Blain Bovee - Sabian Symbol Specialist

Gemini 29: The first mockingbird of spring

June 19, 2011

 

"The first mockingbird in spring" 29 Gemini

 

This symbol is illuminated 10:56 AM EDT June 19  (2:56 PM GMT, June 19)

 

Theme: Bounce back.

 

Inspiration: Powerful ideas and communications tend to continually return.

 

Today: The idea of the 'continual return'… a mocking bit of cheek from some inebriated philosophy grads… was not intended as a version of boomerang dynamics. It was more about how a good idea just cannot be held down, it will return… although without determinate principles necessitating regularity or predictability.

 

The dynamic today is a natural continuing of yesterdays 'bankruptcy'. Anything lost or broken can, or could, bounce back.

 

Convincing communications may mark the day. Persuasion is a power proffered potently: parents of adolescents beware.

 

Listen for the quick comeback in lively exchanges.

 

Gemini 28: A man declared bankrupt

June 18, 2011

 

"A man declared bankrupt" 28 Gemini

 

This symbol is illuminated 9:49 AM EDT June 18  (1:49 PM GMT, June 18)

 

Theme: Breaking point.

 

Inspiration: Many important junctures in life are better if, like a bone fracture, they are a clean break.

 

Today: The image of being declared bankrupt is ominous to many. Whether a literal bankruptcy or not, the snapping dynamic of a sudden break is likely to be involved somehow.

 

The idea is that systems, structures, arrangements become less stable over time. At some point the plank breaks… this is a natural if not organic phenomenal principle. 

 

Watch for things to snap, break, reach a dramatic point of no longer being able to function. The element of surprise is also suggested. Imagine sitting in a lawn chair that suddenly collapses underneath the weight of your body.

 

'Bankruptcy' day is not to be feared. if something needs to break, it will. If an old emotionally charged belief or memory suddenly loses its grip, imagine how freeing that is.

 

Gemini 27: A gypsy coming out of the woods

June 16, 2011

 

"Winter frost in the woods" 26 Gemini

 

This symbol is illuminated 7:31 AM EDT June 16  (11:31 AM GMT, June 16)

 

Theme: Fascination.

 

Inspiration: Imagine your life as under a shower of frost crystals falling from a winter forest.

 

Today: Personal fascinations may be remarkable experiences that one cannot but help want to share with others. But therein lies the rub.

 

What fascinates one may not shine for another. The task today is to balance the attempt to get everyone on board with your particular fascination and still be true to yourself. Be aware that others may not 'get it'… that your fascination belongs to you alone. 

 

Seeking a nodding approval from others may be inviting a shower of distraction. When there are many things to choose from, sit still for a while. Allow the fascination to sparkle intensely within. Then, when in focus the frost crystals glow, cooly choose what sparkles for you.

 

Gemini 26: Winter frost in the woods

June 16, 2011

 

"Winter frost in the woods" 26 Gemini

 

This symbol is illuminated 7:31 AM EDT June 16  (11:31 AM GMT, June 16)

 

Theme: Fascination.

 

Inspiration: Imagine your life as under a shower of frost crystals falling from a winter forest.

 

Today: Personal fascinations may be remarkable experiences that one cannot but help want to share with others. But therein lies the rub.

 

What fascinates one may not shine for another. The task today is to balance the attempt to get everyone on board with your particular fascination and still be true to yourself. Be aware that others may not 'get it'… that your fascination belongs to you alone. 

 

Seeking a nodding approval from others may be inviting a shower of distraction. When there are many things to choose from, sit still for a while. Allow the fascination to sparkle intensely within. Then, when in focus the frost crystals glow, cooly choose what sparkles for you.

 

Gemini 25: A man trimming palms

June 15, 2011

 

"A man trimming palms" 25 Gemini

 

This symbol is illuminated 6:23 AM EDT June 15  (10:23 AM GMT, June 15)

 

Theme: Paring down.

 

Inspiration: Density is the counterweight to the lightness of spirit, just as material possession can be an anchoring burden for the soul.

 

Today: Excellent day to reduce and recycle.

 

If a surfeit of material possessions weigh upon your ability to move quickly, pare down. How much 'stuff' do you really need? What is absolutely essential?

 

If you had to move on with only an hour's notice, what would you take? The idea of packing for light travel can be useful because it sets into relief all the burdensome items that unnecessarily clutter life. 

 

The full Moon may illumine a juncture at which some will lose… by choice or by necessity… much. Agreements may fall or fail. Contracts may crumble or press an issue to the breaking point. 

 

Consider 'loss' a liberating function today. It allows one to travel light in this world; it allows one to travel in light in this heavy world. 

Blain Bovee