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Reflect on how the energy expresses in your life.

• Mars/Saturn in Virgo ~ What They're Activating for YOU
• Opening w. Deep Cleansing Breaths
• Add'l Quotes & Notes (Daily Guru, Divinations, Quotes & References)
• Questions to Contemplate
• Rituals to Ground Your Intent
• Add'l Relevant Articles  

• MARS IN VIRGO
• Your independence, courage of your convictions and overcoming fear of new beginnings
• How you direct your energy where your systems are concerned
• Your definition of hard work, health and effectiveness in the world
• How you deal with anxiety, conflict and anger
• Any criticism and judgment in your life
• Where you need to access more patience and understanding
• Where you need to focus on the details more
• SATURN IN VIRGO
• Your Karma - results of your actions
• Your Definition of Reality
• Discernment and Trusting your Self
• What you mastered in LAST 2yrs regarding your Self-Love and how you can/will apply it in upcoming 2yr where your Systems and basic organization is concerned
• What aspects of your structure are solid; which need tweaking to be strong
• Organization of your life and environment
• Reality Check on all levels

This Mars/Saturn in Virgo is activating an area of your life that is part of your Birth Chart and overall lesson.  In your Here & Now Chart, it is also activating an area of your life which needs attention at this time.  The current energy can assist you greatly if you tune in to it.

Mars/Saturn at 5 degrees Virgo

is Activating for YOU ...  

The Houses below are the areas of your life where you are: in need of a new system for functioning, a new definition to work with and some concentrated focus and hard work to get things in proper, working order.

Your INDIVIDUAL Birth Chart - Wherever 5 degrees Virgo is in your chart.
The COLLECTIVE Here & Now - Falls in the 11th House of:  helpful people, friends, community, detachment, expanded thinking, hopes and wishes  

  

Opening w. Deep Cleansing Breaths:  

MARS:

Breathe In - independence, courage, and a passion which fuels & manifests your Highest potential

Breathe Out - any/all anger, selfishness, frustration, fear and any need to act without thinking  

SATURN:

Breathe In - your inner authority, which is centered in your Truth and based on your Integrity

Breathe Out - any/all fear, lack, limitation and any habit or need to struggle  

VIRGO:

Breathe In - discernment, self-trust, and a creative, effective system for living

Breathe Out - any/all pessimism, self-criticism, judgment and any need to control

  

Add'l Quotes & Notes:  

  

Below, you will find the following:

Chapter 12 ~ Marking Territory:  The Boundaries of Rage & Forgiveness

Desconsos

Excerpt from:  Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola-Estes    

In my meditation, I asked what the Circle, and each individual psyche,  would integrate with the current Mars/Saturn in Virgo energy, then I held and opened the book to any page ... the following is what I opened to . . .        

"So, we have seen that we wish to make rage into a fire that cooks things rather than into a fire of conflagration [huge proportions].  We have seen that the work on rage cannot be completed without the ritual of forgiveness.  We have spoken about women’s rage often deriving from the situations in her family of origin, from the surrounding culture, and sometimes from adult trauma.  But regardless of the source of the rage, something has to happen to recognize it, bless it, contain it, and release it.
     Women who are tortured often develop a dazzling kind of perception that has uncanny depth and breadth.  Although I would never wish anyone tortured in order to learn the secret ins and outs of the unconscious, the fact is, having lived through a gross repression causes gifts to arise that compensate and protect.
     In that respect a woman who has lived a torturous life and delved deeply into it definitely has inestimable depth.  Though she came to it through pain, if she has done the hard work of clinging to consciousness, she will have a deep and thriving soul-life and a fierce belief in herself regardless of occasional ego-waverings.
     There is a time in our lives, usually in mid-life, when a woman has to make a decision - possibly the most important psychic decision of her future life - and that is, whether to be bitter or not.  Women often come to this in their late thirties or early forties.  They are at the point where they are full up to their ears with everything and they’ve “had it” and the “last straw has broken the camel’s back” and they’re “pissed off and pooped out”.  Their dreams of their twenties may be lying in a crumple.  There may be broken hearts, broken marriages, broken promises.
     A body who has lived a long time accumulates debris.  It cannot be avoided.  But if a woman will return to the instinctual nature instead of sinking into bitterness, she will be revivified, reborn.  Wolf pups are born each year.  Usually they are these little mewling, sleepy-eyed, dark-furred creatures covered in dirt and straw, but they are immediately awake, playful and loving, wanting to be close and comforted. They want to play, want to grow.  The woman who returns to the instinctual and creative nature will come back to life.  She will want to play.  She will still want to grow, both wide and deep.  But first, there has to be a cleansing.
     I would like to introduce you to the concept of DESCANSOS as I’ve developed it in my work.  If you ever traveled in Old Mexico, New Mexico, southern Colorado, Arizona, or parts of the South, you’ve seen little white crosses by the roadway.  These are DESCANSOS, resting places.  You’ll also find them on the edges of cliffs along particularly scenic but dangerous roads in Greece, Italy, and other Mediterranean countries.  Sometimes crosses are clustered in twos or threes or fives.  People’s names are inscribed upon them.  Sometimes the names are spelled out in nails, sometimes they are painted on the wood or carved into it.
     Often they are profusely decorated with artificial or real flowers or they glisten with chopped-up new straw glued to wood slats, making them shine like gold in the sun.  Sometimes the DESCANSO is just two sticks to two pieces of pipe tied across one another with twine and stuck in the ground.  In the rockiest passes, the cross is just painted onto a large rock at the roadside.
     DESCANSOS are symbols that mark a death.  Right there, right on that spot, someone’s journey in life halted unexpectedly.  There has been a car accident, or someone was walking along the road and died of heat exhaustion, or a fight took place there.  Something happened there that altered that person’s life and the lives of other persons forever.
     Women have died a thousand deaths before they are twenty years old.  They’ve gone in this direction or that, and have been cut off.  They have hopes and dreams that have been cut off also.  Anyone who says otherwise is still asleep.  All that is grist for the mill of DESCANSOS.
     While all these things deepen individuation, differentiation, growing up and growing out, blossoming, becoming awake and aware and conscious, they are also profound tragedies and have to be grieved as such.
     To make DESCANSOS means taking a look at your life and marking where the small deaths, and the big deaths, have taken place.  I like to make a time-line of a woman’s life on a big long sheet of white butcher paper, and to mark with a cross the places along the graph, starting with her infancy all the way to the present where parts and pieces of her self and her life have died.
     We mark where there were roads not taken, paths that were cut off, ambushes, betrayals and deaths.  I put a little cross along the time-line at the places that should have been mourned, or still need to be mourned.  And then I write in the background “forgotten” for those things that a woman senses but which have not yet surfaced.  I also write “forgiven” over those things the woman has for the most part released.
     I encourage you to make DESCANSOS, to sit down with a time-line of your life and say “Where are the crosses? Where are the places that must be remembered, must be blessed?”  In all are meanings that you’ve brought forward in to your life today.  They must be remembered, but they must be forgotten at the same time.  It takes time.  And patience.
     Remember in “The Crescent Moon Bear” the woman said a prayer and laid the wandering orphaned dead to rest.  That is what one does in DESCANSOS.  DESCANSOS is a conscious practice that takes pity on and gives honor to - the orphaned dead of your psyche, laying them to rest at last.
     Be gentle with your Self and make the DESCANSOS, the resting places for the aspects of your Self that were on their way to somewhere, but never arrived.  DESCANSOS mark the death sites, the dark times, but they are also love notes to your suffering.  They are transformative. There is a lot to be said for pinning things to the earth so they don’t follow us around.  There is a lot to be said for laying them to rest."           

Medicine Card Reading

*NOTE*  I asked Great Spirit to guide my hand on behalf of the group.  I asked the following question(s) regarding the Mars/Saturn in Virgo ...

• What Medicine do we need to integrate for MARS? 
• ANSWER:  ANTELOPE ~ 37 ~ ACTION
• What Medicine do we need to integrate for SATURN? 
• ANSWER:  ELK ~ 3 ~ STAMINA
• What Medicine do we need to integrate for VIRGO LESSON?
• ANSWER:  JAGUAR ~ 51 ~ INTEGRITY/IMPECCABILITY
• What Medicine will we ultimately BE if/when we integrate these energies effectively and positively?
• ANSWER:  SALMON ~ 49 ~ WISDOM/INNER-KNOWING

Salmon ~ Wisdom/Inner-Knowing (#49)

The Medicine Cards
by Jamie Sams & David Carson        

"Salmon is the sacred keeper of wisdom and inner knowing who, despite strong river currents, will always return to the place of its creation.  Its determination is driven by the wisdom of instinct and inner knowing, which yields a sense of purpose that cannot be thwarted by external forces.  Coming full circle, Salmon medicine people finish what they begin, bringing life’s events and cycles to closure.
     Salmon medicine honors every encounter in life as a gathering of wisdom.  It teaches that even when the flow of life seems to push you back, you can tap the hidden resources of your human spirit and personal inner knowing.  The journey may not be an easy one, and the currents of public opinion may not be in your favor, but you can choose to honor the wisdom you carry and instinctually do what is right.
     If Salmon swam into your cards today, it may be telling you to trust your gut feeling and inner knowing at this time.  Avoid the influence of those who may have hidden agendas or who manipulate events for their personal gain.  Do you need to reflect on the personal experiences that will help you decide whether the tide is ebbing or flowing in a direction that benefits your forward movement and growth?  Go back to the beginning and retrace your path to this point.  The wisdom is inside you, and when honoring it, you will not go wrong.
     The silver of Salmon’s skin reflects many lessons.  To reclaim your inner knowing, you must see the opportunity in all situations, and know that wisdom is earned through both life’s easy and difficult experiences.  Be willing to listen to others, as well as to the small, still voice within.  Behave in a manner that honors your path.  The proper use of inner knowing comes when you flow with your authentic feelings, embracing all the experiences you encounter in life as learning lessons rather than hardships.  Salmon teaches you to see every bend in the river as a new adventure, with a lesson you need to learn in order to grow.  That knowledge becomes authentic wisdom through applying these truths in your life.

CONTRARY:  If you are operating from Shadow ...
     If Salmon has floated belly-up into your cards today, recklessness may have kept you from achieving a goal.  Are you ignoring the wise advice of others or your own inner voice of wisdom?  Contrary Salmon may be telling you to be still for a time and find the flow again.  Ask your Self where you became distracted or confused.  Then imagine returning to the place you last felt certain of yourself.  Feeling a sense of serenity means you are tapping your inner knowing and wisdom again.
     If you have been seeking the approval of others by being a follower instead of listening to your personal knowing, it may be time to reclaim your own authority.  Are you stubbornly rejecting the truth of a situation, trying to be right or in control, and overriding your instinctual wisdom or inner knowing?  If so, get out of your head and get back to the wisdom found in your heart and feelings.  Like Salmon, people sometimes need to backtrack upstream to see where life’s meandering tributaries flowed away from the original headwaters of their certainty, wisdom, instinct, and inner knowing."       

Daily Guru Quote

TheDailyGuru.com

*BOTH from eBook, Manual for Self-Mastery by Joe Anthony   

OPENING

Your restless seeking will not end until you begin seriously considering the radical possibility that ... THAT which you are seeking is inseparable from THIS ... the reality of your own immediate and intimate experience within the present moment.  

CLOSING

We become whatever we attend to. If we allow our attention to wander in the slums of preoccupation, we absorb the contents of the slums.   If we regain our power of attention and focus on higher themes, we blend with the higher themes.   We must resolve to reclaim our power of attention from flighty mental pursuits. In other words, "stop daydreaming".    As Jesus said, "be alert and awake, for you not know when the Master is coming". The Master is your higher consciousness, but it only comes when your mind is empty of the past and future, otherwise there is no room to enter.     

 

         

Questions to Contemplate:

• MARS QUESTIONS:
• What area of your life do you need more patience?
• How are you responsible for your independence?
• What pushes your deepest judgmental/self-critical buttons lately?
• How are you holding back on doing what you KNOW you are capable of?
• How can you activate more courage and integrity?
• Do you instigate or attract judgment from those you love?
• Where in your life could you exercise more self-control and self-discipline?
• SATURN QUESTIONS:
• How do you define your reality?  how do you plan to RE-define it for this 2yrs?
• How are your "systems" working?  within and without?
• How solid is your personal foundation?  professional foundation?
• How have you done with the little tests of the last 6mo?
• Have you considered any alternate routes to your chosen goals?
• Have you given any/much time to your plan/strategy for upcoming 2yrs?

  

  

Rituals to Ground Your Intent:         

A Spiritual Bath ~ to Cleanse Negative Energy from You & Your Aura - Add ingredients below to a bath, as hot as you can stand it, and soak for as long as you can, making sure your entire body gets submerged in the water.  Meditate on cleansing all dead energy, stagnant energy and negative energy off your body, out of your mind and heart and away from your Sacred Space.  Release it to be recycled in to useful energy.    

Add to bath water:    

1 cup / white distilled vinegar    

1 cup / coarse sea salt    

1 cup / baking soda      

Optional:  aromatic essential oils (lavender, mint, lemongrass etc) / candles / incense / music-nature sounds ~ anything to further relax and release you from anything weighing you down.      

ADDITION TO SPIRITUAL BATH!!   

Ritual for Cancer's New Moon From Mary Kay Simms of StarCraftsEast.com Gather small flowers or petals as an offering. If you are using any water other than saltwater sea, bring a small amount of salt and sprinkle it into the water, for salt and water combine the elements of Water and Earth to create the elixir of life. Wade into the water, if you can, or sit close beside it. Dip your fingers into the water and touch them to your face and body as you meditate on the love of Goddess and call Her presence within. Sprinkle your petals over the water as you chant:   

Womb of life, O Mother Sea
Accept this gift of love from me
Insight I seek as Moon is New
Guide me toward what I must do    

Continue washing yourself in the water. Sprinkle it gently on your face and body as you relax, allowing your mind to be free of all stress and open to the feel of the water and all of Nature around you. Notice thoughts that come to you. One or more of them may contain just the message you need to get you started successfully into this new lunar cycle. If you are near a natural body of water, you may spot a small gift from her (a shell, or perhaps a pebble). If so, accept it with thanks to the Mother, as a special reminder of the message She has given you.   

The Burning Bowl ~ to Lovingly Release All Lack, Limitations & Blockages

- write down everything you want OUT of your life, rip it up, burn it, and take the ashes to living water, thereby giving it to God to transform into useful energy.  Allow the clearing, grieve and let go.  You are clearing out any blockages to your current goals and creating a space for the new energy to come in.        

   

Add'l Relevant Articles:   

Saturn in Virgo
From Lisa Dale Miller ~ of  AstroWisdom.com

"Saturn rules fear. Virgo rules clarity, discrimination, and research. At its best, these could be three years of throwing off the chains of ignorance and laziness which have kept the American public in a docile state of fear. At its worst, Virgo's penchant for self-doubt, self-criticality, and hypochondria could create conditions for fear to so fully penetrate our daily existence that the populace becomes completely inert. And we cannot afford inertia! Our survival depends upon clear comprehension of our essential interconnectedness with all things and a revolution against fear, hate, greed and separation."

For Complete Article ~ Click Here            

The Cancer New Moon:  Family Ties

From Simone Butler ~ of AstroAlchemy.com ...

"Be careful that you don't overdo it under Mars/Saturn. It's easy to force things or become too authoritarian during this transit (witness Hillary Clinton, who has that aspect in her natal chart). Your opportunity this month is to wield the knife of Mars/Saturn to cut out the dead weight in your life, while simultaneously using the motherly qualities of Cancer to nurture what is healthy. A powerful burst of creative energy is coming with the Solar Eclipse in Leo on August 1; position yourself now to make the most of it." 

For Complete Article ~  Click Here  

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