Medicine Garden--Full Moon Lunar Eclipse March 3, 2007

FULL MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE
MARCH 3, 2007

by Eileen Nauman

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MATTERS OF THE HEART--Full Moon Lunar Eclipse 13 Virgo

On March 3, 2007, we’re going to have a Full Moon Lunar eclipse. It will occur at 3:17 p.m.., PDT at 13 degrees Virgo 00 minutes. That means Virgo and Pisces people in general, are most affected by this eclipse. This eclipse, however, carries a weight and energy to it that is highly unusual and potentially, enlightening on a heart chakra level. Mercury, which is retrograde as this eclipse takes place, will go direct on March 7, 2007 at 8:45 p.m., PST. Mercury, ruler of communication, takes place four days afterward. What will be focused on is matters of our heart and communication with that loved one, be it our spouse, an elderly parent or grandparent, or a child. This will also affect our love and like of those who are in our lives and orbit our structure. And what will be on the table is our ability to communicate effectively with them--or not. So often with an eclipse, it brings out some unsaid and unspoken ‘thing’ that has been sitting and gnawing in our craw. And with the full moon tidal wave of water being at the highest levels in our body, and pressure on the brain, we can count on an ‘oops’ factor of foot-in-mouth-disease occurring. It doesn’t have to be this way because we have free will choice and fore warned means forearmed.

Put another way, you can discuss what is eating at you, on your mind, or stressing you--but you have the choice of whether it is said diplomatically--or not.

Further, this eclipse with Venus inconjunct the eclipse, is about the status quo between you and your love relationships (spouse/parent/children/friends) and something that isn’t in balance coming to a head. Communicating can help bring about a new balance and understanding if you’re careful and think before you speak. With Mercury retrograde at this eclipse, chances are you’re going to blurt and leap before you look. If you do, there’s a lot of damage that can occur to your personal relationships (and career ones, too).

If you’re on top of things, however, you can nip this blurt in the bud and stop it from ever happening. Stop and think/feel your way through what you want to say first. Also, think about how you’re going to say it and try to extend beyond yourself and be on the receiving end of it. And how would you feel if you heard these words coming at you? Be sure to put yourself in the other’s person’s shoes before you speak. If you do this, you can take this highlighted eclipse opportunity and make the most of it. Will it be painful? You bet. But it can have wonderful and positive benefits if you do this right.

So, what DOES an ECLIPSE do? What is its function in our lives? How can we best take advantage of this highlighted area in our lives?

For better or worse, this is a FULL moon eclipse; which puts the power of the punch into it. On a full moon, the ‘tides’ of the blood in the body are at their highest ebb. With a lot of excessive water/fluids in the body to put pressure on the sensitive brain, people’s emotions are going to be quite as trigger-happy. Drama kings and queens will abound. Over reaction to even minuscule things or situations, are going to be common. Road rage will be big. Someone shooting people in an office could happen. People have their patience on a short leash. Men, especially, are more prone to rash acts during this time when it involves their temper. The lesson here is on a full moon, don’t over react. This is a time to play it really mature, adult and cool. If you do--things will have a much better outcome.

THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

And if we look at the wider scope, there’s a lot of ‘stuff’ going on in the world presently. The Bush administration is finally ‘got it’ that maybe, diplomacy is better than starting unfounded and stupid wars. Rice is including Iran and Syria in talks on how to help Iraq. So, we are seeing the Mercury retrograde plowing up fallow soil and brining it to the forefront to try. Talk is always better than war. Far fewer people get killed that way.

There has been an important North Korea firing off missiles and their coming to the table to talk and make a deal that is far less warlike. Iran thumbing their nuclear nose at the world but is seriously considering the invite to ‘talk’ about Iraq and being invited to the table as an important partner. I’m sure Iran will accept the invite. The Democrats are trying to stop the war but they seem terrorized at having to make serious decisions and are behaving politically and not morally as the people’s votes had indicated. They are shooting themselves in the foot and the only question here is how bad? Bush’s deepening screw up and crisis in Iraq sliding into civil war, and terrorists are winning on airplane flights (I don’t know about you--but I’ve quit flying... I’ll take a bus, train or ship or I won’t go...), the stock market is shaky with a plunge on February 27th, and the economy is perched and possibly unstable as Greenspan tells us a recession is entirely possible by the end of this year for the USA. World affairs, however, rarely touch most of us and we’re more interested in everyday, mundane affairs.

On Tuesday night, Bob Woodward, a previous anchor for ABC nightly news, gave a one hour special on TBI--traumatic brain injury. He knows, he is a TBI himself. He was riding in a tank when a roadside bomb went off and he suffered serious brain injury a year ago. Now, he’s back, and he’s “highlighting” the plight of all our vets who were over in Iraq and Afghanistan who end up with traumatic brain injury. It is estimated that 11.8% of all troops have TBI whether they actually have a head injury or not (the concussion blasts create bruising in the brain and yields out the same injury) and goes undetected. Under a Mercury retrograde and the glare of the eclipse, he’s brought this entire plight and how the Veterans Administration is NOT helping those who return from the wars with TBI (60%, they say, will suffer this condition if over in Iraq). This is a good example of an eclipse putting a focus and light on some dark corner that needs to be exposed and needs action taken on it.

THE EMOTIONAL DRAMA OF THE ECLIPSE

There’s going to be a lot more people than normal ‘flipping out’ and doing drugs and probably dying from over doses during this period as well. As they say, the insane come out at a full moon--but THIS one is going to bring them out in much higher numbers than ever before. Our emergency rooms are going to be packed and over flowing. People are going to be ‘losing it’ on the road, at work, at home behind closed doors. How to handle this kind of bubbling pot that is sure to scald you if you get involved?

Do some serious deep breathing, for starters. And don’t get hooked into the other person’s emotional drama and trust me on this one--there IS going to be HUGE emotional drama this weekend--count on it. Try your best to be detached... as if you are viewing a movie... and you are not one of the actors on the stage.

HOW TO RIDE OUT THIS COSMIC FLASHLIGHT....

The useful side to this full moon + eclipse + Mercury going direct is to flow with it to create an inner garden of peace within yourself. There is no doubt about it--this week is a week of INITIATION for many, many people. You could be one of them. Initiations come after severe, ongoing, long testing. A breakdown for a break through. This is a great week to go on sabbatical, to take a spiritual workshop, go on a back packing trip, take a spontaneous and impromptu hike into the wilderness, canoeing on a lake, being in touch with Nature, connecting with the peace and love of Mother Earth.

If you can do any of these things--plus meditate daily during this time frame--you will derive an avalanche of help, support and breakthrough. There’s nothing like being a Cosmic Surfer on the Surfboard of Life taking on a fifty foot breaker coming into shore--and that’s exactly what February 27th through March 3rd is all about. So, ride it for all its worth. The way to do this is to follow your intuition--it will be quite sharp and honed during this time--so use it to your best benefits.

THE SHADOW PERIOD OF THE ECLIPSE

The Full Moon always signals the culmination or fruition of something coming to a head. Decisions are made. It could involve quitting a job, moving to another city or state or country, starting a new job, asking for a divorce, asking someone to marry you, something you’ve been working on for a long time, manifests. It could also trigger terrorists events, as well. Especially five days BEFORE the actual eclipse, we must be watchful of this possibility. This means the week leading up to it, from February 27th through March 3, 2007, is like a powder keg ready to go off. We call this the ‘shadow’ time where the buildup phase occurs. Be more aware and pay attention.

TIMING AND USE OF THIS ECLIPSE FOR BEST ADVANTAGE....

Decisions of all kinds are made now and with an eclipse pushing it, think long and hard about your choices---because they are going to stick with you for the WHOLE YEAR. This is NOT a time to act rashly or quickly. Especially when you’ll be doing it on a Mercury retrograde! Sit back and think about your decision and how it will affect you as well as others. Think about the ramification of your decision.

Instead, if decisions are discussed, wait until after March 7th, when Mercury goes direct, to initiate any ideas or plans. In fact, if you can wait, a week after Mercury goes direct, March 14th would be the ideal time to act on decisions. If you can hold off on this--fine. If you can’t, then at least wait until March 8th to act.

Think of this action as seeds that are planted now, that will be harvested in 3, 6, 9 and 12 months from the above date. Things might now happen right away, but guaranteed you will see action on your planting March 3, 2007, July 3, 2007, November 3, 2007, March 3, 2008 finally, back to its original position on March 3, 2007. This is because as the eclipse squares and opposes its original position and it triggers off energy that is can be catalyzed.

This catalyzation process is going to be very obvious; for a lunar (moon) eclipse usually triggers INTERNAL events....but what starts out as internal may well have ‘fallout’ and become external and could manifest outer events, such as a person, a group, or a body of individuals who make decisions and you are influenced by them. How much you’re influenced depends up on how close to the eclipse you have a planet or your ascendant, Midheaven, for example.

THREADING THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE

The best way to get through this chaotic and confusion period is to pay very CLOSE attention to your intuition and inner guidance because the outer ones aren’t going to be there like sign posts as much as we wish they were. It is the blind leading the blind shortly. We’ll find out who has really good internal radar and who doesn’t. Those that do, will be able to navigate this difficult period with ease. The rest of us will trip, stumble and bump around like gawky kids learning how to walk!

The lunar eclipse is always about one’s inner emotional contents, beliefs, old tapes, new tapes, and harking back to the past to find an answer to the present situation/person/thing that is now confronting you on some level. And with Venus, our heart chakra, and about love being involved, matters of the heart take center stage.

Lunar eclipses bring Shadow events to our doorstep...those things that we push away from us, fear, or are ourselves but really don’t want to admit it, much less embrace, occur now. HOW you act and respond to this event/person/thing or place, will have reverberations throughout the coming year for you.

An example of this inner work is the 9-11 crisis. It touched everyone. And the internal work we did (and are still doing because of it) is changing how we think, how we perceive our reality, for starters. That is HOW a lunar eclipse works. The work, the changes of attitude, emotional adjustment are done within each of us. By doing that, we do CHANGE our outer reality.

Don’t ever forget the visual on what an eclipse is: pretend you’re in a dark room. You have a flashlight in your hand. You switch it on. There is a sudden illumination of a spot on the wall in front of you where you have pointed it. This visual is symbolic that the eclipse is giving us an opportunity to move through our own unique darkness and “light up” something that our psyche/subconscious wants us to pay attention to and “get.” What “get” means is that it (the issue) will become conscious to you (either through an internal “aha!” or an outward, third dimensional event that will give you the “aha!”).

This time around, the heart, who we love, how we love, loving ourselves or learning about compassion will be focused on. When it comes, pay attention. and work on it....do not try to suppress it, push it away or ignore it. The eclipse is telling you where you have work to do--and to roll up your sleeves and get to it. Don’t try to avoid what an eclipse illuminates within you. Take it seriously and work THROUGH whatever the issue is and CHANGE it for a healthy, positive position, instead.

Lunar eclipses are also symbolic of women. There could be a daughter, niece, cousin, wife, grandmother, sister or aunt in your life that will highlight you in some way...or you will have to deal on an emotional/visceral level with this individual at this time. It could also be a woman that you work with, as well....but usually Moon-related things have to do with relatives, near or far.

Or, it could have a greater fall out on a national field of play. Hillary Clinton is running for president; the first woman to do so. And this eclipse (any eclipse) strongly affects women generally speaking; so we’ll see if she stumbles and has a miscommunication in the coming week or not--because with Mercury retrograde, the ‘oops’ factor (Obama went through this about a week ago...miscommunication...on his campaign) becomes a serious political problem for her.

It’s really about out-of-control emotions at its worst. Road Rage is a great example of a full moon lunar eclipse gone berserk--these people think nothing of pulling a gun on some unsuspecting motorist and killing them for some idiot transgression. They become judge/jury/hangman.

WHO IS AFFECTED?

This time it is Virgo sun sign people and it’s opposite sign, Pisces, to be highlighted. Sun in Virgo people born between September 3rd through the 9th with September 6th being the most important, are the most affected by this lunar eclipse. The sun is at 13 Virgo on March 3th, which will receive the full energy of this eclipse.

By opposite sign,Pisces people born between March 4th through the 7th with September 4th being the most important, are affected by this lunar eclipse. The Sun is at 13 degrees Pisces is opposite the position of the eclipse at 13 degrees Virgo. People born on March 4th will receive the full energy of this eclipse.

For Virgo, there is going to be new awareness because this eclipse is conjunct their Sun. This is template changing time. The rubber meets the road here, for Virgo’ folks. It is not time to stand and be stubborn. It is a time for pro-active movement FORWARD or at the very least, look how you can change yourself toward a more positive or harmonious way of living. Virgo is usually pretty good at full speed ahead, so they should be able to handle this influx of energy fairly well because they are a mutable sign--that’s the good news.

Situations, a person or an event is going to repeat itself on the above dates, throughout 2007 and 2008; so you might as well bite the bullet and “just do it” and make a final decision and move on. Look before you leap, Virgo; you’re famous for thinking and you don’t want to procrastinate now with the eclipse. You have choices and you need to assess them appropriately. The key here is not to “leap before you look” on this eclipse, Virgo. DO look. Investigate. Mull it over. Get the input of others you trust. MOVE--and then make a choice after THOROUGH deliberation, first. You are conservative by nature, so I feel you’ll do very well with the analyzation of whatever is highlighted for you during this period.

Virgo, this is eclipse will highlight first house issues. That means its about you in every way possible. And how you relate and get along with other people, generally speaking. This is about change within yourself if you see something you don’t like (a wound that needs healing, for example). Or someone may bring your behavior or leadership abilities into question and changes have to be made, as another example. First house is about one’s Ego. It’s a highly narcissistic house but also a house where one needs a strong, viable ego to move forward to manifest their vision, too. Chances are, your Ego may need some tweaking or changes so be open to what other people have to say and take their sincere observations as a work-in-progress with yourself.

Pisces, this eclipse will stir up energy differently. In twill involve seventh house of relationships, legal travails and other people (whether personal or impersonal plus career). Translated, that means you may be embroiled in a legal difficulty, a change of relationship position within your job or company, a focus on a personal relationship (marriage, divorce, separation issues) in general. Any and all of these areas may come into contention for you to look at. In your case, this eclipse is about making a final decision on it or them, and moving forward with your new plan of action.

PLANETS IN Virgo or Pisces?

If you have a planet between 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16 degrees of Virgo or Pisces, you are most effected by this eclipse. Particularly, if you have any planet at five degrees Virgo or Pisces, you are going to receive a full energy and opportunity from this eclipse. And trust me--there is a bonanza of positive things that an eclipse can yield out to you now!

HOW this eclipse affects these people is entirely dependent upon what HOUSE the eclipse falls in, what PLANET it affects either by conjunction or opposition, as well as the other ASPECTS to that planet, to either modify or intensify this eclipse.

This requires a professional astrologer to look at your chart to tell you the possibilities. Rosemarie Brown is our core faculty astrologer and can be reached at: starrose@sedona.net

ASCENDANT (your Rising Sign) OR MIDHEAVEN (10th house cusp) INVOLVED?

If you have an Ascendant (rising sign) at 13 Virgo or Pisces, or your Midheaven (10th house cusp), then you are going to be directly affected by this eclipse. How?

If the eclipse highlights your ascendant, expect a person or several people within your circle of friends and acquaintances, to get in touch with you. It might be by phone, e-mail, a letter, or they may be coming to visit you or you’ll hear from them. Since this is Lunar eclipse, and because these two signs have to do with Mercury retrograde communications (or lack thereof and you have to straighten it out).

If the eclipse is conjunct your Midheaven, then you can expect to have ideas or have contacts with people that you work with or for. It may be that you’re going to a business in early November; with your boss or someone from work. Pay attention if this is so, because some very good long-term things can come out of it for you and your career.

REMAINING ALERT SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THIS ECLIPSE...

Just remember, the seven days BEFORE the eclipse are usually when it “pops off” and there’s a lot of action and energy. (This will be February 27th through March 3th). Drive safely. Don’t invite road rage. Watch for people becoming emotionally unstable or who aren’t too tightly wrapped in the first place--steer clear of them because they are ready to blow sky high. Don’t be their target of opportunity.

Eclipses tend to cause chaos or make us feel like we’re blind in a dark room and bumbling around without proper light to see our way clear to be proactive. Things are falling apart for people internally as well as the world around them is crumbling and falling apart, as well. If this is happening to you, take a deep breath. BREATHE. It will be okay in the long run. Expect to make more mistakes than usual in the bracket time. This is a time of intense learning for many of us. Don’t be hard on yourself if you screw up. Just learn from it and don’t repeat the mistake, that’s all. With Venus hanging around, it won’t be as bad as it could have been...you will slide through unscathed.

Our world is being plunged into a twelve-year cycle of CHAOS. The Mayans and many others have predicted this. From 2001 to 2013, we are, quite literally, in global chaos. How do you handle chaos? You don’t try to. What you do instead, is be FLEXIBLE, bend and change as the chaos walks into your life. Don’t fight it. Don’t dig your heels in. Earth and fixed sign people, in particular will want to knee-jerk into this mode. Don’t do it. You will get run over with a Cosmic Bulldozer that will take your breathe away and level everything in one fell swoop. So, don’t fight this. Roll and bob along with it. Pretend that you are a cork in a swiftly moving river that you can’t get out of, you can’t reach the banks of safety. Just ride it out. Bend, twist, turn, and roll. Let go. Surrender over to a higher power and have FAITH that you are being protected and led even if you can’t see it right now.

One way to really soothe and calm yourself so that you can ride/work with these chaotic energies, is to sit in the Vesica Virgo ‘eye’ where the two circles overlap. See my article at http://www.medicinegarden.com/metaphysics/globalshift2006.html or my blog, http://www.talesfromechocanyon.blogspot.com By sitting and meditating once a day in the ‘eye' of this overlapping double circle, you will find yourself harmonized and equalized. The symbol, which is older than human memory, is designed to help us get through periods of chaos in a positive and healthy way.

I guarantee you, that if you will let go of the control of your life that is now disintegrating around you, and these eclipses, back-to-back, are going to insure this slide to continue, that good will come out of this. Surrender is what we all need to do--to the higher power that we believe in. It’s that simple and that hard to do. We humans don’t surrender easily. It is always darkest before the dawn and we are in the dark right now. That is what eclipses are about: our darkness. Let us know be afraid of it. Try to embrace it openly and without fear.

Understand we are deeply loved and cared for on the other side, and all our guides and teachers are assembled and with us every moment of our twenty-four hour day down here. Even if ‘bad’ happens, there’s good reason for it. If a mindset by humans will not change or bend, then Chaos must come in and shatter it to smithereens in order to recreate and redraw it into something healthier and more positive for all of us. Just keep this in mind if this happens to you. The reordering is painful. But the end product can be beautiful and positive.

We are at a point in our spiritual consciousness that we MUST have faith... a deep, abiding faith in the unknown and unseen to get through this mine field we’re presently created for ourselves. The good news is, we can negotiate it and get to the other side. So, keep the faith!

And you can look at an eclipse in another way: birthing pains. If you’re a woman who has had a baby, you understand this very clearly. While the baby is working it way into the new world, the mother is in deep, constant pain. And no birth is without pain, but the outcome is good. And eclipses tend to births on some level for all of us; especially now as we are six years into the chaos for the New World where we can have that one thousand years of peace. If you can understand that you are in the throes of a birthing, this should help you accept your pain or discomfort knowing that in the end, it will be good and things will eventually smooth out for you. So, just old the faith and know that you have not been abandoned by the Cosmos at all--even if it feels like it from time to time.

POSITIVE USE OF ECLIPSE ENERGY....

A good attitude linked with compassion is essential around any eclipse; particularly a full moon, because your and everyone else's emotions are running at ‘high tide.’ Practice patience with others--a lot of it. Give people more room to run around on their leash, understanding, they are feeling the same effects of this energy as you are and probably don’t have the awareness of what is triggering it in them... so you know, and it’s your responsibility to rein yourself in accordingly with these uneducated folks.

That said, you can use this energy to “clear the air” with someone or a group. HOW its done, of course, is key. One does not want to get confrontational about it, because that will trigger an aggressive reaction on some people’s part. Diplomacy, setting firm boundaries, Virgo and being honest about how you’re feeling emotionally without using the “you” word, is best. This can be utilized to help all parties know where they stand with one another...key here, though, is DIPLOMACY with FIRMNESS. Not attack. Not assaulting verbally, mentally or emotionally. And with Pluto having just gone direct, Bullies tend to come out and be worse than ever. Those things will garner a real fast visceral reaction on the other party’s part and you won’t like what’s coming down the pike at you at all. Just try to instill the Golden Rule here: Treat others as you’d like to be treated.

Meditation is wonderful during this period. Especially in the Vesica Virgo double circle. Go to PREPARING FOR THE GLOBAL SHIFT Moving to the LIGHT from the DARK: How to Do It by Eileen Nauman to access this article.

Eclipses are about our Shadow contents, our own, inner darkness and thanks to it, a “light” is shined on our “stuff.” Shadow work is essential, and looking at what we hate or dislike the most in others, is usually what we have alive and well (and untamed) in us.

So, make a list and check it twice and look at what’s on it. Then meditate on these things and ask yourself how are you like that yourself. For example, if you absolutely cannot tolerate someone who lies, then ask yourself: “Do I lie to others?” “Do I lie to myself?” How do I do it? And take a sensitive look at yourself and be honest about it all. That is how you can use an eclipse to dig yourself out of your own personal emotional/Shadow hole.

It is also very good for going into psychotherapy to plumb the depths of ourselves and see what’s going on, what is acting out (usually the suppressed male or female energy is, and/or Shadow is jumping up and down and wanting attention). To make key breakthroughs the full moon lunar eclipse is a dandy to do just that--so use this energy for forge new paths of understanding into yourself.

HELP TO MAKE THIS TRANSFORMATION PAINLESS--WELL, ALMOST PAINLESS....

I don’t believe we have to SUFFER endlessly through change. The people below are, in my opinion, the best in their particular business and are skillful catalysts to help people to help themselves. Utilize the eclipse energy in the BEST and most healthy of ways... check out this group and choose which tools resonate most strongly with you and contact them. You won’t be sorry you did! An eclipse (any of them) is an OPPORTUNITY to off load our wounds, get in touch with what is strong or weak within us--and fix it. So, this is a fix-it-up time. Take advantage of this enlightening period of time!

ASTROLOGICAL COUNSELORS:

You can engaged the services of the medicinegarden.com's professional astrologer and find out. Our own Rosemarie Brown is a natal counselor. Just contact her at: starrose@sedona.net

If you are wanting to move and aren't sure where or you have a place in mind, but aren't sure if it's "right" for you, Gail and Michael have locale information available. If health is your consideration, both are trained medical astrologers. To contact them: Gail Carswell at rockdoc@mindspring.com or Michael Foltz at solardoc@mindspring.comBetter yet, visit their website: http://www.owlswebnest.com, for more information on all the services they provide.

I'm sure one of these three professionals will be able to shed considerable light in what is going on in your life and the many choices you have available to you to institute and use.

UN-CONFUSE YOURSELF:

NEED A "Coach", some serious therapy that gets to the "heart" of your angst or what you're wrestling with? We recommend Rosemarie Brown. Please contact her at: http://www.rosemariebrown.com or by email at: starrose@sedona.net

VOICE ANALYSIS--THE MISSING NOTE:

I've had my voice analyzed by Ani Williams and I can tell you from personal experience that we all have a "missing note" in our life. So what? Well, consider this. Without this missing note back in our life, we aren't working off of 8 cylinders. We're working on 6--or less! Please go to Ani's website for more information. This is a life-changing "tool" that you should include in your personal transformation kit. http://www.aniwilliams.com or contact her via email at: songaia@earthlink.net

SPIRITUAL UPKEEP RENOVATION: NEED A SHAMAN?

Gail Carswell, Michael Foltz, Grace Verte (grace@graceverte.com), Karen David (KDMystic@aol.com), and Rosemarie Brown are all trained shamanic facilitators who can help you through your spiritual transformation. For more information on Soul Recovery and Extraction, go to: http://www.medicinegarden.com/SRE/SREchapter.html and then contact one of them for further help!

Our favorite classically trained homeopath is Yolande Grill of Cave Creek, Arizona. She does long-distance case taking by phone and I consider her one of the best we've got in the USA. So, don't delay! She is also a shamanic facilitator, as well. Get a hold of Yolande at: y.grill@att.net

FULL MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE MARCH 3, 2007