This Aries New Moon is especially bold and powerful and occurs on March 26, 2009. Each new moon is unique in that, while it falls in one of 12 signs of the zodiac, it is also at a particular degree, and each degree has its own particular meaning. The Moon and Sun are conjoined at 6 degrees Aries 7 minutes.

What’s so important about a New Moon anyway you might ask? The most important two cycles of the Moon are the new and full moon cycle. The moon moves through all the signs in about 28 days. The new moon phase is when the Moon and Sun are conjunct; i.e., they appear to be aligned with one another based on our perspective from earth looking up at the heavens. This is called geocentric or earth-centered.

Each month there is a new moon in a different astrological sign. The importance is ‘what’ the new moon cycle represents as, in a nutshell, it is a ‘time of seeding’ focused toward desired manifestation. The full moon follows the new moon approximately two weeks later and is considered a ‘time of manifestation’ for that which was ‘seeded.’

Most people are totally unconscious of this process and may plant the seeds of negativity and reap the results not understanding just how they participated in this process. We are attempting to be much more conscious and aware by using this important natural cycle positively. How we do this is through ‘intentional’ thinking and doing.

It is not like thinking, "I want to get rich, so I will focus on getting rich each new moon." However, prosperity consciousness is not a bad thing to focus on especially if you have a poor self-image, lack self-confidence, or have a job that is just a means to an end and does not support right-livelihood. A new moon can and should be used to support whatever your hopes, wishes, and dreams may be.

The sign Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. It occurs at the beginning of spring; a time when we often begin readying the ground for planting our gardens. The Aries sign and therefore people who were born under the sign of Aries or who have an abundance of Aries planets are seen through the following traits: enthusiasm, courage, self-confidence, forthright, impulsive, impatient, egotistical, assertive, leadership, and many more.

Aries wants to go where no man has gone before; to take the road less traveled. She/he can become impatient when blocks are put in their path or others try to prevent them from realizing their goals. They are often self-made individuals preferring to strike out on their own especially if they do not receive recognition for their efforts from superiors. They believe in ‘lead by example;’ and will not usually ask more of others than they are willing to give of themselves.

This Aries New Moon is especially powerful since the Moon while aligned with the Sun is also joined by Mercury and Venus. This becomes a very powerful four-planet stellium (grouping of planets) focused on communicating (Mercury) feelings and values (Venus) and just what we can accomplish with enthusiasm, boldness, and determination when we put our heart (Venus) and mind (Mercury) to it.

This stellium is in a very direct and challenging aspect (square) to the planet Pluto in Capricorn (the sign of discipline). If we are to manage to ‘manifest’ our hopes, wishes, and dreams suggested as possible at the new moon, we must be willing to discipline ourselves, and realize that a lot of determination and hard work may be required. There can be power plays, authority figures who challenge us, and even some, possibly not so subtle, coercive measures used by others. We must learn how to be powerful and how to empower others–to not be afraid to stand up and confront people and situations if you feel you are being taken advantage of and especially if someone is trying to ‘silence’ you or negate your feelings.

The 6th degree of Aries relates to, according to the book, "The Zodiac Image Handbook–Cardinal Signs," to an "extraordinary potential and formidable talent for resisting coercion." How interesting, since Pluto’s square to the Aries stellium can bring out so many issues involving coercion/control.

The image of the 6th degree shows us a man riding on a horse climbing up a mountain on a dangerous narrow path. There are many people working hard in a valley below him. There is the suggestion that the image represents a person who must emerge from a lower state of consciousness, something of a ‘slave mentality’ and pull himself up through a ‘pioneering and exploring consciousness’ to a much higher spiritual level. There is the danger of taking a ‘fall’ due to excessive ego and pride especially if one forgets where one has come from and the meaning of slow, determined work especially of a service nature.

It is easy to see that excessive, possibly menial, overwork just to make ends meet may keep us with our nose to the grindstone and feeling unable to rise above our daily tasks. However, we are prompted to see that we are more than this physical being and that part of us must rise up and send impulses to that part of us that needs to ‘wake up’ and ‘get up’ off your knees and look to the Heavens and strive to get above these restrictive and sometimes, hopeless conditions.

To strike a balance with this degree, we must see that hard work prepares us for the fulfillment of ideals. Work, however menial, with the right intentions and attitude is very positive. If we bond with nature and concern ourselves with mother earth and the survival of our planet, we may become loving guardians of our most valuable asset that sustains us on all levels. A balance needs to be struck between what we personally need and want and what is good for the collective and how we can take care of ourselves and benefit others at the same time.

In this balanced way, we can see ourselves as part of the human family--one that desires to make planetary peace and inner peace a concrete reality.

Famous People with 6 degrees of Aries prominent:

Joseph Campbell, Sun, Mercury, and Jupiter-- teacher and author of "The Power of Myth" and many other books.

Richard Dawkins, Sun–science author and ethologist; formerly Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, first came to prominence with his book, "The Selfish Gene"

Robert Frost, Sun–poet

Bill Moyers, Moon–journalist, author–extensive involvement with public television producing documentaries and news journal programs

Eric Fromm, Mercury–social psychologist, psychoanalyst and humanistic philosopher; reading his books, "Escape from Freedom," and "Man for Himself" might give much additional insight into this 6th degree

Paramahansa Yogananda, Mars–mystic, founder of Self-Realization Fellowship

Emily Dickinson, Mars–author, prolific poet–themes of death and immortality

John Gray, Jupiter–author of the popular, "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"–he has at least 18 books in print on the topic of ‘relationships’

Sinead O’Connor, Saturn–singer; known for controversial public outbursts

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Neptune–painter; one of the greatest artists of the Post-Impressionist period–his work presented the exciting and provocative images of the decadent life of those times

Stephen Foster, Pluto–composer, songwriter

Jimmy Hoffa, North Node–Union Leader; former President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Rosa Parks, North Node--Civil Rights Activist–a woman of strength and courage who stood for what she deemed to be right

Brigham Young, North Node–religious leader; nicknamed the "American Moses" because he led his followers through the desert to their desired ‘promised land’

Joan Baez, South Node–folk singer; many of her songs deal with social issues

Nikolai Lenin, Chiron–Russian revolutionary leader

Eva Peron, Chiron–politician; first lady of Argentina; became powerful for speaking out for labor rights; for her many good works to champion the under-dog and before her death at age 33, she was given the official title of "Spiritual Leader of the Nation" by the Argentine Congress

Pete Seeger, Chiron–folk singer, pioneer of protest music, environmental activist

Alfred Russel Wallace, Chiron--Evolution Scientist Geographer; social activist; one of the first scientists to raise concerns over the environmental impact of human activity (19th Century)

When you look at the list of names of famous people, think in terms of what this degree means as listed above. You can strongly see the leader emerge affecting a greater community in the lives of Jimmy Hoffa, Rosa Parks, Paramahansa Yogananda, Brigham Young, Nikolai Lenin, Evita Peron, Alfred Russel Wallace, and the others in various ways.

You might ask yourself how you can, personally, use the energies of this new moon to your benefit? Make a list of the things that are important to you that you would like to see manifest. They could include: greater self-confidence, more enthusiasm, doing things that give you joy, accentuate your oneness with nature, increased physical activity, going after your aspirations, inspiring and motivating others to be their best, assuming more of a leadership position, doing something that requires courage, and anything else you can think of. For some, a personal goal could be as simple as working towards being an ‘ideal’ weight or having a ‘healthy body’– which starting a new diet and exercise program supports.

Draw a triangle and write your particular goal inside. As an example, let’s take the goal of ideal weight and write that inside a triangle. Underneath it, write the words that support the manifestation of this goal which could be: proper diet, exercise, and will power. Think of at least three goals you would like to manifest and write them down as well. Then write down the behavior which supports manifesting these goals.

You have now taken some very powerful steps towards putting you on the path to manifest your hopes, wishes, and dreams. Now place the paper with the triangles somewhere prominent in your house where you will see it several times a day.

Lastly, listen to the new moon music which has been created just for this particular new moon and let it do its magic to lift you up and reinvigorate you to fulfill your destiny in the best way possible.

Aries New Moon

Below is a letter from my dear mentor Jackie. Jackie lives in New Mexico and has begun a new project with me. Under this past January new moon we set our intention to create healing music together. This music will assist listeners in adapting to the prevailing energies for the next month. I tried this MP3 file we're podcasting myself, and I can say that I find it powerfully transforming. May you benefit, and share your blessings with others.

We are creating a new social netowork for people who love music and want to tune in to the dance of the luminaries. This is what I have come to call astrological influences. The twirling spheres that move through the web and shift our consciousness and lives. We are in the most transformative times for a reson. We are being called home. Finding our way can be made easier through spiritual practice and discipline. Or we could lie down, put on some headphones and listen.

Please share our music and let others know we are reaching out to you all for the benefit of all beings.

Namaste

"What a night!!  I had a fairly sleepless night under these powerful new moon energies as I'm sure you may have had too.  We really have had very little time to talk, and I am simply bubbling over with things to tell you.  What you've been working on and what I've been working on for years is very similar, and I CAN explain it; at least up to a certain point.

"BE A 'RAY' OF SUN SHINE!"  You still can do this.  First, to go to a higher perspective and enter the "crystal cave" located high in the mountains.  By the way, the animal that I saw guarding the cave looked like a large, ferocious tiger.  However, you could easily gain entrance when having 'no fear.'  Anyway, while inside the cave you can focus your mind to enter a 'ray' of sunshine or another way to put this is to enter a 'single' ray of God/Universal/Sun consciousness which you already have access to unconsciously--to go inside this ray and become one with it and be still and very observant.
 
    Inside the ray, you will experience it through your powerful senses.  While you have transported yourself inside the ray, imagine breathing in and out very slowly.  You are breathing within this cosmic ray these specific energies.  Now, think, 'as I breathe in these cosmic energies, I am filling myself with this divine and holy light, and as I breathe out I create the sound I hear inside.'  You may even see colors that are specific to this ray and experience it through all your senses such as through smell too.
 
    Let me say this again, YOU and I both have a special access to this information because by a similar degree that we share along with many others on this same ray, we have been given a 'key'--that offers us access to whatever we seek when we know we have it and choose to use it.
 
    In the early 90's three books on astrological degrees of the zodiac were published in English.  They're titled, "The Zodiac Image Handbook" which comes in three volumes; one for Cardinal signs, another for Fixed signs and the last for Mutable signs.  This was the life work of an astrologer and his wife from Europe.  It was originally published in German or Dutch in, I think, the early 50s.  This gentleman and his wife knew both Marc Edmund Jones and Dane Rudhyar who worked on the degrees and called them the Sabian symbols.  I carried their books at the store; but I hadn't really gotten into degrees until the Zodiac Image Handbooks were published.
 
    Anyway, what is so remarkable about these specific books is just how extremely accurate they were in describing and especially in much more detail than ever before the meanings of each degree.  I started working with them in about the mid-90s.  However, I got involved in something else which I think is probably related to all this in the late 90s while I still had the store.
 
    One of the people I drew into the store was a sacred geometry master.  She had spent over 20 years building large wireframe models and using them for all sorts of things.  I initially hired her as a part-time employee.  I bought one of her dodecahedron models and had it in meditation room at the store.  She explained that the dodecahedron was used for integration work, and I got the idea which I formulated over about a year and a half period of devising a way astrologically to locate past lives that were still karmically attached to the present and using the dodecahedron to integrate them into the present so that a person could let go of the baggage and move forward.  It was quite interesting, and at the time, I thought that I was working on something that would turn into a 'life work.'
 
    I dowsed past lives for several people who worked out of the store, and I was able to 'see' astrologically just 'what' was being carried over into this life, and with the help of this lady devise a method for integration.  However, my life began to change so dramatically before I closed the store and due to the terrible condition of both my dad and mother-in-law that everything was put on the shelf just like with my game, and I found myself unable to go back to it.  I seem to have played out that theme several times.

    It was about the summer of 2004 while in Fourchu, in Cape Breton when I began thinking about healing and music.  My inner guidance was pointing to there being a way to use astrology and create healing music.  I was told by Spirit that there were instruments that could be used for this purpose.  I was directed to look at the harp and at another (almost lost to antiquity) instrument called the glass armonica.  Of course, I had never heard of the glass armonica and spent some time researching it on line.  It was invented by Benjamin Franklin (who by the way, both you and I share the same degree with--20th degree of Taurus which resonates to the 21st degree of Taurus).  Franklin came from a musical family and played several instruments.  When he invented this instrument, it became all the rage for awhile.  It had one major problem, the glass was 'leaded' glass and the people using it became sick and some died.  They did not understand the relationship between lead and poisoning at the time.
 
    This music was hailed as possessing 'angelic' healing.  Anyway, this instrument is still being made now but without the lead and is extremely costly.  There are, perhaps, as few as only 12 people in the world who can play this instrument.  My search did turn up someone in Arizona, but I did not pursue it and try to meet that person so I could 'hear' and 'see' it personally.
 
    I did see how you could possibly convert it astrologically if the glass armonica had 45 glasses (which it could have).  I could also see how you could convert a large harp since it can hold up to 90 strings (45 doubled) which is also a number significant in astrology.  However, I still need to meet with someone more musically gifted in their use of these instruments to see if it could be done or not. That's as far as I got with the instruments.  The idea here is to translate astrologically the difficult areas of one's chart and to musically alter their vibration into perfection--that's the goal.  It's really very similar to what I was trying to do with the past lives in the dodecadron.  We're really talking about 'speeding up' one's 'karma' and integrating it into the present using one's clear intentions and means that are already available but just haven't been used in that way.
 
    Let's speed forward to now.  In 2004, I got a glimpse of what I see more clearly now.  However, I'm still not quite there; but I feel like I'm sitting on the 'verge' or 'edge' of it somehow.  I want you to 'IMAGE" what I am going to tell you.  In astrology, we have the circle with 360 degrees and everything that 'IS' exists within this circle as we know it.  Let's say that the circle represents 100% of Universal Consciousness; some might call it God Consciousness, and that we individually experience it through "streams of consciousness" also called "Rays" that we are vibrating to via our own natal signature.
 
    Something I've learned just recently and am working to figure it out is the idea of dividing the circle by 4; so in your mind draw a circle or even on a piece of paper and draw a cross inside.  Now draw a square inside the circle.  Place the number 1 on the outside of each of the four points vertically and horizontally.  Imagine that this is the first degree of Cardinal signs which would be 1 degree of Aries, 1 degree of Libra directly opposite it (horizontally) and 1 degree Cancer and 1 degree Capricorn (vertically).  Now imagine yourself sitting inside the circle directly in the center and facing one of these points that is inside a square.  Imagine that you are inside a square room with mirrored walls.  Somehow, if we have a planet that resonates with 1 degree Cardinal then we have access to each of the other 3 points of the cross and may manifest strongly the meanings of all four degrees even though we don't have a planet at the other 3 points but just at the one point.
 
    A point in case, is that your Moon is at 20 Taurus and my Midheaven is at 20 Scorpio.  Once a planet has entered a degree it often resonates to the next degree which in this case would be 21 Taurus for you and 21 Scorpio for me.  When I read all four of the 21 degrees for fixed signs, I see that I have the strong characteristics for them all; I identify with them.  This got me to thinking about there being 90 streams of "Universal/God consciousness."  That each of these 'streams of consciousness' have four facets as shown through their opposition and squares.  If their were a way to identify each stream of consciousness then you would understand what you are connected to.  Anyway, that's the effort of someone's entire lifetime.  However, harmonically speaking for astrology 90 degrees is the 4th harmonic (the circle divided by four); and 45 degrees (which is half of 90) is the 8th harmonic (the circle divided by 8).  We can work with the number 45 converting astrological positions using both these instruments I mentioned for sure.
 
    I began researching the 21st degree of fixed signs last month and when I have something in writing will share it with you since we are both vibrating to the same degree right along with Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.  So I guess we're in pretty good company indeed!  Meditate on this and see what you come up with.  One of the things that came out pretty strong in my research on the 21st degree is the ability to draw in people who have the gifts that you haven't developed for your needs in the present."

We're recruiting.  Sound familiar??

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