Weekly Mandala: Opening

A confusion of darkness parts and a window into hope is revealed.  A much more quiet sky this week in the afterglow of the Uranus Pluto Square.  We'll see some more fireworks from that square with the Full Moon on the 29th, but overall a MUCH quieter week.

• 24th- Moon in Capricorn square Saturn in Libra.  This evening the Moon moves into Aquarius we will feel the energy pick up pace as we edge closer to the Full Moon on Friday.

• 26th - Moon and Mercury trine Jupiter gives us energy and boosts faith and confidence.  Bouyant energy, things are looking up.

• 27th- Venus square Mars.  Passions run high.  Avoid fighting and aim at peacemaking instead.

• 29th- The Full moon in Aries is hitting the Uranus Pluto Square energy.  Sun in Libra opposes Uranus in Aries and Sun in Libra squares Pluto in Capricorn.  Speeding up the wrap up of Saturn in Libra, but pinging those Libra lessons one last time to make sure we got the point if we didn't catch the lesson the first time.

• 30th- Moon still Aries but easing off the intensity by sextiling Jupiter.

Recommended Listening:
Polar Dream
Endless Tales
from Follow Me to the Forest

{Digital Images manipulated in Adobe Photoshop}

Bridging the Gap

A connection flowers
from here now to the beyond.
Yearning bridges the distance.
Flowers bloom from one side to the other,
in between a chasm burns.
The urgency of union draws the gap closed.
The tension and volatility
will be crushed by the urge towards fulfillment.
Desire becomes its own answer.

Weekly Mandala: Southwest III, Through the Stained Glass Window

Hold on to your hats because we have some major movements in the sky.  This is a HUGE week Astrologically! By this time next week we will all have been shaken, rattled, and stirred up by the dramatic effects of this week's astrological tornado.

On Sunday the 16th, Mercury, planet of communication and travel, moved into Libra, the sign of balance, relationships, and justice.  Today Mercury immediately inconjuncts foggy Neptune, currently retrograde in spiritual Pisces.  Ambiguity will challenge communications today.  Be as clear as you can.  This is the calm before the storm slowly disintegrating as the clouds move over us and the rain begins.

In the Valley

In this piece we find a magickal force uncovered unexpectedly.  Astrologically not much going on today, but on Sunday the 16th,  Mercury (communication, information, and travel) will enter Libra (balance, justice, relating).  The movement of the messenger of the gods will get the ball rolling faster towards wrapping up things up in the Libra area of our lives.

Weekly Mandala: Southwest II, In the City

Today the Sun (the personal will) conjuncts (works well with, merges with) Mercury (pattern recognition, information, communication, travel).  Prepare for that lightning bolt epiphany if it hasn't hit you already!

The Mirror Cup

Here we have strange reflections emerging from small pools.  This piece comes from this past summer when after a deep and intense meditation, a voice whispered, "Welcome to the Cup."

Weekly Mandala: Southwest I, Cave Painting

They are hard,
these winds of change,
but like the rings growing within a tree,
the blessed tide of time finally turns.
Slowly, silently,
it changes the very earth
beneath our feet.
All our storms eventually pass
and sorrow and grief will lessen and fade.
Love fully each day as it moves
under your footsteps.
Just let the tide take you
and you will know.
You will know.

Archon of Manifestation

Here we have a representation of the process of gestation changing into growth as ideas take root and move towards physical manifestation.  The androgyny and coloring of this figure remind me of Tiresias from Rachel Pollack's run on Doom Patrol. 

Astrologically, today is a Blue Moon, the second Full Moon this month (in Pisces). The Moon opposes Sun in Virgo and conjuncts spiritual Neptune and healing Chiron.  Emotional issues may rise up for recognition right now.  We may want to focus on physical details and feel thwarted by this foggy emotional wave.  Considering the energy of the Full Moon behind it, I suspect the wave will not be ignored. As with all Full Moon cycles, look for the completion of something started around the New Moon on August 17th.

From the Archives: Night is Come (Alternate Ending)

 

Here is Night is Come as it was originally published, with the alternate ending of three added pages.  There was a bit of time between the creation of the two endings leading to a few stylistic differences.

Weekly Mandala: Struggle to Restore the Matrices

Struggling for balance amidst depleted resources, chaotic event fluctuations, and violent external oppositions.

Neptune in Pisces: The Obsfuscation of the Light

When Neptune moved into Pisces earlier this year, I noticed an immediate disruption of my ability to communicate.  Everything became distracted and complicated in some fashion.  It wasn't the disruption that comes with say, a Mercury retrograde.  The effect was a complication, a confusion of the purity of intentions.

From The Archives: Night is Come (Original Ending)

This set was created a long time ago.  It was self-published in a small ashcan comic with another story, Winter.  This was another attempt on my part to marry poetry and comics...as well as a bit of spiritual philosophy.  I've never felt like I've ever gotten it quite right, but this is the closest I feel I've ever come.  The first two images are some of my favorite things I've ever drawn.

Weekly Mandala: Fireworks

This week there are definitely some astrological fireworks in the sky.