`Aha Update #12: Aiming for the light New Moon and Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017

"... Astrologically, the house where the eclipse lands will be highly energized.  Leo is a Fire sign, but you can also see Mars is nearby along with the n. node. I see creative drive in this chart. A desire to feel and to be vitally alive. (The solar eclipse happens on the New Moon, the dark moon is also a time when intentions for the coming lunar cycle of approximately 30 days can be set.)

Elsa continues, "I expect the lights to go out. I intend to be infused with light and energy when they come back on.  The emphasis is not on the darkness but on the brilliance!" - Elsa on the Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017 (read Elsa's entire post, which includes ideas for setting intentions based on where the eclipse is in your chart.)

The Leo solar eclipse takes place in my 8th House of legacy, heredity, death and rebirth; Pete will experience that eclipse in his 12th House of intuition, secrets, dreams. Taking clues from astrology, and Elsa Panizzon's point of view, that the emphasis is not on the darkness but on the brilliance after sun and moon separate I'm putting the astrology and kilo (paying attention Hawaiian/Pacific Island style) onto this 'aha update.

• Solar eclipse in the 8th house: Light up dark places, fearlessly.
• Solar eclipse in the 12th: Share your light and positive energy with others; particularly those who may be suffering.

It's too easy to live in fear when Environmental Illness is your reality. No, it's not something you 'get from me.' Just as a wall won't keep poverty on that side, not yours. A medical diagnosis (which I paid for ... how odd is that) set me and Pete onto the path of being Mauliauhonua a family intimate with where we live. Where do we live? For a pair like us, we live on the edge, on the border, and in between the micro and the macro. In this sort of life, we become very intimate with all the parts of Earth that other humans either don't see or won't see. We kilo, we observe everything because our survival depends on it. All indigenous (people intimate with their place) live this way.

As we clear out our self inflicting distractions as well as the wandering distraction of invading beliefs about who and what Environmental Illness is I like this bit of kilo:

One of my mother's favorite expression was "Piss on it." Other moms might have said, "Don't cast your pearls before swines." Here's what another astrologist, Rob Brezny is recommending for us Scorpio's.

" Some zoos sell the urine of lions and tigers to gardeners who sprinkle it in their gardens. Apparently the stuff scares off wandering house cats that might be tempted to relieve themselves in vegetable patches. I nominate this scenario to be a provocative metaphor for you in the coming weeks. Might you tap into the power of your inner wild animal so as to protect your inner crops? Could you build up your warrior energy so as to prevent run-ins with pesky irritants? Can you call on helpful spirits to ensure that what's growing in your life will continue to thrive? "

To end this update, here is a powerful song introduced to me by Terri Windling, writer, editor, muse and author of the blog on mythic life Myth & Moor. The song is  entitled "Why we build the Wall"
and is sung by Anais Mitchell. It was written a decade ago, but is as relevant today as ever. Even more important then to keep a light on and aim for enlightenment.

Here's a personal  INVITATION

Monday, August 21, 2017

10:00 A.M.

Join Pete and Me 

at 

"The Muliwai"

(This is Sunlight Beach Public Access on the West side of Whidbey Island. The public access is about half way down Sunlight Beach Road. Look to the water side of the road, and a smaller than the usual home there, brick-red in color with a white lettered sign "STOVERS" OR "STOWERS". The driveway is next to that red house.)

While the tide is going out and while the Moon moves into her eclipsing position of the Sun

Bring your Eclipse Glasses, and/or your Flash light if you have 'em :)

P.S. Please come as fragrance free as you can be.

If the wild fire smoke is still too debilitating for you as it is for me, 

I may be setting my intention from Vardo for Two. But perhaps the sky will have cleared. We'll kilo.

Hope to see you at The Muliwai.

xoxo

Mokihana and Pete

`Aha Update #3: In the flow at The Muliwai

 I baked up a pan of Blueberry Oatmeal Bars, Pete steeped up quarts of Nettle and Oatstraw infusions and on the morning of the New Moon in Leo we headed to The Muliwai.

 Our friends Angie Hart and Maria

 Many feathered ancestors

 The flowing outgo of the tide

 Hopi Fay and JC May sipped infusions in jars, and ate the yummy blueberry bars.

 We played in the tide, and released ... the fears, the no-longer neededs

Got into the flow

 And as the tide began her return, I took my stick and drew our wish and intention:
Safe Passage Vardo for Two and Pete and Moki

 and then, the old woman with the stick fell asleep for a little snooze.

 Mahalo nui loa. Thank you so much. We had so much fun, too! Amama ua noa. The prayer is released.

`Aha Update #2: New Moon Beach Walk, Sunday, July 23, 2017

Sunday's tide is drawing out all morning long (until 11 am) Walk the long beach until then, playing with releasing the old and setting new intentions. Let the incoming tide bring in the new as the tide comes in, in, in until 10ish Sunday night.

"The new moon in Leo takes place early in the morning on July 23rd. The sun and moon are tightly conjunct Mars. This should fuel creativity.... Expect a push for innovation. This can take many forms. A person can push themselves but they can also push their children, their students or their employees.Leo is concerned with “play”. ... Something begun now could really take off like a rocket (Mars Uranus).This new moon looks like good clean fun to me but with natal Venus in Leo, I may have a bias. If you want to consider the potential negative manifestations, think in terms of an ego (Leo) fueled rage (Mars Uranus). Whatever happens; it’s likely to be dramatic, fresh and surprising.

We set intentions under the new moon.  I’d not skip this exercise this month. It’s like having a match, struck, lit and burning brightly.  What will you do with the fire?" Elsa (Click on the link to ElsaElsa for ideas about setting your intentions, if you know which House the Leo new moon will park in your astro chart. Need a little help with that? Leave a comment with your birth info/email me and I'll try to find that for you.)

The dream of building a safe and sturdy wagon, started when we drew a picture in the sand near Mendicino, CA in the fall of 2007. We were on our way to one of the first 'Tiny House Building Workshops' led by "Mr. Tiny House Jay Shafer" in Sebastapol. I had a diagnosis, "This illness will change your life. There's no 'cure' you'll have to avoid everything that makes you sick." What a game changer like they say.

Ten years later, 2017, we have been living in our beautiful golden rose of a wagon for 8 years. Our belief that it is now possible to return home to Hawaii with that wagon Vardo for Two is a perfect Leo New Moon intention. 

• New Moon in the 7th house (Moki's) – Get out and have fun with your partner. Hunt love!
• New Moon in the 11th house (Pete's)– Get your friends together. Fun in the sun!

So here's our NEW MOON INVITATION AND INTENTION to hunt love and have fun in the sun with our 'Aha 'Ohana

• Join us if you can on the beach for a barefoot walk as the tide goes out
• We will bring some morning refreshments to share 
• Set your intention for the new moon cycle beginning in fixed Fire Sign Leo
• Draw your future dream in the sand, share it with us or just send it out to the Sun and Moon
• Walk, talk, be silent, enjoy the conjunction of Sun and Moon
• Come as fragrance free as you can be, please

Where: Sunlight Beach (we call it The Muliwai) Public Access Parking Lot (If you aren't familiar with the access lot it's about half way down Sunlight Beach Road. Look for a barn red cottage ... one of the few smaller homes on the beach side, with the owners' name on a white lettered sign 'STOVERS' or 'STOWERS'. The parking is right next to that house).

When: Sunday, July 23, 2017

Time: We'll be there around 9 AM

What: We'll bring a few breakfast snacks to share and bring open hearts and listening ears to hear about your New Moon Intentions, too

See you under the New Moon, at The Muliwai. 

For older posts about our move:
Read "The Hinged Question"
Or, this for photos of our first Front Porch `Aha, July 8, 2017
And here, for "`Aha Update #1 ..."

Aloha nui xoxoxo,

Moki and Pete