And what does The Flying Mermaid (Silvia Pancaro) have to say about this New Moon,

conjunct Pluto (Lord of the Underworld) and the Heart of our Galaxy?

 Any planet that stands at the last 'degree' (each sign has 30 degrees) of a zodiacal sign, is said to be at the 'completion' of its learning in that Archetype. Hopefully, that means that it's achieved 'Mastery' of the sign's potentials, weaknesses and expressions. With this New Moon within the final degrees of the Freedom-loving and Truth-seeking sign of Sagittarius, I would hope that Humanity takes this opportunity as a Heart Call towards what it really means to BE FREE, and that we all decide to stand for a Higher Truth, within the Human, Animal, Plant and Mineral realms of Earth herself, as well as within Galactic & InterGalactic Space....after all we do have a number of Human Beings floating out in the Space beyond our own Earthly Atmosphere!

So, this Moon gives us a great opportunity to look into our positioning in both the Outer Cosmos and our own Inner Universe. With is ocurring at the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy (as we now perceive it), it is asking us to consider our own Spiritual Source - what do we hold near and dear in the very Core of our BEings? What Light and Shadow issues, people, situations and beliefs are central to our very existance?

At the Center of our Galaxy lies a supermassive Black Hole, which recently birthed a double-helix-DNA-shaped nebula - confounding scientists, physicists and astronomers. Lest you be sidetracked by Dark Matter within your very own HEART, meditate on healing your own Spiritual DNA, especially that which you may have 'inherited' from your ancestral lineage.

The constellation itself is composed of stars which outline Chiron the Centaur. Chiron was a great teacher and healer (nicknamed 'The Wounded Healer'), whose accomplishments were many and varied as described in many Greek myths - check the heroic tales of Hercules for example. Chiron is telling us that at this lunation we are being given the opportunity to take one, last, deep look into our hearts and learn from the Past, so that we may heal the old wounds - healing all of our ancestors and by extension, Human History itself, in the process. This gives us FREEDOM to move forward in the direction of a New World, birthing new DNA, new Galaxies literally and figuratively (as the Centaur is posed, with bow and arrow in hand, pointing to the Galactic Center).

This represents a tremendous cosmic opportunity! And as the ancient axiom from Thoth goes, "As above, so below" then we must look at this in both the personal application in our everyday mundane lives, as well as the cosmic repercutions. This is definately pointing towards a quantum leap in consciousness - it does carry a bit of finality to it, folks - I do believe that with these planets involved (Pluto, Moon, Sun - and a bit off, but nonetheless a part of it are also Mercury, Mars and Jupiter), there's a dramatic call to put our attention on something bigger, something further out than what is immediately under our own noses! I would encourage you to step away from the newspaper and log onto NASA's website or www.space.com and take a look at Life beyond Earth. The Human Experience is definately expanding just a tad bit beyond our backyard fence! Yep, it's time to extend our proverbial 'comfort zone' and open our minds to what new and exciting realities lie over yonder!