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Global Forecast: 2022

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Appreciable change is coming, but so is the opportunity for real transformation…

The South node of the moon spends 2022 in Scorpio showing the tendency for those in leadership positions in government, industry, and technology, to resist beneficial change which becomes an impediment to real transformation. This resistance arises from an unhealthy need to control the direction of life and leads to compulsive actions represented by the North node of the moon in Taurus. This will tend to create an excessive increase in manufacturing and production brought on by higher rates of consumption, especially through manipulative forms of communication, marketing, and “fake news”. There will also be a wide scale attempt to possess, develop, and control significant aspects of the earth, especially land and minerals.

What to do? Taurus is ruled by Venus and is related to seeking comfort and convenience through materiality and worldly possessions. Unfortunately, when our primary means of seeking fulfilment is through the world rather than by establishing a strong relationship to an inner state of wellbeing, we develop an attachment to worldly results and define our contentment through what we possess. This leads to “confidence without clarity”.

As individuals, we should remember that the best form of government is by the people and not by the government. Unfortunately, in an era of extreme ideologies fostered by power-hungry media and social media giants, society tends to vacillate between the two extremes of right and left, either between the over-fixation on profit at the expense of human wellbeing, socio-economic harmony, and a healthy environment, or the attempted social engineering and attachment to petty personal identities at the expense of a free society and an all-inclusive state of universal brotherhood. Taurus is especially energised during 2022 and this spells opportunity to “sit at the same table” if we can become better at controlling the knee-jerk emotions that arise from our past pain. As individuals, this means we need a better relationship to our higher, authentic self.

MAYDAY 2020: How to Take Advantage of the Coming Change

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This coming week, a major change is taking place in the astrological heavens: the nodes of the Moon will change signs, something that only happens every one and a half years. On May 6, the South node moves into Sagittarius while the North node enters Gemini. As you will recall from last month’s newsletter, the South Node has been in Capricorn since November 2018. The South node represents our past and its location in astrology signifies where constriction from the subconscious pain and pleasure of previous lives keeps us knotted up and confused about how to move forward. Capricorn is our capacity to listen to our higher self, the truth that is rooted firmly in the present and never the past. This capacity to listen, however, has tended to be “bound up” with the past, making it difficult to know what direction to take.

Nothing represents this confusion more than the current Covid-19 pandemic. Even now, scientists are not completely sure with what they are dealing and false information has been rampant. Capricorn represents governments, the establishment, right action and jobs. Delays and confusion has been the norm for many governments and even experienced medical experts. Those countries with the highest fatalities and cases were some of the slowest to act and to make it worse, people around the world are suffering from loss of livelihoods.

As I mentioned last week, to offset our incapacity to take a firm step forward, we needed to look toward the North Node. In Cancer, it represents home, family, the feminine and sweet emotions like love, joy, compassion and gratitude. Embracing these aspects of our lives consciously and not as a knee-jerk response to fear, we actually loosen the hold of the past, allowing us to see our better options. As horrible as this period has been for many people, it is still an opportunity to become better humans.

So what of Sagittarius and Gemini, the signs of the zodiac the nodes will soon occupy? What tendencies will be energised for the next year and one half? Where could we stumble and where could we find an answer?

Sagittarius is the sign of purification. It is a fire sign and it is Sagittarius that represents the need to experience the “fire” of life in order to be willing enough to grow beyond our limited perspectives. Ultimately, this fire frees us from our limited view of ourself but the process can be challenging. Like gold in the fire of the goldsmith, we need to embrace the fire in order to be transformed into our highest potential. Old concepts must go in order for a new life to emerge.

The challenge comes not so much in having to go through transformation as it is our resistance to the process. The South node in Sagittarius indicates that we will tend to resist this change, that we will not want to let go of what has been the status quo in order to embrace a brighter future. Many in the media are speaking of a “new normal” as if it is something to fear and dread. This cannot be further from reality. The “normal” ways we have lived life has got to change. Our education systems are a shambles, the gap between rich and poor widens and the planet is nearing a point of collapse. A new normal is absolutely needed.

Sagittarius is also related to wealth and abundance. What this indicates, then, is that for the next year and a half, we will experience challenges related to wealth stemming from our desire to hold onto it at any cost. For some, there may be great fluctuations in their wealth–up and down, up and down– as this desire to “hang on” stems from a tumultuous past and needs to be understood as a compulsion based upon fear from previous lives and not indicative of what we should do, now, in the present. In many ways, people will be asked to take a profound look at their lives and reevaluate the consumer oriented economy. How much does one really need in order to live a good life for themselves and their family?

How does one gain more awareness into this process? The past holds us prisoner in our subconscious, a place that is very difficult to illuminate. The answer is found in the North node and its location in Gemini. On the one hand, the North node represents the compulsive actions arising as a “knee-jerk” response to the past. In this way, the North node indicates challenge through unconscious action. However, the North node always represents a doorway through which we can imbibe our higher aspirations. These aspirations are a reflection of our higher self, our authentic self free from our past. Unconscious action digs the hole deeper; conscious action brings illumination and a better life.

What does this doorway look like over these coming months?

Gemini is the sign of discernment, of discrimination and analysis. These qualities lie in the conscious part of the mind and evolution has made it available to us as a tool for our survival. Without this aspect of our intellect, we would not be able to survive in the world; a mind without discrimination would endanger the body. The reason you don’t intentionally lay your hand on a hot stove is because you have been burned before and you you don’t need to be told again. However, in the course of living many lifetimes, we have gained impressions from countless situations and circumstances. These impressions keep us from making conscious choices. Instead, our tendency is to go blindly down the road of life acting upon any desire that rears its head never realising these compulsions our simply holdovers from a painful past. In this way, we create a difficult life for ourselves.

Our challenge during this period is to use our powers of discernment and discrimination as a tool to lead us to a better life. When a desire arises in the mind, hit the pause button. Never take action when you are “excited” by either fear or expectation for excitement is not wisdom; excitement is simply anticipating a reward. The stronger the desire, the stronger the excitement. Instead, look for qualities like enthusiasm, joy, aliveness, compassion; these are more “true” and are much more likely to lead you down the best path for you. These emotions need no “reward” for the reward is the experience, itself.

To summarise, these are the primary “push and pulls” over the next year and one half:

  • The South node indicates an unwillingness to sacrifice our comforts and pleasures for a higher state of consciousness. This unwillingness will actually create an attempt to avoid what is best for us, think, instead, that it will do us harm.
  • Unwillingness causes us to become constricted and overly sensitive in whatever specific areas of life Sagittarius represents for us (as per our astrological chart)
  • This, in turn, causes a knee-jerk response such that may tend to “overthink” everything, choosing actions based upon warped logic and not truth, that is, not what is really best for ourselves and others. Without awareness, the primary motive to act becomes one of safety and security.

To live harmoniously, we need to:

  • First, reflect. Not every desire that arises is harmful. How to determine which are beneficial and which are not? Only act upon those desires that reflect where you really want to go; most desires are wolves in sheep’s clothing and only reveal themselves to be a compulsion after you have engaged them and suffered. Discrimination brought about by thoughtful contemplation and self-reflection will go a long way toward getting you through this period in the best way possible.
  • As you do this, you will naturally see the areas of your life, represented by Sagittarius, open up and take on a greater harmony with life. Areas, especially finances, will become more clear so that you can better navigate through this challenging period.

This next year and one half is really asking you to contemplate very deeply what it is you want and where it is you want to go. As I have said repeatedly, the pandemic is an opportunity, a call to live a better, more harmonious life. Most will not understand the potential of this time and will simply bounce between the karmas of their past. You, on the other hand, can unequivocally come out of this a better person living a better life.

Be vigilant… then go for it!

Starlog 2020: March
Coronavirus: Opportunity in Disguise?

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Several of you have been asking about the novel coronavirus in regard to astrology. Of course, to understand the specific energies at play for an individual, your birth chart needs to be examined in terms of past life karmas, current health status and what tendencies are active in your current life situation. Nevertheless, by looking at the current positions of the slow moving planets, ie, Saturn, Jupiter and the nodes of the Moon, we can gain clarity as to humanity as a whole.

Those of you who have had readings with me know that the nodes of the moon are the most significant aspects of a chart. The South node reveals where we need awareness in our lives in order to become “unstuck” and experience more success and joy, while the North node reveals the conscious action that will bring that awareness.

Currently, the South node is in Capricorn, the sign that is fundamentally about a human being’s capacity to listen to the higher self. Without awareness, the South node indicates delusion, where, through tradition, habitual thinking, or wrong understanding about our true nature, we perceive the world in a way that is false. This falsehood creates fear and the actions we undertake are predominantly those we think will avoid what it is we fear. Opposite the South node in Capricorn is the North node in Cancer which represents those actions. Without awareness, our actions become an emotional reaction to what we fear.

In other words, current astrological indications are telling us that the tendency for human beings at this moment in time is to be deaf to the voice of their higher self, their voice of intuition and insight. This creates fear and shows up in the North node in Cancer as panic, hysteria, worry, etc.

This is further exacerbated by two events currently underway: Saturn leaving Capricorn and entering Aquarius and Jupiter’s transit of Capricorn which began last December. Saturn in Capricorn indicates the capacity to be grounded, real, unemotional and practical. Though it does well in Aquarius, too, in Capricorn Saturn indicates human beings have at least some foothold in stability. Jupiter, a planet of optimism and expansion, is constricted in Capricorn and the association with the South node means pessimism and overreaction.

By the end of April, the nodes leave their current signs. As astronomical points that move “backwards”, this means the South node will move into Sagittarius as the North node enters Gemini. This is significant for everyone on earth and will certainly indicate a change to the current situation. Sagittarius is the sign of purification and sacrifice indicating a need to let go of certain comforts and conveyances though most people will be resistant to sacrificing their comforts in order to bring about real change. Likewise, the North node in Gemini indicates a tendency to overuse logic and reasoning and to get lost in the details of a situation by losing sight of the whole picture. During this period, discriminating between what is real and unreal, between what is helpful and unhelpful, will be necessary to analyse available options in the most beneficial way.

In a nutshell:

Through April, our conditioned mind:

  • Makes it challenging to hear the voice of our higher self, the one Consciousness
  • This can lead to fear causing worry and panic
  • Which leads to over-reactions and actions based upon fear

What needs to happen:

  • Stay grounded, centred, organised and practical.
  • The tendency will be to experience constricting emotions like fear, worry, panic.  To counter this tendency, use the energy of emotion but direct it toward love, joy, compassion and gratitude and service. This can most easily be achieved by embracing the fundamental aspects of Cancer that includes the feminine, home and family and our natural inclination to nurture and comfort.

A word of caution: for those of you deeply attached to family, it can be challenging because you will tend to be in “survival mode” and make choices from feelings of limitation and fear. Everything you need to live a beautiful life is within you and for those of you that can experience a bit of space, you will more easily see what it is you need to do. The best path is to practice staying connected to your own sweetness… then serving your family and the world from that source within you.

Building strength through May and at least the end of the year:

  • The conditioned mind tends to be unwilling to embrace sacrifice and disruption of conveyance and comfort
  • This creates a tendency to “over-think”,  losing the holistic perspective and getting lost in the bits and pieces of a situation

What needs to happen:

  • Accept that life is asking you to let go of notions and attitudes that have been holding you back. This may happen through intensity but intensity embraced as an opportunity can lead to revelation and transformation rather than difficulty and suffering.
  • Blind belief is not your friend during this time. Use your logic, reasoning and common sense to make decisions but fight the urge to overreact and focus on only the details. The answer lies in the details but only as part of the bigger picture. Details can be examined but they must be evaluated holistically.

This is very general but this is what all of humans are dealing with. Each individual will experience a certain “flavour” but the fundamental energies remain the same…

The coronavirus is an opportunity to “wake up”, an opportunity to ask ourselves if we, as individuals, or us, as a nation of the global community, are prepared to face events perhaps more challenging in the future. Reports are that many of these recent outbreaks have been caused by human and animals interacting in ways that is not natural or healthy, eg, eating bats and other wild animals. On another front, several top scientists are telling us that the “5G Rollout” is causing virus mutations and a host of other problems.

Are we willing to sacrifice money, power, and convenience for our health and the health of the world?

In the future, we may not have a choice.

Starlog 2019: November

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Overcoming Capricorn’s Karmic Constriction

In Elemental Astrology, we examine human life according to three levels of consciousness: Body, Mind and Spirit. This section of the newsletter focuses on your Spirit (energy body) and a constrictive subconscious karmic impression currently unfolding in Capricorn according to your Sun sign through the spring of 2020. This constriction  is limiting your capacity to “hear” the voice of your higher Self, your authentic self. To offset this constrictive karmic pattern during this time, the sign of Cancer holds the key for rising above the karmic impressions.

This is a simplified view of only one aspect of your chart. For a complete analysis, book an astrological consultation to reveal the underlying karmic patterns holding you back and what you can do to release them.

 

Sun Sign

Aries
Constriction–lack of authenticity in work and activity
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through home and family

Taurus
Constriction–lack of authenticity toward teachers, mentors and father figures
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through fulfilling beneficial desires that help you move forward

Gemini
Constriction–lack of authenticity in receiving what is offered
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through communication and bringing quality objects into your life

Cancer
Constriction–lack of authenticity in relationships
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through your identity as a compassionate being and connection to the feminine quality

Leo
Constriction–lack of authenticity in serving others
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through your spiritual path and your capacity to give to others less fortunate

Virgo
Constriction–lack of authenticity in offering your creative talents
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through your long-term plans and activities to generate income

Libra
Constriction–lack of authenticity in your home and family life
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through your work and activity

Scorpio
Constriction–lack of authenticity in the desires you choose to fulfil
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through teachers, mentors and father figures

Sagittarius
Constriction–lack of authenticity in communication and wealth acquisition
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through mysticism and learning to receive graciously, without feeling unworthy

Capricorn
Constriction–lack of authenticity in being yourself
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through relationships, ie, seeing yourself in others and others in yourself

Aquarius
Constriction–lack of authenticity in your spiritual path
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through service to others and a focus on your health and healing

Pisces
Constriction–lack of authenticity in your long term plans and income generation
Antidote–embrace your emotional sweetness, especially through your creativity and imagination

Star Report: November 2018

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This month a significant change has taken place affecting our lives at a very profound level. The nodes of the moon crossed from one sign to another, an event of great importance, especially when considering that the nodes stay in each sign for aproximately one year and a half.

The south node, Ketu, traveled from Sagittarius to Capricorn. Ketu represents our past and indicates what we use to protect ourselves against what we fear the most. This fear makes us uptight about the areas Ketu influences and so we wrap our arms even tighter around that which we should learn to let go, currently being represented by Capricorn.

Capricorn is the sign where we become in-tune with our deeper self. It is the sign where we receive our “marching orders” in proceeding with the rest of our life. From an enlightened perspective, Capricorn is where one hears the command of God and readies himself for action.

The tendency, however, as Ketu transits Capricorn, is to rely too much on organization and methodology, on detachment and perseverance, at any cost. However, as an indicator of the past, Ketu tells us that by doing so, we will meet with resistance and obstacles. Now is not the time to rely so much on structure and detachment; rather, we want to bring in more emotion, love and compassion into our daily life as indicated by Ketu’s opposite, Rahu, the north node.

Rahu’s move into Cancer this month indicates a need for us to embrace our deeper, emotional self. Cancer is a feminine sign and embraces the qualities of motherhood, nurturing and compassion. As the fourth sign, Cancer is where our emotions are expressed and where we find contentment and stability. As such, the next year and a half will find us drawn into situations that require a strong connection to our emotional self. Being stoic, unemotional, dry and aloof is not the best approach during this time. Compassion, love, sensitivity and being unencumbered to express ourselves emotionally will serve us much better.

This is not to say we should lose our inner stability. Emotions expressed purely and from a place of groundedness will be supportive in our interactions with others. Unbridled emotions, like a herd of wild horses, will make the way difficult to see. Rahu is a jungle we must cross through and though we may bet lost, it is not in our best interest.