Category: astrology

happy new moon in taurus

First of all, I’m a delight.
Second, is long form content dying?

Turkey vultures hanging out in a yard.

“We become what we are willing to see.”
― Richard Rohr

Hey y’all! The Moon is new, in the sign of Taurus, so plan your day accordingly. While I know a fair amount about astrology, I find the modern prognosticators often repeat each other in order to go viral online. But here’s the deal…a lot of the modern spiritual paths are rooted in the erasure of marginalized persons. Why go to your local Strega or Granny Woman when you can pay a lot of money to shady pseudo-spiritualists that say, “Hey, upload your financials to AI and have it tell you how to make even more money.”

So this past week has been an odd one, and I’m still sitting with the events that brought me back to the land of navel gazing. There were these tiny drops of aha! moments that created a tsunami of thoughts. Each one flowing over my brain like milk in a bowl of cereal. Trying to explain it to anyone has been impossible, and all I could say to my husband was that my creative brain decided to reboot itself back to 2013 settings.

The hard part of healing after life borrowed your creative energy for survival is when your soul says, “Hey, you tell folks all the time they are made in the image of an energy that creates, therefore you are also a creative being,” but the rest of you is like, “No. Nope. Not Today.” Writing is second nature to me, and is honestly so much a part of my life that my tagline should be, “I have a story for that,” instead of “Everything I’m about to tell you is true.” So while I was trying to write things this week, and nothing would come out, it was clear that changes were coming my way.

Oh, yes…yes those are vultures, and they are my friends. If you call them little babies, they will swoop down to visit. And before y’all come over here with your scary stories, or how you Pappy said they mean this or that, just know that I’ve studied this land for nearly 25 years. They are not a portent of doom and/or gloom, nor will they eat your face. In fact, if they weren’t here, we would be up to our pits in carrion. We fear them because they represent the part of life that is the end, and what truly comes after our body stops working. Honestly, I can’t imagine being a first human and seeing this big old bird having a meal from a long gone animal. It would seriously weird me out, but also…if I was hungry…that bird might be the best teacher. Again, before you wanna say gross, or that’s not right, sit in nature for a bit to see how the process of model/rival works. We are, after all, human animals, and we got to where we are now by observing the natural world around us.

During this whole week of transformation, while out and about, I had a whole creative idea flash through my mind quicker than the AI can tell you how wonderful you are (because it is coded to do so, but that’s a story for another day). That kind of process was dulled by those years of smiling for the camera, so to speak, and walking as close to the standards of cultural normality — at least here in the States — that I had the ability to do. While it was performative, I was not performing. Not to sound dramatic, but the fate of my family depended on me showing up like someone I am not. This wasn’t inauthenticity, as no matter what life brings us we are being authentic in our experiences. That’s not a what is the sound of one hand clapping koan, or teaching story, but a tangible reality that none of us can escape. No matter what we are doing, or how we are doing it, in that moment we are engaging a part of our true self. Which, for me, there’s an aspect of my personality that is just some woman from Kentucky doing her best in chaotic moments.

Anyway, this creative idea that I had started with painting, then crochet, and after that photography. Literally in the span of like maybe 3 seconds, my brain laid out this beautiful storyboard of ideas. It just felt really good to be back in that zone again, but it did sort of run me off the rails. But you know, life is one long river, and time doesn’t go anywhere. Maybe some past, or future, me stepped into my current timeline to show me a way out of the mire I didn’t know I was still in.

It was no surprise when my spiritual side lit up as well. I also had to put that part of me to the side during the time of caring for my family where all my energy was needed to keep us going. In my life I’ve seen how everything is connected so many times that any other examples are just overkill. It’s about metaphysics and science meeting up and having the best tea party ever. Also, the Universe is always talking to us, and it’s quite egotistical to think that it isn’t…or that we somehow know more than creation itself.

With all this going on it was hard to sit in front of my screen pondering what to write to all y’all. My fingers wanted to talk about the beauty of being human, and my mind was all aflutter with stories of grace. However, when I opening the site, got that new post ready, everything went blank. I’d get a drink of water, do the dishes, and use all the techniques writers use when feeling a block, but none of them worked. After pondering it a bit, I remember that sometimes we carry stories that are only for ourselves. Telling them to others would sort of swoosh the magic of it away, or introduce doubt into the process due to the opinions of others. So I sat with it, parsed out the aspects that were okay to share — waiting for the right time to come back to my characteristic rambling.

Which was today, with a new Moon “in the neck,” aka Taurus, to share a part of my life with the world. I’m still trying to figure out what to do with this space, but thankfully the Universe helped me out a bit. For now I’m just gonna keep showing up; keep telling tales.

Until next time…much love,
~ KEU

Today’s Sabian Symbol

Mandala

First of all, I am a delight.
Second, it’s Monday.
Third, this week ends with the first Full Moon of May.

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
The Guest House, Jalaluddin Rumi (translated by Coleman Barks)

Field with a forest in the back and dandelions in the front.

So today’s Sabian Symbol is known as, loosely, the woman at the well. While these symbols don’t really flow into my work with astrology, I do find the story of how they came to be rather interesting. Feel free to use “the Google” to learn more.

For me Astrology is one of those topics that I’ve always approached with a bit of academic curiosity. At this point we all sort of understand that celestial items dancing around in the cosmos have some impact on the way the Universe moves. Take, for example, the mighty power of the Moon on the ocean. Water rolls in, then rolls out, all based on the gravitational pull of that jocular satellite of our planet Earth.

But here is something interesting you might not know about…earth tides. Yep, this is when the Sun and Moon do their little gravity thing, displacing the solid surface of this here planet we walk around on daily. When this happens the more sensitive critters can feel it – birds, bugs, and that one weird lady down the street (hey, wait a minute…that’s me! LOL!). Thing is, the beautifully connected everything that we experience every day has all sorts of mysteries we will fully understand someday. It is my hopes that folks in the future will see the benefit of both science and spirituality, but I also won’t be holding my breath until that day arrives.

So back to the woman at the well.

For those of you who are biblical scholars, I’m sure this will bring back all the lectures on grace, crossing cultural boundaries, and that we are all worthy of being loved by the Divine. Well, that’s more of a universal look at it, but yes, the gist of this story is that Jesus didn’t stand on ceremony when teaching others, nor did he balk at helping women. If you don’t know the history of this time and location, let me give you a very quick lesson – women were less than men. There you go, that should get you all A plusses on your tests now that you know the answer to how women were treated in the time of Jesus, and why this parable is very important not just because a woman was allowed to interact with a man freely, but that a man saw a woman fully.

Sadly, this didn’t really change the way any female aligning person has been treated…but that’s a post for another day.

Okay, so back to today’s astrology, Sabian symbols, an approaching Full Moon, and all that.

When doing a chart for someone, I step way out of the traditional model of astrology. There are some interpretations that make me wonder if those who wrote them even sat under the stars on a warm Summer night, or worked in the service industry during a New Moon. That’s not a criticism, just an observation. Also, my brain does love a good journey into arcane esoterica, along with wandering the halls of academia. What this means is that I took a long walk into the positions of the cosmos during peak parts of human history. When you do that, as others have also done, you start to see a pattern form. For example, during the New Moon. First humans, after they started to figure out that they weren’t in Kansas anymore, most likely had some fears come out when the night’s light was not seen. (side note – can you imagine what they thought during an eclipse) Given the fact that this light helped them stay safe from predators, the adrenaline and hormones running through their bodies impacted their DNA. (another side note – take a look at transgenerational epigenetic inheritance for fun) Some thousands years later, modern two-leggeds get a little squirrely when the last sliver of the Sun’s light reflecting on the sky orb disappears. If you want to get really deep, the time of year that this happens is important as well.

Also, don’t get me started on the Eurocentric view of modern astrology, overlooking the cultures that have been researching this far longer than the internet star chasers.

If there’s anything I would want you to know for this week, it’s that we are approaching a Full Moon, the penultimate bright lunar experience before the Solstice in June. Also, this month has a Blue Moon, meaning that May is gonna start in the lit-up darkness, and finish in the lit-up darkness. Talk about letting the light shine, and letting all be revealed, ‘eh?

This is the part where I need to pull all my rambles together. My favorite way to do this is with bullet points, but I hear-tell the wee AI bots see it as something other than it is. You know what that means…yep, bullet points. No shade to AI, I’m just very, very tired of companies using AI to dictate the worth of creatives.

  • This week reach out to someone that needs to hear something wonderful. Be like Jesus who broke all conventions to share a moment of grace with the woman at the well.
  • Get prepared for Friday’s Full Moon in Scorpio (and some other cool things that I will talk about this week).
  • Remember this important fact – no one has all the answers. I didn’t talk about that in the ramble above, but it’s always good to remember.
  • Everything is connected – just my little weekly reminder to all y’all.

May your day be full of wonderful things, with all manner of things being well.

Until next time…much love and tons of support to all y’all,
KEU