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Whale Watching & Dolphin Tales Are Out Of This World!
Photo by Kristen Bouse
A Full Flower Moon will happen on May 5, 2023. Of course this Full Moon goes by many names, but we all remember the old saying about April showers bringing May flowers. This Full Moon is also a Lunar Eclipse, which is the last of the Eclipse season. Another name is the Wesak Full Moon, where the Buddha’s energy shines powerfully on Mother Earth. As we have discussed in this blog, eclipses are powerful energetic catalysts that shake things up in our consciousness. They are disruptive to the status quo and get us to look at things differently. May we be inspired by collectively compassionate heads and hearts at this time.
With flowers come hummingbirds, who are effective cross-pollinators that are flying around now. In short, they really spread joy and love in our world. Flowers bring color to the show. And when we see hummingbirds hovering about, they dazzle us with aerial feats akin to some of the unpredictable, jaw dropping movements of UFOs that we see. For those of you who have experienced these, some of you have reported a humming sound that isn’t too far off the sound of a hummingbird hovering over your head, in my mind at least.
Speaking of close encounters, our family was on a road trip recently and spotted some shore birds, dolphins and a humpback whale fishing together along the coast. They were hardly a stone’s throw from the shore and we tracked them along the beach for quite some time. It became clear that they were aware that we were watching them and they put on quite a show by breaching several times for us.
It is an interesting synchronicity that whales and dolphins are mammals. Past storytelling reveals a time when they both lived on land, back when the earth looked different. Some circles say that whales used to fly in the air and other legends tell of a time when they, along with dolphins came here from other worlds, like the Sky People, ETs or Ancient Aliens. In shamanism, whales are said to be like a living library of our planet and dolphins reflect communication. Now that they both clearly live in the sea, we know water is a powerful conductor of sound. What kind of underwater communities and USOs do whales and dolphins know about?
Looking back on the material covered in this blog, we have discussed that stardust is in our DNA, that we are multidimensional beings and that we can influence our DNA. Like with meditation, our brainwaves change, which is a form of alchemy. The more we make meditation a way of life, including physical forms of meditation like Yoga, T’ai Chi and Qigong, we discover a new normal in the way we transform ourselves. Reiki and other forms of energy work shift consciousness, as well as produce new perceptual experiences with reality too. They open you up to your formless being, which taps into more of who you really are.
In mental health, we talk a lot about the power of Positive Self Talk. As humans, our brains are prewired toward negative self talk because it has served us in our ancestry. Just think about the days when saber toothed tigers and other predators were hiding in bushes waiting patiently for their next meal. We were organically tuned to react to subtle movements to keep us safe from being killed and eaten. Today, we have to work on facilitating the transition into our prefrontal cortex by finding new forms of shapeshifting and communication, which are examples of dimensional bleeding and vibrational shifts. Any mental fog will start clearing up after Mercury goes back direct after May 14th. What new vistas will open up as you reflect back on your old self?
In much the way you may be opening up to seeing beings from the spirit realm or beings from another planet, you are also learning to make the shift from negative self talk to positive self talk. The highly evolved Arcturians reportedly amplify this sentiment. Perhaps this is the next quantum leap in our evolutionary process- becoming Homo Luminous or returning to the “original lineage of light.” Kindly and gently keep in mind that further movement into Spring and Summer are powerful times for bringing manifestation into your life. It is a time for personal growth and expansion into your budding new self, if you’ll pardon the pun.
Till Next Time,
Ari
Magical Mystery Meditation Tours In An Energetic & Sacred Universe
Spring energies are in full effect now . . .
Further movement away from the Spring Equinox brings us closer to
the Summer Solstice, the lightest day of the year on June 21, 2023.
Light is rising and will reach its zenith in the Northern Hemisphere at that time.
In the Southern Hemisphere, it is Fall where darkening days are what’s up.
And then it will be their darkest hour on the Winter Solstice.
But before that, energies will be more intense with a
Solar Eclipse on April 19-20 and a Lunar Eclipse on May 5th.
Eclipses shake things up on the inside and out.
They are powerful catalysts for change and flipping the script.
Ready or not, our inner and outer worlds are shifting and changing,
like the tides and seasons.
The reality is that nothing remains static.
The old world as we knew it continues to fade into the backdrop,
as we move further into a New Age and Paradigm.
Trying to maintain the status quo during the eclipse season
is like asking someone who is
fuel injected with performance enhancing drugs to stop working out
and sit still in calm meditation.
And then Mercury in Retrograde will co occur with the eclipses on April 21-May 14th.
Mercury In Retrograde is analogous to lucid dreaming or the old Twilight Zone TV series.
It feels like living in an alternate reality where non-localized
and non-linear time are real right brain dominated experiences.
These are the alternate realms of various forms of meditation,
where our brainwaves change form and we look at things differently.
If you try to makes sense out of these experiences from a left brain, logical or rational viewpoint,
you will probably add to your suffering by experiencing negative chi and feel more stressed.
Instead, consider this period as a good time to go deeper into
and embrace intuitive faculties and psychic phenomena.
During this period, it is normal to go through past remember when rewind episodes of yesteryear.
In this space, may we be inspired to reimagine and reexamine
where we have been and explore where we want to go in our future selves.
It is wise not to make big decisions, till after the mental fog lifts in mid-May.
Mercury In Retrograde is also a good time to relax and let go of our attachments to machines,
technology and surrender to the creative, outside the box ways of looking at things.
Because, in much the same way as the linear, order of operations ways of our left brains,
these devices tend to malfunction and not work as well during this period.
It appears that our world is ripe for massive changes.
But at the same time we will be looking back at the way it used to be:
Perhaps not without a repeated mental tape of nostalgic Fantasy Island
or Survivor Series challenges.
Systemically, what matters is to look at this current experiential crisis in human history
as an opportunity to realign with Nature and the Universe’s language of Love and Truth.
It is critical that we do not get sucked into our fears.
Keep your Third Eye open with a wide angle gaze for the
magic, mystery, signs and synchronicities in everyday life.
See the extraordinary in the ordinary.
Wishing you all much inner peace,
Ari
A Full Pink Moon, New Beginnings & An Eclipsing of Springing Energies
A Full Moon springs into the sky on April 6.
This moon goes by many names, including the Indigenous name Pink Moon
for the pink hued moss vegetation that spreads across the Northern Americas.
It is also referred to the Egg moon and is symbolic of Easter.
Easter always falls after the first Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox.
This Nature’s junction also reflects the spiritual seeds of rebirth
and the fertile new energies of Spring.
The sunlight is rising in the Northern Hemisphere
and it is hard not to feel inebriated from our chi flowing.
Another synchronicity is that this moon is also referred to as the Frog moon.
Be mindful of tempering the intensities of the Eclipse season,
leaves budding and thunder called on by Frog.
This is a time when the frogs and thunder raises their voices.
Everyone knows the saying, April showers bring May flowers.
The rains that spring forth at this time have a purifying effect on our souls.
They stir up the muddy waters within and help cleanse and wake us up from Winter’s slumber.
May we feel an awakening to get us outside, move around and play.
Take care of yourself everyone,
Ari
As A New Moon Springs In Pisces, Our Souls Travel Into Mystical Vibrations And Watery Realms
Photo by Kristen Bouse
A New Moon in Pisces will happen on February 20th . . .
Their energies will primarily be flowing with us till the Vernal Equinox on March 20th.
This date signals the first day of spring.
All new moons reflect new beginnings.
The undercurrents are becoming more active right Tao during the budding energies stirring.
Pisces swims on the tail end of the Zodiac, with fiery Aries against its back.
Per usual, Ram will be eager to hit the mark as the first sign upon Spring’s arrival.
Watery Pisces is a mutable sign and reflects the transition between seasons.
We are shifting from a wintry slumber to a spring awakening.
Mother Nature reflects endings and beginnings, death and rebirth.
They are fish in water and in their element
with the creative fluidity of formless awareness of form.
In T’ai Chi, we cultivate internal power gradually, by being like water.
Down the mountains, through valley, streams rivers and lakes . . .
They are all flowing into the bounty of receptive oceans where aquatic creatures swim.
In much the same way as mystical energy is associated with shorelines;
Pisces are dreamy soul travelers and natural meditators.
Shadow work is critical because this personality profile can especially
go into their own world, get lost in illusion and sink into alternate realities.
If those with these orientations don’t shine a mindful spotlight on their vessel,
they can get lost in escapism and inundated by the under toe of the path of least resistance.
When Einstein asserted that imagination is more important than knowledge,
he was blowing energetic bubbles from the Mirror of the Pisces Mind.
The light continues to rise until it is equal with the dark on the Spring Equinox.
Energetically, the onset of Aries is like the birth of a new year
because it carries the torch and blazes trails in the year ahead.
Aries vaporizes water in a way that can light a fire under our asses for manifesting our dreams.
And then the light rises till it peaks on the Summer Solstice on June 21st.
These energies, mixed with the Eclipse Season in April and May
will intensify our inner and outer worlds.
What transformation do you envision for yourself and for the Universe?
They key dynamic is to let go and follow the cyclical rhythms of Nature.
Take care of yourselves everyone,
Ari
The Imbolc, A Full Snow Moon And Groundhog’s Medicinal Guidance In Shadow Work: There’s Light At The End Of The Tunnel . . .
On February 2nd, it will be the Imbloc aka Groundhog Day.
Our ancestors honored the Imbolc because it was the approximate mid-point between the
Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox, or the first day of Spring.
And then a Full Snow Moon will occur on Sunday, February 5th.
Given that in certain areas, the heaviest snow usually falls during this month . . .
The origin of this Full Moon’s name derives from
our indigenous ancestors who experienced a deep blanket of snow.
Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon,
because of the harsh weather conditions that made hunting very difficult,
and food supplies ran dry.
Meditation on the idea of practicing Mental Subtraction as a walking meditation
can help you see what life would be missing without you in it. It would be a dark void.
Your presence is a gift and a blessing that needs your inner light
to come out and shine on the world.
Energetically, Spring starts at this time, as the seeds underground start thinking about waking up.
Use the new year energies of the Winter slumber to meditate on
what you would like to see come out of hibernation and rebirth upon Spring’s arrival.
Looking back along the dirge, this writer has experienced many trails of tears . . .
One time, this came in the form of a past mental health walkabout to raise awareness
on the tragedy of suicide and its adverse affect on those of us
who have survived our loved ones who have died by suicide.
During the funeral procession,
I met a woman who was walking to support her friend’s son who ended his life abruptly.
Confused, she commented that all he left was a brief note
expressing only that he was curious about the other side.
Likewise, our relationships can change like the seasons.
As in entering or exiting a VIP entryway of secretive inner circles.
Meaningful connections can move in and out of the union privilege of our lives.
Because we are human, we develop attachments to these relationships.
Sometimes, a relationship becomes enmeshed, enabling, codependent, and even toxic.
But like an old hiking boot, the fit wears out is welcome and no longer serves the pairing.
This process is not without resistance and pulls at your heartstrings like an old Blues song.
Are you willing to go beyond your egocentric experiences with
anger, disappointments, resentments, expectations-
or even a sense of entitlement?
Meditation on the energy of Groundhog allows us to experience death without dying.
Groundhogs go into hibernation for a long time during the death of Winter.
They dig elaborate tunnels underground
and reflect the mantra that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
May Groundhog become a member of our spiritual Dream Team
and guide our spirits into soulful nighttime travels.
Paying attention to our dreams and how they connect to our waking reality
is empowering by awakening to the interplay between death and rebirth in everyday life.
We can do this while we are living out this lifetime
and stepping into the realm of Infinity while we are still breathing.
Take care of yourselves everyone,
Ari
A New Moon, Chinese Lunar New Year Of The Rabbit And Moving Further Into The New Aquarian Age & Paradigm . . .
A New Moon in Aquarius will happen on January 21,
right after Mercury returns direct on the 18th.
And then it will be a Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rabbit on January 22nd.
As the mental fog of Retrograde lifts and our inner skies clear up,
a heightened need for emotional freedom
might connect to more amplified emotional complexities.
Part of learning how to be human is getting out and interacting with others
because being in groups of people helps us understand our feelings.
Co-regulation breathes fresh air into the dirge of negative emotions like fear, anger and jealousy.
Shadow building is when we call in our fears from our subconscious into our waking lives.
Dr. Martin Luther King’s spirit echoes the callback that darkness cannot drive out darkness.
The Prophetic King understood that only the light of consciousness will illuminate the shadows.
Remember what we resist persists.
A hallmark greeting card of Aquarius
scripts an overwhelming need for the individual to march to the beat of their own drum
by not conforming to the cultural programing of society.
And yet, there is the New Age of Aquarius paradigm
of balancing our Diversity within Unity.
We need to be who we are as authentic selves.
But at the same time, we need to find a way to fit into the oneness of group consciousness.
It is an interesting synchronicity to consider the serpent lines symbolic of Aquarius . . .
Does their propensity to travel into multiple mental dimensional airwaves
naturally align with knowledge brought to us by Sky People?
Might this knowledge help us shapeshift into new forms of evolutionary Homo Luminousity?
Soul travel is akin to dimensional bleeding.
We are of the Earth, but not in it.
One way to access spirit guides is through drumming,
which changes our brain waves, like meditation does.
In the shamanic traditions, journeying is a form of meditation.
Polaris starseeds like me share the air of a strong, single-minded streak of Aquarians.
It is in our North Star, if you’ll pardon the pun.
Energetically, Rabbit is symbolic of good fortune and reflects the powers of the moon.
It will be a good year to develop our sensitivity and artistic expressions,
as well as ambition, fitness & virtue.
Are you contemplating starting a new project?
What are you envisioning for your new self?
Rabbits are associated with sexuality and fertility.
At it’s best, sex can be a passionate soul to soul intersection between lovebirds
in a romantic mind-body-spiritual dance step with one another.
But there are many ways other than physically having sex or childbirth
to play with these experiences in our lives.
For example, you can wear different colors, play music and sing
as forms to explore your sensuality,
as well as give birth to a new creative endeavor as a way to flirt with the fertility of life.
Also, these are all healthy ways to reclaim
and nurture a healthy relationship with your inner child.
May we leap and hop with Rabbit into the Faerie realm and other
magical adventures into rabbit holes of the underworld, middle or upper world.
Alternate realities are adventurous places for our minds and souls to travel.
Let us remember a callback to keep our feet on the ground and safely return to our hutch.
Staying grounded in this reality is just as important,
like the old spiritual mantra of walking with one foot in spirit, one foot in ground.
Dawn & dusk reflect the in between times where the veil
between the spirit and physical realms are thinner.
On February 2nd, it will be the Imbloc aka Groundhog Day.
Our ancestors honored the Imbolc because it was the approximate mid-point between the
Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox, the first day of Spring.
Energetically, Spring starts at this time, as the seeds underground start thinking about waking up.
Use the new year energies of the Winter slumber to meditate on what you would like to see
come out of hibernation and rebirth whence Spring arrives.
We’ll delve into that next time.
Take care of yourselves everyone,
Ari
A Full Wolf Moon & New Year Of The Rabbit
The winds blew in Mercury in Retrograde into our inner skies
a few days after Christmas, as we say our goodbyes to 2022.
Consider this close encounter a vibrational landing & gift wrapped hallmark card
about shifting our mindful awareness from
left brain faculties into right brain pathways of thought.
Might as well have an open and passive attitude with any creative, zoning out tendencies
that are magnified by strange Twilight Zone perceptual realities.
Even though there could be big emotional tidings and ideas-
probably better not to act on them till more contemplative reflection
clears up around the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rabbit on January 22nd.
What old parts of yourself are you ready to let go of to awaken your future self?
But before that, a Full Moon will happen on January 6th, 2023.
Who else feels tempted by fate more than usual during full moon cycles
or when Mercury’s in Retrograde?
This Full Moon goes by many names but it is known by our ancestry
as the Full Wolf Moon.
Traditional stories by the Indigenous people from the Dogon tribe in West Africa,
and ancient Egypt have reportedly revealed energetic connections to wolves,
as well as the star system called Sirius.
It’s no coincidence that dogs are still considered a best friend to humankind.
Many people today are waking up to their lineage connections or
soul energies incarnating here from planets other than earth.
This fits into the paradigm of past lives and reincarnation.
Waking up to our starseed orientations are part of the multidimensional nature
and an unfolding process of spiritual awakenings.
But remember that on some level,
we are all starseeds because we all have star dust living within our DNA.
Even Western Science affirms the theorized phenomenon of Genetic Memory,
where familial memories are passed down to us like baggage via encodings in our nucleic acid.
(Spiritual DNA is also important to us a spiritual beings having human experiences.)
Soul travel, lucid dreaming and meditation are all forms to play with during our interactions
and co-regulative connections with these energies that are wanting to communicate with us.
An interesting synchronicity to the energetic imprint of the Full Wolf Moon is the
connection to the brightest star in our night sky called Sirius, aka Alpha Canis Majoris,
or the “Celestial Wolf” according to Chinese astronomy.
Dogs make for loyal and protective spirit guides.
Wolves are pathways to
a systemic hybrid of complex interplay between
individualized freewill mixed with social democratic principals.
The spirit of Wolf reflects the Age of Aquarius,
where the individual blends their personal uniqueness with group consciousness.
In the shamanic traditions, journeying is a form of meditation.
One way to access spirit guides is through drumming,
which changes our brain waves, like meditation does.
May we leap and hop with Rabbit into the Faerie realm and other
magical adventures into rabbit holes of the underworld, middle or upper world.
Let us remember a callback to keep our feet on the ground and safely return to our hutch.
Alternate realities are adventurous places for our minds and souls to travel.
Staying grounded in this reality is just as important,
like the old spiritual mantra of walking with one foot in spirit, one foot in ground.
Soul travel is akin to dimensional bleeding.
Dawn & dusk reflect the in between times where the veil
between the spirit and physical realms are thinner.
Shadow building is when we call in our fears from our subconscious
into our conscious experiences.
Remember what we resist persists.
Are you contemplating starting a new project?
Could this be envisioning your new self?
Take care of yourselves everyone,
Ari
A New Moon In Capricorn & The Chinese Lunar New Year Of The Rabbit
On December 23, 2022, A New Moon in Capricorn adds to
the new energies of the forthcoming New Year of 2023
Keep in mind that the Moon based Chinese calendar new year will happen on January 22, 2023.
The energy of Capricorn might trigger a strong need for being useful to society.
Sometimes, it may lead us down a path of looking for justification in the outside world.
It can be enticing to underestimate what we want from ourselves and for ourselves.
Resentment can follow shyness when feeling ignored by others.
Rather than seeking approval from the outside, turn yin-ward and trust your inner values.
A gentle and kind inside-out approach will relax harmful self-doubts.
Working Capricorn in the positive awakens self-control.
Try not to get seduced by its shadow side by trying to control everything.
It will be the year of the Rabbit, according to Chinese Astrology.
Energetically, Rabbit is symbolic of good fortune and reflects the powers of the moon.
It will be a good year to develop your sensitivity and artistic expressions,
as well as ambition, fitness & virtue.
Rabbits are associated with sexuality and fertility.
There are many ways other than physically having sex or childbirth
to play with these experiences in our lives.
For example, you can wear different colors, play music and sing
as forms to explore your sensuality,
as well as give birth to a new creative endeavor as a way to flirt with the fertility of life.
Also, these are all healthy ways to reclaim
and nurture a healthy relationship with your inner child.
Truly, reality is multidimensional or quantum in nature.
Meditation helps access these realms as well as soften our attachments to them.
This writer has heard stories about the writer Lewis Carrol’s clinging to
alternate realities that he could no longer access after writing his classic,
Alice in Wonderland,
which was akin to a shamanic journey.
Similarly, Pink Floyd’s Sid Barrett reportedly heard celestial music in the dreamtime.
Sadly, it drove him mad because he couldn’t capture that sound in this realm.
It can take a long time to learn cause and effect, which is not without its consequences.
At the same time, we can imagine the possibilities beyond cause and effect and predictability.
As a spirit guide, we can leap and hop with Rabbit into the Faerie realm and
magical adventures into rabbit holes of the underworld, middle or upper world.
Let us remember a callback to keep our feet on the ground and safely return to our hutch.
Alternate realities are adventurous places for our minds and souls to travel.
Staying grounded in this reality is just as important,
like the old spiritual mantra of walking with one foot in spirit, one foot in ground.
Soul travel is akin to dimensional bleeding.
(See you on the dark side of the moon)
Dawn & dusk reflect the in between times where the veil
between the spirit and physical realms are thinner.
Shadow building is when we call in our fears from our subconscious
into our conscious experiences.
Remember what we resist persists.
Are you contemplating starting a new project?
Could this be envisioning your new self?
Take care of yourselves everyone,
Ari
A Full Cold Moon, Winter Solstice and Looking Forward To A New Moon In Capricorn & Year Ahead After A Long December . . .
A Full Cold Moon arrives on December 7, 2022.
Like all full moons, this one goes by many names.
This name traces its roots to the Mohawk Indigenous Peoples.
Here in Maine, the Western Abenaki name is Winter Maker Moon.
Our ancestors recognized this Full Moon and Winter Solstice signpost as
the coldest and darkest timeframe of the year.
The Winter Solstice, arrives on December 21st,
and signals the darkest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
And then after that we begin to coax back the light.
It is a good time to venture yin-ward,
go into deeper meditation, introspection, contemplation, rest, sleep
and travel into your cave for inner exploration and self discovery.
Yin symbolizes the darker, more feminine energies, like the moon does.
The Blues doesn’t sing about sunshine and rainbows.
Darker emotions are a natural experiences- especially right now on the planet.
The old world, with its wars, dirty energy
and general shadowy conduct disorderly ways is a recipe for disaster.
Might as well surrender to what is and tend
to your inner garden in the seedlings of the present moment.
Rituals focusing on gratitude and letting go are good energy medicine.
In the Southern Hemisphere, it is the opposite.
It will be their Summer Solstice, where the light reaches its zenith,
and the amount of light in a day starts slowly waning thereafter.
Conversely, this is a time to be more of a social butterfly, festive
and outwardly expansive, as yang is more masculine, like the sun energetically.
On December 23, 2022, A New Moon in Capricorn adds to
the new energies of the forthcoming New Year of 2023
The energy of Capricorn might trigger a strong need for being useful to society.
Sometimes, it may lead us down a path of looking for justification in the outside world.
It can be enticing to underestimate what we want from ourselves and for ourselves.
Resentment can follow shyness when feeling ignored by others.
Rather than seeking approval from the outside, turn yin-ward and trust your inner values.
A gentle and kind inside-out approach will relax harmful self-doubts.
Working Capricorn in the positive awakens self-control.
Try not to get seduced by its shadow side by trying to control everything.
Between the Winter Solstice, New Moon and New Year’s Day,
there are lots of new energies in the air.
Keep in mind that the Moon based Chinese calendar new year will happen on January 22, 2023.
It will be the year of the Rabbit, according to Chinese Astrology.
More on that next time.
Take care of yourselves everyone,
Ari
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