Spring Equinox and Full Moon in Libra

The New Year

The Equinox marks the passage from Pisces, the watery dissolution, into Aries, the fiery starting point of the new year. In this sense, it is a potent time for releasing anything into the primordial waters of life to be reintegrated into the whole while finding the new spark of inspiration for this next cycle. The Full Moon occurs in 0 degrees of Libra, so this is also another initiation point, a time of contemplation in regards to how we balance our energies and harmonize our inner masculine and feminine; the level of sacred union that we have embodied. 

The period of Mercury retrograde and this Libra moon help us to realize that aligning our minds with the Universal Mind, as represented by Thoth, (or divine thought), is the only way to bring harmony in ourselves. This is the Great Mind that guides and gives a focus to the feminine aspect of ourselves (feeling and being in the present moment). The Law, the order of reality— emblematized through the archetype of Justice or Libra’s scales of balance—already is present in every atom of creation, and through the 7 Hermetic principles that guide life. 

So it is up to us whether we allow ourselves to flow within that divine structure or if we try to go off in a direction that breaks from the whole. Breaking off to serve the ego self is the basis of karma, or action and reaction, which means acting out of accordance with the Original Cause, leading to ensnarement in an artificial reality. 

The Reemergence of the True Masculine

Our masculine fire nature, the royal power we contain (which was initiated by the Leo full moon earlier this year), must be properly channeled for the purpose of service. Too much light (or knowledge) used without loving awareness will obstruct the vision— but if approached with respect, the light can open us to new perceptions of life we could have never imagined even just months before. It is the difference of the fire which burns us out and the Sacred Fire that transmutes us into the gold lion. The presence of love is what guides us to use the light responsibly. 

Libra is all about relationships, and it is always to invoke the sacred trinity in our relations, in the sense of the inclusive, the Spirit which unites and allows the couple to interact in a harmonious way rather than in violence or false merging of beings. And it is harmony which allows for the “internal quietude” that opens the eyes of the soul. It is through our relationships that we can most naturally serve the internal light. Neither fire nor water should rule but should be brought together, in balance, as represented in the phrase that the “lion will lie down with the lamb.” Without this union, subtle conflicts are perpetuated through the false masculine-feminine dynamic, and that violence is what manifests on the collective levels as war. 

The need to control—or, on the other end of the spectrum, lack of willpower— express to us that our inner masculine is perhaps not in healthy relation with the feminine. The masculine is here to initiate, to bring the vertical sword of truth and act with equal parts confidence and compassion. The inner masculine is at service to the feminine, the purity of being, and never tries to dominate her or endlessly assert himself to earn some badge of greatness. The meaning of true masculine has been incredibly distorted on this planet, as evident from the ruling patriarchal society, where even so-called feminism is more about turning women into ambition-thirsty and aggressive men than honoring the sacred feminine in them. The masculine is taught that strength is false power over others rather than the power of love to safeguard the truth and respect the delicate weaving of life on planet Earth.

Uniting Polarities 

It is the attitude of violence to always want to fix or convert the other, believing you are right and they are wrong— even in the most subtle relationship dynamics. We do not have to slay the dragon of the other but to understand it, seeing how our interaction with it can give rise to a third energy. In this way we become productive and creative rather than endlessly reactive, which is based on ego identity rather than the neutral sword of truth. Real light will always provide the space for polarities to meet and intertwine, birthing something new in the process.

This distortion of the "other" is illustrated through the allegory of Adam and Eve and how their “temptation,” the serpent, has been demonized to seem like the face of Satan. Really, the snake is symbolizing the earthly polarity; that which is animated by "kundalini" or life force. Of course the serpent power is frequently misused and exploited whenever not connected to divine intelligence— but to deny this earth power, the sexual life force, is to perpetuate the internal division that prevents us from realizing our full being, living instead in the duality of "good and evil." And that is how we "fall."

Self-mastery means uniting Sky and Earth. The “star-seeded” ones may have remembrances of their existence in the more celestial realms, but when it comes to earthly living, they feel inadequate and struggle to fully ground their energy on the planet, subtly holding judgement over that which is elemental, physical, or dark. Consequently, many want to remain in their heavenly bubbles, blocking themselves from fulfilling their true mission, which requires embodiment and life force mastery. 

The Sacred Body

The body as a vessel for the life force of spirit is the most divine representation of spiritual truth and our vehicle for awakening in this sphere, as reflected in the Bible statement that we are made in the image of God. This means that each of our bodily systems has a precise and sacred function that as a microcosm (as in the Hermetic principle of correspondence) reflects the structure of the  macrocosm. Thus understanding one’s own body is the key to understanding God. This is a deep spiritual topic that is written about by scholars like Manly P. Hall, who has drawn analogies between the story of Christ’s resurrection and the awakening of consciousness through raising life force up the spine. 

And yet there is so much desecration of the sacred body in the ignorance of who we are, wishing to transcend our physicality, when it is physicality that is the key. By treating the body with care and using proper methods of life force cultivation, we can naturally come into illumination; true knowledge. But forcing ourselves to be in the “light” through imposed mental attitudes, without integrating the shadow, goes against our own nature as beings of polarity and leads to false knowledge, otherwise known as illusion.  

Celebrate the presence of the Light and serve it through letting it flow within your physical form. And then be ready to see with the eyes of Spirit— not judging the vision, but witnessing neutrally so that through the heart, the darkness may be met with light and alchemized into the New Creation. 

March Spirit Message

Serving Life through Inner Alignment First

This month is a time of stronger contemplation and dreamtime connection, where there is a heightened potential for guidance to come through that part of ourselves that is not in constant defend and explain mode. Being a warrior of light, of the truth, and expressing oneself freely often entails going silent rather than endless mundane chatter. The more we talk, pushing our energy outwards, the less we can receive internally. Going the solitary way is sometimes necessary to attune ourselves vertically and actually build the light quotient that is essential for being of service horizontally. Only through keeping our triad (mind, body and spirit) clear and pure may we become the righteous representatives for the New Earth. 

We are first serving all of Life in its essence of oneness, rather than trying to help in a way of isolating one of the parts, producing more fragmentation instead of togetherness. The connection to the cosmos and the connection to nature are one in the same. Through communion with the Divine we realize we are part of this One Holy Creation of Spirit, rather than floating in isolated egocentric bubbles. We are guardians, stewards of Gaia, but we do so by properly becoming the microcosm to her macrocosm, forming ourselves as integral sovereign beings who are open hearted as well as aligned to Universal Law.

The dominant culture has a way of programming us away from the natural and eternal structures of life. This can be seen in the standardization of the Gregorian calendar and its making time into a linear construct of past, present and future; something that can be captured and controlled. Most ancient traditions, on the other hand, knew time to be cyclic, spiralic; aligned with the movement of the Moon. More and more we will be asked to integrate this sense of fluid, feminine time flow, perhaps by studying the Cosmovisions of the Maya, Inca or other enlightened timekeeper cultures. Through this we begin to understand that there is an alternative to rushing, having constant goals, and trying to do things outside of the natural rhythm of life. 

We are just one species in a vast intricate ecosystem of life. We must play our part, having the courage to go beyond the matrix system, the “technosphere” that is at odds with the health of our precious biosphere. It starts with making ourselves the luminous temple wherein we will receive the proper knowledge of life. It is to drink from this inner fountain first and always safeguard its integrity, understanding when it is right to express, share and speak out— and when it is better to participate through silence, which is just as, if not more valuable. The stillness is like heavenly Manna for the soul; the nutrients needed for right action, right speech. 

 

Peace is found in unity. And that peace is absolutely priceless if we are to become spiritual guides with strong core power rather than people just speaking about concepts. When we are in unified consciousness, the Sacred Medicine Wheel of all life, no more do we worry about others or feel the immense burden of needing to “save” the world. God takes care of all beings and there is a plan of perfection unfolding that we may ride along with if we so choose. This entails giving up the egotistic need for power over others— which includes the power of knowing how everything should be— and instead remaining open to the Great Unknown, the mystery beyond the domain of the control-based mind.

Resolving the duality ingrained deeply in mass consciousness will only happen when we first resolve the sense of separation within and work towards divine alchemical union. So when we take note of manifestations of conflict in the world, we can refrain from going into reaction and instead start a new spin of the spiral where we begin the arduous yet beautiful process of inner transformation; becoming reborn and baptizing ourselves in Divine Love. 

Because straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to eternal life. This refers less to our exterior achievements and labels we attach to ourselves and more to the degree to which we have purified our own hearts. At one point, each one will undergo the Christed rite of passage wherein the Sacred Fire burns and alchemizes all darkness we have carried. So-called spiritual leadership is about showing the way in this aspect; of recreating oneself in the image of Christ, a son or daughter of God, which means one who has remembered their Original state of being. 

The pioneering way is a path of courage and resilience, and oftentimes one will have to reject that which is comfortable and safe, becoming a hermit so that she can once again return to society with something actually valuable, real light, to share. In this sense it is not about a false sense of duty to the relative collectives we belong to but more about how we have come into unity consciousness within ourselves; how we have coalesced the diverse color palette of creation within our own prism, feeling the latent power of all aspects, archetypes of the grand design. And the way a being chooses to manifest these encoded potentials is what makes each one a unique and precious part of Divine Reality. 

The Purpose of Creativity

Creativity is only at its most superficial level a process of bringing forth a material object that before did not exist. This is creation on the mundane level, but to be a true creator means that one is attuned to the universal forces that flow through the individual point in space; the star-crossed meeting point of the objective- the Mind of God- and the subjective- the eyes of the soul. This is a sacred work of alchemy and it must be treated as such. So the vampiric way in which the collective has conditioned itself to relate to energy makes it impossible for us to have a healthy relationship with our creative capacities. Most people do not undergo a yogic education whereby they come to work with energy consciously- the dynamic between receiving and giving, input and output. Therefore, any attempts to create without properly understanding how this dynamic fits into the larger pattern or rhythm of life, will not be a force for sustaining the vitality of the planet but for siphoning it for selfish purposes. 

This is obvious in the overachiever culture, where it is seen as noble to have goals and to-do lists, and work at something in order to have a personal achievement, a product to present to others as an end result. But this mentality totally misses the point of the true power of creation, which is to always first commune with Spirit, expanding the sacred weaving of life. The social media crazy culture has inverted it so that people are constantly doing and making things in order to show themselves off to others and augment their false ego structures. But when even just one individual begins to create from the heart space, without any desire or expectation for reward, this ripples throughout the global field and helps to reconnect and recalibrate the collective towards the Origin of life, from where true creativity may flourish.

“We shall see that man himself is the crucible for alchemical transformation— for good or for ill— and that whatsoever he decrees for his microcosm will sooner or later appear upon the horizon of the Macrocosm.” — Elizabeth and Mark Prophet, The Path of the Higher Self, p. 69