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Pisces New Moon ~ 9:21pm AEDT, 13 March 2021

Last night’s New Moon time and the days before it were filled with the most dreamy and exquisitely beautiful frequencies, befitting for a New Moon conjunct Venus and Neptune in Pisces.

It was easy to lose oneself and the troubles of the world in the sweeping watery waves of spacious bliss and heart opening delight.

This really is the time to dream-in what you would love your life to look like in this massively changing world we are entering into. When you're in altered states and open to previously unimagined possibilities, you can create and manifest your dreams.

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The Virgo Full Moon

The Virgo Full Moon on Saturday night 7:18pm AEDT has an ethereal and glimmering high frequency radiance about it.

A mystical Full Moon blesses us with its Grace.

Aquarian New Moon, a sign of the times

Two realities as reflected by Uranus (the ruler of Aquarius) with its innovative, progressive inventive unorthodoxy in Taurus, the sign which describes the physical realities of being in a body, living on the earth and the realities of that. learn more..

astrology articlesCandy Van RoodFebruary 11, 2021Aquarius, awakening, astrology, new moon, 2021, Aquarian age, manifesting, creatingComment

Leo Full Moon and the Aquarian Age arrives

‘This Full Moon in Leo assists with the process of staying in our hearts, much needed while the shifting sands we are navigating through unsettle and agitate us. (Mars conjunct Uranus and Black Moon Lillith in Taurus)'…read on

astrology articlesCandy Van RoodJanuary 29, 2021Aquarius, Saturn/Uranus square, Jupiter, values, Fixed signs, full moonComment

Sagittarius New Moon ~ Total Solar Eclipse 2020

Eclipses are always disruptive and serve as much needed circuit breakers which deliver opportunities for evolution and growth universally.

This total Solar Eclipse (the only total one this year) is very powerful. It will last three-and-a-half-hours and principally fall across Chile, Argentina and in partial form across the lower part of South America, Antarctica and SW Africa, but also as it is only 4° away from the Galactic Centre at 27° Sagittarius. read on..

Gemini Full Moon ~ A Penumbral partial Lunar eclipse ~

Gemini Full Moon ~ A Penumbral partial Lunar eclipse ~ 30th November 8:34pm AEDT

A penumbral lunar eclipse takes place when the Moon moves through the faint, outer part of Earth's shadow, the penumbra. This type of eclipse is not as dramatic as other types of lunar eclipses and is often mistaken for a regular Full Moon.

On November 30, the twice annual inertia-busting eclipse season commences with a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse along the Gemini/Sagittarius axis of ideas and philosophy. Eclipses tend to shake up any states or feelings which haven’t been moving. And while we all may be hoping that means we may be close to resuming an active external life, the real movement necessary may be to adjust our own attitude about what is happening in the moment. The Sun and Moon in mutable signs represent an ability to be in a constant state of adjustment and mutation as we gather and make meaning out of the new information we receive constantly.

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astrology articlesCandy Van RoodNovember 29, 2020astrology, full moonComment

Taurus Full Moon 2020 ~ Blue Moon

Technically this Full Moon is a so-called Blue Moon, because at GMT time it falls on the last day of October, making it the second Full Moon in October.

However, in Australia and New Zealand it just makes it into November, as our time zones are ahead of GMT.

The most striking thing about it is that it is exactly conjunct Uranus in Taurus. Full Moon’s as I’m sure you know amplify energy and currents, and so we’re in a heightened Uranus in Taurus window during this week.

astrology articles, teachingsCandy Van RoodOctober 30, 2020Taurus, #uranusintaurus, full moon, evolution, revolution, paradigm shift, Eris, DML, Mars in Aries, retrogradesComment

Libran New Super Moon 2020 ~ an astro-tarot reading

An astro-tarot reading of the Libran New Super Moon using the Tantric Dakini deck. The pressure of the ongoing Saturn/Pluto/Jupiter conjunction is cooking hard now as it is in a T-square; square to Mars (retrograde), Dark Moon Lilith, and Eris, and opposite the New Moon. A trine to Venus in Virgo acts as a cooling system to this powerful dynamic. This represents a way of letting the pressure out through Love and creativity. (flowers). The Dakini reading highlights the pressure that our current uncertainty brings in this time with everything, all those institutions and structures of the patriarchy unravelling around us, and in our own lives. (Eris and DML squaring the Saturn/Pluto/Jupiter conjunction.

tarot readings, teachings, astrology articlesCandy Van RoodOctober 17, 2020supermoon, new moon, tarot, tantricdakinioracle

Aries Full Moon

The potent outer planetary configurations of the Saturn, Pluto and Jupiter conjunction in Capricorn continue to hold their power in this Aries Full Moon.

Full Moons bring emotion up to the surface, and since it is an Aries Full Moon, more-than likely there will be anger. The Mars/Saturn square on the 29th September, on the same day that Saturn went stationary direct, will intensify how our anger or frustration manifests or not. (Saturn).
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The Virgo New Moon is a Supermoon

It almost seems like a contradiction in terms to think about a Virgo Supermoon. Even though it is a New Moon, so it is more subtle than a Full Moon Supermoon would be. Supermoon’s are closer to Earth. The Moon’s pull on the waters of Earth affect everything and everybody. Our bodies are made of 60% water…

astrology articlesCandy Van RoodSeptember 17, 2020saturn/pluto, #uranusintaurus, Mars in Aries, new moon, supermoonComment

'When God was a Woman' by Merlin Stone, an excerpt read by Candy vR

'Though we live amid high-rise steel buildings, formica countertops and electronic television screens, there is something in all of us women and men alike, that makes us feel deeply connected with the past.

Perhaps the sudden dampness of a beach cave or the lines of sunlight piercing through the intricate lace patterns of the leaves in a darkened grove of tall trees will awaken from the hidden recesses of our minds the distant echoes of a remote and ancient time, taking us back to the early stirrings of human life on the planet…..

teachings, womenCandy Van RoodSeptember 14, 20208women, Womens Circle, womxn, sacred womens circelComment

The Pisces Full Moon

Be prepared for deep dreaming and visioning under this Pisces Full Moon. ‘We may be filled with compassion and unconditional love for those around us and want to do all we can to support them, but be careful about not getting flooded and feeling overwhelmed by the suffering. Open your heart but have good boundaries in place too.’

astrology articlesCandy Van RoodSeptember 1, 2020Pisces, full moon, saturn/pluto, Neptune, HaumeaComment

Leo New Moon Tarot reading

A short Leo New Moon reading using the Tantric Dakini Oracle.

tarot readingsCandy Van RoodAugust 18, 2020new moon tarot spread

8women ~ pilot group AEST 1-3pm 8th August 2020

The Sacred Women’s circle is an oasis where our hearts can open and be heard and felt. What people most need to hear is what is in their hearts. This voice is the most honest authority of who we are.

courses & workshops, discourses, recipesCandy Van RoodAugust 4, 2020Earth HeartWomens Circle, 8womenComment

The Imdolc Full Moon in Aquarius

Imbolc is a time which represents the half-way mark between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.
It brings luck, fertility, fresh starts and new beginnings.

Second Cancer New Moon

Candy Van RoodJuly 20, 2020Saturn, new moon, capricorn, Cancer, familyComment

The Penumbral Eclipse in Capricorn

In most years there might be two or three eclipses but in this year we are having three eclipses in a row the third one a penumbral lunar eclipse is happening on July the 4thor 5th depending where you are…