ERIS: The Radical Feminine Awakens by Sarah Varcas~
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Here is the wonderful Sarah Varcas from her Astro-Awakenings.co.uk with an incredible introduction to Eris (embodying the Radical Feminine) and later with the download on the Eris conjuction with Uranus that began this week and will continue until 2017 bringing a revolutionary energy to the collective…
“Greek myth tells that, upon exclusion from a wedding, Eris threw into the midst of its revellers an apple marked ‘for the fairest’. An argument ensued between the goddesses Athena, Hera and Aphrodite as to its intended recipient, the settling of which eventually led to the Trojan War”
“On 5th January 2005 the dwarf planet Eris stepped onto the astrological stage to shake things up like never before.
“As she prepares for a formative conjunction with Uranus (June 2016 – March 2017), we need our eyes wide open and hearts to match, ready for anything, fierce as they come and focused enough to do what we must.
“Her alliance with Uranus, ruler of Aquarius, marks a watershed time of formation for the incoming Aquarian Age which will challenge all that perpetuates inequality, oppression and exploitation, demanding searing integrity and the courage to stand up and be counted.
“Eris insists we face uncomfortable truths about humanity’s exploitation of Mother Earth and what we, as individuals, have done to ourselves and each other.
“In myth, Eris is the goddess of discord and rivalry. On the face of it, the trouble she caused in response to not getting a wedding invitation sounds petty, but she knew something far more important was going on.
“In fact her exclusion epitomizes the experience of the feminine throughout history: snubbed, shunned, marginalized, demonized, ignored and rejected.
“In her reaction, Eris embodied the dark and feared feminine which rises up to reclaim her place in a world long fractured by patriarchal power…”
“Eris is the most awesome force of cosmic nature encountered to date. That’s why she took so long to show up! We had to be ready, able to stay the course and up the pace.
“She challenges us to look with eyes wide open and free from all guile. To see who we are and what we do – personally and collectively – to perpetuate inequalities and oppression the world over…”
“When Eris was snubbed at the wedding a ferocious force was let loose: the furious feminine, dishonoured and diminished. She refused to slink away silently but began a war to make her point. She let loose chaos and demands we be swept up in its unremitting force.
“Pitting the goddesses Athena, Hera and Aphrodite against each other in competition for the title of ‘fairest’, she exposed the diminished feminine, divorced from its sovereignty and subordinated to the power of the masculine gaze.
“Now she returns power to us all, inviting us to embrace the light and dark feminine and all shades in-between: the Venusian delights of sensuality, the cyclical intuition of our lunar nature and the viscerality of Eridian challenge of all that perpetuates patriarchal mores of gendered worth.
“Eris uproots all that exploits and oppresses. Her arrival changes everything. She stands aside Uranus, guardian of the Aquarian Age, and demands we create a world in which dignity is a universal right not a privilege, where life is honoured in all its forms, where gender is not an arbiter of a disenfranchised fate and the intuitive heart is aligned with, not subordinate to, the incisive mind.
“Her world is radical, daring and free. She is unafraid to face the wrath of those who prefer the status quo, the denial of those who seek to side-step truths that stare us in the face.
“She will not tolerate the fractured disconnection of disengaged spirituality that seeks escape from, not radical engagement with, this world.
“Nor will she allow to go unchallenged the retention of power in the hands of the few in a world on fire. And nor must we, for only in standing firm for change can we draw upon her power and know her mighty heart and fierce commitment to a world born anew…”
“Her arrival throws down the gauntlet. She’s a warrior spirit with nothing to lose; a formidable force whose time has come.
“Love her or loathe her, follow or fear her, she sparks a revolution of unstoppable and liberating change.”
Sarah Varcas continues to explain how the recent Eris and Uranus conjunction on June 9th will affect us collectively…
“9th June 2016 sees the first exact conjunction between Eris and Uranus in the 24th degree of Aries.
“In it we meet the untamed feminine: wild and radical, owned by no one, shaped by nothing and prepared to do what it takes to expose the enduring lies that diminish and debilitate humanity.
“She points the finger without hesitation, names the oppressor and fights to the death of all falsity presented as truth.
“Eris is our power – men and women, one and all – to take a stand; to face the unpalatable facts of our sterile life; to honour the deep, gutsy knowing in our very bowels that life itself is raw, passionate and cannot be tamed.
“Her alliance with Uranus affords her ever greater influence, instilling within those who join her crusade the power to shake awake even those most deeply asleep in this world on the brink.
“Unlike Mars who will fight to impose, Eris fights to expose…”
“At a planetary level Eris conjunct Uranus will shake things up like never before. Revolution is in the air and we ain’t seen nothin’ yet!
“She is a warrior goddess for Mother Nature mobilized to protect her at any cost. Taking no prisoners she stands beside those who honour our great mother, confronting those who exploit her.
“Unsentimental to her core, she will do what’s necessary to protect the beating heart of Gaia and asks of us a similarly gutsy attitude which stands firm in the face of intimidation and refuses to swallow the lies we’re so readily fed.
“Eris resists the imposition of another’s agenda and urges we do the same. It is time to decide for ourselves what happens next and why. Time to rise up and change the agenda to one that serves this planet and all life upon her, not exploits it to destruction.
“Many fear Eris and all she stands for. We balk at acknowledging our share of the fierce mother who will both kill to protect or devour her young depending on situation and circumstance. We do not want to see in ourselves the forces of nature that destroy rather than nurture.
“Eris doesn’t fit neatly into a spiritual narrative that says we’re all love and light and rage has no place in the awakened heart. She tells us everything has a place, otherwise it isn’t awakened, for awakening knows all things intimately. It doesn’t pick and choose.
“This cosmic conjunction, aligned also with Mercury and Chiron, highlights the power of emotion and the untapped potential of humanity, inviting fulfilment of our destiny as multi-dimensional beings.
“It alerts us to the lie that life is a competition in which we are forever protecting something we could lose at any time.
“In truth we simply cannot lose what really matters for it is our very essence, the defining substance from which our being is shaped. All else is an illusion created as we struggle to acknowledge our core divinity.
“Were we all to know without doubt our divine essence wars would end overnight, starvation disappear, the equitable distribution of resources implemented and our blessed Mother Earth honoured as the breathtakingly beautiful being she is.
“Needless to say the human race is not there yet! Our default settings tell us we have reputations to protect, battles to fight, honour to defend and worth to prove.
“Eris reminds us just how deeply we are programmed to polarize the world and then fight ‘the other side’, no matter who or what it may be.
“In her alignment with Uranus we encounter the unpredictable nature of such a world view. When we create an ‘other’ out there, it takes on a life of its own. We cannot control how it shapes its own individuality, responds to our challenges or fashions its own destiny.
“Our present moment perceptions can change the future irretrievably. If we see a world full of enemies, enemies are born. If we see a world full of allies, allies are born.
“And if we simply see a world full of one, the One is born and any notion of enemy or ally becomes redundant in the glorious merging of All That Is.
“This is also the sharp edge of reality against which we are wounded as we strive to shape our own destiny. It’s entirely up to us how all this plays out: war or peace; division or unity; ignorance or wisdom.
“Nothing is ‘written in the stars’, but across our hearts and minds instead, for this cosmic alliance is within and without: unpredictable and divisive or awakening and unifying.
“The choice is ours and so is the task, but one thing’s for sure: the time for exponential change has arrived.”
Copyright © 2016 Sarah Varcas
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25 comments
Cass says:
Jun 11, 2016
Perfect! I’m an Aquarius and I also fall into the categorys of empath, indigo child and so on. I feel as though I went ‘to sleep’ for the past year, to rest for something, which I think may have been this.
Ive been a warrior since I was very young, I would want to spit on those who treated any type of life unfairly, plant, animal, human! I loved nature my whole life and have mothered and protected it as much as I possibly could. Everyone called me a mother, an old soul, and I felt at home doing it more than words could explain.
Now I’m 22, and I’m turning into a mother in a brand new way, to my own child, not a seed that I planted, an animal that I found, my own baby that was conceived with my soul partner, our baby which is a part of me and him, this is so PRIMAL, so RAW, REAL. Our child is due on the 6th of August, any insight into the astrology of that time?
Also last night there was a lot of racist and sexist jokes being told and it really upset me, I got deeply offended and shut down, wouldn’t speak for the rest of the day, so I’m glad to have woke up to this, thank you
D says:
Jun 11, 2016
“Eris reminds us just how deeply we are programmed to polarize the world and then fight ‘the other side’, no matter who or what it may be.
great line. This feels to be an amazing summer~
Mary says:
Jun 11, 2016
I have been gearing up for this for 55 years,Sun AQ/Merc AQ.Pallas AQ//yeah,I am ready
Ashley says:
Jun 11, 2016
Sound good for bernie
d says:
Jun 12, 2016
interesting….mary magdalene was just given a feast day
https://zenit.org/articles/mary-magdalen…cal-feast/
In a letter announcing the change, made in a decree signed 3 June 2016, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Archbishop Arthur Roche, writes the decision means one “should reflect more deeply on the dignity of women, the New Evangelization, and the greatness of the mystery of Divine Mercy.”
Jen says:
Jun 12, 2016
I have been feeling this energy hard core, speaking the truth no matter what, standing up to be heard, the truth will not be compromised or twisted, I will not be bullied, I will not be scapegoated, and my voice will not be taken away regardless of how lonely I feel in this right now. I am furious, but keep using my voice and demanding to be respected and heard. It is exhausting, but those who are invested in keeping me down will not prevail!
Juno says:
Jun 12, 2016
I’m with you on this one!
Lindsay says:
Jun 14, 2016
YES
Susannah says:
Jun 15, 2016
I hear you BIG time beautiful Jen! All power to you sister woman. Much love. @radicalliberationist @radicallove @matrifocalizedfury @biophilicorbust!
LeAnn says:
Jun 12, 2016
Wow! Hell yes!
Skylar A says:
Jun 12, 2016
And so it is..
Megan Lille says:
Jun 12, 2016
I have been awaiting her all my life. A force I can only explain as primal rage is here to stand side by side all of the emotions of being magnificent. I can’t help but reflect upon the Wild, beautiful raw tragic and real expression of a 19 young old woman raging over her hospitalisation in the palliative care unit. She raged that night on the 9th of June. As I listened to her blood curdling screams I felt her deeply in the pit of my womb. Primal raging for loss, raging for lies, raging for being misunderstood, raging for being shut down, no one could shut her down this night, for she was pure authentic and magnificent in every way, she rocked others awake to their numb discomfort and quietude. I honour her I applaude her I adore her I love her and rage with her. She is magnificent, wild, raw, exquisite and she is real.
Megan, wild woman artist healer mother daughter sister palliative care nurse angle goddess
sue says:
Jun 13, 2016
Great to read this message and thank you Sara Varcas. We need to hear this positive spin on the tale of Eris, and perhaps it is the next, big myth to live by.
Clearly, we need to do things in radically different ways and think up radical solutions to our problems to protect our lovely earth and all who are on her. It’s definitely wake up and shake up time.
How great to set up a new paradigm of seeing a world of allies, of seeing oneness. It can be done.
Maribel Veaz says:
Jun 13, 2016
Perfect read, fits into everything going on with life
cassandra says:
Jun 13, 2016
This is SO beautiful. Have truly been feeling this energy brewing and this breathlessly windy night in NYC just feels supercharged. On an individual front, I’ve had a lot of downsliding personal experiences that have culminated just right now over the past week or so with my THIS IS THE FINAL STRAW style rage. It is real and it is to be reckoned with! We must navigate and ride this wave of energy, so we can coast out to brighter futures — we can do it! But action has to be made! Right has to be made to prevail over wrong. At any co$t.
We all are part divine feminine, and divine masculine. Let’s awaken this feminine energy and use it for all the powerful good it simply exudes at its deepest core!
Thank you so much for this! And this beautiful meeting space for like minds.
Love and light to all.
CS
Hadassah Jordan says:
Jun 13, 2016
Whilst it has taken years for my rage to be mastered, I understand now that is something to not be ashamed of but a very true part of the feminine that I am. Thank you for your writings and the triggers that your words off set.
Nick says:
Jun 13, 2016
Very interesting reflecting on the 10th of this month for me…which was only few days ago something switched inside me…I was like ..That’s it!!! I am no longer a victim. ..a spark lite a massive fire of confidence and inner belief all in a course of a few hours…i am finally driving my hearts true desire fearlessly with the help of the divine ..I been trying to switch this trigger on for years and years and within one hour bang…My whole heart exploded thanks to a trigger by another female.. my mother stating I must change my current lifestyle and get a real job!! sure I am just getting nowhere…well Eris inside me was awakened…finally…I am here on this earth to do good for animals nature and children and adults …for mother earth. ..inside said we will show them my true destiny for this world..no more victim I am here on a more important journey and I finally started to walk this path…I am so grateful for this piece it has really helped me relate to this ongoing time and energies…hope its as positive for you all too..xxx Namaste
Sarah says:
Jun 13, 2016
I LOVE Sarah Varcas ! many others who were all about “light and positivity ” and all that road more easily traveled of dualism and spiritual bypass stands for (and many yoga and new age teacher built careers and business on ) – she was always digging and telling it like it is! I am glad to see that her approach Is finally starting to gain deserved popularity and acceptance !
And MM your illustrations are glorious! Deck of cards made of them would be wonderful to have ;)
Gina says:
Jun 13, 2016
Sitting across from the attorney, who was to decide if he would take our case, I went over the events wherein my son nearly lost his life. I was detailed, forthright, and heartbroken reliving those moments. Upon finishing the attorney stated, “You have a strong personality. I’m wondering if you’ve already talked to witnesses. Just checking to make sure you haven’t poisoned the well.” I looked to my husband and saw he was laughing along with the attorney. I looked to the male assistant who had the sense to appear as astounded as I felt. I also felt shame, violated, nearly assaulted by both the attorney sitting across from me and my own husband. I knew instantly had I been a male sharing the tragic story of his child those comments would have never been made. I was made small and unable to step outside that smallness to bring clarity to the idiocy of his comments. I actually shook his hand and thanked him at the end of the meeting. That night I did not sleep and wept at the smallness that I felt to be.
Today I am aware that Uranus and Eris were, for the first time, both directly on my natal moon on June 9th. This opportunity to know Eris may enable me to become more unsentimental and clear, standing strong in who I am each moment. That meeting was an unimaginably painful incident for my inner self interpreted that moment as an assault by the man I love and the man who was supposed to help.
With Eris and Uranus passing over my moon until 2017 I will honor this passage as causative; one that transforms my emotive dysfunction which allows pain to disrupt my otherwise clear vision and thought. I will perhaps come out of this with less sentiment, more willing to engage in chaos, and embracing my strength instead of hiding it for fear of being off putting, particularly in moments when passion and strength are the only force that will endow enlightenment and change.
eva says:
Jun 14, 2016
I pray that Eris will intervene and STOP the horrendous crime the human race is committing on an ongoing basis to our friends in the animal kingdom. It is, in my humble opinion, the most pressing sake to to stop and to make humans understand and feel the horrors we are imposing on the animals and on this planet. I am an Aquarius and I feel this pain in my body and soul, knowing that every day, every second we are abusing and torturing animals.
isabelle says:
Jun 14, 2016
Thank you Sarah and all on this adventure to expand in truth and grow
every thing is possible it is so love
Jen says:
Jun 15, 2016
WOW! Thank you ! xo
Ayiniya says:
Jun 17, 2016
Words can not explain how I feel ,I just know from your writings ,what I’m experiencing is so real .im an earth keeper ,way shower .i want to do more , I need to use this to break thru the oppression of the feminine and my beautiful creature friends ,working every day on a higher level to do this .belssings.nameste.
Claire says:
Jun 18, 2016
I love this post but feel the need to express my own experience with Eris, Kali, and the other most powerful female goddesses/planets/archetypes who never forgot their true nature but stayed in their Heart even if it meant having to destroy the others to wake them up…only if to bring some clarity of the upcoming times…
The power held in this piece of our own divine blueprint is NECESSARY, this fierce warrior woman that we hold deep within is the most beautiful and nurturing of the real conquests we are making towards a world where sovereign beings hold true power over their own lives. I have had amazing experiences holding the vibration of these gorgeous aspects of the divine and it always comes to the same realization:
We can be fierce, and stand up for what we love, especially including the Earth Mother who holds us and cares for us without ever asking for anything in return.
We must. We must be fierce and never quitting, but with the most high and unique vibration that any conscious being holds. We must stand firm in our love, so that the others may shift!
In the past thousands of years, the Divine Feminine has been squashed, so the Love that comes from this piece emerges as snarling and angry. But the Mother is All-loving, because even the most demonic of creations are creations of the One and therefore deserve the same love that the most Light of beings deserve.
So in our ruthless and unconquerable gaze of what must be changed, please do the Goddess within a favor, and make change through the neverending love that lies deep within the heart. Heal within what needs to be looked at and healed and then remember how perfect you and the rest of God/Goddess are so that we may use this time of extreme power and authority to bring this planet to the healing and peaceful time for which it is ready.
Love the darkness, love it until it either has to leave this planet because it can’t handle being around your loving emanations anymore or it itself has to shift into light.
Love, my sweet warrior goddesses.
This is it.
Eris says:
May 23, 2018
Dear famous astrologers of the world:
Nobody understands me because I am the sacrifice, the scapegoat, the parts of your psyche you don’t want to deal with and therefore cannot see, which you collectively project out onto each other causing strife, the name they gave me, Eris. Then the priests come along and undertake a ritual and cast me out, or rather, an innocent person who can be blamed for all your problems. Once I’m gone, you see, peace is restored, but where did we all go after all, crying underneath the altar, Dear Lord, when will you grant justice to the innocent?
Oh woe dear humans, when you exclude me from your party after casting me out, your psyche is split. I was just sitting under a tree in the distance chewing on your cast off ego and, ooops, I must have thrown that apple core where you could find it. In your split off and fragmented state, by virtue of the fact that you excluded me because truly I am the belle of the ball, you could not mount a coherent response and saw the Great Feminine as fragmented into three separate goddesses, but we are one. Of course you chose eros in that state, you had no choice as your lusts rose again within, and hence Troy was lost.
It’s quite amusing to me to read all the conjecture by the world’s foremost astrologers in 2018, none of whom are capable of gleaning the tiniest sliver of truth. Perhaps some do, but they’re afraid to throw you an apple because the ramifications are so dire. This does not bode well, my friends, because now I’m shining down on you in your very own sky for real this time. I’m super reflective and I’m slowing coming closer. I’m here to tell my truth and me and my friends have so many bags full of apples, we don’t quite know where to start. On the other hand, many of you will do quite well with me, you are the integrated ones.
Love, Eris