Anahita Moon

Venus-Pluto and the power of money

2010-05-06T17:01:00.001-06:00

Donna Cunningham writes a fascinating blog which is truly a showcase for her years of experience as a groundbreaking astrologer. Much of her work focuses on pluto, and as a result she does get quite in depth with things. Pluto often signifies power, transformation, sex, death, taxes...and other people's money.

I have a strong pluto element in my chart, and in hard aspect to my venus. (An opposition if you want to get technical, t-squaring mars, oh my!) One way this can manifest is power issues with money. This opposition lands right on the ends of my 2nd and 8th houses, and these being money houses ruled each by the other, it makes sense to me that I am pretty fascinated by our resources and the roles they play in our relationships. Usually I read about venus-pluto aspects, and all anyone can say is wow, that sucks, your love life is doomed! Donna Cunningham is one of the few people with a deeper understanding of this dynamic and its many possible manifestations. I mean, if your money is inextricably linked to your power, you would think there is a world of potential there, right? I certainly feel that way.

For a long time the flow of money in my life has felt blocked, and I am really making a big effort to understand and transform this pattern...and I just know that once I do I will have enormous financial potential. I just feel it! I am sure part of it stems from coming from a family prone to dramatic inheritance, all the while missing the boat on that bounty in any number of circumstantial ways. Often in my career I have felt thwarted by men in power controlling (and even squashing) my earning potential, either directly or in an institutionalized way. (The standard feminist rant, men are far more likely to make more money, get promoted, and much more quickly, etc.) Interestingly, my mars t-squaring these two is in cancer...which makes for an inherent battle of the sexes.

http://skywriter.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/the-unsuspected-role-of-the-8th-house-in-fiscal-fitness/

In any case, have a look at Donna Cunningham's article about the 8th house. (Ruled by pluto.) She makes an interesting comment about the similarities of trust fund babies, welfare mothers and women who marry rich, and their subsequent power struggles with their benefactors.

Introduction to my perspective

2010-05-05T16:15:00.000-06:00

I'm interested in exploring the overlap of art, women's spirituality, creativity and transpersonal psychology. A few years ago I met a number of very bright scientists and economists who believed in astrology. I was so perplexed by this I set out to understand the system of thought behind it.

After much research, I have decided the psychological patterns are absolutely the most sophisticated system of personality description I have seen. The astrological perspective on social trends and cycles is intriguing. I'm too scientifically minded to commit entirely, and I do not presume to know if my personally convincing experience would stand up to scientific inquiry, though I suspect with properly designed experiments it just might.

In either case,this blog will explore my interpretations of what I observe through this lens.

I am also very interested in how we can focus our intentions and achieve our goals through visualization and creative ritual. Personally I find I resonate spiritually with the quest for the Divine Feminine, and am now pursuing this path more consciously and intentionally than during the early days of continuously drawing a striking violet haired woman! So much of my thought process now revolves around being in tune with the rhythms of the natural world (whether earth, stars, moon, social trends, whatever), and creating rituals and intentions around that.

Anahita

2010-05-05T13:19:00.000-06:00

Partly I just liked the name, and there are a limited number of nice goddess names out there, but I also found Anahita appealing for several other reasons. An ancient Persian goddess, she is associated with water, love, fertility, protecting women, and the dove and the peacock. Some say she is a precursor to Aphrodite or Venus. I'm a great fan of peacocks and am working a lot lately with the concept of abundance and empowering women financially, so it seemed like a good fit.

I chose the moon because it is such an essential aspect of goddess spirituality. I've felt so drawn to Artemis in the past, particularly her tradition in Ephesus in modern day Turkey. She is commonly considered the precursor to the Virgin Mary who is rumored to have lived in Ephesus as well. Of course, there are so many faces of the Divine Feminine and they meld and merge together over time. So following the moon can more or less consistently connect you to millennia of feminine tradition. Much work is done according to the waxing and waning of the moon, and its associations with emotions and waters make it appealing to me.