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Surrounded by Cranks

Yesterday, everyone in my orb seemed to be cranky. My husband was a grump all day. Most of the texts that I received throughout the day from family and friends were predominantly a litany of complaints. A man who had come to do some pressure washing at our home, had his pressure pump break in the middle of the job, and he was angry! I had a phone call with my irritable youngest son that was not pleasant. In short, I was surrounded by cantankerous energy and there was no escaping it.

In years past, being the spongy person that I am, I would have turned myself inside out trying to change everyone’s moods, mostly for my own comfort. If they all got into better moods, then their grey clouds wouldn’t overtake me. Also, in years past, I might have just succumbed to joining the Cranks Club. In my younger years, I had such loose boundaries that my motto might have been “Mi Mood-a, Su Mood-a”.

But at the ripe old age of 52, with a lot of reading and soulful introspection, I have grown. I no longer try to change anyone’s moods. I have my own fair amount of grumpy days and I am entitled to them. I don’t believe in “toxic positivity.” To stay healthy, you must feel (feel, not ruminate on nor marinate in, but definitely feel) your feelings, in order to free them. Ignored, stuffed, denied feelings have a way of turning into emotional explosions and illnesses and disorders. However, I also now make the strong effort to no longer take on anyone else’s moods. Yesterday, I, myself, was having a positive, serene, enjoyable day, and I wasn’t going to let anyone take that away from me.

In our parts, we have been enjoying the most beautiful crisp, clear, cool evenings for the last few weeks, with the perfect view of Venus and Jupiter coming closer together every single night. We walk our dogs most nights, but last night I wasn’t ready to go back into the house, after our walk. I hopped on to my bike and I invited my grumpier half to come along if he wanted to, and so he did. (Mostly my husband came along on our bike ride because he doesn’t think that my bike is well-lit enough. He’s protective, even when he is ornery.) And it was so lovely and peaceful and quiet and still and centering. My husband remained silently grouchy, but he enjoyed the excursion. I remained happy and grateful and cheery, and I enjoyed the excursion. And then we came home, we went to bed, and we woke up to the blank slate of our individual rested selves, fresh and ready to start a new day, on the first day in a hopeful new month, in the early parts of a lovely new year.

Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.

Monday Fun-day

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This Monday might actually be one for the books – in a good way. In case you, missed it, on this beautiful Winter Solstice Day, we are experiencing The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. What this means:

Scientifically:

On Monday night, a truly rare astronomical event will occur: Jupiter and Saturn will align in what NASA’s calling the “great conjunction.”

Jupiter and Saturn align in the sky once every two decades, according to NASA. Why are they calling this a great conjunction, then? For one, it’s been nearly 400 years since the two planets will appear this close to each other in the sky. To us, it’ll look like they’re a tenth of a degree apart; NASA said that at arm’s length, a pinky finger could cover both planets. 

A “great conjunction” occurred in July 1623 but it was impossible for humans to see because it was so close to the sun, according to the Associated Press. (Mashable, Anna Iovine)

Christianity:

And this is not an event you will want to miss as the conjunction will not be matched again until 2080.

Because of how close the planets will come to each other, chances are they will appear as a single star-like object in the night sky.

The phenomenon has, consequently, been likened to the Biblical Christmas Star as described in the Gospel of Matthew.

Some astronomers also speculate the fabled Star of Bethlehem that led the Three Wise Men to the newly-born Jesus Christ may have been a Great Conjunction of the two gas giants. (Express, Sebastian Kettley)

Astrologically:

Jupiter is said to be the planet of optimism, expansion, healing, growth, and miracles; Saturn, conversely, is associated with restriction, responsibility, and long-term lessons. When these energies combine, we can expect a major ideological reset — as Charles Harvey puts it in Mundane Astrology, this conjunction can usher in a new way of conceptualizing the interaction between “the perception of ideas, potentialities, possibilities (Jupiter) and their manifestation in the concrete material world (Saturn).”

This conjunction is taking place in Aquarius, the sign of innovation, humanitarianism, and independence, where the planets have not met since 1405 — right around the start of the Renaissance. That would be notable on its own, but on top of that, Aquarius is an air sign, which is known to be intellectual, communicative, and idealistic. For the past two centuries, the Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions have mostly taken place in earth signs, which are practical and grounded by nature. Now, going forward for the next 200 years or so, they will only meet in air signs. Miller refers to this change as a “Grand Mutation” — from stable earth energy to inventive air energy. (The Cut, Amanda Arnold)

In short, it’s kind of a big deal!! Enjoy!!