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“The challenge we all face is the challenge to be ourselves in a world

that’s trying to make us like everyone else.”

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Namesta, and welcome to Libra’s Energy cycle and the Fall Equinox today, Thursday…

The STORY, The Sun moves into Libra at the exact moment when the days and nights are equal, the day we celebrate the Autumnal Equinox.

Libra is a masculine, Air sign, and the key to Libra is balance and equilibrium; balance requires judgment, knowledge, perspective and integrity, and Libra time gives us special opportunities to develop those qualities.

Libra' people are known for their special grace, and Librans are attracted to beauty, truth, and goodness. The three air signs, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius, are the humanists of the zodiac, and Libra is the most humanistic. Libra, as air sign, emphasizes the mind. It is a time when we can clarify our thinking and sharpen our judgment. Comparisons and contrasts become our raw material for drawing balanced conclusions.

In The Knot of Time by River and Gillespie, they described Libra’s background this way, “The name Libra comes from the Libya Goddess of Holy Law who carried the scales of judgment; her Egyptian counterpart was Maat, the spirit of equilibrium, of justice, truth and rightness.”

A major Libran problem: losing sight of being true to oneself in the desire to please everyone in the name of harmony. And as Libra's vision expands and she gains maturity, Libra learns to love herself as loves her friends as equals; “…needs are not in conflict or bargained over but pooled and shared.” For she has learned “that the breath of Maat, the Cosmic Consciousness, flows equally through one as through the other." (River and Gillespie)

This can cause Librans to have difficulty choosing where to ‘take a firm stand’ this can be due to underlying fear of ‘am I doing the right thing,’ because we work on reconciling our lives with our ideals. This activates our Memory, which is stimulated as we rebalance the flow of our lives by relating past to present, present to future.

The MUSIC, which brings me to the Muses, the nine patron goddesses of the arts in Greek mythology the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, a Titan who personified memory; each Muse exemplifies a special art form: Calliope, epic poetry & eloquence, Euterpe, music & lyric poetry, Erato, love poetry, Polyhymnia, oratory or sacred poetry, Clio, history, Melpomene, tragedy), Thalia, comedy, Terpsichore, choral song & dance, and Urania, astronomy.

Where in your chart (which House) does Libra display her charms and her creative impulses? What harmonics are you hearing? I have Libra across my 10^th and 11^th‘s houses and this year I was inspired to attempt something new: I’m doing Alchemical, Astrological Tarot readings at The Gathering of Spiritual Diversity Festival, in Fair Oaks < www.4thegathering.com > Saturday, Sept 24, 9am - 9pm & Sunday, 9am - 6pm. This commitment to spread my wings and express myself in a new way caused me to face some unconscious fears, but fortunately I’d just read an interview with Frances Moore Lappe and Jeffrey Perkins, co-authors of “You Have the Power, Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear,” which inspired me to choose courage.

The DAN C E, maybe you saw the movie on “Dolphin Rescue” and were dismayed to see how our newfound love of swimming with the dolphins, has created an industry that endangers their well being? This points out that how at times our loves can be as destructive as our fears…. Love is not always love for the right thing and fear sometimes stop us from doing something foolish, so as you engage with the Libra energy, evaluate if your choices are in accord with Libra’s desire to live in beauty, truth, and goodness.

Tidbits: Fall Equinox, this Thursday and Monday, October 3 we have a New Moon & Solar Eclipse, in Libra & Monday, October 17, we have a Full Moon in Aries.

Goddess of the Month: I have chosen Aphrodite, also known as Venus, Goddesses of Love and Beauty and right now she’s dancing with Mars, her polar opposite. Venus is the intense sign of Scorpio, which is not its favorite place. Aphrodite/Venus is magnetic and Her powers of attraction are intensified now, and it can attract whatever it strongly desires. Venus and Mars are intimately tied together now. Mars rules Scorpio, the sign in which Venus is traveling. And Venus rules Taurus, the sign in which Mars is traveling. They must pay attention to one another.

~ The Dance of Life: Start Dancing ~