by christel | Apr 18, 2023 | Clarity Readings, Expanded reading
All human activity is driven by measurement of the movement of stellar bodies: time. But outside of the earthly use of calendars and clocks and events and seasons, what is the meaning of the cycles and spirals and aspects and alignments that our luminaries and planets make? That’s what astrology is meant to explore, I think. Instead of the task of figuring out the way to act most advantageously underneath the dancing lights that produce, in a roundabout way, time itself, astrology is a tool for uncovering the metaphysical nature of the universe as demonstrated by its most brilliant creatures: the stars.
One of the biggest material myths to overcome on the way to liberation is that humans are strictly subjects to linear time. Yes, the meat suit degrades and requires all sorts of upkeep dependent on external conditions governed by time. But just like the rest of the known universe, we are metaphysical beings that dwell in the timeless realms while tethered to a physical plane of measured decay at the same time. So what meaning, what impact do the stars and their perceived movement have for us as nonphysical spirit beings who inhabit a world shaped by correspondence and relationship rather than time and space?
by christel | Apr 4, 2023 | Clarity Readings, Expanded reading
Volatility, power and contradiction—that’s the nature of this full moon. I was born under a Libra full moon in Aries, and the dynamic between these two cardinal signs is very much a power struggle where balance is attempted through violent pendulum swings between...
by christel | Mar 29, 2023 | Clarity Readings, Daily card
I have apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic dreams fairly often. They vary widely in content and feeling, but one aspect that is consistent in my post-apocalyptic dreams is the reclamation of commercial infrastructure for people to live and socialize in. My dreamtime...
by christel | Mar 23, 2023 | Clarity Readings, Daily card
Well, today’s the day that Pluto moves into Aquarius for the first time since the French Revolution. Of course, it’s just a movement over an imaginary boundary marker. But our whole world is made of imaginary boundary markers that we’re forced to respect—like...
by christel | Mar 19, 2023 | Clarity Readings, Daily card
Tomorrow evening the sun will move into Aries, beginning a new solar year and marking the spring equinox, followed within 24 hours by a new moon in Aries. Mercury, Chiron and Jupiter are hanging out in Aries as well, preceded by Venus and Uranus one sign ahead in...
by christel | Mar 13, 2023 | Clarity Readings, Daily card
Whether it’s dissolving precarious foundations or pushing out the tide to reveal that there aren’t any foundations at all, the Time Lord in Pisces is reality-checking a world economy that is essentially a giant Ponzi scheme. There is only one solution: owning up to...
by christel | Mar 10, 2023 | Clarity Readings, Daily card
Today is the day of Venus, and she is currently opposing the moon in Libra and sextiling Mars in Gemini (which is trining the Moon, which is trining Saturn as well). The sun is now beginning to conjunct Neptune, which will get tighter and tighter as the month wears...
by christel | Mar 9, 2023 | Clarity Readings, Daily card
It’s Jupiter’s day and he continues in his conjunction with master healer Chiron, both opposite moon in Libra today. Sometimes healing is found in self-assertion and “taking care of number one”, not in avoiding conflict or compromising. Jupiter does have a tendency to...
by christel | Mar 8, 2023 | Clarity Readings, Daily card
Today is Mercury’s day and the first day of Saturn in Pisces, where it will be until May 2025. The moon is currently opposite Neptune and trining Pluto, a situation ripe for deep messages. My question today is: how can we use dreams to affect reality? The two cards...
by christel | Mar 7, 2023 | Clarity Readings, Daily card
Today is Tuesday, day of Mars, and the full moon in Virgo has just peaked. As I write this, Saturn is hanging at 29° 59’ of Aquarius, one tiny minute away from Pisces, into which it will ingress in a few hours. Mars in Gemini is squaring both the sun and the moon,...