Astro Butterfly Oct 25, 2022

On October 25th, 2022 we have a New Moon at 2° Scorpio.

Since the New Moon happens in the proximity of a Lunar Node, this New Moon is also a Solar Eclipse. Solar eclipses are New Moons on steroids – everything you know about the New Moon still applies, but the influence is intensified.

This New Moon Eclipse in Scorpio also officially kicks off the Eclipse season. The Eclipse season is a 2-week window between 2 consecutive eclipses.

We have 2 eclipse seasons every year. During the eclipse season, things feel more fated. Everyone seems to go a bit crazy. Some of the most important events in our life happen when we are in the Eclipse season.

It’s also worth noting that we have 2 types of eclipses: North Node eclipses, when the eclipse happens near the North Node of the Moon, and South Node eclipses, when the eclipse happens near the South Node of the Moon.

Since the South Node is currently in Scorpio, the Solar Eclipse in Scorpio is a South Node Eclipse. Unlike North Node eclipses, which are connected to our future, South Node eclipses are connected with our past karma. They come with consequences of our past actions.

The New Moon and Solar Eclipse in Scorpio will come with an opportunity for a new beginning (New Moon). However this opportunity comes at a South Node cost: we need to close old chapters that no longer serve us, so we can make space for the new.

The Solar Eclipse in Scorpio can also bring very concrete outcomes to our previous actions.

Perhaps something happens, you receive some news, or someone does something that seemingly comes out of nowhere… but if you really think about it, you realize that what just happened is the consequence of some past actions – an inevitable outcome of something that was already brewing.

Solar Eclipse In Scorpio Conjunct Venus

The New Moon Eclipse is conjunct Venus (also at 2° Scorpio).

Venus is our values, our likes and dislikes (what ‘feels’ right), our assets, and in general how we attract those things and people that we want.

Since Venus is tightly conjunct the New Moon, we now have the unique opportunity to attract something that is desirable and valuable to us.

New Moons are very potent times where we co-create with the Universe and birth new things into existence. With the right intention practice, anything is possible when the 2 luminaries – the Sun and the Moon – merge together.

New Moons are incredibly potent times of manifestations.

Even if nothing happens on the day of the New Moon Solar Eclipse, your intentions will set in motion something very powerful that has the potential to alter your life in significant ways (especially if the New Moon makes a tight aspect with a personal planet or an angle in your chart).

That’s why you want to be careful what you wish for… because it might just happen.

“Be careful what you wish for” has a positive connotation generally, but keep in mind that sometimes getting what we want has an unexpected boomerang effect on our life.

New Moon Solar Eclipse In Scorpio – The Midas Touch

Perhaps you’re familiar with the Midas touch. King Midas is known for his granted wish to turn everything he touched into gold. This came to be called the “golden touch”, or the “Midas touch”.

According to the Greek myth, Midas treated Silenius, Dionysus’ father, with hospitality, and as a reward for his kindness, Dionysus offered Midas his choice of whatever reward he wished for. Midas asked that whatever he might touch should be changed into gold.

Midas rejoiced in his new power. He touched an oak twig and a stone; both turned to gold. He touched every rose in his garden, all became gold.

However, he soon found out that his power was not only a blessing, but also a curse. When he tried to eat, food and drink turned into gold in his hands. When he touched his daughter to comfort her, she turned into gold as well.

Midas’ touch is a metaphor for “be careful what you wish for”.

Our dreams DO come true, but then we need to live with the consequences. Some of us say – when we get what we asked for – “but this is not what I wanted”, when in reality this is exactly what we wanted, it’s just that we did not take the time to consider the implications.

Other times we know exactly what the consequences of our actions are – and because we are not ready to deal with these consequences – we unconsciously sabotage ourselves so we are not put into the position to get what we want (and deal with the aftermath).

Does this mean we shouldn’t ‘wish upon a star’ because there’s just too much to contend with? Not at all. Our entire reality is an expression of our Venusian wants, needs and desires.

The New Moon and Solar Eclipse in Scorpio is an opportunity to get what we want. HOWEVER, we want to be mindful about what exactly it is that we want.

Under the beams of the South Node in Scorpio, the New Moon comes with a promise – and also a warning – that wishes do come true, and that we should be mindful of what we wish for.

Never, Ever

Gwyllm Llwydd October 25, 2022 (gwyllmllwydd.substack.com)

We are not alone, ever.

Life enfolds us. The billions of beings that surround us, the billions of beings that inhabit us, the billions that we breathe in and exhale. All. All is life.

We are legion yet we are one. All is the expression of the universe becoming aware of itself. Being here, for this brief incarnation, like fleeting light on a meadow before we dive back into the deep light again. and again. again.

We are the ocean spray, thrown up into the air, to fall and merge with the boundless ocean of existence.

understanding the nature of things just as they are. Why? Because: So, you should view all of the fleeting worlds: A star at dawn, a bubble in the stream; A flash of lightning in a summer cloud; A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.

• Mu Soeng (The Diamond Sutra: Transforming the Way We Perceive the World)

Even though I had remembrances/glances of this as a child, laying on a hill perhaps, expanding out to the universe with each breath, or holding tight as I felt the world spinning underneath me, in fear of flying off… It was psychedelics that pointed me finally to the long voyage home. We are always returning. Remember that.

We are here together as a collective. Not separate beings, but individuations of the one. Expressions, unique and wonderful. As I have often said, all are the Bodhisattva, all helping others to the deeper understanding. Together, we change the world, and our understanding of it.

Bright Blessings,

Gwyllm

Photos I took recently on a ramble up the Clackamas River with Beloveds…

Pax

“A true bodhisattva is one who sees no demarcations between organic and non-organic, self and non-self, living beings and non-living beings, bodhisattvas and non-bodhisattvas.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Diamond Sutra)

You Are The Liberation!

New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Oct 25, 2022 P. D. Newman is author of Alchemically Stoned: The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry and also Angels in Vermilion: The Philosopher’s Stone from Dee to DMT. He is a 32nd degree master mason. Here he points out that many species of the acacia tree contain DMT, the most potent psychedelic known. The very earliest alchemical writings – ie, those of Zosimos in the fourth century, AD – explicitly refer to the use of the acadia tree to derive the “philosopher’s stone.” Fourteen centuries later, the writings of Cagliostro are explicit that a potion derived from the acacia tree served as the basis for illumination in the Egyptian Rites that he initiated. Many other examples point to an intimate connection between entheogens and western esotericism. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the 1st Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. (Recorded on October 11, 2022)

By Dana Santas, CNN.com

Published 11:25 AM EDT, Fri October 21, 2022

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge hits his 62nd home run in Arlington, Texas, on October 4. Intuition, and not just preparation and skill, can play a part in quick decision-making, according to science.Tony Gutierrez/AP

Editor’s Note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of “Practical Solutions for Back Pain Relief.”CNN — 

Many high performers across sports, business and the arts will tell you they swear by their intuitive sense. It allows them to make decisions, often in a split second, without overthinking and missing opportunities.

Look at baseball players. With the average fastball in Major League Baseball pitched at speeds greater than 90 mph, a hitter has no more than 150 milliseconds, which is literally the blink of an eye, to decide whether to swing. What’s more, the ball is effectively invisible to the batter for the last 10 feet of its journey and in hitting range for a mere 10 milliseconds. Never mind the added complexity of hitting a round ball with a round bat with just the right amount of power and precision.

If you think your preparation will help you later, you will probably be right, a new study says

Yet New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge recently broke the American League baseball record in a single season with a whopping 62 home runs. Sure, there is preparation and skill involved, but without some intuitive sense, how else did Judge seemingly defy physics in this complex, lightning-fast set of steps?

For athletes like Judge, knowing when and how to make the right moves seems to come naturally and, to a certain extent, science confirms that it does.

But science also confirms that intuition is not simply a special sense possessed by special people, like record-breaking athletes, according to a 2016 study.

Intuition is something we all possess and can strengthen to inform everyday decision-making. Read on to learn why and how.

Intuitive thinking is rooted in neuroscience

According to Max Newlon, president of the Harvard Innovation Lab-incubated company BrainCo, which develops products based on brain-machine interface tech, the human brain possesses two distinct thinking modes: analytical and intuitive. These are often referred to as left-brain and right-brain thinking, respectively, because that is where research has shown the different styles of thinking take place, he said.

“Depending on the task, different thinking systems work more effectively. Intuitive right-brain thinking is characterized as more feeling-oriented, creative and bigger-picture thinking,” he added.

Newlon shared the example of someone deciding to buy a house: “A person acting intuitively will affirm their decision with statements about liking the feel of the space, envisioning themselves living there and imagining that their extended family will feel at home when they visit. Conversely, an analytical decision maker will focus on things like the quality of the schools, time and distance commuting to work and overall financial deal.”

But how about those on-the-spot business decisions CEOs make from the hot seat, or the split-second moves of professional athletes?

What’s going on in your mind matters. Changing your expectations can mean more success, experts say

“The ability to make quick, intuitive decisions is based on creating and cultivating self-trust,” said Dr. Dehra Harris, assistant director of applied performance research for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Developing your inner voice, Harris noted, is an ongoing process requiring two steps:

1. Learn to listen to yourself.

2. Engage in a regular reflection process.

Start with a moment of quiet and observe the different voices in your head, advised Harris, a former assistant professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

“You’ll generally hear two voices. One is fear-based, associated with the racing, looping thoughts, while the other is more quiet and true to your nature,” Harris explained. “The best way to identify them is by noticing how they make you feel. Your inner voice will always calm you, even in the face of big tasks, while your fear-based voice will increase the overwhelm.”

Secondly, Harris noted that listening to your inner voice isn’t a flawless system. She suggested weekly reflection on results.

“It may seem counterintuitive to review intuitive decision-making but if some of the outcomes weren’t successful, there needs to be a strategy shift. Remember that intuition is drawing from a well of accumulated experience and knowledge.”

Allowing your imaginative right brain to flow during meditation could help improve the accuracy of your intuition, according to mind-body coach Dana Santas.Daisy Daisy/Adobe Stock

Albert Einstein once noted, “Intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.” Newlon agreed but took it a step further, suggesting that intuition is not only the result of pattern recognition from the cumulation of your experiences but potentially “from millennia of evolution.”

Practice makes progress

Actively working on your intuition and having a daily practice of trusting it will strengthen it — even in the face of stress. “Stress decreases brain resources for decision-making so it helps to go to a skill you’ve already actively applied and been working on for a more reliable result,” Harris said.

Plenty of sleep, healthy meals and exercise are part of your routine. What’s missing?

As we consider the ability to strengthen intuitive decision-making with practice, let’s take another look at Aaron Judge. Not only did he beat the home-run record, but he also stole 16 bases in the same season, breaking his personal record. In fact, up until August 9, he was 100% accurate, with 13 for 13 on base-stealing attempts, which is another improbable feat.

Was it coincidence that Judge’s home-run and base-stealing success increased simultaneously? Or was it partially due to regular practice and confidence in his ability to make accurate, split-second intuitive decisions?

As your analytical mind ponders this, consider that there is very little physical correlation between hitting and base stealing.

To see if regular practice can improve the strength and accuracy of your own intuitive “hits,” try these three exercises:

1. Breathe into presence

As a mind-body coach in pro sports, I’ve had the privilege to work with Judge on his breathing and help him integrate a breathing practice into his training regimen. Because your breath is always happening in the present moment, it’s your strongest connection to the here and now, releasing you from thoughts of past or future. In a present state, it’s easier to hear your inner voice. Try this 5-7-3 breathing practice to quiet your own mind, so you can better listen to your intuition.

This 90-second deep breathing exercise will help relieve stress

03:32 – Source: CNN

2. Practice right-brain meditations

Rather than trying to keep your mind blank during meditation, try focusing your attention on allowing your imaginative right brain to flow without the judgment of your analytical mind. A good exercise for this would be to consider a question or choice and let your meditative imagination take you through a possible positive outcome. If playing out a decision is too difficult to do without your analytical mind interfering, Harris suggested focusing on a favorite song and letting your imagination take you to whatever experiences that song conjures for you.

3. Play with creative tools

Don’t be afraid to get creative in your attempts to be more creative. You don’t have to be an artist, writer or psychic to play with tools that allow you to tap your intuitive right brain. You can try free-form sketching, use storytelling cards as creative writing prompts or affirmation cards for intention setting.

“Working with whatever practice that helps you to actively use your intuitive brain can be very valuable, and sometimes, even more so, when we strip away the mystique and look at them rationally,” Newlon said.

Now that you’re empowered with the understanding and means to strengthen your intuition, why not begin seeing where your inner voice leads?

Link to original site: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/health/how-to-strengthen-intuition-wellness/index.html

(Contributed by Sarah Flynn)

Why Being Gay and Being Haunted Go Together in Fundamental Ways

Seeking out gay ghosts offers self-proclaimed “queer ghost nerd” Bruce Owens Grimm a way to acknowledge both joy and loss in queer, haunted spaces, like AIDS Garden Chicago (pictured above). Courtesy of author.

by BRUCE OWENS GRIMM | OCTOBER 24, 2022 (zocalopublicsquare.org)

We think the ghosts will come to us as we sit in Kaitlyn’s car, once our car, on top of the man-made hill that houses the only mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery. Small blue orbs dot the landscape. Ghost hunting shows often cite orbs as a sign of a haunting. But these are just battery-operated lamps that families have left next to their dead’s gravestones.

We figure this spot under the tree is a good place to hide from the few cars that might drive by in the night, going from Urbana to Champaign or vice versa. I turn the ignition off.

“Now what?” Kaitlyn sighs. Our ghost hunting inexperience is evident.

Three months ago, I had stood in our kitchen, now my kitchen, and said: I’m gay. At first, I had said I would find a new place because she had loved the garden in the backyard. But she wanted to go because she didn’t want to be in a house haunted by our former togetherness.

Over the remains of our marriage, we both wanted to create a celebration for our new friendship and a new tradition—one last ours. Inspired by the then-new show “Ghost Hunters,” we’d search out ghosts on Halloween, our shared favorite holiday. We decided to call it Wake the Dead.

Fog from the cold creeps up the windows. Silhouettes of the tree’s branches knock against the back window.

“What was that?” Kaitlyn whispers

“What was what?” I look around, afraid. The idea of seeing a ghost seemed fun, the increasing possibility as we sit in the dark cemetery, not so much.

“Thought I saw something moving across that way.” She points towards a row of graves.

I don’t see anything. Still, as the cold bleeds in through the vents, making everything feel even creepier, a thought whispers to me that we shouldn’t be there.

“Want to go?”

She nods. I drive as fast as I can on the twisty cemetery road in the dark. We go back to my apartment to eat pizza and watch a comedy. We laugh hard at anything slightly funny.

The author’s ceramic figurine in Chicago’s AIDS Garden—a place he believes is crowded with gay ghosts or ‘lavender apparitions.’ Courtesy of author.

Maybe we didn’t see anything because ghosts don’t hang out in cemeteries. According to Shane McClelland, co-founder of the Stonewall Columbus Ghost Hunters, they tend to return to places they associate with happiness or a place where they experienced trauma.

McClelland’s group hosts a YouTube show called “Queer Ghost Hunters.” In contrast to regular ghost hunting shows, all the investigators on “Queer Ghost Hunters” are queer, and the subjects of their investigations are queer ghosts.

I started watching Stonewall Columbus Ghost Hunters in April 2022, while researching my memoir about my relationship to ghosts. Like my queerness, ghosts have always been with me, even when I didn’t want to acknowledge them. I started to notice my father’s ghost standing behind me three years ago when I remembered that he had molested me. Those memories brought on PTSD, major depression, and generalized anxiety disorder. I stopped showering. I slept with the lights on. No matter where I went or what I did, he was there, his hand hovering above my left shoulder.

But just as ghosts can haunt places of pleasure or trauma, that “you are not alone” feeling can be scary or be a comfort. Like I once accepted being queer, I eventually accepted being haunted. My once-casual interest in ghosts has become a full-fledged fascination. Now, instead of fearing being haunted, I devote much of my free time to seeking queer ghosts and writing haunted memoir, a term I coined, about the lived experience of being haunted. Ghosts have led me to a community of others also welcoming ghosts into their lives.

If we are to memorialize places of queer trauma—and I believe we should—we also need to memorialize places of queer joy.

I’ve found that queerness and ghosts go together in fundamental ways. For one, our lack of queer history is a haunting. Rather than camera-ready scares, the hunts on “Queer Ghost Hunters” are a vehicle for finding and sharing queer history. By seeking out our ghosts and telling their stories, we defy erasure.

But in “Queer Ghost Hunters”, the Stonewall Columbus Ghost Hunters focus their searches on places of trauma, like prisons and abandoned asylums. They don’t go anywhere the queer ghosts might have had fun. If we are to memorialize places of queer trauma—and I believe we should—we also need to memorialize places of queer joy. For me, the power of queer ghost hunting lies in the way that it offers a means to acknowledge the co-existence of loss and celebration in queer, haunted spaces.

AIDS Garden Chicago balances this coexistence. Built on the ruins of what used to be a cruising and queer gathering spot known as Belmont Rocks in one of the city’s gay-friendly northern neighborhoods, the garden’s site memorializes a joyful part of Chicago’s queer history. Chicago Reader described Belmont Rocks as “the rare spot where the queer community could mix and mingle in broad daylight all summer long” and “nothing short of a gay paradise.”

Opened this year, the AIDS Garden’s centerpiece is a 30-foot, green Keith Haring sculpture titled Self-Portrait. Its defiant, joyful figure has its left leg and arm raised, as if photographed mid step. The park that circles the sculpture has concrete walking paths, benches, and pink and orange flowers. Through QR codes, visitors can scan to hear a still-growing collection of stories from those who lived through the crisis years in Chicago, as well as stories about those who didn’t make it. Because not a lot of storytelling exists about the Midwest during the height of the AIDS epidemic, the park is vital in making space to witness queer history and lives.

The author’s ceramic ghost stands in front of a 30-foot Keith Haring sculpture at AIDS Garden Chicago. Coutesy of author.

On the day I visit, the garden is busy: Cinnamon fills the air from the churros being made by the nearby food stand; closer to the lake, the air smells of sweat and sunscreen. People picnic under the shade of the trees surrounding the garden, while others hurry by to get a spot on the grass close to the lake. Some sunbathe on the concrete lip between the garden and the lakefront walkways just like in the historical pictures of Belmont Rocks. All of it feels like a way of honoring the space—laughing, taking in the sun, being with friends by the lake, just like the ghosts who haunt this space did when they were alive. It is a communal space for the living and the dead where the feeling that you are not alone is a comfort.

I’ve brought my own ghost to the garden, a ceramic figurine. I lie on my stomach on the crisp summer grass right in front of the sculpture to get a picture of the two together. The garden, I imagine, must be crowded with gay ghosts—or “lavender apparitions,” this more delightful descriptor courtesy of the podcast History Is Gay’s Halloween episode featuring the Queer Ghost Hunters. Just as ghosts are evidence of history, lavender apparitions prove queer people have always existed—even when we didn’t have language for queerness, even when some try to make us vanish.

Wake the Dead was a one-time event. Kaitlyn started her own tradition the next year: a Halloween costume party. Eventually, we phased out of each other’s lives, and I moved out of central Illinois to find my new home in Chicago, a city that provides space for queer history, celebration. Here, through searching out queer ghosts, I’ve reclaimed the ghost for myself just as I have the feeling of being haunted—two things the frightened version of me hiding from ghosts in that car in Urbana-Champaign would not have thought possible.

My new home is also walking distance to a local gay beach on Lake Michigan. I walk along the sand-covered concrete ridge that separates the beach from the preserved prairie dunes, the tall yellow-green marram grass stretching out towards the dark gray-blue water, towards the lighthouse with the rainbow base, on one of the first warm days. The dunes are themselves an unofficial cemetery of those lost to settler genocide. As I sit on the beach, the Chicago wind picks up, and sand swirls in the wind as if it’s dancing. I try to record it on my phone, to document what feels magical. I know I won’t capture it, but that’s OK. I let myself enjoy this lavender apparition, enjoying movement after being frozen for the winter. A gay ghost, as in a happy one.

BRUCE OWENS GRIMMis a Pushcart-nominated, queer ghost nerd based in Chicago. He is a co-editor of Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives.

More Precious Than a Gem

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime.But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman. “I’ve been thinking,” he said, “I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone.” Author Unknown

“Love alone is capable of uniting living things in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes and joins them by what is deepest in themselves.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) French Philosopher

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Eighty percent of the world’s biodiversity is within Indigenous territories, yet these communities often don’t have a say when it comes to protecting the lands they inhabit. Environmental activist Jupta Itoewaki explains why Indigenous peoples are best positioned to lead the world’s efforts to preserve nature and maintain a habitable planet — and reminds us of their outsized importance in charting a sustainable future.Read transcript

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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Consumer Reports is here to help you secure your digital devices and platforms.  Throughout the month, we are hosting weekly virtual training sessions that cover the basics of cybersecurity and share important actions you can take to protect your personal data. Have you made accounts for websites that you no longer need or use?  The more accounts you have online, the more at risk you are of having your personal information being misused or stolen.  The digital world is filled with accounts we no longer use and an important part of digital security is cleaning them up. But first, we have to find them. That’s why our last Cybersecurity 101 training of the month will cover how to find those accounts you most likely don’t remember creating and how to properly delete them. Be sure to sign up for this training on Wednesday, October 26 at 3pm ET/ 12pm PT here.Sign Up  This session will be co-led by Dr. Gus Andrews. Dr. Andrews’ policy research on cybersecurity has informed work at the US State Department and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.  Together, we will make sure you can find and delete old accounts online that may leave your personal information vulnerable. Be sure to sign up for this session today. In the meantime, Consumer Reports’ free Security Planner tool makes it easy for you to protect yourself and keep your data secure. Head to our easy website where you can take four simple steps to help secure valuable data, and protect against identity theft and online scams.Secure Your Data Now  See you there! Amira Dhalla Consumer Reports (Submitted by Michael Kelly, H.W.