Birthing In The Stars

in an illusion of death

This is a stunning picture of the most famous stellar factory. In the Orion Nebula hundreds of stars are being born, or are in the early stages of their infancy. Credit: NASA, ESA, C.R. O'Dell (Rice University), and S.K. Wong (Rice University)

September 7th 2:54 am Kassandra Marie Murray age 59, took her last breath.  Although it was up until 3 am that she was releasing air and her heart was stopping.  Her actual time of death could have been more like 3 o’clock and then the Lady Shallot poem she shared may hold greater significance.

As she lay in my arms, I couldn’t help encourage her to open her mouth to breathe, even though i knew it was her greatest wish to pass over.  As fluid was flowing like a spring from every orifice, the time had come but still that niggling part of me wanted to hold on to her.  I’m sure her angelic self was shaking her head smiling saying “Dena, Dena, Dena what is this?  you spent the last three days helping me die and what now you are slapping me on the back and trying to keep me alive” hehehe 

Divine instinct within us that allows us to preserve life of the body but what if we had the same commitment to the spirit?   This article is my preservation of the spirit of Ms. Kassandra and the principles of eternal life that may be helpful for others experiencing these types of transition.  

A few hours before her passing, Kassandra was saying the word “out”.  Only in retrospect did i understand she was telling us her spirit was coming out.  An hour before her death her lifeless body began to wiggle a little, almost like she was trying to get out of a tight wetsuit.  Just like in birthing a baby where there is often a release of the bowel or a little vomiting so the birthing of the soul took on the same flavour.  It was as if she was surrendering into the process and using the last little bit of energy to push herself from the body.  Ancient Egyptians suggest that it is the breath that holds the spirit to matter so once the breath ceases the spirit is liberated. The curtains blew in the spirit of love and took her out on spirit of love. 

After her passing she came to me in a dream with such grace, love and joy that I am compelled to share this vision of everlasting life.  In the dream she is in a lavender flowing dress, the same colour as her beautiful cheeks and lips. She is flying around dancing in the air, against the backdrop of a blue sky with white clouds, smiling with such joy and energy thanking me for helping her transition. The days and hours following her death I was filled with ideas and guided to her emails to turn her death into a lesson and this article may reflect her intent.  So it is… that I share these poems and quotes that she shared with me in email August 8, 2022.  Some may call it a coincidence that I hosted a sacred healing circle at my home for her two years later August 8, 2024 and then a month later Sept 8, 2024 we had her funeral and wake at her home.  I believe she put the intention into the Lion’s gate portal for a quick release.  The gathering in August may have been for her to connect friends and family, to say goodbye to her earthly existence, to take her place among the Stars.  

The Lady of Shalott (1832)
BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
…..
She left the web, she left the loom
She made three paces thro' the room
She saw the water-flower bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
       She look'd down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror crack'd from side to side;
'The curse is come upon me,' cried
       The Lady of Shalott.
…..
They cross'd themselves, their stars they blest,
Knight, minstrel, abbot, squire, and guest.
There lay a parchment on her breast,
That puzzled more than all the rest,
       The wellfed wits at Camelot.
'The web was woven curiously,
The charm is broken utterly,
Draw near and fear not,—this is I,
       The Lady of Shalott.'

Speaking of Stars, many also knew Ms. Kassandra was an astrologer. Her recent blog https://thegoodstar.love/ was a gathering place for stories and ideas.  She often studied the natal charts of her students to know how they would best learn and how she could best inspire them into greater love, power and wisdom.  Kassandra’s own childhood traumas perhaps inspired her Masters Degree in Healing Education and a desire to teach children. This is the way….  our pain fuels our purpose.  We can fear the fire or become the flame.  

In this interview she is discussing her educational insights.  Maybe those who may be missing her may find comfort in seeing her in video and feeling her legacy and everlasting presence?  https://www.bitchute.com/video/h6kFAsAGpCYB/  

Kassandra planted seeds of love and wisdom into her students.  Her stories and mythologies were so enchanting even adults sat at her feet to hear her wisdom.  She brought our history into the mystery of life.  The Eye of Horus or other Egyptian writings likely wouldn’t have been a part of the government school curriculum. She may have been birthing stars with ancient wisdom.  In our rememberings of loved one who have passed, it is also essential to integrate our perception.  If we just remember the "good" parts we may dwell in sadness. If we are just remembering the "bad" parts then we may show more gladness.  To remember them as they were with parts we liked and parts we didn't like,  we balance the tendency to infatuate with their memory.  Ms. Kassandra is no different, as she had parts that were taxing on those she loved too.   

As a budding astrologer myself,  we would often discuss the Stars and our different perspectives, so naturally I was curious to take a peek at her astrology natal chart at the time of her death to find some comfort to this transition and Jupiter gave it to me.  Jupiter the planet of joy, luck, abundance, beliefs and expansion was transiting in the sky over her natal North Node (mathematical point of her destiny).  Kassandra’s death was her path to a greater service, expansion and her evolutionary intent for being born.  Her birth time (although in the pm) was curiously very close to her death time and if I allow my imagination and chart investigations to go wild,  I may even split the difference and give them the same number.  In summary, her death was purposeful for bringing together the community and carrying, through a message of eternal love.  The following quote she shared with me, written 100 years previously on Steiner’s deathbed, seems significant for me to share it with you. 

We know [for I have often spoken with you of these things] how, when man has gone through the gate of death, he enters the world of the stars. What we are accustomed to call “stars” in the external, physical sense are no more than the outer sign and symbol of spiritual worlds which look down upon us and take their share and part in all the deeds of the evolution of mankind.
Source: Rudolf Steiner – GA 238 – The Last Address By Rudolf Steiner – Dornach, Michaelmas Eve, September 28, 1924

The evolution of humanity is happening now at a seemingly faster pace. Some will be able to ascend in this body and some will not.  As humans we are often held by our fear of death and get stuck in the mud of our mind, missing that which we can’t see.  The following questions may help you navigate the grief of your smaller mind into the greater wisdom of your heart.  Are your tears for the loved one who is living eternally in a spiritual form of unconditional love or are your tears for yourself because you can’t yet see the earthly transformation of that love?  The law of physics states that there is neither a loss nor gain in energy but simply transformation.  The traits that you miss show up in others and memory of our loved one is preserved in pictures, video, dreams and etched forever in our hearts.  Are you able to see the transformation and honour the divine love, wisdom and timing or would you rather hang out in the hell hole of grief ?  There seems to be a connection to grief in the present and guilt of the past so release them both at the same time to fully love in this present moment. Whatever you’ve done or not done, or what you imagine is there or not there is an illusion of smaller minded ideas. Your higher self knows, you can’t shag up the divine matrix.  All is love.

One mother I talked with shared her grief and I asked her where are the new forms of what she is missing in a friend, teacher, confident and she replied in grateful tears of the names of others who arrived to fill the gap and that she herself is stepping into this role as teacher and healer to minister to her family and community.  So beautiful to witness this alchemy. Be daring enough to ask yourself the question and truthful enough to answer, stepping into your own power.  To truly love the person you must rise into your higher self.  When you are vibrating at this higher frequency of love and grace, you have a direct line to your beloved and to the Great Spirit of creation.  

Kassandra's website is a brilliant platform of resources, reading and philosophies to stir the enthusiasm for life. Earlier this year, she hosted an event titled Wonder to Wisdom modelled after the Socrates quote, “wonder is the beginning of wisdom”.  Her website may provide a wonder filled springboard for continued love and learning.  Especially with the children now who may be missing her influence, remind them of the magic of their own imagination, the love in the transformation and their power to overcome apparent challenges.  A caterpillar goes into a cocoon to transform and butterflies their way through the stars. Ms Kassandra’s belly may have been full of cancer or full of leaves, preparing her for her transition 😊  I asked Kassandra in my prayers what message I could share with the children and her reply was to “ask them”.  Children have a healing love and wisdom in their heart, remember to ask, listen and learn.  In a humble state of grace, we receive.
 https://homeeducationconsultant.com/ 

Thank you Kassandra for leaving the school system who tried to muzzle the breath and voice of our children.  Thank you for your courage to step into a new paradigm of home education consultant.  Thank you for rising beyond your own personal financial fears to give a greater service of love.  Thank you for sharing your inspiring journey to expand into the Stars.  Thank you for the legacy of love and wisdom you have birthed into our children.  May you travel light on a frequency of love.  

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