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The Inlumino Global Spiritual Blog

Perseverence on Mars

Along with 2 million other people I watched NASA’s YouTube channel to witness the arrival of the Perseverence rover on Mars.  Millions others around the world watched this great event through other media, like me fascinated and awed by the immensity of the project and the linking of our human world with a mysterious planet […]
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Mercury in the Dark

Reminders of the mysteries of life and death are all around always, particularly now as the lively planet of communication, Mercury, is close and strong as he continues his backwards shadowy dance and Mother Moon is at her darkest as she awaits her new lunar birth.
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Wolf Moon, Clan Moon

As time races forward to synchronise with an Earth that spins ever faster, each day has a corresponding significance and each week is like an era in itself, challenging and teaching as it moves in tandem with the stars.
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Freedom of Expression

One of the hardest aspects of being human is having the courage to express ourselves for who we are and what we believe, while remembering the consequences of what we say or do.  Keeping the balance between being ourselves with freedom of expression and doing no harm is important; it is about liberty, awareness and […]
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Vision at the Frost Full Moon

Full Moons come and go with beguiling regularity, and even though many thousands of them have touched Earth over the centuries, each one is unique to itself.  The Full Moon of November 2020, on Monday, stands out as it completes a cycle of moons that have been exceptional in their power, influence and personality.  It […]
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Lights

This weekend’s new moon coincides with Diwali, the Festival of Lights, each in their own way celebrating the return of light to the world.  Each is symbolic of new beginnings and the triumph of light over darkness, timely reminders of hope and truth in an uncertain world.
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Blue Moon

This blue full moon, this second full moon in October, today, is balanced by the sun, tempering and reflecting the qualities of each other.  Similarly the coin which is the mark of your soul bears the feminine qualities of Mother Moon on the one side of it and the masculine power of Emperor Sun on […]
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Illusion and Challenge

October 2020 is a significant month astrologically, in a year when every month brings peaks and troughs of varying degrees of intensity.  Mars and Mercury, both retrograde in this time, bring warnings of illusion and challenge as the former vents his anger through tempestuous activity while his brother sows the seeds of uncertainty and deception, […]
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Wildflower Equinox

In September I try to cut back the patches of meadow that have grown unchecked throughout the spring and summer in my wildlife garden, when most of the wildflowers are spent, preparing the ground for the year to come.
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Carpe Diem

Every day, red kites and buzzards fly around an old tree stump in my garden, looking to see if there is food for them to take.  Often there is: besides (safe) scraps that may be left, death is a fact of life in a wildlife garden, and here a vole or any creature that is […]
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