FACEBOOK POST May 15, 2022

By Erik M Roth of Inspiral Nexus

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Venus-Chiron Conjunction May 15, 2022

At 14°44’ Aries, Venus joins Chiron in conjunction on May 15^th.  This conjunction is taking place on the same day as the Total Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio, which happens in the evening in the Americas and on the morning of the 16^th in Europe and Africa.  Venus is within 1 degree of Chiron between May 14-16.  Eris will also be only 10 degrees away, contributing to this conjunction.

Like all planetary bodies, Venus will usually conjunct them once per year.  But 2022 takes on a deeper level frequency with the tension and wounds in the world, having suffered from pandemic, autocratic regimes, wars, extreme climate changes and increasing humanitarian crises around the world.  In this conjunction, we look to what Venus brings to an already potent initiation from Chiron in Aries.

Venus in Aries is about bringing in a strength of purpose and mission from the archetypal feminine, a sense of leading the charge to what Chiron has been helping humanity create for itself.  Venus in Aries is a mythical Amazon Warrior archetype, trusting their instincts to overcome obstacles and meet challenges head-on.  Since Chiron is about “healer, heal-thyself”, fully grieving what we have lost, which includes soulful digestion of our traumas and wounds, Venus, in these few days, may help us face these personal and global crises.

In the US, we are approaching another Chiron Return, which begins in 2023 as the US was birthed when Chiron was in the sign of Aries.  Our wounds run very deep and are a long way from being healed.  Aries is a sign that has been used to conquer continents by any means necessary to fulfill its mission, but perhaps in these years it can redirect its mission to face and come to terms with the unhealed fractures.

We can see a healthy Aries showing up in defense of its mission in helping those in times of crisis such as disaster zones and rebuilding.  This is one way the feminine can show up and find its place or role to what they believe in and can devote themselves to their mission.

But beyond just the US, modern-age humanity (and specifically Western Culture) hasn’t fully come to terms with its own original wound, the separation from the Earth Mother.  This “healing” is not an intellectual process or solved with meditation.  With Aries, it is through instinct and action, but also admitting and understanding that in order to gain the strength it needs to carry on, Aries must first meet the challenge of grieving and healing.

On March 2nd, 2022 the Shamanic Astrology Mystery School held a graduation ceremony for 6 students who each completed all the required coursework to achieve their foundational level of certification as a Shamanic Astrologer.

This is Amy Campbell Topham’s  personal statement:

I had my first Shamanic Astrology reading from Erik Roth in 2015, during my Pluto square Pluto transit. Hearing that what I was going through was normal and that it wouldn’t last forever is what helped me feel secure enough to finally surrender and experience the positive empowerment that this initiation was bringing into my life. But that was only the beginning of how I was transformed! Instead of looking through the very limited perspective of my sun sign (Aries), suddenly I had access to my whole self. Right away, I knew I needed to learn more so I could help others find the healing and self-love that I had discovered. Learning Shamanic Astrology gave me the language and the container I needed to feel confident expressing the cosmic insights that are channeled through me. Consciously participating in my planetary initiations has given me a deeper understanding of how Spirit flows through my everyday life. As a trail guide to the wild within, I want to inspire others to reclaim their inherent magic and embody the most authentic version of themselves.

Contact Amy for reading at amy@wordmagicart.com or visit her website here

Amy currently lives in Oregon.

FACEBOOK May 10, 2022

By Erik M Roth of Inspiral Nexus

For the second time this year, on May 10^th at 4°51’ Gemini, Mercury is stationing retrograde, between the Pleiades and the star Aldebaran.  This happens on the day Jupiter ingresses into the sign of Aries for the first time since 2010-11.

In the Shamanic Astrology Paradigm, when Mercury stations retrograde, it means it is reaching Synthesis and Metamorphic phase of its journey in the sky.  It has traveled through several other signs to reach Gemini.  This current Mercury cycle began on February 3^rd when Mercury last stationed direct in the sign of Capricorn and it will end in the sign of Taurus on June 3^rd.

Mercury Retrograde is not anything to fear or worry about in our lives.  In the case of Mercury Retrograde in Gemini, it invites a very different form of thinking and helps to summon imagination to the front.  It is “out of bounds” kind of mentality where anything goes.

The hold Mercury Retrograde has on our thinking that things or electronic technology won’t work or communication will break down more often is only partly true and usually due to our own perception of what is happening including the limits we’ve placed on ourselves.  What is important is that it helps us with creative thought, including solutions beyond what we would normally otherwise think about.  Creative thinking is gaining a perspective to a problem, challenge or other issue that may not be resolved by conventional means.  It can also help us in our own creative expressions as well.

Mercury is typically retrograde for about three weeks at a time, but this one is 24 days is length, which can happen on occasion.  Mercury retrogrades back into the sign of Taurus on May 22^nd, just one day after it passes between the Earth and Sun (Mercury-Sun conjunction).  Then it reaches visibility again in the early morning sky on May 28^th.

A feature of this Mercury station point are the stars of Aldebaran and the Pleiades star cluster, led by Alcyone.  Mercury stations nearly halfway between those stars.  This powerfully, magical area of the sky has held an allure to humanity for many thousands of years.

The Pleiades, in particular rivals that of the brightest star (after the Sun) Sirius with the greatest amount of stories written and shared across most of the continents and ancient cultures.  Mercury in this area of the sky, spending days there, will undoubtedly invoke those stories and perhaps help us forge new ones as we transition from one age to the next in this great Turning of the Ages.