a fixed earth sign that has great drive and determination to get what it wants. It also has a strong sense of possession, of what is mine, as in my body, my lover, my territory, my land, my home, my space, my family, my job, my way of working, my culture, my things, my music, my pleasure, my sexuality, my needs, etc.
So a major theme at the present time is integrating and harmonizing polarities and different needs and desires so that we can all get along.
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Temple Byron Astrology Group Testimonials Amy Stringer: “Varij imparts his seemingly limitless wealth of knowledge in a concise, humorous, engaging, and playful manner, incorporating all aspects of astrology in a way that is not only great fun, but will increase your fundamental understanding of how the planets influence the cosmos a little bit more with every session you attend. He is not afraid to dive deeply into the most delicate and controversial of topics, handling every subject with a practiced and innate sensitivity and grace, navigating the discussion so that everybody gets the most they could possibly hope for out of the evening, making for a delightful night of info-tainment with the stars!” Gabi Giacomin: “I have studied Astrology for over 25 years, yet despite this I am always blown away by Varij’s Thursday night Astrology Class at Temple Byron. Varij’s genius effortlessly combines astrological transits and natal chart observations with Greek mythology, music, writing, politics and poetry. Years of experience have blessed him with an intuition which dives right into the soul of any chart, while his charming, sensitive, yet provocative style keeps everyone entertained and enthused! If you are seeking to understand the quirks of your character and personality at a deep level, you need to be at this class. Having a profound knowledge of yourself leads to self acceptance, and improves relationships and life choices. Navigating your journey using Astrology is, in my opinion, key to a fulfilling life...and there’s no better tour guide than Varij!” #astrologybyvarij
TEMPLE BYRON ASTROLOGY GROUP THURSDAY MARCH 21
This week the group falls on both the Autumn Equinox when the Sun enters Aries At 8:59 am AEDT to begin a new astrological year, and the Full Moon in Libra which perfects at 12:42 pm Thursday March 21 AEDT. Aries is ruled by Mars, the god of war and passion, and Libra is ruled by Venus, planet of love and beauty, and it so happens that on the very same day, a challenging square alignment constellates between them. Venus is in the wavelength sign Aquarius, a fixed air sign that is prone to get quite attached to its ideas about love and relating, placing great value on independence, freedom of expression and respect for individual differences, whilst Mars is in the sign of the bull Taurus, a fixed earth sign that has great drive and determination to get what it wants, that has a strong sense of possession, of what is mine, as in my body, my lover, my territory, my land, my home, my space, my family, my job, my way of working, my culture, my things, my music, my pleasure, my sexuality, my needs, etc.
So a major theme is integrating and harmonizing polarities and different needs and desires so that we can all get along.
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A Pisces Vignette
Pisces as the final sign completes the circle of the zodiac, which is a symbolic representation of the totality of life. I read the glyph for the Sun, a circle with a dot at the centre, as the outer circle of the zodiacal signs, symbolizing the multi-faceted human experience, encircling the ‘still point of the turning world’ or the Self at the center. The question then arises, what is the relationship of time bound individual experience to the eternal non-dual Being of the Self or God, the core sustaining reality at the centre of the multi-dimensional human experience? Meher Baba provides an inspirational ‘answer’: “The sojourn of the soul is a thrilling divine romance in which the lover - who in the beginning is conscious of nothing but emptiness, frustration, superficiality, and the gnawing claims of bondage - gradually attains an increasingly fuller and freer expression of love. And ultimately the lover disappears and merges in the divine Beloved to realize the unity of the lover and the Beloved in the supreme and eternal fact of God as infinite Love.” Excerpted from my book Signs of the Zodiac: Clothing of the Self
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Jung: ““There are certain types of women who seem to be made by nature to attract anima projections; indeed one could almost speak of a definite “anima type.” The so-called “sphinxlike” character is an indispensable part of their equipment, also an equivocalness, an intriguing elusiveness — not an indefinite blur that offers nothing, but an indefiniteness that seems full of promises, like the speaking silence of a Mona Lisa. A woman of this kind is both old and young, mother and daughter, of more than doubtful chastity, childlike, and yet endowed with a naive cunning that is extremely disarming to men.
Not every man of real intellectual power can be an animus, for the animus must be a master not so much of fine ideas as of fine words — words seemingly full of meaning which purport to leave a great deal unsaid. He must also belong to the “misunderstood” class or be in some way at odds with his environment, so that the idea of self-sacrifice can insinuate itself. He must be a rather questionable hero, a man with possibilities ..”
This is a Neptunian New Moon as it is conjunct Neptune. Here's an evocation of the higher vibrational archetype, excerpted from my book The Planets Speak: Wisdom of the Gods
NEPTUNE
I’m the god of the ocean
Vast, boundless, deep and mysterious
Unfathomable
Unknowable
I am, and I am not
Neither this nor that
Nor not this, nor not that
Yes, I speak in paradox
In poetry, song and dance
I am the music of existence
Voice of the beyond
Listen .. Can you hear ?
Can you hear the soundless sound ?
Beyond the beyond
Beyond all name and form
Is where you will find me
That place is everywhere and nowhere
To find it, look inside your looking
Truly,
You cannot know me in the ordinary way
If you try to grasp me with your rational mind
I will slip through your fingers, like water .. In reality, I am your very Self
I am the ocean, you are a wave
I am you and you am I
We are not separate at all
Granted, that is not how things appear
You, as individual forms, do indeed appear separate
Yet, appearance can be deceiving
For just as a straight stick appears bent in water
All is not what it seems Remove the veils of ‘maya’ [illusion] and only the Self is
You are That
Sat-Chit-Ananda – Being, Consciousness, Bliss
To experience the truth of what I say
Be still and keep quiet . . . . . .
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