Libra Full Moon

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Libra Full Moon
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Why are we here?
The time of the full moon is a time of
celebration.
We celebrate the energy of the SUN.
The reason is that when the Moon is full it is
the furthest from the Sun, thus the Suns energy
is the strongest.
Thus we celebrate the energy of the Sun through
meditation and reflection.
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All is Energy!
For those of you who are not familiar with
esoteric philosophy or do not know it well I
will remind you that all is energy. Thus you
should simply relax and try to feel the energy
rather then concern yourself with understanding
everything.
During the lecture you can ask questions or make
comments. After the meditation you may also ask
questions.
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Libra Presentation

• The Sign of Libra
• The Labour of Hercules in Libra
• The Libra Full Moon Chart
• - Short Break -
• Meditation

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The Sign of Libra
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Which sign is the Sun in?

• The Sun is in Libra.

And which sign is the Moon in?
The Moon is in Aries.
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Why should you learn aboutLibra if you are not
one?
You may have another planet - or the Moon in
Libra.
Even if you do not the Libra energy will still
affect you - and, perhaps, as importantly those
around you.
If you are a Libra you may not display all of the
characteristics of Libra as you have other
planets and energies which also affect you.
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What mode isLibra associated with?
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The word cardinal comes from the French cardo
meaning a hinge, that on which something turns.
It is the most important part. The cardinal
directions are the north, south, east and west.
They are the times when the seasons change. Aries
for Spring Cancer for Summer Libra for Autumn
and Capricorn for Winter. They therefore are
times for a new beginning.
In Astrology, the cardinal signs are the first,
fourth, seventh and tenth (Aries, Cancer, Libra
and Capricorn). These signs are characterized by
enterprise, or starting things.
Cardinal
Sometimes Aries and Libra are called equinox
signs, and Cancer and Capricorn are called
solstice signs. Equinoxes are times of perfect
balance between day and night (day and night are
12 hours long). The solstice times are the times
of the longest day (Cancer) and the longest night
(Capricorn).
Aries and Libra are times of balance, but also
times of abrupt change. Cancer and Capricorn are
times of extremes.
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What do we know about the Cardinal mode?
Associated with starting things, initiating
things or being enterprising.
Librans do it in a balanced way
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What element isLibra associated with?
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Air
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What do we know about Air?
language, logic, communication and transport
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Thought, ideas and intellect
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So what happens when we put the mode of cardinal
together with the element of air?
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We get Libra!

• As the seventh sign of the zodiac, Libra
  represents the seventh stage in the evolution of
  man and his place in the universe. The first six
  signs represent mans attention turned inward to
  understand and develop his individuality and
  position in the cosmos. The rest of the signs
  represent his attention turned outward to
  humanity as a whole.

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Libra!

• The Libra need is
• to do.
• In spite of their need to be liked, and
  reluctance to face confrontations, they are
  surprisingly strong-willed. They set out to
  accomplish their goals and will find ways to
  succeed one way or another, usually by using
  their wit and charm. The iron fist in a velvet
  glove approach is one key to their success.

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Librans react to everything they experience in
life with an intellectual orientation.
Before they take physical action, before they
assess the practical worth of something, and
before they sort out their true emotions, they
try to visualize it objectively as a kind of
mental exercise.
It would be a mistake to believe they lack
passion. They can be outrageous flirts and true
romantics.
Their passion is not apt to be sustained however,
if their interest in someone does not include
intellectual rapport as well as physical
attraction.
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Libras Astrological Symbol

• Libra is represented by a pair of scales - the
  only sign to be represented by an inanimate
  object. All of the others are either humans or
  animals. This says something about the Libra
  objective - to be fair and balanced in everything
  in a detached way - it is an air sign and
  therefore seeks an ideal.

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Libras Constellation
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Libras Constellation
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Libras Astrological Glyph
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• An interesting combination of the circle of
  spirit with the crescent to almost close the
  circle. And this above parallel horizontal lines,
  representing almost a separation from matter,
  above and below.

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The Libra Myth

Tiresias, the blind prophet
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Tiresias, because he has the favour of the
goddess Hera, is given the chance to observe a
miracle  two serpents coupling in the goddess
sacred grove. He asks the goddess which of them
experiences the greater pleasure and because she
cannot answer, she grants him the boon of
spending part of his life as a woman, so that he
can experience both. At the end of this ritual of
transsexual initiation, he returns to his male
form and is called before Zeus and Hera and asked
which experiences the greatest pleasure - male or
female. At first he tries diplomacy, because
whichever answer he gives he knows he is bound to
offend somebody. But eventually he tells the
truth - that the female experiences the greater
pleasure - whereupon Zeus, furious at this insult
to masculine vanity, strikes him blind.
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Now, blindness in Greek myth is often a symbol
for inner sight. All the great prophets and bards
are generally represented as blind, either in one
eye or both. Oedipus, when he makes his great
discovery about his origins, strikes himself
blind - that is, he sees inwardly at last. So,
for Tiresias, the result of his experiences is
that he now has inner sight, and becomes a
prophet. 
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What has this got to do with Libra? Well, its
the polarity. Male and female are as enigmatic a
pair for Libra as good and evil, or perfect and
imperfect. But its as though the need for
balance means, among other things, that they're
trying to balance the sexes as well, within
themselves. Thats where Tiresias comes in - he
tries out both. We should remember that this
isnt a sexual issue in the physical sense.  It
has to do with qualities of mind - for with Libra
were always dealing with the mind.
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The Tiresias myth is a profound one, and shows
the profound side of Libra's journey. For Libra
isnt just about finding the perfect love, the
perfect marriage, and perfect society. Its about
blending the opposites, bringing together people
and things which would otherwise fight each other
without understanding. With his great gift of
diplomacy, Libra can straddle the fence and
comprehend both sides, and act as an intermediary
because he recognizes both within himself. Libra
will always find deep conflicts in himself which
represent the deep conflicts in life. And as he
gradually carves for himself the thin road in the
middle, he can truly become the bringer of the
Good, the True and the Beautifulbecause they no
longer exist only in his mind.
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Well now mention some of the challenges of
Libra. Remember though we are talking about the
energy of Libra and there are many types of
energy.
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Libra Non-Challenging Energies

• Idealistic
• Easy-going
• Affectionate
• Sincere
• Expressive
• Stylish
• Well-balanced
• Good Mediator

• Sociable
• Romantic
• Artistic
• Creative
• Charming
• Diplomatic
• Communicative
• Absolutely Fabulous

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Libra Challenging Energies

• Escapist
• Flirtatious
• Easily influenced
• Gossipy
• Style Slave
• Flighty
• Self-indulgent
• Over-bearing

• Extravagant
• Gullible
• Always undecided
• Narcissistic
• Impatient
• Intolerant of criticism
• Manipulative

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Who are some Libras?

• F. Scott Fitsgerald
• Barbara Walters
• Bridgette Bardot
• Enrico Fermi
• Annie Besant
• Julie Andrews, Groucho Marx, Mahatma Gandhi,
  Rutherford Hayes, Richard Gordon, Neils Bohr,
  Heinrich Himmler, R. D. Laing, Desmond Tutu,
  Charles Jayne, Eleanor Roosevelt, Aleister
  Crowley, Dwight Eisenhower, E. E. Cummings, C.
  Everett Koop, Arthur Schlesinger, Friedrich
  Nietzsce, Evel Knievel, Jess Helms, George C.
  Scott, etc.

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The Exoteric Ruler is Venus

• Libra appreciates the beauty of life with all its
  cultural advantages.
• Librans love to share their interests with
  someone close.
• Associated with the 5th Ray of Mind. God the Son.
  The Son of Mind. He who includes. Egoic
  consciousness. Intellect to Intuition.

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The Esoteric Ruler is Uranus

• In Libra the pacesetter is progressive in his
  decisions. What must be dealt with is done justly
  with progress in mind. Here is the awakening of
  the other self to beauty, to idealism, and to
  intuition.
• Associated with the 7th Ray of Ceremonial magic.
  God the Father. He who relates. The Source of
  Duality. He who perceives the end from the
  beginning. Spiritual consciousness.

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The Hierarchical Ruler is Saturn

• It brings to the manifestation of mankind and to
  the various hierarchies involved, a point of
  crisis to which the clue and the outcome lies in
  the recognition of balance.
• Associated with the 3rd Ray of Active
  Intelligence. God the Holy Spirit. He who knows.
  Mind. Human Consciousness.

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Ray Rulers for Libra

• We thus have
• Saturn - Ray 3 - Instinct to Intellect
• Venus - Ray 5 - Intellect to Intuition
• Uranus - Ray 7 - Intuition to Inspiration
• For this reason - founded on the above triple
  relationship - Libra is the point of balance in
  the zodiac and without a point of crisis.

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The Labours of Hercules
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The Labour in Libra
His challenge in this sign is to capture a wild
boar.
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The Labour in Libra

• The Labour of Hercules in Libra is both a sad and
  a funny story. Before he begins he is told to
  take time to eat. In Libra we must learn to
  balance activity with rest, to feed our physical,
  emotional and mental bodies so that they will
  carry us through our tasks in life. Hercules is
  given a new bow and arrow to use in this Labour,
  but he refuses it, remembering the sad end of the
  Labour in the previous sign Virgo in which he
  wrongly killed the Queen of the Amazons. So in
  Libra he is unarmed and must rely upon his wit.

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Hercules completes his task

• On his way up the mountain hunting the boar,
  Hercules meets two centaur friends. They invite
  him to drink wine with them, from a cask which
  actually belongs to the whole group of centaurs.
  (Librans are party animals!) While Hercules and
  his friends are drinking and enjoying themselves,
  the rest of the centaurs discover them and a
  fierce battle ensues. During the fight Hercules
  kills his two friends. He escapes to the
  mountains in dismay, and continues his quest for
  the boar. Finally Hercules sets a snare for it,
  and at dawn when the boar comes out to find food,
  it falls into the trap. Although unarmed,
  Hercules finds an ingenious way to subdue the
  boar He picks it up by its hind legs and
  wheelbarrows it down the mountain, laughing as
  he goes!

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Hercules Comments

• In Libra we swing between the opposites and make
  relationship between the two. Libra rules sex and
  money. Money is a medium of exchange. Sex is the
  at-one-ment of the two opposites male and female.
  Venus (the exoteric ruler of Libra) is the planet
  of relationship and also rules money and
  resources. Libra is about justice and the law.
  The scales of justice balance all sides of a case
  with wise determination before pronouncing
  judgment. Saturn represents Earthly law. On a
  planetary level this is a time when changes to
  the justice system could take place to align
  human or Earthly law with heavenly law. In our
  own lives we might take a close look at the laws
  we live by. Are we following the Spirit of the
  Law in our everyday lives? Libra is also the sign
  of Decision despite the fact that Librans are
  often known for their indecisiveness! In your
  life are you at a crossroads where you must
  decide your next step the future direction of
  your path? The Grand Cross symbolises a
  crossroads. Use your best judgement of head and
  heart, and then take the leap!

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Wheres the balance?

• Libra is the sign of balance, of finding the
  mid-point between extremes. The key phrase for
  Libra is I choose the way which leads between
  the two great lines of force. Carousing with the
  centaurs, Hercules goes to extremes First he
  fully indulges his animal nature drinking the
  wine. Then he kills his friends in a complete
  mortification or rejection of his animal
  instincts. Finally in this Labour Hercules
  discovers the middle way, using his knowledge
  and experience of the animal nature to trap the
  boar when it comes out for food, and then by
  manoeuvring the animal before him on its own legs
  to get it down the mountain. This quirky,
  inventive solution shows the power of Uranus in
  action. Uranus (esoteric ruler of Libra) is the
  spark of intuition or inspiration that grounds
  the creative new idea.

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Hercules Comments

• Humanity itself is the crossroads point between
  heaven and earth. It is always a juggling act
  keeping the two in balance. In a way we are that
  which keeps heaven and earth separate, and in a
  way we are that which keeps them together.

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The Full Moon Chart

• Libra Full MoonSunday, October 4, 2009
• 611 AM GMT (211 AM EDT)

Sagittarius Full Moon Monday, November 2,
2009 713 PM GMT (213 PM EST) Sagittarius Full
Moon Meditation Monday, November 2, 2009 700 PM
EDT
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We can view this as the energy of air - logic,
thoughtful, intellectual - (Libra) on the level
of the personality and fire -enthusiasm and high
spirits - (Aires) on the level of the emotions
looking at the elements. Both are cardinal signs
which are concerned with starting things,
initiating things or being enterprising.
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Mercury sextile Mars indicates those who tend to
get around a lot and, though not overly
aggressive, are not reticent about sharing
thoughts and ideas. They usually learn best
through actual physical demonstration and
participation rather than by simply reading or
listening to instructions. They are apt to find,
or go out and create many opportunities in which
to physically carry out their thoughts and ideas.
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Mars trine Uranus indicates those apt to possess
courageous, bold, often forward natures. They are
always ready for action and see nothing wrong in
speaking their mind and behaving exactly as they
please without reservation. They are willing to
consider the possibility of any action or
situation, no matter how unusual or
unconventional it may seem to others.
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Mercury opposite Uranus indicates those apt to
possess remarkable intelligence and perception.
Their trouble is often a matter of avoiding
mental confusion, otherwise it is impossible to
coordinate and clearly communicate their thoughts
and ideas. Easily distracted they find it
difficult to relax. Their physical movements are
apt to be quite jerky and often result in bumping
into things.
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Why are we here tonight?
The time of the full moon there is a direct
alignment between the energy of the sign the sun
is in and the affairs of the sign the moon is in.
Sun Libra The pause to weight, choose, decide
Moon Aries benefits the next beginning
In our meditation this evening, let us visualize
a common goal for humanity. Groups of men and
women of goodwill bonding together to support
right-human values. Let us use our magical powers
of manifestation, and see this happen. Leaders
and ordinary people alike, afire with goodwill
and humanitarian vision, acting in concert for
the good of mankind as a whole.
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Seed Thought for Libra

• I choose the Way that leads between the two great
  lines of force.