May Day,stag, Goddess, Fairies

ah May Day, we are mid-way to summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. The Pleiades stars rise before sunrise on the morning horizon.  These 7 sisters are considered to be one  of the main constellations from which our ancestors came.  This is a very special NUMINOUS day. 

This is one of the four Non- Cardinal days celebrated since almost time out of mind. These days are the movers and shakers of the wheel of the year.

Beltane begins the eve of, on April 30 the NIGHT BEFORE Beltane. Food left over from April 30 must not be eaten and should be left for the fairies as an offering.  

April 30 May eve and Beltane exist in a LIMINAL “no time” when the viels between the worlds are thinnest, just like Halloween, the counterbalance to this festival of conception.The worlds of reality {Saturn}  and magic {Jupiter}  intermingle.

FAIRIES

The Faeries are said to return from their winter rest, full of faery mischief and delight. 
It is said that the Queen of the Faeries rides out on her white horse. It is possible to see her as she appears in this world if you call her and seek her out. But be careful not to be tempted to go into the Fairy world.

This is a FERTILITY FIRE FESTIVAL CONCEPTION

Beltane bonfires are lit, and their flames, smoke and ashes have protective powers.  In ancient times people and their cattle would walk around the bonfire or between two bonfires, and sometimes leap over the flames or embers calling out their new intentions. All household fires would be doused and re-lit from Beltane bonfire.

MODERN PAGAN

Walk around candles with your pets. be careful of the fire. 

SEXUAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE

The day celebrates the The SACRED MARRIAGE, the Heiros Gamos day, Divine Sexual Union and fertility. 

It is the day of the MAY QUEEN and her consort, Cernunnos the horned God/PAN, making love in the fields to fertilize them. 

Cernunnos, or PAN, the half goat/human, the sexually potent stag of the forest is one of the main male Gods worshipped this day. He is portrayed with a beard and wild, shaggy hair and he wears a crown of antlers.

FLora, the May Queen is the Goddess of the flowers and the fertile beautiful earth Goddess, she is a young blushing maiden and she is a princess of the fae or fairies.  She was Guinevere in the Arthurian cycle. Offerings are made be wearing a floral crown and milk and honey. 

Young lads and lasses would go into the forest at night to make love with a masked stranger acting as the God and Goddess embodied. Children conceived this night would be considered especially blessed and of the Goddess, to have special psychic powers. . These children would be born around Feb 1st.  

The day of the dance around the May Pole with participants weaving the web of life as they interconnect their ribbons. The original May pole must have been a living tree, symbolizing the Tree of Life.

BELTANE RITUAL

Be outside for Beltane if you can. If not then  use lots of candles, or a table-top brazier. A small cast iron cauldron on a  tile can be used to. 

Weave ribbons together or bread or paper. 

Have fruits symbols of sweetness, like cherries, pomegranates, peaches or apples. 

Have lots of flowers too. make garlands. 

CELEBRATE> Make love, dance since, drum, be joyous.

If you are single  don’t worry or be sad. {and I am married but will be in Sedona on my own}. Call in your Beloved, the Sacred Marriage partner to be with you.  Do tantric breathing exercise to open your chakras. You can do fire-breathing to experience orgasms.  This is a celebration of the beauty of human sexuality and divine love. Imagine your beloved being with you. Put out the intention that you are united with your beloved, ask them to materialize in the next 9 months.

Leave offerings to the fairies.

I will be doing ceremony here in Sedona and sending you all Blessings. I went to a Beltane sound healing ritual here led by an amazing musicians who calls himself Three Trees. I have been to a few other of his sessions. It was amazing,  like a drug trip with no drugs. Like a Holotropic breathwork journey.  The intention was to bring in new energy, will, fire passion and to fertilize that. Also to send out the energy to the world. As each one of us does our own individual work we help to heal the world. Three Trees plays drums, didgeridoo, flutes, hang drums, sings and chants. He has a beautiful voice and seems to sing in ancient unknown languages. 

Three Trees played a didgeridoo that had last been played in the King’s Chamber in Egypt. The chamber room resonated to the key of B. which is the CROWN CHAKRA and I saw this in my vision and then he spoke about it.  Tone B and visualize your crown chakra opening. 

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Pregnant Moon, fertility Valentine’s from Tara Greene

Feb 10 and 11th are two of the most fertile, expansive, rich and emotionally rewarding days this month. 

GREAT DAYS TO CONCEIVE. Planting seeds on all levels. It’s all about Divine Timing.

There are very supportive planetary energies from a CANCER Moon, where the Moon is totally at home, in her favourite place, the womb, the cave, a shell, a humble abode. Cancer is of course the sign of the Mother, nurturing, emotional security. Not necessarily a crabby mom, just protecting her fragility.

MOON CONJUNCT JUPITER Feb 10 @ 9:27 pm PST / Feb 11 @ 12:27 am EST

Heightened fertility, really LUCKY conception time. Cancer is RECEPTIVE, considered to be that totally feminine trait. It’s the ability to soak up, open up to. Sign of Cancer is La Mer, the oceans, from which all life on earth originated and whence the name mother derives. Especially high tides on Valentines day Full Moon.

Jupiter is the planet of expansion, opportunity, luck, wealth and faith. Esoterically the planet of the Higher Master Teachers. 

Jupiter is still in Cancer’s power is considered to be “exalted.” This aspect is potent till July 16. Exploit it.

A waxing pregnant Moon to Valentine’s Day also helps propel this highly romantic energy forwards. 

2/11

CANCER Moon trines Chiron, which allows for healing, compassion, forgiveness, cleansing. Tears will flow.

If you are trying to get pregnant I know from my experience of trying to conceive our daughter Leah for months, that it is agonizing month after month when nothing happens, no conception, your blood flows, it’s failure. There is a backlog of grief, loss, fear and despair sets in. You need to be clear and free, crying is good, your tears like the sea washes away the pain.

Moon opposes PLUTO and VENUS in Capricorn between 3:05 am EST= 9:20 am.

PLUTO VENUS is very powerful, concrete, IT’s REAL. Real Love, Real staying power. Really serious.

Have a single pointed desire for a child with all of your heart, mind and soul. Once you do that – your intention flies straight and true.

Conceiving a child is a totally spiritual matter. Both partners ideally need to be in their highest, clearest true heart’s space.  

The Pregnancy Card in the Tarot is the EMPRESS

She is VENUS, the Great Mother, Divine Feminine

They must be conscious of what they are desiring and can create. You and your partner are the Goddess and the God who bring forth life as a microcosm of the macro. As above, so below. Be in a state of divine respect, tenderness and honor in your love-making.

Your mutual desire to have a child, draws down from other dimensions, a soul, an essentially spiritual being who will take on a physical form and body. All children come into life with a soul contract, a sacred karmic contract with the mother and father. You agree to help assist each other’s soul’s to grow, to experience, to share. Usually a child is a past life acquaintance. The child could have been your mother, father or lover, an enemy, or a friend. Your child can be all of these at different points on your lifetimes together. The outcome of the soul contract cannot be judged from the limited human perspective. Trust that it is so. 

If it’s not a physical child that you are desiring, then you can still use this time wisely.

MAKE LOVE on all levels, spiritually, sexually, emotionally, mentally, physically to the world. To a new idea, a new habit, a new perspective, outlook, business, literal house, job way of giving, walking, acting, appreciating.

THE SUN in Aquarius squares Saturn in Scorpio later in the day

This brings some tension, Both are in fixed I WONT BACK DOWN signs. But it keeps the light shining from the higher heavens, open, free, and keeps it real, down and dirty too.

Moon continues on to TRINE SATURN

Brings in that foundation, the physical plane. It’ s a deep oceanic bliss, a sexual karmic orgasmic connection.

Last but not least

Moon quincunx’s the SUN at day’s end PST early a.m. on the 12th

Do not jump out of bed at the end of lovemaking. Don’t check in with your phone.  Cancer’s are very vulnerable and need holding cuddling, lots of tenderness. If you act to cool and all Aquarian that will fizzle the mood.

I have had three clients bring up the trying to conceive question in the last couple of days.

Your own personal Astrology chart and your partner’s should be examined to determine where you are at in relationship to your own personal cycles of fertility and responsibility.

It is generally most powerful for Cancer people, Aries, Libra and Capricorn right now too.

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Love is Real by John Lennon

SISTER MOON by STING

Cancer Full Moon Dec 28, cry like a baby, Astrology, Tara Greene

It is two weeks from the terrible slaughter of the innocents at Newtown Connecticut. It’s one week now Dec 28 from the Winter Solstice. If you think the end of the Mayan calender was a hoax, yes it was, commercialized from fear-mongers.. But the deeply held intentions of thousands of New Age and optimistic spiritual seekers felt a new world,a new energy grid light up the earth and unite people with new ideals, knowledge and understanding of truth, interconnectedness and love. That intention is what creates new realities.

Super intensified CANCER FULL MOON, atomic fueled womb Full Moon @ Pluto conjoins the  Sun at 7 degrees Capricorn  12/28 @ 2:23 am PST, 5:23 am EST, 10:23 am GMT.

The ongoing Uranus Pluto square  affects both the Sun and the Moon at this Lunation. 

JUNO, the Asteroid symbolizing woman’s particular genius sits on the right of the Sun with Pluto on the left. Its the WHoly Trinity of Women’s wisdom lighting up the world. Which also lights up the real picture of women not having rights as in the horrible gang rape of that woman in India which has sparked protests the police cannot control. She  is of course not the only one.

Moon in Cancer is in her home, so she is safe secure in the womb, hidden,in the roots of the chart.

The Universe is pregnant with possibility. Also a very good time to get pregnant if you so choose.

Everything is being conceived all at once.

Mercury, the winged messenger, is almost conjunct the Galactic Center at 25 Sagittarius.  This potent alignment allows us to tap into the highest truth from the Black Hole the central VOID, womb of our home Galaxyand our own inner voids, places of silence.

Venus is at the middle degree of Sagittarius, and more power to her,aiming for truth, justice and the bigger picture,yes do get up on your soapbox now and yell out your truth as you see it.

Mars is newly in Aquarius- your freak flag is flying and rebellion is ongoing world-wide. A Native woman chieftess is on a hunger strike on Parliamnet Hill in Ottawa,as Indigenous peoples in Canada are protesting oil pipelines going through their sacred lands. In Bolivia indigenous peoples sit in parliament in tribal dress, protesting, empowering themselves.

CNN and FOX and most major networks are not televising the revolutions in Europe, and other places.

Saturn has just formed,Dec 26 the first of three exact sextiles to PLUTO. The two powerful planets remain in mutual reception- in each other’s ruling signs from Oct 5 2012- Sept. 17 2015 researching, uprooting, lies, deceipt, corruption, and a willingness to delve deeply into the shadows of world governments, plutocrats, power mongers,saboteurs, self-righteous, psychopaths, sex, power, abuse, life,death, birth. All the biggies, oh yeah money too.

CERES Goddess mother is opposite Mercury and the Galactic Center

Transparency is the new black.

Saturn trines Chiron the wounded healer and the Moon in Cancer

a great healing for the wounded mothers and children, for the wounded killers and the authorities behind the scenes. a great healing for the women gang raped, for the innocent blood spilled. Mother earth cries great tears for her children.

RITUAL FOR CANCER FULL MOON

-MOONSTONE is the mineral for sign of Cancer or PEARL 

Moonstone Cancer gem

Create a sacred circle,

have salt water, use Himalayan salts if you can get them, sea salt or Kosher salt.

use white candles or pale blue or pale pink

have smudge or incense,

start in the east and cast a circle moving clock wise and calling in the elements beginning with Fire in the East, Water in the South, Earth in the West, Air in the North.Light a candle for each element.

Bless the water and make it holy by whispering sacred words, OHMS,  

Make your circle a sacred womb, make it as of tears and sweat,and sprinkle it into all four directions.

The ritual is very simple, simply get in touch with your feelings,the ones most buried,

you will begin to give birth to them in this ritual.

– let the tears of grief flow,cry like a baby, for all the times you could not express your feelings because you were oppressed. We have all been oppressed, all as little children by our fathers and our mothers and the consensus reality that did not believe us, in what we saw and knew, in the fairies and the feelings we felt were guiding us in our tummies.

cry as long and as hard and deep as you need to. Crying is purging.

when your tears are spent, sit in the circle and write down how you feel,

Your Intention is to bless all those hidden feelings that have arisen into the light as blessings in and of themselves.

Name each one reverently, vow to honor the newborn feelings.

And as synchronicity guides me I was drawn to a Joni Mitchell Song -Hajira 

watch- read lyrics  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg7F2-rYXno

here are the lyrics

I’m traveling in some vehicle
I’m sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
That shell shock love away
There’s comfort in melancholy
When there’s no need to explain
It’s just as natural as the weather
In this moody sky today
In our possessive coupling
So much could not be expressed
So now I’m returning to myself
These things that you and I suppressed
I see something of myself in everyone
Just at this moment of the world
As snow gathers like bolts of lace
Waltzing on a ballroom girl

You know it never has been easy
Whether you do or you do not resign
Whether you travel the breadth of extremities
Or stick to some straighter line
Now here’s a man and a woman sitting on a rock
They’re either going to thaw out or freeze
Listen
Strains of Benny Goodman *
Coming through the snow and the pinewood trees
I’m porous with travel fever
But you know I’m so glad to be on my own
Still somehow the slightest touch of a stranger
Can set up trembling in my bones *
I know no one’s going to show me everything
We all come and go unknown
Each so deep and superficial
Between the forceps and the stone

Well I looked at the granite markers
Those tribute to finality to eternity
And then I looked at myself here
Chicken scratching for my immortality
In the church they light the candles
And the wax rolls down like tears
There’s the hope and the hopelessness
I’ve witnessed thirty years
We’re only particles of change I know I know
Orbiting around the sun
But how can I have that point of view
When I’m always bound and tied to someone
White flags of winter chimneys
Waving truce against the moon
In the mirrors of a modern bank
From the window of a hotel room

I’m traveling in some vehicle
I’m sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
Until love sucks me back that way

© 1976; Crazy Crow Music

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BLESSINGS,

TARA