Mountain Times - Volume 48, Number 24: June 12-18, 2019

28 • The Mountain Times • June 12-18, 2019
When does life begin?
By Cal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye
Celestial
Inspiration
By Cal Garrison
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This week’s horoscopes are
coming out under the light of a late
Virgo Moon, a moon that will turn
Void-of-Course in that sign and
remain in that mode until it moves
into Libra at 8:29 p.m. on Monday
night. The big astrological “hoodoo”
right now centers around the
upcoming opposition from Mars
to transiting Pluto and Saturn;
most of the astrologers who make
it their business to talk about these
things are focused on that transit.
This time around, those aspects
will be active between June 15 and June 20, right up until the
Summer Solstice. While for sure, this is no small thing, Mars
is a relatively fast moving planet. With a cycle that spins
it once around the zodiac every two years, it formed the
same aspect to Pluto for a few days back in July 2017, and it
opposed Saturn for a few days in late May of the same year.
What makes it a big deal this time is less about Mars and
more about the long term conjunction of Saturn and Pluto.
If I were to put this transit in a nutshell I would say that
it is a reality check that gives all of us an opportunity to see
what our personalities and our egos are after, on the same
page with what our higher selves need us to be aiming for
at this moment in time. The opposition indicates that our
egos are acting like babies at a time when the deeper part
of who we are needs to snap out of it, deal with the truth
whether we like it or not, and grow up.
Whether we can get that to happen, personally and collectively,
is open to question right now. Mars happens to be
weak in Cancer. Pluto and Saturn are strong in Capricorn
so they have the upper hand. The problem with Mars when
he’s in a weakened state is that he tends to dramatize things
with a lot of tantrums, and fireworks, and false flag responses
that waste our precious time and distract us from what
matters. Who knows how Pluto and Saturn will respond to
it? Let’s hope that they are strong enough to get Mars to put
on his big-boy pants and grow up.
Speaking of growing up: All of this reminded me of a
conversation between a couple of Millennials that I happened
to overhear a few days ago; one of them was pro life
and the other was pro choice. They were arguing about
“When does life really begin?” The pro-choice advocate
insisted that a human being isn’t really alive until they take
their first breath, and the pro-life person argued that life
begins at the moment of conception.
Listening to them, I had one of those moments where
I was so glad to be older and wiser. I was just as aware that
little knowledge is a dangerous thing and that it is foolhardy
to argue about things that we know nothing about. I say this
because there is a branch of astrology that very few astrologers
are familiar with. Known as pre-natal astrology, it is a
system that breaks the cycle of human life into 49 epochs.
Thirty-two of those epochs are postnatal; 16 of them are
prenatal; the 17th chart is the birth chart. The charts that are
erected prior to birth outline the process and the lessons
that attend the soul’s materialization, or the soul’s descent
into matter. They chronicle the contracts that each of us
sign with God, and with our higher selves prior to conception,
and during the period of gestation.
All of this begs us to realize that the birth process is not
a purely biological thing; neither is it random or arbitrary.
The business of incarnating on the Earth plane involves a
complex series of choices and decisions, or agreements that
allow the human soul to bridge the gap between the karma
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Aries
March 21 - April 20
You are torn between needing to keep it
together and wishing you could vanish
into thin air. How you decide to approach
things is your business. In some cases, the
desire to drop everything needs to be overridden
with enough common sense to keep
on keeping on until it’s 100 percent safe to
light the fuse and let things explode. Those
of you who worry about maintaining appearances
are sure to be having a tougher
time than those of you who are fed up with
pretense. With a whiff of a need to hang in
there, be wary of beating dead horses when
there’s no need to keep toeing the line.
Taurus
April 21 - May 20
This could be the biggest milestone of
your life. As you contemplate what it
might feel like to step over the line, fears
of how this will upset the applecart are
equal to your desire to be who you are. Part
of you wants a guarantee, or some sense
of certainty that everyone involved will
be OK with this. I hate to clue you in but
there’s no certainty on this planet - and the
lesson seems to be about figuring out that
love is the response we get when we are
true to ourselves. You might as well follow
your heart and let others figure out how to
get big enough to take this leap with you.
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
It may be too late but it would be good
if you could reflect on what you’ve done
and see that you were in error. This is no
time to be stubborn; if you need to make
amends, do so. Sometimes we allow our
issues to win out over the truth. All of us
fall prey to this. Getting conscious enough
to do the right thing even when it’s the last
thing we want to do is one of the most difficult
parts of being human. Once you get
over the need to save face, you will find out
that the truth really does set us free – and
your honesty will save this relationship and
eliminate tons of hassles down the road
apiece.
Cancer
June 21 - July 20
You’ve reached the point where the
desire to find what you’re looking for
has hit some kind of wall. Some of you are
beginning to realize that whatever it is, isn’t
“out there.” For those of you who think
you’ve found it, it comes down to wondering
if you are fooling yourself. Whenever
we reach this kind of impasse, we are closer
to the heart of the matter. In the act of questioning
all of it we get to refine our search.
So much of who you really are has yet to be
reconciled. It might help to let the past roll
in and show you the extent to which it still
runs everything you do.
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Leo
July 21 - August 20
Too many things are eating away at
your sense of certainty for you to be
sure how you feel. The brunt of it seems
to be coming from circumstantial interference
and the rest of it is coming from other
people and their choices. How those things
affect you will depend upon what you’re
willing to accept. This is one of those
times when you could even start smoking,
the stress is so unusual. Words of comfort
won’t match the level of intensity that’s
swirling in and out of this situation. For
now, surrender to the drama and do your
best to stay centered in the eye of the storm.
Virgo
August 21 - September 20
You’re having trouble with someone
who can’t deal with you honestly. This
has been ongoing and it’s driving you nuts.
I don’t know why you need this but you
might want to look at what it’s meant to
teach you. Instead of trying to work around
their inability to be straight with you, stop
feeding into it. It could be that you’ve outgrown
them; yes sometimes we outgrow
people. When was the last time the two
of you saw eye-to-eye? If they keep it up,
check in with yourself and consider the virtues
of moving on because this situation is
sucking up too much of your energy.
Libra
September 21 - October 20
Your concern for others is keeping
many of you up at night. In addition to
the way it makes you wonder how all of this
is going to turn out, it’s bringing up a ton of
unresolved issues from the past. Little did
you know you had this much going on at
the subconscious level. Working your way
through it is where it’s at right now. For at
least three more months you will be dealing
with ordinary, outer concerns and walking
a more spiritual path at the same time.
Huge shifts and changes will be birthed in
the realm where your Higher Self is the one
who decides which way to turn.
Scorpio
October 21 - November 20
You are sitting on the fine line between
the past and the future, wondering
what to do. Certain things have run their
course. Not knowing how to approach
what happens next, part of you is nervous
and maybe a little afraid. Having been on
the treadmill far too long, the idea that
there are infinite possibilities escapes you.
Reviewing your options you come up with
nothing. What’s happening on the deeper
levels is what matters right now. If you go
pearl diving, soon enough you will reclaim
yourself, blow the dust off your blues, and
be free to get off to a whole new start.
Sagittarius
November 21 - December 20
It’s so clear that something has to change
because you’re feeling restless and you
need to review where you’re at in order to
keep growing. That’s all it comes down to
right now. The past 2 years have taught you
so much about what life is for. The things
that have kept you going no longer seem
relevant. In your conversations with others
you keep getting lit up by the idea that nothing
was meant to last forever. Recent experiences
have shown you that there’s got to
be more to life than this. You are right on
the money. Keep searching. In no time at all
you will be on to the next thing.
Capricorn
December 21 - January 20
You aren’t entirely sure about anything
these days. The last few years
have brought so much change it would be
good if you could get up to speed on where
you’re really at with yourself. A big part of
you thinks it has to “go on with the show”
at a time when you’d just as soon fall apart.
Your sense of responsibility to either your
standards or the past, could be getting in
the way. Take a look around; you’re not in
Kansas anymore. Get real enough to see
that a raft of other things have come along
to show you that the same old m.o. is totally
irrelevant to who you are now.
Aquarius
January 21 - February 20
You have it made on a lot of levels
- so much so that, the last thing one
would expect is that you would ever want
to change even one bit of it. As nuts as it
sounds, you’re actually thinking about
moving on - not because there’s anything
“wrong” with this picture, but because
something new is brewing. Whatever that
looks like, it would be premature to do anything
drastic. Soon enough, you’ll have a
chance to decide if you want to stick with
showcase No. 1 or go for what’s behind the
curtain. We get it and lose it in cycles: yes,
my dear, this is a huge turnaround.
Pisces
February 21 - March 2
You can’t get too worked up about
things when they’re this intense.
For the next few weeks I see you sorting
wildcats out by hand, one way or another.
Recent epiphanies have shown you that it
might work out better if you can find a way
to trust someone else to handle it. As you do
what it takes to untangle a mess that is over
the top, you see that there is more to you
and your goals than you’ve ever been given
credit for. This has something to do with the
fact that your true purpose is awakening.
Stay the course. Rolling with the punches
is crucial to your success right now.
Mother of the Skye
Mother of the Skye has 40 years of experience as an astrologer and tarot consultant. She may be reached by email to cal.garrison@gmail.com