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Capricorn Full Moon – July 2021

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June 24, 2021

~by Levi Banner

The Full Moon is in Capricorn, the sign of foundational, consistency aimed at lasting for generations. At its best, Capricorn is an expert with the respect from the community and the responsibility it takes to make solid forms that last lifetimes.

Any Full Moon is a great time to experience the fruits of your labors if you planted seeds of intention two weeks ago at the New Moon.

When in Capricorn, it’s good to have the richest soil prepared to allow for the deepest roots. This will allow the seeds to grow into massive trees.

Remember the mighty oak tree comes out of a mere acorn. It just takes time and the correct conditions to realize its potential.

So now you can see:

Consistency is the key to be free.

Did you do the work to feel fruition right now? Or are you seeing that you lacked followthrough or even the foundation to begin?

This Capricorn Full Moon illuminates the choices you make and the integrity of following through on commitments.

Tuning into the moon’s constant rhythms and practical wisdom can help ground you and integrate the lessons.

Make your choices based on facts and if you can honestly say that what you put your effort into will have the consistency to sustain itself longterm. You know?! Practice makes perfect and all of that… You might recognize that now.

So if you stepped into your most responsible and practical self and set your goals from this place, then our efforts might be blossoming and blooming into some delicious fruits about now. Enjoy them!

Capricorn can also overcommit, take too much on or over identify with their caregiver roles. At it’’s best, Capricorn is more of a wise elder that is watching everything grow around them as they’ve done the work it takes to delegate tasks to others. That’s what this Full Moon is about. Enjoy It!

The Full Moon is exact at 2:39am Bali Time on June 25 in 3 degrees of Capricorn. Though it’s really a three day window, the day before and the day after. Anytime within this window is a great time to do your ceremony, meditations, or journaling to tune into the lunar wisdom.

You can red Levi’s full newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/levibanner/shamanicastrologyinsights-2777328

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Beginner’s Corner – Orbs and Nodes – June 2021

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June 23, 2021

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Beginner’s Corner with Sheridan

Send your questions to beginnerscorner@sheridansemple.com.

Questions on Orbs and the 144 Storylines

We have two questions this month! HUGE thanks go to N and C for submitting your questions!! I LOVE getting questions, so please fill me up with love by sending your Shamanic Astrology questions!

#1 What orbs do we use in Shamanic Astrology?

N asks: “What orbs are generally used in Shamanic Astrology for two planets or points to ‘dance with each other’? Are there differences between personal planets, outer planets and angles / nodes, as well as between natal and transit aspects?

Great question N!

Wondering what an orb is? It is the number of degrees used between planets where there is an impact between the two planets involved, or to use N’s words, where they “dance with each other”. For example, my Moon is four degrees away from Pluto on my birth chart. That’s a four-degree orb between my Moon and Pluto.

In Shamanic Astrology, we generally use a 10-degree orb between planets, angles and nodes on a natal chart. It really all comes down to what distance does a planet need to be from the Sun to potentially be seen by our eyes in the sky. Remember in Shamanic Astrology we are all about the night sky and what we can see visually. There are some exceptions, in certain circumstances, but going with the 10-degree orb is our norm.

Adding another layer in for you more intermediate astrologers, in Shamanic Astrology we only focus on the relationships between outer planets (Jupiter and beyond) to inner or personal planets (Moon, Venus, Mars, Mercury and the Sun) as well as angles (Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven and home and roots) and nodes.

For transits the orb degree is different and gets complicated beyond the scope of this article. Anyone questioning what transits are… they are the current planets moving through the sky that sometimes align with planets on your natal chart. Using the example above, I have my Moon conjunct Pluto on my natal chart. The Moon was four degrees away from Pluto at the moment of my birth. Currently, Pluto is at 26 degrees Capricorn (as of writing this) and is nowhere near my natal Moon, but it could be opposite your natal Venus or square your Ascendant. That would be a transit: a planet’s placement in the sky, right now, being in a dynamic relationship with one of your natal planets. Dynamic relationship means: conjunct (close together), square (90 degrees away from) or opposite (180 degrees away from). Also, the outer planet to personal planet/angle/node rule above applies here as well.

As a huge generalization, Shamanic Astrology uses a 1-degree orb. It’s really much more complicated than that. Here’s one simple example, say Saturn gets within one degree of your natal Saturn, which starts a Saturn return for you. It then passes over your exact Saturn degree and then gets one degree away and does not ever return to that degree. You think, whew, I had the shortest Saturn return ever. I got so lucky! Well… not so fast. Not diving into the technicalities too much here in our Beginner’s Corner, let me say that Saturn’s retrograde loops are going to come into play. Your Saturn return is going to be about nine months long, even if it appears to move out of that 1-degree orb. No one gets a one-month Saturn return. These outer planet initiation cycles are just too important for our evolutionary growth to get shortchanged in the time we need to understand their teachings. This depth of configuring the length of an outer planet transit cycle applies differently to each outer planet. To better understand the orbs and transit cycles I suggest you take a look at SAMS’ Shamanic Timeline Course here. It goes in depth into all of the cycles and orbs and all that good stuff.

#2 How do the 144 Storylines affect C’s chart?

If you missed last month’s article Drilling Down Deep into Your Chart Using Shamanic Astrology’s Unique 144 Storylines, you can read it here.

C asks: “I was very interested in the post on south node and north node in the houses. I have natal moon in Libra along with south node in Libra in the 3rd house. North node in Aries in the 9th joined with Chiron, Mercury, Venus, Sun and Saturn, all in Aries. I would love to hear more about these placements as discussed in the fb post today.”

Another great question because it’s all about what does this information mean for me? How does this help me understand myself and why I’m here better?

For starters, we say that C had the Gemini job (south node in the third house) in the Libra (her Moon) tribe. Another way we could say it is she majored in Gemini in the Libra mystery school. I’m using past tense because the Moon and south node teach us about her lineage and where she came from. With her Moon in Libra, she has been getting an advanced degree in personal relationships. This is the area of expertise she has come into this lifetime carrying. Having majored in Gemini, she was the person in that Libra tribe who liked to shake things up, push the envelope of their understanding of what relationship even means. She wouldn’t have been bound by any Libra rules and would have expanded the very definition of relationship within her Libra Moon group, challenging the status quo by sharing the messages she received from Spirit through stories or plays.

For the flip side of C’s 144 Storylines, we know her north node is in the ninth house. She has the Sagittarius job or major this time, but now in her Ascendant mystery school. She didn’t mention her rising sign, but based on knowing she has Libra in her third house and Aries in her ninth house, she has either a Cancer or Leo Ascendant (depending upon degrees and which house system she used). This means she majoring in Sagittarius in either a Cancer or Leo mystery schools. She’s learning to hold the Sagittarius job in her current life purpose. This is actually a great example to follow up from last month’s article because the Cancer and Leo mystery schools are dissimilar, so we can really see how this north node in the ninth house would play out differently for each.

The Sagittarius job is about being the adventurer, the explorer, striving to know the truth about and find the meaning of life itself. No small undertaking! Within the Cancer tribe, she would be a pioneer in what it means to nurture and unconditionally love her people. She would be exploring new ways to mother her children or community. For Leo though, she’d be on an adventure to discover what it means to be the Creatrix herself. How far can she go with her own creations and simply making up her life as she’s inspired day to day. She would also be learning the divine truth of radiantly loving herself. Reminder, the north node and ascendant are new things we are learning about, so it’s a journey to get there that lasts our entire lifetimes. One step, one day, one year at a time.

See how these expressions can make all the difference based on the players involved?

Send me some love, by emailing me your questions to beginnerscorner@sheridansemple.com and I’ll answer them next month.

Sheridan Semple

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Ramblings, Reflections, and Ruminations from Daniel Giamario – June 2021

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June 7, 2021

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A Very “Mercurial” Annular Solar Eclipse by Daniel Giamario

As we approach the end of the first eclipse season of the year with the Annular (Ring) Eclipse on Thursday, let’s check in on a few of its most interesting features.

The Eclipse occurs at 6:53AM EDT…included is the chart for Philadelphia, Pa, the site of the Declaration of Independence. Also on Thursday is the exact Sun conjunct Mercury (6:13PM EDT) and the Moon conjunct Mercury at 8:37AM EDT. A reminder that the US Mars is 21Gemini22 and the DSC is 13Gemini10. And a reminder that this is a North Node eclipse, making it future oriented. So why a “Mercurial” eclipse? And of further interest, the US Mercury is actually retrograde at 24Cancer11, with a Pisces synodic overtone, with the hermetic evening star phase, and just beginning the alchemical metamorphosis from the Pisces to Cancer.

The Sun/Mercury conjunction is a super important point in the alchemical metamorphosis of the Aquarian synodic overtone of Mercury into Gemini, fully developed at the Stationary direct point on June 22^nd at 18Gemini08.

The word “mercurial” certainly is a wonderful word that captures most all of the essence of Mercury/Hermes, and particularly the Gemini synodic overtone. An on-line dictionary begins with the words: eloquence, ingenuity, and thievishness; followed by unpredictable changeableness. Other synonyms follow including: capricious, fickle, fluid, inconsistent, mutable, skittish, temperamental, unstable, unsteady, volatile, and variable. Sound like Mercury in Gemini retrograde??? Just wait for the full synodic cycle after June 22^nd! It also reminds me a lot of one of the three main shadows of the United States (as I have written and spoke about a lot recently).

The annular eclipse offers many ceremonial opportunities, whether you can see it or not. Those of you in Eastern and Central Canada have quite a good view, and the Northeast US gets a great partial eclipse, where the Sun at sunrise is already partially eclipted. Philadelphia gets a 71% partial eclipse, for example. See the chart of the path included. A solar eclipse is a super new moon, and can be worked with as a tremendous seed planting time for at least six months, and maybe as long as 3-4 years. This is a presaging of the quadruple cross of 4 eclipses over the US from 2023-2024, involving the solar eclipses of 2012, 2017, 2023, and 2024. See my current vlogcast for more information.

Being a North Node eclipse, there is a great potential for envisioning a better future. But, in the partial phase, prior to totality, place the greatest emphasis on the past shadow of Gemini, personal and collectively, with a strong emphasis on the actual historic behavior of the US, honestly and objectively, without any propaganda. And then, at the nearly 4 minutes of annularity, imagine a portal appearing, through which new bursts of creativity, vision and imagination stream through, from outside the galaxy, by way of the galactic edge, where souls pass by the gates of duality and polarity. Should you witness this, the flames and radiance of the Sun’s corona, clearly seen around the Moon, can represent the brilliance of celestial creativity. Following the time of totality, then its seed planting time, at least for the next 6 months; but considering what is coming, I suggest envisioning through 2025, as this eclipse season presages the upcoming quadruple-cross of 2023 and 2024. This is the most “active magic” portion of a super new moon total eclipse, where we can co-create with “Great Mystery”.

A Total Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius by Levi Banner

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May 25, 2021

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Where I am in Bali it will happen juuuust after sunset (moonrise) on May 25. All the way to the United States where it will happen just before sunrise (moonset) on May 26.

Wherever you are, if it’s visible or not, you will feel it.

It’s also an important time for ceremony. So if you can see it, I highly suggest to view it and honor it in your own special way.

A lunar Eclipse is when the earth is exactly between the Sun and the Moon, quite literally blocking the Sun’s light from reflecting off of the Full Moon. Instead of the brightness of the Moon’s light at night, we see the earth’s shadow projected instead.

It appears as if you can see the entire month’s lunar cycle in a couple of hours. Where as the actual totality of this eclipse lasts only 14 minutes.

Indeed a potent time for ceremony. A meditation for example during that 14 minutes would be extra powerful.

One eclipse is always followed by a second. So in two weeks there will be an Annular Solar Eclipse in the opposite sign of Gemini. This is when the moon will cross directly in front of the Sun and block out the light of day.

Between these two weeks is like a window of time where you feel the effects of the eclipse energy in your daily life.

This Full Moon we will enter into a two week eclipse portal where the shadows can come out and deep healing can take place.

Eclipses always bring up the shadows. That’s literally what they are in the sky. A block in the light and shadows cast. You can more easily see what’s beneath the surface during these times.

This two week portal is where our deepest fears, blocks and hesitations can be looked at and let go of.

Eclipses are always close to the Lunar Nodes. This lunar eclipse is near the South Node and gives us a tremendous clue on what the nature of this alignment is.

The South Node is more oriented towards our past and therefore letting go of what no longer serves us and collecting what is useful that we’ve learned to move on with.

The sign that the eclipse is in also has a major influence on the energy. The sign of Sagittarius is what is being accented.

Sagittarius is the sign of exploration, expansion, adventure, philosophy and seeking higher truth and knowledge.

The shadows of Sagittarius are generally fundamentalism or restlessness.

Like when someone obtains a truth and attaches to it. Without a desire to evolve or produce new forms of truth, the truth then expires. Some forms of truth are always changing.

Another shadow is the restlessness of the sag archetype. Sag is the only one that when a group gets to the top of the mountain, they are still looking for another mountain top. Sometimes it’s a good time to enjoy the view that only comes from an epic journey up that mountain.

It’s time to let go of these versions of Sagittarius that are no longer useful.

What is your truth? What is no longer true for you?

What is uncharted territory for you? What is stuck?

It’s time to release what no longer serves you and enter this space of finding deeper meaning and higher truths.

This is indeed a potent portal we are all entering.

If you have any inner planets or personal angles in your natal birth chart at 0-15 degrees Sagittarius or Gemini, then you are very personally being activated by this current eclipse.

On a bigger picture this eclipse is part of a much larger cycle called a “Saros”. I’ve learned from my teachers at the Shamanic Astrology Mystery School, Daniel Giamario and Erik Roth, that this is actually the very last total eclipse in a Saros that started in 1029 and ends in 2526. And that these cycles are linked through 18 years. Three of them reach 54 years which has a deeper relationship.

All this eclipse patterning is intimately linked with the Lunar Nodes. 18 years ago in May 2003 there was an eclipse in this same overall Saros, and 18 years before that as well. Though the third is more important. Every 54 years the eclipse cycle returns to a very similar place in how it faces the earth. So this current eclipse is similar to the one on April 24, 1967 as it’s in this same triad of 18 years and in the same family of eclipses called Saros 121.

You can read the rest of Levi’s article here.

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Drill Down Deep into Your Chart using Shamanic Astrology’s Unique 144 Storylines Perspective

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May 23, 2021

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Beginner’s Corner with Sheridan

Send your questions to beginnerscorner@sheridansemple.com.

If your Moon is your lineage and your Ascendant your current life purpose, is it enough to know these two archetypes? Does that give you all the information you need to understand where you have come from and where you are going? Daniel Giamario, the founder of the Shamanic Astrology Paradigm, says no. He takes these two important archetypal energies on your chart and drills down much deeper. He takes the possible twelve signs or archetypes and squares them (very astrological 😉) thus creating 144 Storylines that are so unique and so key to Shamanic Astrology. Think of it as twelve majors in the twelve schools of life. 12 x 12 = 144.

What are the 144 Storylines?

Let us start with the Moon, the beginning. There are twelve signs of the Zodiac that the Moon could have occupied at the time of your birth. The Moon moves quickly through the sky, changing signs every 2.5 days on average. That’s a pretty tight knit group. It is not like the Sun that traverses each sign for 30 days, give or take. It is a smaller group that shares your individual Moon sign. In Shamanic Astrology, we are the most interested in the aspects of your chart that are so uniquely yours. For example, we don’t put much attention on what sign your Pluto is in because Pluto will stay in that sign for an average of 20 years. That is a generational archetype and does not tell us a lot about your personal path.

The Moon, on the other hand, is much more specific to you. But, that’s not enough for Shamanic Astrology. We want to drill down even farther into your Moon sign. We do that through looking at which house (HOUSE, not sign) your south node resides within. Take my Moon in Virgo for example. It tells us some important information about my past, my lineage, my natural area of expertise. We could hypothesize that I have been learning about Virgo for several lifetimes already. I’m definitely an Earth Priestess as I teach about plant spirit medicine, but wait… there’s more!

My south node is in my third house, the Gemini-resonate house. This means I had the Gemini job within my Virgo tribe. Yes, I am of the Virgo priests and priestesses, but I had a specific job within that group of knowledge and practices. I had the Gemini job because my south node (where I came from) is in my third house. This adds a levity and playfulness to a more serious Virgo Moon. I brought creativity to the other Priestesses. I was the storyteller and carried the messages. This is a very different role within my Moon clan, than if my south node was in the fourth house, the Cancer-resonate house. If that were the case, I would have been the mother and nurturer of the Virgo Priestesses, probably caring for the young initiates, helping them grow into their full power. Feel the significant differences this added layer brings to your understanding of your Moon sign?

What is your Moon sign? Which house is your south node in?

We could play this game all day. Aries Moon with the south node in the twelfth house: Aries Moon with the Pisces job. That changes the vibe of Aries considerably. This woman or man would be the empath and healer of the warrior group, the medic on the battlefield of defending cosmic order. That feels very different from the frontline fighter, doesn’t it? How about the Libra job (south node in the seventh house) in the Scorpio Moon clan? This person would get really juiced around personal relationships. They would find intensity and aliveness in the reflection of themselves by another person. Again, feel how different this makes someone’s Scorpio Moon from say the Cancer job above? It becomes so much more personal and so much more individualized.

144 Storylines applies to your Ascendant too!

Take your rising sign and look for your north node this time. The node of where you are headed in this lifetime. What HOUSE (not sign) does your north node live in? Hint, it will be exactly opposite of your south node. For example, my south node is in my third/Gemini house, so my north node lives in my ninth and Sagittarius-resonate house. That means I have the Sagittarius job in my rising sign of Leo. That is a fire job in a fire tribe – double fire, double intuitional realm that I’m learning about. If Leo is the new Mystery School I am attending in this lifetime, then I am drilling down into learning how to do the Sagittarius job within that school. I am learning self-love through exploration and adventure. I find the ultimate truth in my divinity and creatorship.

What’s your Ascendant? What house holds your north node?

Let us say your rising sign is in Cancer and your north node is in the second house, the Taurus house. You would be learning about the Taurus job in the Cancer Mystery School. You would be here to learn about finding deep sensual pleasure in the mothering process, in nurturing itself. How about if your Ascendant is in Aquarius and your north node in the tenth house? You would be learning how to do the Capricorn job in your new Aquarius tribe. That would bring a grounded aspect into your airy, high flying Aquarius perch. You might fly into the cosmos for discovering deeper consciousness and then come back to earth to teach us what you learned. See how this works?

When you take the twelve archetypes or Mystery Schools and then multiply them by the twelve houses either node can reside within, you get the 144 Storylines. This brings a precision into your life’s journey that is undeniable and often explains exactly what was missing in your previous understanding of your Moon and Ascendant. You might be a watery version of the fire. You might ground the air. And, visa versa of course. I find bringing in the 144 Storylines into readings with my clients leads to many aha moments in their understanding of themselves, their paths and why they are here.

Remember you can ask me questions about this by emailing me at beginnerscorner@sheridansemple.com and I’ll answer them next month.

To learn more about the 144 Storylines directly from Daniel Giamario check out his upcoming June Solstice class on this topic, by clicking here. It’s free!

Sheridan Semple

https://sheridansemple.com/

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