No man can paddle two canoes at the same time. Bantu Proverb
I think it much better that... every man paddle his own canoe. Frederick Marryat
Like watermen that row one way and look another. Robert Burton
Don't insult the alligator until you've crossed the river. Haitian Proverb
He who rocks the boat seldom has time to row it. Bryan Munro
June's Capricorn full Moon is a partial lunar eclipse. Occurring on June 26, it is mostly visible in south east Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Those in Australia might catch it if the sky is clear as the Moon passes through the southern part of the Earth’s shadow. At maximum eclipse - 9.39pm AEST - over half the Moon’s diameter will be covered. For those who want to catch the beginning of this eclipse, you could tune in around 7.30pm AEST.
The tenor of this blog is a little more intense than my usual newsletters as this is a very intense and meaningful event. Wherever you are in the world, this eclipse is set to have some interesting, intense and profound energies flowing from it. This is because this full Moon is conjunct (smack on) Pluto, the planet of transformations, death, rebirth, sex, and a slew of other deep and meaningful things. Combining Pluto with the full Moon, plus being an eclipse and taking into account the Sabian Symbols points to this being a meaningful, and for many, a deeply transformational time. Some will instigate major changes in their lives, some will have the changes landing on them, sometimes unexpectedly. The trick with this eclipse is, even amongst the more challenging manifestations that emerge, is to take advantage of the life transforming, empowering and engaging energies of this extremely strong lunation. The effects of eclipses stretch on for months, and, if you experience a major event on any level; physically, mentally, spiritually or emotionally, effects can stretch on through the coming months and years.
This is a time of crossroads, decisions and change.
The Sabian Symbol for the lunar eclipse and Pluto is Capricorn 5: Indians - Some Rowing A Canoe While Others Are Dancing A War Dance. This degree speaks of people working together in a communal effort to do something or to get somewhere. The fact that some are "Dancing A War Dance" may be the reason some are "Rowing A Canoe" in the first place. Perhaps they need to make a show of strength and define their boundaries. My friend Dale O'Brien says of this Symbol, "The purpose of the 'War Dance' is not merely to evoke frenzied anger, but to see a vision of the battle yet to come, a mystical warrior's preparation. It is as if the consciousness of the 'in trance' dancing warrior is also at once in the warrior's activity (e.g. rowing a canoe)." Maybe they have to row through enemy territory and are confronted by the prospect of an attack. It pays to make sure that the right man has the right job (rowing versus dancing the war dance) - thanks to Paula Wong from Thailand for this insight.
Pluto rules big business, the guys in charge and control, and, as Pluto is conjunct this lunar eclipse it seems that the horrendously offensive and distressing oil spill in the gulf is likely to be stirring up further distress and fairly heated emotions. Without wanting to look deeply into that picture of terrible distress in the Gulf, it's prudent to mention that Pluto rules oil, big (big) business, destruction, death and, often, a big confrontation with the dark side of life. It's also very likely to push people in positions of corporate power to make a show of strength and there could be struggles as people jockey for position. Some in very high positions look set to be called to account, by the law, the media or a higher power. Also, issues to do with Gaza and Israel and everything all the way to the World Cup (soccer for those who don't follow it), could be causing super-charged responses in people.
With this degree emphasized, some people will be getting on with their lives while others are wanting to make a show of things, perhaps preferring to whip up responses, cause problems or perhaps want others to stop and consider what's really going on.
So, the lunar eclipse is conjoined Pluto on a degree that challenges some to keep rowing and others to take care of things that have gotten way out of shape. There can be a strong desire to merge with others, and incredibly profound alliances, relationships and realizations can result, but there is also the strong possibility that spending time alone, processing what's going on and withdrawing in order to take a look at Pluto's dark and yet transformational world is in order. There can be the feeling of being held against one's wishes, kidnapped in some way, and a feeling of having to surrender to that bigger, brighter, higher power.
The Karmic Condition of the Moon and Pluto is also a challenging degree. It's Cancer 4: A Cat Arguing With A Mouse. This can speak of aggressively and actively taking advantage of situations or people, hide and go seek games, harassment, standing up for one's self, questioning established power structures, looking out for one's best interests, shock and fear, cats, mice, hiding, waiting. It can show bickering and arguing and it can show thoughts that bounce around in one's mind - worrying, obsessing, finding it hard to let go of a thought, opinion or emotion. This degree can show a strain on one's nerves and sense of peace. Finding a quite space with friends who care and ensuring your safety, peace and quiet helps to ameliorate any situations that may pop up.
The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is very telling and, also, a little foreboding. It's Cancer 5: At A Railroad Crossing, An Automobile Is Wrecked By A Train . This degree is always smack opposite - meaning these themes are always tied together - Capricorn 5: Indians - Some Rowing A Canoe While Others Are Dancing A War Dance. This speaks of being aware of going against the grain with people, when you're running counter to their intentions, desires or needs, getting in your way, being aggressive, not listening, pushing their own agenda at the expense of yours, going off the rails, valuing possessions before people, talking so that no one gets a word in, emotional panic, spinning out of control. Of course, you could find yourself doing this... There's got to be a good side to this Sabian Symbol; it can show being the one who takes on the 'big boys' of business, gets in the way, makes a noise to attract attention, refusing to just sit down and take whatever is dished up. The only way 'the car' can be 'wrecked by a train' is if the 'car' gets in the way of the 'train'. The car can equal your own personal destiny and the train can show the collective and it's power, strength and forward push. The train (as the collective) can really only go along the tracks and this they do mostly forwards; the collective rarely goes backwards, but the car has a lot of free will - it can run counter to the train, it can stop dead on the tracks, it can head off in another direction miles away from the train. The car, therefore, represents the individual path and perhaps sometimes one should be a little cautious about getting in the way of the much bigger, stronger, collective. Hence, there are likely to be situations where people are pitting themselves against each other in a big way which could lead to casualties. (Directly after writing this, I heard from my son that he's on his way down to Canberra -with Bob Ellis, for those who might know of him. Canberra is Australia's capital city - there's a leadership battle happening with the Prime Minister).
The Karmic Condition of the Sun is very interesting as it's a double up of the boat theme of Cap 5. It's Capricorn 4: A Group Of People Entering A Canoe For A Journey By Water. This eclipse is clearly showing a journey, an emotional, spiritual or physical journey, with others, heading in the same direction. Having the eclipse on the Some Rowing A Canoe While Others Are Dancing A War Dance shows the difficulty of keeping everyone on the same page, rowing at the same skill or speed, or ensuring a cohesion of effort.
Mercury is in the mix with this eclipse, being conjunct (together with) the Sun and opposite Pluto. Mercury is on Cancer 3: An Arctic Explorer Leads A Reindeer Through Icy Canyons. Just this last week, I've seen several photographs of icebergs and wondered whether the oil will make it to the arctic regions and the icebergs. It's a horrible thought, and hopefully not very likely. It's more likely that we've 'struck an iceberg' in some way, or feel like we're progressing through cold and rather austere realities with little to guide us. This degree can show having to make slow and measured progress through difficult conditions (often in very bad weather) and it can show feeling like you're being led around (perhaps by the nose), risky ventures, unfamiliar surroundings, having to work long and hard in places that are perhaps not the usual ones - like trying to put out an oil leak miles under the ocean. (BTW, this was the degree of Mars in the chart of the Titanic).
The message from this eclipse appears to include deciding who's going to be in your boat. Who are you going to include in your life? Who's along for the ride? Who's being irritating, getting in the way, not noticing other people? Who's making a big show of force or trying to intimidate others?
Mars and Vesta are conjunct on Virgo 11: A Boy Molded In His Mother's Aspirations For Him. This can speak about being directed on the journey or shaped against one's free will, plastic or cosmetic surgery, issues of how one should look or act or turn out to be, parents as patterns, the challenge of individuality, allowing others to dictate who you are, following in the family's footsteps, etc. Who is trying to live up to an ideal and perhaps feeling like they are falling short? This seems to be a dual issue, involving both male and female energies through the agency of Mars and Vesta (among many other things, Vesta represents the hearth fire). Someone may be failing to live up to expectations or appearances.
Venus is on Leo 15: A Street Pageant Moving Along A Street Packed With People. This can have people in the street, mixing it up, having fun, enjoying each other. It can also show solidarity of feelings, joining with others for a cause, rallying for some issue.
Chiron - the Wounded Healer (which incorporates the stories we tell ourselves) is on Pisces 1: A Large Public Market. Well, the mess that the large market gets us into extends all the way from foreclosures on homes and businesses collapsing all the way to the BP spill in the Gulf. The Karmic Condition of Chiron is Aquarius 30: Moonlit Fields That Were Once Babylon Are Now Blooming White. This degree was very active during the oil fires in Kuwait and Iraq and it was the degree of Uranus when Bush and Co. went into Iraq. That these moonlit fields are 'blooming white' can show a 'blooming black' - this degree can mean oil - "once was Babylon". The Black Moon Lilith is also on this degree, sitting smack between Neptune and Chiron.
Neptune is on Aquarius 29: A Butterfly Emerging From A Chrysalis. This speaks of coming out into a fuller participation in the bigger picture, leaving yesterday behind, opening your wings and learning to fly, becoming more and more beautiful, authentic, embodied, etc, finding one's feet or wings, metamorphosis, huge changes in the works, giving up struggling, the drama of a new life unfolding.
Jupiter is asking how we fit into the larger scheme of things. It's on Aries 3: A Cameo Shows The Profile Of A Man That Suggests The Outline Of His Country. This speaks of figuring out where and how one fits in, observing one's limitations, standing by one's self, allegiances with creed, religion, race or country, nationhood, brotherhood, the land, people in uniforms of any kind, borders and limitations to activity, identification, expatriates, etc.
Uranus shows issues to do with the oceans, which is rather telling with what's happening in the Gulf. The Sabian Symbol is Aries 1: A Woman Emerging From The Ocean, A Seal Embraces Her. This speaks, again as with Neptune's placement, of finding one's feet (and your voice), finding land, coming ashore, being reborn, the Selkie myth. It's a fabulous degree of emergence and often shows the process of individuation.
Saturn may be telling us to go back to the ancient writings and truths to plumb what's going on. The Sabian Symbol is Virgo 29: A Man Is Gaining Secret Knowledge From An Ancient Scroll He Is Reading. This speaks of learning from ancient mysteries, looking for answers, study and its rewards, reading between the lines, finding clues from the past and applying them to the present, alchemy, the Bible, the Torah and the Koran, manuscripts, scrolls, secret papers, classified documents. The last two seem to be stand-out things as big business tries to hide what's really going on and why. The Karmic Condition of Saturn is Virgo 28: A Bald-Headed Man Dominates A Gathering Of National Figures. It seems certain that some heads are going to roll from this eclipse.
The Moon's north node backs up this learning aspect with the Sabian Symbol of Capricorn 12: A Student of Nature Lecturing, Revealing Little-Known Aspects Of Life. This shows observing and translating so others may learn, green politics, issues the conservatives don't want revealed, nature and natural remedies, science and its rewards and drawbacks, issues such as global warming, whistle blowers, natural healing methods, documentaries, conspiracy theories, etc.
It seems that often the most honest and deep answers come from the young and the innocent. This is shown now by the Moon's south node on Cancer 12: A Chinese Woman Nursing A Baby Whose Aura Reveals Him To Be The Reincarnation Of A Great Teacher. This speaks of nurturing innocence and its rewards, reincarnation and past lives, charisma and presence, Tibetan mysteries, the Dalai Lama, seeing greatness ahead of its time, Indigo children, visions, holistic perceptions, auras, special people, nurses and nannies.
This is obviously going to be a big full Moon (a partial eclipse to boot), and one in which many things will be transformed. The trick is to be kind to yourself and others at this most meaningful time.
For many, there's a sense of a need for direction, also, many want a deeper look at their lives through the many lenses that the Sabian Symbols provide. With the economy being what it is, I realize a lot of people can't afford to get a full reading or don't have the time or the energy to schedule a phone reading. These mini-readings are so easy. I have recently offered these readings and have had a huge response and fabulous feedback. 
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