“The stars we look up to, reflect what’s within us.”
–Rumi

“ The wings of transformation are born of patience and struggle.” Janet  Dicken

November begins with an energetic bang! The New Moon in Scorpio on November 1st gets the day and the month off to a powerful start, and sets the tone for the month of November as a month of epic change! Scorpio is the sign of transformation, ancestors, power, energy, intimacy, sexuality, shared resources, death and rebirth. It is the sign of deepest feeling and the realm of the shadow, that we must confront in order to make the unconscious conscious. This is not easy territory but all leaps of consciousness require it.

The New Moon chart, cast for Washington DC, the national chart, is a triple Scorpio with the Sun, Moon, and rising sign all in Scorpio, to turbo charge our power to change! The Scorpio Sun and New Moon in Scorpio are fused together in the spiritual sector of the chart, illuminating our connection to beloved ancestors, angels and ministers of Grace. It’s a beautiful day to seek Divine Guidance and the support of beloved ancestors with the changes we are committed to. The spiritual sector is also the sector of dreams and this chart calls us to clear the way to our evolving dreams, and advance the mergers and relationships that will help us achieve them. 

To register for my New Moon in Scorpio tele seminar on Friday November 1st at 7PM go to my events page..

The Scorpio ascendant puts us on the path of empowering change, deepening intimacy, and mutually empowering mergers. Mercury is in the sector of self in Scorpio, inviting us to change our minds by cultivating a laser focus on empowering thoughts, ideas and the emotional patterns that drive them. The Scorpio New Moon and Sun receive support from Saturn retrograde in Pisces in the home, family, and roots sector, inspiring us to release ancestral traumas and disempowering patterns and to reconnect with our most beloved dreams and the executive power to achieve them.

On November 2nd as the Moon waxes, Mercury heads into jovial, wise Sagittarius to give us a higher perspective as we head into a month of deep diving, shadow work and transformation. Mercury will guide us to meaning, as we explore and release old pain, false beliefs, deep feelings, and the grief of losses including death, the ultimate loss. Scorpio the sign of death and rebirth with be empowering us to release old states and stale clutter, so we can step into the shiny new butterfly state that awaits us beyond the cocoon of transformation.

On November 3rd, Mars, the ruler of Scorpio heads into regal, expressive Leo, to energize and fuel our most heart centered, courageous, creative plans and efforts. Mars in Leo indicates that our deep inner efforts will be fueled by courage, and by the love in our hearts, daring us to face our fears heroically and follow our bliss. It’s a stellar month to dive deep for creative gold, passion, power and heart centered inspiration.

November 5th brings much the anticipated election day, fraught with all manner of anxious projection. Power and who will wield it hangs in the balance as the Moon heads into executive Capricorn, the sign of the CEO. No predictions will be entertained here but the astrological climate invites us to expect the unexpected, and maintain our own executive consciousness, authority and maturity come what may.

On November 11th, lovely Venus heads into Capricorn, inspiring our love of rock solid commitment to who and what we love, as we pursue our most beautiful approach to achieving defined goals and professional success.

Saturn stations direct in Pisces, at  9:20 AM EDT, on the morning of the Taurus Full Moon which occurs at 4:28 PM EDT on 11/15/2024. Saturn’s move is a big planetary pivot, that invites us to slowly begin advancing the dreams and visionary goals we are committed to that we have been incubating, or revising for months.

The Full Moon in Taurus on November 15th is traveling one degree from Uranus, the planet of evolution, awakening and sudden change, illuminating the evolutionary upgrades we have been able to embody, manifest and monetize. There may be a whole lot of inner or outer shakin going on as Uranus tends to disrupt the status quo as he awakens us and calls us to new heights of consciousness.

The 16th looks great for taking quantum leaps, that lead us into the evolving butterfly states we are working toward as the Scorpio Sun partners with Uranus. The 17th look great for further evolution and advancing big brilliant ideas as the Gemini Moon join up with Jupiter. On the 20th the Leo Moon joins up with Mars to turbo charge our creativity, courage and power to lead with heart!

On the 21st as Luna wanes, the Sun heads into wise, adventurous Sagittarius, to illuminate the path to abundance, gratitude wisdom and a Higher Perspective. As the month winds down and Luna wanes, Mercury stations retrograde on 11/25 at 9:42 PM EDT at 22 degrees of Sagittarius, calling us inward to reflect, rethink, revise and review our thinking, beliefs and publishing ideas and travel plans for weeks to come. Mercury will station direct again on December 15th at 6 degrees Sagittarius. We will be in the opposite shadow till January 2nd. inviting us to make needed changes as the New Year begins.

Thanksgiving comes on 11/28 inviting us inward to reflect on the magnitude of wealth we each possess with hearts full of gratitude as November winds down.

It’s a great month to cocoon with our feelings, and connect with those we can truly share the depth of our feelings with. make empowering changes, do shamanic work, send blessings to the ancestors and advance empowering mergers. Wear intense colors, make it a point to watch the beauty of intense autumn sunsets, watch the leaves fall and learn from them to release what is dry and stale…Drink hot tea, hot ginger, hot tea. Zip yourself into the cocoon of change and grow your new wings.

 

 

The totem for the month is the Monarch Butterfly, a Regal creature that combines this month’s transformational  Scorpio focus with Mars, the planetary ruler of Scorpio in Regal Leo.

It takes 3 generations of Monarch’s to make their pilgrimage from  Mexico to North America and Canada…To learn more about them click here: https://goldbio.com/articles/article/the-extraordinary-monarch-butterflies?gad_source=5

September, a month of golden perfection, the slow release of summer, and preparation for return to school and work, this year begins with a flurry of potent planetary activity, as two powerful planets make retrograde moves.

On September 1st, Pluto the planet of power and transformation, leaves liberating Aquarius, and backs into executive responsible Capricorn, inspiring close to two months of structural transformation, review and some reversals in our businesses, lives, and on the world stage. Capricorn, the sign of world leaders, people in high places, banking, corporations and the structures that support life and the world is in the final sweep of transformational activity that began in 2008 when Pluto entered Capricorn and the markets crashed.

Pluto the planet of the depths and the shadow will be at work to further reveal what has been slithering in the basement of the world power structures On November 19th, Pluto will leave Capricorn for hundreds of years, and heads into Aquarius to shed elevating, liberating light on all that we must look at personally and collectively in order to be awakened and free.

On the same day, September 1st, Uranus, the modern ruler of Aquarius, and the planet of liberation, revelation, higher consciousness, technology and genius, stations retrograde in earthy grounded Taurus, a sign associated with farming, building, embodiment and the markets. Uranus will like Pluto, will be inspiring review, reversals and revelations, regarding our material lives, financial lives and how we embody the insights, upgrades, and higher consciousness we have been exploring for months. We may see some sudden changes and reversals on the world stage. and this is only the 1st day of September!

The Virgo Sun is illuminating our clear thinking, diagnostic intelligence, discernment and attention to detail, as the outer planets make their moves. Mercury the ruler of Virgo, is moving forward in Leo, but still in the shadow of recent retrograde that began in Virgo through 9/11. We are still being asked to consult with our hearts and reconnect with our true passion, creative genius and with what gives us joy.

On September 2nd, Labor Day, the New Moon in Virgo begins her fertile journey through the sign of health, skill, service, the labor force, attention to detail and perfection. This New Moon is found in the creative sector of the New Moon chart cast for Washington DC, the national chart, and travels in opposition to Saturn retrograde in Pisces, inviting us to review and reconsider beloved, create, romantic and child rearing visions for structural, fiscal and long term soundness before committing. Once we have done our scrupulous review it is time to crystalize revised dreams and visions. It is also a time to heal the heart, the inner child and blocks that stand in the way of love and creative expression.

On September 4th, Mars leaves quick witted Gemini, and heads into soulful maternal Cancer inspiring us to act on domestic and family plans. The next few weeks are great for nesting and preemptive fall cleaning. It’s a beautiful time to connect with our roots and honor the ancestors.

On September 9th, Mercury, the ruler of Virgo, leaves heart centered Leo, and heads into analytical Virgo, the sign of his exaltation, to inspire our best critical and analytical thinking till 9/26th when he heads into Libra to nurture our mental balance and verbal poise.

The lead up to the Pisces Full Moon/Lunar eclipse on the 17th looks great for working on big visionary ideas and revising visions, while attending to the details, cleaning, and clarifying refining that Virgo always inspires.

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces reveals the dreams we are called to reconnect with, along with the addictions, deceptions and self delusions that stand in their way.

The remaining few days of the Sun in Virgo,  after the Full Moon, look great for cleaning, clearing and preparing for a beautiful Autumn which officially begins on September 22nd, when the Sun heads into Libra for the Fall Equinox. The Libra Sun will be illuminating the path to beauty, love and balance as we sail into Autumn.

On the day of the Equinox, Venus the ruler of Libra, heads into transformational Scorpio, to deepen our love, our passion and our powers of gorgeous transformation.

On the following day 9/23 the Gemini Moon joins up with massive Jupiter in Gemini to expand our thinking, and our brilliant possibilities exponentially.

Another powerful planetary day, occurs on 9/25, when Mercury in Virgo opposes Neptune in Pisces. On the same day the Moon in soulful Cancer joins up with Mars inspiring us to act on family and domestic plans.

On September 30th, the Virgo Moon opposes Saturn and later on the 30th, the last day of September, the Libra Sun and Mercury in Libra join up to illuminate gorgeous ideas and light our way into Octobe.

It’s a beautiful month to get healthy and enjoy delicious, nutritious foods, veggie juices and the last fruits of summer. Enjoy time in nature, when not cleaning, clearing and organizing. Explore the healing powers of herbs and plants! Delight in the exquisite details and small practical actions that will manifest your vision. Pray, meditate, bless and remember your own sacredness and the sacred beauty that surrounds you and sustains you. Surround yourself with fresh flowers, herbs and dried flowers. Delight in earthy fabrics, textiles and try wheatgrass juice!

August 2024

“ One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right, if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart intelligence, and goodness, shall man rise to a fulfillment of his true nature.’

 Martin Luther King Jr.

 

“ Your task is not to seek for love but to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi

 

August begins on a waning lunar tide and in the shadow of Mercury’s upcoming retrograde, that we are already feeling. The New Moon in Leo on August 4th, begins a growing cycle that invites us to explore creative, romantic, and recreational pursuits that we would love to advance.

The Leo New Moon chart, cast for Washington DC, is a triple Leo, with the Sun, Moon and Leo rising in the middle degrees of Leo, and Venus also in Leo at the very last degree of the sign, indicating that it is time to be courageous and step up to the plate of life and love. with courage and fortitude as we dare to follow our creative and romantic bliss, and be the leaders we were meant to be.

 

Later in the day Venus heads into Virgo for the retrograde, which occurs on the very next day, August 5th, when Mercury, the planet of thought and communication stations retrograde in Virgo, while traveling with Venus, indicating that we are not quite ready to advance the heart centered plans that are calling to us.

 

Mercury in pristine Virgo traveling with Venus in Virgo, is inviting us on an analytical, diagnostic, reflection, regarding all that requires practical analysis, healing, repair, release and review in our lives. We are especially called to review our thinking and plans regarding relationships, love, healing, and how to be fair, practical and realistic regarding all that we are considering. We are called to analyze, organize and reflect on how best to refine our plans, and our thinking, with  the help of Heavenly Guidance, as we review plans and ideas that we feel passionate about, but that require intelligent discernment as we assess logistics. Virgo, the sign of service, also asks us to reflect on what is served by our plans, the head, the heart, the ego or the Highest Good and Greater Good?

 

Mercury’s retrograde begins in Mercury ruled Virgo, the diagnostic healer of the zodiac, then on August 14th, Mercury backs into Leo where he will station direct on August 28th. This retrograde takes us from the head to the heart, inviting us to deploy both, in the service of mighty Love and Higher Love.When we seek the Highest Love, our plans are directed by Heaven, and we are given remarkable strength to accomplish great things, or small things that are done with greatness. If we have experienced real losses and heartache, ( and who has not ) this is a great month for healing. It’s a stellar month to ask your heart and the Universal Heart, what is needed to restore you, and reignite your joy of living

 

The Leo season always calls us into the heart where Love is always beating, inviting us to synchronize with that beat, by connecting with our love, our courage, our talent, and our passion, to energize us, and light us up! Leo is also the sign of inner Kingship and Queenship, which awakens our inner sovereign, who can assist us in stepping up to our true greatness, while inspiring us to use it to access our Higher Self, and serve others with courage, love, and humility. 

The entire month of August is a great time to align our minds with this deeper far more powerful Force that is beating within us. This particular lunar cycle and retrograde gives us ample opportunity to nurture our analytical brilliance, and deploy it to recovering to exploring all that requires healing in our lives and all that will reconnect us with our true vision and our deepest passion.

 

On August 14th as the Moon is growing, Mercury retrogrades back into Leo, and the review that began in Virgo moves from our heads to our hearts. Meanwhile, on that same day, Mars joins up with Jupiter in Gemini, inviting us to put some muscle into the big ideas and plans we are developing. the 14th, the Sagittarius Moon and Jupiter partner to expand our thinking, our wisdom and our emotional intelligence. Later on the 14th, the Sagittarius Moon will oppose both Jupiter and Mars, making it a stellar day to think much bigger about plans, travel, adventure, publishing, and all that can get us thinking in a much bigger, wiser way.

The Full Moon in Aquarius on the 19th illuminates the path to mutually empowering partnerships, friendships, collaborations and community, on our increasingly elevated wavelength. The Full Moon is opposed by the Sun and Mercury in Leo, inviting us to connect and collaborate from the heart and mind, with those we love. The dreams we are committed to are also in the lunar spotlight this Full Moon, inviting us to review and revise the blueprints of our dreams.

Both Saturn and Neptune are retrograde all month in visionary Pisces, calling us into a weighty executive and spiritual vision quest, as we grapple with the details and logistics that will achieve them. On the 20th, the Pisces Moon and Saturn retrograde join up to nurture our commitment to our dreams and our capacity to achieve them. On the 21st the Pisces Moon and spiritual Neptune join forces, inviting us to seek Divine Guidance regarding our dreams. These two days are great for nurturing or reconnecting with beloved inspired dreams which may require that we revise them with an eye to logistics. 

On  August 22nd, the Sun enters Virgo and the Virgo Season begins. The Virgo Sun will be illuminating our diagnostic intelligence and critical thinking,  helping us to make the changes, adjustments, edits and revisions that are coming to light with a heart filled with devotion and a clear mind. On the 28th, Mercury stations direct in Leo, inviting us to begin to slowly advance any yet unmade adjustments that we know we must make while Mercury is in the opposite shadow of the retrograde till 9/11.

On August 29th, lovely Venus enters Libra, one of her home signs, the sign of beauty and balance, to restore our equilibrium. She will be helping us regain our balance, as we start to slowly come out of retrograde. We navigate the month best, by connecting to the infinite reservoir of Love within us. With mighty, ever victorious Love guiding us, we cannot fail.

Mighty Love and Radiant Blessings To All,

Demitra

 

 

The Totem of the month is the African Lion, the most social of the big cats. These creatures are gregarious affectionate and are symbolically associated with the Sun, due to their iconic golden manes. They are especially affectionate and protective of their young, and in African folklore are associated with royalty, power, strength, courage and confidence. Call on the power of the mighty lion to remind you of your own regal nature, your courage, warmth affectionate nature and sheer joy of living. Let the Lion remind you to take heart, you can do brave things.

It’s a stellar month to have a relationship with the Sun. Rise early to enjoy the Sunrise. Take note of the quality of light throughout the day. Wear sunny yellows, vibrant gold or orange. Make art, play games, reconnect with your innocence and pure joy of living. Connect with your heart, make generous gestures, express love, be affectionate, roar when you need to. 

July glides in on the current of the waning lunar tide, as the Sun, Venus and Mercury, travel through soulful Cancer, calling us homeward, inward, and backward, to reflect on the projects, desires and domestic activities that we most love and long to incubate, develop and pursue. July is ruled by the soulful Moon, and the tenacious crab, the only armored totem of the zodiac who is built for defense, self protection and emotional security. Cancer provides the armor, and containment in which tender, vulnerable new life can safely develop, before emerging into the world.

On the first day of July, the waning Taurus Moon joins up with Mars, also in constructive Taurus, to fuel beautiful, earthy, constructive and profitable activities that we are reflecting on. It’s also a great time to release emotional and actual clutter to make room for expanding ideas and budding visions.

On July 2nd, visionary, oceanic, spiritual Neptune, stations retrograde in Pisces, joining executive, disciplined Saturn, who also stationed retrograde in Pisces at the end of June, calling us to go spiritually within and connect with Loving Creative Source of our most beloved dreams. It’s a fantastic summer for a deep, inward, soulful vision quest, that results in a beautiful tangible vision, that will develop this summer, like a precious pearl forming within the sealed shell of the oyster.

On July 2nd, Mercury leaves soulful Cancer, where he has been assisting us with incubating developing ideas, and heads into radiant creative Leo, to inspire their golden, creative expression. Mercury in Leo, inspires brilliant creative ideas, fun recreational ideas and our most loving thinking. On July 3rd waning Gemini Moon joins up with massive Jupiter in Gemini, to expand our thinking, inviting us into an epic release of thought patterns and emotional patterns that no longer serve us, to clear the way for big brilliant ideas and expanded thinking that are on the horizon.

All of these aspects prepare us for July 5th, and the New Moon in Cancer, traveling with Venus, that invites us to advance our most beautiful soulful, brilliant and loving ideas that we want to incubate like a mother hen sitting on precious silver and golden eggs until they hatch. This is also a great New Moon for cultivating love, devotion, and beauty at home and within family relationships.

On July 7th, the waxing Leo Moon joins up with Mercury in Leo to nurture our most brilliant, loving, radiant and creative ideas, and the courage to express them. Days later on the 11th, Venus joins Mercury in Leo, inviting us to express the love in our mighty hearts in works of art and act of love. By mid July on the 15th Mars in constructive, grounded Taurus, joins up with Uranus in Taurus, to turbo charge our energetic evolution, and our capacity to think, act and live way outside the box at a higher frequency.20th, Mars the planet of action, leaves earthy Taurus and heads into Gemini to turbo charge our mental discipline, inspiring our best ideas, strategies and the courage to advance them and achieve victory.

On July 21st, the lunar cycle comes to its culmination, with the second Full Moon in Capricorn this summer at the very last degree of Capricorn bringing executive matters to a head. The Capricorn Full Moon, is traveling with powerful, transformational Pluto in Aquarius, inspiring a turbo charged Full Moon to seek elevating truths and revelations that set us free from oppressive patterns, and reclaim our power from any one to whom we have abdicated it. This Full Moon is especially good for feeling into the energy of our intentions, for authenticity, before we commit to them.

On the 22nd, the Cancerian season comes to a close, as the Sun enters Leo, his home sign, illuminating the courageous path to creative and romantic fulfillment. The Leo Sun inspires our courage, charisma, and daring to express the love and brilliance in our beautiful hearts. On July 25th, Mercury heads into pristine, analytical Virgo, one of his home signs, where he will retrograde early in August. It’s time to organize our ideas as we get ready to review them. On July 30th, the Gemini Moon joins up first with energizing Mars, then with expanding Jupiter, to turbo charge and expand our thinking as we head into August. It’s time to open our minds, and think bigger and more brilliantly than ever before.

The totem for this month is the Australian South Sea Pearl Oyster. It is the largest and rarest of all pearl oysters, and produces the finest and most beautiful pearl of any oyster. Be like this remarkable Oyster. Seal some part of yourself up and allow the irritants and organic processes of life work within you to develop and create precious, lustrous beauty that will emerge when the time is right.

It’s a beautiful month for nesting, resting, walks by the sea. Beautify your home, attend to the needs of your soul, connect with beloved family. It’s also a perfect month to reconnect with beloved dreams, visions and ideas. Cocoon with them and nurture them, yourself and beloved relationships, like a devoted mother.

Adorn yourself with Pearl, Mother of Pearl, Moonstone and Selenite. Surround yourself with oceanic blues, greens silver and sea foam. Walk in to Moonlight, bask in the Sunlight, shine your unique Light. The world needs it!

“ Think Big. There are unseen forces ready to support your dreams” Cheryl Richardson

” Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” Rumi

June glides in on the wings of a dove, with lovely Venus, the Sun and Jupiter already in winged Gemini, the sign of angelic messengers, swift thought and the power of the word to create reality. It’s a big month and year for Gemini’s, with massive, mighty Jupiter, the planet of travel, faith, expansion and opportunity, gracing the sign of the twins as of May 25th. Jupiter will be expanding all things Gemini till next May, beginning with our minds. It is time to expand our thinking, knowledge base, understanding and actual terrain!

This month is an especially gorgeous month for Gemini’s, with beautiful planetary conjunctions involving planets in Gemini. On June 3rd, Mercury, the ruler of Gemini, joins the 3 planets in Gemini bringing clear swift thought to the spectacular line up in Gemini that invites us to cultivate our most beautiful, brilliant and grand ideas and

On June 4th Mercury and Jupiter join up to expand our thinking and opportunities exponentially. Later that day, the Sun and Venus merge forces to illuminate the path to our most beautiful ideas, thinking and travels. On the same day, the Taurus Moon and Uranus join up to nurture our emotional evolution and our capacity to advance breakthrough plans and ideas.

June 5th the Gemini Moon joins up with Jupiter and Mercury to begin expanding our thinking, exponentially in advance of the coming New Moon. On June 6th, The New Moon in Gemini, ushers in a fertile new Lunar cycle of growth, opportunity and possibilities! This is the first New Moon since Jupiter headed into Gemini, ushering in the growing mind expansion that is already here! The New Moon is traveling fused to lovely Venus, while Mercury and Jupiter in Gemini are working with Uranus in Taurus, to expand our thinking and our capacity to embody brilliant breakthroughs of expanded consciousness! The next two weeks till the 21st are fantastic for developing, incubating and acting on our biggest, most beautiful ideas, plans and projects.

It’s a stellar month to commit to a mental practice that gently yet firmly trains the mind, so we can make the most positive use of Jupiter’s expansion in the realm of the mind. It’s a great month to put ourselves in gentle mental boot camp. Choose a positive focus like gratitude, and see how often, when the mind is heading toward negativity, you can gently re direct to gratitude. Gratitude for the present moment is the basis of all prosperity and bathes the mind in dopamine and serotonin, two powerful neurotransmitters.

On June 9th, Mars, the planet of energy and drive, heads into earthy, grounding Taurus, providing us with stabilizing, constructive energy that serves as a nice earthy balance to the four planets in Gemini, that stimulate a tremendous amount of mercurial, mental energy. Mars will be helping us to take steady, practical constructive action to advance our expanding ideas and possibilities.

On June 17th, Venus and Mercury head into soulful Cancer, to nurture ours souls and our emotional natures, along with our family relationships and home lives. It’s a beautiful time to cocoon in loving nurturing energy, and make time to connect with our feelings and the needs they point to.

June 20th brings the Summer Solstice, the longest day, and shortest night of the year as the portal of summer opens. It’s time to celebrate and enjoy the long days of summer, even as the daylight hours begin to diminish. Invite the Solstice Light to illuminate the areas of your life that would benefit from more luminosity!

On June 21st the Full Moon in Capricorn, illuminates our sense of duty, responsibility, commitment and all things paternal, inviting us to explore our feelings about professional success and our most soulful and true commitments. On June 27th and 28th the Pisces Moon joins up with executive Saturn and spiritual Neptune, respectively, to further nurture our commitments to our most visionary goals and projects, inviting us to define the visions we are committed to and to seek alignment with the Divine Vision for us.

On June 29th, Saturn, the planet of success and executive intelligence, stations retrograde in Pisces, initiating months of weighty reflection about the dreams we are truly committed to, as we head toward July. The Gemini planets, especially Jupiter, are inviting us to think bigger, even as Saturn invites us to be realistic within expanding possibilities, and make sure our souls are aligned with all we are considering.

The Heaven to Earth Totem for July is the Wandering Albatross, a giant bird, with a wing span up to a whopping 12 feet, that can weather long sea voyages and is a symbol of good fortune. They are thought to bring good fortune to seafarers. This a great totem for beginning our journey with massive, lucky, protective Jupiter in winged Gemini, a sign associated with air travel and the mind. It’s time to think bigger and travel further!

It’s a lovely month to explore the power of thought and word. Adopt a gratitude practice. Infuse your mind with grateful and loving thoughts, till they become second nature. Entertain big ideas, and plans. Delight in birds butterflies and all winged things. Speak to your angels and seek their guidance constantly. Learn the language of love and practice speaking it constantly. Study polarity, the Tao, and enjoy the creative interplay of opposites. Wear black and white, silver and gold or shades of orange or yellow.

Clear your mind with Clear Quartz, stay grounded with Smokey Quartz, and attune to Higher Frequencies with Lemurian Seed Crystal, Herkimer Diamond, and Moldavite. Connect with Heavenly Consciousness with Angelite, Seraphinite, and Spirit Quartz. Invite Highest Love to come nest in your mind!

With Love to All,
Demitra

May 2024

“The day of fortune is like a harvest day, we must be busy when the corn is ripe.”
Toquato Tasso

“The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than joy or sorrow. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.” Rumi

The Sun, Jupiter, Uranus and lovely Venus, the planetary ruler of Taurus are all in the sign of the bull as the month begins, making this an especially lovely, abundant and unpredictable month that offers offers expansive opportunities and breakthroughs.

May glides in on the waxing Lunar tide that began with the total Solar Eclipse in Aries, giving us much to process and review. We are still in the shadow of the Mercury Retrograde in Aries that began on March 1st giving us further cause for reflection and revisions till May 13th when we leave the shadow. This is the final month of massive Jupiter’s glide through Taurus. On March 25th Jupiter will leave the sign of the bull for 12 years having spent the last year expanding our self worth and our relationship to the material world, where big constructive opportunities have abounded.

Taurus, the earthy sign of farmers, builders, currency, food supply and investors, is a sign of great beauty, patience, stability and persevering effort. This year both Jupiter the planet of expansion, and Uranus the planet of technology, evolution and breakthroughs are both in the sign of the Bull, bringing some evolution and volatility to a sign that generally is content to watch the grass and the profits grow. It’s a beautiful May to think, invest, build, create and manifest way outside the box. It’s also a stellar month to truly delight in the staggering beauty and bounty of Mother Earth in one of her blossoming season.

On May 2nd powerful, transformational Pluto stations retrograde in Aquarius, inspiring both a deep and elevating review of our friendships, alliances, communities and beloved causes. It’s also time to reflect on where we are bound and where we desire to get free. Pluto will retrograde through Aquarius till September, giving us ample time to for this reflection before he backs into Aquarius.

On May 7th, lovely Venus joins up with Moon in advance of the New Moon in Taurus, that travels with Jupiter and Uranus, initiating a powerful growing Lunar cycle that offers much in the way of big, beautiful, liberating breakthroughs, especially regarding our creative, financial and romantic lives. It’s a stellar time to plant the seeds of prosperity, as well as creative, romantic and recreational bliss. Meanwhile, Mars, Mercury, Chiron and the North Node, all in Aries, keep the healing focus on our minds, with the warrior’s determination and resolve to confront and heal whatever ails us and our sense of self.

On May 15th Mercury heads into earthy Taurus, giving us some much needed mental stability after the retrograde and eclipse in Aries. It’s time to get mentally grounded and think like a farmer. What is it time to till, plant, or harvest. Delight in constructive thinking that will grow corn for you, as you enjoy what is blossoming in yourself and in your life.

On May 18th the Taurus Sun joins up with Jupiter in Taurus for the last time for the next 12 years, to illuminate the path to big beautiful constructive opportunity. Seize the day and till the burgeoning garden of your success. On May 20th, the Sun leaves Taurus and enters quicksilver Gemini, soon to be joined by Jupiter. It’s time to put our thinking caps on, and explore our best thinking, ideas and approaches to communication.

On May 23rd the Full Moon in Sagittarius echoes the theme of the New Moon in Taurus and points us to our creative, collaborative bliss and the big brilliant ideas we can manifest solo or within ensemble efforts. It’s time to take the bull by the horns this month and be adventurous and daring, when it comes to manifesting our brilliance.

On May 25th, massive, mighty, Jupiter leaves earthy Taurus, where liberating inventive Uranus will remain, and heads into quick thinking, Gemini, the sign of the bicameral mind, thought and communication for the next 12 months. Jupiter will be expanding our thinking and our capacity to communicate while in the sign of the twins. It’s time to seize opportunities involving writing, teaching, speaking and communication projects. It’s a great time to feed our minds a steady diet of optimism, gratitude, wisdom, and uplifting thoughts! As we think so we are, and this is a year to train the mind to traverse across gorgeous inner pathways that lead to a beautiful mental shift!

The month ends on a waning Lunar tide that invites us to release mental patterns that no longer serve us, and prepare for the mind expansion that is already here and expanding in June!

Totem of the Month: The American Buffalo

The American Buffalo is a massive creature, that can stand as high as 6ft and can jump a 6 foot fence. It is a creature that has always lived with humans and been revered and hunted by humans. The Buffalo is a symbol of sacredness and abundance in Native American lore. Buffalo is a creature symbolic of generosity, self sacrifice and great spiritual magic. Buffalo in some tribes is believed to have the strongest connection to The Great Spirit. White Buffalo Calf Woman is a figure of immense sacredness in Native American Spirituality. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/3029/the-story-of-the-white-buffalo-calf-woman—native/  May Buffalo Medicine guide us in the Spirit of sacredness, generosity, abundance, and service.

It’s a beautiful month to get grounded in a big way. Bless your body often, and enjoy the pleasure of embodiment. Consciously work on issues of self worth by treating yourself with love, kindness, respect and care. Act on big beautiful constructive ideas. Till the garden of your life, as you enjoy the staggering beauty and bounty of blossoming earth. Invest in yourself, your abilities and your best ideas. Be adventurous in exploring gorgeous new trails. Adopt a gratitude practice that includes being consciously grateful for your current abundance and prosperity. Allow your senses to nurture your tolerance for beauty and pleasure. Enjoy yourself!

With Love to All,
Demitra

On April 8th the New Moon/ Total Solar Eclipse in Aries begins a turbo charged lunar cycle that deepens the call inwards and reveals what is lurking in the shadows of our sense of self that requires healing. This eclipse illuminates issues of war and peace, anger, assertion, wounds to the self, our capacity to take initiative, our relationship patterns, and all that keeps us from advancing toward our goals and living fully

During this immensely powerful eclipse, Chiron the healer is fused to the Aries Moon and Sun reminding us that the wound is where the Light enters us. We can invite the inner inextinguishable Light to illuminate the path to healing and to living fully. Mercury retrograde is also traveling with this eclipse calling us to actively review plans, ideas and projects, release false beliefs about relationships and recover or reconnect to what we lost along the way. Set powerful healing intentions on the day before and after the New Moon in Aries that restore your power, initiative and lead to success.

Aries the warrior invites us to begin this retrograde, by getting quiet, deeply listening within, and taking note of what is not working in our lives. Where is healing, release, review or recalibration required? What would victory look like in any of these areas? How can we best achieve it?

With Mercury retrograde in Aries it is also an excellent month to cocoon with our anger while practicing silence and verbal restraint. Our anger can be an excellent guide to reveal to us where our relationships have been unfair, unbalanced, or otherwise out of whack. Anger can also guide us to where we have betrayed ourselves. It’s a stellar month to practice radical self forgiveness with the help of Saturn, Neptune and ( Venus in the beginning of the month) in compassionate spiritual Pisces.

Mars, the ruler of Aries is cruising through visionary Pisces all month as are Saturn and Neptune. It’s time to realistically assess where we are on the path to our dreams, and determine which visions need to be released, and which need to be reviewed and reconnected to. Mars will help us take courageous action to advance the visions that call to us and won’t let go. Saturn will help us commit to our dreams with executive action and Neptune opens us to our Vision by Divine Design.

On April 19th the month takes and energetically grounding turn when the Sun enters earthy, fertile Taurus. A day later on 4/20 Jupiter the massive planet of expansion and Uranus, the planet of awakening, elevation and liberation join forces in an exact conjunction that will not happen again till 2037, expanding our capacity to embody high frequency evolutionary changes that we have been seeking. This is also an amazing aspect for profitable breakthrough ideas, projects, products and possibilities. This is the biggest astrological event of the year and signals a collective leap of consciousness. Prepare with meditation and actively seeking highest consciousness.

On April 23rd the Scorpio Full Moon illuminates the empowering changes we are undertaking, and brings the eclipse corridor to its creshendo. Two days later Mercury stations direct at 16 degrees of Aries and we can begin to advance revised plans and advance further healing required. We will be in the opposite shadow of the Mercury retrograde till May 13th..

On April 30th as the month ends, Mars enters Aries, his home sign, to energize our now forward moving plans with the resolve, confidence and fortitude of the warrior as we head into May.

It’s a beautiful month to surround yourself with warm energizing colors: rose reds, the gold and yellow of sunlight, as you go within and kindle your inner sunlight and the flame of your passion. Resolve to be a Light for those who need it, as you courageously face your shadow and whatever needs healing in your life. Connect with your sacred inner warrior who knows when to advance, when to retreat and when to revise strategies.

The animal totem of the month is the Bighorn Rocky Mountain Ram. This tenacious creature is a symbol of strength, determination and confidence to fight for a mate and to reach the top of the metaphoric mountain where the higher altitudes of consciousness await!

 

 

 

 

 

MARCH 2024

“If you want to make a Dream come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.”
-JM Power

“A Dream doesn’t become a reality through magic, it takes a lot of hard work.” 
-Oswald Boateng

“Think about it, there must be a Higher Love
Down in the heart, hidden in the stars above
Without it, life is wasted time.
Look inside your heart, I’ll look inside mine”
-Steve Winwood

March glides in on the waning lunar tide that began after the Full Moon in Virgo on February 24th. That Full Moon brought to light health issues, daily habits and the practical actions required to manifest the luminous inspired dreams, and visionary ideas we are committed to. As we glide into March the Sun traveling with Saturn and Mercury, all in oceanic Pisces, the final sign of the zodiac, assists us in releasing what stands in the way of our beloved visions and the strengthening our conscious connection to the Loving Source that animates our lives, and inspires our dreams. Neptune is also traveling through visionary Pisces in the later degrees, inviting us to open to our visions by Divine Design that are calling to us this month.

 

The first week of March as Luna wanes, is a great time to align with the oceanic Pisces energy that knows just how to release what it is time to let go of on the outgoing tide…We will have a great deal of energetic support in releasing outworn dreams, outgrown habits, and all that no longer serves us, on March 6th, when the Aquarius Moon merges forces with transformational Pluto, offering powerful energetic support from beloved friends, allies, community and the Higher Self, that assists us, both what we are releasing, and what we are dreaming up. On March 8th, Pluto joins up, first with Mars, then with Venus to turbo charge our evolution, assisting us in the release of disempowering energetic imprints, and the transforming of relationship patterns that require upgrades, and point us to a much Higher Love.

 

On this same day, Mercury in Pisces joins up with spiritual Neptune, to inspire visionary thinking, higher consciousness, and deep compassion. On March 9th, the Pisces Moon merges forces with executive Saturn to help us release dreams that it’s time to let go of, and to nurture our capacity to crystalize and manifest the dreams and visions we are comitted to, in advance of the New Moon in Pisces on the very next day.

 

On March 10th, the Super New Moon in Pisces begins a powerful lunar cycle for actively manifesting our dreams. On this New Moon, Saturn, the New Moon, the Pisces Sun and visionary Neptune are traveling together like a pod of dolphins in search of our inspired brilliance and beloved visions in the river of dreams that is now flowing into our awakening consciousness. Mercury at the zero degree of Aries, also travels with them, providing energizing light, like a single ruby on a strand of aquamarines, that activates our power to take initiative, and manifest the dreams that we feel called upon to bring forth!

All of these planets as well as Chiron, and the North Node in Aries are found in the material sector of the chart, calling us to take action to tangibly manifest the dreams we are committed to. Pluto, Venus, and Mars in the sector of self of the New Moon chart invite us to step into a Higher Love and begin to operate at a higher frequency as we connect with a Higher Power. Jupiter and Uranus in Taurus nurture our evolving power to stay grounded and manifest!

This growing lunar cycle carries us into the spring, which begins on March 19th at 11:06 PM EST when the portal of spring opens and the Sun glides through it as he heads into Aries to illuminate the path to the spring time! The Aries Sun energizes our life force, and fuels our capacity to act on our visions, which get a boost on March 22nd when Mars, the planetary ruler of spring heads into visionary Pisces to nurture our inner spiritual warrior and our capacity to take daring action to make our dreams come true.

This lunar cycle culminates on March 24th with the Full Moon/ Lunar Eclipse in Libra which calls us to get centered, balanced and committed to the partnerships that support and align with our dreams, visions and increasingly elevated wavelengths. This Full Moon illuminates what has been lurking in the shadows of our relationship patterns and what shadow behaviors keep us from peace in the world. Take note of what arises for you.

 

Luna begins to wane her way out of the month after the Full Moon in Libra, inviting us to get organized and ready for success in the new season. The last  few days of the month are a perfect time for spring cleaning. Sweep away what stands in the way of the luminous path to your Bliss!

 

 

 

 

Highlighted creature of the month is the Dolphin who brings frequency healing and great joy, while building community and carrying messages from the dream time. It’s a beautiful month to swim through the visionary waters of your imagination with dolphin as your guide. Find the current that brings you to the sunken treasure of forgotten dreams, talents and visions that it is time to reclaim, retrieve and crystallize. Dolphin also provides healing frequencies to our bodies. They remind us of the sheer joy of surfing the waves of life and going with the flow as the seasons change. Dolphin cheers us up with their sweet smiles and playful natures, reminding us to be playful and light.

 

Enjoy this beautiful month by spending time near water, listening to music, finding the flow and going with it. Take salt bathes, dream, connect with your favorite body of water. Try some water color painting, listen to soulful music, Moon gaze and Dream! Wear oceanic blues, Aquamarines, and surround yourself with sea treasures, pearls, and shells. Connect with your inner mermaid or merman as you dive for inner treasure!

 

With Love to All,

 

Demitra

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 2024

I’m gonna fly like an Eagle to the sea, fly like an Eagle let my spirit carry me. gonna fly like an eagle till I’m free….Steve Miller Band

Our depth precisely describes the height of our consciousness. Demitra Vassiliadis

 

 

 

February begins with the Sun approaching the  the 10th degree of Aquarius, illuminating the path of liberation, elevation and true fellowship that are open to us, as mighty Pluto keeps his focus on the first degree of Aquarius clearing the way for the Aquarian Age that we are poised to enter. This year the Sun and Pluto entered Aquarius together back on January 20th, indicating that we the people are called for a collective awakening, liberation and empowerment that requires an encounter with the collective shadow.

 

As February begins the Moon is waning after the powerful Full Moon in Leo, back on January 25th that was opposed by Pluto and the Sun in Aquarius, which illuminated the path to our hearts, while also illuminating what has bound us personally and collectively, and kept us from our authentic heart centered expression and contribution. On the 1st of February, at 3:37 PM EST, the Moon glides into Scorpio’s depths to illuminate all that we need to confront, and integrate in our personal and collective shadow so we can be mature, responsible, liberated adults. The focus on maturity is further emphasized this month with Mercury, Venus and Mars traveling through Capricorn, the sign of the executive disciplined intrepid goat, who reminds us that nothing worthwhile is accomplished without commitment, consistent, disciplined effort and devotion.The first week of February looks stellar for crystalizing and clearly defining the goals and beloved relationships we are committed to, while making use of the abundance of Capricorn energy.

 

On February 5th Mercury dons his winged sandals and flies up into the elevated intellectual frequencies of Aquarius where he joins up with Pluto who is shining a light on all that binds us in our depths. Mercury and Pluto will also be turbo charging our minds, providing the highest perspective on blocks and the shadow while awakening brilliant empowering high frequency ideas.

 

The New Moon in Aquarius on February 9th, invites another step into the Aquarian Age as the Sun and Moon merge at 20 degrees Aquarius joined by Mercury and Pluto at the earlier degrees. This line up is all in the sector or healing, work viewed as service and refinement, inviting us to find the people, practices and groups with whom to heal, get free and collaborate on projects that call to us. Meanwhile Venus and Mars the lovers travel hand in hand through Capricorn keeping us grounded and devoted to all that we love enough to commit to with steadfast perseverance.

 

On February 13th Mars heads into Aquarius to join Pluto in shining a beam of Higher Light on all that has bound us, and on all that we project onto others: the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful. Mars will be providing the daring courage of the warrior to face and integrate the shadow, and the blank canvas of freedom, which through desired, can also be daunting. A few days later on February 16th, Venus will join Mars her consort providing the love that calls us to our freedom, to our love of humanity and to the pursuit of our authentic happiness, calling and contribution. Venus will also join us with Pluto on the 17th to infuse our shadow work with mighty love that can face all endure all and consecrate all inner work to the highest love and the greater good.

 

On the very next day, the 18th Higher Love gets a boost when the Sun glides into spiritual Pisces, illuminating the sea of dreams, compassion, and higher love that can dive into. The Pisces season invites us to connect with our dreams and begin building them. On February 23rd Mercury wades into the visionary waters of Pisces, inspiring our most visionary thinking and our most spiritual consciousness that it is time to seek. The Full Moon in Virgo on the 24th, illuminates the path to mental, physical and spiritual healing, inviting us to purify ourselves as instruments of Divine Light, Higher Love and practical service. We end the month on the waning lunar tide that invites us to release into that waning tide all that stands in the way of our personal and collective evolution.

 

The Totem for the month is the Eagle, who flies at the altitude of freedom, yet is also associated with the Alchemical process associated with Pluto, newly flying through the heights of Aquarius.

 

Beautiful crystals to work with are Lemurian Seed Crystal which connects us to advanced civilizations, Cathedral Crystal that helps harmonize and amplify group energy, and Amethyst, Celestite, Clear Quartz, or any crystal that clears and elevates frequencies.

 

It’s a beautiful month to regularly connect with your Higher Self, Higher Mind and the Highest Frequencies of thought. Seek out a higher perspective and friends with whom to get free and elevated. Make time for friends, beloved causes and delightful group activities and collaborations. Find your birds of a common beautiful feather and fly together! 

 

 

 

JANUARY 2024

 

It’s your road and yours alone

Others may walk it with you

But no one can walk it for you. 

Rumi

 

The God on the Mountain is still God in the Valley    Tracy Dartt

 

 

The New Year and new month begin with Mercury stationing direct in Sagittarius on January 1st after weeks of retrograde travel, inviting us to get our minds in forward gear as we head into the New Year. The year glides in on a waning lunar tide that culminated with the Full Moon in Cancer on 12/26/23 which illuminated family matters, mother issues and all things domestic. We will still be in the waning phase of that lunar cycle till the New Moon on 1/11/24, the New Moon in Capricorn that energetically begins a New Year that promises to be one filled with revelation, epic changes, dizzying heights, cavernous depths, and evolution that ushers us further in to the Age of Aquarius.

 

January, presided over by Capricorn, the mountain scaling goat and its ruling planet Saturn, is associated with Sacred Mountains and the long hard climb that leads to successful achievement. This January is the last January for the next 240 years or so, that Pluto, the god of the depths and the deep valleys of the soul, will be in Capricorn for the winter season. Pluto has been working since 2008 to reveal the collective shadow within personal and collective power structures, that has been holding up the Aquarian Age and the liberation of humanity.

 

We are coming out of a year characterized by at times as many as 7 planets in retrograde through the summer and autumn. Back in December Neptune and Jupiter peeled out of retrograde leaving Mercury, the planet of mind who stationed direct on the 1st (we will be in the opposite shadow till the 21st) and Uranus, the planet of liberation and higher Mind who will station direct on the 27th. By the end of this month all planets are moving forward and so are we!

 

It’s a stellar month to look within as we traverse the opposite shadow of Mercury’s retrograde, and see where we still need structural changes and further empowerment that Pluto has been inspiring in the basement of our psyche and the basement of the power structures of the world. Since depth is height, if we continue to face our personal and collective shadow, we will be propelled upward on the climb up the sacred mountain of  higher consciousness and toward our chosen beloved goals.

 

We will have planetary support with goals, intentions, business plans and all things executive on 1/4/24 when Mars heads into Capricorn, the exalted placement for Mars, to fuel our capacity to put our energy into practical goals and commitments. The New Moon in Capricorn on 1/11/2024 cast for Washington DC is a triple Capricorn! with the Sun, Moon and ascendant all in Capricorn, and Pluto traveling with the Moon for a turbo charged New Moon of revelation, transformation and executive empowerment for the last New Moon in Capricorn traveling with Pluto in Capricorn for 240 years!

(To register for my New Moon in Capricorn  Go to my events page)

 

Two days after the Capricorn New Moon, Mercury the planet of thought, heads into Capricorn, where he began his retrograde back in December. Mercury will be nurturing our executive intelligence, beloved goals and capacity to focus, commit and succeed. It’s a stellar time to set goals and create the structure that will support them. Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, remains in visionary oceanic Pisces, invoking the mythical sea goat a creature of both land and sea. Saturn invites us to be visionary executives and practical dreamers this year. It is time to put a solid foundations beneath our dreams and visions.

 

This growing lunar cycle gets a massive energy shift on January 20th at 9:07 AM EST in the morning when the Sun heads into elevating, liberating Aquarius followed by Pluto at 7:50 PM EST. The Aquarius Sun and Pluto form an extremely potent planetary tag team that indicates a collective shift of consciousness is on the way. This illuminating awakening should have a liberating effect on humanity as a whole, provided we are willing to face shadowy, uncomfortable personal and collective truths.  We cannot be free till we become aware of what is binding us. Five days later the Full Moon in Leo will also be spotlighting truths and issues that we are ready to face and evolve out of. It’s time to free our hearts, our inner child, inner artist and create a world that supports the unfettered heart of humanity, our collective creative spirit of brilliance and innovation, and the innocence and freedom of the children of the world.

 

The biggest shift in the year ahead will be Pluto leaving Capricorn this month after transforming and revealing all that has been going on in the basement and underworld of the world and within our psyches since 2008. Pluto will begin shedding liberating light on all that we need to be free of, or aware of,  as he steps into the first degrees of Aquarius the sign of liberty, equality, and humanity. In September, Pluto will retrograde back into Capricorn till November, inspiring us to dive deep once again after giving us a taste of the elevating heights of Aquarius. Once Pluto returns to Aquarius on November 19th, 2024 the true Age of Aquarius begins! This back and forth of Pluto is like the energetic contractions and birth pains as the New Age is born in the Light of Higher Truths.

 

The other big planetary shift of 2024 comes in May, when massive Jupiter will also change signs. On May 24th, Jupiter will leave beautiful constructive Taurus, and glides into quicksilver, intellectual Gemini, to expand our thinking and provide massive opportunities that come from writing, teaching, big ideas, and communication projects. This shift compliments Pluto in Aquarius who is also elevating and transforming our consciousness. It’s a stellar year to deepen, widen, elevate and expand our consciousness!

 

On January 27th, as the month comes to a close, Uranus, the modern ruler of Aquarius, stations direct in earthy Taurus, after months of retrograde travel, inviting us into a February when all planets are traveling forward, inspiring us to advance goals and ideas as we embody energetic freedom and the ascent to higher consciousness that the Aquarian Age promises. It’s a perfect time to actively reach for higher ground and liberating, elevating solutions to all that bogs us down. Dare to embody and express your unique brilliance. No one else can!

The astrological totem for this month is the mythic sea goat ( See Image Above) which can help us dive deep for our authentic dreams and inner treasure, then scale the metaphoric mountain of achievement that requires both visionary brilliance and disciplined practical action.

It’s a stellar month to get organized for success. Make lists, create structure that will support the goals you are committed to. Vision Map the visions you are committed to. Submit to daily practices that build all manner of muscle and self respect. Keep celebrating the beauty of winter with pine boughs, candle light and walks in the bracing weather. Breathe back your power from those you surrendered it to. Step into the executive suite of your life, remembering that you are the CEO of your life!

Dare to act like it!

 

With Love toAll,

Demitra 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER 2023

“Don’t be satisfied with stories of how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” Rumi

 

 

December begins on a waning lunar tide that is receding after the Full Moon in Gemini on 11/27, which left us much to reflect on regarding our patterns of thought, feeling, and the beliefs, either true or false they have crystalized into. The Sun and Mars, are in the saddle and traveling together through equestrian, adventurous, wise Sagittarius, inspiring great daring and plenty of energy to harness and use to take aim at the goals, desires, adventures and projects that we most want to pursue.

Sagittarius the sign of mythology, stories, travel, wisdom, higher learning, publishing, philosophy and intellectual freedom, loves all forms of exploration that increase our margins of knowledge, understanding, and actual terrain. Sagittarius invites us to explore the stories that give life meaning, and invites us to view our own life as a mythic adventure, casting ourselves as the hero or heroine of our unfolding story.

It’s a fantastic month to actively pursue travel plans, studies, myths and projects that excite and delight us, reflecting on where we are in the unfolding epic story of our lives.

The New Moon in Sagittarius on 12/12/2023 is traveling with Mars, and receives supports from Chiron and the Moon’s North Node in Mars ruled Aries, inviting us to hop in the saddle of inner and outer travel and actively pursue healing, as we take aim at beloved goals and desires, including those that will require revision when Mercury stations retrograde on the day after the New Moon, 12/13. ( To Register for the New Moon in Sagittarius tele seminar click here: https://heaventoearthastrology.com/new-moon/

 

Mercury, the planet of thought, defines much of the astrological focus this month. He leaves Sagittarius on December 1st, and heads into executive, responsible Capricorn, where he will station retrograde on December 13th, inspiring weeks of reviewing, rethinking and reconnecting with big ideas, goals, commitments, and professional projects that we intend to pursue in the New Year.  Mercury’s retrograde in Capricorn, also invites us to review with the habits, structural support, and self discipline, required to achieve success.

 

Mercury will retrograde back into Sagittarius on December 23rd, inspiring a review of our mission statements for business and life, along with the beliefs, myths and higher truths that give our lives meaning. Sagittarius the sign of mythology and stories reminds us that we are each here on an epic and mythic adventure, with dragons to slay or tame, and victory to be won! It’s a beautiful month to reconnect with your life as your own mythic adventure. 

 

Venus begins the month finishing her journey through lovely Libra, one of her home signs, inviting us to pull out the stops in manifesting, embodying and creating all levels of harmony, peace and beauty. On December 4th she heads into Scorpio, shedding love and light in our depths, inspiring us to deepen our love for ourselves and those we are closest to. It’s a beautiful month for shadow work, which invites us to accept and integrate our most beautiful luminous qualities, our golden shadow and the parts of ourselves we disown the dark shadow. Love is the healing balm that Venus provides as we travel inward to transform. Check out Melanie Ryan’s work on the Golden Shadow Method here: https://www.melanieryanlcsw.com/the-method

 

The Winter Solstice on 12/21/2023 invites us into a winter of executive review, asking us to reflect on our true commitments, and the visions that we intend to manifest along with the philosophy that drives our visions and our sense of success. On the winter solstice the Sun heads into disciplined Capricorn, joining Mercury retrograde in Capricorn and transformational Pluto at the end of Capricorn, inviting us into a winter of review, transformation and some weighty reversals. It’s a perfect season to cultivate maturity, and commitment to our deepest sense of duty. 

 

Pluto spends his last full month in Capricorn this December till September of 2024 when he will be back for his final months before leaving Capricorn, the sign of executive intelligence, corporations, celebrities, the financial markets, governments, heads of state and people in high places for 248 years. We can expect some revelations and powerful changes this year as Pluto continues to illuminate what has been lurking in the shadows of the world’s power structures. It’s a great month to take stock of the structural changes you have made in life and business since 2008, and those you are committed to continue making.

 

The Full Moon in Cancer on 12/26/2023 illuminates the path to emotional security and domestic peace and tranquility. On December 29th Venus leaves Scorpio’s depths and puts her dainty foot in the stirrup of Sagittarius, inspiring our love of beautiful, jovial cultural adventure as the year winds down. On December 30th Jupiter, the ruler of Sagittarius stations direct in earthy gorgeous Taurus, inspiring forward motion regarding our biggest, most beautiful plans as the New Year begins.

 

The totem of the month as the Sun and Mars travel through mythic Sagittarius is Pegasus (see image above) the mythical winged horse from Greek mythology, who can fly between realms, (useful during a Mercury retrograde as we explore higher consciousness, subconsciousness, everyday consciousness and the realm of imagination.) Pegasus can create spring water with his hooves (helpful when on a mountain trail, the trail of our dreams or any trail) and his wings clap like thunder when he is angry! ( I can think of many scenarios where this super power could come in handy!) He also retrieves lighting bolts, a dandy power to harness!

 

 

It’s a gorgeous month to deck yourself in turquoise and lapis lazuli. Delight in shades of Blue symbolic of the azure skies that Jupiter, the planetary ruler of Sagittarius, presides over. Prepare your home with beauty, warmth and waves of gratitude for the winter season. Delight in the bracing winds, candle light, roaring fires, the holidays, stories, myths and adventures. Gaze into the light of your hearth and let your story unfold! Be of good cheer as you journey inward or outward with a heart full of gratitude and a traveling song on your lips!

 

May we meet on the trail,

 

With Love and Blessings to All,

Demitra

 

You were born with potential

You were born with goodness and trust

You were born with ideals and dreams

You were born with greatness

You were born with wings

You are not meant for crawling, so don’t

You have wings.

Learn to use them and fly.

 

Rumi

 

 

November glides in on the current of the waning lunar tide that began after the Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Taurus on 10/28, that brought the October eclipse corridor to its culmination. The ring of Fire Solar Eclipse in Libra on 10/14 that unbalanced the world, and the Full Moon eclipse in Taurus, left us much to review, release, transform and reflect upon. The first two weeks of November, as Luna wanes her way out of the tail end of the eclipse corridor, is an excellent time for doing some deep diving to determine what we must ruthlessly release or heal, so we can embrace the big opportunities that Jupiter in Taurus is, and will be providing.

 

The Scorpio season is well underway as November begins, with the Sun, Mercury, and Mars, the ruler of Scorpio, in Scorpio, to turbo charge our transformational abilities. Mercury is inspiring our deepest insight and capacity to peer beneath the surface and face feelings, fears, motivations and outworn patterns of thought and feeling that no longer serve us. Mars, is providing us with the energetic fuel to face the dragons of our fears and dare to make changes that are required if we want something different and better. 

 

The first big planetary event of November, comes on the 4th, when Saturn stations direct in Pisces after months of retrograde travel. Saturn has been traveling retrograde since June, providing us with plenty of time to review, revise, rethink or reconnect with visionary goals and dreams. It is time now to crystalize the visions we are clear about, and take practical action to begin to adjust and advance them. We are called to be executive visionaries, and put a foundation beneath our dreams.

 

Mercury will be in Scorpio till November 10th, when he saddles up in Sagittarius, to give us a higher perspective, and a needed reprieve from our depths. Mars remains in Scorpio till November 24th, to keep our energetic focus on epic decluttering, deep healing and deepening our capacity for true intimacy and mutually empowering mergers. Venus begins the month in Virgo, assisting us in getting organized, and properly diagnosing any healing required in our lives. On November 8th, she heads into Libra, one of her home signs, to nurture our beauty, poise, diplomatic skill, and our capacity to restore the balance that the eclipse corridor may have disrupted. Venus will be encouraging peace within us and in the world at large for weeks to come.

 

The New Moon in Scorpio on Monday, November 13th, traveling with Mars and partnering with evolutionary Uranus, begins a new cycle of empowerment and turbo charges our capacity for evolutionary transformation. This always requires releasing and dissolving the past, like the caterpillar in the cocoon, before new butterfly wings can begin to grow. The week after the New Moon looks especially good for making empowering changes in our lives. As the Scorpio Sun and Moon take turns merging with Mars and Pluto to turbo charge our transformational powers.

 

On November 22nd, the Sun leaves transformational Scorpio, and rides his solar chariot into wise, jovial Sagittarius, to illuminate the path to wisdom, truth, adventure and gratitude, just in time for Thanksgiving, the following day. On the 24th Mars saddles up and joins the Sun and Mercury in a planetary posse that is riding through the sign of the archer, inviting us to take aim at our highest goals and greatest adventures as we ride into the holiday season.

 

The Full Moon in Gemini on November 27th, sheds rational light on our deepest patterns of thought and feeling, showing us where we still need to adjust how we habitually think, and the effect of thought on our emotional states. This Full Moon also illuminates our most beautiful, brilliant, profitable ideas and the actions required to advance and complete them. We end the month on waning lunar cycle, just as we began it, that helps us build in the insights gleaned through the growing lunar cycle, as we clear the way for the next one. 

 

It’s a stellar month to embrace change and dare to cultivate trust in the Divine Providence that carries the caterpillar through its miraculous changes. Enjoy the intense beauty that Scorpio is an expression of. To inspire yourself, read about people who have made miraculous changes and transformations in their lives. Rather than fearing the reaper, notice how nature is always reborn. Scorpio the sign of the ancestors invites us to light candles and cultivate an ongoing relationship with loved ones on the other side of the veil, through prayer and blessings which travel faster than the speed of Light and are impervious to any boundary of time space or dimension. 

 

Totem of the Month: In honor of the Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Taurus that kicked off Scorpio season we take the Luna Moth as the totem of the month. It goes through the same transformational cycle from caterpillar to butterfly, but symbolizes change, transformation, intuition, the Divine Feminine, spiritual enlightenment, inner guidance, new approaches to nurturing and adaptability. These creatures also symbolize good luck. May that good fortune find you and bless you through the evolutionary changes you make this month.

 

 

 

It’s a gorgeous month to wear intense colors, especially deep blue green and enjoy the intense beauty of November Sunsets, the change of the seasons and even the lessening of daylight. Light candles in your home. Beautiful your hearth and home with bouquets, harvest gourds and autumn bouquets. Make gorgeous chances in your life, your home and your person. Be the radiant Light, that illuminates the world as we head into the dark months.

 

With Love and Blessings To All!

Demitra

 

Life is a balance of holding on and letting go. Rumi…

 

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” Rumi

 

 

October glides in on the waning lunar tide that is preparing us for the eclipse corridor that we are fast approaching. The outgoing Lunar tide began after the Full Moon in Aries on September 29th, which sets the stage for the New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Libra on 10/14. The Full Moon in Aries, illuminated our deepest wounds, and how they manifest within our relationships, as well as our capacity for healing those wounds, and our attachment patterns. The Full Moon in Aries also illuminated actions needed in order to face conflict and heal, as well as with our biggest healing contribution to the world, within works of art and acts of love. 

 

As the month begins we are finally out of the shadow of Mercury’s retrograde in Virgo, but still in the shadow of Venus retrograde in Leo for another week. The Sun and Mars are cruising through beautiful poised Libra, illuminating the path to beauty and reciprocal relationships, while inviting us to deploy the strength, fortitude and courage of the inner warrior to cultivate unshakable poise and the ability quickly return to balance when we feel triggered, unbalanced or provoked. On October 4th Mercury will leave Virgo, the sign of his recent retrograde, and head into Libra, inspiring mental balance, verbal poise and harmonious, diplomatic communication through October 22nd, when he heads into Scorpio to nurture our deep emotional intelligence.

 

Venus, the ruler of Libra, continues her glide through Leo, where she has been igniting our passion and re lighting the flame of love in our hearts since late July when she stationed retrograde in the sign of the mighty lion. On October 8th, she will head into beautiful, practical pristine Virgo, to help us implement the adjustments required to follow our radiant bliss that was illuminated while she traveled through Leo from June 5th-October 8th.

 

On October 10th Pluto, the planet of power and transformation, stations direct in executive Capricorn, after months of retrograde travel that began back in May. Pluto has been illuminating the need for executive, administrative, and structural changes in our lives. It is time to slowly begin to make those changes going forward. 

 

Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Chiron and Eris are still traveling retrograde this month, inspiring further reflection, reconnection and revision. 

Jupiter and Uranus both retrograde in earthy, constructive Taurus, are inspiring review, reconnection and revision regarding big plans, upgrades and quantum leaps in our fiscal, emotional and material lives. It’s a great time to reclaim our self worth and new ways of embodying our beauty, and review projects and efforts that involve the use of technology.

 

Saturn and Neptune are both retrograde in visionary spiritual Pisces this month, inviting us to open to, review, or reconnect with our Vision by Divine Design. It’s a great month to vision map, and review dreams and plans for soundness, and for the depth of our true commitment. 

 

Eris the planet of discord and of disowned parts is also retrograde, and traveling close to the Moon’s North Node in Aries, along with Chiron the wounded healer also in Aries, inspiring a potentially healing time to be brave and do the shadow work of integrating parts of ourselves we tend to disown. 

 

On October 14th, the New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Libra, brings the possibility of new dynamics into partnerships. If we spend the first two weeks of October doing some inner clearing, and healing core wounds and attachment patterns, we will be ready to begin exploring new dynamics and returning to balance and poise as needed. This eclipse highlights the need for new approaches to communication especially within partnerships.

To Register for my New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Libra tele seminar click here: https://heaventoearthastrology.com/new-moon/

 

For assistance with safe communication see links below:

Safe Conversations with Rev Doc Lisa workshop on 10/22/23:

Link to workshopsLink to workshops

 Harville Hendrix Book, Getting the Love you Want: https://harvilleandhelen.com/books/getting-the-love-you-want/

 

On 10/22/23 Mercury heads into deep, penetrating Scorpio, to illuminate deep inner emotional patterns that are a result of habitual thought patterns and core beliefs, some of which require updating. On the very next day 10/23/23 the Sun joins Mercury in Scorpio, to illuminate our depths and the hidden talents and buried treasure that it is time to retrieve as we also integrate disowned shadow parts.

 

As we advance through the waxing cycle after the New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Libra, we will have the opportunity to deepen with ourselves, partners and loved ones when the Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Taurus on 10/28/23 assists us in releasing emotional patterns that no longer serve us, so we can say yes to the big beautiful opportunities that are blossoming as we deepen our capacity for true intimacy and mutually profitable mergers. This is a great time for epic decluttering on all levels and for healing from trauma. (See links below) It is also a beautiful time to reflect on the big beauty and bounty we want to manifest, build and grow in our lives.

 

EMDR: https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/

EFT: https://www.tapwithbrad.com/

Internal Family System: https://ifs-institute.com/

 

The Full Moon will give us much to reflect on, as the month comes to a close, reminding us that our angels and ancestors are blessing us and walking with us into November.

 

 I will be presenting this free event at Mike’s Organics with Wholistic Nutritionist Meredith Geller, weather permitting. Please register here if you would like to join us so we can get a headcount:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cosmic-beauty-tickets-724171365047?aff=oddtdtcreator

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2023

“The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.” Rumi

 

The Summer winds down on a wave of energy that calls us inward, where the spiritual kingdom is found, to reflect. There are six planets retrograde as the month begins, seven if we include Chiron that amplify the need to go inward. September is always a transitional month, ruled by pristine Virgo, a mutable sign that presides over the end of summer, the ripening of the fields and preparing for Autumn.

APRIL 2023

April begins with the Aries Sun awakening the spring season along with Mercury, Chiron and mighty Jupiter all in Aries, inspiring big bold, healing, ideas and daring action to advance them.  Mars, the ruler of Aries spends the entire month in soulful, domestic Cancer, awakening our true desires on the domestic front, while providing plenty of energy with which to attack spring cleaning, and nurture the family relationships we hold dear. Mars in Cancer also assists our inner development, providing the courage to face and identify emotional patterns that require our healing attention.

MARCH 2023

“ Let your actions be louder than your words, and your dreams bigger than your fears.”  Invajy

November 2022

From that creeping thing in the dust
To this shining bliss in the blue!
God give me the courage to trust,
I can break my chrysalis too!”
– Alice Freeman Palmer

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October 2022