New Moon in Gemini, 9 June

9 June 2013 at 1:56am AEST, Sydney, Australia

This new Moon (new beginnings/seeding phase) in Gemini provides lots of positive opportunities and benefits to commence and make changes that expand our wisdom and truth, through clear communications of thoughts (Gemini) and feelings (Cancer). With Jupiter (expansion, wisdom and truth) joining the Sun (Conscious Light and Spirit) and the Moon (Unconscious, the past, Soul), this new Moon is ruled by Mercury (communications) and is a great time to feel confident in launching new projects especially those around travel, higher learning, teaching, communication, publishing, and expanding our higher purpose beliefs. Just be careful not to over do it though, or promise more than you can commit to and deliver, as Black Moon Lilith (healing the shadow of our emotional energy) is also joining Jupiter in Gemini for a little extra intensity and healing.

Like the ancient Hawaiians who always followed the beliefs of universal law, understanding 'makia' or 'energy follows thought', we now also need to be very aware of the thoughts we choose to energize, to remain conscious and intuitive, to integrate and shine our Light and manifest with love.

Being grounded and present is essential now, with many planets in the element of air, plus the strong watery energies that are flowing and attracting what ever we want or may not want emotionally. The choice is ours!

We are also graced with a beautiful Grand Water Trine at this time (free flowing creative, magnetic energy) between Saturn in Scorpio; which teaches us to be responsible for use of our will and power and healing of our karmic shadow. Neptune in Pisces supports our dreaming/creative and spiritual connection and it is the higher octave of Venus, representing unconditional love. Venus (love, beauty, money and values) is joined with Mercury, the messenger who rules communications in Gemini and they are both travelling through the sign of Cancer!

This is very good for healing and releasing the past, intuiting spiritually and creating artistically, choosing love over fear and being in the flow, especially for those water signs, where ever they are in your own chart.  Now is a time to be sensitive to our own needs and true Self, and be compassionate to the needs of others as we listen to the call of our Soul.

Be aware of feelings of over sensitivity, giving too much, and feeling too much sympathy rather than empathy for others, or wanting to rescue them which can result in powerlessness (an old paradigm!).  Empathy and healthy flexible boundaries are required. Following our inner wisdom and intuition and knowing when to surrender and when to hang in there requires trust rather than control.

This is also the Chinese year of the Water Snake so there is even more water/emotions! There may be flooding in some places.

So it is a wonderful time to communicate clearly to the Universe what ever you want to manifest with love and remain steady in your faith, while keeping your heart open with gratitude to receive!   Write your wish list or goals and do a meditation or ritual at this time to initiate your intentions. This is a powerful and pleasant time! Choose Joy!

Many Geminis have also experienced excess or the luck of Jupiter over the past year and this planet of expansion will remain in their sign till June 26, when he then moves into the sign of Cancer for the following 12 months.

The Sun co-joins Jupiter for most of June exact on the 20th, bringing lightness, enjoyment, humor and expansion.  The Sun presents our vitality, confidence, ego, yang energy and our right to be individual and shine our inner Light, evolving our Higher Self, our true Spirit, through will and purpose. Choosing to trust our creative Spirit with humility, rather than overdoing it with the ego, which can activate the shadow will take awareness and balance in our choices.

With the Sun in Gemini (May 22 - June 21) or in your own chart where Gemini resides, Gemini energy expresses through talking and communicating, fun and socializing, sharing information and networking, words and thoughts, the rational mind and intellect, ideas, quickness, and curiosity.  They love books, learning, writing and reading, and they may make good teachers and speakers and often excel in sales of all kinds.

Gemini's love stimulation and movement; dance, gymnastics, running, and they thrive on being busy, yet are quite changeable, restless and sometimes fickle due to their adaptability (mutable air sign).

The sign of the Twins is ruled by the planet Mercury who is now traveling through Cancer with the Goddess Venus, the focus now is to feel (rather than think) and communicate kindly, lovingly and compassionately, especially with family and loved ones.

Geminis benefit by keeping their hands busy knitting, typing, technical design, craft, etc, (rather than pointing the finger and blaming others when they are too scattered and these skills help their bodies relax.   Remembering to slow down and breathe, helps to balance the mind with the body as Gemini also rules the lungs/breath.   Like social butterflies, they are very versatile, quick, flighty, dexterous and love multitasking, yet can get bored very quickly, and they are sometimes called a 'jack of all trades and master of none' as they like to experience a wide range of new experiences, yet may find committing to any one thing difficult.

They rule the sign of the Twins (Castor and Pollux), representing the need to choose and balance with duality, and balance the head with the heart. Sometimes they can split off into their heads (two faced/irrational) and scatter their energies.  If ungrounded, they may find themselves operating only from the personality, intellect and rational mind, with a lot to say! And that can be very draining to be around!  Due to intellectualizing and analyzing too much, and perhaps unconscious of listening skills, lack of feeling or depth, they may find sharing empathy, intimacy or commitment difficult.  There is a need to balance thoughts (mind) with feelings (emotions) and body (physical), to be able to follow the Higher Mind of intuition and Soul. They can sometimes have quick tempers with sometimes cruel and cutting words or sarcasm, and must learn to listen and hear others rather than just talking all the time, or talking at people, and especially if they become involved in idle gossip. Knowledge without experience lacks wisdom.

Knowing words are powerful, words create and words can harm or heal is very important for these wordsmiths, and the whole of humanity at this time of radical change on the planet. To be conscious co-creators we have to be responsible for what we say to ourselves and others, and an undisciplined mind can create a lot of trauma and drama, rather than a calm and peaceful mind trained and disciplined in presence and excellence. We get to choose.

Worldwide disruption, change and shifts (collectively and individually) are being reflected by the ongoing Pluto in Capricorn (2008-2025) - transforming authority and the 'powers that be', and challenging (squaring) Uranus in Aries, representing the awakening and rise of people power (which rules the Higher Mind).   Uranus also rules radical change by breaking free of old patterning, birthing new archetypes in the 'Age of Aquarius'  which it rules.  This may create sudden shocks and revolution to the many failing systems that are corrupt and no longer functional or sustainable for Earth or Her people. These 2 planets (2012 - 2015) are challenging each other most of June, effecting the collective and individual consciousness. This is the 3rd pass in 2013 and the next will be in November 2013.

At this new moon, Pluto in Capricorn is also opposite Venus and Mercury in Cancer, squaring Uranus in Aries!   This forms a T-square, a challenging pattern, that could invoke passionate, obsessive or intense relationship communications, and perhaps unconventional mental breakdowns or break throughs, with perhaps flashes of genius insight and original solutions, or even complete transformation and letting go.

The day before this New Moon, Neptune goes retrograde in Pisces on the 8 June, until November 14 which can bring up hidden feelings of confusion, disappointment, hurt, addictive patterns where boundaries may become blurred or unclear.  People who are usually very sharp can be absent minded. Be gentle with self and others. Forgiveness and letting go of hurt may be required.

Mercury in Cancer, June 1-Aug 8, (including 3 weeks retrograde from June 23 to July 19) may bring up the need to communicate clearly with family and loved ones. Unconscious issues from the past regarding safety and nurturing (Cancer) can sometimes create communication blocks and fear.  Mercury retrograde also can attract frustrations, delays and challenges with contracts/communications or mechanical/technical issues. Check all details and contracts very carefully! Be aware of what you say and sign. Think and contemplate how compassion and kindness may help.  Being 'over protective' or insecure with family issues may need awareness.

With Venus, the Goddess of love and values, in Cancer until June 27, it is important to be loving and choose your Divine Feminine (Soul) to nurture, value, and direct self love.  Negatively, this can express as co-dependencies especially around family issues.   By choosing to nurture your Divine Feminine, you can soothe and heal old hurts and patterns with other women, sisters, brothers and this can result in many opportunities to share kindness, caring and authenticity from the Soul.

Gemini rules the 3rd House in the zodiac and also rules short journeys, the neighborhood and siblings, and a lot of our early childhood learning. Many behavioral patterns that were conditioned and learned at that time remain hidden in our subconscious.  The ages from around 9 months to around 2 years, and the feelings learned from that time, may now rise to the surface for healing and re-patterning.  Re-parenting ourselves and reflecting healthy messages of communication and flexible healthy boundaries may be required at this time.

There are many planets retrograde now, including Chiron, the wounded healer, who will station and retrograde at 13 degrees of Pisces on June 17. This could bring up old wounds and core scripts that sometimes have the feeling of being unfair or "it's not my fault" and require healing (as mentioned above).  Chiron is also making a very creative and supportive connection with Pluto, Lord of the Underworld, to assist in healing and transforming whatever wounds may be buried in our subconscious patterns and behaviours that may require transformation and regeneration.  It really can be a wonderful time if we choose to be responsible for our words and speak our truth, in honest, kind and authentic ways.

So, with Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto, Chiron all retrograde this month, we may require some rethinking, re organizing and re-generating. Throw in the Pluto/Uranus square, and the Mars squaring Neptune, and it is time to look at how we nurture our bodies and reduce stress.  Getting out in nature and connecting with Mother Earth, Gaia, the Great Mother and fresh air/breath may help to avoid viruses and a burnt out immune system, or a blocked communications centre which can attract flus, colds and throat problems. Meditation, massage and healthy food will make your Moon happy, and especially after the 21st when the Sun moves into the sign of Cancer, and issues regarding the home, family and domestic issues may require attention. Communicate honestly with your body so it won't have to get your attention thru dis-ease or negative lessons/communications.

Mars (yang/sexual/courage/action) in Gemini from June 1-July 13 makes a challenging square to Neptune in Pisces. Pallas Athena (Asteroid Goddess of justice, and wisdom) who is also joining with Mars in Gemini, could challenge us to be fair and wise.  We may find distorting, suppressing or blocking any frustration, righteousness, or anger, very depressing.  Find healthy ways to air out and express difficult feelings. Patience and flexibility may also be required here.

Allow yourself to be vulnerable enough to ask for support when necessary and choose to have faith in the Universe and your Higher Self.

Remember that our Soul wrote the script and our charts so that we can choose to grow consciously!

We are not victims, yet we can feel powerless at times and this calls for compassion, vulnerability and healing, rather than being hard, defensive or egotistical. Keep in mind we may need to re-think, re-work, re-organise, re-generate, re-birth and REWARD ourselves for this journey of life that is unfolding with the Universe's perfection and balance.

Consciousness is Love. Choose to love your Self as well as others!

On June 21 we can celebrate the Winter Solstice here in Australia and the Southern hemisphere and the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. In Australia, this is a quiet reflective time of birthing the Light in the darkness of the womb.  The winter, like leaves on the trees, must die to what must be re-birthed for spring time and new growth.   The Solstices and equinoxes represent the four Cardinal signs of Aries, Libra, Cancer and Capricorn and the four directions. They represent foundations and direct actions we need to choose in order to be individuals and share and to feel secure emotionally to go out in the world to succeed confidently.

What do we need to 'mother' within ourselves to grow in health and happiness?  What do we want to seed now that can produce results at the Summer Solstice in October or the future (Spring in the Southern Hemisphere)?   What is the condition of our roots and our connection to our homes, families (original messages) and Ancestors?  How do we feel at home and how safe do we feel in our bodies? These issues may require focus and nurturing at present.  

By connecting and reflecting on our inner wisdom and Divine Feminine, we take responsibility to nurture ourselves and feel safe within.  Look to where Venus and Mercury in Cancer are traveling through your own chart.  They will also be joined by the Goddesses Ceres and Vesta (Asteroids) at this time.

The Moon is asking us what are our needs? What needs to change emotionally? What fears need healing? What do we need to let go of emotionally?  The Moon is ruled by the sign of Cancer (unconscious and subconscious) which rules the past and our connections to mothering and nurturing.  The Sun travels through the sign of Cancer after the Winter Solstice.

Take time to reflect and care for your Soul and your Spirit (Moon and Sun).

The full Moon in Capricorn, opposite Cancer, follows on June 23 at 9.32pm. This is a lunar cycle of fulfilment which brings things to completion. Follow these natural cycles as they are very empowering!  Enjoy these wonderful opportunities at this half way point of the year that can support your to co-create consciously on your path of Soul Evolution!

I am happy to assist you with any questions you may have regarding your astrological chart.   I continue doing experiential astrology, individually and with groups, facilitating workshops that assist us to deepen our understanding of our Divine Feminine and Goddess within our individual natal charts. This is powerful transformational work, lots of fun, and gives me much joy.

Your natal chart or Sacred Contract is a powerful tool for self exploration and personal development of your Soul and Spirit and a way live more authentically.

I have over 20 years experience as a professional astrologer, wholistic counsellor, healer and facilitator/teacher.

If you need any astrological help please visit www.aumakua.biz for charts or workshops or contact me directly at paie@aumakua.biz.

"Who we truly are goes beyond all polarity, including the polarity of love and hate." and "Treat everyone you meet like God in drag"  - Ram Dass

New Moon Solar Eclipse, 10 May

10 May 2013 at 10:30am AEST, Sydney, Australia (19 Degrees of Taurus)

"The thought manifests as the word, The word manifests as the deed, The deed develops into habit, And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its way with care, And let it spring from love.

The way is in the heart … Allow the beauty of your Soul to shine". Buddha

Taurus is the first earth and fixed sign represented by the Bull. It is ruled by Venus, the Goddess of Love and Beauty (Aphrodite). It rules money and value and the 2nd house of the zodiac. Taurus expresses in an earthy, steady, practical way. In esoteric astrology, Taurus is ruled by Vulcan. The gift of Taurus is "being present" and an apt motto for it is "I have, therefore I am."

Through this New Moon in Taurus we will feel how in matters of love, this sign is congenitally romantic, needing pleasure, comfort and security. It loves to be wined and dined and loves physical touch, massage, aromatherapy, the sense of smell, quality and sensuality because it rules the five senses. Taurus loves to "smell the roses" and enjoy the body and Mother Earth and experiences of nature.

Material security, values, inner resources, (creativity) and self worth are the domain of Taurus and enjoyment, appreciation of the physical and material worlds are its other gifts. It teaches us to 'let go' of attachments and possessiveness, jealousy, stubbornness, resistance to change, fear of loss - especially of money, and lovers / relationships.

Our values must always be based on a healthy sense of self esteem and confidence in manifesting with the Universe through Love (rather than fear) and trusting in 'the flow' rather than holding on and blocking the flow. Learning how to trust and let go to manifest is now more important. Taurus rules the neck and the throat (and the 5th Chakra that controls our expression of truth. It can influence us musically, in crafts and art and even in things like gardening, farming, cooking (indulging) and working in areas of beauty, fashion or massage.

Taurus is governed by the Earth Goddess and the Sacred Cow. In the Precession of the Ages and the Age of Taurus from 4200 to 2300 BCE, humanity worshiped the Holy Cow and the Golden Calf. Krishna appeared in India during this time, spreading the cult of the cow. The Semites worshiped the Bull god El. And in Crete it was the Goddess Europa, who as a cow gave both to the Bull King Minos. The Great Goddess Hera was revered as the cow eyed queen. This age reflected the age of agriculture and advances in farming such as use of the oxen. The horns of the bull were sen to represent the lunar crescent, as the moon is exalted in Taurus.

This new Moon is a special one because of the Solar Eclipse - a seeing and new beginning. It is at 19 degrees of Taurus, with the Sun, Moon and the asteroid - Goddess Pallas Athena. She is the Warrior Goddess of strategy and wisdom, diplomacy, creativity and healing. Her birth represented the balancing of the feminine/masculine energies and the transition of the patriarchy to matriarchy and the balancing of the head and the heart through the Divine feminine.

In mythology, Pallas Athena was second only to Jupiter / Zeus in rank. By choosing the courage to care for the Earth and her inhabitants, we can manifest to create rather than destroy our Earth and nature and enjoy the fruits of the Earth Mother. Eclipses can effect the electromagnetic field of the Earth as well as our bodies. This is a major time of change and there are many opportunities to manifest with the Universal laws of attraction and abundance at this time, through Love (Venus) and valuing our Earth and our bodies How stressed are you ? Do you live in your head?

We also have the Goddess Sedna (dwarf planet) joining this new moon at 23 of Taurus. She is the Inuit Goddess of the Sea who stirs up what has been submerged in the collective unconscious oceans and who protects all creatures of the sea (whales, dolphins and turtles, etc.) urging us to care for all those who live there.

Goddess Juno at 15 Aquarius, squares the Nodes. With all these planets - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Pallas Athena, all around the South Node (our past karma ) we must look at what does not sustain us and our natural environment and birth new paths through love and the sharing of abundance. We can do this by using the laws of the Universe, especially the law of attraction ruled by Venus.

At this time, another asteroid Goddess Ceres (which is also a dwarf planet) is at 12 degrees of Cancer and is joined by the asteroid Goddess Vesta at 5 degrees of Cancer and opposes Pluto at 11 of Cancer in Capricorn, who is squaring Uranus in Aries. (See last month's article on that subject). Yet, Ceres is also in a beautiful abundant 'grand water trine' (positive creative flow) with the North Node / Saturn in Scorpio and Neptune and Chiron in Pisces in the water signs. This offers us creative ways of healing and intuiting the Divine Feminine through love and choosing to nourish and enjoy our magnificence as loving, trusting humans who can share and care for one another, and take responsibility for what we are creating with our thoughts and emotions.

The 'Sabian symbol' for this New moon Eclipse at 20 Taurus is "wisps of wing like clouds streaming across the sky; the awareness of spiritual forces at work."

Take time to enjoy the fruits of all things Taurus. Nurture your bodies, create abundance with the love of your heart, manifest so you can enjoy sharing luxury with all. Spend time in nature writing your wish list and do a ritual to the goddess of abundance Laksmi.

Write a list of 10 things you want to manifest that could create more beauty, love and joy in harmony with the good of all.

See more on my website at www.aumakua.biz or email me at paie@aumakua.biz for more info on the asteroid Goddesses or if you would like to understand more about your own chart. Enjoy the love and Light of the Goddess.

Until the next New Moon,
Aloha Pai'e

New Moon in Aries, 10 April

10 April 2013 at 20 Degrees of Aries, 7:35pm AEST, Sydney, Australia

New Moon cycles are when the luminaries; the Sun and the Moon, join together for birthing and commencing new beginnings. It is a perfect time to set our intentions and seed new goals and to put into action our focused plans and desires or launch a new enterprise.

This is a very potent new cycle in which we can initiate exciting new visions and boldly follow our impulses and intuition spontaneously and courageously.

Now is a great time to get passionate, self reliant, aware, and fired up by exciting new ideas. It’s a time to put into action what we may have previously received in our dreamtime, visions or meditations especially from last month's passive planetary focus in Pisces (water energy) urging us to surrender, release, let go and to make way for the new.

Recently many millions of people around the world gathered at sacred sites and in many various global communities for the Solstice in Capricorn on the 21 December 2012 to acknowledge the closing of a 26,000 year cycle and envision the shift into the Consciousness of Oneness.  This is also known as the Age of Humanity, Technology and Intuition; the futuristic Age of Aquarius.

We recently had the Equinox on the 21/3/2013 which was a very significant moment in time, as the Sun moved into Aries; the first sign of the zodiac and crossed the ascendant. This is much like experiencing a rebirth or new life!  It is a magical time to re-write our Sacred Contracts individually and collectively with the conscious awareness and choice.

Zero degrees of Aries is a world point that effects both the collective and individual consciousness.  This new dynamic energy (Cardinal-Aries fire energy) represents a powerful time to birth positive change and new systems based on a balanced masculine and feminine, rather than the old dominating order of Patriarchy.

This Aries New Moon is a great time to be assertive rather than aggressive as we break free of old limitations.

The equinox and the New Moon charts show much change and transformation and perhaps quite a few shocks that may electrify and bring down much corruption; especially in the areas of government, corporations and the financial systems of debt/greed.  These systems are no longer sustainable for the Earth and her humanity.

This is represented by the on-going and challenging aspects such as the 7 passes of Uranus/Pluto challenging each other (square) during 2012-2015.  The sensitive 11 degrees of the cardinal signs will be activated in May 2013 (Aries/ Libra, Cancer/ Capricorn) and may be felt strongly in certain areas (houses) of your own chart, especially if you have planets around this degree of the Cardinal signs.

This Indicates a very powerful time of destroying the old and we are likely to see many radical new revolutionary breakthroughs that we may experience as loss or empowerment and deep transformation on a personal level.  (Visit www.aumakua.biz, if you wish to find out where these are in your own chart).

This is a very challenging time for the old established order and a great time to create freedom and radical change because people around the world want reform much like the 60's (especially around the times of 1965 - 67 when many of these ideals were seeded).   Revolution and awakening are necessary in order to create change and this is the domain of Uranus, which rules the sign of Aquarius and Humanity in this new age. 

Breaking out of the box may be required to bring in new visionary, quirky and original ideas to break up the old conditioning. Grounding the body, improving circulation and physical movement help us to balance so that we don't space out and become too extreme. (Aries loves physical action).

It is time to “be the change you want to see” (Gandhi). Live in the Now, intuitively and knowingly and remember “we are the ones we have been waiting for.”  Awaken and be Present.  Discipline the lower mind and trust your Higher Self to manifest in partnership with your creative Spirit!  Trust your own body (gut-feelings) and Spirit because that is your first partnership and be centred in Self rather than 'self centred'.

Be a conscious co-creator; especially now, as we are approach the stormy eclipse season which can highlight “shadows” that may need to surface in the Light.  These may intensely transform old emotional and financial dependencies based on control that do not serve our highest good.

The first eclipse of this eclipse season is a Lunar Eclipse (full moon) also ruled by Mars and Pluto that occurs on the 25/26 April, in the sign of Scorpio (5 degrees).  This is followed by the Taurus Solar Eclipse (19 degree) on 10 May and then the Sagittarius Lunar Eclipse on 25 May (4 degrees).

So with 3 eclipses and the Pluto/Uranus challenge, we need to be very flexible and aware of how to navigate through the 'birth canal' that is delivering our new world.

Like the 'Fool' in the Tarot we require trust in our Higher Self/Spirit to manifest and create as we step onto our new path with synchronicity and serendipity and the innocence of a loving child.

Eclipses can affect us for up to 6 weeks prior and many months after. They are kind of like wild cards; especially Solar Eclipses (New Moons). Lunar eclipses tend to be more emotional (full moons/completion times).  They can trigger very old emotional feelings that may bring disruption, showing us where the 'shadow' or unconscious patterns may need to be integrated and balanced with the Light of Consciousness.

Pluto, who rules Scorpio (and the higher octave of Mars) is known as Lord of the Underworld and was demoted to a Dwarf Planet a few years ago. He is in the sign of Capricorn, (2008 - 2025) and is transforming corporate and government structures as well as individuals, regarding the use of power, disempowerment, empowerment.

He will slow down and appear stationary during his 'retrograde' period from the 13/4/2013 to 21/9 2013, shortly after the New moon.

Pluto retrograde, may be felt more internally, and can sometimes 'implode' to release and clear blockages. Better to allow letting go and releasing, rather than resisting, as holding on stubbornly can be destructive rather than creative.

We need to understand that alchemy of the Soul may be taking place to reveal powerful deep truths and gifts of the authentic self which may be buried beneath the surface (the gold). This deep inner transformation and change may appear as loss and letting go so the soul is able to regenerate and re-birth.

Anyone with planets near the very sensitive 11 degree of cardinal signs (Aries, Libra, Cancer and Capricorn) may also feel this personal transformation, destabilisation and intensity through various periods right up to the end of 2014.  Remember Pluto only clears what needs to be recycled and regenerated and anything that is built on a strong foundation will often remain strong.

Saturn the Lord of Karma (who rules Capricorn) is in the sign of Scorpio (till 10/2015) and is teaching us powerful lessons regarding responsibility, self control and authority. He is also in his retrograde phase from 17/2 2013 to 7/7/2013.  The Grim Reaper demands we pay our dues and debts, clearing and healing any deep secret emotional issues connected to financial debt, lack, control/manipulation of shared resources. This applies especially to past issues regarding sex and intimacy, fear, death/rebirth that may require regeneration.

This paves the way for us to feel secure and stable in our own Sacred Marriage of our Feminine/Masculine trusting the Soul/Authentic Self and body to manifest with our Highest purpose. Aries rules the head and the personality and must caution running with the ego.  Patience may be required!  Saturn in Scorpio is also ruled by Mars and Pluto. It joins the full moon and North Node in the upcoming Lunar eclipse on April 25/26.

Neptune and Chiron are still in Pisces and are providing artistic, healing, and spiritual opportunities to assist in supporting Saturn in Scorpio in creative ways. These feminine water signs can help us to flow with love and compassion and attract abundance and intuitive gifts, when used with awareness.

These energies will also be supported by Jupiter, Lord of expansion and abundance when he goes into Cancer, at the end of June.  This will be a beautiful time to manifest smoothly and easily (grand water trine) with freely flowing creative, magnetic manifesting energy that can attract magic and miracles!

Early July is another wonderful time to manifest the new consciousness with love, joy and nurturing.  Jupiter is still in Gemini till 26 June, challenging Neptune and Chiron. This will us to understand the power of our spoken word, choose conscious communications and speak our truth.

Gemini loves to share information especially in social networking and through technology, yet we may need to be careful not to become addicted to mobile phones and our devices which can blur the boundaries between reality and fantasy. Mercury is still in dreamy Pisces till 15 April, so communications may still feel quite emotional and sensitive until April 15 when the messenger planet also moves into Aries where he is much more direct, frank and assertive in the pioneering sign of the Ram.

This New Moon, on April 10 is at 7.35pm (Sydney) and is a great time to set your goals! Now is the time to write your wish list for the year!

It is a powerful time to initiate your creative Will with the will of Spirit.   It has a power packed gang of planets (conjunctions) all in Aries, intensifying radical new energy. The line-up is Uranus, Moon, Sun, Eris, Mars and Venus!  Whether it is starting a new career/business, a relationship, physical health regime, or doing something spontaneous to break out of the old, focus on your courage and drive, to break through any limitations. Allow your “go-getter” to run independently at this heightened time of passion, enthusiasm and activity. Initiate inspiring new paths!

Trail blaze, enjoy sports, get physical and also be aware of the strong assertive warrior yang energy that would much rather compete and lead, than co-operate. Be aware not to overdo it though, which could cause frustrations / anger / violence / accidents and burn out.

Stress, headaches, torn muscles, and accidents can be prevented by taking care to be Present, and not forcing the energy or issues.

Do remember to breathe, so as not to erupt, and let us hope the Earth herself does not need to have any eruptions either. These are revolutionary times of birthing the new world of Consciousness, in the Age of Humanity and Intuition.

Venus and Mars, the lovers, and Eris; the new Dwarf planet discovered in 2003 are also conjunct the Sun, Moon and Uranus in Aries at 22/23 degrees.  Eris is known as a 'Plutoid' and her discovery lead to the demotion of Pluto resulting in new astronomical categories.

She is known as the Great Disrupter.  In mythology, Eris is the sister of Ares (Mars) the Greek God of war and was the one who tossed the apple that lead to the Trojan War. She is considered a shadow Goddess, ruling the night, and symbolises the difficulties resulting from suppression of the Divine feminine. Her discovery created disruption in itself and she will not join those planets again till 2045! She will also shake up any issues to help us balance our masculine and feminine energies in the very yang sign of Aries.

We must ask ourselves can we trust our inner yang masculine energy? How healthy is your Will?  Can you trust your physical/sexual energy and desires to flow to higher conscious levels that are constructive rather than destructive? Can you be assertive rather than competitive or aggressive?  Can you direct your thoughts/mind (Mercury) to your Higher Mind/Self (Uranus) to follow your intuitive impulses. Or does the ego drive and dominate and need to control?  Do you live in your head?  Do you need to balance your heart and head by nurturing you body?

Now is a time for the new paradigm to take action based on new beliefs.  Birthing the new archetypes is the realm of Uranus, in the first sign of the zodiac, Aries which recently began its new 84 year cycle.

Birthing the new awareness and acting consciously is now required. We must choose to be assertive individuated Peaceful Warriors; committed to protect and balance our own Divine Feminine, not take over.  This requires Love (Venus); the yin creative energy that creates, births and values regardless of our gender. Gay rights may also require acceptance.

These are very exciting times and can also be quite chaotic and revolutionary! Aries is ruled by Mars (lower octave) and rules desire/personal will. Pluto (higher octave) rules Divine Will and the creative fire energy and power to transmute.  This moon crosses Uranus (9 degrees Aries), just before the new moon. Be careful of being impatient or too forceful, causing frustrations that could lead to blowing a fuse which can cause sudden feelings of alienation along with eccentric or unpredictable behaviour.

Passions could be electrifying and firing on all cylinders! So enjoy the energy of Venus and Mars and you may feel sexually attractive as well as attracting new relationship opportunities. Take risks and be spontaneous in stepping forward!  This is a wonderful time as it commences the new astrological year and is a truly dynamic and exciting new cycle.

A keyword for Aries is "I am".  Aries is self directed and independent.  For those who have their Sun in the sign of Aries, March 21 to April 21; happy birthday! This will be a very exciting time for you. You may feel confident and positive so take advantage of this magnetic energy to manifest your passions, step up and go for it! Youthful like the spring, Aries can jump into action head first. Often acting and then thinking!   It is often said they 'jump in where angels fear to tread'!

From the Universal standpoint Aries is the first impulse of the Life force into activity; the decent of the Divine spark into manifestation.

Make sure to write 10 intentions or goals to let the universe know you are ready to move ahead with your leadership and strength and pioneering Spirit.

Success is connected to action and successful people just keep moving, acting on their dreams!

Get excited!   Just do it!

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New Moon in Pisces, 12 March

12 March 2013 at 6:40am AEST, Sydney, Australia

Pisces is the last sign of the Zodiac; the yin sign of the two fishes swimming in opposite directions.  It represents the return to Source.

It is also the 3rd of the water signs and the domain of the 12th house ruled by Neptune (modern ruler) which is the deep watery, transcendent and spiritual outer planet known as the Great Dissolver.

This New Moon represents an exceptional opportunity to surrender, forgive and let go of the past and heal painful feelings of loss, confusion, disappointment, illusion, addiction and struggle based on past fears, karma and self sacrificing/martyrdom, victimisation and disappointment.  

It is also an opportunity to birth our visions, dreams and intentions in Higher Consciousness and unconditional love; thus allowing us to connect to Source, Oneness and the deeper mysteries in an expanded way.

Magical and passive Pisces offers deep forgiveness and compassion and a chance to wash, cleanse and dissolve old karma, stories, pain and suffering.  It is a time to let go of anything that blocks our heart’s ability to give and receive love. Like the masters of the age of Pisces - Krishna, Christ, Buddha and others who showed us the way, we must have an awakened higher mind and consciousness along with a sacred heart of compassion to do this.

We now have an opportunity to experience our Soul’s individual purpose and dissolve any egoic patterns that reveal themselves through the instinctive behaviors and conditioning of our lower, rational mind and thinking along with worry and fear. We can choose to merge with the higher mind (Uranus) by choosing to co-create with unconditional love and compassion (Neptune) and live in a higher state of vibration and being, and experience the conscious awareness and Oneness, which is way beyond logic and rational thinking (Mercury).

At this time, we must have faith to expand with wisdom (Jupiter) and use our inspiration, imagination, trust and vision to transcend struggle and suffering and redeem any aspect of our self that feels victimized, powerless and unconscious.

This leap of faith will allow us to release our inborn psychic, healing and creative gifts and balance the 'Divine Feminine/Peaceful Warrior' within (Venus/Mars) and attract healthy loving Soul based relationships. By choosing to serve our Higher Self and have healthy boundaries, allowing love and joy, trusting in living in the now, we can trust following our intuitive guidance and 'going with the flow' of inspiration and intuition, creativity and higher guidance.

This New Moon is akin to being in the watery womb and birth.(12th house).  It represents a chance to heal past pains of separation and loss through forgiveness and letting go, and healing and redeeming our true Self or Spirit through compassion and kindness for self and others.  We can now choose to give birth to our creative talents and spiritual gifts. Like the 'Fool' in the Tarot filled with trust and creative pure potential, we can choose love over fear, and allow ourselves to manifest our dreams; connect to wholeness through the birth of our awakened consciousness.

We now have seven planets in Pisces; all in the 12th house, including Neptune who returned to its home domain in 2011/12 for the first time in 164 years and will remain there until 2026, “lifting the veil” of our evolution into Oneness. (Consciousness from 3rd dimensional reality to 5th dimensional awareness).

Many celebrated around the world for the end of the Mayan Calendar and the December Solstice of 21/12/12 coming together in unity and meditating at many sacred sites for this shift in consciousness.  Now we are in the process of cleansing our emotional states based in unconscious behaviors and feelings.

As we now move from the Age of Pisces and our deep unconscious sleep into the Age of Aquarius, the Age of Humanity and Enlightenment, we will find spirituality and technology supporting us to come together in Oneness. We can now begin to have a knowing that "what affects one, affects the whole". Quantum physics shows us that we are 'energy' so we must be aware to choose consciously the vibration of love and kindness, knowing that “energy follows thought”. What thoughts are we energising? 

We need to revise our thinking and communications with Mercury retrograde in Pisces (Feb 22 - March 16).  This is followed by the Equinox, the cardinal point of 0 degrees Aries, on the 20th March, birthing the new Astrological year. (The Equinox is usually on 21st but this has changed because of the leap year). This is a  time to go into action and have the courage to direct our 'will to the Higher Will of Spirit, rather than ego.

It is now time to awaken and be responsible for what we co-create by choosing love, knowing all relationships are a mirror of the relationship we have with our own Spirit and our body.

By nurturing and being present, grounded and discerning (Virgo, integrating the opposite sign of Pisces) knowing that the body is a vehicle for the soul, we can balance and feel the vibration of love in grounded healthy ways. Knowing that Spirit manifests for our humaneness through our thoughts and feelings we must ask what thoughts am I choosing? (Jupiter in Gemini) How does my body feel? Is it stressed (too much information ) and over analyzing details? Can we balance our (Virgo ) physical healthy daily routines/work and wellness with our emotional, creative and spiritual energies (Pisces) and trust in a higher vision?

As we dissolve and release these insecure feelings and egoic patterns, old attachments and past conditioning/karma, we transcend the sea of unconsciousness and the gamut of emotions that run from madness to ecstasy. We can feel love and compassion and choose moment to moment, living in the “now”, as we birth this new era individually and collectively.

We can connect to what the mystics, shamans and many indigenous people have always known because many of them never lost their connection to Mother Earth and Spirit. We can choose to manifest our dreams and visions, artistic and creative gifts, and be of loving service to the whole, uniting with Source as we individuate to our Soul’s purpose.

We can allow ourselves to “go with the flow” by trusting and nurturing our bodies, following our intuition, and choosing Grace and ease over trauma and drama. Choosing Self love is healing and this heals our self esteem so we can feel worthy and valued as we honour our creative gifts.

New moons are a birthing time; a time to seed and set our intentions, goals and visions. Pisces rules dreams and the Dreamtime and nightmares, imagination, inspiration, sensitivity, psychic/intuitive abilities, healing and the creative arts including poetry and music. It also rules escapism, drugs, alcoholism, addictions, aloneness and seclusion, prisons, hospitals, institutions, asylums, ashrams and monasteries.

It s time to go within, meditate and connect to the stillness and silence within Listen to the Soul and fill your being with music, dance, yoga, poetry, films photography and art. These are all very powerful at this time. Choose to focus on beauty, magic and miracles, and restore yourself quietly by being by the ocean, surfing, swimming with dolphins, taking baths, drinking water, homeopathy and cleansing rituals, are also helpful.

This New Moon has a stellium or group of planets that are all linked together in Pisces. They include Neptune and Mercury (retrograde), Chiron, (the wounded healer and maverick) Venus (love, values, beauty and harmony) and Mars (physical yang/sexual energy and courage). Together with the Sun and the Moon. (the Luminaries) this planetary group makes the time even more potent and the alignment can create a lot of deep watery emotions and sensitivity. So be gentle with yourself as you may not have a lot of energy and you may need lots of rest and relaxation. Much like a mother about to give birth, we need to be sensitive to the needs of our body.

Neptune, Mercury and Chiron are being supported by Pluto in Capricorn and Saturn in Scorpio (in creative supportive ways) to help us transform and empower ourselves, release old guilt, shame and control dramas so we can trust in 'the power of love rather than the love of power.  How much do we love and value our Higher Self guidance? And how can we channel our creative gifts?

The South node in Taurus supports the Sun, Moon and Venus in Pisces to help us ground our physical bodies and connect to Mother Earth and our environment.  It also helps us to value and create abundance in practical tangible ways. Saturn in Scorpio supports us with discipline to realize our visions around sharing intimacy, money and empowerment.

Jupiter In Gemini, the air element (until the 27th June) is challenging us to feel our connection to our Soul rather than being busy and living in our heads. It helps us to expand and heal limited beliefs, release any thoughts of duality and polarity and work hard to change old thought patterns that scatter our energies from too much information and networking.

We are learning to use our minds in new and intuitive ways, personally and globally. The water element is very strong throughout 2013. It is the Chinese year of the Water Snake that has similar energies to Saturn in Scorpio and the water signs especially will benefit from June 27th when Jupiter goes into the sign of Cancer for the next year.

This is a year to really birth and believe in love and dreams, transcending the past, and birth new archetypes.  It is a time of revolutionary change (Uranus in Aries) that is challenging the old corrupt and corporate/government systems, especially with Pluto in Capricorn.

There are now lots of opportunities for regeneration like a snake shedding it's skin as we trust in the synchronicity and spontaneity of being present in the Now; trusting our intuitive guidance. Choose to see love, joy, abundance for all,  including one self.

"You can heal my Soul if your heart is a mirror for my Soul, and your heart can be that mirror only if you are resting in your own Soul" Ram Dass.

Aloha Pai'e xx