Dawnings

In Australia, when the Sun enters Leo, the daffodils, jonquils and Native Wattle emerge. When we see the wattle flowering in bushland we know the season of spring has begun. We will see this green and gold reflected in the sports outfits worn by our athletes at the Olympics.

 If you are feeling a little reclusive and reflective at the moment – you are on cue and responsive to the solar cosmic clocks. Everything in nature, including ourselves, has its cycle to grow, bloom, shine forth, recede and re-seed. Here in Ozland, we are in the winter/spring season transition.  Yes, the Sun is in Leo and with these two eclipses, we are being truly turned inside out and upside down.

The cosmic wheels are turning and our ability to go with the flow and adapt – to surf the energies as they stream forth – is wise, and effective.

This is a powerful healing time – a time to rethink much of what we have created and to release that which is no longer useful and vital in our lives. What we choose to keep holds within it, potential for more growth and blooming ahead in time. The key thought is usefulness. Something that inspires us and lifts our spirits – is useful. Please do not let the increasing pressures of the Virgoan analytical reduce this value to pure functionalism!  At the same time, that which once inspired us, may no longer hold its appeal.

Venus will assist us as she enters Virgo tomorrow, 7th August. Here, she will activate our deeper sense of what is vital to our well being and what truly supports and nourishes us – so that we CAN grow, bloom, create (seed) and live on.

Lo and behold, scientists are noticing that the North and South caps of ice are melting much faster than predicted as described on the ABC’s Four Corners. In Australia, experts have reported that old growth forests are vital to offset our carbon emissions.  Nothing that is being reported is truly new – rather, we are like children growing up and discovering what is in this world and how it works. How we function as humans – is now also under the spotlight. Ways of parenting and training will continue to be a major concern. On a grand scale, this includes how we create our societies and lifestyles and whether these are truly caring and nurturing the species.

On the 11th August Mercury enters Virgo. This will stimulate the intellect – the twittering mind. With the moon entering Sagittarius at that time also, the media networks will be abuzz. The factual and what is correct will be hilighted. Before that shift, Mercury and Neptune stand on either sides of the cosmic wheel which surrounds our solar village. Inspiration, recollection, remembrance and heartfelt longings surface to remind us of those memories held within our hearts. We all have them, little seeds and experiences we’ve popped into our heart pockets as treasures. Disappointment, disillusionment and discouragement are remnants of what could/should-have-been’s and did not fulfil their promise.

An example of this is the website which has conned hundreds of people into buying tickets for the Olympics and which has turned out to be a ‘false front’ – a fraudulent scam. We react with shock and surprise that anything so scurrilous could be organised on such a scale – hey, this is a global world now, and we are slowly becoming aware of much that has conned us with dangling carrots. People have invested their lives into homes, communities and lifestyles based on a premise/promise. 

What we are truly discovering is the extent to which so much of our lives is created on shifting sands. Jupiter retrograde in Capricorn is bringing to the surface the enormity of the consequences of a lack of social conscience. This is revealing of our Societal planning, our Governance, our Communities, our Corporate and Business worlds, our financial systems and our traditions. The ability to be aware of the individual within the group is a major maturing point for humanity at this stage of its unfolding evolution. The realities of our way of being are reflected back to us in our modern communication systems: television, radio, newspapers and magazines, the internet and the blogs postings that are a global living network of people living life.  What the Pope said in Australia is reported across the world. The personal IS now global and political.

On 8-9th August, the Moon in Scorpio will create tension with the Leo/Aquarius axis. Our intentions and desires will be intensified. Olympians are discovering they need healthy conditions to be athletes and active. Indeed, the deeply ingrained paradigm of competition is revealing itself to be quite dysfunctional. Anyone who has had to deal with sibling rivalry knows this; anyone who has been lashed and beaten by bigger and bullying individuals, gangs, groups, tribes, entities and corporate monsters, knows this.

Historians and academics will argue that ‘competition is healthy’ – is it? We are evolving. Competitive and aggressive thinking is a response from the lower chakras energised by survival, relationship and ego driven desires and perceived threats. Neptune’s slow dissolving of assumptions humanity has held as ‘fixed’ is revealing there may be other ways to live as a species. Co-operation, sharing and negotiation are relatively new ideas we can now begin to integrate into all forms of our civilisations and beliefs. It will take a few generations – evolution is slow and sure. In some ways, the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics, are becoming as important as the various events. The opportunity to present a cultural fest for the world to see and share is highly valued. This is the Aquarian energy streaming in to fill us with the Ray 7 – ceremony and ritual – as a way we can all share in a spiritual event. The individual willing to become part of a group is an awesome experience – both for participants and observers.

We can now recognise and acknowledge our instincts (from the base triad of drives), we can enter the heart chakra and expand our experience into generosity and inclusive embrace, we can expand even further to include the impulse to communicate and share, to ponder and see further than our selves and indeed, even be aware of the context of our own species in a greater world. Finally, we can become all seven chakras, blazing forth and fully human, intuitive, intelligent, loving, and instinctive. For mass humanity – the first great initiation is happening NOW and shall be for many souls, the first great threshold of awareness which opens the human being to new horizons. No matter how e/volved we may (think) we are – this is a collective experience and we are all in/volved.  

The shift from Leo to Virgo in the weeks ahead will be gradual – and bring us into a greater reality – that of our natures, our environment, our ways of thinking and being, our technologies and our deeply held assumptions. Our species is fragile and so is our natural environment. Our spirits are growing in strength. With both Venus and Mars in Virgo, relationships may at last find some common ground. Practicalities are the theme.

The first Eclipse of the new Moon was personal – the next Eclipse on the 16th will be on a mass scale.

I choose NOW, as we traverse from the personal to the communal, from the individual to the whole, as the moon waxes and reflects the light – to seed a new idea.

A New Tradition: each New Year’s Day, from sunrise to sunset, humanity opens itself to HONESTY. The old idea of resolutions and partying can continue. The seed thought here, is that the first day of the commonly held calendar (and I am well aware there are a few different ones to recognise), is one in which in the light of day, we open ourselves to the experience of true honesty. Yes, this could be interesting – enlightening, humorous, and quite revealing. On the basis of that first day of light for the year, those who want to – can make their resolutions, decisions, plan, and be aware of intentions for the solar cycle ahead.

We can name it (and humans love to name, and put titles on things, events, experiences), The First of the Year – our Day of Light: A day for honesty and truth and transparency.

I propose this, fully aware that it will create ripples and reactions, responses and derision.

Well, with Mars and Uranus creeping towards a challenging square to Pluto at the Galactic Center, I for one,  would love to see and know humanity as it truly is.

Take this idea – float it, share it, discuss it and promote it.

We may be mature and evolved enough now and willing to create a new tradition. This global ceremonial recognition can take us through the next 16 years of Pluto in Capricorn. (This next cycle will require of us, integrity, honesty and quality of life.)

This is after all, a planet of free will, of Active Intelligence within a solar village that teaches us about Love and Wisdom.

Being honest (with oneself and with others) for one day a year is a grand idea whose time may well have come. It came to me – inspired – and I chuckle when I think of it.

Enjoy pondering, reorganising, sorting, cleaning and watching the Olympics courtesy of our marvellous technology networks that enable us to know we are indeed, one species, one humanity, on a stunningly gorgeous planet (that we need to take care of). Join in the spirit of Goodwill with the global virtual handshake.

The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th so you watch the heavens precipitate in 3rd dimensional wonder.

This final retrograde experience of Pluto in Sagittarius is bringing much of our cultural explorations and expression to the forefront of our awareness.

My heartfelt encouragement to all the cultures, nations and individuals involved in this Olympics. A brave China is host and for the people of China, this is a wonderful opportunity to share their own joy of life with us all.

Blessings.

 *** In the spirit of Goodwill, the Dalai Lama has begun a global handshake - to extend our friendship and willingness to overcome all temptation to sink into the mire of angst, malice and hatred. Love – wise love – is a way through. The Avaaz organisation shall present the global handshake to China at the closing of the Olympics.

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