Virgo Reading(s) for the Present

Virgos in Virgo Season dealing with release of anxiety, stress, fears and emotional/mental blockages in relationships in general. I cannot say if the actual forecasting is 100% true but certainly present day inner/outer conditions where Virgo resides. Accuracy frighteningly close to home.

JDZ

Namaste Today: Making Future Choices • Monday, 7/13/20

Astro Associations

Sun Moon Ascendant

The Moon is where I'm coming from

(The Inner Child)

The Sun is where I'm going 

(The Hero)

The Ascendant is how I'm getting there (The Hero's Quest)

Self-Actualizing:

Active/Yang - The Midheaven is the Sun and Ascendant getting to a specific place/position in the world. The ultimate destination, the sense of future, progress and realization. It is discovering new territory and taking initiative. 

(Leadership & Action)

Self-Remembering:

Receptive/Yin - The Nadir is the Moon and Ascendant-Descendant coming from a specific place in the world that is a private psychic space plus a surrounding community that is familiar rather than foreign,  unlike the general public (Mid-heaven). It is a return home. 

(Nurturing & Relating)

The Planets represent dynamics that play out in relation and connection to what is outside the Self. The Sun, Moon and Ascendant are those centers of Selfhood which subjectively create the big picture of authentic individual life. The Planets simply represent the various archetypes that the Self encounters on the journey of life. The Moon is a psychic inner journey while the Ascendant is a worldly outer journey.

Inner Planets are personal and interactive like the Nadir (& Ascendant)

Middle Planets are social and collective like the Midheaven (& Ascendant)

Outer Planets are universal and spiritual like the Luminaries (& Rising Sign/Sun)


Joel David Zenie

Cardinal Fire In Five Planets

Sun and Moon, Mars and Venus are in late Aries and passing through swiftly. Soon all will be in Earthy Taurus except for Uranus which will stay in early Aries for a while. Mercury also for a short time will pass through this Cardinal Fire and be swiftly gone. The Moon visits Aries in the sky for two days once a month, and which is presently the Aries New Moon.

All the lessons of the faster-moving planets which happen yearly and which are happening in synchronicity with Mars in Aries (His sign of rulership) this year, will leave their lessons for Uranus in Aries, where this planet shall remain over the next 5-6 years. We have this Uranian super-conscious intelligence as a reference to the Aries impulse, fire, vision, clarity, being and most of all energy.. the energy of aliveness, passion, spontaneity and of blazing one's own unique trail.

The time is right now, particularly over these next couple of weeks, to maximize the cosmic energy that is available for active purposes, for creative purposes from which everything else will follow. Then into Taurus, the building, the manifesting, the farming and growing etc. Right now is the idea and later the earthly manifestation. This will come more easily and naturally when Mercury moves out of it's current foggy Piscean state and into proactive, quick thinking Aries on Sunday the 14th.

With Gemini later on in the spring personal experience will become more socialized, more friendly, more neighborly, with maybe more opportunities. Right now social concerns are secondary, later they will play a more interesting part, Especially with Jupiter in Gemini at this time in it's 12 year cycle.

In my own natal chart there is a correspondence of Aries to the 9th and 10th Houses (Public Interests and Occupation respectively), Taurus to the 10th and 11th (Occupation and Social Connections respectively), Gemini to the 11th (Friends, Groups) and then Cancer to the 12th (Inner Life, Solitude), beginning again at the Ascendant Leo which is the first house, starting a new cycle of personal outside activity.

Joel David Zenie

Core Intentions of Luminaries, Earth & Planets

1) Rising Sun & North Star Intention: Intelligent Action - Intuition : One must not only detach from the false, but be affirmative and pro-active in the service of what is true. This self-affirmation finds reward in the action itself, more so than the external fruits of labor. Courage and initiative, sometimes self-assertion and aggression. (0,1) Leo Mars Rising, Aries MC; Aries/9th House North Node

2) Earth, Lunar & South Node Intention: Start from where you are... no matter what is going on, or where you are in your life and mind, it is the ideal place from which to rise above circumstance, take positive action and make a victorious comeback. Learn to love and accept what is, without resistance, all the time. (0,2) Scorpio Moon + Neptune, Libra IC; Libra/3rd House South Node

3) Solar & Planetary Intention: Intelligent Action is efficient, precise and practical, applied to earthly and concrete physical/mental matters. To develop greater skill and be of service (Virgo) in the practical sense (Virgo/2nd House) to others: Virgo Sun + Mercury/Venus/Jupiter/Uranus/Pluto

4a) Spiritual Solar Intention (future & spirit orientation): To be fully awake, alive and present, living and evolving to full potential, establishing an ever wider universal connection. Meditation in Action.. Sun-Jupiter, Aries North Node in 9th House, Leo Ascendant, Aquarius Descendant, Libra/Taurus (Venusian) Part of Fortune in 4th & 10th Houses

4b) Spiritual Lunar Intention (past & mind orientation): To silence the mind in regular daily meditation, be kind, open and compassionate toward others, listening with full attention, as much as possible. Scorpio Moon conjunct Neptune, sextile Uranus/Mercury/Venus in Virgo... In YOD config with Saturn in Aries. Libra South Node in 3rd House.

Joel D Zenie

The Stars and The Earth

It's uplifting and inspirational to reflect upon the nature of the Universe, the Sun, the Moon and the Stars, and what they all mean. It is however only really meaningful with the possibility of grounding this knowledge in concrete actions, sensations and down to earth experience. Otherwise such reflections are only a pleasurable escape which undermine living actively and feeling really connected here on Planet Earth.

Your own personal cosmology, be it astrology, transpersonal psychology or any other 'ology' is best when applied not only in reflection but also in action. All that the Stars, Sun, Moon and Planets embody, symbolize and represent is a reality manifesting here on Earth... The Earth is that planetary energy which represents how the other planetary and stellar bodies become concrete realities, subject to sentience and a generally subjective outlook or gestalt perspective on one's own life. 

Knowing one's own life meaning and personal guidance is the first priority, then it becomes more possible to assist others (those without much knowledge of Astrology) in helping them understand theirs, either as a  personal friend or professionally in a reading.

 The Sky and Earth, the Stars and Living Beings, must come together, in universality, synthesis and perfect harmony.

In Stellar Light,

Joel D Zenie    

Everyone's a Leo

The astrological Sun, ruler of Leo, embodies the essential core of the individual personality in all beings. Everyone, however introvert, wants to shine at the center of their own existence. This ego is a mixed blessing, and like learning how to drive a car must be handled with the utmost of mindful care.

There is beauty and joy in the solitude of standing alone, creating, expressing and manifesting all that one is as a divine co-creator. There is ugliness and discord in the ego's need for applause, and in the competition for the spotlight. There is disillusionment in wanting an audience, admiration and applause. Ultimately, for most of us anyway, there is no appreciation coming from the masses but only from the very precious few friends who are close enough to care about our personal offerings.. and even this is fleeting/transient, not to be depended upon. While there are a few exceptions, those very big famous personalities respected by many, for most of us it is not this way and the great challenge is in recognizing and appreciating one's own inherent divine potential.

Seeking applause is a losing battle... perhaps this is why the Sun exalts in individualistic Aries and falls in approval seeking Libra. Yet the flip side is that it takes great strength to appreciate the offerings of others, without getting an inferiority complex or becoming lost in petty comparison and competition.

Maybe having a Leo natal ascendant inclines me to look at the world in this egocentric light, yet this does not make it any less true to life. I see folks on facebook presenting themselves as highly spiritual and evolved individuals, with 4000+ friends and a list of all their credentials and accomplishments. I see folks in everyday life striving for higher positions in society, and celebrities worshipped like gods. I also see a lot of very talented and intelligent people getting little or no recognition for anything. It is here that one must stop for a moment and recognize that, however worthy such individuals may be, they are no better than the rest of us who are deemed ordinary and average in the public eye. No matter how much others have accomplished outwardly, or how much social power he/she has, there is no measure for the quality of inner life, the truly important Solar (and Lunar) principle.

That power which is accompanied by humility and the absence of vanity is a true mark of success. It means not to follow anyone nor to expect followers, but to a blaze a trail that is uniquely your own, while recognizing the interdependence from which this individuality has originally sprung. It also means ignoring completely any sneers and petty judgments of which small minded folks are occasionally inclined. Most importantly, it is a kind of respect that values the individuality of all beings so that shining at the center of your own existence does not eclipse nor is eclipsed by the light of others.

IN RADIANT PURE LIGHT

Joel D Zenie