New Moon Phase - Moon in Gemini
Ruling Mahavidya - Tara
(Note: Friday's report is reposted below for those who may have missed it. More information is also available in the Archives section.)
If you can attach to it, this weekend's energy helps us transcend worries, especially those worries related to safety, assurance, loss, and abandonment. This is courtesy of the Mahavidya Tara, the Goddess Who Guides Through Troubles, working with the conjunction of the Sun, Mercury, and Pallas Athena at the degree known as "a white dove flying over troubled waters."
Last month we had a massive "upgrade" to our energetic fields/frequencies. We are able to take ourselves into new territory because we are able to process more information (light). This month, Tara is "on duty" and she is intimately associated with the spectrum of light. She loves multiple colors. She runs the gamut. She works with all levels of awareness. Some of the Mahavidyas favor certain groups of people (as in the way Matangi prefers those who are marginalized); Tara is working to bring everyone into clearer awareness.
The Mahavidyas are the Wisdom Goddesses but they are also the Goddesses Who Slay Demons. That means the Archons. The Archons intrude upon our minds and press negativity into service. The negativity causes self-destruction and destruction of the collective. This weekend the negativity that is pressed into service involves the issues stated above - issues of safety, assurance, loss, and abandonment. If these types of thoughts begin to intrude upon you, recognize that it is an Archontic trick to deceive you and fly over it.
There is no room for the intrustion this weekend because it's Mother's Day weekend and we honor All Mothers, including the mother of us all, Gaia Sophia. Go outside, connect with whatever the natural world is painting in front of you and send love. This parliament of wise owls knows the deal keeps it real.
Friday, May 10, 2013
We pick up even more speed as the Moon moves into fast and airy Gemini today. The tendency is toward carelessness, superficiality, impulsivity, derelection, and a know-it-all attitude. We don't want to get swept up with any sort of mindset that hints of hopelessness. So we will counter with closer attention to details, patience, and a general slowing of the pace.
The Mahavidya Tara comes on scene later today. I would like to remind everyone that most of what you read about the Mahavidyas in "ancient" Hindu texts or on the internet is patriarchal/control-oriented distortions of the truth. The Mahavidyas are not Hindu. Hindu religion assimilated them, just as all religions subjugate indigenious deities when people are conquered. The Mahavidyas pre-date Hinduism by a long, long shot. We can, however, distill their essential natures through very loose association with prevailing ideas and engaging in direct communication or instruction with them. The Ten Mahavidyas: Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine by David Kinsley is a scholarly (albeit patriarchal) collection of Mahavidya information, but is the best I have read.
The goddess embodied as the planet, Sophia, communicates with each of us in different ways. She communicates directly, but her preferred method for general instruction and communication is through a "step down" process. She steps down into the persona of the goddess Kali, and then in turn through the personae of Kali - the other Mahavidyas.
Of all the Mahavidyas, Tara is said to be most akin to Kali. In my interactions, Kali has very dark skin and Tara very light skin. Kali is intense at all times; Tara has an almost genteel quality until she is pushed to activate her ferocity. To me, Tara is very "Scarlet O'Hara-ish" - without the damsel in distress aspect. None of the Mahavidyas is a damsel in distress, by any means. Tara is playful, flirtatious, and wily and she loves beautiful things, but she will engage in a flash and strike down darkness.
