The sixth Star, which correlates to Illumination, I call Truth.  Its letter is Beth meaning "House", corresponding to Mercury.  Many would assert that their home, or location, within the body is their Mind.  The planet Mercury is Mind, called in Tarot's Major Arcana, The Magician.  In one sense, the Magician can be a trickster, making things appear as they are not.  Curtains can be drawn to hide a difficult or cluttered interior.  Dualities can appear as actuality.  However, the Magician is ultimately Master of the House, for S/He makes use of Mind like a great and precious tool to observe the activity of every perceived dimension from the sheltering vantage of Within.  As with any instrument of observation, clarity is key.  The Mind is the Magician's domain - the House not made with hands - and how that domain is put together, arranged, and refined suggests how receptive and effective a Mage might be.  Like any House not made with hands, Mind is to be a Sanctuary for the Divine, Illuminated from Above and Within, and enjoying clear, transparent windows that let the Light shine through unobstructed.  In the Tarot, the Magician is traditionally depicted with an upraised arm and a finger pointed to the ground implying that the Light of Mind comes from Above and is merely transmitted to the planes below.  This is no different from Mercury being acknowledged as the Messenger - or transmitting agent - between worlds, or the Great Initiator who offers a third perspective (or Third Eye) in-between opposites.

I was invited to do this Questionnaire by Joy Bringer.

I'm now inviting:  GreyHawk, Will, Galileogst, and Doll Imago.


 

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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Union Actualized.

What is your greatest fear?
Stagnation.  Inertia. 

Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Any Light Bringer or Civilization Builder.  From Queen Zenobia to Queen Sheba to Helene (wife of Simon Magus) to Helena Petrovna Blavatsky to Cain to Aphrodite, whose footprints are adored in Cyprus.

Which living person do you most admire?
My husband... his adversities have made him so strong and so Beautiful.  He's consistently dynamic - expanding in Awareness with each passing day.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
 Division.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
 I believe any trait I would perceive as deplorable in others must first come from within me.  I would always strive to heal myself.

What is your greatest extravagance?
 Indulging in the cornucopia that exists on practically every other street corner; good wine & coffee; new technology; things

What is your favorite journey?
 Self-Mastery

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
 I don't know, I believe the virtues are important to developing a culture of ennobled character.  That being said, many sources list "detachment" as a virtue which I feel is better stated as integration and Awareness.  I really appreciate Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics which describe virtue as a certain balance point between deficiency and excess.  Any virtue can become overrated when embraced to the extreme, or when too far removed from forethought.

On what occasion do you lie?
 To prevent another from being harmed in a significant way.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
 The answer would likely differ depending on the moment.  However, I don't agree with feeding dislikes any energy.

Which living person do you most despise?
 If there is a True Understanding of All as ONE, then to despise another is to despise myself.  I do not despise myself.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
I probably say "uh",  "uhm", and "like" more than I intend.

What is your greatest regret?
 I don't give energy to regret.

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
 My husband.  We are each whole - one - together making a greater state of ONE.

Which talent would you most like to have?
I wouldn't mind remembering how to play piano like I did when I was a young girl.  Shape shifting might also be cool.

What is your current state of mind?
 Grateful.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
 I love my family how they are.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
 Five AWESOME children who are thoughtful, thinking, spiritual beings.  A Beautiful State of Union with my counterpart.  Passing through the "Refiner's Fire".  Publishing my book.

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
 While my pursuit is for Liberation from the cycles of birth and death, if I did die and come back it would certainly be as a person, not a thing, and my intent would be to return as Awake and Aware and as Passionate about Liberation as I am now... or more so.

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
 Of course I make the choice, and that choice is defined above.

What is your most treasured possession?
 The Crown Jewel, Awareness!

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
 Persistent Unawareness.

Where would you like to live?
 I like my present location unbelievably much.  The only change I'm in the continual process of making is to increasingly surround myself with more evolved modes of culture.

What is your favorite occupation?
 My favorite role is being a mother and a partner.  My favorite activity is Spiritual Pursuits... including developing Intentional forms of Community and increasing my State of Union with others.  My favorite career is exactly what I am doing...  Author and Astrologer.

What is your most marked characteristic?
 My Passion for Self-Realization and the Pursuit of Liberation.

What is the quality you most like in a man?
 Divinity.

What is the quality you most like in a woman?
 Divinity.

What do you most value in your friends?
 Divinity.

Who are your favorite writers?
 Although I don't read much fiction I adore Marion Zimmer Bradley... especially her Work, The Firebrand.  For non-fiction I appreciate Paul Foster Case, Manly P. Hall, Peter Lemesurier, Steiner, Alice Bailey, Leadbeater, Blavatsky, Regardie, et al.

Who is your favorite hero/heroine of fiction?
 Kassandra, the heroine of The Firebrand.

Who are your heroines/heroes in real life?
 Light Bringers and those who progress Civilization.

What are your favorite names?
 I actually collect my favorite names in a journal but I'd probably have to say that most of all it would be my children's names, and then the names which almost belonged to my children... compositions from Hebrew, Greek, Native languages, and Nature.

What is it that you most dislike?
 What is it with focusing so much energy on dislikes?  I much rather focus on all the things I Love and Welcome.

How would you like to die?
 With Peace and in Awareness.

What is your motto?
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, a Master calls a butterfly."  ~ Richard Bach.

I wanted to give a head's up about tonight's total lunar eclipse....

This Full Moon eclipse happens during a perfect time for viewing, the maximum occurring between 7:01 and 7:51 PST.  At its maximum the Moon will pass completely through the umbral shadow, turning the Moon deep orange to blood red.  This is the last total eclipse until December 21st of 2010, so you don't want to miss it!

For those interested in Astrology - this eclipse occurs at 1º53' Virgo, turning our analysis inward and making us more reserved in our emotional displays.  This is a great time to sit back and really give energy to thinking about how our emotional needs can be better fulfilled through practical ambitions.  Over this past month many have been experiencing themes of polarization and/or disparity between their emotional life and their outward existence and now comes the time for transcendence and revelation as to how to better marry our outer and inner existence.  The Moon's present conjunction to Saturn brings grounding, allowing us insight into our direction while its trine relationship to Pluto allows our inner thought process to uncover a new, more beneficial way in which we can transform ourselves!

I was turned onto this exercise by my Dear Brother, Grey, and completed it last night.  You take a minute to write down a concept/thought/idea and then spend two minutes writing down whatever flows from the tip of your tongue/the top of your brain.  My concept was Union...

Union
Souls in Union
A Fusion
Of Many
Becoming ONE.
Love
Souls in Love
A Bundle
Like an Atom
Like the System
Of our Sun.
One
Many Souls
As One
A Fusion
Atomic Grouping
A Union
Of One plus One
Equals ONE.

I prefer to utlize my blog as a medium for personal expression.  However I wanted to let you know that I've made my book available as a PDF download, for those who asked.  For more details please visit Baby Lyon Press.
Thank you!

 

The seventh Star, which correlates to Liberation, I call Union.  Its letter is Kaph meaning "a curve" and implying an open hand reaching out to grasp... something.  Anything.  Typically above or beyond; some point ahead or forward of where we are now.  It is to stretch out toward Divinity and to grasp another in Brotherhood.  The letter Kaph corresponds to Jupiter.  The planet Jupiter is the Crown of our Awareness and the center from which we expand our relationship with Actuality.  Thus it is also our grasp of circumstances and the broadening of horizons that affords a greater state of comprehension.  Being at the opposite end of the inner Human spectrum from what we saw in Mars, Jupiter's energy is metabolic; it is called on the Tree of Life, Mercy, and is often depicted as a benevolent King, the continual metamorphosis of Consciousness that forever promises our freedom from the Wheels of birth, death, and rebirth.  Not surprisingly in Tarot's Major Arcana Jupiter is assigned to The Wheel of Fortune card, which portrays Effect as the consequence of Cause and tells us that Consciousness of the Wheel and its cyclic whirling not only renews us with fresh potential, but in its turning there is Enlightenment.