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Big Guy On the Road

Oh my goodness – the weather today. It was simply one of those singularly stupendous examples of summer-on-the-cusp-of-autumn perfection. And as we embarked upon our usual round, Karl and I encountered this big guy on the road, a creature not commonly found making its way unscathed across the macadam of our country road. At least, not commonly found by us anyway!

Spartacus was the first to spot it. He seems to recognize that it’s praying mantis babies getting squished by cars season, so for the past few days he’s been frantically darting from one inert splat on the road to the next. Praying mantis roadkill was always Sheila’s most favored delicacy. She was uncannily adept at prying them off the road at the perfect angle to keep them fully intact, rewarding her with an entire mouthful of green goodness.

I’ll be honest: Over the past few days I’ve pried a few dead mantises off the road and brought them back to Sheila. She may be too frail to walk very far anymore, but she still gobbles these seasonal treats with astonishing gusto.

Leopard Snail

Which leads me back to our discovery of this magnificent specimen today. Spartacus approached it enthusiastically but immediately eschewed its plump moist body as definitely not the hoped-for praying mantis carcass. It caught my attention, though. What was that odd…thing?

As can be seen, I dutifully documented our discovery for all our benefit, at first just giving it its due. But its rather gargantuan heft could not be appropriately appreciated without context, so I provided my toe for perspective. It should be noted, I am not one of dainty feet. This snail is a monster.

As I extolled the snail’s unique beauty, documented same, and debated with Karl the merits of messing with its destiny by moving it across the road in the direction it appeared to be heading, I also managed to locate a small plastic bag in my pocket that enabled me to pick it up and help it cross the road. (I’ll admit, it’s inability to deftly dodge cars nudged me in the direction of potentially interfering with its karma.) I carry this snack size zippered bag in my pocket precisely so I have a place to store the praying mantis detritus that I bring home for Sheila to remind her of better days.

See? Everything is related.

Look at that Face

At this point, it feels important to state that in eastern Pennsylvania I do believe it is a common colloquialism to refer to people in general as ‘guys.’ In ‘these parts,’ as they say, when we use the term ‘guys,’ we are not making a specific reference to friends (usually) of either male or female persuasion, but rather ‘whomever’ – in other words, everyone in the general vicinity to which we’re referring.

So you might have bristled somewhat at my reference to this being a ‘big guy’ – but in fact, as an in-depth reading of this link on Leopard Snails reveals, they are in fact hermaphrodites. So, even more appropriate that I referred to this specimen with the colloquial expression ‘guy.’

And wow – they’ve got quite the acrobatic means of reproducing, too.

Finally, I ask you: how could you not love that face? And its name: Limax Maximus.

See, you just never know what you’re going to read about from one day to the next with me. It’s all part of the magic, you guys.

(T-447)

Inspiration for this Full Moon

Tomorrow (Friday, September 13^th, 2019) a full moon will occur. It’ll also be, obviously, a ‘Friday the 13^th.’ Astrologically, the fact that it is ‘Friday the 13^th’ has no bearing on anything. Indeed, in my opinion, the whole ‘Friday the 13^th’ frenzy and superstition that occurs is unwarranted.

Personally, I’ve always liked the number 13 and don’t consider it to be unlucky. It’s a number often associated with Goddess energy, as there are actually 13 moons in a year. And my eldest son, Karl, was born on the 13^th– albeit not on a Friday. Then again…I suppose an argument could be made… No. I’m not going there.

A Rare Occurrence

Having a full moon, which so many people associate with wacky behavior, increased sensitivity, ‘lunacy,’ etc., land on a Friday the 13^this a pretty rare occurrence. Apparently, the last time it occurred was on October 13, 2000, and the next one won’t occur until August 13^th, 2049.

I wonder if I noticed anything particularly difficult or outlandish happening in the world at large or personally 20 years ago. I should check my journals!

A Lot Going On

Astrologically, however, this full moon has a lot of aspects that make tomorrow and the next few days hold a lot of potentially challenging aspects. That’s because the moon is opposite not only the sun (which is what makes it, technically, a ‘full moon’), but it’s also opposite three other planets that are hanging around quite close to (considered ‘conjunct’) the sun.

There are other things going on as well – aspects that, considered together, as I said above, could make things quite challenging.

Believing as I do that forewarned is forearmed, I’m going to once again provide you with a link to the most recent Pele Report. As usual, if your eyes glaze over when the position of planets and their aspects to each other are discussed (which may have been triggered simply by reading my paragraph, above), I strongly encourage you to just be patient and wait for Kaypacha to speak directly to the camera. What he has to say in this report is pretty fascinating and definitely worth considering – not only how it applies to your own life, but also how it plays out in the larger world.

The Past Coming Up…to Bite Us?

All full moons ask us to consider what has come to fruition in our life, reached its fullness, or is perhaps reaching a point where it needs to be shed. At the very least, a full moon asks us to notice whether intentions we set at the new moon have borne fruit.

Obviously, sometimes seeds planted take longer than two weeks to germinate and even begin to grow. So the light shed by the full moon may not be illuminating the product of seeds we planted only two weeks ago. It may be reflecting the culmination of ideas or intentions set at a new moon that occurred months ago. (Yet another resoundingly excellent reason to keep a journal.)

This Full Moon In Particular

But this particular full moon seems to be calling up major lessons from the past. Karma, if you will. Asking us to clear out the accumulation of repercussions of things we said or done in the past, shed it, let it go, surrender to it, so we can move beyond the weight of the past to something entirely new – and much more free.

One major gift we can give ourselves to help us navigate these times is silence.

I encourage you to give yourself the 30 minutes or so it will take to listen to Kaypacha’s Pele Report. He also provides some links to help us all ground the energies that are bombarding us so we can navigate these times without losing our balance.

To be clear, it doesn’t matter that you’re listening to it a few days after September 11^th. He discusses aspects that are occurring over the course of several days. And for some reason, when I listened to it today, I got the strong sense that I should share it with all of you.

I hope you have an amazing Friday the 13^th, filled with insight and illumination, magic and manifestation of your dreams. Go out and howl at that full moon! Maybe we’ll hear each other.

(T-806)