Our Time to Shine

We are feeling the squeeze now.  We have known for years, if we are astrologers that this is coming.  If we are light workers, we have been assured that it would come. Now it is upon us and it is getting really hard to navigate the energies.
So what is needed is to raise our energies.  When I say "stay out of the muck", this is what I am saying.   Keep the chakras clear and bubbling.  Keep the white light around you like a cloak, let it flow out to the world around you,.   Radiate your positive energy.
Stay away from all the negative messaging, it is merely the end of the old structures.  Keep the pressure on to have them held accountable, but don't muck around in their methods.
I am finding it helpful to look to both ancient mysteries and to the opening of information about new dimensions and parallel universes.
Little things I have seen lately are point to new awareness, at the moment it is coming from everywhere.
Deepak Chopra's assurance that consciousness is non locational, reminded me of how large we all can be if we get a bit higher and not so dependent on the physical body or location.
But that's just one of many new ideas out there.  if they help me make my soul larger, I keep them , if they diminish  my own knowing, I let them go, or toss them decisively out.
No matter which Light work areas you have followed up to now, you will find that they all lead to the center..  Keep your mind open to new messages, because the key may come from unexpected places.  Your inner listening will tell you whether to believe them or not.  
A lot of aspiring light workers are going to come out now with some half baked ideas.  This is because they can't stop clinging to their old paradigm.  Be gentle with them and bring them to love. 
There is a lot of power behind the level of change we have been hoping for and it is right now, and for years. This is our time. Come on out and play!

The US Chart at the Eclipse.

The first thing I notice when I pull up the USA chart, is that most of the planets are in water and air.  With Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Mercury in Cancer, water is our most comfortable energy.  The Cardinal Grand Cross begins to put a lot of stress there.  Especially on Venus and Jupiter.
it is interesting that this occurs just as we are having the the biggest pollution event in the Gulf of Mexico. Neptune is on the US Moon in Aquarius during this time too, more water energy in an air sign.  perhaps that is where we look for the pollutants that are in the air there.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dk-matai/gulf-of-mexico-danger-of_b_619095.html
"The escape of other poisonous gases associated with an underground methane bubble -- such as hydrogen sulfide, benzene and methylene chloride -- have also been found. Recently, the EPA measured hydrogen sulfide at more than 1,000 parts per billion (ppb) -- well above the normal 5 to 10 ppb. Some benzene levels were measured near the Gulf of Mexico in the range of 3,000 to 4,000 ppb -- up from the normal 0 to 4 ppb. Benzene gas is water soluble and is a carcinogen at levels of 1,000 ppb according to the EPA. Upon using a GPS and depth finder system, experts have discovered a large gas bubble, 15 to 20 miles wide and tens of feet high, under the ocean floor. These bubbles are common. Some even believe that the rapid release of similar bubbles may have caused the sinking of ships and planes in the Bermuda Triangle."

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It is interesting that on the day there is also Mercury on Mars and transiting Mars is squaring the US Uranus just as a General's spouting off against civilian leadership was being published. Which caused me to take a look at Obama's chart and see Mars on his Natal Pluto.He'll fire the guy. This is about civilian control and respect for the office of the President, kind of Plutonian energy. Saturn has been up against his mars since the election and it is off now.  He is feeling freer.


Obama himself might have a problem with a woman in his life this next week, with his Venus hitting the whole energy of this eclipse.  

The US chart is showing a lot of energy on the lunar eclipse.  This whole period in the next few years all the way to the Pluto return in the 2020's.is ripe with transformation.  

Transformation can often begin with dissatisfaction with the present energies.  That is, no doubt what Uranus and Jupiter will begin to provide. at the moment.

I was surprised to see that the progressed US chart shows most planets in air and water again.  They are mostly out of the way of the energies of the Cardinal Cross.  This is good, we don't need that.  It will also show me whether the transiting or the progressed charts show me more about political world.

Now the next Lunar eclipse is half a degree from the Capricorn ingress December 21. There is a big stellium right with it, split between Sagittarius and Capricorn. The eclipse is on the US Saturn return widely squaring it., another element indicating a big transition. And it squares the US Sun to give it all a bit more oomph.  Do we NEED more oomph?  Then the Solar eclipse on January 4 gets us a T-square, opposing US Sun with a Saturn return at the point.  

The USofA is going through quite a time.  This is how we change and grow. And growth and change are ultimately good, but they require a lot of energy.  And you can be sure that they wil be opposed by the people in power now, especially in the banks and corporations.

Tune in tomorrow.....

I had every intention of writing about the US chart in the midst of the Cardinal pile-up. Then the pile-up piled up on me.

With Jupiter and Uranus at the exact end of my 12th house. My energy just folded. They have been making me do a lot more lately, but today I hit the wall.

I need to save my energy though because, they will be dancing on my ascendant soon, and no doubt life will require a lot. And I am no puppy.

So I've been hanging with Sage, my wolf companion. And looking at the US chart. There is a lot there, but it will be tomorrow before I get to it. Tune in.

The Dance Begins in Earnest

Well today's the day! The Cardinal Grand Cross that really marks the beginning of an amazing dance of the Stars. Certain aspects of this have happened before every two hundred years or so.

That is Uranus and Jupiter in Aries. It is a time of brilliant, Earth changing inventions and ideas. I expect the same and more from this one, there is a lot of support for a huge level of change.

We will begin to see some of those by the end of the year as on December 21sh we have another lunar eclipse Making a Tee-square to the two planets just as the personal planets are all, one after another making conjunctions to Pluto and squaring Uranus and Jupiter. Transformation should begin to be evident. But it will still be rocking and rolling. You have to kind of get your sea legs with this energy because it will go on for a long time.

The other thing that happens every two hundred and forty years is Pluto's transit to Capricorn.

That one is an end to systems, government, social orders, all of those issues that have organized groups of people and have worn out their welcome. American Revolution, French Revolution, Renaissance, they all have their beginnings when Pluto transforms Capricorn.

And here we go again. These systems do not go down easily, so expect a lot of resistance from the powers in power. But they have to go and Pluto is just at the very beginning of a long visit to Capricorn.

The only thing that makes me kind of nervous at the moment is Uranus backing into Pisces at the end of August. I don't want that explosive puppy anywhere near the water at the moment.

Jupiter joins it there in September and the energy gets bigger and hopefully better.

But just now the Sun is in Cancer, summer has begun at 104 degrees, Tony Bordain is on the television and the Sun is in Cancer, I am getting hungry. The state of Arizona is hoping for a monsoon, soon.

Cardinals at the Eclipse….and a Comet!

We have been experiencing the beginning energies of the Cardinal Grand Cross for a few weeks now. How do you like it so far?

We can see the energy heating up. The BP oil spill, is Uranus’s parting gift to Pisces. Add the monetary troubles in Europe. And the banking bill in the US is getting tighter with more restrictions on financial structure as Pluto in Capricorn begins to transform systems.

There have been many, many low level earthquakes shaking in Southern California and Northern Mexico.

I am becoming more and more convinced that Hades is mixed up in this as I watch the oil spill evolve into a more and more serious threat, to a larger and larger part of the planet. Really nasty chemicals are blowing around in major concentrations. People along the gulf coast are getting sick. Sulfurous odor, it sounds like Hades in all its mythos. And Hades is creeping up to the Cardinal Point, at the time of the Eclipse it will be less than a degree from Cancer.

The Cardinal Cross begins in earnest with the Sun’s ingress into Cancer, squaring Jupiter and Uranus in Aries, opposing Pluto in Capricorn, squaring Saturn, still in Virgo, but direct and 2 degrees from Libra’s Cardinal point.

We must pay attention and act when it can help, but to just holding on to anger and rage and fear only gives the powers who are being restructured by this energy more fuel.

In order to be restructured, they need to fall apart. This will make a lot of noise, and be met with stronger and stronger efforts by the people on top to hold their power. It will take a constant and focused push. But you are seeing that with earth changes, chemicals and oil in the water.

Anger and rage will get us off focus. The negative emotions going off here and there will just give them more determination to hold their power. But mother Earth is transforming and the power will not survive in the way it has been.

Pluto in Capricorn is going to restructure government and businesses. That is what it does. Look at its last transit to Capricorn, the downfall of monarchies. The previous Capricorn passage marked the Renaissance.

Uranus makes this happen faster, more intensely. Jupiter makes things bigger, but generally more beneficial. Saturn is structures, buildings, laws, rules, schools, businesses, etc. 911 happened with a Pluto/Saturn opposition. Squares are a little more intense.

The restructuring has a long time to complete since it needs to go deep. The really intense planets are the outers, because they move so slowly they allow a complete transformation.

In one way or another, all of the slow moving planets are in this summer’s astrology, and all in a very intense way. The Cardinal axis is the strongest area of the Zodiac. It is where the energy begins to make things happen. The Grand Cross is an astrological event of immense power.

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And that would be enough for most centuries. But in this one we have a lunar eclipse right on the Grand Cross, this is on June 26th. (Do you think somebody is trying to tell us something?) Eclipses nail down energy for months for sure and certain points can resonate for years with transits to that point, the Cardinal point.

There are two new energies to that point with this eclipse. The Moon is directly on Pluto, and Mercury has joined the Sun. That includes them into the mix for any of the eclipse transits coming up.

The moon brings deep emotion and Mercury adds logic, communications and speed. The two are opposing, as they often are in life, but they are both being influenced by Pluto which can transform their energies and squared by Uranus and Jupiter which can add an immediate shot of expansive energy to facilitate this transformation.

So, as an eclipse, this remarkable energy will continue for some time. Things will not just calm down after awhile, and go back to normal. We are restructuring. We are creating a new normal.

Just at the eclipse on the 25th, Moon/Pluto is sextiling Neptune which is trining the planets and Uranians that conjunct Sun, Hades and Posiedon. This energy could be very positive if we can stay with the very spiritual and positive energies of Neptune, adding Posiedon’s intuition Hades depth and Appolon’s perceptions forming a Grand trine.

It is a good time to start a meditation practice, to get above the negative emotions that will be unleashed as things get more intense.

Just in case you think this might all be a coincidence and not terribly important, there is a comet in it. This comet is 1 degree from the Cardinal axis at the eclipse. In old astrology, a comet used to signify the death of kings. I have heard that the y bode no good, but the most intense comet in years, brought me a granddaughter, so I can’t complain. Another one removed a boyfriend who had overstayed his welcome, so they have pretty much worked for me personally.

When this grand cross begins to look like it is dissipating, we will begin a long dance between Uranus and Pluto, the two planets that brought us the sixties. And they did that in gentle little Virgo. This time they do their paso dobles, in Aries and Capricorn. This is no boogie. And it goes on for years.

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Now an interesting thing happens when I add the ladies, the asteroids with feminine energy and, of course, Lilith. With those additions, the chart lights up with trines and sextiles.

Clearly these asteroids have been placed to help us see a way through these challenges.

Ceres: The great mother, or the principle of unconditional love. Ceres

Pallas Athene: The warrior queen, the principle of creative intelligence and wisdom.

Juno: The divine consort, or the principle of relatedness.

Vesta: The eternal flame, which burns forever in the hearth.

Lilith: dark feminine energy, the shadow.

These are just a quick definition of the asteroid’s characteristics, to understand them more completely do some googling and find a few different descriptions of each one.

These energies are flowing with more ease at this eclipse. They can be used to help navigate this difficult terrain.

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Two things will help here. The ability to create and visualize the kind of Earth we want to see beyond this time. It is a time for massive creativity and new ideas. This is not just the old system coming down; it begins the rise of the new. And we can begin to create that.

We can all speculate which things will cause what changes. But those of us who can stay out of fear and anger can use that energy to create the place we want to live in.

You now find that you are privileged to live in a time that will change the structures we know forever. No one but those of us who live in this time and this place can make these changes. These fears of destruction are unfounded, there will be destruction so that we can rebuild to a better system.

You were born into this time for a reason. We are all in a much bigger way, co-creators of the future. The changes that we will see, we will all help create. This is not a thing that is happening to you to make your life difficult. It is happening to give you a canvas unto which you can design your new Earth.

Stay in the light.

If you are a light worker, this is your time.

The Cardinal Aspect of the Coming Cardinal Pile Up.

At the end of this month, Saturn is going to enter a Cardinal sign, Libra. Pluto is already in a Cardinal Sign, Capricorn. We should see the energy begin to shift rather soon. Until now we have had a lot of mutable energy. Mutable energy reacts. Cardinal energy initiates. It is quite a shift.

If you are tired of all the energy around winging, (whining) and ready to see some actual movement, you will like this change. If you are a little afraid of any quick action, it could throw you. So begin to get prepared.

On June 6, Jupiter and Uranus enter Aries together, this completes the Cardinal pile up of the outer, Social and slower moving planets.

Only Neptune stays behind in Aquarius, a fixed sign. I like it there during this time because it opens a channel to the spiritual in a really culturally creative place. We can use that energy.

The solstice that year gives us a Cardinal grand cross. It puts a planet within a narrow 5 degree orb from the 0 point in each Cardinal sign.

As I was writing this, I took a little break to the patio and saw a Cardinal at the bird feeder. Spirit seems to be with me in the writing.

During the time of the Cardinal signs, you should see a lot of things get moving. But this is not subtle background motion, its way more in your face. So begin to polish your spiritual armor a bit. This won’t be passive aggressive energy.

It could be the end of political correctness. Don’t let it throw you. It will allow you to express yourself more directly without tip toeing around trying not to offend anyone. For some of us it will be a blessed relief. For others (I’m talking to you water signs) It could be jarring.

Remember the white light, blow it out around you daily, at least until you get used to the new energy. You can also put it around your house and your car and your pets, whatever feels a bit threatened.

If you are really freaking, try wearing a black tourmaline crystal on a chain that puts it between your heart and your solar plexus. It keeps negative energy away. When I find myself surrounded by the negative vibes, I always wear it and it helps amazingly well.

Let me know if you need it and can’t find it, I can get it for you very inexpensively.Edit Pages

You are liable to notice this energy coming at you before you notice that you are carrying it. And trying to make the adjustment can be a bit of a bumpy ride.

But the energy will let us begin to move, to make changes, to become.

This is a good time to begin to DO things you have been putting off. Wonderful things can be begun. The energy is with us to create. Neptune in Aquarius can become more than a dream now.

It is almost here... The Cardinal Grand Cross

Here we go. The Cardinal Grand Cross is upon us. Uranus and Jupiter are conjunct in Pisces. Pisces province is water and oil, Uranus just leaving Pisces brings an energy of explosion, Jupiter makes it bigger. And this is just the energy of the mutable houses that only react to circumstances.

Next week Uranus enters Aries. Aries is all about getting moving, action; it’s going to be a summer to remember. Jupiter is only one degree behind, on June 6, Jupiter enters Aries, right on top of Uranus. Major action, enthusiasm, high energy here, it is higher than we have seen in years. It will be the sixties on steroids before we get through it. But it begins with action, ideas, originality.

We will probably see new inventions that change everything. Perhaps a new power source, something unique for certain. And its ability to really change our lives is here too.

But this is not all that is going on now. Saturn opposes Uranus and Jupiter. Saturn is the energy of systems, hierarchies; Uranus and Jupiter are powerful change agents when working together. We have been seeing this in politics. Constant challenges to whatever order is in power.

Add to this the energy of Pluto in Capricorn. Capricorn is the seat of Hierarchies and Social structure, ruled by Saturn so it has a lot of the same energy. Pluto is deep transformation. Pluto’s last trip through Capricorn brought us the American Revolution.

Now we have four of the most powerful planets in the Zodiac at right angles to each other, powerful energies all working together all with different but intense energies.

Enter the Sun. On June 21, The Sun enters Cancer forming a perfect square to the outer planets. This completes the setup for action.

These planets will push things toward change and transformation, they will challenge systems, they will transform structures. Expect many areas that are considered “just the way thing are” to be toppled, then transformed to a better energy.

Transformation takes some time to go deeply. This will not happen overnight. This is just the beginning, in one way or another this kind of energy will go on for years.

One place where it will be felt the most will be in the feel of the new energy. For most of my life, we have had outer planets in mutable signs when they have been active. But now they are all moving into Cardinal signs. The difference? Mutable reacts, Cardinal acts.

Cardinal energy is very direct, there is a lot of action, and new things begin. To many of us, this is going to feel really good. Finally, we can get moving, speak our piece. The unfortunate part is that everyone will be doing it at once.

The things I am describing are of a general overall look at the start of this energy. It will affect each of you differently according to your own personal planetary placements.

The last time we had placements close to this was during the sixties. Some people remember the sixties as a big party, some remember the protests, some only recall the assassinations. But when it was finished, the world would never be the same again.

As we head into this time, we will find the same outcome, how we choose to ride through it is up to each of us.

It is a good time to get to know your chart and see how it will be operating in your own life.

Light workers prepare, this is our time.

Blessings