Mercury conjunct Venus at the Imbolc degree

What is emerging from the Union of the Mind and the Heart?

Early this morning at 3:17am MST we had Mercury the Mind and Venus the Heart cojoin at 14’57 Aquarius- the degree of Solar Imbolc (from the Northern Hemisphere perspective).

Solar Imbolc is the midpoint between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox- between the Darkest of the Dark and the Resurrection of the Light. As such, Imbolc is the Gate of Emergence- where we start to see more Light and we know we are ever so slowly but surely emerging out of the Darkness of Winter.

If you have not heard my Age of Aquarius Horoscopes yet be sure to tune into them and then think about the Astrology today and overnight (any dreams you had overnight can be significant!). You can be getting messages from your Mind and your Heart about what wants to Emerge within you in regards to your personal contribution to the Age of Aquarius! (If you are not subscribed to my Substack Membership you can sign up here- https://divineharmony.substack.com/subscribe)

Mercury and Venus will make their way to quincunx Retrograde Jupiter in Cancer tomorrow and Saturday- and next week they both will sextile Chiron and Eris in Aries. Emotions can be magnified by Jupiter in Cancer- but Aquarius prefers to detach and rise above. Finding the right balance between detachment and getting perspective- and actually FEELING what you feel without being consumed by it is key. With the links to Chiron and Eris next week we are supported in channeling our anger and rage into activism and taking action in ways that support awakening- rather than harm it.

I was having a conversation with a friend about what to do when horrible things are happening around us. Violence, shootings, killings- harm to our Earth and her precious resources- her air, water and soil. Standing up and speaking up is important but doing so from a place that contributes to healing and peace is key.

War consciousness is rampant on the planet- power over/power under, suppression and rebellion. This is the Karma of the Father Line playing out. Attacking or killing others we disagree with only happens when we have dehumanized the other. Dehumanization is the metaphorical Gateway drug to the eventual extinction of humanity. I know that sounds dire but it is the Truth. As long we parse people out into good people and evil people- we will justify killing, attacking and harming those we think are evil (and those we disagree with). And in doing this we are personally contributing to movement towards the extinction of humanity.

People like Martin Luther King Jr reminded us that ‘hate cannot drive out hate- only Love can do that’ and Ghandi reminded us that ‘we need to be the change we wish to see in the world’. Both of them were peace activists- not passive and checked out- but actively engaging the energies of peace, Love and Light and modeling it for humanity.

To do this we have to divest from ego- not kill the ego, as that is more war consciousness projected within. But we have to have the ego in the passenger seat- not the driver’s seat. Ego helps us take action in the world and can be wonderful in terms of protecting and holding our boundaries. But ego in the driver’s seat is a HUGE problem- personally and collectively.

I believe it is key to do Shadow Work in order to be an effective activist. Because if we are not dealing with our anger and rage, wounds and trauma- we project what is unconscious within onto the world without. And as we do this- the things we do that we think are us helping are in fact contributing to causing great harm.

An amazing book about this is Love & Rage by Lama Rod Owens. He talks about how when he was younger his activism was fueled by his rage and anger- but it was not until he dropped deeper into himself and got in touch with his immense grief and deep wounds that he realized he was using rage and anger to avoid the rest of his emotions and he was using these aggressive emotions to motivate him as an activist. The issue with not being conscious of what is driving us is that ‘until we make the unconscious conscious, it will direct our lives and we will call it fate’ (loosely quoting Carl Jung).

This is DEEP WORK- the shadow without mirrors the shadow within. As Jesus said in Bible “he who has not sinned can cast the first stone”. If all we do is make accusations from our armchair positions- meanwhile we are operating from ego and being violent or abusive to people in our lives, or online in comments to strangers, or even to ourselves (this is a BIG ONE)- then guess what? We are contributing to the very energy we are calling out. You cannot put out that kind of energy on one hand and then on other hand call for peace.

This is why the Hermetic maxim ‘As within, so without’ is stated. What is going on within projects without. What is going on without reflects what is going on within. If we want real and lasting change- we have to start at the Source!

This does not mean we do not take action- but when we do shadow work and work with our wounds and trauma the way we take action changes. No longer fueled by unprocessed rage- we take action from a place of knowing our own anger and rage intimately so we can hold and contain the flame of it and it becomes a lamp that lights the way, instead of a raging fire that burns the house or forest down.

All the Great Saints who understood the Truth that Life is illusion did not sit at home and just allow suffering- justifying that suffering was an illusion and people had to deal with their own karma. NO! They went out into the world to alleviate suffering - despite knowing that Suffering was an illusion! What a conundrum!!! They did this because they knew that until each of us fully awakened- we would not realize that we were living in illusion and the illusion we are in is very realistic and the suffering we experience feels real. So they came from a Higher Perspective awareness and yet operated on our level to help us.

This was a sacrifice born of the Heart- these beings (men, women and non-binary) were devotees of Quan Yin or the many other faces of this same Goddess who goes by many other names pending the culture you come from. She is the Goddess who hears the cries of humanity- and who has sworn to stay embodied, helping others until every last person has awakened.

The Secret is that Quan Yin embodies through each of us. She does not appear in the sky to save us- she appears in our awakened hearts. WE ARE THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE MOTHER.

I believe this is the Medicine the Age of Aquarius asks of us and we each have our own unique way of bringing it in and through. (Which the Horoscopes speak to!)

These are just my morning musings for Mercury conjunct Venus at the Gate of Emergence degree.

Let us all contribute to the Emergence of Love and Light we wish to see in the world.

Blessed be…

~Harmony

www.divineharmony.com

PICTURE- Vierge d’Orisson- the Statue of the Virgin Mary (another face of the same Divine Being that Quan Yin is a facet of)- in the Pyrenees Mountains on the path of the Camino de Santiago Frances.