people on a vast staircase graduated upward

New Moon Phase – Moon: Aquarius – Ruling Mahavidya: Matangi

Mighty Venus stations direct today, ending her detour to discern the truth about relationships and reform our feelings about what is truly valuable. 

Longtime readers know that the day a planet stations retrograde or direct can pose challenges, as people are responding to the slingshot effect of the energetic shift. 

As a planet stations retrograde it pulls back farther and farther until it is released to move forward again. 

Situations, circumstances, events, and feelings can be dramatic. 

Things can quickly come to a head or to an end, but the refreshment that results can be sublime.

Sublime is the state of being we are going for this month.  

The effort is enhanced by the very special gift of the Sabian symbol for the month, “people on a vast staircase graduated upward.” 

The key parts of this symbol are ”vast staircase” and ”graduated upward.”  

The implication is that the staircase continues up for some distance, not just ending on the floor above. 

In this way we are both solidly connected with the ground and something far beyond us. 

That’s a pretty perfect place in my book.

So we are standing firmly in place on the massive oak staircase that extends far into the heavens… the World Tree. 

And if we can do this, stand firmly in place, trusting that we are in the right place and that we are moved in the right direction, the pressure lifts and the sublime enters.

The sublime not only enters but has time to stay – all month long. 

What would our lives look like if we held this mindset all month long? 

What would the world look like?

Keep in mind that being grounded does not mean paralysis. 

It means we are centered, connected, rooted in the ground but completely mobile in consciousness and free to act. 

Since we are in the time of year that is like a long Third Quarter Moon phase, the energy directs us to take care of details, complete things, tie up loose ends, revise plans and systems, and re-evaluate situations. 

We want to do aim for this during the month. 

It will be easier to do this now that Venus has stationed direct.

Whatever today’s energy of Venus direct brings you, remember that things are working to put things in their perfect places. 

Take your stair and, if needed, hold on to the rail.

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Horse Power

Medicine Cards: Horse Power

“Stealing horses is stealing power,” was a statement made frequently in historical native America and a reference to the esteemed role which Horse played in the native cultures.

Horse is physical power and unearthly power.

In shamanic practices throughout the world, Horse enables shamans to fly through the air and reach heaven.

Humanity made a great leap forward when Horse was domesticated, a discovery akin to that of fire.

Before Horse, humans were earthbound, heavy-laden, and slow creatures indeed.

Once humans climbed on Horse’s back, they were as free and fleet as the wind.

They could carry burdens for great distances with ease.

Through their special relationship with Horse, humans altered their self-concept beyond measure.

Horse was the first animal medicine of civilization.

Humanity owes an incalculable debt to Horse and to the new medicine it brought. 

It would be a long walk to see one’s brother or sister if Horse had not welcomed the two-legged rider upon its back.

Today we measure the capacity of engines with the term “horsepower,” a reminder of the days when Horse was an honored and highly-prized partner with humanity.

Dreamwalker, a medicine man, was walking across the plains to visit the Arapaho Nation.

He carried with him his pipe.

The feather tied into his long black hair pointed to the ground, marking him as a man a peace.

Over the rise of a hill, Dreamwalker saw a herd of wild mustangs running toward him.

Black Stallion approached him and asked if he was seeking an answer on his journey.

Black Stallion said, “I am from the Void where Answers live.

Ride on my back and know the power of entering the Darkness and finding the Light.” 

Dreamwalker thanked Black Stallion and agreed to visit him when his medicine was needed in the Dreamtime.

Yellow Stallion approached Dreamwalker next and offered to take him to the East, where illumination lives.

Dreamwalker could share the answers he found there to teach and illuminate others.

Once again, Dreamwalker thanked Yellow Stallion and said he would use these gifts of power on his journey.

Red Stallion approached, rearing playfully.

He told Dreamwalker of the joys of balancing work and heavy medicine with the joyful experiences of play.

He reminded Dreamwalker that he could better hold the attention of those he taught when humor was integrated with the lesson.

Dreamwalker thanked him and promised to remember the gift of joy.

Dreamwalker was nearing his destination.

The Arapaho Nation was close at hand.

White Stallion came to the front of the herd. Dreamwalker mounted White Stallion’s back.

White Stallion was the message carrier for all the other horses, and represented wisdom in power.

This magnificent horse was the embodiment of the balanced medicine shield.

“No abuse of power will ever lead to wisdom,” said White Stallion.

“You, Dreamwalker, have made this journey to heal a brother in need, to share the sacred pipe, and to heal the Mother Earth.

You have the knowledge through humility that you are an instrument of Great Spirit.

As I carry you upon my back, you carry the needs of the people on yours.

In wisdom, you understand that power is not given lightly but awarded to those who are willing to carry responsibility in a balanced manner.”

Dreamwalker, the shaman, had been healed by the visit of the wild horses, and knew that this purpose in coming to the Arapaho was to share these gifts with them.

In understanding the power of Horse, you may see how to strive for a balanced medicine shield.

True power is wisdom found in remembering your total journey.

Wisdom comes from remembering pathways you have walked in another person’s moccasins.

Compassion, caring, teaching, loving, and sharing your gifts, talents, and abilities are the gateway to power.

If your ego has gotten in the way, you may have failed to notice the lack of respect you have been receiving from others.

You may, on the other hand, be struggling with others who are abusing their power.

“Should I say something?

Should I fight my desire to put them in their place?” you may be asked.

Remember the times in your own life when you have fallen out of grace with Great Spirit, and then have compassion for the brothers and sisters who are now doing the same.

If you are overpowering another or feeling overwhelmed, Horse medicine in both the dignified and contrary positions is a simple reminder of how to balance your shields.

In allowing all pathways to have equal validity, you will see the power and glory of the unified family of humanity.

This is the gift of the Rainbow Warrior or Warrioress.

The “I” has no place in the Whirling Rainbow that comes from the Great Mystery and is replaced by the universal “we.”

All colors of the rainbow and all pathways are honored as one.

Apply this knowledge and reclaim the power you have given away by forgetting to come from compassion.

Untangle yourself from the present situation and understand that every human being must follow this pathway to power before galloping upon the winds of destiny.

Overview

Perhaps more than any other animal, the horse has been humanity’s closest partner in the animal kingdom.

In ordinary reality, it has carried its rider over distances and made communication possible.

It has helped to shift heavy loads, and in the tilling of the soil.

In non-ordinary reality, the horse has carried the shamanic journeyer to communicate at other realms of existence, to shifts of consciousness, and to till the soil of deeper levels of the mind.

American Indians honored the horse as a sacred animal.

In Britain and Northern Europe, magikal fraternities once practiced both the natural and supernatural powers associated with the cult of the horse.

As a power animal, Horse, is primarily a message carrier and is often concerned with traversing “gateways.”

It is associated with the power and responsibility that comes from exercising authority, and the wisdom required to use it in a balanced way.

On an emotional level, Horse is connected with the need for compassionate understanding.

Horse is related especially with the power of knowledge and wisdom and with communication and sharing.

Communicate.

Honor your medicine.

Stand tall.

Use your talents.

Own who you are becoming.

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The manuscript of survival – part 393

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These endless fluctuations of energy continue to come into your being, and you have been able to access unexplored territory within. 

This may not feel as any major feat to some of you… as you have so far not been able to get but a small sip from that huge ocean of endless information that lies within.

More to come… and it will come in fits and starts… in huge chunks and in tiny morsels… and probably when you least expect it. 

Trying to force your way forward will not work as it is by simply allowing yourself to let go of the need to control this process that you will be able to fully enter this ocean of the future. 

Make sure you do not make the mistake of “setting up a plan” on how to do this.

Mankind has a habit of making up lists… “to do lists” and you have trained yourselves well to think that as long as you follow this carefully constructed paper trail… you will find yourself moving forwards at an appropriate speed… and you will reach your designated goal just as you have planned. 

This is not one of those old single dimensional journeys… and this is certainly not a course to be taken or a piece of furniture to be assembled according to that enclosed manual. 

What you are doing is something very different… let go of any preconceived notions as to how to go about this.

The more you try to find the “right” way to do this… the more you will be getting in your own way.

Planning ahead and acting out a carefully put together sequence in order to advance towards your goal… the more you will be apt to lose yourself in your own good intentions. 

Throw caution to the winds… stop trying so hard to DO and just BE YOU. 

This sounds rather childish and over-simplified way to go about it… become as if a child again. 

We are trying to guide you through that process of liberating yourself from the old bonds of being a human being within the strict confines that have been erected.

The only way to do that… is to stop acting like one. 

You have been carefully trained all your lives to do the right thing at the exact right time.

If you have ever been encouraged to think outside the box… there have been some very strict rules underlying that seemingly liberated way of going about things. 

To be a human is to follow a very set way of being.

A very set way of DOING things… and as this pattern has been worn so thoroughly into you…it has literally produced a very deep groove within you that is hard to escape. 

Even if you THINK you are free… you will still act according to that old way of thinking and acting.

It takes a lot of effort to shake oneself loose from that old groove. 

The biggest challenge is…. the opposite of effort. 

You need to become effortless in a way that will make all of those old rules and instructions become null and void once and for all.

This is so simple compared to what many of you are trying to wrap your heads around at the moment.

We have intimate knowledge of mankind… and we can be criticized for seeing you “from afar”… we can see the old patterns repeating themselves endlessly. 

Except for in a few instances… when we see the joy and exuberance in someone suddenly realizing the gist of this message.

Becoming free is simply a question of acting as if you are. 

You need not change anything in your daily life, you only need to see it for the illusion it really is.

And when this sinks in… all of the old patterns will melt away like a sundae in the midday sun.

We are trying to give this to you in a very clear and succinct manner. 

What YOU see… are the obstacles and you try to crash your way through them… like a stubborn creature butting its head again and again into the same wall.

If you lift your eyes… you will see that there is no wall.

It is simply a figment of your imagination… and if you simply step back… you can easily step aside and continue onward.

Unhindered by what you have seen as an impenetrable barrier between you and the rest of Creation.

Your mind is still very busy setting up all of these imaginary roadblocks.

Your frustration continue to increase as you find yourself endlessly searching for that exit-sign somewhere.

None seems to be in sight… so you try harder and harder to knock down that wall again.

If you can manage to step back a little bit… and simply open up to that child inside who will see blue skies where that “adult” in you will see a gray prison walls.

You will find yourself flying free under this blue sky… unfettered by that old and imprisoned way of thinking that comes so naturally to you.

You are no longer imprisoned… you simply THINK that you are.

The autopilot kicks in again and you keep running around and around in that same old rut of frustration and exhaustion.

There is a simple way out.

Let go of all of the old notions of working your way out of this prison.

The idea of “working” is what keeps you in there in the first place.

Let go… jump off that cliff and into the freedom you so long for.

It is there for the taking.. ready to fall into your lap the very moment you decide to stop trying so hard to reach for it.

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