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yungang_grotto
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posted August 01, 2015 07:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yungang_grotto     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very interested to see what this group comes up with. This thread is for brainstorming and free exploration of thought and feeling relating to this topic.

I'm presently making a conscious effort to prioritize the sacredness of our mother, Earth, on both a practical and philosophical level. I'm interested in homesteading, permaculture, wildcrafting, and bioremediation of toxic sites, using mushrooms and other filtration mediums to transform/alchemize toxic elements (my theory is that Scorpio and Pluto would be key to these kinds of projects, cleaning up nuclear waste involves Uranus somehow, etc. What is the rulership of Mercury, the toxic element? I'm interested in this kind of information, a kind of Medical astrology for the planet).

I'm interested in ways we can contribute positively to this wonderful living mystery from which we view the spinning stars, planets, and asteroids, which circle our ever-loving father Sun (forgive me the gendered characterizations, but they do seem apt in my personal cosmological understanding at the present time).

I'm hoping for your insights as to how we can maximize the energies of our charts to re-align with the wisdom of our ancestors, who lived largely in harmony with nature, flourishing and at peace, in tune with the bona fide magic of the animal and plant teachings, and very much at one with the stars as well, building temples in alignment with them, and communicating, by many accounts, with the Star People themselves.

¤Asteroids☆

For permaculture/hunting/caring for and protecting the earth, obviously we have Diana and Artemis, for whom guarding the sanctity of wildness is a top priority. I have Diana conjunct my North Node and have always felt strongly drawn to drop everything and enter the forest for good... lol... Obviously I'm still using the Internet

I would venture to think that Nymphe would be related to sensuous connection with nature, propagation of plants and planting/grafting of fruit trees...

Gardening would be Ceres, yes? Any others we can drum up?

How about Asteroids relating to heavy-handedness when breaking the land, 'brown' thumbs, and difficulty relating to the earth on a growing/flourishing level?

How about animal husbandry? Asteroids specific to horses? Chickens?

Carpentry? Lumberjacks? Communication with small animals--and large?


*♡ By Sign **


Of course Taurus is especially good at taking care of the earth and of little animals... Virgo is even more of a gardener, organizing everything into proper rows, with an eye for detail, rooting out invasive species/identifying those which aren't contributing positively, etc... while Capricorn is on the Monsanto side of things at its extreme, I would say, where the ambition could cloud the initial pure impulse towards working with the earth; but applied lovingly, Capricornian energy in combination with Scorpio/Pluto will be a major factor in the rehabilitation of toxic waste sites, etc... in my opinion. Capricorn can be an excellent farmer.

I wonder how Cancer fits into this; though they've a reputation for mothering, Crabs are not domestic in the same way cows are... I think that's an interesting avenue for exploration and one I've not fully fleshed out. It seems like Cancer at home is a very very different animal than Taurus, who is grounded in the physical realm, whereas Cancers sensibilities shift like the sand as she skitters through the tidal pools; her home is a metaphor for itself, and thus her relationship with the physical earth is constantly shifting and in motion, at times crashing like the waves; calm and swelling with the fullness of the moon at others... I'm waxing poetic now, forgive me my indulgence!

Pisces helps us see that all physical manifestations are a vibration which tells of the spirit behind/around/flowing through, yes? A similar oceanic energy to Cancer, but more in tune with the small particles which float, the metaphysical structure of the water, the trans-oceanic communication, the call of the whale... And Taurus is intimately linked with that call, the throat chakra, with all animal calls; the speech of the earth... And the feet, the feet of Pisces carry us over her sacred body; they are our primary connection with the earth, even as Pisces loops back up to the crown Chakra energy...

The fire signs play into this story in a very important way, giving the impetus, the spark to life, the warmth, the gusto... The air signs too, as pranic channels, as ruling oxygen, breath--and conversely, these masculine signs relate to pollution--air and fire, combustion... Scorpio also as I have said, has strong ties to pollution as well as regeneration, and is playing a pivotal role in our awareness/suppression of conscious awareness of the ways in which we are poisoning the earth and our sacred bodies...

Taurus helps us ground into ourselves. This is absolutely necessary if we are going to understand the work we have to do here. without listening to our bodies, we will not be able to listen to the earth's needs, and without listening we just won't know what to do to survive or to help her flourish.

This brings me to my question about

*$ Planets ♡♢♡♤

Mercury, specifically.

As an intermediary between the Earth and the Sun Mercury is so important. Does it not also get in the way of our primal connection with our own bodies? It can enhance it also, and this is a complex topic; but I've been noticing the domination of Mercurial thought being overbearing at times in my life, to the point where it gets in the way of my intuitive connection with my body (I have Mercury conjunct Pluto in Scorpio in the 1st house so this is a big lesson for me).

How can Mercury be applied constructively, in this case, where my primary intention is to heal my body and my relationship with myself and the earth? I have Moon conjunct Neptune in Capricorn in my 3rd house, so I'm into communicating on a spiritual level about matters to do with ambitious earthy stuff hence this direction of research.

I think Venus is of great importance in that we must reclaim the sacredness of the divine feminine, necessarily, her inviolable right to safety, to sensuality..

And we come to Lilith, who Demands her Right to Feel. Who is averse to gaslighting in all its forms, including that which casts activists and defenders of the earth in a negative light, as if they were the aggressors, and not the defenders.

Maybe I'll write a better organized article about this at some point... Any and all input very welcome... That's it for now...

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posted August 01, 2015 09:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Faith     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very impressive, yungang_grotto.

I explored tree hugging a while ago. Here is the thread if you care to take a look.

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Originally posted by yungang_grotto:
I'm interested in homesteading, permaculture, wildcrafting, and bioremediation of toxic sites, using mushrooms and other filtration mediums to transform/alchemize toxic elements

Beautiful.

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Originally posted by yungang_grotto:
(my theory is that Scorpio and Pluto would be key to these kinds of projects, cleaning up nuclear waste involves Uranus somehow, etc. What is the rulership of Mercury, the toxic element? I'm interested in this kind of information, a kind of Medical astrology for the planet).

This is beyond my level of expertise...haha, not that I have any expertise...but I do like your observation that Scorpio/Pluto can get to the bottom of the trouble.

Hmm, I actually have grown suspicious of Mercury, as it seems that the most educated societies are too often the most polluting. I know it's not fair or accurate to blame Mercury. Yet, to quote Eckhart Tolle, what we see too often is "Intelligence in the service of madness."

Too much knowledge and not enough wisdom.

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Originally posted by yungang_grotto:
I'm interested in ways we can contribute positively to this wonderful living mystery from which we view the spinning stars, planets, and asteroids, which circle our ever-loving father Sun (forgive me the gendered characterizations, but they do seem apt in my personal cosmological understanding at the present time).

I'm thinking about my life and efforts to achieve this...it's actually been a sad path in many respects...a losing battle. Yet there are quiet victories. I think environmentalism suffers from being too showy ~ it's a market in itself ~ at a time when we need to re-think markets altogether.

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Originally posted by yungang_grotto:
I'm hoping for your insights as to how we can maximize the energies of our charts to re-align with the wisdom of our ancestors, who lived largely in harmony with nature, flourishing and at peace, in tune with the bona fide magic of the animal and plant teachings, and very much at one with the stars as well, building temples in alignment with them, and communicating, by many accounts, with the Star People themselves.

I suppose we each go about this in whatever way we can. My Scorpio NN enables me to embrace a relatively spartan lifestyle. (Compared to other middle class Americans in my area, I mean.) It's not spartan enough to do the world much good, but I'm not a super-consumer. Every single non-biodegradable thing I put in the trash can gives me a pang of guilt.

Originally it WAS my plan to homestead and I have the land for it but encroachments by polluters have wrecked that dream and imposed a number of problems.

Maybe some day my family will get back to it.

One thing that I think preserves the land is self-awareness, meditation, and consciousness, so that your joy comes from within, and not from material objects.

Perhaps Neptune in Pisces will help us learn that lesson.

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posted August 01, 2015 09:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for athenegoddess     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
In my experience and knowledge, It doesn't matter what your chart says. What matters is a persons ability to connect with love and having empathy for all life that lives on earth.


One of the most powerful ways you can manifest this is by telling your higher self that you give your free will to unleash forgiveness, and then to heal the earth and bring it back into righteousness.

God will never do it without the free will of the human race. Giving your heart and mind back to God which is your perfection is what produces miracles beyond compare.

Jesus was just one man who did it and look what he accomplished? Now everyone bases Christanity and other religions based on his existence and what God gave to him for giving his free will to His I Am presence!

Imagine what would happen if all of humanity did what Jesus did?

It's something beautiful to really think about. Everyone should know God is waiting for us to take our power back and to wake up out of our slumber that evil has kept us in for too long.

- Don't eat meat

- Be pure in your thoughts, feelings, words, actions. ( be on earth as you are in heaven)

- Pray everyday for the healing of humanity, the earth, and all the kingdoms of nature.

- Pray that the evil in this world that controls the masses and keeps them asleep has its power stripped from them like it was nothing at all. (nothing can match or challenge Gods power)

- Most of all give yourself back to God and live at one with the pure perfect divinity that we all are.

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posted August 02, 2015 10:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for yungang_grotto     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I see astrology as a means towards greater self-awareness, and deeper understanding of our abilities, motivations, and the energies at play in this lifetime. As such I see this study as a powerful tool when applied in this particular direction; if we identify our strengths in the context of our embodied selves living on a living planet, we will be better equipped to make a positive contribution to this great teeming mystery we are all part of.

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posted August 02, 2015 10:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for yungang_grotto     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Athene, I do see where you're coming from with that sentiment though. However if astrology can't be applied in this direction I see no further use for it in my life... This is really important to me and I don't see how something can be TOO important and all-encompassing for astrology. That's kinda how I was feeling for a while but it can't be so.

I do agree that true love and empathy are most important, and I feel the vibration of our collective soul sorta supersedes astrology in a way; but astrology is part of the great gift of the mystery which has been given us...

I was recently shown that the way to heal the earth is to walk in wonder here and remain open to the teachings of the field and forest, of the dog people, of all the winged things, the elements, and the stars! The Stars are great teachers. Our attempts to decipher their messages are very important.

I also appreciate your recommendations. I love the idea of mediating on love and healing for all daily

However, guilt inducing maxims like 'don't eat meat' don't seem to work well in my experience. I was born and raised vegetarian but i have recently begun eating bison and chickens who are free range and organically fed. I am part Cree and i believe in respectful relationship with the creatures of this earth, including deep gratitude for their lives as being part of my own. I too will feed somebody with my body some day, and this will be an honour.

I'm thinking something like, grow your own food, or know you're farmer; cultivate plants and animals with care and love... There is violence against animals and plants and the earth with industrial agriculture, and while the livestock industry is extremely detrimental, hunting wild meat and raising a few cows or pigs is a nod to the way things have been for a long time, and the reality of our own beautiful, omnivorous bodies.

Thanks Faith Drafting a reply to you now... <3

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posted August 02, 2015 10:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Faith     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
^^ You're welcome.

I've blamed religion for cluttering up the earth before...from time immemorial it's been temples, idols, artifacts. The material accoutrements of religion get to be pretty extreme with the cathedrals, and all spiritual teachings about frugality, conservatism and charity are utterly drowned out by the "noise" of the vaulted ceilings, gold goblets and all of that.

I noticed this from a young age.

But I have 9H Aries Jupiter exactly sextile Gemini Mars. I was born to complain about religion. So excuse me....

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posted August 02, 2015 10:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for yungang_grotto     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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One thing that I think preserves the land is self-awareness, meditation, and consciousness, so that your joy comes from within, and not from material objects.

Perhaps Neptune in Pisces will help us learn that lesson. 


big time. The change has to come from within each of us; as we see the earth in a purer light so shall it transform; we must be holding our awareness of the world with great care and love; our toxic minds are reflected in the toxicity of the environment... And conversely, our beautiful dreams and visions come to life when we are focused and diligent, disciplined and committed to Love!

Neptune is conjunct my North Node right now

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posted August 02, 2015 10:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for yungang_grotto     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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One of the most powerful ways you can manifest this is by telling your higher self that you give your free will to unleash forgiveness, and then to heal the earth and bring it back into righteousness.

God will never do it without the free will of the human race. Giving your heart and mind back to God which is your perfection is what produces miracles beyond compare.

Jesus was just one man who did it and look what he accomplished? Now everyone bases Christanity and other religions based on his existence and what God gave to him for giving his free will to His I Am presence!

Imagine what would happen if all of humanity did what Jesus did?

It's something beautiful to really think about. Everyone should know God is waiting for us to take our power back and to wake up out of our slumber that evil has kept us in for too long.


♡♡♡

Yes.

I was recently shown that we have to stop collectively glorifying the violent death of Christ. There has been too much focus put on his suffering and not enough on his coming here, the sacred immortal infant. What do you think about this?

it seems to me that we must stop focusing on death pain and humiliation. We must acknowledge they exist, but then move away from enabling these things in a concerted way.

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posted August 02, 2015 10:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Faith     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by yungang_grotto:
big time. The change has to come from within each of us; as we see the earth in a purer light so shall it transform; we must be holding our awareness of the world with great care and love; our toxic minds are reflected in the toxicity of the environment... And conversely, our beautiful dreams and visions come to life when we are focused and diligent, disciplined and committed to Love!

Neptune is conjunct my North Node right now


So well said.

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posted August 02, 2015 01:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SnowCatcher     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I read the word permaculture and I stopped...

I'M A PERMACULTUREIST TOO! Well partly lol. I took a PDC course online at Oregon State University with Andrew Millison, it was awesome! I did lots of research as well, and am well aware of things that Paul Wheaton does, Geoff Lawton, Bill Mollison, and the almighty, SEPP Holzter! Currently I'm taking my time with little experiments in my backyard, and lots of pattern observation.

ok, off topic, sorry. I will come back to this thread later because I'm short on time & I'm a very slow/impatient reader... Maybe I'm more impatient than slow? Aires moon? Just wanted to stop in and say hi for now!(: Its awesome to run into another permacultureist!

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posted August 03, 2015 10:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for yungang_grotto     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi! Awesome! I'm interested to know where Ceres is in your chart, and what else you think might play into your interest in permaculture?

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posted August 03, 2015 01:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SnowCatcher     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Hi! Awesome! I'm interested to know where Ceres is in your chart, and what else you think might play into your interest in permaculture?


Well let's see shall we.

- I have Retro Ceres in Taurus 6° (12th house..?)

Other things...? I'll link you my chart if you care to look. But notable things that stick out to me;

- Taurus ASC, Venus conj. IC Leo
- 10th house retro Saturn in Aquarius
- NN in Sag. -> Jupiter conj. Mars in 6th house, Libra (Aries 12th/11th house).
- Ironically, I'm life path #33/6, too. Hmp.

http://tinypic.com/m/iz8en7/2

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posted August 03, 2015 01:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SnowCatcher     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just top of my head thoughts.

I would like to add, in regard to the "edge" that permaculture puts emphasis on, it reminds me of Scorpio. And just land regeneration in general. Taurus is like the climax forest maybe, and scorpio is that sudden "catastrophic" change to disrupt that peace.

Pattern observation feels very associated with Taurus. To slow down life and see everything going on, and learn from it.

The complex nature of permaculture is like virgo - there's one 1/4 acre farm that was over like 200 plants, chickens, aquaponics on it, NOW that's attention to detail! haha.

Cancer reminds me of the three ethics to permacutlure; care for people, care of the Earth, and a return of surplus to both. The idea of abundance to me = cancer's need for security.If you look at Sepp Holzter's farm, he has one of the most sustainable farms in the world, and there's just a strong sense of security from all that abundance he creates.

I find it ironic that all signs I listed are negative signs

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posted August 08, 2015 09:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for yungang_grotto     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Fascinating! Yes, thank you! missed seeing this until now...

Virgo, certainly, with the maximizing land space! lol That'll be good to remember as I'm starting a land project with a Virgo this fall...

Your post is like a song to me--i love reading about nature so much... Taurus as presence, abundance--Scorpio as a force of regeneration which also precipitates the conditions for new growth through disruption... Yes?

the 'edge' is a concept I'm not totally familiar with, having only read permaculture books and been alongside those practicing it and seeing its deep connection to the way-things-have-always-been, indigenous land care practices, propagation of desired plants and forest gardening/companion planting, listening to the land to the extreme, learning from the animals..

But not having studied it in depth I am unfamiliar with the terminology--yet I have an idea of what you mean-- transition zones, the edge of a peak forest being identified once total volume of growth necessitates some disruption--Uranus--for new growth...

Permaculture is ancient, I've been realizing... although technological advancements and sharing of ideas--Aquarius, mercury, gemini--mean that the principles can be applied in New ways always--nature so innovative and always manifestly uniquely, as per the great mystery's capacity for infinite possibility...! And we are paens in the game/dancers in the dance... realizing unity and balance and the effects of discord and gentleness and listening and cultivation of abundance...

What do you think about aquaponics? What rulership, what domain would it fall under?

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posted August 12, 2015 09:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Cool.

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The sign Cancer is the foundation for all life -- this sign is seen as a insignificant and boring sign in astrology with terms like moodiness, clingy and other lame projections. But many fail to see without Cancer energy, you have no home, foundation, security, emotional connections, no caretakers, no birthing, no nurturing etc. being in the fourth house it works side by side with Gaia. Cancer receives and reflects what is going on with the cosmos and what is happening underneath it all. What happens in the soil is Cancer or womb-like. Seeds need to germinate in the dark soil that is a foundation for production. When they break the surface that is more a Aries event, as the Sun is exalted in Aries and the Sun promotes growth once the seed has broke through. Aries energy is needed to substain life. Aries is individualized energy, which shows that all of us are individuals and are part of the Earth and we need stewardship from every human being. Nothing improves until humans step forward and make it so.

The Moon rules the masses, Cancer is a sign that is very under-estimated but has a very large role in many facets, it works in the background so it's never given its due. But when Cancer themes are unbalanced, no one on Earth is going to feel good. Cancer rules the stomach -- food and nutrition, Pisces helps by feeding our cells and absorbing minerals, and Scorpio keeps the body clear and efficient. But Cancer starts the whole process off, Cancer is ever watchful and has many resources it uses to keep things on a healthy upkeep.

Our soil has no nutrients anymore, the soil on Earth is depleted of minerals, much of the soil is dead because of round-up, agent orange, and agriculture refusing to rotate there crops and use organic methods like planting beans with corn etc. to create a symbiosis relationship among crops, some crops as Native Americans discovered do well when planted together.

Toxic soil is clearly related to Pisces, all chemicals, Gmo's are related to Pisces archetype. Damage on the cellular level is ruled by Pisces and Neptune. The death and sludge on Earth is related to Scorpio. Earth is being transformed into a toxic planet by plain greed which is also Scorpio related -- money, resources, business all ruled by Capricorn, Saturn, Scorpio and Pluto. The Water triplicity is important because Earth is mostly all Water, the human body is made up of a significant amount of Water. Without Water we die. Water element is extremely important to Earth, all the elements are, but Water does a huge function to keep us alive, so many processes go into the archetype of Water and its significance.

Intelligence and science means nothing when your own science is killing you. Using radiation to kill Cancer is the most stupid idea ever formed.... Anyway I'm rambling.

I think some charts show people who care, but on the other spectrum some people just don't care...really hard to say since the World is run by imbeciles from the Governments and other World domination groups like banks, businesses, the medical industry...

Sedna is a good asteroid for environmental stewardship. She actually in myth would prevent fisherman from getting fish, if they started to disrespect nature, sorta of like Ceres but more strict. Makemake asteroid sacredness of nature and animals. Hecate don't be thrown off by the dark description of her, she is a protector of nature and given power over land, sea, sky by Zeus.

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