May 2018 Newsletter
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This newsletter covers the two lunations for May then looks more in-depth at Chiron’s recent transit into Aries which will continue until 2027.
Next month I will explore the shift symbolized by the transit of Uranus through Taurus.
Blessings
Christine Rothwell
0438 730 133
Email: christinerothwell@outlook.com
Website: www.christine-rothwell.com
Contents
May begins with Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto all retrograde.
Note: All the dates below are for Australian Eastern Time.
The New Moon on May 15 falls at close to 24 degrees of Taurus putting the spotlight on the Taurean part of all of us and highlighting values, security and our relationship with the physical, material and financial realms.
The New Moon is opposite to Jupiter and trine to Mars, Pluto and the Black Moon Lilith. The opposition with Jupiter may bring in a more optimistic mood but the shadow side of Jupiter can be impulsive and opinionated. If you have an opinion you feel the need to share try to make sure you have the facts and don’t alienate others with an arrogant or bombastic attitude.
Uranus begins its transit of Taurus on May 16, and will spend the next several years here, leaving in 2026. This suggests major changes in the Taurean realms, particularly around our values, especially relating to money and possessions. Collectively we may see major and sometimes sudden and unexpected changes and shifts in the worlds of finance, construction, food production / farming and our relationship with nature [conservation versus development] . More on this next month.
Next month I will explore the shift symbolized by the transit of Uranus through Taurus.
Blessings
Christine Rothwell
0438 730 133
Email: christinerothwell@outlook.com
Website: www.christine-rothwell.com
Contents
- May Overview
- Chiron to Aries
- Consultations and Gift Certificates
- 2018 Astrology Classes
May begins with Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto all retrograde.
Note: All the dates below are for Australian Eastern Time.
- Mars enters the ‘retrograde loop’: May 12
- Mercury to Taurus: May 13
- New Moon in Taurus: May 15
- Uranus to Taurus: May 16
- Mars to Aquarius: May 16
- Venus to Cancer on May 19
- Sun to Gemini: May 21
- Jupiter trine Neptune: May 25
- Mercury to Gemini: May 30
- Full Moon in Sagittarius: May 30
The New Moon on May 15 falls at close to 24 degrees of Taurus putting the spotlight on the Taurean part of all of us and highlighting values, security and our relationship with the physical, material and financial realms.
The New Moon is opposite to Jupiter and trine to Mars, Pluto and the Black Moon Lilith. The opposition with Jupiter may bring in a more optimistic mood but the shadow side of Jupiter can be impulsive and opinionated. If you have an opinion you feel the need to share try to make sure you have the facts and don’t alienate others with an arrogant or bombastic attitude.
Uranus begins its transit of Taurus on May 16, and will spend the next several years here, leaving in 2026. This suggests major changes in the Taurean realms, particularly around our values, especially relating to money and possessions. Collectively we may see major and sometimes sudden and unexpected changes and shifts in the worlds of finance, construction, food production / farming and our relationship with nature [conservation versus development] . More on this next month.
The Full Moon on May 30 falls at close to eight degrees of Sagittarius, emphasizing the Gemini / Sagittarius polarity, and highlighting issues around communication, speaking our truth, sibling relationships, learning and understanding how our mind works.
The Sagittarian Full Moon also highlights our beliefs systems and calls us to see the big picture. The Sagittarian quest is the Search for Meaning, hence this full moon invites us to step back and see the bigger picture in our lives and expand our awareness and sense of what is possible for ourselves and humanity.
This full moon is square to Neptune, suggesting the potential for confusion which may lead to activation of the victim archetype and any of the addictive patterns we fall into in order to soothe our anxiety. However this energy can also be highly creative if we can own our confusion and allow the fog to lift in its own time. Neptune always challenges us to surrender to feeling and not act until something ‘feels right’: in other words we are challenged to listen to our intuition. If you can allow yourself not to ‘know’ and re-frame any anxiety as part of the creative process then the outcome may be more constructive …eventually.
Neptune is also said to relate to Divine Love. From an evolutionary perspective Neptune transits challenge us to open and hearts and view life from a heart centred perspective, with compassion for ourselves and others. Can you surrender to your heart and allow it to communicate with you during this time?
The Sagittarian Full Moon also highlights our beliefs systems and calls us to see the big picture. The Sagittarian quest is the Search for Meaning, hence this full moon invites us to step back and see the bigger picture in our lives and expand our awareness and sense of what is possible for ourselves and humanity.
This full moon is square to Neptune, suggesting the potential for confusion which may lead to activation of the victim archetype and any of the addictive patterns we fall into in order to soothe our anxiety. However this energy can also be highly creative if we can own our confusion and allow the fog to lift in its own time. Neptune always challenges us to surrender to feeling and not act until something ‘feels right’: in other words we are challenged to listen to our intuition. If you can allow yourself not to ‘know’ and re-frame any anxiety as part of the creative process then the outcome may be more constructive …eventually.
Neptune is also said to relate to Divine Love. From an evolutionary perspective Neptune transits challenge us to open and hearts and view life from a heart centred perspective, with compassion for ourselves and others. Can you surrender to your heart and allow it to communicate with you during this time?
2. Chiron to Aries: 2018/19 to 2026/27
Chiron entered the sign of Aries last month, on April 18, retrogrades back into Pisces on September 29 and re-enters Aries on February 18 2019 where it will stay until 2027. Chiron has a very elliptical orbit of 49 to 50 years and is at its slowest in the sign of Aries. It takes on average 8.33 years to transit Aries while only an average of 1.66 years to transit Libra.
Chiron represents the archetype of the Wounded Healer and it symbolizes a part of the psyche that often feels different and unacceptable but is calling for acceptance and integration and therefore has been called a sacred wound. Chiron often challenges us to own these wounded and rejected parts of self and risk rejection in order to claim our wholeness.
Chiron’s wounds are therefore said to be soul making as they challenge us to stand in our truth and own our differences and perceived imperfections: physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Therefore, Chiron’s transits are therefore often an invitation to see the ‘bigger picture’ - to separate from the ‘tribe’ and be true to the Self – a call to individuate.
Chiron’s transit of Aries calls us attend to the wounds we carry – personally and collectively - around the Aries archetype. This involves owning the wound[s], seeing the bigger picture, being willing to move beyond the ego and reconcile opposites regarding:
My take on this transit is that it is a call to find new ways of managing conflict at both personal and collective levels as well as a call for SELF ACCEPTANCE. It is a call to heal the Warrior Archetype within ourselves and within the collective.
As Chiron often works homoeopathically it will reveal our personal and collective wounds around anger, assertion and conflict and can [and is doing so already] activate the bully and the victim archetypes. It may sensitize us to feeling dis-empowered and inadequate. We may experience frustration until we own our inadequacies / fears and look for new solutions.
The last time Chiron was in Aries was 1968 to 1977, a time of major change where the urge to find more peaceful solutions to conflict became a major concern. The Civil Rights movement was in full swing and there were mass demonstrations about the Vietnam War and in support of Black Rights and Equal Rights for Women.
The Vietnam War reached a crescendo and the images of burning children and the knowledge of massacres of civilians led to an international revulsion that was a catalyst for the ending of the war. The Middle East conflicts, especially the war in Syria are echoing these themes and hopefully we will see a similar desire for peace emerge sooner rather than later. The movement for gun control in the USA feels like an expression of this transit.
Other major events and themes from Chiron’s last transit of Aries include the assassination of Martin Luther King just after Chiron moved into Aries in 1968 and the assassination of Robert Kennedy soon after. The Northern Ireland conflict was also in full swing. It was a time of major tumult where the forces of justice were eventually heard.
What might we expect? If history repeats itself we might initially experience a polarization where the aggressors dig in but eventually leading to a shift that leads to major healing. This transit has been called the battle between the Hawks and the Doves which could be re-framed as a battle between the functional and dysfunctional expressions of Aries. The highest expression of Aries is the White Knight and Spiritual Warrior who fights with honour for a noble cause while the shadow Aries who can be the Mercenary, Bully and Aggressor who is fighting for the love of bloodshed or for power and ego gratification.
Chiron entered the sign of Aries last month, on April 18, retrogrades back into Pisces on September 29 and re-enters Aries on February 18 2019 where it will stay until 2027. Chiron has a very elliptical orbit of 49 to 50 years and is at its slowest in the sign of Aries. It takes on average 8.33 years to transit Aries while only an average of 1.66 years to transit Libra.
Chiron represents the archetype of the Wounded Healer and it symbolizes a part of the psyche that often feels different and unacceptable but is calling for acceptance and integration and therefore has been called a sacred wound. Chiron often challenges us to own these wounded and rejected parts of self and risk rejection in order to claim our wholeness.
Chiron’s wounds are therefore said to be soul making as they challenge us to stand in our truth and own our differences and perceived imperfections: physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Therefore, Chiron’s transits are therefore often an invitation to see the ‘bigger picture’ - to separate from the ‘tribe’ and be true to the Self – a call to individuate.
Chiron’s transit of Aries calls us attend to the wounds we carry – personally and collectively - around the Aries archetype. This involves owning the wound[s], seeing the bigger picture, being willing to move beyond the ego and reconcile opposites regarding:
- Being ourselves … ‘identity wound’
- Claiming our Inner Warrior, Hero & Pioneer
- How we deal [or not] with anger and assertion …and
- How we deal with competition and conflict.
My take on this transit is that it is a call to find new ways of managing conflict at both personal and collective levels as well as a call for SELF ACCEPTANCE. It is a call to heal the Warrior Archetype within ourselves and within the collective.
As Chiron often works homoeopathically it will reveal our personal and collective wounds around anger, assertion and conflict and can [and is doing so already] activate the bully and the victim archetypes. It may sensitize us to feeling dis-empowered and inadequate. We may experience frustration until we own our inadequacies / fears and look for new solutions.
The last time Chiron was in Aries was 1968 to 1977, a time of major change where the urge to find more peaceful solutions to conflict became a major concern. The Civil Rights movement was in full swing and there were mass demonstrations about the Vietnam War and in support of Black Rights and Equal Rights for Women.
The Vietnam War reached a crescendo and the images of burning children and the knowledge of massacres of civilians led to an international revulsion that was a catalyst for the ending of the war. The Middle East conflicts, especially the war in Syria are echoing these themes and hopefully we will see a similar desire for peace emerge sooner rather than later. The movement for gun control in the USA feels like an expression of this transit.
Other major events and themes from Chiron’s last transit of Aries include the assassination of Martin Luther King just after Chiron moved into Aries in 1968 and the assassination of Robert Kennedy soon after. The Northern Ireland conflict was also in full swing. It was a time of major tumult where the forces of justice were eventually heard.
What might we expect? If history repeats itself we might initially experience a polarization where the aggressors dig in but eventually leading to a shift that leads to major healing. This transit has been called the battle between the Hawks and the Doves which could be re-framed as a battle between the functional and dysfunctional expressions of Aries. The highest expression of Aries is the White Knight and Spiritual Warrior who fights with honour for a noble cause while the shadow Aries who can be the Mercenary, Bully and Aggressor who is fighting for the love of bloodshed or for power and ego gratification.
May the Goddess & God Bless You All
Christine
www.christine-rothwell.com
christinerothwell@outlook.com
2018 Astrology Classes
Please contact Christine for more information
First Year/ Beginners’
Tuesday evenings beginning March 6
Second Year / Intermediate
Thursday evenings beginning February 8
Advanced Group
Second Saturday afternoon each month, beginning February 10
Calculation Exam Study Group
First Saturday afternoon of the month from March to August
Christine offers an in-depth psychological and mythological approach to astrology. These classes are suitable for those individuals who are wishing to learn more about themselves as well as those interested in becoming a professional astrologer.
Classes can be taken on a term by term basis and sound files are provided for any classes you miss.
First Year covers all the basics that you need to begin to understand a birth chart.
Second Year goes deeper into horoscope and looks at predictive techniques.
The Advanced Classes gives you the opportunity to integrate what you have learned through a seminar format that allows exposure to more advanced techniques and psychological perspectives.
Please ring or email for a brochure.
christinerothwell@outlook.com
Or
www.christine-rothwell.com
For more information
Consultations & Gift Certificates
Are available as:
Personal Consultations
Skype Readings
Telephone consultations
All consultations are recorded and will be sent to you via an email link.
Gift Certificates are available for most consultations.
AN INITIAL CONSULTATION explores the soul’s journey as revealed through the personal symbol of the birth chart. The focus is on the potential inherent in the birth chart and the challenges that need to be embraced in order to realize this potential.
Other readings available include:
In-depth Consultation: Two one hour sound files exploring both the soul’s journey [see above] and the year ahead.
Chart Up-date: The Year Ahead: Explores the year ahead from a psychological perspective.
Understanding Your Child: A wonderful gift for new parents and explores a child’s unique needs, motivations, potentials and challenges.
Relationship Analysis: Helps explain the dynamic between two people to facilitate their understanding of each other and their relationship.
Relocation: Explains how a different location may impact on your psyche. This can be helpful if you are thinking of re-locating and can be included with any of the above consultations.
Christine
www.christine-rothwell.com
christinerothwell@outlook.com
2018 Astrology Classes
Please contact Christine for more information
First Year/ Beginners’
Tuesday evenings beginning March 6
Second Year / Intermediate
Thursday evenings beginning February 8
Advanced Group
Second Saturday afternoon each month, beginning February 10
Calculation Exam Study Group
First Saturday afternoon of the month from March to August
Christine offers an in-depth psychological and mythological approach to astrology. These classes are suitable for those individuals who are wishing to learn more about themselves as well as those interested in becoming a professional astrologer.
Classes can be taken on a term by term basis and sound files are provided for any classes you miss.
First Year covers all the basics that you need to begin to understand a birth chart.
Second Year goes deeper into horoscope and looks at predictive techniques.
The Advanced Classes gives you the opportunity to integrate what you have learned through a seminar format that allows exposure to more advanced techniques and psychological perspectives.
Please ring or email for a brochure.
christinerothwell@outlook.com
Or
www.christine-rothwell.com
For more information
Consultations & Gift Certificates
Are available as:
Personal Consultations
Skype Readings
Telephone consultations
All consultations are recorded and will be sent to you via an email link.
Gift Certificates are available for most consultations.
AN INITIAL CONSULTATION explores the soul’s journey as revealed through the personal symbol of the birth chart. The focus is on the potential inherent in the birth chart and the challenges that need to be embraced in order to realize this potential.
Other readings available include:
In-depth Consultation: Two one hour sound files exploring both the soul’s journey [see above] and the year ahead.
Chart Up-date: The Year Ahead: Explores the year ahead from a psychological perspective.
Understanding Your Child: A wonderful gift for new parents and explores a child’s unique needs, motivations, potentials and challenges.
Relationship Analysis: Helps explain the dynamic between two people to facilitate their understanding of each other and their relationship.
Relocation: Explains how a different location may impact on your psyche. This can be helpful if you are thinking of re-locating and can be included with any of the above consultations.