Author’s note: The original form of this article appeared in the second edition of the, The Shamanic Astrology Handbook, co-written by Cayelin K Castell*. The essence of this information, developed in the late 1980s, has been a regular part of my classes and workshops for years. For me, the original spark igniting this investigation came from a wonderful essay written by Robert Hand in Essays On Astrology (and elsewhere) concerning the movement of the solstice and equinox points into new constellations. Hand’s essay was inspired by C. G. Jung’s treatment of the same subject in his book, The Aeon. Read More
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And Why Both are Important
by Cayelin K Castell
And we now have a New YouTube mini-teaching (15 minutes) on this issue with great visuals that explains this even more!
Signs and constellations are not the same thing. The confusion occurs because a time long ago when people forgot they were different they named the constellations and the signs the same names. However, they are not the same as the signs describe the seasons or months of the year and are measured from the Solstice and Equinox points. The zodiacal constellations are the back drop the signs or seasons move through and are found along the ecliptic or the path the planets track through the sky. The signs, or seasons of the year are slowly moving through all the constellations, precessing one degree every 72 years. Approximately every 26,000 years every sign will move through every constellation along the ecliptic. It is this movement of the signs, or seasons, through the constellations that is the mechanism of how myth and symbol change over time.
See table below for the Next Friday the 13th
What Is Up With the Number 13?
Some say, like the ancient Celtic and Norse peoples, 13 is a LUCKY number, and on Friday the 13th they took time to celebrate the Goddess because Friday is named after Freya the Norse name for Venus and 13 is her sacred number.
So Friday the 13th was the perfect day to make love or do other ceremonies in honor of the Goddess. Plus, there are 5 Venus cycles that occur every 8 years and in that 8 years Venus goes around the Sun 13 times. This links to the Fibonacci Sequence because 8 plus 5 equals 13.
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by Cayelin K Castell
Whenever Planets are in Scorpio the energy is about seeking new forms for expressing Passion, Ecstasy, and Right Use of Will.
Any planetary transit through Scorpio invites us to consciously walk the edges of what is dying and what is being birthed with opportunities for willfully (purposefully) creating a new paradigm ecstatically aligned with Divine Love and Divine Will. There is no one way to do this that is better than any other, however the process is more gracefully facilitated when we embrace what is unfolding while releasing any attachments to specific results.
The Scorpio Mantra…
I Will, My Will, Be Thy Will. Read More
Reflections on Calendars, Sacred Festivals And The Turning Of The Ages
by Daniel Giamario in 1998
Updated by Cayelin Castell in 2019
Winter Solstice December 21, 2019 is 8:20 pm PST. See this 4 minute Video on the December Solstice and the Galactic Cross at Galactic Center with Cayelin K Castell
The Winter Solstice for those in the Northern Hemisphere equates to the New Moon point of the year, when we have the shortest day and the longest night.