For days, Venus has been parked at 11 Capricorn, activating the 38th Gene Key, which "....can be a very dark place within the genetic matrix because it represents a primal energy whose main instinct when threatened is aggression. In animals, this natural ferocity is embodied in the behaviour of a mother when her cubs are threatened. As this aspect of DNA developed in human beings it became the foundation of the evolutionary law of the survival of the fittest."

For eons, attuning to nature's rhythms, incorporating planetary cycles into ritualized practice, and creating community through ceremony has strengthened our connection to Self, Source, and the Earth Mother. Each month, as reflected in Sumerian mythology, Venus meets the Crescent Moon to create an energetic gate. These "gates" subconsciously resonate our energetic/chakra system, serving as portals through which the creative, intuitive, healing aspect of consciousness may empower and activate our energy bodies.

I began communing directly with planets after Venus came to me as Aphrodite in association with the Judgement card from the Shadow Scapes Tarot. I was guided to create the Self as Sacred, so Venus, the archetype of the feminine, might manifest through me.

…I had an incredibly difficult time accepting I was “talking” to a planet, as the intuitives around me shared personal experiences with Spirit Guides, Angels, Deceased Loved Ones and Ascended Masters. Once I began studying the movements of Venus, a 19-month cycle where the Queen of Heaven meets the Sun

Black Tourmaline is an E, which resonates the solar plexus and Sun.

to empower the solar plexus, become mindful of where you spend energy. choose to establish boundaries where it is leaking or siphoned. perhaps make this an exercise in understanding what is valued, both consciously AND unconsciously: we PAY attention.

Ma’at, Thoth’s consort and Goddess of Harmony, Justice and Truth holds sacred space for my altars. beneath Ma’at is Kailani, Goddess of Sea and Sky, Venus as a mermaid. Sekhmet, the Solar Feminine, is resting on her throne with a chunk of dioptase in her lap. the focal point, an elestial quartz crystal crown

Saturn resonates the crown chakra. as Father Time, Lord Karma perfected his square to Uranus, the Soul Star and future-ancient revolutionary, i began imagining my crystal crown activated — the wisdom accrued across all dimensions of space and time; eons of the Soul’s evolution awakening, integrating, enlivening this physical vessel.