Starting today, June 19th and continuing on through the next five days, a series of significant and observable astrological occurrences are giving us the opportunity to participate in the great “As Above, So Below” mysteries. Understanding the technicalities of these alignments is not necessary to participate with them. Having awareness they are happening, with a desire and intent to connect is what matters most.
Daniel Giamario, Founder and Executive Director of the Shamanic Astrology Mystery School (SAMS) and creator of the Shamanic Astrology paradigm, provides a brief outline below for each day. This article will include today, Saturday and Sunday; next article, Monday and Tuesday. Shamanic Astrology is experiential and earth-centered, linking to modern psychology through the use of archetypes.
As you read about the timings, I invite you to take in whatever resonates with you. By taking time to still your mind, go into meditation, or simply ask yourself some of the questions and listen to your inner voice's response, you are co-creating with these alignments.
Performing ceremony in whatever way feels right for you, will enhance the quality of your experience, and serve to ground the energies into your psyche, body - your life. If you feel like sharing, I would love to hear from you about your experience.
SAMS views ceremony as a specific participatory experience in alignment with the perception of "As Above, So Below." According to Giamario, this is not the same as "ritual," or actions performed the same way each time, over time, such as a Catholic Mass or Lakota Vision Quest. He states, “From the SAMS perspective, it is not so important what you actually "do" in this type of ceremony, but rather the emphasis is on the conscious awareness of the main players on the stage of Earth and Sky. This is about allowing the cosmological events to direct the action by tuning in with our awareness and willingness to participate. That means if there is anything beyond the presence of the mystery as it shows up in the Great Above, you are free to make it up on the spot with awareness.”
Giamario writes:
Day One: Friday, June 19. Visible in the morning sky before dawn is the thin waning Crescent Moon aligning with the Venus and Mars conjunction at 13 Taurus. This marks the third Venus morning star gate emphasizing the fifth or throat chakra, center of communication and speaking our truth. What can be communicated if the blocks to telling our truth were surrendered? And what significance can this bring to our cosmic couple, (journeying as Venus in Aries and Mars in Cancer within their current synodic saga) as they journey together through the sign of Taurus?
Day Two: Saturday June 20. The Summer Solstice is exact at 10:46 pm PDT. The Sun "stands still" at its extreme northern declination, producing the longest days and shortest nights in the northern hemisphere. The Sun, at this time of the Turning of the Ages, is aligned with the Galactic Edge (opposite Galactic Center) and right in the middle of the Sacred Hoop (as the Lakota have called it) star circle. Sunrise and sunset ceremonies are suggested, Saturday and Sunday, although the Sun will be with the Galactic Edge all day long. The Galactic Edge is located in the center of the Sacred Hoop and is considered the place of creation, or the entry point of the soul. We might ask, "what is being birthed? Are we in harmony with and open to, the birth of a New World?"
Day Three: Sunday, June 21. Today marks the last exact Venus and Mars conjunction at 6:10 am PDT. Sunday morning before dawn, the last exact conjunction of Venus and Mars can be seen at about 15 Taurus. By July 19, they will separate beyond ten degrees and there won't be another long visible Venus Mars union for another six and one half years. What has been the lesson and teaching of this union? What does the union of the Cancer masculine and the Aries feminine feel like, especially in the sign of Taurus? Can we envision the union of a sensitive, feeling, giving, and committed male with an autonomous, actional, mission and purpose directed female? Meanwhile the summer solstice ceremonial continues and the Moon approaches the Galactic Edge.
For more information and an article on the current Venus and Mars cycle, read
The Courtship of Venus and Mars.
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