DAILY Between the 19th and 21st of March the Astrological new year begins with the Vernal or Spring Equinox, that is when the Sun arrives at zero degrees of Aires. It is an energy that primes us to leap into new life, take charge, and express with greater verve and demand. Like buds pulsing upward through half frozen earth, the effort is toward re-claiming our vibrant, idiosyncratic bloom. When our songs flow with the rhythms of nature, moving consciously through her cycles, it is easier to feel connected, and flow down-river, or up through the earth in this case. If you look at an Astrological chart set for any of the four yearly Solstice and Equinox ‘quadrants,’ they speak of the energies being birthed for the coming three months, until the next ‘birth, or cycle of change. We cannot change planetary positions, or the electro magnetic field of their relationships, but we can make choices about how we wish to use and respond to those energies, even the difficult ones…. especially the difficult ones. In these fast flying years of major unpredictable shifts, and re-alignments, or the Chinese interpretation, “…living in interesting times,” it is more important to consider soul-questions such as… If my soul chose this life experience how can I best utilize it? Why now? Why this incarnation with these people? What am I to learn? How do I overcome and prosper? Offer? Become? Mitigate? Love? Create? Taking the micro from the macro, we might ask similar questions at the change-time of the four quadrants. The Equinoxes and Solstices are shift-signifiers, offering calendar turning points: What nurtures me? Who am I these spring-green days? Am I truly tasting life? Who do I love? How do they love me? How can I help? How do I find center? What is… Read more »
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Whale Of A Tale
This was a front page story in the San Francisco Chronicle. It relates the plight of a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab-traps and lines. She was weighted down by many pounds of traps that forced her to struggle to stay afloat, and there were hundreds of yards of line wrapped around her tail and torso, with a line caught and tugging her mouth. A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her as quickly as possible. This is extremely dangerous for one slap of the tail could kill a rescuer. They worked for hours with patience and curved knives, eventually freeing her. When completely loose, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushing them gently around. She thanked them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The man who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eye followed him the entire time, and he will never be the same. Lest we forget how connected we are, and the responsibility owed. Asana: Ardha Matsyendrasana/ Half Lord of the Fish Pose. Sit on the floor, bending knees, place L foot under the buttocks, (keep foot horizontal, little toe on ground) or keep sitts bones rooted into the floor, tucking L foot beside R hip. Bend R knee and lift R leg, placing foot on floor by the outer L thigh/knee, R ankle touching L knee, shin… Read more »
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