Soul Wholeness

The articles posted on Eyes of Heaven come from writing for the bi-monthly Maui Vision magazine. There was a recent issue which had the theme of ‘Heart and Soul’. This is what flowed for that issue’s topic.

The theme Heart and Soul lends itself to what many people I have met here on Maui have as their life purpose; being in balance in all aspects. The diverse lands of the island, surrounded by ocean water, strummed by strong breezes, baked by the sun, brings all four elements into daily awareness. These essentials feed our soul, nurture our hearts and bodies, and sometimes show us clearly what is ‘missing’ from our lives.

For some people, after working with many different healing modalities, they realize there is still a piece missing from expressing their true full heart and soul on the planet. A concept to consider is that perhaps a part of our soul has departed for other places in the spiritual world.

Why would some part of a soul depart? Accidents and emotional/intellectual trauma can cause soul fractures; it is a survival defensive mechanism.

Where do these aspects of our selves go? They travel to various places in the spiritual realm. Sometimes they head back to the over soul field. There are other places they choose where they are very safe. There they wait, with extreme patience, to be called back.

At one time, every community had a shamanic practitioner, and most were trained to go find these missing aspects and return them to the traumatized person so that the community would be whole and balanced.

A critical part to complete the healing is the integration of the long-departed parts. Various healing modalities a person has explored can come into play at this point. Sometimes, even after all that exploratory work, there’s a resistance to integrating the returned part. A follow up session with your practitioner is sometimes necessary.

I have been fortunate to have shamanic training with Hank Wesselman and Jill Kuykendall, which incorporates Hawaiian soul concepts. Please contact me to have any questions answered which have been raised by this article.

Summer Solstice 2009

Summer Solstice 2009, Maui Style

Casting a chart for the time of the Sun’s entry into Cancer (20 June, 7:45 pm) in Ha`iku, again we have Cardinal signs on the four main points of the chart. These are Capricorn / Cancer Rising/Descending and Libra / Aries on the Midheaven/Nadir. These highly enterprising and outgoing signs are getting rattled by the presence of Pluto in Capricorn. Don’t know too many people who are not feeling some powerful shifts within their lives, or are witnessing others experiencing great upheavals. The old status quo is no longer valid, old approaches to life and re-actions to events are no longer allowed to be pursued. It is a major time of re-inventing ourselves.

The blessing of this quarter’s chart is that Chiron, Neptune and Jupiter are in a very tight cluster, in the second house, occupying the 25th and 26th degree of Aquarius. Chiron is about healing our wounds, Neptune allows direct communication with the divine, and Jupiter expands everything it is in touch with. It also combines nicely with Chiron’s urge to teach, so messages received during this quarter will be quite full of instructions, directions and optimism. Humor may be a pleasant experience. Please use your discernment to be sure leaping off into a fog of illusion is not your best option as it is one of Neptune’s more difficult qualities. Two keywords for those degrees from Sabian Symbols indicate a Colorful Choice can be influenced by these planets.

The Sun is in the 6th house of daily actions – excellent position for building business success and health. The majority of the planets are in the lower half of the chart, leading us to be more introspective than out going. If we do venture out, it will be with great deliberation, since Saturn occupies the highest point in the chart.

There will be three eclipses occurring during this three month period, which is unusual, but not totally out of the ordinary. Anytime we have an eclipse, we need to be sure to be more aware of the presence of non-ordinary reality beings around us. The boundaries between the worlds become thinner about a week before each eclipse and get more solid a week after the last one. Therefore we’re moving into an 8-week period of needing to be more alert. Starting the 30th of June, we will be within a week of the first eclipse, a Lunar (full moon) one on the 7th of July. Then we’ll have a Solar Eclipse (new moon) on the 21st, followed by another Lunar Eclipse on 7 August. The 12th of August will see the gateways and barriers firm up again.

If you are a person who has not learned basic energy protection techniques, it will be very good to find a teacher who can introduce you to this work. In the mean time, using sage (smudge sticks) and/or gardenia oil to keep your boundaries strong will be a very good practice.

Keep breathing through the challenges. The three planets in Aquarius (Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune) continue to bring about great difficulties in communication as well as urging us to do the deep healing of ourselves, each other and the planet’s dilemmas.

April & May 2009 Have Important Conjunctions and Stations

We’ll start with an overview of the two aspects which I consider the most critical in each month.

First in April – Speedy Mars (action/violence) is now in Pisces and will pick up Uranus’ energy (disruption of the status quo) on the 14th of April. (In Hawaii, this time will be a few moments after midnight.) This is definitely a day to watch for people to have temper tantrums or lose control in unpredictable ways. These difficulties may occur before this day, culminating on the 13th.. or early on the 14th. In the USA – consider another day to e-file your taxes – not on the 14th! Piscean placement suggests a spiritual dilemma of some sort, perhaps involving organized religions. With Mars’ present, it could be some sort of attack, which I truly do not want to see happen. Unfortunately, the economic times are pushing those who are not emotional balanced or holding enough mental stability through family or community support to not do something quite regretful and having deep consequences. The degree to be aware of is 24 Pisces 27 minutes. If you have any planet at that degree – in any sign – this conjunction can poke you via that planet.

Moving on to May, late in the month, Jupiter (expansion/judgment/teaching) and Neptune (connection with the Divine/psychic ability/no boundaries) will be sharing the same space in Aquarius along with Chiron (healing self of all types of wounds). The degree for this event is 26 Aquarius 29.

The occurrence of Jupiter in conjunction to Neptune appears once every 12 or so years, so this is a very important time. Adding Chiron in to this mix makes it more a unique time. The dates for this blending are from May 23rd to May 27th. It is quite possible that those with chronic illnesses – mental, emotional, and physical – may find answers through a combination of all modalities of healing, especially spiritual work. Noting that during this time two of these planets will station preceding their retrogradation, this week will be quite amazing to experience.

Mars has moved into Aries and will be making a very wide sextile to this grouping, so there is a bit of a push to activate the potential of this grouping in early June.

Also during the next two months, several planets will change their apparent direction.

Scorpios will feel sluggish as Pluto goes retrograde, yet Capricorns may feel relief from the grinding action since late November 2008. Pluto Retrograde on the 4th at 4am at 3 Capricorn 18.

Next, Taureans and Librans will feel lifted when Venus goes direct after a six week journey. Venus event is on the 17th at 9:26 am at 29 Pisces 12.

In early May, we will experience the 2nd of this year’s Mercury retrogradations. The shadow period begins around the 22nd of April, so be conscious of your decisions between that day and May 6th as those will be revisited during the retrograde time. Mercury retrograde on the 6th at 6:55pm at 14 Gemini 45 and it ends the month by going direct on the 30th at 3:18pm at 22 Taurus 52.

Capricorns will be much happier after their ruler Saturn goes direct on the 16th at 2:33pm at 14 Virgo 55, but all those born in the 1964-65 time frame may have difficulties with timing and feeling burdened with their life purpose.

Then two planets move retrograde – Neptune on the 28th, Chiron on the 29th yet they are at the same degree! The minutes are minimally different. 26 Aquarius will be holding this event for us! Pisceans could feel more adrift than normal and Virgos could be quite confused as to what direction they ‘should’ go in. Don’t fret or be overly analytical. This is truly a time to be tucked into the spiritual nature of Neptune. Use your ability to discern with your well-honed intuition around the end of the month. If messages are too confusing, just reassure yourself that you’ll be doing what is right and in the proper divine flow.

Trust this helps you prepare for the upcoming energetic flow of these next two months.

Observations of Pluto in Capricorn and Spring Equinox Overview

Since the ingress of Pluto into Capricorn in late Nov. ’08, many are experiencing and reporting miscommunications. Either written or spoken words are not completely read, misconstrued, or conclusions are derived which were not the intention. Perhaps we’ll have to employ much patience in our exchanges with family, friends and business contacts for months ahead. Maybe important communications of significant ideas need to be spelled out in the manner of step-by-step instructions. Perhaps there is a slower pace for our brains to function with, and then we’ll hear fully what others are saying.

All this applies to the Spring Equinox – it begins on Maui at 1:43 AM. The chart cast shows Capricorn on the Ascendant. With this placement, we continue the cardinal rising sign flow of the past few quarters – Mauians are very much about stepping forward, being creators, bringing change to our world – using the resources at hand to appropriately care for all.

Saturn, ruler of Capricorn, is retrograde in the 9th house in the sign of diagnostic Virgo, scrutinizing all information and showing alternative choices than one extreme or the other. The 9th is where we look for overseas business. The reluctance for people to spend money to come here will be continued for some time yet to come. Pluto is tucked in the 12th house, stirring up unconscious drives and motivations to be analyzed.

With four planets clustered in the 2nd house, our focus will be on finances, our money’s foundation, and what is truly down to the core important to us. The problem with this cluster is that two of them are rather overly optimistic – Jupiter and Neptune. The other two are Chiron and Mars. The first is suggesting healing old financial issues is a possibility. Mars in Pisces highlights the mystical ability to manifest money. Pull out your books on the spiritual laws of money and re-do their lessons again.

Winter Solstice – Maui 2008

Winter Solstice begins on Maui at 2:04 AM with the Sun entering Capricorn and immediately sharing the zero degree with Pluto. The physically small yet intensely potent planet entered Capricorn on November 26 and will be passing through this last Cardinal and last Earth sign for the next 16 years. We can expect to confront long repressed, possibly negative collective subconscious thoughts and energies in both personal and business areas. All the Cardinal signs may anticipate some washing machine-like cleanings of personal energies. Some of the Mutable signs will be able to go with the flow of Pluto’s transit (Virgo, Pisces) where two will have harder aspects to cope with (Gemini, Sagittarius). The latter pair would rather like a break after the past 12+ years have been enough for them. Of the Fixed signs, Leo can have some difficulties in timing events and activities, and Scorpio and Taurus will have more gentle experiences of the Plutonian contact.

The Libra rising chart says that there may be confrontations which are strictly coming from the viewpoint of the person speaking. Make sure there is equal time for all those involved in the relationships to express themselves and be heard clearly. No more abuse!

Many people will find themselves moving their possessions to another home. Perhaps changing your viewpoint regarding why you are moving will alleviate some of the stress around the move. The planets indicate some new energies are teaching how we receive Divine healing at home.

The second of the three oppositions between transiting Saturn and Uranus will occur in early February on the 5th. Recognize that these two are not and can make quite a display of tension between the status quo (Saturn) and radical change (Uranus). Make sure your internal foundations are sturdy and change will nudge to you to new forms for these new days.

Summer Solstice 2008

In May 2008, I wrote this for a small distribution print magazine on Maui. They don’t want long articles, so this is about 300 words.

This brief article will outline a few areas of interest for Mauians during the three months beginning on June 20 at 1:59:41 pm. Note that leap year’s additional day changes the day Summer usually starts.

First – Business efforts are supported during this quarter by maintaining and further building any and all long distance markets. The Sun and Venus occupy the 9th house so spas, yoga, exercise trainers and educational/cultural interests can find themselves being the target for people seeking a different experience.

The Moon rules the Sun in Cancer; it’s placement in the 4th house in Capricorn, conjunct both the IC and Jupiter (in the 3rd) suggests maintaining and improving the home base as needed. The combination lends quite a bit of optimism as well as a legal awareness. Jupiter’s placement in the house of communications, sextile to Uranus, suggests that internet and other electronic connections are the easiest way to get business messages out. Follow your gut instinct to develop markets and execute well-thought out plans. Anyone with legal issues better straighten out tangled threads in the next 90 days.

Secondly – Relationships: the chart has Libra rising on the Ascendant with Aries on the opposite horizon point. Libra wants to put on a good face for all to see, so all beautification and environmental projects have a special urgency to malama the ‘aina, kai and wai during the next three months. Aries on the descendant, with Mars in Leo, says that tempers are to be experienced with a shorter fuse in all relationships – from those at home, work, on the road, in line at the grocery, etc. It may be best to learn how to speak up before acting on a strong unconscious and emotional urge.

Spending the shortest night of the year seeking spiritual insight and guidance through the path of Lunar wisdom (dreams, guided visualization or shamanic journey) will be participating in an excellent plan. Remember to take notes when emerging from the spiritual space so you can review the information and apply it during waking hours. Maluhia – Peace.