06/18/2024
On June 21 t durring our retreat on Friday. here will be a full moon as well as a lunar stabdstill. See below. Amazing since our Goddess this year is the Dreaming Goddess of Malta and it says below that it is a time for dreams manifesting! An auspicious time of personal transformation and awakening! Meaning of the lunar standstill: The Lunar Standstill
The Lunar standstill ~happens approximately every eighteen and a half years [minor lunar standstills happen every 9.3 years]
Our ancestors knew them to be times of great energy release, when exceptional weather and tides happened. [Flooding in particular]
From an astrological point of view it showed times of great awakening and tremendous personal transformation.
As the Moon experiences the very extreme of heights and depths [of latitude] during this period our dreams take off.
The path of the Sun is called the ecliptic and the Sun never deviates from this path. The Moon in its cycle swings 5º north or south of the apparent path of the sun. This swing creates extremities giving the Moon a most southerly and northerly standstill point. When the Moon is at its most southerly standstill, at extreme latitudes north, it rises and only just skims the horizon.
The influence is considered to last all year long, so already [January] the moon is starting to work its magic. The influence will go with us into 2007, with the height of the transformations happening in the summer of 2006.
The next time of the lunar standstill will be in 2025
The ancients considered the “Lunar standstill” to be so important that stone circles were built in their honour, particularly at the very northern limits of the land where the phenomenon was more remarkable. [the Moon appeared to touch the Earth]
