Water Water Water at the New Moon in Cancer July 8,2013

Well the floodgates of human emotion have been opened wide with this new moon & this month's Grand Trine in the Water Signs: Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio & Neptune in Pisces...( with the addition of Mars at the 5th degree of Cancer July 19,20 &21)
As I write this blog tonight, the environ of Toronto is experiencing a flash flood, Calgarians are still a tad waterlogged & my domeside glacial creek is a majestic polyphonic cascade of macro & micro waterfalls... I hear there is some bickering going on in Africa regarding the Nile River water-rights! And the tears of the people of Egypt could create a salt water lake in the desert tonight as I write... In Feb. 2012 I ventured out in the Sinai to visit a monk whom I have known for some years at the St. Catherines Monastery. The Egyptian Government & my tour operator had vetoed my stay there ( & a visit to Serabit el Hhadim as well) however my daytrip was heart-warming. My old friend, Father Justin suggested that Egyptians perhaps had something to learn from all the Russian tourists that were snorkling like human submarines  & smoking up a storm at Sharm el Sheikh. When I asked "what", he smiled & suggested that a Revolution takes a lot longer than a day, a week or a month to transpire.... My home is graced with photos, poofs & small treasures from Egypt &  I pray with all my heart that Ma'at, cosmic harmony, returns to guide the destiny of the people in the land of Mitzriyeem. A recent guest at the Crystal Dome was ranting about the  neurological dangers of those not-so-smart-meters & reminded me of the beautiful work of Ibrahim Karim, founder of Biogeometry. I believe he is living now in Canada near Montreal.
 Go ahead, just google him!

Here is a little poem from 
Aleph 2160: A Zodiac Oracle 
for the degree of this new moon:

We are wilderness children  
belly-dancing  our sinuous Hathor rhythms
Round a golden calf  
mirage  remember the anger of Moshe
As our eyes withstood  
the Sinai vision then  
when we are ready
The temple is destroyed 
Let us surrender  
all images & versions
Of the Story  
all our amulets & talismans   
fetishes & chutchkas
Attachments & expectations  
to whatever  veils us from the truth....

OK, back to that Grand Trine. Jupiter ( & Mars as of July 14th) in Cancer should offer: a healing of the heart & a summer full of good music & extended tribal family gatherings. Saturn in Scorpio is a tap on the karmic shoulder from the Karma Lords... And a transmission on how exactly to let go of our attachments. A  scuba diving journey to underwater Asclepions.... Neptune in Pisces offers us a chance at dissolving karmic patterns that have been holding us hostage...( both personal & collective).

The guiding star this month is Sirius, presently in the duat, hidden from view , but preparing to rise with Sun & inundate the Nile. With the wisdom & compassion of Aset (aka Isis) at a time when our world needs it the most...

Asalem aleikum... Om shalom....
Joseph-Mark

Earth Mysteries Travel & KAN Summer Solstice 19/06/2013

The exact moment of the Summer Solstice here in the Pacific Northwest is 10:04pm on the 20th of June this year. Given a rather soggy spring season, Cascadians & Kootenites are visualizing a sunnier summer! A very late spring in the UK has set the Crop Circle season back a few weeks & weakened the earth palette for our beloved inter-dimensional sacred geometry mandalas in the wheat fields. However, they will begin in earnest very soon.
So let me invite you right now to join me July 23-Aug.1 on our annual pilgrimage to UK megaliths, Glastonbury, Tintagel, the Devizes Summer Lectures, & the 2013 Crop Circles... ( just click on cropcircleoraclecards.com for details)

OK, the upcoming Astrological Transits.

The planet Jupiter is conjunct the Sun today as I am writing this blog at the 29th degree of Gemini. It is close to our present pole star Polaris, so a good day to meditate on unified field consciousness! I will wait till the stars are visible tonight & do a crystal meditation, Sufi style, to call in some healing vibrations for assorted Mideastern countries suffering from a fundamentalist sclerosis (Egypt, Turkey, Syria). Today is the birthday anniversary of one of my dearest teachers & meditation mentor, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. His sister died in the concentration camps & Pir Vilayat was a guide & mentor for a number of Jewish mystics in the 70s....

OK, back to astrology! Jupiter makes its grand debut entrance into zodiacal Cancer on the 26th of June. That day is blessed with a sweet grand trine in water: Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio & Neptune in Pisces, all in the 6th degree of their respective signs. So the 26th (also with moon in Aquarius & Mercury turning retrograde at 23 degrees of Cancer) is a pivotal turning point, a time for healing by water, an attuning to the tribal emotional healing vibrations. That said, on July 2nd, the Sun will be opposed Pluto, a day where we may see profound protests in Egypt ( against the Morsi gov't) & some financial shock-waves as well... The good news, you ask? Well Mars is conjunct the degree of our (binary) starmate Sirius.

( You can learn more about this via Walter Cruttenden's
Lost Star of Myth & Time & the channelings of Patricia Cori. Aboriginal teachings from Oz suggest that the whales & dolphins emigrated to our water planet aeons ago & might be ascending soon due to oceanic pollution!)

The planet Mars reaches the 6th degree of Cancer on July 21st when it is conjunct Jupiter. This is a great day for Music Festivals here in the Pacific NW. The Sun enters Leo on July 23rd.

I will post a day by day transit graph for July & August at www.treeoflifeschool.com in a week or so. I will available for telephone consults (1-888-633-2214, I am not Skyping these days) until July 18th & if you would like to participate in the  Astrology, Alchemy & Aromatherapy Seminar at the Crystal Dome Retreat July 11-17th, there are still 3 or 4 spaces available. (or in the UK at Tintagel: July30-Aug.1)

Wishing you the best for a harmonious summer!
blessings, Joseph-Mark

Earth Mysteries Travel Blog at the Gemini Solar Flare & Beyond.....

That full moon at 4 degrees Gemini/Sagittarius is going to barrage your inbox, your daytimer, your dreamcatcher & your nervous system with 1001 newsworthy items in the next fortnight so we will be as succinct as can be! Geminis & the planets  co-habiting the zodiac degrees thereof just love the juicy little details of elan vitale whereas Saggies go for grand philosophical metapatterning, the big magnetic fields that hold all particles in the grand array... And btw, solar flares that glance or ruffle our Earth's magnetic field tend to fray the human nervous system, confuse our migration routes & re-arrange the heart/mind circuitry.... So here are but a few new zodiacal mezza appetizers:

Sun, Mercury,Venus & Jupiter (until June 26) & Mars

(May 21-July 14) are all zooming thru  Gemini so unless you are on some Saturn in Scorpio scuba diving silence retreat your ears will be filled with gossip, your mind will be connecting all the dots & you will have a gzillion places to go & people to meet....

That full moon was square Neptune at 5 degrees (+) of Pisces. So that old Atlantian god of the seas will bring you dreams of polymorphously perverse ( apologies to Norman O Brown) dolphins & assorted aquatic hallucinations... The good news: a planetary mikvah, purification by Water....

Another exact squaring off of  Pluto in Capricorn versus Uranus in Aries...the pillaging of Earth's mineral resources vs. the release of the new infinite free energy Quantum Universe devices, aka Zero Point Energy... as we are being zapped with gamma rays & having our Planetary Assemblage Point shifted by the Galactic Shamans & Allies.... Just visit Mitch Battross's Earth Changes Media or Spaceweather.com for earthgrid gossip....

Ah, here is a little poem for the 5th degree of Sagittarius where the moon was nibbled at on May 25th... 

If you should detect   a quasar  tapping at your thymus gland

Or find a cloak

     like Elijah's     seamless garment         enveloping your field

From head to toe   know  that the mysteries of Adam Kadmon

Are as near as your larynx  whispering  dark matter

 thru our Universe

Permeating this 13.7 billion year old   burst 

                   of  hydrogen & helium     we call the Big Bang

Look at all the Machos   Wimps  axions & nutrinos

hiding in the Halo

To  get a new spin on our Omniverse, I am re-reading Walter Cruttenden's fascinating book: Lost Star of Myth & Time, which gathers all the data suggesting  we have a binary starmate & that the present Greek, Mayan & Astronomical myth of a 26.000 |( 25, 525, 25,920) year Galactic Orbit due to the tilt in the earth's axis is a cosmic misperception! 

( If you have your Crop Circle Oracle Card deck handy, meditate on card # 81 before reading about our StarMate, if not just go to www.cropcircleoraclecards.com to fetch one!)

Well, whether we are witnessing the Disappearance of the Universe ( as we knew it with 3d eyes & ears), climbing the dimensional staircase, being beamed up or just experiencing a few galactic speed bumps.....

I can invite you to join me on the upcoming July 23-Aug 2 tour to MYSTICAL BRITAIN to explore megaliths, Crop Circles & much more.... or come to the Pacific Northwest & be a guest at the Crystal Dome Retreat......

Here is your invitation to 2 upcoming summer intensive seminars at the Crystal Dome Retreat, Kootenay Lake, BC Canada.

The July 11-16 Astrology, Alchemy & Aromatherapy Seminar is truly magical & it will also be offered as a 3 day course entitled Merlin's Roundtable at Tintagel, Cornwall UK July 30-Aug.1 (fee is £300)

The August 22-27 Shamanic Kabbalah Retreat at the Crystal Dome is our annual summerschool. This retreat will be offered in Glastonbury UK  July 23-25 in the 3 day course format (fee is £300)  email josephmarkcohen@gmail.com to begin the registration process....

You are also invited to just come to the Crystal Dome this summer for B&B or a private retreat.... Click here (Crystal Dome Retreat) to learn more...
PS that is Keith Jarrett playing piano in the background..

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12.12.12 & the Mayan Calendar Border Crossing

Dear Celebrants, Ceremonialists, Galactics,

 Starseeds, Starwalkers & Solar Initiates,

Many friends & astrological clients have asked me how I might be celebrating the

upcoming 12.12.12  & the Mayan Calendar Border Crossing. So many emails speculating

on assorted potential catalyst events have arrived concerning: Pole Shifting, Nibiru passage,

3 days of darkness, Dimensional Border Crossing, 5th Dimensional Access Codes, Sun to Earth

Birth Canal, 8 Minutes of Galactic Beam Infusion,Disclosure & Landing of ET Friends.....

I confess I am an old fashioned astrologer with a deep fascination with astronomy, star-lore, calenders, & zodiacal mythography... So what follows is how I intend to focus consciousness from Dec. 12th to Dec.23rd. Where I am planning to be at this time is a secret that only my closest soul friends  know!

The most potent astrological signature during this time involves an exact Yod or Finger of the Divine Formation involving Saturn, Pluto & Jupiter at the 9th degree of Scorpio, Capricorn & Gemini respectively.

 Yod formations are known to catalyze enhanced perception & conscious awareness of the Great Mystery.

So what may be happening in 3D physical plane reality & 5D Overself GPS, not to mention 4D dreaming may appear rather incongruent. All that is required of us is acceptance, surrender,love & gratitude, I imagine.

 I am inviting you to join me with these various attunements, meditations & ceremonials from wherever you may be. I have friends linking uo in Mexico (Chichen-Itza, Teotehuacan, Palenque, hopefully Coba) Tikal, ElMirador, Machu Pichu, Vilcabamba, Mt. Shasta, Sedona, Boulder, Haleakala NYC, Giza, Jerusalem, Bali , Byron Bay, Avebury & Glastonbury to name just a few. Would be delighted to hear  from you where on Earth (or deep space)  you will be for this once-every 26.000 year turning point!!!

What follows is a day by day attunement on various individual stars & constellations beginning with the Pisces age which is closing, moving back in a time wave re-capitulation until we arrive at the Age of Aquarius, one day for each astrological age of approximately 2160 years.... Here goes:

Dec.12th, Pisces: the 12.12.12 will be celebrated at assorted sacred sites this year by many "spiritual" groups. In Kabbalistic symbolism the 12 is the letter Lamed, the turning point, the still point, the orbital reversal moment, the pause between in-breath & out breath, the turn to return. 12x30 is 360 the full circle. 12x12 is 144 the doors of perception, kedem.. that which is ancient, pre-eternal, a biquintile aspect in astrology of evolutionary creativity.

Being aware of the rather high spiritual ideals that the Piscean Age began with & the extraordinary subversion of these ideals by religions that went astray (or calcified into cruel dogma) this day is devoted to clear all subconscious & karmic belief systems to live in the multi-dimensional present moment, knowing the cosmos in the chaos, so to speak!

The star attunement would be to the Pegasus Constellation or to the star Achernar. The prayer or affirmation would have to do with releasing all our assorted addictions. You could call the 12.12.12 a great day for Planetary Ho-O-Pono-Pono !

Dec. 13th: Day 2 of the 12 Days of Light is symbolic of the Age of Aries which was often a time of tribal warfare. So this day the meditation concerns the resolution of tribal conflicts & frictions that have continued to rage on our planet right into the "nuclear" age. The new moon at 22 degrees of Sagittarius speaks of the awakening of "superconscious mind" & the arrival of a higher Light (Or Elyon) at places of power on the Earth Grid (oracle 262 from Aleph 2160). The constellational attunement is to the Andromeda Galaxy. Rumour has it that Andromedans occasionally visit Earthlings in the form of a swirling blue pearl of iridescent light.

Dec.14th: Day 3 reminds us of the Age of Taurus which was a time of great megalithic building of stone temples & earth fertility celebrations at solstices, equinoxes, new & full moons. The constellation to attune to this day is the Pleiades & its primary star Alcyone. Tribal elders of the Mayan, Cherokee & Hopi all share stories of their star ancestors arriving from the Pleiades (reported in the Star Ancestor Legend books via Nancy Red Star)  This is a good day to initiate a series of crystal & sonic meditations & ceremonials along with indigenous Arts Festivals.

Dec.15th:  Day 4 brings us to the Age of Gemini & the theme involves language & the impact of "scriptures". This is the day that the 83 million people of Egypt are voting upon a controversial new constitution. Our star meditation could take us to the 3 stars of the  belt of Orion, Alnilam, Alnitak & Mintaka ( the rumoured home star of Zehhuti aka Thoth the Atlantean). There will no doubt be an activation at the Great Pyramid of Giza on this day. Our meditations could focus on the guidance of the Hathors ( see the ongoing channeling of Tom Kenyon ) for attaining non-dual states of consciousness this day & activating the KA body of Light...

Dec.16th: Day 5 is resonant with the zodiac sign Cancer & the Great Mother Goddess of the Mediterranean. The star attunement connects us to our neighbouring star Sirius (& also to Canopus). The Sirian star system has sent us peaceful & playful emissaries in the form of Whales & Dolphins so this day is an honouring of Gaia/Adamah's oceans & sea creatures who share our water planet. The idea here is to islands of light & pods of consciousness that can catalyze the New Earth...

Dec. 17th: Day 6 is directly connected to our Sun, Shemesh/Ra & resonant with the Age of Leo. The key star to attune to today/tonight is Regulus which has reached 0 degrees of Virgo (the Sphinx degree of the Zodiac) & speaks of the imminent opening of Earth's various "Halls of Records". These may be available today in the akasha realms & for time-travellers. The Moon Neptune conjunction today should help out today. There will be a deep pulsation of Love & Light emanating from Konya, Turkey where followers of Rumi will be spinning galactic this day. An intense Solar Flare is likely at this time, a Solar Heart Initiation.

Dec. 18: Day 7: Attunement this day to the interplay & balance between macrocosmic & microcosmic, individual & collective, human & divine worlds (so to speak). The Virgo Age (Archetype) has been mythologized by poets as the work of the beehive collective preserving honey. This day then becomes a celebration of the Healing Arts. Consider that stellar vibrations could serve as acupuncture treatments for the Earth Grid. Crop Circles might just be the visible result of this energy transmission. The theme of this day is how we are to be attuned Co-Creators (CCOC owners, meditate on cards 6.18.36 & 72 today) According to Maurice Chatelain, Cosmic Ancestors pinpointed a map of the Virgo Constellation in France where now we find cathedrals. This day is a good day to celebrate with overtone harmonic chanting in your favourite resonance chamber!

Dec.19th: Today is the day the Sun is at the zodiacal degree that resonates with the Galactic Centre. The star meditation connects us to the Arcturians today (Arcturus appearing in zodiacal Libra). You may want to attune to the vibration of your favourite Ascended Master (Tzaddik or Guru) today. (Perhaps Osho (a Sagittarian trickster if ever there was one) will send his devotees a message today) This is a good day to do a few Merkavah meditations & connect with Mettatron (aka Enoch).

The Earth may be experiencing a shuffling of its magnetic field today so Go Within & be centred in your heart of hearts.....

Dec. 20th:  The Scorpio era/mythos has to do with the Journey into & through the Underworld, a deep sea scuba diving adventure to discover hidden treasure. So this day is a day to retreat within the cave of the soul to make peace with one's personal & collective shadow energies. It is a great day for blessing & release ceremonials. There may be some adjustment of tectonic plates floating on the magma today. The moon conjunct Uranus in Aries throws us a lightning bolt of illumination, a zen satori... The star attunement is to our nearby neighbour, rumoured home of benevolent Watchers,

the Angels from Alpha Centauri.... Best to be a Buddha today!

Dec.21st: The Winter Solstice Sunrise in Northern Hemisphere (Summer Solstice in Southern) is the prophesied end of the Mayan Long count calendar & the beginning of a New Era of Peace & Harmony on Planet Earth.. The meditation is with the Sun as it aligns with the Galactic Plane. The human heart has always been the chalice for Unified Field Consciousness & Loving Connection with All Our Relations.  Wherever you may be geographically, the hour before sunrise is a key meditation portal time today.

Dec.22: The day after represents the symbolic era of Capricorn, rekindling the solar energy, the work of restoration & rebuilding after the lightning bolt of cosmic realization. The key star in the Capricorn sector of the Zodiac is Vega in Lyra. Vega was once the Pole Star & may be so again (as long as we don't get tipped or bumped again). In Egyptian mythology, Vega is known as the goddess Ma'at. She is the goddess of Cosmic Harmony & Harmonics. Rumour has it that the language of beings from Vega is pure music!

Dec. 23rd: The 12th & final initiation of the 12 Days of Galactic Light is a symbolic inauguration of the Age of Aquarius, not exactly the 70's rock opera version one!

The Aquarian Age that is palpable & in our hearts is an era planetary harmony, free energy, abundance & inter-dimensional & galactic communication that lifts the veil at the border crossings! The star meditation for this day/night is to the Cygnus constellation. Key stars are Deneb & Cygnus X-3, which you can learn more about by reading Andrew Collin's masterful book: The Cygnus Mystery.

I do not know yet how the Mayan elders will choreograph their upcoming inauguration ceremonial but I am sure it will be heartful & beautiful.

If you happen to be at one, do send us your report!

By all means share this e-mail on the 12 Days of Galactic Light & visit www.treeoflfieschool.com for further postings!

with blessings, Joseph-Mark Cohen

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Kabbalistic Astrology Newsletter for Dec.2012

En Route to Dec.21st "Great Galactic Alignment Portal"

The past 2 weeks between eclipses (Nov. 13-28th) has proven to the volatile time this astrologer had anticipated. I personally do not sense that we have in any way entered what a fellow astrolog termed a "bifurcation" on our evolutionary ascension staircase. Rather we are riding some kind of bridge between dimensions that can be perceived with the macroscopic/microscopic lens of present planetary transits.

Lets have a look:

The Planet Saturn is presently trolling through Scorpio between the 6th & the 7th degree (216/217). If you were a Greek or Hindu astrologer you would call Saturn the collective Lords of Karma. The Scorpio sector of the Zodiac deals with our shared economic & ecological resources, the wealth hidden within the Earth, Pluto being the guardian thereof. So the transit of Saturn through Scorpio could be seen as a series of karmic adjustments (like chiropractic adjustments) that bring down those who are in public roles allocating & mis-allocating financial & ecological resources.

(Witness the drama unfording with Toronto's "alligator skinned" Mayor at Google News).

Scorpionic themes force us to dig deep into the shadow (past life & collective karmic detritus) & summon Asclepios, the wounded healer, to work with us at the deepest collective shadow dream level. So we are in what John Perkins would call a huge planetary Dream Change. Or if you have been attuned to the news, a plethora of "regime changes".

What is happening & about to happen in Egypt & the Mideast is the catalyst here for some undeniable Planetary Alchemy. I went to Egypt last February, some time after the Tahrir Square Revolution that brought down Mubarek & brought in Morsi. I recently had a long chat with my Coptic Christian Egyptian travel agent (who would no doubt prefer to remanin anonymous unless you are planning to book a tour in 2013) about the destiny of the Sinai Peninsula, the Egyptian ecomomy, Gaza (which was once part of Egypt & may be again) & the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood. When I have a chance to look at M. Morsi's birthchart, I will report back! Ok, back to Alchemy. The Egyptians are Khemitians. Egyptian theurgy has to do with the power of sound, gnosis & working with what my friend & guide Abdel Hakim Awyan called the 360 Neters, perceptual senses/lenses. If you wish to learn more about Hakim's wisdom teachings, find yourself a copy of Steven Mehler's The Land of Osiris & visit the Egypt Gallery at treeoflifeschool.com re an upcoming Journey in fall of 2013, Ayn Sh'allah!!!

Ok, back to Saturn at 7 degrees of Scorpio. This elder astrologer, a student of Dane Rudhyar in the 70s, spent some 30 years researching star lore & number symbolism to put together an ancient/new degree symbol book due to an allergy he had with the so-called "Sabian" symbols that many young would-be astrologs tend to crib & riff upon! So what follows is my poem/oracle for what Saturn is doing at 217 degrees of the Zodiac:

In this season of global warming high tides wild fires... oil spills... our dependency on fossil fuels is making... fools & fossils... out of us all... Earth's polar glaciars are melting... until our Gulf Stream... disappears... great blue herons flying over the Arctic... hurricanes hitting Brazil... We are like eagles perched on hydro wires... gifting feathers to medicine men... who dream our execution... do a little espionage hhabibi.... our atmosphere is charged with alien particles.... You may be asked to feather the wind

Take refuge in the mountains

Well taking refuge is a tad different if you are a Buddhist.. but not a bad idea given Saturn's transit for another year+ through alchemical Scorpio!

The Aspects: Saturn, Jupiter & Pluto are engaged in what is technically called a Yod pattern, the Finger of God... 2 quincunxes & a sextile. The sextile is Saturn in Scorpio sextile Pluto in Capricorn... Very Shivite, so to speak! The Transformation of Consciousness, Culture & Currencies.... That7 year on again off again square between Pluto & Uranus is deconstructing all our antiquated social underpinnings & catalyzing revolutions at lightning speed due to the new SuperPower: Social Media Networks.... But it has been that Saturn Uranus Quincunx & the meeting of their rulers, Mars conjunct Pluto in Capricorn (at 7 degrees) that recdently pulled the Alchemical Trigger & brought 200.000 protestors to Tahrir Square.

Let's call it a Revolution now regarding the Right Use of Political/Economic Will...

Nepturn & Chiron are still swimming in Piscean waters sending us healing energies & messages from Earth's Record Keepers, the Whales & the Dolphins....

So what is about to Shift as we move towards the 12.12.12 & 21.12.12. The upcoming Planetary Ceremonials that could allow us to Jump Time, Skip Dimensions, Quantum Leapfrog Over the Rainbow & perchance meet the Angel of the Presence, Face to Face???

Look, the Black Friday Cyber Monday Moody November sales are not yet over.. So look out for the next Earth Mysteries Travel blog.

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Call us at 1-888-633-2214 or e mail joseph-mark@treeoflifeschool.com for more...

Zodiac Oracle is presently sold out in its first full colour illustrated edition & awaiting its next incarnation. Meanwhile, I have now made it available as a pdf e book. The cost is $36, payable via paypal to zodiacoracle@yahoo.ca. You can simply download it into your computer, then take up zen & the art of zodiacal divination (& give your Sabian symbols away to a local cab driver) !