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Capricorn Lunar Journal
Capricorn New Moon Solar Eclipse
Fri. Jan. 15, 2010.                                                      Keywords:  New beginnings, fresh start, clean slate.
Here we are at the first eclipse of 2010.  I'm not quite used to writing 2010 yet. The eclipse falls in my 1st
House so I sure hope I can make some good changes with my physical body this year.  Interesting that I
had a huge boil forming on my thigh all week and it broke about the exact time of the eclipse.  This eclipse
is 1º  off opposition to Pluto in my birth chart; how apropos!

Anyway, it's a time of new beginnings, fresh starts, and a clean slate.  All our mistakes forgiven and
remembered so we can avoid them this year.  No resolutions; simply remembrance and new choices.
God bless Haiti and all those suffering around the world.  God bless our President, Congress, and Country.
We are who we have been waiting for.   Remember?

Sun. Jan.17, 2010.  I just looked up 19 years ago in 1991 when this same eclipse hit.  It was the happiest
period of my life.  I was working for my Master's degree in Virginia Beach, VA.  It's really funny that I'm
working on my dissertation for my doctorate this time.  What is is about 26º Capricorn that is so strong for
me to be studying and working for a certificate?  In 1972, when the same solar eclipse appeared at 26º
Capricorn, I was studying for my American Federation of Astrologer's Certification.  That was the most
difficult of all.

I'm playing the sectional bridge tourney's Swiss teams today downtown.  We don't have partner's yet, so I
should get there a bit early and hopefully we will.  My partner and I didn't do well yesterday, so I don't expect
too much today. It's fun to play though; it rained all day yesterday, but today is dry.
Crescent Moon
Tues. Jan. 19, 2010.                                                                            Keywords:  Intentions, wishes, hopes
Today is double duty; the Aquarian Ingress AND the Crescent Lunar Phase.  It is time to make your and my
intentions, wishes, and hopes for this lunar cycle.  I hope that Martha Coakley wins in the Massachusetts
senate race. I wish that I would lose some weight this month.  I intend to send my goodwill, love,
blessings, and financial help to those who are in need. My first donation to Haiti was to MercyCorps which
is on Facebook.  

Fri. Jan. 22, 2010.  Well, Martha Coakley didn't win.  Who knows, maybe it's a good thing? Anything that
helps President Obama I'm for, but will not fight the Universe when it chooses.  Everything eventually ends
in good; we just have to wait it out.

I'm wrapping up my dissertation this weekend.  I like it and think it's good; maybe not perfect, but good.

We're having our house painted; it's been 16 years.  Boy, that lasted a long time for Florida! It is finally
getting warm enough to paint outside.
Gibbous Moon
Tues. Jan. 26, 2010.                                                                                       Keywords:  adjust, refine, edit.
Thurs. Jan. 28, 2010.  I've skipped a Lunar Phase again; sorry.  During the 1st quarter a lot was
happening around here.  I finished my dissertation and sent it in....just waiting word. I also wrote an article
for my site and sent it to Selfgrowth.com.  Our house was painted outside. My husband, Len, had another
heart spell so he goes in for more heart surgery next Tuesday, the 2nd of February. Lordy, that's
groundhog day.  See First Quarter Moon Here!

President Obama gave an inspiring and wonderful speech as usual last night.  He's my MAN!

What else...hmmmm, I'm looking for a project or, I should say, I'm waiting for the right project to come my
way. Oh, I am taking three courses at www.spiritualityandpractice.com  starting with Practicing Spirituality
with Joyce Rupp.  Then the second course starts on January 31st; InterSpiritual Wisdom.  They both look
really good.

So far, I've added to my spiritual repertoire :

Soul Booster                                                        Meaningful Phrase from the poem, In Difficult Times
                                            
• Life is what we make it.                                    Comforting God,
                                                                     shelter me under your wings
                                                                     when I am engulfed in sadness
                                                                     and overcome with distress.

These were from Lesson 2 at E-Courses@SpiritualityandPractice.com  I love this site!
Disseminating Moon
Tues. February 2, 2010.                                                         Keywords:  Sharing, teaching, enthusiasm  
Leo Full Moon
Fri. & Sat. Jan. 29-30, 2010.                                                     Keywords:  Signed, sealed, and stamped.
Wed. Feb. 3, 2010.  Here I am, almost going through two lunar phases without a word.  So, yesterday I
was not enthusiastic, didn't want to share, and not allowed to teach.  I was feeling sorry for myself.  I've
noticed that some of my children and grandchildren do not want to hear anything I have to say.  Whenever I
open my mouth, they totally ignore me and go on with what they were discussing.  I guess I was feeling
really ignored, unappreciated, and devalued.  No elder should feel that way; we've lived a long time and, I
think, have a perspective of the world that they could at least listen to. Right?  Right!

From our lesson on forgiveness:

Let me learn to forbear rather than react, as reaction brings on more karma; but let me not forbear in a
passive sense. The primary purpose of karma is not reward and punishment, but education of the soul.
Let me accept the experiences that come to me in a creative way, learning from them all.

Swami Atmarupananda   www.Spiritualityandpractice.com

LATER IN THE DAY.  I found a beautiful description and answer to my dilemma in one of my favorite sites
called, THE LULL BEFORE THE STORM.  It seems whenever I get into trouble, the answer does come.

Wed. Feb. 4, 2010.  Here it is Wednesday and I can't get out of the garage; the door is completely stuck.
This morning my prayer from Joyce Rupp in SpiritualityandPractice.com is:

Shine the light of your love on my spirit, God.
Help me to see what gets in the way.
Grant me the strength to empty out my clutter.
Thank you for your power working through me.
May I walk into this day with a deeper awareness of our union.

And, from the Christianity lesson on Forgiveness:  You can't really forgive as long as you still consider
yourself the one "in the right."

I'd rather be happy than right!
Last Quarter Moon
Fri. Feb. 5, 2010                                                                               Keywords:  Release, let go, be grateful.
Mon. Feb. 8, 2010.  Monday morning, a new week.  I like Monday mornings and here's the beginning of  a
poem from Joyce Rupp from our lesson today that really hits home about Mondays, or any day.

Begin again, and again,
and again,
deliberately, with intention,
each day

So today we are still letting go, releasing, and practicing gratefulness for all that is. I have worked out my
"angst" from last week.  Many times my inner being brings up images or feelings that I thought I'd dealt
with, like forgiveness, and I find little leftovers in the freezer of my soul.  I need to bring them out, examine
them, even defrost them, then pitch them for good. That doesn't always mean there isn't another little bit
packaged away in a different area of the freezer. But, now I'm aware and on the lookout!
Balsamic Moon
Tues. Feb. 9, 2009.                                                                      Keywords:  Surrender, rest, recuperate.
Thurs. Feb. 11, 2009.  Looking over the past Lunar month, my wish and hope did not come to pass,
but I'm keeping my intention on giving to a worthy charity each month beginning with Haiti in January.

I have been working on my hope of losing weight by using the trampoline every weekday morning as I
watch The View and giving up candy and cookies.  Lent starts on the 17th and I may do some real
giving up then; reminders of my Catholic High School and first two years of college at Marian in
Indianapolis.

This is a good time of the month for me; just to loosen up, surrender it all, and recuperate from the
angst. It was one hell of a month, plumbing problems, electrical problems, painter problems, dashing to
the emergency room problems, that kind of ilk.  I find that now, at my age, I can only handle one thing at
a time without becoming overwhelmed.  That female multi-tasking talent left the moment I grew hair on
my upper lip. And, since I've been on the estrogen killer pill, I can barely think one word at a time, much
less tasking and thinking together.

However, I'm still happier than I've ever been most of my life.  It took practice, practice, practice, but I
made it.  It's important to me to be happy, not trite.  It adds something to the world that she needs to
balance out all the negativity and suffering.  At the Feet of the Master has a line that reads:
Depression is wrong,
because it infects others and makes their lives harder,
which you have no right to do.
Fri. Feb. 12, 2010. Hopefully, we've reached the critical mass to make nice enough to enlighten and
evolve our planet a bit during these difficult times. We're doing fairly well with aid when there is a
catastrophe; now if we can work on religious intolerance, race relations, immediate forgiveness, and a
cheerful and loving heart towards all on an everyday basis.

The Age of Aquarius is dawning and we need to see what the Universe is going to ask of us.  We note
that the icon of Aquarius is a man pouring water or water flowing from him.  Metaphysically, living water
is spiritually connected to Christ and many will be Christed in the Aquarian Age and shall help evolve our
planet to another level.

"For I will pour out water on the thirsty land And streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on
your offspring And My blessing on your descendants;..." Isaiah 44:3

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."
John 7: 38 (NIV)

More to come at the Aquarius New Moon; the month of the water bearer.