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Many are writing about the similarities of the Great Depression of the 1930’s and these times.
It is a “squeeze” to be sure, and many are frightened and holding on to not only their money, but their fear of change. I can see the economic trends ahead through studying the many great astrological configurations about to occur. I found this piece on an astrologers website that rings right on. We have to let go of fear and find new ways to prosper and be happy.
“Revolutionary times of profound change through new ideas are not yet upon us in 2011. Denial will still have the upper hand, as the existing power elites of the American empire continue their efforts to resuscitate the old Humpty-Dumpty economy.

About the only success they can have, however, is to dig the hole of financial disaster much deeper.

2012 brings the financial and economic meltdown of corporate business and government to critical mass as Uranus reaches the first of seven partile passes in square to Pluto. That is the most passes of any Uranus-Pluto alignment for more than 1,000 years, making the 2010s the
longest period we know of breakdown followed by radical reform.

By mid-spring of 2013, the second Grand Cross gets underway and makes its eruptive presence felt. The breakdown goes viral and spreads rapidly to every outlying social institution — governmental, educational, civic,
etc. State governments go belly up. Social services are severely cut back. Many global markets simply seize up and grind to a halt. The Cardinal Cross continues unabated until June 2016, but Uranus and Pluto remain within 10° orb of their square for four more years past that, through
early 2020. The entire eight years from 2012 represent the most urgent wake-up call ever for America, and, by extension, for the world.

People who expect life to remain largely unchanged are in for a shock. Even those who anticipate a slow-motion shift over two or three decades may be surprised at the sudden cascade of events that accelerate and overtake us in the middle of the 2010s.
From where we are now, however, most of the big questions remain unanswered. How severe will the crisis be? No one knows. Will chaos overwhelm civility? In some places quite probably, at least for a time. That happens with every sudden and dramatic change. What radical reforms
will be put in place in response to the breakdowns? How draconian will they be? How compassionate? Answers to these and other questions will depend on how and to what extent our individual and collective consciousness awakens.”      -Bill Herbst, Astrologer

http://www.billherbst.com/News120.pdf

Hopefully you are all keeping up with the current command to let go, filter out, open up, be free to fly! It’s moving much faster now and you can feel it after the somewhat stagnate winter. Not really stagnate, but felt that way as the really intense and very deep internals changes were working thru the muck.
Great opportunity this spring, don’t miss it. Another Robert quote:
“So it would seem that the entire world is on the edge of change the next few weeks, with the future in our hands. Some things are about to explode, and the roll of the dice of destiny is about to show its unpredictable nature.

If things seem strange, crazy, out of control, or fraught with possibilities, they are. The next few weeks are a cosmic moment of decision for millions. Choose wisely.” Wilkinson

Is expansion through sacrifice and it is in full swing. These are hard adjustments for all.  In order to get what is really good/best/right etc. for you, you will need to let some things go and you may not have much of a say in it as these are powerful forces at work for change for the highest good of us all.

Wilkinson says, “While there will be “forced adjustments,” many of these will help us master discouragement, get what we need, and find a new sense of permanence or a new dedication to some collective ideal or standards. This is a time when we can demonstrate our ability to express a form of “higher power,” as well as add to our lives through renewed commitments.”

Because we have more than a double Yod at this time, we also have Saturn (responsibilities) squaring Pluto (power) and Mars (moving forward) moving backwards~your life is being stirred up quite properly.

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And if you haven’t had a yearly astrological reading in a while now would be a good time before Uranus goes into Aries and Jupiter joins in too………….summer will be very interesting.

I’m pasting some very good information about what is going on in your life right now and in the world. Saturn square Pluto is a tough aspect! You can see that major changes need to occur in your life but it is difficult for that to happen. R. Hand describes this, “…your ambition for your work may be frustrated. Bosses or coworkers may try to prevent you from accomplishing what you want. Financially, you will probably have to curb expenses. Sometimes the experiences of this transit is much like struggling against chains that hold you down.”
Well, the Borg’s told us that “resistance is futile” and so it is at this time. There will be many obstacles to overcome during this time because this is a time to eliminate the unnecessary in your life. Pluto rules breakdown and regeneration. If you work with this it will turn out positively, if not, quite negative. You will be a lot stronger when this transit is passed.
…….”From a practical, “real world” angle, these multiple “expansion through sacrifice” energies have triggered some very “hard adjustments” and forced some major shifts in whatever life areas they influence. Let’s take a look at just a few things that have been going on during this time of interlocking Yods.
First, the Vancouver Olympics with their equipment malfunctions, weather issues, ticket cancellations, and safety problems. They began with the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili last Friday, forcing a rearranging of the luge course to slow things down. Then the games began with one of the columns of the Olympic flame not rising as it should.
The weather has totally messed up the Alpine schedule, wiping out the first two races on the opening weekend of the games as well as a bunch of training runs necessary in order to hold actual races. This is because Cypress Mountain, site of freestyle skiing and snowboarding, has not had enough snow.
Organizers covered the course with hay bales and dumped snow on top, but heavy rains washed much of it away. Organizers then canceled tickets for all snowboard events — men’s and women’s snowboard cross, halfpipe and parallel giant slaloms. That’s six events with no spectators lining the course, a total of 28,000 tickets requiring refunds of $1.5 million.
The reason? The snow washed away to the point where people were sinking up to their knees, and in some case even deeper, putting many spectators in very unsafe conditions.
Fans can’t get into events for which they bought tickets, and can’t even see the Olympic cauldron since it’s a restricted area, creating mass discontent. Athletes are competing in less than stellar conditions — Tuesday’s snowboard cross competition was a fall-riddled nightmare, and the speedskaters were less than pleased to be kept waiting to compete Monday night because of a malfunctioning ice-resurfacing machine. Or, like the Alpine skiers, they aren’t competing at all, or even getting in training runs.
I couldn’t help but note while viewing the couples figure skating competitions that I’ve never seen so many falls in any Olympics I’ve ever viewed. The judges were actually awarding high marks even when one or both skaters fell in any number of ways. I believe it’s because skaters are always pushing to exceed the old standards, and some jumps they’re attempting are almost impossible anyway. It’s easy to see how some adjustments might be in order just to keep from falling on their bums. The judges sure had to adjust their standards relative to past Olympics!
Besides the Olympic mess, there have been other major events going on as well. There is the seemingly never-ending stream of bad news for Toyota, with multiple brand recalls for a fairly large spectrum of problems. We’ve also seen many announcements of retirements from the US Congress including an unexpected death due to complications from surgery. (Update: There are 45 so far, one of the largest waves of retirements in history!)
The Taliban’s number 2 guy has been captured along with several Taliban “Shadow Governors,” the Ukranian election results have been suspended amid allegations of fraud, and in a very bizarre turn, an Alabama college professor went berserk and killed several colleagues. Upon further investigation, it has been found she killed her brother years ago in very peculiar circumstances, and was even a suspect in a bomb plot at another university a while back!
I’m sure there are more events that are indicative of Saturn square Pluto with multiple interlocking quincunx energies, but these are the ones that have happened so far that I know of. Oh yes, and one of my favorite poets died, Lucille Clifton.
It would seem that the times are truly a wild ride, with more to come once Mars goes direct!”
For more on the recent Yods, please revisit Astrology in February 2010 – Entering the Mars in Leo, Jupiter in Pisces, Saturn in Libra, and Pluto in Capricorn Yods, or Fingers of God.
© Copyright 2009 Robert Wilkinson

Sad to say, I had never heard of Lucille Clifton before this morning.  As I perused one of my favorite astrology sites, an ode to a famous poet who just passed.  I will gladly search for any of her published material.  Enjoy……..

the light that came to lucille clifton
came in a shift of knowing
when even her fondest sureties

faded away. it was the summer
she understood that she had not understood
and was not mistress even
of her own off eye, then
the man escaped throwing away his tie and
the children grew legs and started walking and

she could see the peril of an
unexamined life.
she closed her eyes, afraid to look for her

authenticity
but the light insists on itself in the world;
a voice from the nondead past started talking,
she closed her ears and it spelled out in her hand
“you might as well answer the door, my child,
the truth is furiously knocking.”

As we move, somewhat sluggishly, into 2010 there is a felt quickening in the air (Pluto in Capricorn) and soon the rapid fire changes (Uranus in Aries) that we have so impatiently been stamping our foot at, will be here.
Last minute checks to see if you have clearly stated what you want from this year (Mars retrograde). Be thorough, look at every part of your life. Do you want a garden? Perhaps rescue a shelter animal? Do you need to change your career? Do you need to move, or take a vacation? Want different friends?
Surfing on the winds of change (Uranus) will help you now, don’t bury your head………breathe, expand, open to your greater potential and the even greater reality that we are all birthing here. A reality of equality, acceptance of all, tolerance and the abolition of fear. A reality that supports everyone in all of their uniqueness and creativity.
This is the time of planning and re-planning (Saturn & Mars Rx) till we burst through to Spring’s great activity (Mars goes direct on 3/10), you can smell it in the air. This is an exciting time, believe in yourself and break on through to the other side……….
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee

“A man will treat a woman almost exactly the way he treats his own interior feminine. In fact, he hasn’t the ability to see a woman, objectively speaking, until he has made some kind of peace with his interior woman.”

-Robert Johnson, Jungian Analyst

I stumbled across this quote this morning and it made a huge impact on me. What a nice way to look at this. In fact, reverse it and say the same about a woman.

The dance of the sexes……….I believe more has been written about this than any other topic. Hopefully as we move into the greater evolution that is upon us, we can all make peace with our own interior men and women and come out equals at last.

Not so much really, and I think everyone is starting to get that. Fortunately we still have some freedom of speech in this country and many who are evolving rapidly in the spiritual realms are helping to spread the word. Wake up. Step up. Move up…………it’s time to leave the negativity of your life behind and get healed.
Sometimes that healing doesn’t look like it, it can look like illness and anger and sorrow, but you are just cleansing in order to be in a higher state and closer to God/Light.

Bill Herbst is a great astrologer and has this comment about these times:

“Civilization is not coming to an end, just the mistaken and childish directions
we’ve been on for quite awhile. The challenging, difficult, and sometimes
agonizing work to reform and rebuild healthier families and societies, to create
better, more sustainable models for commerce and finance, and to evolve into
responsible shepherds of the ecosphere that supports us and all life begins in the
2010s. The decade we have just entered will serve us notice that our collective
childhood and disturbed adolescence must end.
The Uranus-Pluto conjunction of the 1960s brought our species’ first baby steps
toward a new and better world. The 2010s are only the second step, where we
leave adolescence and accept the enlarged responsibilities of young adulthood.
The 2040s and 2070s will take the work further, into full adulthood and senior
maturity. Our collective performance throughout the century will reveal whether
we are indeed operating with sufficiently enlarged empathy and wisdom, as well
as renewed reverence. One step at a time.” –Bill Herbst, Astrologer extra-ordinaire

The cutting edge magazine in Omaha, Metro-Magazine, was destroyed in a fire.  But, like the phoenix is rising up from the ashes.  The February addition is a little behind, but some of it is up now.  My astrology predictions for each sign are at this link.  I would love feedback from you.

http://www.spiritofomaha.com/Metro-Magazine/February-2010/Vibrations/

I am particularly fond of research and reading about the original Bible, not the generally used one of today. Years ago when the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered and then bit by bit information was released, I was amazed at what one simple word change could make in a statement. For instance, when it says “The meek shall inherit the earth”, the original translation was “awake or aware”. I never understood why being meek would work, not in my nature anyway, so that was an important puzzle piece for me to hear.

I love the translation of the Our Father and I use it often. I find the words holy and I say them very slowly and with meaning. Now, I have a very beautiful addition to that prayer that fits more with what I believe.

Enjoy, Sue

The Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic, the language in which it was originally spoken…

O Breathing Life, your Name shines everywhere!
Release a space to plant your Presence here.
Envision your “I Can” now.
Embody your desire in every light and form.
Grow through us this moment’s bread and wisdom.
Untie the knots of failure binding us, as we release the strands we hold of others’ faults.
Help us not forget our Source, yet free us from not being in the Present.
From you arises every vision, power, and song, from gathering to gathering.
Amen: may our future actions grow from here.

Neil Douglas-Klotz – translation

Such an interesting winter. I use that word lightly so as not to say anything negative. We can always find something positive to say about anything, and so it is a very interesting winter. Sloughing off old patterns that can keep us trapped in negative feedback loops is also very interesting. I’m not a big fan of continual deep internal clearing but it seems to be the only game in town right now.
Jupiter is in and out of Pisces this year creating opportunity to delve into our deeply spiritual natures. And finally, I think, getting it, that everything is spiritual. It’s a huge paradigm shift from church/religion/compartmentalizing spirituality and so on. I can feel the collective brakes grinding to a halt and people looking all confused and saying “what”? What indeed. Great expansive, beneficial, philosophical Jupiter in the dreamy, creative, psychic Pisces is opening up doors and windows to our souls and removing the veils from out brow chakra. As we peer out and see the world in a much less pollyanna way, the world, all of it, is shown as all of our home, not just Mexico, Haiti, England etc……….what happens everywhere is also happening to us. This is the awakening of Jupiter in Pisces…….the call to justice.
Robert Wilkinson has a nice clip about this I’ve pasted below:
“Jupiter in Pisces can lead us to greater faith, blessings, and connectedness if we dare to dream our deepest Truths. It is where we can “put our bread upon the waters,” trusting in our feeling-knowledge to be led to a greater Way, Truth, and Life. It is a time to say goodbye to whatever is no longer part of our quest for Truth, and get ready for the fiery new beginnings of Jupiter in Aries.

As I recently told a fan of the site, perhaps Jupiter in Pisces marks a closure on old sorrows and motives while embracing a greater wisdom-compassion within a sense of an all-enveloping Divine Mother energy. It could be a time to find a deeper sense of ourselves as Divine Witnesses, along with a greater appreciation of the value of solitude. This can help all of us say goodbye to many things as we prepare to leap into the new this Summer.

I’ll conclude these musings with a good Jupiter in Pisces meditation:

Imagine yourself as a leaf floating on the surface of the ocean of Divine Mother energy.
Infinite sky and depth are all around while you gently float, securely held on Her lap.
Feel the unity with All-That-Is.
Watch as resistance and fear flow away as vague sensations, and experience vaster and deeper feelings of protection than you’ve ever known.
Say goodbye, forgive, and be at peace held gently within the All.

© Copyright 2010 Robert Wilkinson

We’ve now made it through the first opposition, with Sun opposition Mars still occurring between now and Friday’s Full Moon. This is the eye of the storm, with heart strength and a greater sense of higher purpose the rewards for those who persevere.

Figure out what needs to be done to keep things moving forward, and be deliberate in continuing to “gather your medicine” so that your heart is strengthened in association with others who share that magnetic solar fire. The momentum is about to quicken in our affairs, though there will be adjustments and sacrifices in the very near future.

Keep your eye on the prize despite momentary interruptions and deflecting distractions during this time of slowest momentum. Fit things into a long range perspective while beginning to do what must be done to renew and/or complete what was started Autumn 2009.

Been a bit down and wondering what to do next….so, of course found this piece by Robert and can see a little bit better. Might need more patience, I don’t know, these are some odd energies we are all in. You may be experiencing it in really good ways, but many are stuck in the letting go process I’ve noticed.
“Play with ideas, see the source of all ideas, and explore the inner connections with All-That-Is to receive new inspirations that will help you plan anew, knowing you have “made it through the night.” For those who have strived for many months, the tide is about to turn. February 8-18 completes the process of transfiguration.

We all have much to learn from the subtle world and its signals during this time of Jupiter in Pisces. Having needed protection from unnecessarily aggressive human elements, now we can experience our indestructibility as we move into more complex relationships that will help us master any lingering tendencies toward discouragement.

Overall, this polarization/realization process we’re going through is preparing us for the new energies emerging this coming June. It’s as though what’s going on is creating a powerful void that we will fill each in our own way beginning June 2010 that will re-shape our personal and collective world in 2011.

This is the time to see things as realistically as possible, stay focused on long term goals and friendships, make preparatory actions, and get ready as things begin to roll forward in dynamic ways by mid-February.” -Robert Wilkinson

Feels like one of the old Boilers at school. When it would kick in it would rumble your insides. That’s the kind of vibration this Mars retrograde has.
Another feel is waiting for something to happen, grrrrrrr. I’m an action person, with a cardinal sun and ascendant I like to move forward first, take care of business and move on.
Sigh, not a lot of moving on these days. I have to work really hard at getting anything done. It would be a better use of this energy to lay plans for the spring forward boost into action.

This Mars is sitting on my Pluto/Mars/Saturn conjunction in the 7th house.  Personal relationships are just “sitting” there also.  Not getting better, not getting worse and certainly under scrutiny.  What do I want with these relationships anyway?  That’s what this is good for…………..what do I want you to be in my life?  Do I even want you in my life?

I feel a call for solitary hermitude (if that isn’t a word it should be!)  After March 10th, watch for the hermit to be gone!

“Change is constant and all things change. Suffering is caused when we act against the changes that are inevitable. We must cooperate with the inevitable even though there is pain in the letting go of the familiar.” -a core teaching of Buddhism

Much is changing in work, relationships, our country, our world.  I can’t see a bit further than the next bloke.  Just trying not to suffer too much with it all and working on letting go.

This fits in nicely with the Stars at this time, they too are asking for change, letting go and trusting the process.  I am reminded of a saying about leaping off the cliff and knowing that you will either sprout wings and fly or there will be a soft landing.

Even though Mercury has gone direct we are still experiencing a backlash of energy that started during that time. It’s just plain odd out there.
It’s not a comfortable energy and you can’t especially count on anything.
I’m just looking out to see what is going to happen next.
Still hassling with email lists that I can’t send out, no printer at work and a sense of being in a bubble.
As I peruse through many astrologers sites I hear much the same.
Of course Mars is still retrograde till Spring and so is Saturn, I will be ready for intense forward movement after all this downtime!

“These times are about coming out of drifting into focus, letting go of corrosive or divertive relationships and ideals, and finding a self-organizing balance and perspective to achieve a greater initiative, autonomy, and ability to care for what really matters. Due to Mercury’s influence, the next 45 months will definitely require a broader point of view, more fair, just, and balanced interpretations, and seeing the core of things to strip away superficialities and glamorous assumptions. It will certainly end old illusions of control.
major new beginnings are on the way for those who have prepared, even if it didn’t seem like they were preparing. New groups are being formed (if somewhat slowly and in a roundabout manner thanks to Mars RX), and what will end over the next 45 months will start being replaced with new ways of acting creatively or in a wholehearted ways beginning May 2010.” -Wilkinson

If you have been feeling a little intense these days, welcome to 2010 and the ongoing rapid-fire evolution of humanity! Near as I can tell, no one is being left unscathed with this.
Just a heads up, as Mercury goes direct in a couple of days, you still might want to hold off on buying electronics for 5 days or so, same with signing contracts. An added dose of mega energy that is going to be slamming a few doors in people’s lives, is the New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Capricorn on the 15th. My Ascendant is in Capricorn and it is affecting me in some pretty strong ways. Look to your chart to see where this Eclipse will be zinging you as it is so much better to work with these energies than try to swim cross current in a wildly cavorting/changing Universe.
Or better yet, get your transit chart done….it’s a new year, get some help on how to navigate, it makes it so much easier.
Email me from this site or to home at: suemoon@cox.net
Jai Bhagwan and Keep the Faith, baby!

Metro magazine did a nice piece on the Center that Dixie and I started about seven years ago.  Let me know what you think of it.    -Sue

http://www.spiritofomaha.com/Metro-Magazine/January-2010/Guiding-Lights/

Shifting, changing, wheels grinding to a halt, while the spaceship of my being leaves this galaxy for future adventures…..it’s evolution baby!!

Check out my monthly article in Metro Magazine on Astrology for all the signs, it’s called Vibrations:

http://www.spiritofomaha.com/Metro-Magazine/January-2010/JANUARY-2010-VIBRATIONS-Countdown-to-2012/

Working out some fairly intense computer glitches both at home and at work. Will post more when fixed…………Sue

2009 is almost finished and I believe I speak for many when I say, it cannot go soon enough. Yes, there were some amazingly wonderful things that happened, but for the most part it was just plain hard in almost every area.
The New Years Eve is a Blue Moon (that is a 2nd full moon in a month-not usual) and also a Lunar Eclipse. Eclipses show us what is ending or will end soon.
We will feel the effects for several months for sure. And since Mars (power/strength) and Mercury (communications) are both retrograde, everything will slow down in those areas while we all have time to re-think and re-configure what we really want.
For all signs, this Eclipse will affect you:
ARIES-Home is highlighted, you need to be nurtured more, take a break.
TAURUS-Think kinder thoughts and you will receive that back. Slow it way down.
GEMINI-Start pulling up some old talents and see if they need to be in your life again.
CANCER-Time to re-invent your body/personality, join the gym and go out!
LEO-You may want to hang with your pride, but better to be off in a cave meditating.
VIRGO-Social friendships don’t really give you what you need-true friends do.
LIBRA-Career could use some re-thinking before the dam breaks in a few months.
SCORPIO-Foreign travel might be calling, but better wait til spring.
SAGITTARIUS-The mysteries of life and death can be pondered deeply now.
CAPRICORN-Relationships could use a rest, you need it.
AQUARIUS-Take a break from work and re-think your priorities.
PISCES-What makes your heart sing? Be creative and a little self-indulgent, you deserve it.

Due to our amazing Mother Nature I have had quite the pause to re-think and re-discover who I am these days. I certainly resisted at first. My lifestyle is so intense with caring for others that it has made me pretty uncomfortable to just be me.
By the second day of being completely snowed in with mountains of the lovely white stuff everywhere, I was able to be present for myself. What a lovely thing and I had so forgotten how great that feels. I was able to spend many hours re-organizing my jewelry bench, cleaning out all the dusty bead drawers and putting them in color order starting with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, black and browns……………wow, can’t believe how much pleasure that is giving me.
During this hiatus from “normal” life I have also had many hours of contemplation on what I want to do next. That would be personal life and work life.
Nothing is set in stone but I do feel a very strong sense of slowing it down a bit more. Do I really want to be so busy? Why don’t I get away more often? Why aren’t I doing more of what I would like to do?
Then comes the question, what do I really want to do with the rest of my life? Feeling a bit of urgency in that one as I search around to see if any of that is what I am currently doing. Hmmm………….
The nice thing is that I feel like I have come home inside myself once again after being away for a very long time. I think the rest will naturally fall into it’s own place. Sigh…………………………….Welcome 2010!

Found some great quotes on a website (sorry forgot which one), thought I’d share, my favorite is the Van Gogh……………
“If they’re in your life, love them.” -Mike Dooley

“I have disciplined myself so much in love, that now I don’t criticize, I don’t even think of his ups and downs, I just find his energy in everything, his love in everything.” – Joan Koppelman (on loving her husband)

“We are what our deep driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny.” – From the Upanishads: Brihadaranyaka IV.5

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent Van Gogh

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity. -R.I. Fitzhenry

There are some days when no matter what I say it feels like I’m far away in another country & whoever is doing the translating has had far too much to drink. -Brian Andreas

It’s an old theme about the real reason for the season and if I hear Jesus one more time…………………and I’m sure he feels the same.
So what can stir up feelings of goodness and giving and love and so on when we are faced with the pretty much same old, same old?
I usually get so caught up in the giving and making happy energy I forget it is also about receiving.  What a concept….letting in the good and really receiving.

I’ve been feeling like I’m in a vacuum or limbo, which I don’t like and will start getting busy to avoid that place. True to form, I focused on making everyone else’s Christmas magical and then felt invisible.

A friend pointed out that it is not my responsibility to make everyone else’s Christmas magic and that I had forgotten about it being their responsibility to tune into the real nature of what we are all about-Love.
Oops, too late for that this year :>), so  I can now gracefully back away into a little corner………. job done (almost) and open up to receive the Grace of the Universe into my own little Christmas.
Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti, Peace, Peace, nothing but Peace…………Namaste to one and all!

Just some brief info on what we will all be experiencing for the time period of December 26 through January 15.
Mercury retrograde in the sign of Capricorn…….It is helpful to know that Mercury is the Winged Messenger which has to do with communications, thinking, how we access information, make decisions, and just basically how we view our reality.
Capricorn asks us to take a look at our role in this life and see if it serves our higher destiny and the world…..how are your foundations?…………Where could your boundaries be “shored up”?…………This is a test and you will be graded.
During this time period we will be given the opportunity to re-think and re-work how we “make it” in the world and if we have chosen the “right” path for our destiny this time around.
Look for many people that have been in jobs 20+ years to either be downsized (even more than has been going on) or to suddenly leave on a quest to find happiness elsewhere. We are all being pulled along in this evolutionary tug of war, or better yet, The Force, to be of service to ourselves and to humanity. Now is the time of the Great Surrender of Ego.
You will be pondering what exactly is your purpose and where is your power and where are you going.

I love Sagittarius’ philosophic outlook and expansive generosity and wisdom. I’m not too crazy about it’s tendency to go into denial about what is blatantly in front of it, oh well…………..time for all forms of growth……….This is the New Moon, so plant your seeds for some dreams you have let go of lately. Sagittarius loves a quest for some form of truth and understanding. Compassion for others is a lot easier at this time.
My friend Robert has this to say about today’s New Moon:
This New Moon at 25 Sagittarius will help us open to wider views, greater truths, productive philosophies, and imaginative experiences which will help us grow. Over the past 3 New Moons we’ve found wisdom amidst the passages by understanding Nature’s cycles and continued our journey away from “a narrow destiny” and “routine duties.” We’ve seen how to purify our personality so the Soul can come forth, and how to accept power or Grace to take the lead in our world. This one helps us bust loose from some old stuff forever, leaving us free to pursue higher awareness, however we define that.
This New Moon in Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter. Given the extremely favorable sextile between the New Moon stellium in Sagittarius and the heavyweight stellium in Aquarius, expect major productivity in many areas of your life. Jupiter ruling the Lunation will assist the ability to demonstrate true detachment and dispassion, where we teach and/or learn from ours or others’ experiences.

Baking Soda, cheap, non-toxic and not only great to keep your ph properly in balance but I use it instead of comet and other abrasive cleaners. If we would all throw out our chemicals and use simple, non-toxic natural forms, our world would start to heal much more rapidly. Get over your addiction to chemicals, use things like baking soda, vinegar and ammonia instead.
I found this information on www.mercola.com, great stuff!! Read on…………Sue
According to the Materia Medica by Walter Bastedo, sodium bicarbonate taken internally can soothe your mucous membranes and dissolve thick mucus.
In their booklet “Arm & Hammer Baking Soda Medical Uses,” published in 1924, Dr. Volney S. Cheney recounts his clinical successes with sodium bicarbonate in treating cold and flu:
Recommended dosages from the Arm & Hammer Company for colds and influenza back in 1925 were:
• Day 1 — Take six doses of ½ teaspoon of baking soda in glass of cool water, at about two hour intervals
• Day 2 — Take four doses of ½ teaspoon of baking soda in glass of cool water, at the same intervals
• Day 3 — Take two doses of ½ teaspoon of baking soda in glass of cool water morning and evening, and thereafter ½ teaspoon in glass of cool water each morning until cold symptoms are gone
Further dosing recommendations and instructions for taking sodium bicarbonate can be found in Mark Sircus’ book Sodium Bicarbonate – Rich Mans Poor Mans Cancer Treatment, which is also available in Kindle edition.
According to Arm & Hammer’s dosing instructions, do not exceed seven doses of ½ teaspoon per day, or three doses of ½ teaspoon daily if you’re over the age of 60. In addition, do not use the maximum dosage for more than two weeks.
Baking soda (also known as sodium bicarbonate), popularized by Arm & Hammer some 155 years ago, is derived from a natural occurring mineral, and is one of the safest and most versatile substances around. In fact, if you search for “baking soda” on my site, you’ll find a number of articles detailing its potential uses, including using it as a:
• Household cleaner
• Sunburn remedy
• Alternative to toxic antiperspirants
• Sports performance enhancer
Few people realize, however, that baking soda also has potent medicinal properties. Taken internally, it helps maintain the pH balance in your bloodstream. This is likely the basic premise behind its recommended uses against both colds and influenza symptoms, and even cancer.

Something in me is stirring;I think it’s the part of me that waits in lonely exile and years for a homeland.
It’s the hidden part of me that wanders aimlessly, stumbling in the dark, crying to be found.
O God of exiles and strangers, find the homeless parts of me; guide them toward yourself, for you are my promised land.
Take the stranger inside of me and find familiar soil for it. Keep me mindful of the Emmanuel, whose sojourn brought a glimpse of home.
-Joyce Rupp

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……..may be a little more difficult this December due to some hard aspects from our solar system. Whenever Mars (power/force), Pluto (deep power/transformation) and Saturn (responsibilities/foundations) team up we are all in for some hefty lessons in changing and letting go. And to top it all off we get a Mercury (messages/thoughts) retrograde (slow it down) December 25 till January 16.
We all have our own issues to heal/resolve/release and so does our city, country, world. This month is a good time to sit down with pen and paper and start identifying the things that really hold you back whether that is a person, a house, a car, your work, etc. Look realistically at any of these and see if there is a way to heal them. Brainstorm with yourself, call in your higher guides and angel and have a little spiritual roundtable of how best to move forward and expand in these very constrictive energies.
One of the most important things you can do for yourself this month is to take a deep breath before you speak, take the high road when it comes to judging others and keep your nose out of other people’s business unless asked.
You will be facing your “walls” this month and they need to be coming down with your help or not.
So, be compassionate and look around, many are having a very stressful time of it. As a great astrologer says, “….among other things, it’s a clash between the force of time and evolution and the force of inevitable change. Squares are gear grinds, producing either a braking action, a release, or a turning of a corner.” And another part of this Saturn square Pluto, “We are on the edge of a shift in history, a fulfillment of a great historical cycle, and the beginning of a decline that will last for a few years until the next conjunction down the road a piece. Governments, authoritarian systems, and control mechanisms will all break down over the next year while this aspect is prevalent.” –Wilkinson
Inevitable change is so much easier to work with consciously than to be hit over the head with. As Wilkinson says, “So things are spinning, ending, grinding, and turning corners. This period is bringing finality to whatever has been, and could never be. It’s time to take note of deep feelings and say goodbye to whatever, creating the space to attract things more appropriate to who we are. The trick is to be patient in refusing all that is not appropriate, and welcome that which is. So say goodbye and hello, release and welcome, and let go of whatever and whoever is being spun away. We are all in the whirlwind, and must learn how to dance on the edge of eternity. We have nothing to lose but our fear.”

Crunch, crunch, crunch……….Nana, I wish I had a mitten for my nose…………….Nana, why doesn’t everybody walk to school in the snow?

Crunch, crunch, crunch………Nana, why won’t the snow make snowballs????

Crunch, crunch, crunch………….Nana, can we go sledding after school??

Crunch, crunch, crunch…………..Bye Nana, I love yoooouuuuuuuuuuuuu…………………….