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Golden Leaf Consulting
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Farmers’ Markets Nova Scotia
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Lauren Bennett, ND
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Michelle Kapler R.Ac
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Sobey School of Business
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Civic Hall Toronto
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Avalon sexual assault centre
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![October 28 full moon eclipse: Heads up, eyes open in this zone of acceleration
Outside world
The world feels like a deeply uncomfortable place, the result of many wills being asserted, pulling and stretching the collective in multiple directions. Mars and Venus conjunct in Scorpio are 6° from the sun, in direct opposition to the moon and Jupiter: a battle of authorities while the rest of us scatter underfoot.
During this epic ox pull, the full, eclipsing moon will conjunct Jupiter at 11° of Taurus and then Uranus at 21° of Taurus, all within 24 hours. This is a time when red storms, whether figurative emotional storms or literal hurricanes, swirl faster and bigger as the energy input increases.
It looks like families or communities are falling apart, being divided or splintered. But it could be, more accurately, people re-sorting themselves, re-prioritizing their lives, causing certain structures to falter and collapse.
The second half of the eclipse, as the moon moves conjunct Uranus, you may find yourself feeling unreal, dissociated, dreamlike. Call it lunar phase-shifting—perceiving multiple realities at once, experiencing metaphorical death/rebirth transition, feeling caught up the spiralling stream that runs through and beyond the quotidian life. Outside and inside, collective and personal bleed together and the veil is very thin.
Inside world
There seems to be quite literally a tripling of feminine power within this eclipse:
- Moon/Jupiter/Uranus in Taurus as Maiden, fertile and bursting with life
- Mars/Venus/Sun in Scorpio as Mother, the aggressive protector, the warrior queen
- Saturn at 0° of Pisces opposite Lilith in Virgo as Crone, the chthonic, unblinking gaze of Higher Reality…
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