Taurus Full Moon

Beeswax, Earth pigments, corks shards, charcoal & wheat on paper

8" x 10"

one minute/mynoot note on the chards - from one cork shard I traced its outline as a grid format and then broke the shard in smaller pieces placing each piece of the piece of original shard in its corresponding place in the charcoal tracing clockwise around the overall charcoal grid pattern...

Summer Solstice Day 2011

Stonehenge

In ancient Chinese thought, summer was associated with the color red, the sound of laughing, the heart organ, the fire element and a red phoenix bird.

The Chinese were also great believers in balance. So to celebrate the summer solstice as the Chinese philosophers did, you might …
Stand facing south, considered the direction of summer in ancient Chinese philosophy. Just stand for a few moments and honor the “southness” of summer.
Balance your fire element. Go swimming in a cold, dark pool or stream.

Image Credit: Sanjay B.

Wear red!
Laugh. In the Chinese tradition, there are sounds associated with the five phases, and the sound associated with this part of the cycle – summer – is laughter. Remember, as I said above, that this phase is also associated with the heart organ? More and more often, in western thought, you hear that “laughter is good for the heart.”
The ancient Chinese philosophers would agree.

by Deborah Byrd
http://earthsky.org/earth/celebrate-this-solstice-as-the-chinese-philosophers-did

from http://expertscolumn.com/content/june-21-impact-summer-solstice-health

Impact of solstice on health
Ancient medicinal systems such as Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicines utilized these occasions of solstice to provide holistic treatments during these natural processes. Considering the needs of individual physical, emotional, and mental health, they treated to build up the body’s natural energies and keep them in balance.
1) Solstice may affect the balance of the body
According to the ancient Ayurvedic medical traditions summer is related to the element fire, which has much to do on metabolism and body systems. Ancient Chinese systems also say that the increase of Fire element affects the Yin and Yang balance.
Disharmony of this balance in elements may cause various ailments from headaches to muscle pain – especially in the elbow and the back of our shoulder.
2) Summer solstice is accompanied by the maximum heat of the sun and the climate in the atmosphere is affected resulting in storms, heavy rains and floods. The warmth and moisture due to climatic changes affect health of the body. In some Asian countries this change causes monsoons and spreading of diseases.
3) Due to high heat and temperature, much water from the body is eliminated by perspiration which causes dehydration and other troubles. If water is not replenished adequately, blood volume would reduce and brain will suffer from lack of blood that may cause nausea and headache.
4) Another reason for health problems in the body is the expansion of the periphery vein and more blood flow to periphery. This will affect the pressure condition of blood which leads to further complications. People who are generally weak and lack immunity may suffer from poor sleep, weak spleen and stomach, or poor appetite, etc.
5) Solar radiation and variations in the gravitational energy may affect the health system of the body. The patient with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular or urinary system diseases should be very careful during these changes of seasons.
Although the impact of the summer solstice is minor it is advisable to be careful, taking preventive methods not to expose oneself too much in the hot sun. Diet with fruits and vegetables and plenty of water is always encouraged.

"a progressing transformation" note 8

I want to give a big thanks to our old and very good friend Peter Champoux "Gaia Matrix" http://www.geometryofplace.com for contributing a gaiagraphic mapping of place for "a progressing transformation". 

Peace, Love & Co-Creativity for All

Surface of the Oatmeal

Surface of the Oatmeal  
                           ©Greg Patch

the rising Sun (stove light) reflects upon the surface of the Oatmeal as breakfast readies to boil. The cosmos in a pot of oatmeal.

a progressing transformation note 6

progressing transformation  ©Greg Patch

some finishing touches added/subtracted, am looking at hanging methods for display at Porters Neck Yoga & Spa 2 weeks prior to the Solstice art ceremony/performance 6/21. This art piece will undergo a transformation within a Fire Ceremony/Celebration. Look for announcements from PNY&S and other participants; yoga, art, music, etc. ...and more to follow as with all transformation.

Egypt

the cradle of civilization

Orion

LL Ori and the Orion Nebula 
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team

Orion; the hunter

Stars

Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionus)

Rigel (Beta Orionus)

Bellatrix  (Gamma Orionus)

Mintaka (Delta Orionus)

Alnitak (Epsilon Orionus)

*drawing not to true scale nor direction

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

*  Betelgeuse

                  East

                                          

                *  Alnitak

              *   Mintaka

            *   Bellatrix

                               Rigel   *

 soaring like Eagle in the January night sky

According to Fixed Star Astrologer Rob Tillet  (http://www.astrologycom.com/fixedstars.html)

Betelgeuse represents  “great fortune and fame, especially military success, but associated with calamities, danger, and violence. It is positioned at  28˚ Gemini 45”.  Its’ characteristics are of Mars and Mercury.

Rigel represents “technical and artistic ability, inventiveness, humour, honours, riches and happiness. It is positioned at 16˚ Gemini 50” and has characteristics of Jupiter and Mars.”