A Check-in with the Nodes of the Moon as Jupiter Approaches

 

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The Death of Aaron Carter Digs Up Disturbing New Threads Stemming from the Jupiter in Scorpio Transit

The South Node of the Moon has been transiting deep, dark Scorpio (opposite the North Node of the Moon in Taurus) since January 18, 2022. The Nodes of the Moon will continue in these signs until July 17, 2023.

During this transit (January 2022 to July 2023), the personal planets in Scorpio form a single series of conjunctions to the South Node, and these conjunctions are occurring right now - during the first two weeks of November 2022. This makes the time ripe for things to come to the surface that have been hidden, denied, or glossed over.

Scorpio is a sign related to secrets, lies, cover-ups, sexuality, abuse, and death, among other things. It is a sign that indicates, "There's more to this than meets the eye." Scorpio as a sign indicates dense, complex, layered, and often manipulated scenarios where we must dig to get to the truth, to the core reality. Scorpio is related to power dynamics, including corrupt or abusive uses of power. 

Scorpio is the investigator, the detective, and the researcher of the zodiac, and when Scorpio is strongly highlighted, as it is now, we are often required to traipse through very dark areas of humanity and of society in order to achieve a fuller awareness of what's going on, of what's harming us and others.

As the South Node of the Moon is activated by the personal planets in the first half of November 2022, the Sun, Mercury, and Venus are also activating the final square aspect between Saturn in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus. These aspects create a fixed T-square configuration where energy is directed into the fourth leg of the formation, which is Leo. The sign of Leo is associated with actors, performers, and fame, including Hollywood and the corporate music industry. 

 

 

Fixed T-square: Venus, Sun, Mercury, and South Node of the Moon in Scorpio opposite North Node of the Moon and Uranus in Taurus, square Saturn in Aquarius - November 6, 2022

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Now I will say, since the early days of this blog, I've intentionally avoided the truly depraved worlds created by The Fame Machine. I have no interest in fame, and I do not wish to place my attention or energy on "celebrities" of any kind. This Plutonic punk astrologer intentionally avoids the Blue Checks of the world. There is certainly some "click bait" worthiness to astrology that covers celebrities, but click bait has never been my goal.

That said, with Jupiter (truth) retrograde on the final degree of the zodiac (29 Pisces), there are some threads being plucked now that show us how the whole web works together, how seemingly isolated events actually fit together like puzzle pieces. Jupiter is tapping this astro-reporter on the shoulder at the moment, asking for some illumination of the things currently under the Cosmic Spotlight. So how can I refuse?

Under the oh-so-intense energy of the fixed T-square configuration, it was announced through media that Aaron Carter, musician and younger brother of Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, was found dead in his bathtub in Los Angeles on the morning of November 5, 2022.  

Aaron Carter's death strikes me as one more suspicious death in a string of suspicious deaths involving people who were privy to the pedophilia, sexual abuse, and ritualistic abuse prevalent in Hollywood and corporate music.

The South Node of the Moon in the Via Combusta: A Period of Karmic Relationship Clean-Up and Pattern-Breaking as We Accelerate into the Aquarian Era

 

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Eggshell Powder as a Calcium Supplement

With the North Node of the Moon in traditional Taurus (conjunct Mercury Rx) and Earth Mama dwarf planet Ceres newly in Cancer (May 16 to July 24), there's a focus on simple, basic home remedies and folk remedies that utilize whatever you have lying around the house to cure what ails you or your family. This is a quick and easy recipe for making your own calcium supplement at home.

 

Making your own eggshell powder is a good calcium supplement for people who can't take vitamins in pill form. (Or for people who are cheap!) The powder is calcium carbonate. 

 

Directions:

 

Use organic eggs or farm eggs that are au naturel. 

 

Save about a dozen eggshells. Wash the egg white out of the shells before saving them, and leave them out to dry. 

 

Spread the shells in a pan with the inner part of the shell facing up. 

 

Put them in a low temperature oven (200 to 225 degrees Celsius) for about 20 minutes or until they're dry and crispy.

 

(Some people boil the shells in a pot of water before putting them in the oven, but I put them right in the oven.)

 

Break the shells up into small pieces, and grind them in a coffee grinder or with a mortar and pestle until they are a fine powder.

 

Sprinkle about half a teaspoon of powder into your food as a supplement. I usually eat it in hot chia cereal or in quinoa. 

 

You can adjust the dose as you like, but don't go overboard because too much calcium can create kidney stones.

 

The North Node of the Moon Enters Taurus and South Node Enters Scorpio: the Bull and the Scorpion as Uneasy Allies

 

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You can read an excerpt of this article here: "Ceres and Persephone Conjunct the North Node of the Moon as the Nodes Change Signs"

  

Ceres and Persephone Conjunct the North Node of the Moon as the Nodes Shift Signs

Dwarf planet Ceres in late Taurus and her daughter asteroid Persephone in early Gemini are currently moving retrograde in a tight conjunction to each other as they also conjunct the North Node of the Moon. 

The Nodes of the Moon are about to change signs with the North Node entering Taurus and the South Node entering Scorpio on January 18, 2022. Ceres and Persephone will both station direct in January 2022 in tight conjunctions to each other and to the North Node of the Moon. This indicates that the themes surrounding this mother-daughter duo are very important as we orient ourselves to the new nodal axis, and this influence will continue over the next 18 months. 

What follows is an excerpt from an upcoming patron article on the subject, titled, "The North Node of the Moon Enters Taurus and South Node Enters Scorpio: The Bull and the Scorpion as Uneasy Allies." You can receive the full article and other in-depth articles like it by becoming a Willow's Web Astrology patron.

 

"Both Ceres, the dwarf planet associated with agriculture, nourishment, and the fertility of the Earth, and her daughter asteroid Persephone, unwitting (and unwilling) Queen of the Underworld, are stationing direct at the time of the nodal shift. Both bodies station direct in tight conjunction to each other and to the North Node of the Moon. This Ceres-Persephone conjunction has firm and lasting influence on our 18-month Taurus North Node path. The influence of Persephone, Pluto’s Queen, reinforces the importance of seeing, knowing, acknowledging, and addressing “what lies beneath.”

Ceres stations direct at 28 degrees Taurus on January 14, the same day as the Mercury retrograde station, and it forms an exact conjunction to the North Node, newly in Taurus, on January 31, 2022. This conjunction adds to the nurturing and protective elements discussed in this article. Under the Earth Mama dwarf planet’s fierce protective influence, we’re keeping things sane and stable in an effort to nurture ourselves and those around us. Ceres works to bring us all back to the land of the living.

At the same time, the potentially disturbing perspective Persephone brings from the Plutonic Underworld is critically important in informing our steps from here. Persephone is sharing some of this Underworldly information and insight with her mother, Ceres, and this meeting of the minds creates the beautiful, healing energy found in mutual understanding. Kidnapped by Pluto and forced to live half of each year in the Underworld as his Queen, Persephone holds a perspective that not many know or can fully comprehend.

Following Ceres’ direct station on January 14, Persephone stations direct at zero degrees Gemini on January 19, also in tight conjunction to the North Node of the Moon.

Following so many months of acute discomfort and difficulty, we’re creating relaxation, comfort, and mutual enjoyment (Taurus) to nourish our parched souls. The North Node shield provides even more important shelter for us under the mothering watch of Ceres. That said, the strong influence of Persephone in early Gemini at the time of the nodal shift indicates that we are required to mentally digest and integrate some very disturbing Underworldly information, context, and perspective if we are to be fully successful on our new North Node path.