RECENTLY, for the sake of my visiting apprenticeship students here in Okinawa, I’ve taken to rebranding the signs of the zodiac with names that more directly express their wound/gift predicament.
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FEBRUARY is electric; a barrage of benevolent “zaps” that help us become more spiritually sovereign and cognizant of our moment-to-moment impact on the collective psyche. All planets are direct until April 2nd when Mercury goes retrograde, making the next two months (February and March) a stellar time to move forward on a more> The New Year reeks of strategy, straight out of the gate. Mercury Retro goes direct on the 1st, goose-stepping us closer to an auspicious 4 planet pile up in Capricorn that culminates in a project-launching crescendo from the 25th to the 30th. Time to roll up our sleeves and lay more> I’m currently traveling with my wife in Japan, which is a “gift culture.” Gifts fly off the hands of these people all year long. The focus, however, is less on the gift itself and more on the ceremonial act of giving: the energy with which one presents the gift. The more> Dream Striving There is a time to brainstorm and there is a time to reality-test. Trying to do both at the same time dilutes the potency of both. Fortunately, December clearly demarcates which times are best for each. During the first two weeks of December (until more> In a time when “wrongthink” can get you digitally assassinated and demonized by those you once called “friends”, the place of opinion in everyday life is being called into question. This is particularly true for people on a spiritual path. What is the function of opinion for those who practice more> Hologram Lizards On this post-truth planet called “the dream of separation,” lovable liar is as good as it gets. It’s what we and the warmongers have in common. Why don’t we sit quietly with ourselves? Because we’d catch our Reptilian brain stem surrounding itself with hologram lizards. more> The first few days of October Christen us with a grand Trine. Pluto, Moon and Mercury are joining hands in a sublime Kite formation, aimed at the implausibly faithful planet, Neptune. If you listen hard, perhaps you can hear them singing of a distant time when the scandals “out more> We all shed DNA, leaving traces of our identity everywhere we go. On the surface of everything and everyone we touch, our biological fingerprint fuses with the code of countless strangers, blurring the line between self and other. The same is true of the 700 microbial species that make their more> This morning, I asked my soul, What is our natural state? The answer arrived as a testimonial: I’m more concerned with what I’m wading “through” than the direction of my sloshing; more drawn to stroking the texture of Consciousness than forming a sexy bond with a particular expression more> THE WORLD was designed to drag us into existential self-inquiry. That’s Buddhism 101. In that sense, August is a gold mine. During the “soft” centuries, mind becomes contemplatively lazy. Life is about color, style and “getting stuff” from the raging impermanence– not making meaning out of it. Then more> THE WORLD is brimming with birth charts whose style of awakening is to mature into some kind of self-inquiry coach. It has always been so. Some beings wake up in the throes of catalyzing self-discovery in others. What happens when said soul incarnates into a witness-parched society entranced by ego-hardening more> VENUS turns retrograde on July 22nd until September 3rd, but its themes are active all month, as its pre-shadow period begins on June 19th and extends to October 7th. During this time, we are being asked to examine and update our habitual ways of relating. As different flavors of presence more> The World is at a Bifurcation Point Look around. So many faces etched by the absence of any meditative cross to rise from. Minus the “in the world, but not of it” stillness of the Merciful Witness we are fast becoming a Robosapien society in which “merging with machines” feels more> Welcome to the Astrodharma Podcast. My name is Hunter Reynolds and I invite you to join me as we sip the tea of self-inquiry, sit proud in our infinity and bask in the soul-seeing light of modern, meditative astrology. This episode contains four dharma bell breaks and ends with three more> Flowers of Eternity JUNE is a welcome pause. With Mercury retrograde and the Eclipses over, it’s time to relax, shake off the stress and digest what we’ve learned. In full support of this assimilation process is the revelation-rich full Moon in Sagittarius on June 3rd, whose theme is, THE SKY THAT’S HOSTING US: Healing our relationship to space and recovering our timeless buoyancy WELCOME to the Astrodharma Podcast. My name is Hunter Reynolds and I invite you to join me as we sip the tea of self-inquiry, sit proud in our infinity and bask in more> MAY CONTINUES the pensive pairing of two eclipses with Mercury retrograde. The polarity at play is Taurus/Scorpio. We are challenging ourselves to be “in the body, on the earth, as it is” in the midst of disorienting upheaval and change. Meanwhile, a portal is opening: the mystic more> APRIL OPENS with a tense Mercury/Pluto square signaling continuing upheavals in commerce and finance. On a personal level, attempts to assert authority can easily be perceived as controlling, resulting in power struggles, so stay open and curious about differing points of view. Powerful people are unimpressed by minds that agree more> WELCOME to the Astrodharma Podcast. My name is Hunter Reynolds and I invite you to join me as we sip the tea of self-inquiry, sit proud in our infinity and bask in the soul-seeing light of modern, meditative astrology. This episode contains three dharma bell breaks and ends with three more> The Renaissance of Emptiness IT TAKES “contemplative guts” to pass the test of March; to allow the great Aries-to-Pisces wheel of incarnation to grind to a halt and spend an extended period of time on retreat; to duck out of the world and dive into some serious existential self-reckoning, then more> Noble silencegazing through each antsy eye. Divine stareinfiltrating our every care. We bow to you and give thanksfor your everlasting dignity Your stealthy sinlessnessundimmed by ego’s wicked theater Bless us with Your mystic fortitude:the soul-seeing sovereignty that never loses faith In the more> “Moving Forward Behind the Scenes“ WELCOME to the true beginning of 2023. The planets of action and communication are finally functioning at full capacity and all planets are direct until May 2nd. Devote the first 2 & 1/2 weeks to mapping out a vision. Then take the vision more> Wine of the world! You who turns buzz cuts into walled gardens, and “doing the dishes” into the ultimate New Zealand bunker, Help us say yes… To this ferocious tide, sloshing souls back and forth across the veil, muzzling the mouth of “because,” so we more> Sober Strategy Meets Unbridled Tenderness The first two weeks of 2023 are ideal for silent contemplation. With both Mars in Gemini and Mercury (Gemini’s ruler) are retrograde until the 18th, interpersonal communication and attempts to move forward are restrained, focused and disciplined. A great time to more> |
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