Spring EQUINOX and the great COSMIC TIME-OUT

March 19, 2020 / Estere / Anxiety relief, Chakra clearing, Consciousness, Crystal healing, Daily Cosmos Watch, Divine Feminine, Eclipse, EQUINOX, Estere, Healing, Intuition, Jupiter in Capricorn, Meditation, Self-care in transitional times, self-LOVE, Solar Eclipse, Starry Blessings Astrology, winds of change / No Comments

well, well, well..who knew the revolution in consciousness would come in the form of a virus, another vital form of consciousness working through our planet? well, it did. I call it the COSMIC TIME-OUT. We have no choice but to slow down, cease engaging in endless external activities and focus in on what truly matters. A neighbor on our neighborhood chatline offered to trade coffee for toilet paper (hello! who doesn’t love the barter system?) a few hours after his original posting he was so overwhelmed by the response he was ‘all covered’ for now. Another person wrote in that Shakespeare wrote King Lear during the Black Plague and what am I doing with this precious time? Well I, for one, am doing my favorite activities – cleaning, doing laundry, bathing, gazing lovingly at Arthur as he reclines on the stove top (it’s snowing here and he likes to keep his kitty tootsies warm and toasty!), re-arranging forsythia branches I cut yesterday from a neighbor’s yard, watching shows on netflix and prime and communing with the

Starry Ones to write a newsletter to you.

SPRING EQUINOX: 3.19. 20

I love the image of these seemingly delicate yellow crocuses busting through the leaf debris of last Fall. The sheer energy of the will to live, to break through the limitations of the past, the defunct, the discarded to make way for new life. What about your own new life? Who are you becoming through this experience of seemingly to separate from others as you simultaneously feel connected to all? It truly is the revolution in consciousness we have been anticipating and the outcome promises to be quite something indeed. How you are responding to this experience will show you exactly where you are stuck in fear and where you are liberated as you align with divine order. Can you surrender with grace where that is required? Will you take action when that is required? How to discern? Ah! that is where you use your intuition. The birth of the Divine Feminine is happening in each of us and that energy needs a nest to incubate. And so we are incubating.

time-out to incubate our new selves!

The Equinox is exact tonight, March 19, 2020 at 9:49pm Mountain time. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, Autumn in the antipodes. The Sun enters zero degrees Aries. Day and night are of equal length and each day lengthens in light as we move towards the Summer Solstice in June.

Who will we be in June? What opportunities will reveal themselves to us in the coming months? What will these days/ weeks of seclusion from the external pulse mean for you as you learn to navigate more with your intuition, your gut, your internal navigational system? All the tools you have been honing for these many years you will now use. Mediation. Grounding. Centering. Chakra clearing. Gratitude. Compassion. Non-judgment. Connecting with your family of flowers, of crystals, of trees. You are exquisitely aware of the interconnectivity of all life forms as you are becoming clearer as to your role in ensuring LIFE will continue, but in new forms and new, upgraded systems.

The Sun’s entry into ARIES, the cardinal FIRE sign ruled by Mars will stir you to take action. With the Moon in Aquarius, your heart is connected with humanity, your actions directed by your awareness of your place in the global community. With Mars, Pallas Athene (goddess of your intuitive intelligence) Jupiter, Pluto, and Saturn all conjunct in Capricorn your concerns are practical and influenced by the needs to make changes to the system for the benefit of all.

The South Node is at 4 degrees Capricorn, the exact position of the December New Moon Solar eclipse. Consequences of actions taken in the systems of our lives coming forth to be resolved. By opposition the North Node in Cancer directing us to a nurturing and caring that comes from the Source, the Divine Mother water.

The Sun at zero degrees Aries conjoins Chiron at 5 degrees Aries. We are confronted with the impact of our actions and are willing to look at healing impulsive, self-serving actions.

This is the time we have been waiting for! Vive la revolution! You are not alone, star gazer! We are each walking the narrow, sometimes treacherously scary path, but you are not alone. Your crap is going to rear its ugly head. Your fears will be front and center, as will your priorities and passions. Whatever you are going through is totally perfect for you. You might even feel somewhat relieved to be able to stay home and just BE whatever and whoever you are. We are all walking together as one family, as the uniquely manifested beings of LOVE we really are.

And…since you’re home and clearly on your computer…take a beauty break with FLOWERS at

THE FLOWER CHANNEL

Spring is springing!

Life will continue to blossom forth in all kinds of unexpected ways! Such is the amazing magic of LIFE on EARTH.

EQUINOX perfection
March 19, 2020

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Full VIRGO Moon shines on Mercury stationing DIRECT

March 8, 2020 / Estere / Astrological Projections and Forecasting, Daily Cosmos Watch, Estere, Full Moon, Getting unstuck, Mercury Direct, Mercury retrograde, Neptune, Self-care in transitional times, self-LOVE, Starry Blessings Astrology, Stationing Planet, winds of change / No Comments

Full Moon at 19 degrees Virgo

9 March 2020

11:47am Mountain time

Mercury stations DIRECT

9 March 2020 at 28 degrees Aquarius

Mercury moves through the last degrees in Aquarius

re-enters Pisces on March 17

passes through the degrees of Pisces already visited in this retrograde cycle returns to 12 degrees Pisces where the retrograde cycle began on March 30

I say this Full Moon is my favorite of the year because I really enjoy working the energies of these two signs. The Sun in mutable Water sign Pisces, ruled by Neptune, is the dive into the unknown, the numinous space where all is lost and all is found, the great ocean of consciousness. Intuition resides in this level of awareness, flashes of insight and directives from angels and guides come through as dreams, as gentle taps on your shoulder, as reminders we are spiritual beings having a physical experiences in this fascinating circus of life.

The moon in mutable Earth sign Virgo, ruled by Mercury (though I think will ultimately be ruled by harvest goddess Ceres) is practical, directive, organized, concerned and focused on doing things the right way to get the desired results.

Pisces takes you off into realms of psychedelic revelations. Virgo shows you how to use the insights to deal best with the world. Pisces tells you to buy the winning lottery ticket. Virgo shows you how to best use the winnings. Pisces tells you what song is next coming on the radio. Virgo makes sure you don’t miss your turn off the highway as you’re singing. Pisces lets you know what’s happening with loved ones living far away. Virgo helps you organize your phone so you easily call them to validate your psychic hit.

This Full Moon is heavy to Pisces as Neptune, ruler of Pisces, is conjunct the Sun. The Sun is at 19 degrees Pisces, Neptune at 18 degrees Pisces. You could easily get carried away with pandemic fears and visions of the Black Death. All your fears could be front and center (especially if you’re disease-phobic) and Neptune will take you to the very edges of your hysteria but Virgo steps in telling you to wash your hands, to keep your immune system functioning at its best (is your cannabinoid system clicked into maximum functioning? Try the CBD i love so much! I have some in stock!), to continue to bring joy and laughter into your life, to keep your own life force energy high.

Fear lowers your immune system while keeping you in a lower state of vibration. The truth is you will depart this life some day and you might as well be giggling all the way to the very end. You can worry yourself all the way to the finish line but to what end? You’re going to get there anyway, you might as well enjoy every moment you are here. Virgo loves to help but make sure you help yourself before you try to help someone else.

Full Moons are opportunities each month to release. I encourage you to release FEARS and allow yourself to fully inhabit your incarnation with joy, with appreciation, with wonder. We know it’s a wild ride on the planet these days and it always has been. To riff on beloved poet Mary Oliver (Sun, Venus, Neptune in Virgo, Saturn in Pisces): what will you do with this one wild ride that is your life?

Worry yourself to death or live until you die?

Mercury DIRECT March 9, 202

Just when you think that if Spring doesn’t come soon you will surely lose your mind there is the first crocus siting and you know that somehow Life will go on! This week all the college kids on my block were out half-naked playing beer pong and dancing in their yards, riding their skateboards through the streets. Spring really is here!

Mercury stations DIRECT as the Moon turns Full on March 9. And not a moment too soon. This retrograde cycle has pretty much had everyone on the planet tied in knots. A few nights this week I slept 12 hours straight through! Well almost straight through. Arthur woke me with his wee hour kitty feeding request which he accomplishes by jumping on my head as I sleep.

As you can imagine -that’s fun!

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Mercury retrograde in Pisces February 16 – March 9, 2020

February 12, 2020 / Estere / Astrological Projections and Forecasting, Consciousness, Daily Cosmos Watch, Estere, Magic in Mercury Retrograde, Mercury retrograde, Retrograde planets, Self-care in transitional times, self-LOVE, Starry Blessings Astrology / No Comments

Mercury in Pisces moose baby

My accountant’s brother, Bud Marschner, lives in Fairbanks, Alaska and every year he makes a calendar of his wildlife photography. Last year I cut out and hung by my kitchen sink a photo of a moose snoozing in a snow bed. This year this photo of a baby moose took my breath right away. Look at the eyelashes on that thing! Nothing captures the essence of Mercury in Pisces than the magical beasts who co-exist on the planet with us. I don’t know if you have ever had the gift of seeing moose but when you do you’ll never forget it. It’s like viewing a creature from another dimension, one that is lovely and majestic beyond what you could imagine. And what I think is so amazing about them is that even though they are way big (I mean WAY BIG) one could be a few feet away from you in the forest nibbling on leaves – they are vegetarians – and you might never fully see it. I have seen a few in my life and each time it feels like an interdimensional siting – exactly what you might expect as Mercury dips into Pisces.

Mercury Retrograde

February 16 – March 9

Mercury entered Pisces February 3

Mercury stations retrograde at 12 degrees 53′ Pisces on February 16

Mercury will move retrograde back to 28 degrees Aquarius

Mercury stations direct at 28 degrees on March 9

Mercury returns to 12 degrees Pisces on March 30

Mercury, the planet of communication and how you process incoming info, transiting through Pisces feels likes how Mercury retrograde feels anyway, except in this retrograde period Mercury is actually transiting Pisces so it’s like a double whammy of Pisces infiltrating the usual circuitry and that can be nothing but crazy-making – if you let it. Mercury in Pisces is going to overlook details like mad so if you need to be serious about matters (sometimes we just do) Mercury in Pisces is going to get a good laugh about that. You know how things look and sound under water? Expect that during this retrograde period. Then you won’t be surprised and you too can have a good laugh at your own expense.

So what gets activated when the detail brain goes underwater for a bit? Edges blur, Ideas flow. Divine inspiration is the order of the day and the night. Your dreamworld is speaking to you. You need only listen .How you thought things were, may not be. Checking in with what you thought was real turns out not to be so. You will question reality, which is not a bad thing at all. You will be holding more loving and compassionate thoughts towards yourself and others. You will feel more LOVE towards everyone and everything because Pisces is ONENESS, unity consciousness, call it what you will – the feeling and knowing that we are all in this play together. Mercury in Pisces will take you there. Don’t fight it. You cannot fight the river and you certainly won’t ever win with Mercury in Pisces. Have you ever tried to wrestle a cloud? You see where I’m going with this. Surrender to the delight of not having to think so much! Be with what is and enjoy the ride.

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