Fire in the Heart 🔥 New Moon in Leo

If you’ve been reading my articles, or had a session or attended a group with me over the past few months, you’ll note that I’ve often mentioned the incredible amount of HEAT on the planet right now. Mars’ long journey through the cardinal fire sign of Aries, due to a retrograde, lasts seven months, until the beginning of January 2021. Right now, this is being exacerbated due to a square to the prevailing ominousness of the Jupiter-Pluto-Saturn stellium in Capricorn that is raising hell with all structures, public health, political institutions, and control issues. Need I say more?

I’ve been talking about the heat, the fire, the kundalini shakti being raised all summer. I’ve suggested to my students and clients to stay ultra-aware of their energy field. To manage their internal energy systems with the keenest consciousness. To take responsibility for their own volatility, and tend carefully to what is needed internally and externally. I’ve discussed sex, food, cooling, electricity, anger, and family relations. I’ve advised exquisitely detailed listening to the body, mind, spirit. This is the way of responding and balance. 

As always, and obviously now, we must listen to the finest points of what our souls are asking. We will always know exactly what to do, and when to do it, so long as we are in the present moment. If you are fretting about the future, or dwelling in the past, you are already long-gone, and you will not be able to make any decision with clarity and confidence. This is why I teach Freedom in the Eternal Now and Unshakeable Presence.

Your life is always here, here, here. Nowhere else. (If you need assistance to see through the illusion of future-tripping, or past-melancholy, consider coming to an Awakening Group spiritual talk on Thursday morning, 9am PT. Email me directly for details.) It is vital that you drop into the moment, and embodied presence, if you want to be at peace through this great Transformation.

Things are heating up and will continue to do so over the next several months. Where is the reprieve? It is in your own heart. The opportunity hidden in disastrous planetary, political, and viral upheaval is to bring you back to what is already here, inside of the Self. It is from this place that you are able to make the move you need to make, to take the action that is being provoked, poked, and pushed by Mars’ fire at the moment.

Allyson Grey, Jewel Net of Indra, 1988

At this week’s New Moon in Leo (Tuesday, August 18, 19:42 PT) the Sun and Moon are trining volcanic Mars, and there is a grand opportunity to make a superpowered leap into your next life circumstance. It is vital that you listen. There is always a window to jump through, a hole in the net, a portal. What is it that your fiery courageous heart is telling you? Now is the time to have 100% trust in the Self, and be carried into the next chapter. We cannot sit back and wallow, eating up only what we are being fed from the fear-based collective, no. Go beyond, to that place in your self that is ready to risk it all, to make a move even when it doesn’t make “sense.” Your very heart knows what I’m talking about. Pack light, and make the leap.

I love you,

Erin

The real world is beyond the mind's ken; we see it through the net of our desires, divided into pleasure and pain, right and wrong, inner and outer. To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net. It is not hard to do so, for the net is full of holes.

~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That

Erin Reese, M.S. is a contemporary spiritual teacher, author and guide. A modern mystic with over thirty years of experience, Erin Reese offers incisive, practical intuitive readings to her clients worldwide. She is a counselor, guide and mentor to those seeking an alternative to traditional psychotherapy or business coaching. Erin also offers non-dual meetings and retreats on embodied liberation and freedom from suffering.

Wake Up and Use Your Anger!

Hello friends! How's your anger?

Remember, there is an incredible amount of energy on the planet right now. It can show up as a rock in the belly until it starts to move. Once it starts to move, you might feel afraid of the unfamiliarity as it can show up as anger. It is important not to hold it back. This is energy you can’t try to meditate away, or go into a cave, or numb out with Netflix. It is here for a reason. It is here to help you make the necessary changes in your life.

First, feel it, get in touch with the energy sans story. It’s pure energy. You might first identify it as anxiety. It can be a vibration. You may also feel it in the jaw, and maybe the neck or shoulders. It can show up as disrupted sleep, or even exhaustion.

Yes, ultimately it is all energy; yet it wants to be acknowledged! It needs to be felt – consciously.

Once you’re in touch with the physical energy, start writing. Start talking to a safe other if you’re not much of a journaler. It’s time for you to start unpacking who or what you are angry about; use free association, brainstorming until you hit the core. Ultimately, this is not about blaming another person, place, or situation. It’s about the CLARITY that anger offers, so that you can start to pinpoint exactly what needs to happen next.

Angry art performance, 2005

It might take you a few hours or even a few days to narrow it down. Anger is often a sign that a big BOUNDARY needs to be put into place. A clear NO wants to come forward. It may also be a clue that you NEED SOMETHING. You will get honest with yourself and others about that certain thing that you need to bring into your life. This is how we make effective, non-shaming REQUESTS. A clear request will be usually be fulfilled; a demand is often met with resistance.

I am bringing this up to remove all shame and guilt around the honest, necessary, and powerful fuel that anger brings. Centered usually in the gut, and the solar plexus, the color is orange, red, yellow. Mars is in Aries right now – and we have been experiencing this build-up of raw fuel for the past month. It’s going to take a few more months to digest and integrate it all, so get used to the process.

We don’t need to fear anger. We are not going to harm self or another once we are conscious of what needs to happen next. Anger is information. While it can be volatile, it does not necessitate ignorant or unnecessary damage. No need to fear the truth.

Remember, FEEL the FUEL. Locate it in the body. Then, work with your words, your voice, your artistic self-expression, your body to get CLEAR on WHAT needs to happen next. Once you identify the direction this rocket ship needs to be pointed, you will come to realize that you are 100% EFFECTIVE and UNSTOPPABLE.

No one can argue with the Truth. It’s what’s clear, and it’s what’s here.

Erin Reese, M.S. is a contemporary spiritual teacher, author and guide. A modern mystic with over thirty years of experience, Erin Reese offers incisive, practical intuitive readings to her clients worldwide. She is a counselor, guide and mentor to those seeking an alternative to traditional psychotherapy or business coaching. Erin also offers non-dual meetings and retreats on embodied liberation and freedom from suffering.

From Heated to Healing: Mars Direct June 29

From Heated to Healing

 

Astro Alert: Mars Stations June 29
 
This week, the big cosmic news is that Mars is slowing down to a halt, to station during its retrograde cycle in Scorpio. The hot-headed red planet of drive, action and anger turns direct on Wednesday, June 29 at 4:38pm PDT. Deep psychological inquiry, sexual healing and intimacy and in-depth investigations can all regain momentum as Mars slowly begins forward motion once again. But caution is needed during this transition.

Willful Mars is in a karmic angle with feisty Uranus in Aries, known as a quincunx or inconjunct.This trepidatious configuration warns us to be conscientious in our movements right now, as accidents with words or deeds can occur more easily. Watch for arguments and hasty actions.  Move especially carefully between transitions, whether in traffic, on the yoga mat, or running to your next appointment. Be cautious when acting too quickly out of frustration. Our pent-up energies do need outlets right now. But this release must be done carefully.

Slow down. Driving ourselves or our vehicles too hard now will drain us or cause accidents. We may want to party-hearty for the Summer Kickoff, July 4^th, or our favorite sports team; but remember that the body has its limits, as does the mind. Give yourself plenty of down time. Rest between exertions. We are moving forward with new consciousness that needs time to integrate! This holds true for both animate and inanimate objects.

Passionate Mars is in another testy placement: the same quirky quincunx position with Ceres, the Great Mother asteroid, also in Aries and conjunct unpredictable Uranus for the past several weeks. Intimacy issues may require forced attention. With this configuration, what others expect of you in relationship may be quite different than what you need. The solution with a quincunx must be creative; you must find a completely new way to approach the problem.

In close, intimate liaisons, there can be a sense of panic arising. Is one or both persons trying to be overly independent, or does one feel like the other will never, ever be able to meet their needs? The temptation is to bolt, eject, push the “escape hatch” button. Insecure attachment is a real bugaboo. Remember, there is a calling to find a more creative solution between two individuals, especially if passion and sexuality are called to question.

Luckily, Mars in Scorpio is also trine Chiron in unconditional, accepting Pisces, pointing out that love is the answer - and sexual healing, whenever possible. If we are not partnered at this time, healing our attachment wounds still occurs by using this partner-free time to self-nurture, self-bond, and self-care. We can always deepen intimacy with Spirit, with Soul.

Healing the pain of old childhood wounding brings much-needed compassion to ourselves. We may ask questions such as: How were sex and intimacy represented in our upbringing? Were they embraced, celebrated in healthy ways? Or ignored, distorted, abused? Instead of making reactions to our current partners and caregivers, see if we can use the intensity to heal. Mars stands still holding Scorpio’s scalpel, and the urge is there to slice deep; let’s make sure the incisions are accurate, and only cut as much as necessary. With great care, deep trauma stored in the body's cellular memory may be released now.

Just a few moments before Mars’ station on June 29, Mercury the communication and connection planet enters the loving sign of Cancer. Thank Goddess. It is as if the Cosmos is gently coaxing us to comfort ourselves and each other, to assuage suffering. Mercury in Cancer says, “Remember: Use your words… to heal.” Cultivate care, nurturing, and sensitivity. A deep infusion is likely needed with the impending Mars' station and pressure build-up.

The hotness of the red planet's long retrograde psychic surgery has taken its toll. Now, slowly slowly, turning direct and moving on, the healing can begin. Trust and let the intensity gradually calm down and cool off. Take heed during this transition when physical or emotional injury is riskiest, and be gentle. Soon, we may begin to breathe a little easier.

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Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com.

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