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On June 26th there will be a lunar eclipse visible over the western half of the united states. It will occur around 430 am on the west coast of the United States. All eclipses are traditionally viewed with caution. The idea is that they are eclipsing the natural light of the universe, and thus meant to be handled with care when they occur in the natal chart. Likewise they can portend disaster in a Mundane chart to. Mundane refers to worldly events. As an example of this, on April 25 1986 there was a total lunar eclipse that occurred. This eclipse had the rare coincidence of conjuncting the planetoid Pluto.  What happened the next day? The Cherynobl nuclear accident.

Now it just so happens that this Lunar Eclipse is also going to conjunct the planetoid Pluto. It does that while there is a tremendous amount of tension in the sky due to the opposition of Jupiter and Uranus, to Saturn, which are squared by Pluto. This is something to take note of for certain. In the Tibetan Astrological school, it is believed that eclipses fortell of the virtue in the world leaving. They are also a time when whatever acts of virtue one does engage in can have tremendous benefit. Thus… an eclipse is an important time of prayer. Now astrologically speaking, I would say this eclipse is exceptionally important. So please…take some time Friday night, to pray, do rituals for the benefit of other beings, or at least find peace for yourself. Lets create enough positive energy, to negate any negative worldly circumstances that might arise out of this eclipse.

On a positive note, this eclipse is associated with the Saros Cycle no 12 south, which has the connotations of ” a long emotional worry or sickness comes to a successful and happy conclusion”  -B.Brady in her book: Predictave Astrology, the Eagle and the Lark. So perhaps it bodes well for a postive ending to the Deepwater Oil Crises in the gulf in August.

Cheers,

Dorje

According to the Chaldean order of the days, which may be far more ancient than the Chaldean civilization,  that is just the first written recording we have of days being named in such a way, Tuesday is ruled by Mars. This means that on Tuesdays, the energy of Mars is more palpable and can be felt more directly.

Now there is a real good way of subtly refining the way you work with the lunar calendar through the signs. You add the current moon sign to the Chaldean order of the days. If we were to do that today we would get a Mars day in a Moon sign ruled by Scorpio. So what does that mean for the vibrational energy of humanity today. Well, here in America, we get General McChrystal (Mars, the Warrior), being called to task for emotional revelations (scorpio) of his personality clash to President Obama (Scorpio also rules relationships). This was the dominate news story of the day and fits perfectly with the natural energy of the day.

So experiment combining them both in your meditations and your activity. Try using this refined meaning of the energy of the day to your advantage, and know on which days to be cautious. You may find this very helpful. I will post more examples as they arise.

I have been asked by friends to comment on the Cardinal Grand Square occurring this summer. So I will weigh in over the next few days. First, today, what is it. It is a combination of planets, interacting with stressful angles in relation to the earth this summer. Which planets, the Planet Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto are the main players. Saturn, Venus, and Mars will square Pluto, while opposing Jupiter and Uranus. When will this happen, August 6-9th will be the peak date. Why will this happen? It is a natural cycle. It has happened before and will happen again. Astrology is the study of Cycles. The planets can tell us what happens in these cycles by looking at there signs. We have three types of signs, they are Cardinal, Mutable, and Fixed. What is remarkable about this aspect is that it is occurring in a Cardinal sign. Cardinal means new beginnings. How new…well, not that new, new beginnings are really ruled by the Jupiter Saturn conjunction cycle, and this is not one of those. This is an opposition Jupiter and Saturn, so it is actually the fruition of a cycle that was indicated 14 years ago when Jupiter and Saturn conjuncted. The Jupiter and Saturn cycle conjuncts in Cardinal Aries every 720 years, and that, according to traditional astrologers who have been recording the cycles of humanity and the stars for over 5000 years, is when new epochs for humanity begin. So…please do not worry too much, we are not about to be invaded by aliens….

What is about to happen, we will start to explore that in tomorrows post.

Dorje Drollod was known for Taming the Planetary Maras....

Well, we find ourselves deep in the heart of the Metal Tiger year, the third year in the 60 year chinese zodiac cycle. The chinese Zodiac is made of 12 symbolic animals, making there way through 5 elements. The Metal Tiger is a fierce year. Metal is on top, it is the Heavenly stem, and Tiger is wood element, it is the earthly branch. The chinese zodiac known as the Four Pillars, or in Pin Yin, the Ba Zhi, is analyzed not only through the animal involved, but how the elements interact. Metal above, wood below. Here we see authority, cuts down the working class people.

This is exactly what just happened in Thailand, and we can expect to see more failed revolutions this year. Key point, if you are planning on starting a revolution … wait till next year.

A wonderful woman named Teresa, who came as a client,  asked for a quick explanation of the  Houses in traditional astrology. This is a technical explanation, meant to benefit those who are interested in learning a little bit deeper how to use the horoscope to predict events.

We have planets and Luminaries, which are forces and energies. We have Signs, which are Archetypal ways those energies display themselves. Finally we have houses which is where those energies display themselves.

The first thing to know about the twelve houses is that they have different degrees of power. The 1, 4,7, and 10th are called angular, and a planet found in them will express its energy and intention with full force. the 2, 5, 8, and 11th houses are called succedent, and a planet there will effect its power when goaded on by others. The 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th houses are called cadent, a planet there has not much capacity to effect its power in the world, and is prone to serve. As you read more and more charts, you will find this to be true.

Their are two ways to read the houses, psychologically internal, and manifestly external. In this case I will explain the manifestly external,

The first house is the house of the Horoscope and Ascendant. It signifies the native, its three triplicity rulers signify the quality and condition of the 3 phases of life, beginning, middle, and end.

The second house signifies the finances and possessions of the native. Its three triplicity rulers signify the condition of the possessions and financial well being of the native during the beginning, middle, and end of the natives life.

The third house signifies the brothers and sisters of the native. The first triplicity ruler is the elder, the second is the ones of like age, and the third is the younger.

The fourth house signifies father, family, and home. The first triplicity ruler signifies father, the second home, the third ability to negotiate well.

The fifth house signifies, children, creativity, leisure and sensual enjoyment. The first ruler signifies children, the second enjoyment, and the third honors.

The sixth house signifies, health, servants, and ones toil. The first trip ruler signifies health, the 2nd servants, and the third toil.

The seventh house signifies: marriage, open enemies, and business associates. The first trip ruler signifies marriage, the second open enemies, the third business associates.

The eighth house signifies death, inheritance and the money of others. The three rulers signify in order, death, inheritance, and money.

the ninth house signifies distant lands, education, and religion. The three trip rulers signify in their order, journeys, faith, and wisdom.

the tenth house signifies, ones role in the world. The three trip rulers in order signify, work, leadership, and stability.

the eleventh house signifies friends, hope and joy. The three trip rulers signify, faith, friends, and success in your efforts.

finally the 12th signifies, imprisonment, drug use, the undoing of the self. The three trip rulers speak to hidden enemies, labor and prison, and the collective.

this is a brief listing, in general it is very accurate, more details are found through more studies.

Sunday, is according to the Chaldean Order, ruled by the Sun. That means the Sun has glory and strength on Sundays. Perhaps they meant more that it was a sacred day for the Sun, meaning that ceremonies to honor the Sun were done on this day. We can do just such. It is a natural yogic, or taoist, or naturalist, or spiritualist activity to meditate on the nature of the energy of each day through the week. They do have the qualities of the astrological body/ being that rules them, and each is ready to help you in its activities, if you, “tune in” to it, so to speak.

The Sun has a breathing cycle, it breaths in and out exactly 9 times a day in a rhythmic cycle. During this cycle its surface expands and contracts about 8 miles up and down. In the west we have lost the notion that everything is alive, that all form has spirit, that all form is occupied by being. This is what Shintooffers as a teaching to humanity. If we look at the Sun from this perspective, and understand how without the Sun, life on Earth, our life could not happen, then perhaps it makes sense to honor, and respect the Sun once a week.

In your chart the expresses itself as your noble goodness. When you pay respect to the Spirit of the Sun, that is what you are honoring, your all virtuous noble goodness. The sign it is in is your Archetypal goodness. Lets say you are an Aries, then your Goodness is enthusiastic initiating energy! Don’t let anyone dismiss it!. Or perhaps you are an Aquarius, then conservative innovation is your goodness! go with it. Your Sun sign is how you shed light on the Earth!

The house the Sun is in is the display of that Goodness, thus in the 8th it is deep mystic goodness concerned with understanding the truth of birth, death, and the struggle of the soul!

Contemplate this, while you enjoy your SunDay!

a most beautiful Yin Yang, from a most tragic event, as we try to learn balance from the earth.

On earth day a small tragedy occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. Deepwater Horizon exploded from a gas and oil blow back, killing 11 men. The accident was a furious response from the planetary gods to an amazing act of Man’s hubris. The full effects of this tragedy are becoming apparent in just the last few days, estimates are now that by the time the oil flow from the well peaks it could be leaking as much oil into the Gulf of Mexico as the Exxon Valdez did, every two days.

Which of the planetary god’s had there hand in this? First we always look to the Moon. At the time of the explosion, around 10 pm on April 20th, the Moon was in the ninth mansion known Al Tarf, or glance of the lions eye. This mansion has the following influence on events that occur during its domain: Divine Wrath, dis-empowerment, frustration, and misfortune. This influence was in the 8th house, the house of death and destruction during the time of the explosion. The Moon was in Cancer indicating an ocean disaster, conjunct the South Node, making the malefic effect much worse.

Mars, the God  of fire and explosions, had a hand ind taking down Deepwater Horizon, it was his day and hour that the explosion occurred, thus he was super empowered. Mars was square retrograde Mercury. Mercury the trickster God had a hand in this, we can gather from this that computer failures and mechanical failures caused the safety systems to not function properly. Jupiter in Pisces had a hand in this, Jupiter is conjuncting Uranus, and remember whenever Jupiter gets involved, it is going to be big!

The sun was Trine Pluto in Capricorn, Illuminating the nature of Pluto in Capricorn. Pluto is the depths and hidden, Capricorn buries it in the deep below the earth. Pluto is a transpersonal planet, this means it does not take into account the individual in its actions, its actions effect the world as a whole. Man thinks that he can control and use the toxic resources of the earth without destruction, but Pluto in Capricorns nature be will to destroy the structures and infrastructures of industry and business. It signifies upheaval and power of the earth, and facing the reality of our limitations as humans. Likewise Capricorn represent fossil…that which is ancient, and Pluto represents deep, hidden matters of power. We will probably see more incidents of this type, and more reliance on Fossil fuels for the next 13 years. Not until Pluto enters Aquarius will the new energy technologies become more prevalent than the old fossil ones. IF that is the case and if we are going to be masters of the ecosystem, we must do so with Capricorns integrity and caution, not the haste and deception that BP used to push the drilling proposal through the MMS, stating, “risk of an unmanageable accident is almost negligible.”

Perhaps the lesson from the event is to be more humble.

Hah, Mercury has gone retrograde again. Usually this is met with quite a good deal of misery. Everyone runs around hollering about broken computers, broken down cars, crashing airplanes and everything else that can and does go wrong concerning business, contracts, travel, and electronics. It is actually a time of great joy, because we are given something to blame the struggles of our modern life on. “It is Mercury Retrograde” we can shout from our cubicles and feel no remorse about the disasters that are falling down upon us, like fire and brimstone from the planetary gods above.

But, that is not the best use of Mercury Retrograde. The best use, or…should I say, my personal favorite use, is to go back and pick up projects that have dropped off my radar. This is the astrologers trick for Mercury retrograde…any thing that has to do with a RE- is ok. So restart your projects, buy a refurbished computer, repair your car and get in good with Mercury.  He is quite happy to help you, if your willing to play along with his wily tricks. Mercury will be retrograde until the 11th of May 2010.

Cheers,
Dorje

The universe is at first glance chaotic. Astrology is the noble art of bringing a light of understanding to the chaos of the Universe. If we contemplate energy and time, we find cycles, archetypes, and an underlying simplistic order to the Universe.  These themes can be studied and used through the Art of astrology.

Making order out of the cycles using archetypes is of immense and practical benefit to spiritual, psychological, and material development and success.  The art of astrology is unique in its ability to be applied to any spiritual tradition, its ability to help garner and fill out the knowledge of how one acts psychologically, and the pathway to manifesting successfully with in the world.

Astrology thus can be a map to self development, self accomplishment, self understanding, as well as a deeper profound truth of selflessness. By learning your place within the cycles of time, you will be initiated into your possibilities as a soul contributing to humanity, the possibility of your own perfection as an instrument of the creative process of life itself, and ever unfolding aspects of selflessness.

First there are the outer cycles, and the ancient great astrologer Mashallah deemed the following ones to be important. First the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, Second the middle conjunction of Mars and Saturn, and third the lesser conjunction of Jupiter and Mars.  These three mark cycles which effect all of humanity.

These cycles tend to be forgotten now, as we have come to recognize even slower moving planets that are not visible to the naked eye, Uranus and Neptune, and the Planetoid Pluto as time markers. However, these planets were used successfully by astrologers to predict the future for thousands of years. Perhaps it is worth looking at these cycle historically to examine their effects on humanity, and gather what we can as glimpses of the future.

Monday is ruled by the Moon. Hence it is a day when the powers and energies of the Moon are very accessible, or so the ancient Babylonians thought.  In fact, every day of the week they named after a “planet”. This tradition is still carried on to this day when all of our days are named after the traditional “planets” in astrology. Their naming scheme is still followed to this day. It starts with Sunday, which of course is dedicated to the Sun, then proceeds to Monday (the Moon), Tuesday (Mars), Wednesday (mercury), Thursday (Jupiter), Friday (Venus) and Saturday (Saturn of course.)

It is a challenge in our culture and time to stay connected to the forces of nature, to stay in their rhythm. At one point it was considered vital for humanity to be in harmony with the movements of the planets. For the Babylonians, to leave this rhythm meant that mankind would go out of balance, great natural disasters and wars would become more common place, and humanity would loose its virtue. For a fascinating read on this subject, I recommend The Dawn of Astrology, by Nick Campion.

So here we are! Most of humanity has lost its ability to be in rhythm with the “planets” and their motions. Their are two easy ways for us to reconnect with their natural rhythm. The first is to pay attention to the planets that rule each day. If it is Monday, then pay attention to the Moon in your chart. What is it doing. What is its purpose. On Mondays, do something Lunar, as it is described in your chart. Honor that, and proceed through the week in the same way!

This method, or exercise will have two benefits, one connecting to an ancient outer rhythm. The natural flow of the Chaldean order, and two, it will help you discover new parts of your inner psyche.

Cheers,

Dorje

On Mondays, meditate upon the Moon in your Chart.