Fuck Spider-Man. Let's talk about Spider Woman. I'm tired of these fear mongering block blusters. Good guy - bad guy...... who cares? How's about the guys just showing up for a change instead of playing cowboy and injurin'. Face the fears instead of acting them out, boys.

We've had for several weeks a trapezoid (trapezium outside of US) in the planetary geometries. It's a figure with two sides representing square aspects, 90 degree angles, and the other two sides representing 120 degrees, trine, and 60 degrees, sextile. This structure indicates anchoring going on. The process of shedding old grindy karmic stories that has lasted for almost two years can now be integrated. You'll notice that you are gaining traction. You can bring things manifest more readily, which heretofore has been daunting at best. So carry on. You've unloaded mega baggage. That's being sorted so that you'll have less sordid. Play with the world without making it real. Intend what you want and receive what you want and, frankly, quit over giving. Let others give to you as well.

Mars gets to the end of the Zodiac in Pisces on the 15th as it enters Aries, which it rules, at 7:06 am PDT. Martial drumbeats call to action. The warmongers and peacemongers will be cranking it up some more notches. If you are playing the hero, be aware of your projections therein. The key is not just to look before you leap, but to be before you leap. Seeing is believing and that's full of projection and bears more sufferful fruit. Be, see and leap. You are ready to rocket! Go baby go! The depressionesque overlay will now melt as you get on your way. Hangovers and aromas of sludge will be around, but they no longer have to obstacle you.

Speaking of war and such, here's an appropriate quote for our life and times and Mama's Day too. Thanks Mom! Thanks Moms!!!

Julia Ward Howe, the founder of Mother's Day, wrote in 1870:  

Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: 'We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies; our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, the women of our country, will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.'  From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: 'Disarm! Disarm!'

Ho.

Now to Spider Woman..... Spider Woman is a Native American teaching about the Divine Mother. The Earth is her dominion. She is the mother of Life. She weaves order out of the chaos. We live upon her fabric. Sounds like mom, huh? I refer you to Clarissa Pinkola Estes for her brilliant analyses and precious story telling about Spider Woman. She speaks of the essential nature of the Wild Woman. We are all at a loss without Wild Woman in us. The patriarchy has attempted to kill the Wild Woman, just as it has been killing Gaia. That finally won't succeed. There's method in the madness. All God things must come to an end. Spider Woman does not lord it over her dominion. She is with, not over. It's not odd that QE II the Monarch appeared at dumb ass Bush's table in the White House at this time to illustrate that the Emperor has no couth. (Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, literally shrugged off W's pandering patronizing at a state dinner several months ago.) May he choke on his own ignorant pretzel logic, soon.

On the 16th at 12:27 pm PDT, there comes the New Moon at 25 degrees of Taurus. It so happens that this is the beginning of Arachne, the Spider, which is esoterically considered to be one of the 13 Signs of the Zodiac. This is a Zodiac based in the ancient matriarchal, priestess teachings. My friend and colleague Hillary Allen http://www.dawnings.blogspot.com/ turned me on to it. Her mother, who was a significant Aussie astrologer and occult seer, had shown her this teaching. It was popularized by James Vogh in a book entitled: Arachne Rising. It seems to be considered a "hoax" because he was a sci fi writer. What does that have to do with anything?!? There are other 13 Sign Zodiac candidates like Cetus the Whale and such. I'm not interested in the conjecture on it all at this juncture. I find that Arachne as an archetype holds up. It runs from 25 Taurus to 23 Gemini. What it is about is Messengering with great creativity ala the Poet. Bob Dylan is the poster child for this Arachne Poet Message Weaver. Half of his planets are in Arachne. He weaves images that are not linear and logical. His non sense words open up the web of imagination as only poetry and true song do. His images curve. They stick. They draw you in..... and then the Mystery happens.

Let your inner seer out! Lay some poetry on the planet. Paint your Messagepiece. Live wild and free. And long live women and moms and the mom and woman in all of us.

Fuck Spider-Man,
Mark