Perseus and Andromeda by Giorgio Vasari (1511)
Winnipeg,
Canada (CNN)As Lauren Chopek painfully details her story, she does so with the
reticence of a survivor, as if somehow remaining silent would have been better.
"I used to blame myself for everything. But, like I, I would say I let
them do that to me. I am dirty. It's my fault," says Chopek through tears.
But Chopek is finally speaking out, determined to shake the guilt and shame
that she knows should stalk her perpetrators instead of her. "Now I see
that I was just a child," says Chopek, now sitting serenely in a safe
house, a healing lodge in rural Manitoba that cradled her in the love and
protection she so needed when she escaped her life on the streets. Aug. 23 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/23/world/canada-indigenous-sex-trafficking/index.html
In his post on the August New Moon, Darkness & Delusion to Light & Illumination, Nick Fiorenza
writes:
The August 2, 2016 New
Moon lies amongst the stars of the Egyptian Scarabaeus (our modern Crab),
between Acubens and Asellus Aus of Cancer…Cancer, commonly the crab today, is
also the Egyptian Scarabaeus, an image that articulates the theme of humanity's
emergence from suppression, darkness, dogma, and delusion and its reawakening
back to light. The Scarab is an appropriate mythical figure here because the
beetle emerges from its snuggle in its own dung, where it matures. This theme
also applies to our individual emergence from the family nest of the collective
consciousness that we acquiesce to and uphold. The Scarab is a symbol of
regeneration, transformation and re-birth, of being self-created, or self-made,
to rise from itself—hence humanity's association with the beetle’s emergence. http://lunarplanner.com/index.html
If we remember that the various phases of the Moon are
intrinsically connected to the New Moon message, then the August 24, Last
Quarter (LQ) phase chart at Winnipeg begins to acquire meaning that explains
the news. Notice that the LQ Moon is anchored to the MC and Admetus-Pluto.
Admetus-Pluto: To come
to recognize what can no longer be endured – and to deal with the accrued
consequences of having pushed the self too far; having delayed elimination of
intolerable problems, one faces confrontation (with self/others) and
experiences a need for return to integrity – a need to know where one stands
(and then to decide if one is willing to stand there!) [1].
The Moon [2ge] conjoins
Mirphak (Alpha Perseus). Perseus, in the story of Andromeda and the Royal
Family, is the hero who slays Medusa, the Gorgon with seven snakes for hair,
and then frees the princess Andromeda from being devoured by Cetus the Sea
Monster [2]. Mirphak inspires responsible action to claim the true gift from
the inner refinement we have gained through our past initiatory fires. Here we
must acknowledge that our trials had to precede stepping forth into a greater
fulfillment and our future destiny [3].
[1] The Orders of Light; Martha Lang-Wescott
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