<p>The Moon position in your chart is showing you your spot of emotional tenderness and where gentleness and self care is needed. The Moon is the mother and the child, the nourishing principle we need for our survival and the helpless inner or outer child in need of care.</p> <p>When the transiting Moon goes through the whole zodiac during one month, it will hit positions which are in challenging angles to your personal Moon position. These are the times when you might feel most deeply impacted and emotional. In the Lunar astrology we watch the Moon with its different flavor wandering through the different signs, triggering different themes in its wake. When the transiting Moon is in conjunction, Square or opposition to your Moon you will feel your inner world, feelings, sense of security and the need for belonging stirred up. There is an excellent article by Philip Levine I strongly recommend about The Lunation Cycle addressing the differences of the Moon position in her unfolding from a New Moon to a Full Moon and back. <strong><br /></strong></p> <p><strong>In the Lunar Astrology</strong> for the coming month I like to take the perspective of becoming aware of the NEED each Moon position will bring into the open field of our consciousness related to her position.</p> <p><strong>Moon Swims into Cancer</strong></p> <p>Today we start to take a look at the NEEDS the Moon in Cancer will touch upon. Moon is at surely at home in Cancer. Cancer represents our home, our family of origin; it is a water sign and has the most nourishing, feminine quality of all. The deep, deep need for a safe home, reliability and commitment to feel comfortable is part of our survival instinct and should not be taken lightly. A need is not just a desire, something we would like to have. A need is absolutely essential to a healthy life and survival; we will do anything for what we need.<strong> <br /></strong></p> <p><strong>Moon Mars Conjunction and Opposition to Pluto</strong></p> <p>The Mars, the fiery warrior is taking up his flaming sword and is suddenly surrounded by steaming waters. That will promote bubbling emotions, insecurity and maybe a feeling of righteousness or deficiency. Mars is not at his best in Cancer to begin with and now has to deal with extra Moon energy.</p> <p>When the Moon moves through her opposition with Pluto, another layer of ignorance of our needs might be pealed away. Pluto is a tough taskmaster, forcing us to confront helplessness with the outer forces in life. Pluto wants to bring us to the place of accepting what is and a deep let go of fighting, struggle and the illusion of control. With this short lived transit we get a little shake to wake up and take responsibility for our need for security and what that means for us. We need each other for comfort, belonging, sharing stories, holding, learning, witnessing each others growth, giving and the experience of oneness and love.</p> <p><strong>Living alone is a Disaster for the Inner Child</strong></p> <p>I believe the single living reality for so many of us in our western society is very damaging and contradictory for that deep need of belonging. Throughout history humankind has lived in tribal or family unites to ensure survival. Just in the last 80 years it has changed to a life style of being single and having our own apartment man or woman. Even if we might think that it is a step forward into more autonomy and freedom for the individual, I was always wondering about the loneliness of singles and the loss of connection. I am not saying that it is wrong to choose to live alone, but I want to question if it is really fulfilling and nourishing our inner need for belonging and each other.</p> <p>If you are living alone you might use the chance this transit is offering and inquire into your inner need for love and connection. Do you feel you belong somewhere? Do you have a family or group of friends around you belong to? Does somebody really care for you, love you? Is somebody there for you if you really need help?</p> <p>If you answered any of these questions with "no" you want to examine your life style and where your priorities have been, creating the situation you are facing. When you have clarity and take responsibility for where you are, you can then take steps for change. If you feel that nobody in your life cares for you, you might want to find somebody you care for. If you don’t feel supported in your life, go find somebody to support. Give what you want to receive or need! Find a way for yourself to connect with your inner well of love, the Divine Mother or the nourishing nature all around us on Mother Earth.</p> <p>A wonderful way to change your state of consciousness is meditation or a walk in nature. Many of us living in cities might not have untouched nature but there are always pockets of green even in a city. Find a tree to sit under or special spot for yourself in the park next to you. You can also bring nature to you by using the healing and balancing energies of gemstones by placing them on top of you lying on your back. I am a Taurus and I love gemstone meditations as a very comfortable, soothing, energizing, balancing, uplifting time of rest. You can always just use a quartz crystal on your third eye and focus on your perception. A special stone you could use for soothing and uplifting your heart is the Apophyllite.</p> <p><strong>The Apophyllite</strong></p> <p>-- Apophyllite is a very rare, light green, four-sided, diamond-faced crystal found in only one place on the Earth, in Poona, India.</p> <p>I love this stone because of its unique generous qualities for the heart. In its natural crystallized form it can be set into beautiful pendants and worn right over the heart. This is a stone for the heart chakra and connects us to the Christ consciousness and love in its highest form.</p> <p>This energy is focused in our heart and connects us with the quality of compassion as a result of realizing who we really are: eternal spiritual beings of love, experiencing ourselves as humans on this earthly plane.</p> <p>The light color of Apophyllite is soft and gentle, almost like a fragrance, and its energy very subtle, soothing, and expanding. The heart’s longing is to experience communion and oneness with God, with life in all its facets. It is the longing of the soul that melts the shell around the heart and heals its wounds, and compassion is the natural outcome of this process.</p> <ol> </ol> <p>The planet Chiron represents the wounded healer. Chiron shows us our deepest hurt on the astrological chart.   He shows us where we need to heal ourselves and where we can become a healer for others as a result of our own experience. Chiron and Neptune are hand in hand, joining their energies together to help us experience the highest truth of love and compassion: this is what we call "Christ consciousness."</p> <p>Apophyllite also may bring up emotions that are not in line with the Christ consciousness. It may work as an accelerator of spiritual growth by helping us to cleanse ourselves of grief, anger, jealousy, and fear, all the so-called negative emotions, by realigning ourselves with the truth that we are divine consciousness.</p> <p>This crystal is one of the most powerful healers for the heart and thus it is a stone for healers. It is very beneficial to wear this beautiful, unique gem over the heart, or for meditation you may put it on your third eye or on your heart chakra. It goes very well together with the Ruby or Spinel, which add other aspects of the heart.â€"(taken from my book : <em><strong>Jewelry and Gems for Self-Discovery: Choosing Gemstones That Delight the Eye & Strengthen the Soul</strong> </em>© 2008 by Shakti Carola Navran. Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. 2143 Wooddale Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125-2989. All rights reserved, used by permission of the publisher.)</p> <p><strong>Saturn in Virgo Quincunx to Neptune in Aquarius</strong></p> <p>The Sun makes his first quincunx connection with Neptune on September 12, 2009, the first out of three. The second one is on May 2 and the third June 27, 2010. This is one of the constellations which will fuel the enormous changes we are in at this point in time of our evolution as humans on earth. Our physical security is challenged and everybody is confronted with the changes seemingly happening upon us.</p> <p>Saturn in the earthy sign of Virgo is representing the physical realm and meeting the metaphysical, translucent, dreamy qualities of Neptune in Aquarius. We have to change our definition of self as a lonely rider on the road, doing the best we can to get by. We need to redefine ourselves to a self identity of oneness and connectedness as humans and act from that place for the greater good. Neptune is the mystical teacher who reaches out with unconditional love and a high level of consciousness. Neptune is also the spiritual teacher who guides us towards our own inner direct connection with the divine.</p> <p><strong>The Longing for the Divine</strong></p> <p>Our longing for the divine has created many different forms of religions or spiritual traditions. For me it does not matter what form anybody prefers as their way to connect with God as long as it works for them. I have been brought up Christian and had that inner connection more or less all my life. The times when there was less of it was a source of deep pain and dissatisfaction with life for me and kept me going and searching.  For me the connection and experience with the Oneness Blessing and the Oneness Movement has brought unimaginable grace into my life.</p> <p>The Oneness Blessing is an energetic transmission of grace which will instantly deepen your state, your connection to love and feelings of peace. It is a little similar as Reiki as it is given by the touch of hand. But it is not so much focused onto health as Reiki, it is more geared towards raising consciousness to an experience of oneness and the flowering of the heart.</p> <p>If you liked my astrological musings I invite you to find more on my<strong> Astrological Signs Weather Report & Healing Gems Blog</strong> for a regular update on the universal flow in the heavens. I hope you enjoyed to read about the Apophyllite which is a very rare gem to help the flowering of the heart.</p> <p>As you can tell I am very passionate about the abilities of the healing gemstones. I have even written a book about it and the connection with astrology:<a href="http://www.jewelryandgemsforselfdiscovery.com " rel="nofollow"> Jewelry and Gems for Self-Discovery.</a> In the book I teach you how to find your main subjects and challenges in your horoscope. If you know where your challenges are, you can then take steps to support or balance yourself with gemstones, if that is something that appeals to you.</p> <p>I hope you enjoyed my article, aloha and many blessings, Shakti.</p> <p><strong>Shakti Carola Navran: astrologer, jeweler and author</strong></p><strong>About the Author:</strong><br /><p>Shakti Carola Navran is originally from Germany, living in Maui, Hawaii, is a professional jeweler, astrologer and author with a lifelong spiritual journey; she has been crafting personalized Soul Jewelry since 1977.
In her book Jewelry and Gems for Self-Discovery: Choosing Gemstones that Delight the Eyes & Strengthen the Soul she teaches you about how to read your personal horoscope and blue print for your life. Then you will be able to balance yourself in your most important areas with your 12 main healing gemstones, you could call your true birthstones.
Jewelry and Gems for Self-Discovery is a treasure chest of ideas on how to select, purchase, and wear jewelry that will enhance your body, heart, mind, and soul. Find out more about it on her website <a target="_blank" href="http://www.JewelryandGemsforSelfdiscovery.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.JewelryandGemsforSelfdiscovery.com</a> and see her astrological weather report at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jewelryandgemsforselfdiscovery.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jewelryandgemsforselfdiscovery.com/blog/</a> .</p>
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