Full moons are known to be times when crazies get crazier. That's because the two luminaries are on opposite ends of the poles, creating a polarity in the way you feel and the way you think.
The conscious and unconscious forces are in a collision, and the only way to avoid an implosion is to strike a balance between the two.
If you take the Sun in Sagittarius - then you get Jupiter too. Jupiter rules Sagittarius and therefore the light that is shining on you (or within you, really), is colored with his magnetic qualities of love and tolerance, of higher learning, of wisdom and courage. Jupiter is a benevolent Being and bestows grace upon all. It's his turn to work with the creative force of the sun. It is a powerful time for expanding awareness.
Then, take the Moon - the other luminary. It is about to enter Gemini and be opposite the Sun any minute now, Sat. 11/24/07, around 7:42 am CDT. The Moon will be in Gemini, which is ruled by Mercury, for 2.5 days. Gemini is swift on the uptake and has insatiable curiosity. A Mercurial Moon will have us changing our minds without a moment's notice. The Moon, as well as Mercury, affects the Mind as it affects our emotions. They feed each other.
As for the opposition of these two mutable masters - it should not be so bad as to provoke lunacy, but one should remain flexible and loose in their translation of reality today. Don't be afraid to broaden your horizons. It will feel good to release outworn thoughts and ideas that limit your scope.
Let Jupiter and Mercury within you find the balance between rational thoughts and metaphysical beliefs.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
I’m not finished with Mercury
Mercury’s placement in the natal chart represents one’s reasoning ability, one’s mind and the way a person expresses their Self.
I’ve been ruminating about this for years. If classes were made up of a particular element, what might that look like? How can breaking down classes by element be beneficial? Is it too one-sided and hard to synthesize with other elements if one gets used to only taking in light from it‘s own kind?
If I have the questions, I am sure the answers are here too. It takes all of the elements to create. So we come together, all of us, sharing our knowledge and talents to create, hopefully, a unified whole.
We all seem to desire similar things; love, housing, food, water, sunshine, good health, a prosperous life on all levels, beauty and music, etc. Bring your Earthy, or Airy, or Fiery, or Watery thinking into the act of creating with all of the other elements. Together we have the opportunity to build Utopia.
I have Mercury in Pisces. It is watery, sensitive to subtle nuances in communication, going into cracks and crevices of a story or lesson. I am accused of being attention deficit disordered. I am not sure of that, but I can see where one might get the impression. When I am feeling confident about who I am, I respond to those accusations that I have A.D.O., Attention in Divine Order.
Having studied what astrology says about what Mercury in Pisces might mean, I am understanding of the way MY mind works. If I didn’t know that, I might be tempted to medicate it. I still am, come to think of it. It’s not that bad, though. I accomplish a lot in a day.
I also have to consider transits to Mercury. Right now, Uranus, the liberator and freedom-loving planet is conjunct my Mercury, the lens, filter and amplifier of my mind‘s projections. There are so many implications of this transit that penning them is more difficult than living them. My thinking is even more diversified and dissected.
Mercury in Pisces, trine Neptune in my natal chart, and conjunct my Pisces ascendant gives me empathic qualities. I feel people’s feelings. My intuition is good. I fear messing with that by taking a drug that claims to help me focus. I don’t want to mess with my mind. Reality is already slippery. I create lists and routines to give me structure. I focus when I need to and on what I want to.
I digress. Mercury on my Ascendant in the first house means to me that it is appropriate for me to tell my stories. I hope they inspire you to learn about your own horoscopic stories.
The bigger picture:
Have a teacher whose Mercury placement is in the same or a compatible element (earth w/water and fire w/air) teach students with like Minds in their classes.
The basic subjects, English/Math/Science/History, could be taught with separations by element,. All other classes would be comprised of a mixture of the elements; social studies, criminology, family services, health, technology, and any other classes that could wind up creating life-giving products or services.
Lofty, I know. My watery Mercury could use some Earthy sense, some Fiery inspiration and Airy reasoning to flesh out this idealistic vision.
I really don’t see any kind of educational reforms like this happening in Louisiana any time in the near future. Maybe somebody in California will read this and run with it. We will surely follow any progress you make.
I’ve been ruminating about this for years. If classes were made up of a particular element, what might that look like? How can breaking down classes by element be beneficial? Is it too one-sided and hard to synthesize with other elements if one gets used to only taking in light from it‘s own kind?
If I have the questions, I am sure the answers are here too. It takes all of the elements to create. So we come together, all of us, sharing our knowledge and talents to create, hopefully, a unified whole.
We all seem to desire similar things; love, housing, food, water, sunshine, good health, a prosperous life on all levels, beauty and music, etc. Bring your Earthy, or Airy, or Fiery, or Watery thinking into the act of creating with all of the other elements. Together we have the opportunity to build Utopia.
I have Mercury in Pisces. It is watery, sensitive to subtle nuances in communication, going into cracks and crevices of a story or lesson. I am accused of being attention deficit disordered. I am not sure of that, but I can see where one might get the impression. When I am feeling confident about who I am, I respond to those accusations that I have A.D.O., Attention in Divine Order.
Having studied what astrology says about what Mercury in Pisces might mean, I am understanding of the way MY mind works. If I didn’t know that, I might be tempted to medicate it. I still am, come to think of it. It’s not that bad, though. I accomplish a lot in a day.
I also have to consider transits to Mercury. Right now, Uranus, the liberator and freedom-loving planet is conjunct my Mercury, the lens, filter and amplifier of my mind‘s projections. There are so many implications of this transit that penning them is more difficult than living them. My thinking is even more diversified and dissected.
Mercury in Pisces, trine Neptune in my natal chart, and conjunct my Pisces ascendant gives me empathic qualities. I feel people’s feelings. My intuition is good. I fear messing with that by taking a drug that claims to help me focus. I don’t want to mess with my mind. Reality is already slippery. I create lists and routines to give me structure. I focus when I need to and on what I want to.
I digress. Mercury on my Ascendant in the first house means to me that it is appropriate for me to tell my stories. I hope they inspire you to learn about your own horoscopic stories.
The bigger picture:
Have a teacher whose Mercury placement is in the same or a compatible element (earth w/water and fire w/air) teach students with like Minds in their classes.
The basic subjects, English/Math/Science/History, could be taught with separations by element,. All other classes would be comprised of a mixture of the elements; social studies, criminology, family services, health, technology, and any other classes that could wind up creating life-giving products or services.
Lofty, I know. My watery Mercury could use some Earthy sense, some Fiery inspiration and Airy reasoning to flesh out this idealistic vision.
I really don’t see any kind of educational reforms like this happening in Louisiana any time in the near future. Maybe somebody in California will read this and run with it. We will surely follow any progress you make.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Mercury in the signs -
The planet, Mercury, in our natal charts, shows how we take in information. I have always associated information with light. We are beings of light and add to our light with awareness - which comes in the form of information.
How we express our light, is through Mercury. Our personality’s input and output is from the same department - within and without. Mercury shows how we think. How you think becomes how you do.
There’s that Buddhist reflection by Lama Surya Das that goes…
The thought manifests as the word;
The word manifests as the deed;
The deed develops into habit;
And habit hardens into character;
So watch the thought and its ways with care,
And let it spring from love
Born out of concern for all beings…
As the shadow follows the body,
As we think, so we become.
(from the Dhammapada)
What sign and house your Mercury is in tells me what you are interested in, what you might think about, or want to talk about, or how you think.
I believe the knowledge of Mercury placements could greatly benefit teachers when structuring their classes thereby maximizing students’ input and output from the learning process.
Earth sign Mercurys are more tactile in their information gathering, using senses and sensibilities. They need hands on experiments and a good reason why they are doing something. Is it practical and functional? Put Taurus in acquisitions, Virgo in the analysis dept, and Capricorn is the builder. These Mercury expressions need information pertaining to their Earth mode of expression. Earth signs are manifesting masters.
Water sign Mercurys are harder to pin down in learning; Cancer/Scorpio/Pisces. They take in information through feelings, as well as absorbing information being emitted by words, and body language. It is empathic energy - desiring to understand what makes other's tick. Like water, the attention needs a container. Put a story of someone you know in that dry science lesson and the information flows in.
Then, there’s Air sign Mercury people; Gemini/Libra/Aquarius. They are logic-minded and interested in relationships between ideas. They are very expressive of their information as they network and work towards harmonizing and making sense; connecting people and ideas with their networking and socializing skills. They are information gatherers in the broadest sense of the word for humans. Air Mercury people are very good at bringing about cooperation between seemingly disparate parties.
And lastly, there’s the fire sign Mercury, Aries/Leo/Sagittarius, which are enthusiastic learners. The subjects that might provoke their interest will arouse their passions too. They are the most apt to take a risk in experimenting with ideas. Dramatic presentations will grab hold of their attention and teach them like no rote reading could do.
A motivated teacher could easily find out Mercury placements by having a chart for it’s course during the year(s) of her students' births.
Or, even better, identify a teacher's Mercury, and then put the students with the same Mercury placements, by elements fire/earth/air/water, in with them.
Going along with a person’s nature is a lot easier than giving the kid a label like A.D.D., and/or a pill in which to keep the child in their desk. Appreciation for how one thinks and what one thinks about may lessen the need to conform to one standard.
The education system has come a long way in offering something for everybody. I'm just saying that when it comes to designing some educational reforms, Astrology and what it has to say on the subject ought to take part at that discussion table.
How we express our light, is through Mercury. Our personality’s input and output is from the same department - within and without. Mercury shows how we think. How you think becomes how you do.
There’s that Buddhist reflection by Lama Surya Das that goes…
The thought manifests as the word;
The word manifests as the deed;
The deed develops into habit;
And habit hardens into character;
So watch the thought and its ways with care,
And let it spring from love
Born out of concern for all beings…
As the shadow follows the body,
As we think, so we become.
(from the Dhammapada)
What sign and house your Mercury is in tells me what you are interested in, what you might think about, or want to talk about, or how you think.
I believe the knowledge of Mercury placements could greatly benefit teachers when structuring their classes thereby maximizing students’ input and output from the learning process.
Earth sign Mercurys are more tactile in their information gathering, using senses and sensibilities. They need hands on experiments and a good reason why they are doing something. Is it practical and functional? Put Taurus in acquisitions, Virgo in the analysis dept, and Capricorn is the builder. These Mercury expressions need information pertaining to their Earth mode of expression. Earth signs are manifesting masters.
Water sign Mercurys are harder to pin down in learning; Cancer/Scorpio/Pisces. They take in information through feelings, as well as absorbing information being emitted by words, and body language. It is empathic energy - desiring to understand what makes other's tick. Like water, the attention needs a container. Put a story of someone you know in that dry science lesson and the information flows in.
Then, there’s Air sign Mercury people; Gemini/Libra/Aquarius. They are logic-minded and interested in relationships between ideas. They are very expressive of their information as they network and work towards harmonizing and making sense; connecting people and ideas with their networking and socializing skills. They are information gatherers in the broadest sense of the word for humans. Air Mercury people are very good at bringing about cooperation between seemingly disparate parties.
And lastly, there’s the fire sign Mercury, Aries/Leo/Sagittarius, which are enthusiastic learners. The subjects that might provoke their interest will arouse their passions too. They are the most apt to take a risk in experimenting with ideas. Dramatic presentations will grab hold of their attention and teach them like no rote reading could do.
A motivated teacher could easily find out Mercury placements by having a chart for it’s course during the year(s) of her students' births.
Or, even better, identify a teacher's Mercury, and then put the students with the same Mercury placements, by elements fire/earth/air/water, in with them.
Going along with a person’s nature is a lot easier than giving the kid a label like A.D.D., and/or a pill in which to keep the child in their desk. Appreciation for how one thinks and what one thinks about may lessen the need to conform to one standard.
The education system has come a long way in offering something for everybody. I'm just saying that when it comes to designing some educational reforms, Astrology and what it has to say on the subject ought to take part at that discussion table.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
I have Jupiter in Sadge. Aha!! That's why...
I have a book suggestion:
The following excerpt was culled from Stephen Arroyo's "Exploring Jupiter: The Astrological Key to Progress, Prosperity & Potential" (Drawing on the Source of Self-Confidence & Successful Risk-Taking to Achieve Your Personal Goals)
"The Jupiter Sign As A Mode of Learning
Educator David Hamblin, M.A. has published some extremely interesting and original findings in The Astrological Journal, published by the British Astrological Association in Summer, 1978 and Summer, 1981. He kept track of the Jupiter signs of students in various classes that he led, which was quite easy because they tended to bunch into one or two signs each year, since Jupiter stays in one sign for about one year. Each Jupiter sign group, he concluded, responded to a learning exercise in the manner of its Jupiter sign, and "seemed to behave in the classroom in the manner of their dominant Jupiter sign." He points out that these findings have important implications for teachers, enabling them to predict in advance the bahavior of particular groups, and thus, to design their teaching plans accordingly.
Although he had not finished evaluating all Jupiter's signs when he published his first two articles, the following quoted excerpts from his articles give a clear idea of what he discovered and enables astrologers further to determine with confidence specific characteristics of people with certain Jupiter placements.
The Jupiter-in-Gemini group responded to it very well, with very free and lively discussion and exploration of ideas; the Jupiter-in-Cancer group responded poorly because they preferred a more authoritarian style of teaching which would have given them more protection and less exposure; and the Jupiter-in-Leo group responded well, but in a much more flamboyant and "theatrical" style than the other two groups.
The Jupiter-in-Libra group coped only moderately well with the exercise. What was very noticeable, however, was that they were much less interested in the content of the exercise than in their own interpersonal relationships within the group. Their aim was to achieve group harmony for its own sake (rather than for the sake of improving their performances at the task, which did not greatly interest them).
The Jupiter-in-Scorpio group did better than predicted. Most of this class applied themselves to the task with a great deal of determination and enthusiasm. There were, however, two sub-groups which went through the task in an extremely somnolent state, displaying neither commitment nor hostility but only apathy. Thus the tendency of Scorpio to veer between extreme involvement and extreme apathy was confirmed.
The Jupiter-in-Sagittarius group did less well than predicted. They were an extremely effervescent and "bubbly" group, and their poblem with the exercise was that it did not sufficiently tie them down. They were always going off at irrelevant tangents or "goofing around", and the problem of absenteeism was greater than with any other group. However, their inter-group presentations were riotously funny, and were better than those of any other group except Jupiter-in-Leo.
I have had some experience with a mixture of Jupiter-in-Capricorn and in-Aquarius, but they seem, in fact, to show mainly Capricornian characteristics. They work hard, and their written work is mostly very good; also, they seem to enjoy discussion (perhaps because of the Aquarian element), but their attitude to work is extremely instrumental, showing an obsession with marks and grades, and they have caused more trouble to the lecturers with seemingly petty complaints about the "system" than any other group since Jupiter-in-Virgo.
Quotes from Jupiter in the Classroom."
[note from JG: I wonder what Mr. Hamblin would say about Pisces or Aries Jupiters. I would be interested to know. The above piece broadened my understanding of the learning process and seemed true to me. Previously, my theory of learning was to place students together and give them appropriate outlets for what they learn by their natal Mercury placement. The Mercury sign's element, Earth, Air, Fire or Water, would determne how one takes in and expresses information. I don't know how to apply that information, nor that I am the one to campaign for that reform. I have 4 sisters who are educators; they like their system the way it is.]
The following excerpt was culled from Stephen Arroyo's "Exploring Jupiter: The Astrological Key to Progress, Prosperity & Potential" (Drawing on the Source of Self-Confidence & Successful Risk-Taking to Achieve Your Personal Goals)
"The Jupiter Sign As A Mode of Learning
Educator David Hamblin, M.A. has published some extremely interesting and original findings in The Astrological Journal, published by the British Astrological Association in Summer, 1978 and Summer, 1981. He kept track of the Jupiter signs of students in various classes that he led, which was quite easy because they tended to bunch into one or two signs each year, since Jupiter stays in one sign for about one year. Each Jupiter sign group, he concluded, responded to a learning exercise in the manner of its Jupiter sign, and "seemed to behave in the classroom in the manner of their dominant Jupiter sign." He points out that these findings have important implications for teachers, enabling them to predict in advance the bahavior of particular groups, and thus, to design their teaching plans accordingly.
Although he had not finished evaluating all Jupiter's signs when he published his first two articles, the following quoted excerpts from his articles give a clear idea of what he discovered and enables astrologers further to determine with confidence specific characteristics of people with certain Jupiter placements.
The Jupiter-in-Gemini group responded to it very well, with very free and lively discussion and exploration of ideas; the Jupiter-in-Cancer group responded poorly because they preferred a more authoritarian style of teaching which would have given them more protection and less exposure; and the Jupiter-in-Leo group responded well, but in a much more flamboyant and "theatrical" style than the other two groups.
The Jupiter-in-Libra group coped only moderately well with the exercise. What was very noticeable, however, was that they were much less interested in the content of the exercise than in their own interpersonal relationships within the group. Their aim was to achieve group harmony for its own sake (rather than for the sake of improving their performances at the task, which did not greatly interest them).
The Jupiter-in-Scorpio group did better than predicted. Most of this class applied themselves to the task with a great deal of determination and enthusiasm. There were, however, two sub-groups which went through the task in an extremely somnolent state, displaying neither commitment nor hostility but only apathy. Thus the tendency of Scorpio to veer between extreme involvement and extreme apathy was confirmed.
The Jupiter-in-Sagittarius group did less well than predicted. They were an extremely effervescent and "bubbly" group, and their poblem with the exercise was that it did not sufficiently tie them down. They were always going off at irrelevant tangents or "goofing around", and the problem of absenteeism was greater than with any other group. However, their inter-group presentations were riotously funny, and were better than those of any other group except Jupiter-in-Leo.
I have had some experience with a mixture of Jupiter-in-Capricorn and in-Aquarius, but they seem, in fact, to show mainly Capricornian characteristics. They work hard, and their written work is mostly very good; also, they seem to enjoy discussion (perhaps because of the Aquarian element), but their attitude to work is extremely instrumental, showing an obsession with marks and grades, and they have caused more trouble to the lecturers with seemingly petty complaints about the "system" than any other group since Jupiter-in-Virgo.
Quotes from Jupiter in the Classroom."
[note from JG: I wonder what Mr. Hamblin would say about Pisces or Aries Jupiters. I would be interested to know. The above piece broadened my understanding of the learning process and seemed true to me. Previously, my theory of learning was to place students together and give them appropriate outlets for what they learn by their natal Mercury placement. The Mercury sign's element, Earth, Air, Fire or Water, would determne how one takes in and expresses information. I don't know how to apply that information, nor that I am the one to campaign for that reform. I have 4 sisters who are educators; they like their system the way it is.]
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