Dawnings

* The following quote is copied from this week’s article by Judith Gayle at Planet Waves Astrology domain.

[The original intent of Mother's Day was such a realization by Julia Ward Howe in 1870, at the close of our bloody Civil War. You may recognize the name as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." With her nation suffering the loss of so many sons, Julia came to realize that war had little to do with a mother's heart, and less with respect for her opinion. She resolved to change that, calling women together with these words:

Arise, then, Christian women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or of tears! Say firmly: "We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country, to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs." From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: "Disarm, disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice." Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. 
 
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace, man as the brother of man, each bearing after his own kind the sacred impress, not of Cæsar, but of God. 

The original intention of Mother's Day was a peace proposition. Howe quickened a peace movement that spread through the nation and Europe. It was not set aside as a day of commemoration until 1914, and quickly became -- as most holidays do -- a way to market goods. And a successful one. Hallmark sells more cards on Mother's Day than at any other time of the year.] 

Thank you Judith Gayle!

Mars is still in Pisces but getting ready to enter Aries. Irritability and wounding is surfacing. Pluto on the Galactic Core is confronting our deepest feelings.Mother’s Day is looming and illusions, disillusionments, disappointments and pain from lack of loving in our lives is bubbling up. This can help us to all to realise what we need to nurture in ourselves and our lives.Venus in Cancer and Sun in Taurus brings comfort if we open ourselves to our wanting to feel comforted.

By Sunday evening around 8.30 pm (AEST), the moon in Aries squares Venus in Cancer. Yes, once we are born and the umbilical cord is cut, we ARE on our own folks! All else is carefully constructed social survival techniques.

Perhaps then, what we seek and need as humans, is to be honest about how we feel  – that our very existence is to be protected, kept safe and nurtured. So mother yourself and wonder at the amazing process of nature at its best… Blessings of life, of warm comfort on cold nights, of loving hugs and encouraging words. Maybe even a cup of soup.