September 4th: The parallel between the North Lunar Node and the Trifid Nebula strengthens the higher mind, boosts creativity and competition ... as the summer/winter 2011 comes to an end.

September 4: No exact combinations that are significant among the major planets and asteroids in the solar system happen today. However, it is worth noting the exact parallel between the North Lunar Node and the Trifid Nebula (M20), The North Lunar Node represents a way forward to continue evolving, and the stars and objects that it makes contact with in its movement through the zodiac are indicators of that direction. At this end of summer / winter 2011, it's up to the Trifid Nebula to define the evolutive trend of the moment. What is it about?

Powerful Creativity

     The Trifid Nebula is one of the most interesting objects in our galaxy, primarily for its visual appeal. It is one of the most beautiful nebulae known, because it is actualy a combination of a reflection nebula, which shines blue, with an emission nebula gowing in pink, so that in the spectrum of visible light has a special appeal. Dense clouds of dust obscure and cross its center dividing it into three zones, hence the name Trifid, meaning "in three parts." In these dark clouds stars are being born, and recently there have been discovered many protostars in them, embryonic stars not seen in visible light but only in the infrared due to their strong thermal emission. The Trifid Nebula is a huge source of cosmic creativity.  In the next link, you can the image of M20 in Infrared, which is beautiful and shows the interior of the cosmic matrix, revealing a number of newborn stars and others still in their embryonic state:

Trifid Nebula in infrared

     This creativity is not always very positive, or in any case, it has elements that are potentially destructive. At the center of the nebula, where the dark clouds converge, there is a multiple star system of high temperature, all stars orbiting around each other. The star responsible for lighting most of M20 is an extremely hot star of type 07, whose intense radiation erodes and destroys many of the stellar embryos around. The survival of the fittest is applied relentlessly in the Trifid Nebula . Thus, astrologically corresponds to fierce competitions, with power and ideological struggles.


A ruthless nebula, but also fertile and intellectual

     The position of the Trifid Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, and the high temperature of the stars at its center suggests an association with trascendant issues, with social, political, religious ideologies  as well as scientific knowledge. No one could think of the Trifid as a symbol of superficiality, but the extremist trend also suggests the imposition of ideas, fanaticism, ideological prejudices that become more important than the reality of the moment ... Such a power also requires restraint and dosage ...

     Thus,the North Lunar Node transit on the Trifid Nebula, which is valid from August 3rd to September 28, 2011, invites us to develop our best qualities, highlighting our own creative potential .. It's good to focus on projects incubating in the month of September. However, this can also come with a tendency to become self-centered, dominant and impositive. On the other hand, in order to evolve, as required by North Lunar Node, sometimes we have to rely on our beliefs to keep moving on. Of course, if they do not interfere with the development of others. It is thus also a good time to check that our ideas are not rigid and try to impose them to a reality which might require a little more flexibility instead.

     Whether we place ourselves in the position to promote our beliefs or to impose our opinions, the Trifid Nebula tells us about the power of our ideas and invites us to use it wisely. It is a good time to acquire wisdom, either from the spiritual or scientific point of view, as the fundamental truths of existence will manifest for those who want to see them and reflect on them. No doubt that in this transition period, events worldwide and at a personal level wil invite us to meditate on those universal truths and the way in which we apply them in everyday life. And, hopefully, the power of this nebula can be focused more on building a reality that is favored by our minds and not forced to fit our dogmas, as great as they may appear to be.

Carlos Duarte