Vidyamala Burch is helping people in pain through
the practice of "mindfulness", the act of paying more attention to
the present moment. But it took her many years to discover it for herself
first. When people are having serious difficulties, it can bring out the
extreme sides of people's personalities, says Vidyamala Burch, a 55-year-old
pain management practitioner based in Manchester
Once again
as in so many cases in the past we will see how an eclipse long gone continues
to create events in the present. Here we start with the Full Moon lunar eclipse
of April 15, 2014 drawn for Manchester
There may be chronic health problems and physical
weaknesses. The great Serpent of physician/ shaman Ophiuchus offers a powerful
ability for self-renewal should one choose to reach for it (there is often the
challenge of self-healing and/or bearing up under chronic ailments.
For the
same area of stars which includes Agena, beta Centauri [24sc], Nick Fiorenza
adds:
The first few degrees of sidereal Scorpio,
approaching the head of the Scorpion, resides in the domain the benevolent
Centaur, who teaches the right way to live to attain our self-mastery in the
physical world and subsequently to claim our freedom from entrapment in our
antiquated patterns and life scenarios. The Centaurian training is not merely
an intellectual understanding of these principles but is wisdom gained through
an experiential journey moment-by-moment that leads us to true inner
transmutation at a neurological level. Such wisdom results in the inner
realization that makes self-mastery of the primal forces of life actualized and
right action crystal clear. Here we learn to assemble the wisdom gained from
our life experience as personal intent, and use that intent to mold the raw
creative forces of life that define our experience.
Next we
notice that Saturn is opposite the TNP Admetus and the asteroid Hygiea (health
issues) in the 12th house. This house is particularly concerned with
seclusion or isolation, or situations where one is restricted from living a
carefree life-style. On the positive side it is associated with the benefits of
spirituality and meditation that can help overcome life-limiting situations.
Progressing
the chart to Jan.6, the date of the news, brings the Uranus-Pluto Grand Cross
in alignment with the meridian. Here we notice that Uranus and Mercury are conjunct stars Alpheratz, alpha Andromeda
and epsilon Cepheus placed in the head of the Princess Andromeda and King
Cepheus respectively. The head as a symbol represents a fine mind gifted with the ability to triumph over any and all
limitations imposed by Andromeda’s chains.
Pluto on
the progressed MC is conjunct sigma (σ) Sagittarius, Nunki, - a star on the
vane of the arrow in the archer's hand. In many ways, as the ancient story
below explains why the archer is a symbol of concentration and mindfulness.
Here’s a little story from the Hindu epic
Mahabharata, about the renowned archery master Dronacharya training the Pandava
brothers in the art and skill of archery. Once, when the five Pandava brothers
and Karna were assembled for an archery instruction session with Guru Drona, he
tied a wooden fish high on a tree above a pool of water, and asked each
student, one by one, to take the archer’s stance. He instructed them to aim
their bow and arrow at the fish’s eye, while looking only at its reflection in the
water below. As each student came along and took his turn, Guru Drona made them
pause in the stance and asked, “Son, what all do you see?” The oldest,
Yudhisthira, answered, “The sky, the tree, the …,” and before he could finish,
Drona stopped him and replaced him with the next boy.
Bhima answered, “The branch of the tree, the fish,
the…,” and met the same fate. Even Karna was asked to step aside. When Arjuna,
the ace-archer, was asked the same question, he stated without hesitation, “I
see the eye of the fish.” And Guru Drona exclaimed with delight, “Shoot!” and
Arjuna’s arrow unwaveringly pierced right through the eye of the fish. http://bit.ly/14sbQKe
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