From another corner of the world, we find ourselves dreaming, being and relaxing, floating in a sensorial place where the exotic fairies are tuning into our very core. What would you do if you could, nature asked me? I would always return to you, the heat, the ocean, the wisdom of the land. Well, you can, Mother Earth replied, with a beautiful smile on her wise face. Under this new moon in Scorpio our secret wishes are joined with the manifestation powers of the ancient sign, who will walk with you until the dreams are indeed coming true. Stay close to your heart, where the Scorpio tunes into your song, and trust it will happen. The quiet season of the ancestors support your healing, inhale the flowers of the moment and be still in prayer.
The appearance of the Moon still refers to events that happened during the cosmic shake up in September. October continues to deliver dreams and imagination that have been so potent during the Pisces full moon of last month.
So the Moon which – lets not forget – moves quickly, governs events and our deepest need, is a strong indicator of mysterious happenings. Changing circumstances, seeing things under cover with all of our senses alerted, and an enhanced perception beyond the visual, are indicated with this card and its’ representation of the new moon in Libra.
It is also a caution, maybe not of mistrust, but of awareness. It is telling us not to take events, people and actions at face value. There will be misleading factors coming from our environment and from within. Things we’d like to believe, illusions and stories made up in our heads, people we idolize. Measured escapism can be inspiring, daydreaming is healing, and connecting with transcended beings is enriching. But a balance must be struck nonetheless, or we will fly away with ourselves. And we may be lost in others too.
A revelation or an insight will shake us and this could be something mental or spiritual that will bring a total collapse. What seemed solid, embedded, rooted, and secure, will be now be shaken by something akin to a lightning bolt from the universe. What is light and mobile will fly away. Something new is waiting to take its’ place. But it’s not clear what as yet. Change is inescapable. Illusions or false beliefs will not help. Truth will be destructive. A period of chaos, or a sense of chaos, is forewarned. This month is starting to look like a make or break time. What starts off as fear, anxiety or delusion, develops to an actual break-up.
The cards contain their own advice to see us through disturbing circumstances and that is to trust our inner self. Trust your intuition. Your eyes might deceive you but your core values will not let you down. But we need to go through it to come out of it. And that’s a big lesson. Ultimately, there will be a promise of opportunity. There will be growth and a potential to find ourselves in a much better place than where we were before.
The Ace of Wands is a card of achievement and passion. New projects will replace old structures. Creative energy will replace passive illusion. Belief in the cosmic plan and action to follow through our dreams will lead to triumph. But a lot of work is waiting ahead of us to materialize any of it. It’s looking to be a surprisingly intricate and eventful month full of initiations, passions and disruptions. Most of all be present, and make the best of it.
With the New Moon in Libra we are now climbing up the chart heading for the top. Angelite and Citrine can be our friends this month. They will help us to stay on track. They are healing and soothing, bringing the resplendent light they reflect to be part of us.
We took off with Aries initiating, and creating new beginnings by knowing the self, with a focus on identity. As we moved into Taurus our values and what we love started to materialize and begun to take form. In Gemini our thoughts and communication became paramount. Travelling through Cancer, and as the season begun to shape up, our home and our environment around us, gave us grounding and a foundation from where we could build. And so we are still moving through the bottom of the chart. Leo arrived full of exuberance and creativity. All things love mattered: the self became King and Queen. But calmly and steadily we reached Virgo. It was a timeline about care, mastery and preparation.
And now all of a sudden – and yet not too soon – we find ourselves in Libra, and half-way through the astrological year. We are now climbing higher in the chart with the realization that others matter. We are in relationship mode. We see ourselves in others and the people we hang out with, the groups we belong to, the friendships we make, reflect who we really are.
Angelite confirms this. We can hold, or think of, this stone as a reminder that we will find happiness and emotional expansion by staying close to those that are aligned with our values. We can join groups or travel to places where we can be with people that have similar ideas and aspirations as us. We are looking out for people we admire and those that represent our aesthetic values, beauty, history, spirituality and higher self. This will give us strength and confidence in ourselves to develop further, and grow emotionally, creatively, intellectually, and even materially. If we are having problems with health, work, substances, mental blocks or direction, and we want to address them, now it’s the right time to seek those who can help us. We are not alone. We are all reflected in each other.
And so Citrine further encourages us beyond taking practical steps to be with like-minded people, that we can draw power and energy from Citrine which shines through to be optimistic and purposeful. The self in others and the greater picture are illuminated by the New Moon in Libra.
The season of Virgo saw personal planets congregating there. We all felt the change of weather. But we are still in summer in the north – winter in the south. Virgo is a time full of manifestation and preparation. It is putting all the elements in line, caring for others and taking care of the self, perhaps with a sense of duty, finding pleasure in the everyday, with a paramount focus in practice and repetition. A bit of anxiety and worry about what’s to follow and the frustration that we’re stuck in events (for better or for worse) will also be a feature. Don’t let it get in your way. Soon the bigger picture will also start to unfold!
The mermaid Undine will guide us this week. Her secretive gaze and calm demeanour indicate that she knows how to keep herself balanced and nourished. She is surrounded by fish and sea-plants who keep her company in the ocean’s depth. Undine is derived from Paracelsus theory of elemental beings called undines who inhabit the water, and inspired the romance Undine, written by Baron F.H.C. La Motte Fouqué in 1811. Undine has no soul, and to acquire one, she needs to marry a mortal man and have his child. As a mermaid, Undine has the magical abilities to move within the immortal and mortal world, and by choice, she can become her deepest desire.
Undine tells us that when we keep on working diligently towards our goal, we flow to our prosperous destiny with ease. Following our heart in an enterprising venture, we are rewarded with possibilities and opportunities. She does not want us to meddle in unnecessary information and reminds us to caution our communication with those we do not trust. Stay objective in discussions which have reached a dead-end.
With the blessings of the full moon in Pisces, we are naturally flowing towards our dreams, and Undine encourages us to keep on going, and to focus on the bigger vision. The watery Pisces may sometimes cloud our sight, but by staying true to that which we deeply desire, we will be able to reach our truthful destination.
Meditation with Undine
Try this meditation with Undine and listen to her special message to you.
Sit down in a quiet
space. Take a few deep breaths and relax.
Focus on the image of Undine. Observe how calmly she is floating in the ocean. Her hair is moving like a prosperous auburn wave around her. The fish and sea-plants are nourishing her immediate environment, a physical place in which she feels at ease, and which supports her mindful state of meditative calmness.
Stay in meditation
for 5 to 10 minutes.
After the meditation, journal about the below questions:
What are the three most stressful issues you are currently experiencing?
How can you
transform these issues into a more balanced way of life?
Additional
practice – finding calmness with Blue Calcite
Blue Calcite is a soft and calming crystal, containing calcium carbonate, with a shiny surface and a waxy texture. Blue Calcite is soothing and relaxing and it is helpful for anxiety and depression. It calms emotions and protects the aura through the transmutation of heavy and intrusive forces into positive energy. Because of its’ calming effect, Blue Calcite allows emotional situations to be levelled into a more balanced state of mind and enhances communication between your thoughts and feelings. It makes you more conscious of how other people are thinking, revealing unspoken information. Blue Calcite works wonderfully with the third eye and throat chakras, expanding your communicative and psychic gifts. It can be used to clear disagreements and show a new way to look at situations by healing old thought-patterns. Blue Calcite promotes deep sleep and dream states.
For the healing ceremony, lie down in a comfortable place. Place the Blue Calcite on your heart chakra. Imagine how the beautiful pale blue colour is calming your heart. Sense how the colour is spreading all over your body, all the way down to the feet and toes, and then all the way up to your crown chakra at the top of your head. Feel how the blue energy is creating a beautiful calming vibration in your whole body. Stay in the nurturing energy of Blue Calcite and feel how your heart and your soul are synchronised. Note any messages you receive at this point.
Take
a deep breath and say thank you to Blue Calcite and its’ healing
gift.
Repeat
this practice as often as you wish to calm your mind, body and soul,
and to nourish your deepest dreams.
We
are in September and the sign of Virgo. On the 30th of August we
already had the Moon, the Sun, Mars, Venus and Mercury all
congregating in Virgo. That’s a lot of energy powering the Virgo
domain. A bit of nostalgia and melancholia for the summer is
unavoidably in the cards. We will overcome it as we absorb it in our
daily lives by being pragmatic and industrious.
This
is not the traditional and superbly iconic 3 of Swords we are used to
seeing. Instead of the pierced heart we are familiar with, we have a
sword logged deep into the earth. But the inescapable message of the
month is cutting, nonetheless. This is the month of Virgo, associated
with cleansing, and so cutting off from everything and anything
damaging dominates every mood, every action. And this would be the
story of this month in a nutshell. In fact, we have two sword cards
to deal with in September.
In
a landscape seemingly of ice, of water falling from above, and
flowers crowning this image, a sword is cutting through all of it. It
is embedded deeply. But is it logged securely? The earth looks more
like ice. A person is kneeling as if in prayer and reception. A
shower of clean fresh water looks like it’s falling from the sky
and through a spray of unnaturally large flowers. It’s not clear in
the image where the ground starts and where the sky begins, or vice
versa. It’s a card of blessings. The hardness of the ice has been
broken. Stumbling blocks have been removed to reveal further
blessings in the form of abundant water from above and from below.
Hard work is paying off. Tranquillity permeates. But there is
transformation. All elements are drawn in. The birds and the trees,
the flowers and the fruits of the earth, under a clear sky on a
clement day.
As
the card sits right next to the 7 of Cups, an unmistakable sign of
dreams and wishes, gifts and objects of desire, this signifies that
all these things are possible and within our reach. They can be
multifaceted and complex. And they are right there in front of us
ready for the taking once we let go and break free. But from what?
This can sometimes be the hardest lesson to learn and the toughest situation to be in. What needs to let go and when we have to reach out to pick up what we really want. Not what we are conditioned to think we want. Or what others want from us. Or even what we mistakenly think they want. Be mindful of your options! A lot of interpretations suggest a freeze and lack of initiative with the appearance of this card, hesitant commitment or immobile action. But standing between the two swords cards, this is very unlikely. How can it possibly be the case, as Swords are denoting moments in flux and constant change. It is likely, however, for some people this is cerebral, rather than physical moment of movement, endings and change. A moment of thinking, analysing, contextualising. Choose wisely, as they say, because you might get what you wished for. While obstacles are removed and possibilities open up, the main thing is go according to our higher purpose. The values we hold are being tested.
The 3 of Swords reminds us to cut bonds with what doesn’t serve us in order to welcome what our hearts really need. On the face of it, it might even seem unrealistic, just like these flowers and the foreground. The lay-out of the spread tells us we might not even have a choice. Events like the wind are carrying us forward.
Finally the 7 of Swords, more air element, make that point loud and clear. Cut through the deception and fake promises. There’s going to be a lot of that as well. So prepare yourself. Follow your heart. Organise yourself. Get rid of unpleasantness. Throw the rubbish away. Don’t allow yourself to be taken in by falsity and don’t let yourself be sneaky either. It won’t help. It’s not to your advantage. Right now we are all collecting what we saw from the whole year and sorting through. Stay clean body and mind. Be good to yourself and to others. Prepare for change.
