Shamanic Astrology Mystery School

By Daniel Giamario

Jupiter moved into the sign of Aquarius on January 5 and will remain in Aquarius until January 19, 2010. In some cultures, Jupiter was known as the “year star” since it took almost exactly a year to move through a sign or constellation. It is interesting to note that the original Chinese calendar was based on the movement of Jupiter through the 12 constellations along the Celestial Equator (or where the Earth’s Equator is located in Space). In Shamanic Astrology, Jupiter activates and expands anything it contacts and by sign is illuminating the year’s leading edge for Global Humanity.

The glyph or symbol for Aquarius shows two waves . One wave represents the zeal for radical uniqueness, which historically has almost always aligned with the progressive, avant-garde, egalitarian, and universal ideals of humanity. The other wave represents the specific spiritual orientation of Aquarius: objective awareness, or the ability to locate the cosmic overview, the “high” or fair witness, like a great eagle that flies closest to Great Spirit.

I am perceiving the purpose of Jupiter in Aquarius, the dharma of this year, to be mature “grown-up” idealism (see Elizabeth Debold’s article in Enlighten NEXT magazine). May humanity awaken, to higher love, higher law, and higher truth with universal ideals! Allegiance to these values is neither childish or naïve at this time of the Turning of the Ages. Rather, it is the objective and realistic perception of the truth of who we are.

By Daniel Giamario

2008 marks the first full year of Saturn in Virgo since 1979 and Jupiter travels through Capricorn the entirety of 2008, for the first time in 12 years. Amazingly, a trine relationship illuminates the entire year. There will be three exact trines:

• Jan.21 ,2008 Jupiter 8 Capricorn and Saturn 8 Virgo
• Sept.8, 2008 Jupiter 13Capricorn and Saturn 13 Virgo
• Nov.21,2008 Jupiter 21Capricorn and Saturn 21 Virgo (more…)

by Cayelin K Castell

June, 2008 featured an intriguingly significant Venus Sun conjunction that marked the exact half way point between the June 2004 and the June 2012 Venus transits over the face of the Sun. The initiatory energy that was activated in June 2004 underwent a deepening on June 8 when Venus met with the Sun in the exact area of the sky where the 2004 transit/initiation occurred exactly four years after the first transit and four years until the next transit. This half way point however found Venus on the other side of the Sun (or behind the Sun from the Earth’s perspective) and out of view for about 75 days and re-emerged into the evening sky around July 15. (more…)

by Cayelin K Castell

Venus, Queen of Heaven, brightest of the visible planets, has her own magical and mysterious cycle that repeats itself every 584 days. The Venus retrograde cycle signals the completion of one Venus cycle and the preparation for, and the beginning of, a new archetypal integration cycle for the world feminine principle. (more…)

The Kindness Revolution Elixir — Feb 21, 2005 to Feb 9, 2011

by Cayelin K Castell

(The first part of this article is a bit more technical so please feel free to skip to the last four paragraphs for the essence)

Feb 21, 2005 Chiron enters Aquarius for the first time since Jan 28, 1955 and for the first time since Chiron was discovered in 1977. Chiron will dance in and out of Aquarius until Feb 9, 2011. (See data below). It is interesting to note that in 1977 Saturn began the year at 15 Leo and this summer Saturn moves into Leo for the first time in about 28 years making two more exact oppositions to Chiron over the next couple of years. On March 29, 1977 Chiron moved into Taurus (a fixed sign that squares Aquarius and Leo) three quarters of a turn from where Chiron is now entering Aquarius. (more…)