Back to the Easel again, and Boy does it Feel Good!

Astrology and Art September 24 2024

ART & LIFE:

I’ve started painting again and boy does it feel good to create. I feel that my style is evolving closer to something where I really want it to be. I pulled out my paints, and went to work on two landscapes, one I think I’ll turn into a Christmas scene that will eventually evolve into a card, though the original will be for sale. It would make a nice piece to hang in your house during the Christmas season. Am I jumping the gun? I don’t think so, I will need to photograph the art send it to a printer and get it ready for people to buy.

Meanwhile I’ve also finished a forest scene, I love the energy of the woods in the early morning light:

Morning Forest Light Lydia Knox 12x9” oil on canvas

This will go on sale in my ETSY site for 148 in a few weeks, but subscribers can message me and reserve it for 99 dollars, shipping included for U.S. and Canada. Here is me working on this piece:

Astrology:

Moon in Gemini- the Moon governs our emotional selves, it governs how we nurture ourselves, how we take care of our inner child. It heightens our creativity and allows us to tune into the power of our intuition. It’s good to see what’s going on with the Moon, because it allows us to see the general emotional temperature of people around us, as well.

Right now, Momma Moon resides in the mercurial sign of Gemini. So if you don’t like how you feel at the moment, wait a bit and things can change again. With the moon in Gemini we are ready to talk and write about our feelings, we adopt a more playful attitude, and we can let the child within out for a bit to frolic and play in a carefree way.

The Moon forms a T-square aspect with Mercury in Virgo and Neptune in Pisces. We are emotionally aware that we need to focus on the details and let go into our imagination. We need a balanced view of everything and have an emotional awareness that we need to talk about it, we need to clean up our acts and we need to heal. This is an uncomfortable aspect, and yet, this also pushes us further towards evolution, towards resolution.

Expect a void of course Moon from 7:59 A.M. to 10:50 AM E.T. so don’t make any big plans. This is a good time to just get out there and play. You may feel a little scattered. It’s ok to let your mind wander a bit.

The Moon heads over into Cancer and trines with Venus in Scorpio, for the rest of the afternoon, we’re encouraged to hide out in our nest, to wear comfy clothes and allow for some self-soothing. This is a good time to work on your emotional boundaries, and make peace with the emotions resting in your heart. This is a great time for love, that passionate powerful love of surrender and trust.

Mercury in Virgo trines Uranus in Taurus

(Duration September 24-26)

Mercury rules the way we communicate, the way we think, the journeys we take and our coordination. It rules how we assess information, the conclusions we make and how we process information. Mercury naturally rules the sign of Virgo, so it’s at home in that sign of orderly assessment, critical analysis, quality control, and mental health.

Uranus, rules innovation, technology, society, it rules the big picture, surprises and rebellion. Astrologers would say that it’s position is in “its fall” meaning that this planet is totally uncomfortable in the house of Taurus, where we resist change. This means we need to think outside the box when it comes to how we understand values and traditions. It can spark movements like minimalism, and ecology based changes. (Taurus is an earth sign after all)

So when these two earth ruled signs align in a trine, we are invited to talk about our struggles, to review our values, to work on healing what is broken. We can step back and analyze what we hold dear in our hearts, and maybe even let go of a bad habit or a bad situation in order to move on and heal.

MAGIC: The moon is in it’s fourth quarter, it’s time to shed and let go of things in our lives that block us. Think: breaking bonds, removing objects, clearing out your space. Cancer invites us to build a strong boundary, the Libra sun reminds us to stay balanced, to not throw out the baby with the bathwater so to speak. This is an excellent time to practice advocating for yourself. If you need to do a house cleansing this would be a good time to do it.