The Squirrels are Rampant!

Golden Squirrel, Sulphur Mountain, Banff Alberta

Image Credit: Dan.FIFAv’s photostream

Nature — the Gentlest Mother is,

Impatient of no Child —

The feeblest — or the waywardest —

Her Admonition mild —

 In Forest — and the Hill —

By Traveller — be heard —

Restraining Rampant Squirrel —

Or too impetuous Bird —

 How fair Her Conversation —

A Summer Afternoon —

Her Household — Her Assembly —

And when the Sun go down —

 Her Voice among the Aisles

Incite the timid prayer

Of the minutest Cricket —

The most unworthy Flower —

 When all the Children sleep —

She turns as long away

As will suffice to light Her lamps —

Then bending from the Sky —

 With infinite Affection —

And infiniter Care —

Her Golden finger on Her lip —

Wills Silence — Everywhere —

 ~ Emily Dickinson

Kissing Squirrels

Look to see where 23 degrees Leo/Aquarius is in your chart, because this is where you’re going to receive a Goddess Kiss, especially is you’re a Leo or Aquarian (sensitive angles or planets in these signs)! Here’s how it works; Mercury, currently retrograde, is heading back to 23 degrees Leo to meet the Ruler of Leo, the Sun in all its brilliant glory and Venus, the Goddess of Love on Tuesday, the 16th. [read more at New Moon Astrology ~ Goddess Kiss, Triple Conjunction]

Going to the Matrices

Medusa's son Chrysaor He of the golden sword. From the Temple Of Artemis, Corfu

Just as his brother Pegasos represented the warmth and rains of spring, so Khrysaor may have presided over the warm summer months (of the harvest season). His name khrysaor perhaps referred to the seasonal golden-blades of grain. His wife was the gentle, rain-nymphe Kallirrhoe (the fair flowing).

Khrysaor may have been placed amongst the stars as the Constellation Great Boar (Ursa Major). The Greeks say that the boar constellation was later reassigned, or removed from heaven, probably meaning that the character of Khrysaor was transferred to the Sword of Orion, while Ursa Major became the bear (Kallisto). Khrysaor, unlike most of the other constellations, is specifically described as immortal, meaning it never sets in the Ocean.

Khrysaor remained closely associated in myth with both of the nearby constellations: Orion and Canis Major and Minor. The former was probably his Geryon in one account, and the latter his two-headed dog Orthos. Ursa Major preceded these two in the heavenly procession. An alternative assignment for Orion was Khrysaor’s brother, the namesake Orion, a son of Poseidon and the Gorgon Euryale.

In art one sculptural depiction of Khrysaor represents him as a boy beside the foal Pegasos in the arms of their mother Medousa.

There is also a vase painting depicting Khrysaor’s son Geryon holding a shield emblazoned with the emblem of a winged boar–a likely representation of Khrysaor considering his boar-tusked, winged mother Medousa and winged-horse brother Pegasos. Pigs were also sacrificed to the earth-goddess Demeter Khrysaoros (of the golden blades) after harvest in autumn to prosper the grain-crop during the new season’s planting.

Khrysaor was probably the same as the Erymanthian Boar captured by Herakles as one of his twelve labours.

Text purloined from theoi.com

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Pegasus by sculptural artist Anton Dala

Image sourced: Art Parks International

In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. He was the brother of Chrysaor, born at a single birthing. ~ Anton Dala

Forget-me-nots and Leopard's Bane

Image Sourced: Simple Gifts Farm

Leopard’s Bane – neutralizes radiation that we have already received and protects from atmospheric radiation or radiation from medical technology or other technology. [Fleuressences]

Forget-me-not (Myosotis silvatica) flower essence “is an important essence to be taken into consideration after the initial stage of the mourning feeling caused by a dear relative’s death; it can also be very useful to one who never fully resolved the isolation and abandonment issues after the death of an important family member, or a friend, during childhood.” (FES – read more).