Festival
of Goodwill
and the Galactic Heart
The Festival of Goodwill takes place in the spring, at the Full Moon during the sign of Gemini (May 20 - June 20). It is the third of the Three Major Planetary Festivals. In 2013 it occurs on Friday, May 24 at 9:25pm PDT (04:25 UT 5/25).
The energies released at the Goodwill Festival are forces of the Divine Will that affect the nations of the world. These reconstructive energies can increase the aspect of national life or they can increase the potency of the objectives of world unity, peace and progress. With the keynotes of goodwill and "humanity, aspiring to God," this festival is also observed as the Festival of the Spirit of Humanity, the Christ Festival, the Festival of Unification and World Invocation Day.
The
Goodwill Festival Links Us to the Heart of our Galaxy!
Journey Toward Its Central Stars!
Image: ESO/Stefan Gillessen et al.
Journey Toward the Central Stars (5.6M) ~ Video of the above Image (3M)
In this unparalleled picture of the Milky Way's heart, stars are seen ablaze around the galaxy’s center. Wavelengths of infrared light were used to penetrate the interstellar dust clouds that block our view of the Milky Way.
After 16 years (1992-2008) of tracking the motions of 28 stars circling the galactic heart, dedicated European astronomers have gathered the best evidence yet that black holes exist and we have a super massive one at the center of our galaxy.
Just as swirling leaves caught in a gust of wind can provide clues about air currents, so the stars' movements reveal information about forces at work at the galactic centre.
The observations show that the stars orbit a central concentration of mass four million times greater than that of the Sun … The galaxy's central mass, long suspected of being a giant black hole, is known as ‘Sagittarius A star’.
The astronomers were also able to measure with great accuracy how far the Earth is from the centre of the galaxy - a distance of 27,000 light years. Daily Mail Reporter
The 1992-2008 European Southern Observatory study used the 3.5 metre New Technology Telescope and the Very Large Telescope - (an array of four 8.2 metre telescopes) for their observations. The NNT and VLT operate from the Atacama desert in Chile. See the ESO Press Release 12/10/08 for additional information.
What would our Milky Way Galaxy look like with its bright central bulging heart, if we weren’t stuck inside and could see through the opaque dust with our normal vision? Nobody knows for sure. Milky Way Illustrated and Barred Spiral Milky Way, however, are two good guesses based on many different types of observations. 6/3/08 findings show two major arms and two minor arms, not 4 major arms. In addition the stars and material of our galaxy, rather than neatly circling the galactic center as previous maps assumed, they are surprisingly tracing an elliptical orbit. A 180-foot poster, the largest picture of the Milky Way was unveiled 6/3/08. See the Poster ~ Read the Description
Gemini’s
Annual Festival in the Heavens
The Heart of our Galaxy Blesses the Earth
This Christ festival is as old as the earth itself. At the time of the solstice full moon a special festival is held in the spirit realms, a ceremony at which Christ the Sun comes among His disciples and pours a special blessing, a tremendous outpouring of love upon the earth, which is light and truth and beauty, which is in fact spiritual food. Grace Cooke guided by White Eagle / White Eagle on the Great Spirit
During Gemini with each Goodwill Festival there is a festival in the heavens. It occurs as the Full Moon enters the white ether of the Milky Way.
The white ether is the level of consciousness where all souls can hold communion with the Son of God, the Cosmic Christ. White Eagle On Festivals and Celebrations
This is the place of reunion, of true kinship, the place of cosmic consciousness. It is a place within the galactic magnetic field. It is from here that we receive an exceptional spiritual outpouring into our hearts from the spiritual Sun, Sirius. This galactic magnetic field carries this blessing to ALL on Earth during this time. Its highest effect is world unity. Audio Version (1:16 minutes)
Each Goodwill Festival Sagittarius, the centaur archer, points his arrow at both Antares, the red heart star of Scorpius, and the Goodwill Full Moon positioned at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, the family of 200 billion stars to which we and our Sun belong. Image The Milky Way is widest in Sagittarius and Scorpius because the great bulging central hub, the heart of our galaxy, also known as the galactic center, is in this direction.
... the Galactic Center surges like a Roman candle of infrared energy. Emanations of infrared energy (IFR) blast down upon us and perform two primary functions on our awareness.
First, IFR opens up the subconscious mind. This opening asks us to release and forget emotional trauma.... Second, IFR blasts open the root chakra in the energy system. This chakra releases the old, regenerates our energy, and lifts us off our duffs with renewed inspiration and a sense of real progress.
The Galactic Center acts like a satellite dish, directing divinely inspired information straight to the potentially receptive gray matter of our brains. If you believe in God, this might be the voice you hear. Regardless, within this connection you have the ability to pull down wild information which you would otherwise have no way of knowing. Phil Sedgwick The Astrology of Deep Space
An
Ancient Archer Aims His Arrow ...
The
Goodwill Full Moon Partial
Penumbral Eclipse Activates
Antares
Friday/Saturday, May 24/25, 2013 - 9:25pm PDT 5/24 (04:25 UT 5/25)
Sunday Morning's Moon Transits the Heart
of the Galaxy (GC)
Sunday, May 26, 2013 - Beginning 4:00am PDT (11:00 UT)
The Waning Gibbous Goodwill Moon Occults
Pluto
Monday, May 27, 2013 - 8:12am PDT (15:12 UT)
Map
Below: Looking
Southeast After 9:00pm
Image: Star
Gazer graphic made with
TheSky
Astronomy Software adapted with Adobe
Photoshop
Exact Full Moon: Friday, May 24, 9:25pm PDT (04:25 UT May 25)
Note: The May 24/25 dated circle represents the approximate position of the Moon at the exact time of the Full Moon. The blue dot above the stinger of Scorpius marks the Galactic Center (GC), the Heart of our Galaxy. The Moon transits the Galactic Center (GC) beginning Sunday morning May 26 4:00am PDT (11:00 UT). The waning Gibbous Moon occults (hides) Pluto Monday, May 27, 8:12am PDT (15:12 UT)
The sweeping J-shape of Scorpius journeys along the southern horizon from east to west, and directly behind it follows the teapot-shaped asterism of Sagittarius and telescopic Pluto. By 11:30pm the sprawling "J" shape of the cosmic Scorpion fully rises in the southeast. Vary the All-Sky Chart for any date and time (i.e. 11:30pm = 23:30). At 12:30am Scorpius lies directly south and by 3:30am it is setting in the west. Note: The light of Moon may interfere with observing the constellation shapes.
Partial
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Goodwill Full Moon's Illumination
Only a tiny sliver of the Goodwill Full Moon will be covered by the faintest shadow of the Earth, the penumbra. This exceptionally shallow and hard to spot eclipse is "almost impossible to see from the Americas, western Africa, and south-west Europe (and actually impossible to see everywhere else)," says Hermit Eclipse. More information can alo be found at NASA Eclipse. Greatest eclipse occurs at 04:10:00 UT May 25 (9:10:00pm PDT 5/24).
A lunar eclipse is a supercharged Full Moon. The blocking of the Moon's reflection of the Sun's light by the Earth suggests that our material viewpoint stands in the way of our "seeing the light". It serves as a reminder that we need to realize how we are held in the dark by virtue of our perspective. Zodiac Arts 6/4/12
This Full Moon occurring during the sign of Gemini (May 20 - June 20) is illuminated by the Sun positioned in the constellation Taurus, our cosmic Bull, between the Pleiades (Bull's shoulder) and Aldebaran (Bull's eye). Map In other words the Sun's rays are joined with the illuminating energies of Taurus. It is said that the Pleiades and Aldebaran bring the light of God (universal mind) into our solar system and into our minds. Through these celestial bodies God's light descends on Earth providing humanity with evolutionary vision.
The lunar eclipse Goodwill Festival may be asking us to ponder and enlighten what is blocking the flow of goodwill and universal mind in our lives.
Note: In 2013, May 20-28, Venus, Jupiter and Mercury join in a close-knit sunset sky dance between the horns of Taurus the Bull. This helpful image was created for the time of the Full Moon. More Info + Maps Look Up! Ponder on and be receptive to this breath-taking and extraordinary sky dance. These celestial energies can expand your heart and mind and link you to the soul.
Gemini keeps the interplay of energies between dualities active and flowing so that eventually they reach synthesis and unity. Gemini's emanations, the healing of the nations and humankind's evolution require that opposing energies keep interacting until co-operation achieved.
Gemini
and the Goodwill Festival
Discover why this Festival is uniquely
linked to humanity and spiritual aspiration.
BTW: This Goodwill Full Moon eclipse is the third of a triad, preceded by the partial lunar eclipse of the Wesak Festival Full Moon (April 25) and the annular solar eclipse of the Goodwill Festival New Moon (May 9/10). Eclipse energies are bound to change how we perceive the order of our lives.
Eclipse Frequency ~ How to Deal with Eclipses
Reflections
~ 3 Goodwill Lunar Conjunctions
Antares, Galactic Heart,
Pluto
The Full Moon eclipse of Friday/Saturday, May 24/25, activates Antares, the fiery red heart star of Scorpius. This is the first of 3 powerful Goodwill lunar conjunctions. The second occurs Sunday morning May 26, when the Moon transits the Galactic Center (GC), the Heart of our Milky Way Galaxy, above the Scorpion's stinger. The third lunar conjunction occurs Monday, May 27, with Pluto, the agent of death, the death of liberation and resurrection. Review map above.
Antares ~ Sagittarius, Scorpius
The Goodwill Full Moon partial penumbral eclipse enlivens Antares. The Sagittarian Archer aims his arrow toward the Galactic Heart, the Goodwill Moon and red Antares, the transformative heart of the cosmic Scorpion, Scorpius. Sagittarius sees the vision for humanity and knows the way to go, toward an all inclusive heart, goodwill and transformation.
Sagittarius the heavenly archer, has the ability to evolve the 4th human kingdom into the 5th spiritual kingdom so that all Children of God may celebrate.
When the dual forces of the cosmic brothers (Gemini) become the energy of the one who rides towards the light (Sagittarius) then the fourth becomes the fifth. Humanity, the link, becomes the Hierarchy, the bestower of all good. Then all the Sons [and Daughters] of God rejoice. Words of the Old Commentary found in Esoteric Astrology, pg. 356 / page online
Scorpius influences a turning point in the life of humanity and in the life of the individual human being. It reorients the personality to the life of the soul and later to initiation and sensitivity to the Divine Plan. Scorpius is the burning ground and is synonymous with transformation.
Antares, associated with awesome power that can be hideous or sublime, wields the Fire of God and gets one's evolutionary kundalini running! The Scorpion’s “rebellious” Antares and stinger make sure the governing vision of humanity is current, and both align humanity with the expansive, inclusive heart of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Galactic Heart
Special blessings pour out of the Galactic Heart for the Earth during this time. These energies draw us toward our spiritual source, stimulating the Principle of Goodwill and humanity’s aspiration toward God. These energies support our greater wellbeing and evolutionary fulfillment. They offer us the opportunity to transcend our little selves and manifest our divinity in our everyday world. The Goodwill Moon transits the Galactic Heart Sunday morning, May26.
Note: The Galactic Center is located at 2º sidereal Sagittarius or 27º tropical Sagittarius. Sidereal refers to the constellation and tropical refers to the sign. To understand the difference between the signs and constellations click here.
BTW: Our solar system rotates around the Galactic Center. At a distance of 26,000 light-years from the Galactic Center, the Solar System completes a Galactic orbit in about 226 million years.
Pluto
Pluto packs a powerful punch in Sagittarius, where it brings unrelenting transformation to humanity's most basic belief structures. Sagittarius the cosmic Archer along with Pluto are leading humanity beyond its mortal limits toward its spiritual inheritance. They are impressing humanity to aim for the spiritual vision that includes the “Whole” Truth and unites us all. This vision is essential to building our future, claiming our true power and realizing our destiny. Goodwill's waning Gibbous Moon occults (hides) Pluto Monday, May 27, at 8:12am PDT (15:12 UT).
Note: The 2012-2015 Uranus-Pluto Square brings revolution and revelation. The third of seven exact squares occurs May 20, 2013, 4 days before the Goodwill Full Moon Festival.
Reflections ~ Aldebaran / Antares Axis
Each year the Goodwill lunar cycle activates the alignment that exists between Aldebaran, the star of illumination in the constellation Taurus, and Antares, the heart star of Scorpius. The New or young Moon lies near Aldebaran, while the Full or nearly Full Moon lies near Antares. Hmmm ... both stars are red in color. The Source of Life and Divine Will are associated with the color red.
Directly opposite Antares in the sidereal center of Taurus is Aldebaran, eye of the Bull. The Aldebaran / Antares axis is indicative of political systems, their people, and their opposing politics. Aldebaran holds and radiates vision for ideal physical logistics for authorities to put in place so as to aid the peoples of the Earth through evolutionary process and transition. Antares ensures that the current and accepted approaches and visions do not become static or antiquated. Antares ensures growth, evolution and change.
If the Scorpion meets those bullheaded and stuck in their antiquated modality of life, the Scorpion's sting is not far off — hence its classical association with rebellious and destructive forces. Antares keeps the vision of Aldebaran up-to-date by challenging authoritarian powers. When there are rebellious or terrorizing forces assaulting the established order, this reflects the need to realize that the established order is no longer supporting in ways truly nourishing to the needs of the people, and requires some type of reform — reform that if denied, may result in some level of, otherwise unneeded, destruction. Nick Fiorenza
The Goodwill lunar cycle is strongly calling for the re-evaluation, reform and removal of antiquated governing systems and personal habits that no longer nourish the eternal spirit. The emanations of the Aldebaran / Antares Axis are assisting the nations of the world in claiming their true power by meeting the needs of the people.
The Goodwill Full Moon ~ World Day of Invocation
May 24, Friday, the Full Moon is exact at 9:25pm PDT (04:25 UT May 25). The Festival of the Goodwill Full Moon is significant in that it brings an abundant tide of love for humanity to use as goodwill in establishing rightful world conditions. It marks a World Day of Invocation celebrating the collective aspiration of humanity to act in harmony with its highest spiritual goals.
BTW: This Full Moon is also the second largest of 2013 with the largest occurring June 23, 2013. The reflected and eclipsed sunlight of large Luna, closer to the Earth than normal, is bound to affect us more.
For the Goodwill Full Moon Festival, the folks at SouledOut.org will meditate beginning at 9:15pm PDT on Friday, May 24, (04:15 UT Saturday, May 25). All are welcome to join us. We encourage utilizing SouledOut.org's Global Meditation whenever possible during this festival's safeguarding cycle. As participants of the World Invocation Day Vigil we will sound The Great Invocation at 9:45pm and 10:00pm Pacific Daylight Time.
Gemini
2013 Global Meditation Invite
Celebrating the Gemini Full Moon Festival ~
The Goodwill Festival of Unification
In Summary
As we again celebrate the spirit of humanity, dedicate ourselves to right human relations and align with the Will of God, our energies are being expanded to include all of humanity, the solar system, the galaxy and the spiritual kingdom!
During the Goodwill Festival of Unification, the Archer, the Scorpion, the Gemini Twins, Taurus the cosmic Bull, as well as at the Heart of our Galaxy and Shamballa are all evoking a new humanity. This aspiring humanity will undergo an initiation and evolution of the heart that will lead to a spiritually infused leadership in our world and a true healing of the nations.
Free your mind, let go of outdated habits, and open your heart to the outpouring of this Festival's special blessings. Allow the will-to-good to enter your consciousness and affect the world.
Goodwill can transform the world.
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