Understanding Holy Week – Easter, & the Stages of Initiation
Holy Week is a momentous week. 2,500 years ago, when the Christ walked the Earth, inaugurating the new Pisces Age, the Aries/Jehovistic (Jewish Age) rites were passing away. Similar to our time now, 2,500 years later (length of an Age). At our present time, the Piscean rites are making room for the new Aquarian (esoteric, occult, astrological) rites (laws and principles). Below is an explanation of Holy Week and Easter, then and now.
And so….
Wednesday: Aries (12 degrees) Solar Festival (full moon). The Forces of Restoration stream to aid humanity’s psychological health and well-being.
Wednesday evening: Jewish Passover – remembering the long 40-year purifying journey from Age of Taurus (slavery in Egypt) to the Age of Aries (Age of Laws, Ten Commandments).
Holy Thursday: The Last Supper (Pisces celebration of the Jewish Passover) Christ gathering His disciples, instituting the priesthood, eucharist & the Mass (Pisces rites).
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, receiving instructions from the Father – to absorb (cleanse and purify) the ignorance and distortions. Christ, on his knees, arms on a rock (mineral kingdom), anchoring the Father’s Will, Love and Forgiveness for humanity.
Late night: betrayal by Judas for 30 pieces of silver (30 = 3 levels of the personality – physical body, emotions, lower mind – which can betray our spiritual essence. Christ imprisoned – when the personality betrays our Soul, we feel imprisoned.
Good Friday – Trial – Christ, accused of calling Himself King, is whipped, crowned with thorns, given a cross to carry to the Hill of Golgotha (skull). Fourteen steps (of sorrow and sacrifice) along the Way – Initiatory steps, we too experience.
From 12 – 3pm – Crucifixion. At His death, thunder and lightning, the “veils are rent” (door of Return to the Father opens for the first time in Earth’s history).
The body of Jesus (Christ overshadowed Jesus), taken down from the Cross, wrapped in fragrant linens, placed in the tomb.
Holy Saturday – Christ in the Earth’s depths, redeeming lost ones, showing them the way back to the Father. Churches are dark, no light, except the red Vesta light in the corner.
Resurrection (Easter) Sunday – Mary Magdalene at the tomb, seeing it is empty, rushing to find Him. Christ appears in His etheric body, and says to her, “I am here, Mary. And know this and tell everyone – there is no death (of the Soul & the Spirit). There is only Resurrection.” The paschal light is lit in churches – new Light for the new spiritual year.
For the next many years, Christ remained on Earth, living in community in the Judean hills with His disciples (male and female). He conveyed to them the importance of teaching humanity, along with the Aries Ten Commandments, the new Pisces law “to love one another.” Humanity, after 2000 years, still doesn’t understand this law. And so….the purpose of His immanent Reappearance. (For Daily Teachings – Risa’s FB page & https://nightlightnews.org/daily-postings/)
ARIES: Your new self-identity is attempting to come forth – from a wild, fast, anything goes (Mars) to a more refined sense of thought, planning and being right on schedule. There’s a bit of reflection in you, left over from a wound or two. But you stand at a point of brilliance that reflects on what is good. And chooses the good. There is a shift in your professional life that’s perhaps giving you pause. The Sun shines in your house of values. They will change. Wear a bit more green.
TAURUS: It seems your body’s in pain and suffering being overworked and over-impulsed to get important life-preserving tasks completed quickly. You’re ready for the new society to arrive. But you’re not prepared enough. This poses a paradox. Defend your beliefs and understandings as to how the cosmos is progressing as you plant lettuces, arugula (rocket), radishes, beans and cucumbers following biodynamic planting days.
GEMINI: I will assume you’re really seeking to be the new kid on the block in some group or community. However, your idea takes you only so far. After several steps in that direction your courage fails, you turn back to what you know, what’s of comfort. Perhaps the next couple of months you’ll be able to take more steps, find yourself in the group you long for, and feel a sense of accomplishment and stability. We’re waiting for you.
CANCER: You may begin to feel a bit more comfort when the Sun enters Taurus (Sun in Aries can feel abrasive). The earth of Taurus absorbs your flowing and watery ways (including tears). It’s important that routines are shaken, excitement enters your life, a liberating experience occurring so that you sense a fresh start in all endeavors. Gardening, in its simplest ways, is best for you. Your Cancer energies water the roots of all plants. The rootlets of the plant love you. The devas love you. The plants love you.
LEO: A resurrection is occurring in your thoughts of adventure, travel, study and wanting to see things newly and in a new light. Grace comes through the ability to be calm when change and transformation occur, which may be occurring concerning your work. You’ll need alternate perspectives, standing steady upon your own values. They empower you. Allow disappointment to fuel thoughts of doing everything new in every area of life. You need a little thrill, a little sense of adventure. What would that be?
VIRGO: You will feel calmer this week but only for a while. Then all of a sudden a passion, an urge, an aspiration overtakes you. Plans are revised, things drift apart and a powerful surge of provocation and moving forward is felt. Your best choice is to seek the utmost pleasures, based on hidden desires. These will save you from frustration, feelings of loss, and a false consideration of what you lack (not real but you feel it). Don’t worry about the money. Forge ahead w/ confidence.
LIBRA: Have you felt a withdrawal, a sense of seclusion? Have you been busy with other people’s realities, setting your thoughts, hopes, wishes aside? Do what is needed for relationships to stabilize. There is a liberation when we love more, and a sense of vitality and power suddenly occurs. Shadows that arrive are about old things not brought to a close, old patterns not dealt with, love withdrawn which means love lost. It’s a family matter needing tending. Again, love more. Just do it.
SCORPIO: In the next year and a half, new patterns, archetypes, ways of handling money will emerge. What are your thoughts concerning money, finances and resources these days? Perhaps you’re creatively imagining different situations with your money. Travel is one important consideration. Your daily life is in complete change. If you scamper away into a state of seclusion and secrecy no one would mind. Silence, solitude and contemplation would assist you in handling work pressures. Liberation is happening on little cat’s feet.
SAGITTARIUS: Soon you will experience a shift into a calmer and more composed state, soothing your more impulsive thoughts and feelings. You welcome this. However, restraint still needs to be a point of intention. You could go off and spend all your money, gambling all resources (emotional, physical, vital) with one swift emotional choice. Then you’ll be responsible for consequences. You can be as dramatic as you’d like. However, attempt a bit of practicality and be conciliatory, too. The usual paradox.
CAPRICORN: You’re both public and private, constrained and outgoing, professional and a homebody, sensible and passionate. You may be bordering on exhaustion at this time and truly need to get away, anywhere, experiencing rest, relaxation, warm waters, new people, places, architecture, geography, culture, and food. These lead to a sense of righting the world again. When you return, that time of rest allows for new creativity (art, gardening, the landscapes of your mind). You’re faster than usual. Be aware no one can keep up.
AQUARIUS: It’s most important to take care with all interactions, communication, driving, walking, moving about. Careful with judgments, what and how you think. Careful with anything you feel opposed to. Eventually you will need to accept and integrate what you oppose. So make its acquaintance, shadow it, shower it talk in harmony with it, be graceful. It’s possible you’re looking for a new neighborhood to live in. One that’s eclectic, artistic, unusual, vibrant and creative, Aquarian. You may have to create it. Think community.
PISCES: You may feel that money is flowing from you like an unending stream and it perhaps actually is flowing out. Take this time to consider all facets of money and resources. Order and organize in new ways what goes out, what comes in, how to be prudent, and to tithe more. You have known to do this for a long time and now that time of actual activity has arrived. Try not to destabilize previous financial endeavors. Praise all activity with money. Sudden new values will appear. Embrace them slowly and cautiously. Learn the true science of manifestation.
