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The Morning Sky Gets Even More Amazing! April 25, 2022

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April 24, 2022

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By Daniel Giamario

The Morning sky continues to draw our attention. This is such a special opportunity for all astrologers who love the night sky. As the Moon will traverse the latter degrees of Aquarius and enters Pisces Monday morning, we will get to see on three consecutive mornings quite a rare and spectacular display of planetary magic.

Moon conjunct Saturn leads the way. The exact conjunction is 4:33PM PDT at 23Aquarius55. Monday morning before dawn, the Moon will be about 5 degrees South, below Saturn.

Mars, now well past his conjunction with Saturn, exactly conjoins the Moon on Monday at 5:51PM PDT at 8Pisces14. Before dawn on Tuesday morning, the Moon can also be found south and below Mars.

The Fourth Chakra gate of the current Venus/Capricorn morning star over-story has the exact conjunction on Tuesday at 9:50PM PDT at 23Pisces47. For those in North America, Wednesday morning before dawn finds the Moon just below and to the left of bright Venus. This opens the month long portal of the Heart chakra initiation for the Sacred Feminine, for both women and men, as she descends into the Underworld (around September 16^th). Notice how close the Pisces degree is to the recent Jupiter/Neptune conjunction of April 12^th(23Pisces58), which I have recently spoken and written about and can be watched here . This is a heart opening initiatory process, with the emphasis on having the blocks to an open heart removed as much as possible. It also presages the upcoming and even more spectacular conjunction of Venus with Jupiter on Saturday at 2:14pm PDT at 27Pisces57. This is just mere hours before the Solar Eclipse. Venus and Jupiter will be within one half a degree of each other, and will seem almost touching.

Lastly is the Moon’s encounter with a rapidly rising Jupiter. It’s exact at 4:07AM PDT on Wednesday morning at 27Pisces16. Jupiter will be about 2 degrees just above the Moon. This is yet another emphasis on the Jupiter/Neptune conjunction, and reminds us of the eminent Venus/Jupiter conjunction. This overall alignment also includes the conjunction of Venus with Neptune, which my colleague, Erik Roth, will be writing about.

This is quite a remarkable sequence of alignments, and not to be missed. Whilst Neptune can be often a confusing and deceptive initiator, and in light of the increasing intensity and challenges globally now, I suggest using these three mornings to receive guidance and celestial healing from the Ananda Love of the One Reality. May we be held in her embrace, and in surrender to Divine Providence and Mercy. Set your intention to be with the Moon and Planets these next few mornings.

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MONDAY OBSERVATIONS – April 18th, 2022

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April 17, 2022

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By Daniel Giamario

The morning sky continues to be amazing! Don’t miss it. Highest up is Saturn at 23Aquarius26, followed with about a 9-degree separation by Mars at 2Pisces08. Next is Venus, just recently moving beyond its 10-degree orb with Mars, at 13Pisces26. A rapidly rising Jupiter is now only 12 degrees from Venus at 25Pisces10. This beautifully presages the gorgeous Venus/Jupiter conjunction on April 30^th, the day of a Solar Eclipse. These planets are like a string of gems in the morning sky, in a rare configuration. The brightest is, of course, Venus at magnitude -4.22, followed by Jupiter at -2.07. Saturn at 0.82 is slightly brighter than Mars shining at 0.99. See if you can detect any difference, other than the difference in their color.

In the evening sky, Mercury, our other visible planet, should be starting to be seen, now rising in a quite good evening apparition. Mercury is now shining at magnitude -1.14 at 13Taurus48. It’s worth noting that at 9:51 PM PDT on Sunday night, Mercury conjoins Uranus at 13Taurus48. Mercury is now a good 16 degrees from the Sun, having just exited its second Guardian of the Threshold phase, and now into its full Hermetic expression in the current Capricorn synodic over-story. Since the inception of this synod, on Feb.3^rd, Mercury has incorporated Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, and now Taurus into its comprehensive function of perception, cognition, and communication for global humanity. This Hermetic phase will last until May 10, 2022. This conjunction with Uranus brings it into alignment with the ongoing global Saturn square with Uranus. Unusual, unexpected, and unpredictable insights powered by synchronicity are quite available just now. Be willing to think out of the box, somewhat unusual for Taurus, nonetheless. More about the Mercury over-story can be found here: https://shamanicastrology.com/march-equinox-2021-seminars

Last but not least is the exact square of the Sun with Pluto (a quadrature), at 8:14 AM PDT on Monday, at 28Capricorn33. I have always allocated a three-day window to experience the intent of these categories of aspects. The intent of Plutonian dynamic aspects is to reveal the hidden, and expose the shadow. I often refer to this is as composting, composting all that needs composting. This global aspect also reminds us of the ongoing United States Pluto Return. The 246-248 year shadow material of the United States is being revealed to the world. Can the required awareness be found to take some responsibility for this? Our signature ThreeWorldsApproach is strongly recommended. Denial of the shadow, personally and collectively, only compounds the challenges of these times: the convergence of at least five different time-lines in the Great Turning of the Ages.

You can always refer to the package of resources on the US chart, Pluto, and the upcoming eclipses here: https://shamanicastrology.com/archives/13745

The first eclipse of the year 2022 approaches

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April 15, 2022

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Blood full moon in sky over Thailand.

RAMBLINGS, REFLECTIONS AND RUMINATIONS—LIBRA FULL MOON

THE FIRST ECLIPSE SEASON OF THE YEAR APPROACHES

By Daniel Giamario

There are two eclipse seasons each year, each separated by about six months. Sometimes there can be three eclipses in a season, but more often only two, as is the case with both seasons this year. This year features two extremely central Lunar Eclipses, and two very minor Solar Eclipses. We will explore the upcoming Solar and Lunar eclipses of April 30 and May 15^th.

Partial Solar Eclipse April 30, 2022 1:23PM PDT 10TAURUS28

This partial eclipse will cover a bit over half the Sun (0.640) and can be seen only in Western Antarctica, the Falklands and the Southern half of South America. It is part of Saros 119, and nearing the end of 71 eclipses that began May 15, 850, and will end June 24, 2112. The previous partial eclipse in this series was April 19, 2004 at 29Aries49. Each Saros lasts 18 years and 11 days.

This is a North Node eclipse, occurring a good 12 degrees away from the North Node, which is at 22Taurus28. Total Solar and Lunar eclipses can only occur when the syzygy (when a New or Full Moon aligns with the Nodes) is much closer to the Lunar Nodes.

Any Solar eclipse, always being a New Moon, can be seen as a super New Moon, with a greater amplification than any other New Moon. Whilst there are numerous opinions among astrologers concerning how long before or after a Solar Eclipse is worthy of consideration, I feel that it is, at the very least, a seed point for at least six months, possibly quite longer. As a North Node eclipse, there is a greater emphasis on a future orientation. All eclipses will include the importance of addressing any personal or collective “shadow”, however this eclipse New Moon serves as a great portal for intending a future. I always suggest working with the shadow before the partial phase and then seeding and intending the future starting with the exact point of New Moon.

Make sure to see if you have anything on your chart within the range of 5-28 degrees Taurus or Scorpio, as this will have relevance to you. Relative to world events, I find it interesting that Biden’s Mars, Mercury, Sun and Venus are in this zone. Putin’s Jupiter is 19Taurus and Venus at 11 Scorpio. A study of the synastry between these two can provide interesting insights as to why their antipathy towards each other is quite personal. All the eclipses in 2022 connect with their charts.

TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE MAY 15-16, 2022 9:14PM PDT 25SCORPIO18

This is the longest Total eclipse in some time, as it is a bit more central than another long one later in the year. It is rated as 1.413, almost 50% more than is required to create totality. This is part of Lunar Saros 131. The series of 72 began in 1427 and extends until 2707 with a total of 72 eclipses. The previous one was May 4, 2004 at 14Scorpio42. Totality can be experienced over half of the Eastern part of the United States, most of Mexico, and all of Central and South America, as well as Antarctica. Much larger areas of the Earth will experience the partial phases. The length of the entire eclipse process is 5 hours and 25 minutes, with up to an hour and 19 minutes of totality. For example, in Washington DC, totality will last one hour and 24 minutes in the middle of the night.

This Full Moon has been recently termed a Super Moon and even as a “Blood Moon” eclipse, as it’s occurring quite near the Moon’s perigee (closest approach to Earth) placement in its orbit. Our school has always used the term “Super Moon” in a different way, referring to any New Moon or Full Moon with an eclipse. The “Blood Moon”expression is quite recent, borrowed from some biblical speculations, and the fact that a Lunar eclipse is often tinged orange, not actually red. This is not always true. We shall see what happens this time. At any rate, I think the term is a rather sensationalized one.

This is a South Node eclipse, with the Moon less than 3 degrees from the node. I have always felt that the total Lunar Eclipses carry more potential shadow that the Solar ones. This is amplified by this South Node placement. I suggest the great importance of deep inquiry and honesty about personal collective shadow. This is always great to do with an intentional group, and particularly during the hours leading up to totality. During the over one hour of totality, in many locations (and during the partial phase elsewhere),that time can be ceremonialized as a portal for deep meditation for receiving transmissions and insights. As the Moon returns to Fullness, use that time for intention, to share insights, and then to celebrate the return to fullness. I have always found it fascinating that within the entire Total Lunar Eclipse process, which in this case is over 5 hours, the entire Lunar cycle can be observed and experienced, from Full, waning to New, and then waxing back to fullness.

Looking Forward to the Next Eclipse Season of 2022

The second eclipse season of 2022 is October 25th until November 8^th. There are again two eclipses, with a quite similar pattern to this upcoming one, but with reversed nodal positions. It begins with a South Node Partial Solar Eclipse on October 25^th at 2Scorpio00. This is somewhat closer to fullness at 0.862 of totality. It will be visible across Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa. Followed two weeks later, at the Full Moon, is a long Total Lunar Eclipse near the North Node of 16Taurus01. Almost identical in duration as in May, the Moon is covered 1.359 by the Earth’s shadow. The result is totality lasting as long as one hour and 24 minutes, including Hawaii and West Coast cities. Totality stretches across the Western United States, Hawaii and the Pacific, New Zealand, Japan, and Eastern Russia. It pretty much covers the opposite parts of the globe missed by the eclipse of May 15^th.

The exploration of the Taurus/Scorpio axis is the primary focus, both shadow and light.

Beyond 2022

The Eclipses of 2023 and 2024 strongly place the major focus on the United States as a number of eclipses crisscross the continental United States. The tracks of eclipses in 2012 and 2017 also interact with these eclipse paths. I have written and spoken of this previously and will again as we approach these momentous years. I have written and spoken of this previously and will again as we approach these momentous years. You can reference this material here: https://shamanicastrology.com/archives/12904

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Chiron Considerations

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April 4, 2022

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By Daniel Giamario

Inspired by Dane Rudhyar’s view of the Jupiter/Neptune conjunction in Pisces as a “seed” point for 166 years see link HERE: https://shamanicastrology.com/march-equinox-2022, the Sun/Chiron conjunction (with Mercury) on April 1st has inspired a similar inquiry into patterns of Chiron. Both Chiron and Mercury are on the other side of the Sun, in what our school refers to as the celestial or universal underworld.
Chiron’s extremely eccentric elliptical orbit has a period averaging 50.39 years. An individual’s Chiron return will always occur somewhere between ages 49-51. Within that timeframe, Chiron spends the most amount of time in Aries (7-8 years), closely followed by Pisces and Taurus. The least amount of time is in Libra (about 2 years), closely followed by Virgo and Scorpio. The apogee and aphelion times (2021-2022) are always in Aries, and the perigee and perihelion times are always in Libra (most recently in 1995-1996).
Placing our emphasis on the Sun/Chiron conjunction now (a new Chiron seed point), this is actually the fourth Sun/Chiron conjunction since Chiron has been in Aries. There are eight of these before Chiron has its Taurus seed point April 20, 2027.

I am speculating that the first Sun/Chiron conjunction is the seed point for Chiron’s entire passage in Aries. That was March 22, 2019 (chart offered above). The previous Chiron in Aries seeding was March 23, 1969. This opens space for additional research. I will offer some suggested interpretations relative to this most recent Sun/Chiron conjunction, as well as for the entire Chiron in Aries timeframe of 2018-2026.

I have never emphasized the “wounded” part of the Chiron initiatory process. As influenced by my colleague, Dale O’brien, I see Chiron as a shaman centaur healer and teacher. By transit, and when found natally, he can certainly indicate where a wound or fracture point is, but is not the wounder. The fracture point is illuminated and then teaching and healing can be offered, whether we are ready to learn about it, or are ready for healing. If we are not, then events can conspire to get our attention.
It is significant that this fourth seed-point is occurring during the Aries over-story in the 26-month synodic cycle of Mars. Last year’s Sun/Chiron conjunction also happened within this Aries Mars over-story. Previous Mars/Aries synods happened October 11, 1941—December 6, 1943, and most recently September 28, 1988—November 28, 1990. More about this in our Mars seminars: https://shamanicastrology.com/events/events-and-classes-calendar.

I think that Chiron is locating a primary wound/fracture point of recent patriarchal Aries. This applies to men and women. In recent times, Aries and Mars have over-emphasized war, aggression, professional armies, the emphasis on “winning”, and the need for “good guys and bad guys”. Hopefully, the teaching and healing from Chiron, from the universal underworld, can provide a transformation of the Mars and Aries archetypes into a reanimated and revisioned approach to being a protector of the Earth, global humanity, and our families and children. May there be this seeding of a “warrior of peace”, with a concern for the many generations to follow. It can also be envisioned that the upcoming Jupiter/Neptune conjunction in Pisces can assist in this necessary process.

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Reflections on Why I do What I Do

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March 2, 2022

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Ramblings, Reflections and Ruminations

March 2022 New Moon

By Daniel Giamario

Finding and Cultivating “Seed People” to activate a Renaissance

I first became aware of astrology in 1969, and was soon doing charts by 1970. 52 years later I will reflect on what has animated my journey. Inspired by Dane Rudhyar, I gravitated towards an approach that blended psychology, mythology, spirituality, the esoteric, and global history. I had the opportunity to study with, and be influenced by many of the revolutionary astrological guiding lights of the 1970’s, both well-known such as Rudhyar, Zip Dobyns, Marion March, Robert Hand, Liz Greene, and a few lesser known ones such as Tony Joseph and Charles Ponce. What all had in common was steering astrology away from a deterministic approach, with the attempt to make it “scientific”. Rather, the intent was the creation of the “whole” person, with the emphasis on assisting a person in discovering and aligning with their life purpose, including both shadow and light. All were willing to challenge the foundations of traditional and mainstream astrology.

In my life, I was fortunate, pretty early on, to have a surprising clarity about my calling (or what I refer to as “sacred work”). I was not so fortunate, though, in other areas of my life until considerably later! In the 1970’s I was also deeply involved with a number of Indian meditational organizations as I was going through a “guru” phase, ultimately resulting in disillusionment. In 1981 I had my first vision quest experience at Mt.Shasta with a master guide, Joan Halifax. From that time onward I redirected my astrological approach to an Earth based and Night Sky oriented practice, out of which developed the Shamanic Astrology Paradigm ™ and the Shamanic Astrology Mystery School. I developed the viewpoint that it was essential that if you wished to be an astrologer, knowledge and experience of the seasons, constellations, and planets was entirely necessary.

Out of this direct experience with the sky and land over the years, I developed a keen interest in the larger cycles of history, beyond one human lifespan. Many years were spent in the 1980’s and 1990’s developing the schools unique and signature approach to the concept of the Turning of the Ages, that integrates and unites the stellar zodiacs and the seasonal/directional zodiacs, over the course of a precessional cycle.

In the last decade, I have succeeded in synchronizing six different timelines: 12 Precessional cycles (312,000 years), the Mayan/Hopi end of the Fifth Sun, Mayan Calendar, the end of Kali Yuga, the 6th Mass Extinction, and the non-astrological “Fourth Turning”. We should not leave out the Pluto return of the United States! You can see a few of my recent presentations HERE. In our school we have suggested the time-frame of 1962-2034 as the larger context of the convergence of all these timelines, converging on a singularity.

I feel that it’s not nearly adequate to make any sense of using astrology these days (Shamanic, traditional or mainstream) without taking these larger cycles into account. These are not “ordinary” times. In these subsequent weeks and months I will present ongoing research continuing my deep dives into Aquarius and its shadow, the Pluto return, the charts of the world “leaders”, the onslaught of AI and transhumanism, and the possibilities of a “Great Awakening”. Always we shall use our signature “Three Worlds Approach”.

Most importantly, I see the primary function of our school is in finding and the cultivation of “Seed People”.

The Concept of the “Seed Person” or of “Seed People” was a phrase coined by a mentor and my primary inspiration, Dane Rudhyar, in 1973. This approach greatly influenced a whole generation at that time, ushering in a veritable renaissance of leading edge astrology then. The idea was that it was important, at a great Turning of the Ages, that enough aware people would emerge to preserve the wisdom of the past, in a non-specialized way, and then to plant the seeds for a new world, whatever might be the circumstances of the end of previous cycles.

In the past, there have been such figures, such as the Merlin, and the Persian Magi, who were at the cusp of a Great Turning. They were both seeds, and nurturers of seeds, for future times. They were aware that, like the present, it was a great Turning of the Ages. Their job included honoring the best of ancient traditions, being honestly present in the current conditions of the times, and also being open to all the new transmissions that were coming in from “Great Mystery”. Certainly this will be essential for a new Renaissance, one that can inspire the creation of a better and more loving global humanity. Our School and Paradigm are inspired by their examples. I cannot say it better than Dane Rudhyar himself, whose words ring so true from 1973:

A Seed by Dane Rudhyar

A Seed by Dane Rudhyar

written in 1973

I feel we are at the
threshold of a new age,
and that we need now,
more than anything else,

a new approach
to human relationships
and to social organization.

We need a planetary approach,
we need a synthetic approach.

We need something in which
the individual learns
his own function in the world

because if you are to have
a global world

the individual has to be
so well established
in his or her own identity
that he or she can afford to
co-operate with other people
all over the world,

independent of
their culture,
their race,
their traditions
and so on.
It is very important, therefore
that one should learn
how to establish oneself in
one’s own identity.

We need a new type
of human being.

We need something which is
based no longer, so much,
on conflict,

but on a
full acceptance of the
total human being
body, mind, soul, feeling
everything.

An esthetic approach
versus
an ethical approach,

so that you can see
the relationship
in which everything
stands inside of the whole,
so you can look at the whole
and become identified with the
“wholeness”
of that whole,
rather than with any particular part.

Now this is, of course,
a very difficult situation.

We are certainly
in a difficult time
and what is ahead of us today,
I do not know.

I am rather pessimistic
as far as the immediate future is concerned,
considering the way
the world and our nation
is moving at the present time.

But you must realize that
crises are sometimes
necessary to accomplish
what is to be accomplished.

The only problem, however,
is this:
something must be ready before
the great crisis comes

— when the new cycle begins —

for it will have to begin
on the foundation of those
seeds which have been sown
before the crisis.

If you have a winter
followed by a spring, but
there was no harvest
in the fall
no seed will germinate
during the spring,
and you will have to start
at the very beginning
into the most primitive time of manifestation.

That’s why I have stressed,
so much all my life the idea I call
the “seed man” and “seed woman”

the “seed person,” the individual

who is willing and able
to gather within himself or herself,
as it were,
the past of humanity
and particularly of our western world,
but also of other cultures

because what we want
to emerge from the future,
after whatever crisis will come
is a global world.

We therefore need
men and women of great vision,
individuals who are not specialists,
men and women who
have the vision and courage
to wait,

and to, in some way
through their lives,
through their example, and
through whatever they leave
after their deaths,
to become
the seeds
of the future world.

That’s of course,
the great choice
we have all to make,
and we all can make it.

We can follow
the mass vibration
and decay, like
all the leaves
of the world
in the fall
(however beautiful
the golden leaves may be),
they will have to decay
and become manure
for the future
of civilization,

but it is only
the “seed men and women” that really count,
and it is those
you should look for,

if you yourself do not
feel yet to the point of being ready to become
a “seed person,”
because it is that only which is
the insurance for the future rebirth of humanity.

I think today
it is of no use
to try to look
to the immediate future,
because it looks very dark;
but it is to look
to prepare —
for the possibility that
a new world may arise,
if not tomorrow,
the day after tomorrow.

I think it is the only thing
which gives value to
all our sacrifice,
all our courage, decisions and choices
today:

it is to become seeds
for the development of the future world.

So I hope
every one of you,
each one in your own life,
in your way can —
some day soon, very soon,
(if you have not done it already),
make the choice, and become
“seed men” and “seed women.”

I thank you.
Dane Rudhyar ~ 1895 to 1985

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