Ring around the moon (believe it or not)

Awake early on a frosty Friday morning. The sky is clear and the Moon so clearly illuminated. Her shape and a circle around her draws my head.

An early morning 'Ole Po, a moon phase shifting into the Quarter Moon phases where it is best not to start new projects.

 Sometimes you can't always capture the golden ring through the lens of a camera ...

even when you try again with earnest attempts.

The fog horn sounds loud in the early morning dark sky. I'm awake after a full night of dreaming and being with a dear Capricorn friend. Pete is tucked under the covers with hot rocks wrapped in old wool socks to keep him toasty. For a few moments we stood together under the dark sky with our heads turned up to see the 'Ole Po and the ring around her. "Maybe the ring will show up," he was skeptical and as it turned out right about the capturing of the ring. It doesn't always happen.

Astrologically, the Outer Planets (those with a collective impact) Saturn and Pluto are slowly and over long periods of time making their way through my 12th House, and Pete's 4th House. Major questions and answers are challenging us: who am i(12th House); where is my home(4th House). These planetary influences manifest in the messy but interesting forms of life-as-art that show up as a braid of expression through my blogs. There is this blog (kilo) where pics and observations tell most of the story; then, the Vardo's blog fleshes and queries a broader angle; but it is the medicine story that allows the border world its due. Though I love all three versions of storytelling, I admit to loving the story medicine best of all. It's the ring around the moon, a place where those who "can hear in color" find safety in an imaged world.

My favorite astrologer, Elsa P. writes about navigating while Saturn and Pluto move through the 12th House: "I also avoid people who vex the spirit. When your boundaries are porous, you’ve really got to watch who you interact with. I’m sure some of you know what I mean...I would not have chosen my circumstances but seeing as I’ve been thrown into them, I just try to use all the skills and intelligence; the knowledge I’ve been able to acquire throughout my life.  It seems this will be enough. I live in hope." 

For those who love story medicine too, there is a new segment of Black Leather Lace-ups for the border witch that might be you, written yesterday. It is called Five of Diamonds.