Riots in London, economic melt downs right and left and today was the most powerful Sun flare in years (an X-7) to add yet more intensity to the air.

That Cardinal Cross is back!

So what is happening? Basically Pluto in Capricorn, Mars in Cancer, Uranus in Aries and Saturn in Libra are forming a Cardinal cross. Yes…it is indeed back (this was very potent during the Summer of 2010). AND right now, and for the next 24 hours, the Moon is also in Capricorn, adding a strong emotional element to the mix.

These combined impact the most fundamental areas of our life. Work, finances, relationships and home. Our sense of security and trust in the future is challenged as many strive to find answers to the challenges they face.

There are several articles and posts on my site about the influence of the Cardinal Cross. You can read more here.

But Wait ~ There’s More!

Further, Mercury is Retrograde while opposing Neptune. This can confuse things, making it extra difficult to gain clarity and direction. Are we hearing the whole truth, you may be wondering under this influence as deception and the “spin doctors” are most prevalent now. BE SURE to check and re-check your plans and arrangements now!

And then there’s the Full Moon, too!

Saturday (8/13) is the Full Moon which also creates a build up of energies. This Full Moon is in Aquarius, which creates a feeling that what is happening “in the World” is impacting you personally. The events that are occurring on a global level are of a far-reaching magnitude and this is quite apparent now. Even though things are happening externally that impact you and that seem outside your control, how your respond is up to you. This is a key to moving through these times with Grace.

What to Expect ~ What to Do ~ Where’s the Hope?

What to Expect and might be feeling:

• A sense of urgency. The energy feels odd at times and erratic.
• Tense and irritable.
• Anxious, worried, fearful or helpless to effect change in your life.
• Off center or ungrounded.
• Angry or frustrated.

What you can do:

• Slow down. Especially if you are about to react to something.
• Do things that keep you grounded: walk, do yoga, hug a tree!
• Don’t add too much to your plate and simplify where you can.
• Use common sense. Elaborate schemes are not likely to work so well these days.
• Don’t hurry around. Deep breaths.
• Don’t try to figure everything out at once. Answers will come when they are meant to.
• Remember that you are doing the best you can.
• Acknowledge that yes, change is in the air. But it may be exactly what is needed now. Trust.
• Ask your Guides to raise your frequency so that you may rise above the turmoil and fear.
• Ask your Guardian Angels to keep your protected from negativity, fear and panic that is in the collective. These do NOT have to be in your space.
• Help others by being available, kind and tolerant.

Where’s the Hope:

• These are challenging and trying times. Be honest with yourself about this. Yet it is by Cosmic design and you signed up to be here now. Get in touch with the part of you that consented to this and you will find the strength and courage you seek.
• Know that you have all the resources and help available to you that you need.
• There is assistance and hope to be found. Keep looking.
• You are a powerful being with unique gifts ready to come forth and be shared.
• The Light is all around you, in you and available to you.

Many blessings and light to you,

~Elizabeth

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Astro Currents Monthly

I mentioned how intense things would be about now on my August Astro Currents Monthly, my membership site. So they had a heads up that this would be a dicey time. Learn more here.

and this will
definitely continue into next month.

• 23rd-Jupiter stations retrograde at 3 degrees Aries until 11/18.
• 24th-Jupiter (while stationing) squares Pluto in Capricorn.
• 25th-Full Moon in Aquarius (at 3 degrees at 6:37 pm PDT).
• 26th-Saturn opposite Uranus at 0 degrees Libra/Aries.

Rather than go into each of these separately, I will write about their collective influence because they are occurring so close together. First, this is rare. It just doesn’t happen too often that four events, of such magnitude, occur in such a short time period. This will only intensify each of them. Intensify how? Let’s look at this.

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There are common energetic threads running between these influences: they all can expand whatever they are influencing. So for several days this sense of expansion and feelings of things increasing beyond where they were originally will be pervasive. Things can blow up out of proportion, increase in size, develop into mountains where they were just mole hills…perhaps you get the picture.

Current Events
There are two events in the news that are concerning me now. One is that the hurricane season is upon us. Under these influences any storm that arises could expand quickly and in unexpected fashion. How this may impact the Gulf oil situation is beyond what anyone can predict, but I feel things will go in unanticipated directions.

The other situation is regarding No. Korea. The headlines say they are “ramping up” threats against the U.S. military. Sounds ominous to me. And even if nothing comes of this in the immediate future, it does concern me because of the fact that it is occurring now, under such potent events that will have long-reaching influences. This suggests that this move on No. Korea’s part is only the beginning, or continuation of, their aggressive behaviors.  An acceleration of this event could happen anytime during the next three weeks as the square of Jupiter and Pluto will last that long, and the impact of this could be war-like in nature.

Another time to watch is February, 2011 when they square again. And yet another is when Jupiter stations direct in mid-November. I cannot stress enough how rare and truly volatile these astrological events can be. It is certainly a threat to take seriously.

These are not the only influences occurring during this Summer, and there are others that may well act like triggers. In general, the influence of these are that things could change quickly, and in unexpected ways. I fully expect there will be other unusual and even extraordinary current events taking place during this time. Some may even be shocking and upsetting. Those involving or impacting groups and/or large numbers of people are possible. Others may also include “natural phenomena” such as earthquakes, extreme weather or rapidly spreading fires.

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So how might these be impacting us personally?
In a variety of ways. Here are some possibilities:

• Whatever is taking place, it could happen quickly, as these events will move energy along at a brisk pace.
• Expect the unexpected. Don’t assume you know outcomes.
• While some things may come to an abrupt end, others may begin just as quickly.
• Keep this in mind: things want to change. There is a shift happening and it is in full swing.
• You may notice lots of coincidences and strange things occurring around you. It could get interesting.
• New vitality and excitement are available. Look for the spark and follow that.
• New cycles are starting, and it warrants new and fresh perspectives and approaches.
• Think outside the box. In fact, think with no boxes at all. All bets are off. Anything is possible now.
• All of the above could impact any area of your life: relationships, work, finances, home, etc.
• Opportunities could arise out of nowhere. Pay attention to what is entering your life now.

In essence, we are being challenged to enter into new territory. To embrace change.
A good place to begin is wherever you have become stagnant.

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Feeling anxious, panicky, tense, edgy or uneasy are all possible during this time.
Two primary reasons for these feelings at this time are:

• We humans don’t like too much change as a rule, especially if we don’t know what it is that is coming or from which direction.
• Also there is a lot of energy swirling around the ethers during this time, and if you are sensitive to picking up the emotions of others, then you will especially notice this.

Protect yourself by calling on the Light. And do those things that help you stay grounded and centered (eat well, walk, get rest, hug trees…stuff like that). This feeling of empathy will be especially strong during the time of the Full Moon, on the 25th, as this particular lunation increases the sense of unity and oneness by dissolving the boundaries that separate us.

Overall, this is an amazing time. And in case I wasn’t clear, the four events I list above are only part of what is happening. There is another “round” of events happening at the end of the month and into August. More on that later.

For now, hold on, and pay attention. In the midst of all this craziness and intensity, there may be a miracle thrown in.

Blessings and Light,

~Elizabeth

“The Self awakens only as he contacts the Earth.”
~ Dane Rudhyar

The Solar Eclipse on July 11th is occurring in Cancer at 12:41 pm, which rules home, among other things. And while it rules our physical home, the place where we live, in a Universal sense it also rules the intended home for our own higher consciousness. This higher part of each of us has a very specific agenda in this regard and that is to descend into its home in the physical realm, specifically in our body. I feel this Solar Eclipse will create openings for this to occur.

Dane Rudhyar, considered by many to be one of the greatest astrologers of the last century, says the sign of Cancer is where “the abstract word is made flesh…the fulfillment of Spirit that must embody in earth-substance”.  And that “until the ‘I Am’ urge of our true spiritual self asserts itself into form (i.e. the body) living is only dreaming.”

As I read this, and consider its meaning, I could feel my own higher Self quicken within me as the desire to give this Self a home in my own body seemed to become more real. I saw anew that the fulfillment of Life is the descent of Spirit into Matter. And for each of us this manifests as our Soul presence residing and finding its home in our body.

“Matter is our foundation and the first condition of all our energies and realizations.”
~Sri Aurobindo

So what does this mean? First is to awaken to the reality that our body is our home. Then to create a place within our being to be a home that is able to carry the Light of our own Soul. This is our foundation, which we must have if we are to heal feelings of separation and isolation. In thinking about this, I wonder if how “at home” we feel, in a more general sense, is in direct relation to how fully incarnated our Soul presence is.

If you feel a strong urge to be a part of the healing that is needed on the planet now, though are not sure what that is or how to make that happen, could it be that your primary task is to welcome yourself Home?

Here is another thought that occurred to me…
Could it be that the Earth herself, being the benevolent Mother that she is, is allowing the injustices being done to her to help us awaken out of our slumber? Is the pain and frustration we feel a way to shock us into awakening so that we hear the call of our own Soul? And that this will in turn empower each of us with the resources and awareness that we must have to respond to her call for help? A friend once said to me “it is too great a task to be born unconsenting”. Did we all sign up for this? I believe we did.

Yet another thought…
In order to fulfill our purpose, must we first begin the process of healing our separation from our Soul? What could be more healing, and empowering, than that of welcoming our own Soul into our bodies, and thus into our lives?

Could it be that as we each do this to greater and greater degrees (as I am quite certain it happens in increments) that the Earth will also heal and become whole. It is said that we are One…are we all be a part of her destiny and perhaps even her Soul? And that as we each tend to our own Soul-Self becoming at home in our body, thus becoming more whole, that the Earth will as well?

These are big concepts, I know. Maybe even a little wild. Yet these are the thoughts I find myself thinking as we enter the energies of this Solar Eclipse~New Moon in Cancer. Perhaps they trigger something deep within you?

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The Path of the Eclipse

Eclipse Path of July, 2010

A solar eclipse has a narrow path as it moves across the Earth, and astrologers feel that where that path is has significance of its own. (The path is created by the moon’s shadow as it races across the Earth, an inspiring image to behold itself.)

Easter Island at Sunset

This eclipse crosses directly over Easter Island. The chances of this are truly astronomical! I can’t help but revel in the fact that the secrets these ancient standing stones hold may be activated in the collective psyche in some way. Perhaps they hold keys to our own origin and even destiny?

The Influence of the Lunar Nodes
All eclipses are aligned with either the North or the South node. The North Node is considered to be where we are heading and the South Node where we have come from. This Eclipse is aligned with, or conjunct, the South Node, representing the past in some way. This suggests that indeed it could be bringing to our awareness, out of our deep memory (Cancer does rule our memories), our ancient past and original purpose.

So is this Eclipse an opening to us consciously remembering our true purpose for being alive at this time? Could it be a call from our ancient past to our present to wake up and remember who we are? Surely there be openings during this time allowing greater unification with our Higher Self.

“There are billions of Souls wanting to incarnate at this time.
Your being alive during the next several decades is such a precious gift.”
~Told to me by my Grandfather in the early 1970’s

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The essence of what I am saying is this…
The energies of this Solar Eclipse and the other Cardinal influences occurring now are designed to activate our ancient memories so that we can see and know that our true destiny is to be here now, in our bodies, on the Earth at this powerful time of accelerated planetary change and Soul evolution.

This activation will decrease the resistance of our egos, which will assist us to align our lower will with our higher will, plus bring us the insights needed to move our life onto new, Soul-directed paths.

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The Great Work to be done on our planet at this time is daunting
if we are not aware of and able to utilize the power and resources our Soul brings us.
We are not doing this alone…to do so is exhausting indeed.

What a privilege to be here, incarnated, at this time. The words of my Grandfather have more meaning to me now than ever. To open to this energy, start by simply being in awe at the wonder of it all.

Blessings and Light,
~Elizabeth

You can read Part Two, Influence of the Solar Eclipse, here.

*The quotes by Dane Rudhyar in the article are from “New Mansions for New Men”. In it, he refers to the fourth house, ruled by Cancer, as “the fourth mansion”.

[Part 1 of 2,which will be posted Saturday, July 10th]

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This week and next there are some wonderful and inspiring aspects occurring in the skies, which I wrote about in AstroCurrents. I state that these most benevolent of energies are indications that there will a sense of exuberance and excitement and “global well-being” as the prevailing feelings around these Olympic games.

And today, before they even lite the torch, the death of a luger from Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, occurs. I was shocked as I’m sure many were. What an unbelievable tragedy, “casting a shadow” over the games, as the Olympic president, Jacques Rogge said, while holding back tears.

It got me to (re)thinking how these wonderful celestial energies are impacting things after all. So I looked deeper at the astrology of the Olympics, and did a little investigating as to when Vanouver was awarded the games, and it appears that is was on July 2, 2003. I checked out that chart and it didn’t take much to see what was “interfering with” and impacting the benevolent energies of this week.

Saturn was at 3 degrees of Cancer in that chart and that exact degree is under extremely stressful celestial forces just now, from both transiting Saturn and Pluto. These energies can generate tensions, difficulties and intensity, some that lie under the surface or was perhaps overlooked. They can “create” tragic events that can result in grief and loss.

If the news is getting it right, there are other underlying issues plaguing the games. Funding was insufficient, national favoritism seems to playing a part (which is bringing to the surface such things from games past) and more.

But here’s the thing. There really are some wonderful celestial energies happening during the two weeks of these games. Energies that can help to unite and inspire our troubled and disconnected world. And it is my hope, and feeling, that these will play a more significant role as the days go on, bringing to Light feelings of Unity and Peace and Hope.

Perhaps the tragedy that occurred today, the day of the Opening Ceremonies, will impact how we all feel about these games. And will, hopefully, in some way we can’t see now, bring us closer to our Global Family.

I like to think so.

Blessings to you, and to Nodar’s family and peers.

In Light,

Elizabeth