sunday’s eclipse viewed in new mexico

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Cosmic Diaries: New Moon Report

The dark of the Moon is always an intense period and especially right now, given we are at the eve of an Eclipse. Eclipses herald a time of major change, setting in motion patterns that will last for at least 6 months — if not more. But currently with the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter in Taurus we have the chance to ground ourselves in reality as we move towards making important choices that will determine the course of our future.

But before we can move into the future, tomorrow’s Eclipse takes place at 0+ degrees of Gemini, in conjunction to the South Node suggesting there is unfinished business to take care of. Expect to be having important conversations over the coming days and two weeks, revealing valuable information that was previously hidden. Pay careful attention and listen to what is being said.

This means being open minded enough to listen to an opposite perspective even if we don’t necessarily agree to it. Somewhere in the middle of your perspective and another’s, lies the truth, and the road to freedom. And the more open minded we are now the more we stand to learn and gain. Most importantly be extremely honest with yourself. Only then can you have honest and constructive communication or the resolution you seek.

Gemini (among other things) represents — information, communication, siblings, short distance travel and most significantly the mind and duality. These are the areas being highlighted now, and depending on where in your chart you have Gemini that is where you are probably most on edge at the moment and also where you have more options than you currently think.

Also this New Moon will square Neptune and it may be easy right now especially in the time before the Eclipse to slip in to darker, negative thought patterns. But this is the minds duality, it sees things in black and white, or lives in the past or the future. Neptune squaring the Eclipse and Nodes suggests reality and the truth is a lot more colorful and infinite than we realize. But to see that we have to let go of holding on to perception, opinions and what we “think” we know so there can be a discovery of a greater truth and the depth of potential on offer.

What’s interesting (and perhaps fitting) is this is the first of two New Moon’s in Gemini this year — the second Gemini New Moon takes place on June 19, 2012. Once we are able to confront and release the past, by the time of the second Gemini New Moon in June, there can indeed be a new start and second chances allowing us to to start over.

But for now as you enter this New Moon and Eclipse, clear space so you can allow a deeper truth to emerge and sink in. There is more information yet to surface that could indeed change everything.

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Scorpio Full Moon

This Full Moon has nothing to do with effort. Your mind may tell you that effort is required but with every idea you push you will become aware that reality, your true nature is pushing back. During this moon it may rise up as something unfamiliar and frightening. At this time remind your self. Why would I fear something that I am and always have been? Anything else is not real.

To say this Full Moon is intense does not fully describe it or the deep levels of sensation that people are experiencing—emotional, psychological and spiritual. It offers us the privacy and security to visit an old familiar truth; that who we ‘are’ is our intrinsic nature. Illusion will burn under the light of this moon.

This is a super perigee moon meaning that the moon is closer to the earth than during other Full Moons. It is 14% bigger and 30% brighter.

The Black Moon Lilith in opposition to this moon in Scorpio is a lot like seeing your self in the mirror as Lilith has a Scorpionic quality—intense, deep, dark, powerful, with intuitive knowing that can be unnerving to some. Therefore this is an opportunity to experience, close up what you may find unnerving in this life. This may relate to issues of relationship, sex, finance, material possessions all of which, when we have attachment to them or expectation, can cause us concern, suffering and unhappiness. You may also become aware of habits that perpetuate your unhappiness. Often we are the last to become aware of behaviors that limit us from experiencing freedom. With Mars still in Virgo we are exercising extra caution when it comes to our reactions and responses.

The great secret of Scorpio is the knowing of the eternal aspect of consciousness. We need not fear death or any other process that occurs in this world. It is an illusion that we are born or flourish or die. Our true nature is not limited by that or anything. At this Full Moon discover what lies deeper within the mystery for you and don’t be afraid to ask some big questions such as who am I.

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