Mood:  caffeinated

     Thinking of a bumper sticker-something about "the Labor Party-the folks who brought you the weekend..."  17 years ago, Labor Day was the 4th like it is today, and I went into LABOR with Thing ONE!!!  For those of you who have been reading along for a while, this should not surprise you one bit.  I didn't actually have him until Wednesday afternoon, but I still have to laugh.

     Today the lump of orbiting rock known as Pluto comes out of retrograde.  It has been moving backward in the sky since March 29 and giving us ample opportunity since then to figure out what it is that we really want to change in our lives.  Now is the time to put into practice the things that we have learned about ourselves and what we want.  As things start to move forward again, over the next few weeks, a plan will emerge.  We have the sun in Virgo, which is the house of service and health, and during it's transit here we will also have 2 new moons, (one was on the 23-the first day of Virgo) a full moon eclipse this Thursay the 7th-and the second new moon is the Annular Solar Eclipse!  Venus moves into Virgo on Wednesday the 6th, and Mars moves into Libra on Friday the 8th....what a week!

    Pluto is in Sagittarius-which is happy go lucky-and all about long distance travel and education.  Pluto in Sag brings deep hope, and profound understanding.  As it moves forward again this should be an uplifting time for everyone.  As you make decisions about your future, the question to ask yourself is "how does this affect the greater good?"  Are you doing things that raise your vibration?  GOOD!!  A high tide lifts all boats...

     On Wednesday, Venus moves into Virgo (and Thing One turns 17!)  Venus in Virgo is all about caution in love, and being cautious about who or what you give your heart to.  This can be a time of reigning in your emotions, however, the Pisces full moon and accompanying eclipse the next day is ALL ABOUT emotional issues.  Use the power of this illumination, and it's dark side, to make a note of the things that are not serving your emotional needs, and make arrangements to do the things necessary to change this.  This position of Venus tends to promote scandal-things could get a bit dicey around the water cooler!   It is easy (and fun!) to get caught up in the gossip, but much better (and healthier) to be the voice of reason.

     I'll be on later to talk about the Pisces full moon in more detail-until then, my little stargazers...behave yourselves!!!
 

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Mood:  celebratory

     This is blog number 365-which means after a year and 8 months, I finally have a year's worth of blognificence.  Funny, it doesn't seem like I miss that many days, but it doesn't take much to set you back.  I guess I should remember that as it applies to my business! 

    After 36 years since the last one, with a big square at 18 years ago, Saturn-Neptune opposition is here today, and issues around our dreams take center stage.  This is Fantasy-vs-Reality energy.  Saturn-little old man-father time-earth energy-ruler of Capricorn: Neptune-dreamy-watery-emotional-god of the sea.-ruler of Pisces. 

     Let's think of the ways that Capricorn and Pisces combine-(this part is easy for me-Thing One and Two are half fish-half goat-I'm pretty sure each one got a different fish!)  Pisces-the sign of two fish pulling each other in opposite directions allows emotional undercurrents to give them direction, while Capricorn-who is a Seagoat, and capable of swimming in the depths early on, moves up onto land to climb the mountain in as direct fashion as they can (not always carefully-ask me how I know).  Pisces is dreamy and mystical, Capricorn is responsible and realistic.  Sometimes it is difficult for Pisces to understand that their dreams are not reality, sometimes it is difficult for Capricorn to understand that reality is created out of dreams.  When Earth meets Water, you can get mud, or you can get clay.  (Papa Thing and I were actually in the business of ceramics-lol)  If you throw mud you get a mess, if you throw clay, you get art...Channeling the energy of this opposition is powerful.  Do you have what it takes to master both elements?  Make your dreams become your reality...and make your reality inspire your dreams.  All things are possible.

     One thing I read regarding this has to do with Dream vs Fantasy.  While chasing fantasies can lead to disillusion,  Dreams have the advantage of being able to come true, but you must take the steps necessary to make it so-tomorrow's Mercury conjuncting the sun gives you the go ahead to put the plan into motion!!!  Coupled with the first quarter Sagittarian gambler's moon-take a chance-what do you have to lose?                                                         OM.

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Mood:  spacey

     I woke up this morning from a dream where this woman looked me straight in the (third?) eye and said calmly and cool-ly,  "don't postpone happiness."  This was the message that brought me out of my sleep, and into my day.  I must say that today was yet another beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest,  and I made the most of it by going out and picking blackberries, apples, and golden pears at Leetle Dog's gal pal's.  Another day in paradise, as dogs played, Fleesh gardened, music jammed, and I worked on another one of my purses in the sunshine.  AHHH-I love my job. 

     Today there were two planetary aspects that begin a big energy shift.  The first is that Jupiter is in Scorpio trine Uranus in Pisces.  Luck and Expansion in harmony with unexpected secrets.  Could be a pleasant surprise in store?  The second aspect is Mars-who used to rule Scorpio, is square (face off) Pluto-which rules Scorpio now-but is no longer a planet.  This is a tough aspect, but now that Pluto has been demoted, perhaps it is like a tree falling in a forest with no one to hear---does it really make a sound?  Oh-don't you point that thing at me-my little Scorpio pals...you know I love you! 

     This Thursday, in the wee hours of the am, there is a Saturn Neptune Opposition, the likes of which have not been seen since the year 1970.  The midpoint of this aspect was what was going on in March-November of 1989.  Where were you then?  In 1970, I personally was skipped a grade from Kindergarden to 1st due to advanced reading skills.  Later in life I found out that everything I needed to know, I was supposed to LEARN in Kindergarden-and having skipped it like I did, I had to go BACK!!!  Be kind to others, Share your toys, Eat cookies, Take a nap...all realized better late than never.  There is more than one reason that one of my nicknames is "Flashback".

     In 1989, I was pregnant with Thing One, and around November, I was contacted by my bestest gal pal-Gina Scorpina-who I had lost touch with for about 5 years at that point.  Out of the blue, and into the Light...in the strangest of places...It was still another 4 years before we were able to meet again-and go to a set of Dead shows in Cleveland together, but I'd say it was a transformative moment to reconnect at that time.  In the strangest of places-if you look at it (W)right...(what does it mean!)

     If this aspect is going to start a new cycle, I am excited to see what it brings about.  This is the start of a big power move, and I think I am ready to skip ahead a few levels, I just don't want to have to go back and relearn something I might miss on the way...guess I'll just try to keep my eyes open and my mouth shut (I know-good luck with that!)  and I suggest you do the same while you are figuring out the best way to make your next power move.   Best of luck to you all-The closer we all are to living our dreams, the higher the vibrations we bring into being here on our lovely planet Earth.-and the better off we all are.   OM.

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Mood:  happy

   The next chapter in the Mandalafly BlogBible consists of a weekend choc-fulla randomness including guest appearances by Mr. and Mrs. Random themselves!  Friday night I went to a Permaculture Event at the beautiful Dharmalaya Eco-Center here in town.  There was a weekend full of events centered around sustainable living held in and around a beautiful new cob-built community building.  I went to give Reiki and it was truly a beautiful experience.  There were people from Oregon and Washinton who were all there to learn about eco building, edible landscaping, health, and well-being, and more.  Gives me hope.    

     Saturday I had my most successful day at Market, and then went to a party for our friend "RiverTom" who turns 50 on Wednesday.  It was in a most beautiful setting, the back yard wonderland of our friends Barb and Bill, and we had the most wonderful food, including some tuna with a buttermilk and cracker crumb coating that was one of the best I've ever tried.  Coming from Wisconsin, where the "Fish Fry" is a way of life...that's pretty darned good! 

     The party was organized by teachers and included games just like in school.  When we got there, a piece of paper was pinned to our backs and we had to ask questions of the other guests to figure out what it said.  Each one had a partner too, and once you knew yours, you had to find your partner.  I was standing next to Mr. Random, and asked him to help me with this task, and he looked at my tag and kind of laughed and we started.   "Am I male?"-"yes" "Am I famous"-Sort of  "Is it a Person"-Yes "Does it start with A-M"-yes...we got down to G-M and I picked every letter except K-whick was actually what  it started with...then when I finally said K, I couldn't come up with any K names EVEN THOUGH I WAS TALKING TO KEN-which just HAPPENED to be the SAME NAME AS ON MY BACK (coincidence?) as in Barbie and Ken-When I figured it out I felt like such a dolt!  What are the chances that I would ask the person who has that name to help me with it!!!  Talk about a RANDOM MOMENT-It doesn't get any better than this!!!    I think Ken is a code word for Kryptonite, and his prescence scrambled my usually KEEN powers of perception.  He said it was like I had anti-ESP.  Mrs. Random said it was because he must have been using his Cloaking Device.  (or is that Kloaking?)  

      Later on our friend Kurt (and I couldn't think of a K name!) showed up with a sinfully delicious fresh blackberry and peach pie with fresh whipped cream and almonds on top, and we played speed scrabble until the wee hours when it came down to a showdown between me and the birthday boy.  It was a close match, but in the end-I let him win...(okay actually it was fair and square).  I can tell you for sure now that those middle school kids have NO IDEA what goes on after hours with those crazy teachers!  

    Sunday was relatively quiet-with some more Reiki at Dharmalaya and then the movie Click at the $1.50 movies with Thing Two and his Girlio.  I expected less from the movie (Adam Sandler and David Hasslehoff?)  but was pleasantly surprised...of course I'd watch "Barney" if it had Christopher Walken in it.  He's just great.  It really was worth a couple hours of my precious time. 

    On the astrological front, tomorrow is a big day as Jupiter trines Uranus, and Mars squares Pluto.  This is a day for organizing your presentations, meeting new people, and presenting your plans to make your dreams a reality.  More on that in the morning.  TA-TA.

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Mood:  incredulous

    I'm sure that you are all aware that it's official-according to science-Pluto-the planet of Birth, Death, and Regeneration-and ruler of Scorpio, the Snake-Scorpion-Eagle, has been "demoted" to Dwarf Planet status according to the new standards set by the Science community.  Yes, my little planetary pupils, the "planet" discovered in 1930 and originally known as "Planet X" is now an "Ex-Planet"!!!!  The funny thing about this to me is that this move is in line with it's nature of birth, death and regeneration-It was a planet, it is now a non-planet---I predict it will RISE AGAIN and become something BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER!!! (knowing a few Scorpios and how they work-we'd better hang on to our hats through that "transformation"!!!)

     Goofy little Pluto-wobbly little orbit-sometimes the 9th planet, sometimes the 8th-switching places with Neptune-the planet of Deception every so often.  What is an astologer to do...shall we urge SCORPIOS to RISE UP AND RECLAIM YOUR BIRTHRIGHT?  Shall we shun science (like certain government agencies) and refuse to acknowledge this demotion, or shall we just do what we do best...and continue to recognize the POWER OF THE PLUTO-planet or "not".  

    In related birth/death/transformation news-the emergency birth control pill(s) called "Plan B" was FINALLY  approved for over the counter use for women (over 18) in this country after years of being fought over by people who think this will make people more promiscuous---I can tell you personally that the idea of being able to spend $25-$40 a pop-to prevent an unintended pregnancy does NOT make me want to run out and have unprotected sex any more than I did before-For all of the AbstinanceOnly folk who come across this, I have two words...PLANNED PARENTHOOD!  For those who TRULY want to stop abortions from having to be an option!

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Mood:  vegas lucky

    Yet another magical day-which began by having the healing hands of people who were involved in the Alchemical Healing retreat at Nicki Scully's working on me. Alchemical Healing is really amazing and works with the Egyptian Mysteries, and power animals to do it's stuff.  I have been aware of it for about 8 years, and have always been very interested in it.  I took the level one training about then, but have not been in a position to take another workshop since then. (Plenty of other learning going on, I can assure you!)

     It was a very personal issue we were after, and I found out that whatever was causing it was embedded DEEP within my energy body and was affecting my physical (which is why I was there!)  Part of what came up was that I was really guarding this particular fear, and it was cutting into me pretty deeply.  Part of what happened a couple of weeks ago was tied to it, and I felt an immediate change when we started working on it.  I came home and slept for a couple of hours as though I hadn't done so in a while.  It was pretty amazing.  I have made a promise to myself that next year when she holds the retreat again, I will be a participant.  It's powerful stuff.

    A really sweet moment happened at the end of the treatment, when I was talking to the women who worked on me, I showed them my cards, and one of them said "I bought one at New Frontiers for one of my closest friends!!"  Funny that the thing I have been working on the most lately has everything to do with getting support for my work, and here was someone who had already supported it!  I'll take that as a GOOD sign!

    A second little miracle came this evening in the form of an email from down-under-a performer pal of Babboo's and his performing partner came to stay with us last year.  She and I hit it off like we were long lost sisters, staying up and giggling long after the boys had gone to bed.  I hadn't heard from her since shortly after then, but tonight she wrote me to say she had just bought a copy of Judith Cornell's Mandala book  that I had shown her and she said that  she wanted me to know that "I have played a role in the mandala of [her] life."  What a touching image!  I feel inspired. 

    MANDALA POWER IS GOOD JU-JU!!!  Doodle one today!

Posted by mandalafly at 12:01 AM PDT

Updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:23 AM PDT

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Mood:  special

     So, I've been doing all of this wonderful work with a Reiki group for a little over a month  now, and I am watching things rapidly growing in many areas of my life and the group's as well.  I really enjoy the Reiki shares and had a pretty amazing moment last week when some work was done on my shoulder that removed something that I almost considered permanent!      

    I am also a part of several groups on line that discuss these things, and of course are open to discussion by non-believers as well.  I was struck today by a particular skeptic who said that he had had a couple of Reiki sessions that "did not work" and he said that he would only believe that we did anything if he "took asprin for 3 days to thin his blood, cut himself open,  and one of us could stop the bleeding immediately, and heal the wound without leaving a trace of a scar or anything."  WOW.  He also mentioned that we should be able to heal his quadripalegic relative.  

     Now I can understand skepticism.  I encourage it.  If you were to believe everything, you'd bePresident someday.  He does believe in Western medicine (which, for the record I believe has it's place in the healing arts) even though THEY have not been able to perform the same miracles we have been challenged with... I was surprised he would offer himself as a sacrificial lamb just to prove his point-REALlY-cut yourself open?  I couldn't help but feel that this person was hurting on so many levels, and  striking out at us for not being able to fix it was a natural defense.  I see it more often than I'd like to, and I am always amazed that it is more important to tell others what is wrong, than to find something that is right for them.  He is spending time and energy on arguing, when he could focus on finding HIS truth, and what makes him HAPPY.  I can only hope there is something that can put him out of his misery.  That goes for the rest of the chronically unhappy folk as well.

     I feel like I should use this as a touchstone for looking at how I divert my energies away from healing-who do I hold responsible for my healing-what do I expect from that source-and what can I do to make it better?       AHHHH...there's always something to do.    DO IT!!!

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Mood:  lucky

If you hear me bitching about ANYTHING-remind me that I lead a CHARMED FRICKIN' LIFE-would ya? 

   After having a moment that I brought on myself on Friday, I recovered nicely yesterday by moving my booth at market to the place I took last week, and had my best sales day all season!  I did hairwraps on a girl from California, 4 girls from North Carolina and one from Vegas!!!  AND I  sold a purse to one of the NC moms-MANDALAFLY-COAST TO COAST!!! 

   Market ended, and I went to my Reiki group for another dose of the healing hands (giving and getting-OM) and THEN-shook out the remaining cobwebs at the fairgrounds again Groovin' to the DISCO beat of local favorites SATIN LOVE ORCHESTRA!!! 

     In what is becoming a tradition, we bumped and boogied to old faves like Play that Funky Music, Love Roller Coaster, and Superstitious...and of course, closest to my black lit heart-several KC and the Sunshine Band hits that will never fade away...The only thing missing was my very first disco diva pal-the Goddess of the Eternal Lava Lamp-Ginaya-but she was definately there in spirit, as usual...

   Shining my love and light like a disco ball of love...nothing kicks out the doldrums like your favorite booty mix-SHAKE IT UP!!!
 

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Mood:  lyrical

      I'm flashing back to a summer on a lake in a small town in Wisconsin.   I am fortunate to have a friend with a sailboat named "Summer Breeze" (the boat, not the friend) and also sail on a "crew" on a larger "cub boat" in the Saturday morning "yacht club" races.  Actually our so called yacht club was more like a yacht hut, and served the 70's equivilant of hot pockets and potato chips for an outrageous price to the people from Chicago who had their "summer cottages" on the lake, but the races were fun, and Jack-the "captain" of our crew (of 3) was kind of cute...and just enough older to make him seem SO coooool!

     My "day job" is to hang out at the stables at the Lodge (for the "Flatlanders" not lucky enough to own property in this paradise) all day and clean up after horses in trade for being able to take tourists out on rides along this lake as a trail guide.  My horse of choice is a "paint" named "Hombre" who Willard, the stable owner, insisted was a mean old cuss...  After work there was flirting with boys from out of town at the gameroom, waterskiing with a number of my friends who lived on the lake, or "tooling" around town with a carload of kids inevitably ending up at the drive in, a cornfield,  or the cemetary up to "teenage trix".

    The summer soundtrack to this Wisconsin Wonderland consists of REO Speedwagon, Ted Nugent, Journey, Cheap Trick, and Chicagoland sweethearts, STYX.   It is for this reason that when I heard that Styx was playing at the county fair, which is only about 8 blocks from the Babboo Abode, AND I could get in for free because of our affiliation with the Ice Arena (which is at the fairgrounds)  We decided to go have a look see. 

     It was as expected.  I heard Grand Illusion, and Lorelei, and Blue Collar Man.  There was also Too Much Time on My Hands-which is obviously true... and a couple of other favorites, but I must have been visiting my friends Cowboy Joe and Caricature artist Sam when they played the song that takes me back to the 8-track sing along player I had in my room..."I'm SAILING AWAYYYYYYYYY........."

     It's true...you can never go home again.
 

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Mood:  quizzical

SO, the night before last (Sunday night, or actually Monday morning)  I had this very odd, and semi-ominous dream, that probably should have creeped me out more than it did, but I got the feeling that the only reason that it was ominous was so that I take it seriously.  I remember it in great detail and felt that it had more to do with overcoming my own fears, than with anything actually physically happening like this:  

     It looks like about sundown, and I am on the coast. The sky is a very peachy and pinky with blues and puprples just starting to come in.  I look at the west and there is a charcoal colored spot of cloud where the sun is, and a charcoal cloudy ring around it.  I look at it and realize there are rainbows the clouds, and I remember a woman named Great Bear who had smoky quartz hearts with rainbows in them and always said "even in darkness, there are rainbows."  I  am astonished, and I look the other direction and realize there is another of these formations in the sky to the East.   I am not afraid, I call them black hole suns, and I realize they are full of light.

     I realize that I am in Florence. OR, and I have a house there with Babboo.  I also realize that we live close to my "babys' daddy" and his wife, and I am over at their house picking up Thing 1 when I look outside and see water coming up from the ocean and flooding the streets.  I think to myself " I am not going to get back to my house with all of this water coming up like this.  There are people trying to move through the streets, but the water is up to their waists.  I am watching out the front door which is a typical metal front door with glass in it, and the water comes up and is pressing on the door, but not getting through it.  Then I see a fist-first it is large and like an illusion, but then it is a person's hand knocking on the door, and then both hands are rapping on the glass.  I am aghast-the water is green in color and looks more lake colored than ocean, but there are the hands-of a person-who if I open the door to save, I risk flooding the house, and losing our lives, but at the same time-is still alive.   I am brought to consciousness and out of having to watch what happens next, and  I quickly feel like this is one of my ridiculous fears of moving up to the next level...and I wonder if when opportunity to respond knocks, why I am afraid it will put me in a catch 22 situation.  This would NOT be the first time, and I can see why I would have this fear, but I also need to realize that this is not the last time-this is THIS TIME and I am different than the last time.  It is my greatest wish that I am able to save the person, and keep the house from flooding at the same time.

     For whatever reason,I think there is a part of me that feels as though while I want to open the door to the opportunity, I wonder if maybe I might be overwhelmed by the responsibility.  Then there is the part that just said "YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY!!!"  Fear of sucess-would I be able to handle it-or am I "too busy" already.  Try Me! 

If you could open the door to a possibility...what would you make possible?

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