More on the 22 June Lunar Standstill...
...an event that I noted in December, after I gazed at the high, bright Moon above Taipei.
"Over the course of an 18.6-to-19-year period, the Full Moons nearest the solstices swing much like a pendulum. In 2005 and 2006, these Full Moons will be at their highest and lowest positions in the sky over this approximately 19 year period, reaching declination 28º +/- (north/south). Also, the First and Last Quarter Moons around the time of the equinoxes can be seen at their highest and lowest declinations.
"In 2015 there will be a minor lunar standstill season, occurring about 9.3 to 10 years after the major lunar standstill season. What occurs now is that the Full Moons nearest the solstices and the First and Last Quarter Moons nearest the equinoxes will reach a minimum declination of approximately 18º+/- (north/south). When this occurs the Full Moon at the winter solstice will be at its lowest in the sky over an approximately 19 year period, while the Full Moon at the summer solstice will be at its highest in the sky over the same period.
"If you observed the Full Moons nearest the June and December solstices during a major lunar standstill season, you would notice that the height and depth between the two become extreme with an arc of 56∞ or so. When observing a series of minor lunar standstills you would notice that the height and depth between the two are not so great and less than most full Moons around the solstices with an arc of roughly 36∞ between the two.
"The following is a diagram showing a major and minor lunar standstill of the Full Moon. It has not been drawn to scale, but is a diagram of the tropical regions of the Earth showing the terrestrial latitudes of where the Full Moon is overhead at the standstills in the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, the Full Moon is south of the Tropic of Capricorn at the major lunar standsill, and north of this Tropic at the minor lunar standstill."
"Unlike the cycles of the Sun, which are regular and entirely predictable from year to year, the lunar cycle is seemingly wild and erratic. On any given date, the Sun shows up in the same place relative to the horizon. The Moon, on the other hand, takes a span of 19 years to return to the exact same spot on the same date. [Refer to the post about the Moon's appearance in the same place on the same date that Ansel Adams had photographed it 57 (19x3) years earlier -- Ed.]
"The Moon's orbit is inclined five degrees and eight minutes from the ecliptic. Thus, over a 19-year cycle, the Moon may rise or set as much as five degrees and eight minutes beyond where the Sun is on either side of the ecliptic. The Moon has a slow cycle that oscillates to its maximum and minimum locations every 18.61 years. The great Scottish archeoastronomer Alexander Thom coined the expressions 'major standstill' and 'minor standstill' to mark these stations. These terms are analogous to the commonly understood concept of the solstices, relative to the Sun's cycle that progresses every year...
"The center of the Lunar Standstill season occurs when the Moon's mean (true) north node is located at 0 degrees Aries, or the Vernal Equinox. [The date on which the Moon will reach that location] is June 22, 2006. The next [lunar-standstill centerpoint] occurs on January 11, 2025.
And so perhaps you're asking...
"What does it all mean? This is the closest Lunar Standstill season to the Galactic Alignment [the time when the Sun will be conjunct with the center of the galaxy, which is anticipated to occur around the winter solstice of 2012 --Ed.]. The emerging synthesis of diverse viewpoints coming from the metaphysical, traditional and shamanic communities suggest this to be a SPIRITUAL event with the following implications:
"Some may view this as a 'love and light' opportunity for transformation or detached withdrawal. Others may react from fear and regard this as upcoming doom and gloom and planetary destruction. This warning need not cause one to swing into the extremes of grandiosity or deficiency.
"One suggestion is to perceive and experience the melodramatic cosmological scenario as a test of spiritual maturity. This includes the opportunity for letting go and surrendering our egoic defensiveness and a drive for perfection. Rather, as Jung frequently suggested, our quest is for wholeness -- shadow and light; the celestial, middle world and underworld integrated. Let us joyfully celebrate this opportunity!"
"The last major standstill of the Moon was in 1987. The last minor standstill occurred between 1996 and 1997... Ordinarily, the 19-year lunar extremes correspond to times of community renewal when we "dream the dream forward," update the operating manual for society, and bring forward new ways of being and doing in the world. But we are at a unique time in the 26,000-year equinox precessional cycle, when these 'out-of-bounds' Moons align with the galactic center and anti-center.
"All of this infuses the current work of community renewal with an intense underworld dimension [owing in part to Pluto's alignment with the galactic center --Ed.] -- facing the shadow, surrender, annihilation of all that no longer serves, transformation, and empowerment. While the questions around healthy structures for the ongoing survival of humanity have taken on intense and catastrophic overtones, there is also intense reason for hope because the information seeded during these lunar extremes is an answer to the huge challenges we face.
"From the highest perspective, galactic intelligence is giving us the information we need to come into a profound state of harmony as a planet. [On June 11 at 1803 UT], the Full Moon rises farther south than any other Full Moon this year, aligned with galactic center and Pluto. This is an EXTREME FULL MOON, transmitting blessings and solutions to a troubled planet, and catalyzing catharsis and transformation."
The Moon's position at 3:03 a.m. on June 12
in Korea (18:03 p.m. UT on June 11)
"Over the course of an 18.6-to-19-year period, the Full Moons nearest the solstices swing much like a pendulum. In 2005 and 2006, these Full Moons will be at their highest and lowest positions in the sky over this approximately 19 year period, reaching declination 28º +/- (north/south). Also, the First and Last Quarter Moons around the time of the equinoxes can be seen at their highest and lowest declinations.
"In 2015 there will be a minor lunar standstill season, occurring about 9.3 to 10 years after the major lunar standstill season. What occurs now is that the Full Moons nearest the solstices and the First and Last Quarter Moons nearest the equinoxes will reach a minimum declination of approximately 18º+/- (north/south). When this occurs the Full Moon at the winter solstice will be at its lowest in the sky over an approximately 19 year period, while the Full Moon at the summer solstice will be at its highest in the sky over the same period.
"If you observed the Full Moons nearest the June and December solstices during a major lunar standstill season, you would notice that the height and depth between the two become extreme with an arc of 56∞ or so. When observing a series of minor lunar standstills you would notice that the height and depth between the two are not so great and less than most full Moons around the solstices with an arc of roughly 36∞ between the two.
"The following is a diagram showing a major and minor lunar standstill of the Full Moon. It has not been drawn to scale, but is a diagram of the tropical regions of the Earth showing the terrestrial latitudes of where the Full Moon is overhead at the standstills in the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, the Full Moon is south of the Tropic of Capricorn at the major lunar standsill, and north of this Tropic at the minor lunar standstill."
"Unlike the cycles of the Sun, which are regular and entirely predictable from year to year, the lunar cycle is seemingly wild and erratic. On any given date, the Sun shows up in the same place relative to the horizon. The Moon, on the other hand, takes a span of 19 years to return to the exact same spot on the same date. [Refer to the post about the Moon's appearance in the same place on the same date that Ansel Adams had photographed it 57 (19x3) years earlier -- Ed.]
"The Moon's orbit is inclined five degrees and eight minutes from the ecliptic. Thus, over a 19-year cycle, the Moon may rise or set as much as five degrees and eight minutes beyond where the Sun is on either side of the ecliptic. The Moon has a slow cycle that oscillates to its maximum and minimum locations every 18.61 years. The great Scottish archeoastronomer Alexander Thom coined the expressions 'major standstill' and 'minor standstill' to mark these stations. These terms are analogous to the commonly understood concept of the solstices, relative to the Sun's cycle that progresses every year...
"The center of the Lunar Standstill season occurs when the Moon's mean (true) north node is located at 0 degrees Aries, or the Vernal Equinox. [The date on which the Moon will reach that location] is June 22, 2006. The next [lunar-standstill centerpoint] occurs on January 11, 2025.
And so perhaps you're asking...
"What does it all mean? This is the closest Lunar Standstill season to the Galactic Alignment [the time when the Sun will be conjunct with the center of the galaxy, which is anticipated to occur around the winter solstice of 2012 --Ed.]. The emerging synthesis of diverse viewpoints coming from the metaphysical, traditional and shamanic communities suggest this to be a SPIRITUAL event with the following implications:
- The Lunar Standstill occultations of the galactic center and anti-center, along with Pluto's alignment with the galactic center, suggest an 'underworld' hypothesis for this planetary and cosmological initiation.
Entrance into the underworld is most often directed by physical, psychological, emotional or spiritual events that force the surrender of our egoic personality structures. Who we have taken ourselves to be is not who we really are.
No matter how many years you have been expanding and developing your consciousness or potential, no one is exempt from this requirement for a second birth or a rebirth. This is a shamanic initiation of death and rebirth on the grandest cosmological scale, and the most deeply personal.
"Some may view this as a 'love and light' opportunity for transformation or detached withdrawal. Others may react from fear and regard this as upcoming doom and gloom and planetary destruction. This warning need not cause one to swing into the extremes of grandiosity or deficiency.
"One suggestion is to perceive and experience the melodramatic cosmological scenario as a test of spiritual maturity. This includes the opportunity for letting go and surrendering our egoic defensiveness and a drive for perfection. Rather, as Jung frequently suggested, our quest is for wholeness -- shadow and light; the celestial, middle world and underworld integrated. Let us joyfully celebrate this opportunity!"
"The last major standstill of the Moon was in 1987. The last minor standstill occurred between 1996 and 1997... Ordinarily, the 19-year lunar extremes correspond to times of community renewal when we "dream the dream forward," update the operating manual for society, and bring forward new ways of being and doing in the world. But we are at a unique time in the 26,000-year equinox precessional cycle, when these 'out-of-bounds' Moons align with the galactic center and anti-center.
"All of this infuses the current work of community renewal with an intense underworld dimension [owing in part to Pluto's alignment with the galactic center --Ed.] -- facing the shadow, surrender, annihilation of all that no longer serves, transformation, and empowerment. While the questions around healthy structures for the ongoing survival of humanity have taken on intense and catastrophic overtones, there is also intense reason for hope because the information seeded during these lunar extremes is an answer to the huge challenges we face.
"From the highest perspective, galactic intelligence is giving us the information we need to come into a profound state of harmony as a planet. [On June 11 at 1803 UT], the Full Moon rises farther south than any other Full Moon this year, aligned with galactic center and Pluto. This is an EXTREME FULL MOON, transmitting blessings and solutions to a troubled planet, and catalyzing catharsis and transformation."
The Moon's position at 3:03 a.m. on June 12
in Korea (18:03 p.m. UT on June 11)
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