Dawnings

Our local Rye InterFaith Festival was reflecting our planetary world and so did the weather. On Saturday it stormed, raged, rained and shook around us as we crowded into the main tent where we huddled against the elements and chuckled about the forces of nature so much greater than our small human plans and aspirations. We carried on regardless. It was a wonderful day for its poignancy. The Sunday was in complete contrast: gentle breezes from the sea cooled us in a delightful sun. Crowds spread across the foreshore. People danced and sang, explored, discussed, shared and discovered. We were humans playing in God’s Kingdom.

Visual memories captured with my mind and cherished in my heart: The aboriginal didgeridoo playing and the opening ceremony wherein a representative of each Faith gave a blessing/prayer and poured their cup of water in a stone bowl. Young trees in pots stood guard around the bowl. They will be planted and blessed with the combined water.  Sikh whirling dervishes and Israeli dancing that we did not want to stop; Gregorian chants; a white robed Roman Catholic priest strolling around eating falafel, and a Buddhist monk amidst some children rescuing balloons that had flown off in the wind.

It was for me a splendid way to wave farewell to Pluto in Sagittarius, grateful for how much humanity has evolved through its trials and tribulations, its joys and expansive exploration.

By Wednesday I was feeling world weary (Second Saturn Return). Closing my eyes, I picked up an angel card. GRACE ! ? Pffft! Okay.

So I pondered and let myself feeeel the gift of GRACE. Hmmm. Graceful, gracious, ‘good gracious me!’, and ‘There but for the grace of God, go I’. The weariness flittered away like leaves in the wind.  The birds sang, the cat purred and sunlight shone in the garden. I was back in Eden.

The collective mind is working fine folks! On 27th November I read Fe Bongolan opening her essay at the Planet Waves Blog with exactly the same message – hers was a memory of Joan Baez singing Amazing Grace at an outdoor concert.

The synchronicity is not at all surprising – Sagittarius expands us into one Mind through telepathic and intuitive awareness and the visual. This last 15 years has seen the world wide explosion of mobile phones we can take pics and videos with, Ipods, digital cameras and the internet into our homes and lives on a scale unprecedented. The technology has taken off in response to us humans. It is what we humans WANT – to share and to communicate freely.

This next cycle with Pluto in Capricorn and the huge shifts taking place in our mass consciousness may all seem as if the external is changing the internal. Methinks it is also the other way around – we humans are changing and the old created forms are no longer satisfying. The mind is quickening and we can now be more selective in what we think about.

The slow powerful presence of Chiron, the Karmic agenda Node and Neptune (nurturing our spirit selves), in Aquarius, is blowing gently through the fixed mindsets and thoughtforms and aligning us with our blueprint.

Yes, Pluto’s transformational power will take us to the core of our traditions, our forms of Governance and civilisations. Yes, Saturn opposite the now direct Uranian awakener is an active agent in the quickening of our vibrational field.

For those not ready or receptive, it can seem very strange indeed. “What in the world is happening? ” they ask of nobody in particular, shaking their heads in bewilderment and disbelief.

The bell is clanging. The larger stellar cycle we have is a couple of thousand years known as the Age of Aquarius – when we can gradually open our minds to uncover much more about our potential as a human species, learn lots, create and discover what it is like to be friendly towards life and this planetary world. It requires self awareness (Leo) and Love which is not about lust and sentimental attachment – it is about being open minded and big hearted. 

So how do we get there from where we are now ? Our human world is trying to shake itself loose from its entrenchment in a monetary system designed to ‘use many to make much for a few’; wars on many levels still rage with sibling rivalry between nations, cultures and creeds; competition, greed and Gromel-like characteristics are still imbedded into a ‘that’s business’ mentality; hatred and fury are unleashed on each other, and on our beautiful natural world; ignorance, denial and fear are often the prime motivators of our behaviour.

We need to stretch, stand up and look around us.

Planet Waves this week published a fascinating essay re the spine and Capricorn. As a Cappie with spinal and brainstem injuries – I am an avid fan of chiropractic adjustments and yoga. When I have the spine straight, the rest of me falls into line as well. By combining the spinal adjustments and yoga exercising with chakra alignment, I know I’m doing a really thorough recalibration of my whole self. What’s most efficient – is beginning the whole process with an alignment on the etheric level under a wonderful warm shower with singing and humming and love. When I do that before I head for the chiropractor – he only has to touch the body and it clicks into place. Simple, easy and time saving – the way I like it. Very Capricornian.

The association of the spine in our human bodies with the zero point matrix of Cardinal signs in astrology, is most appropriate for NOW. It is about getting real and giving our lives our best shot – on all levels.

Here’s and excerpt from Fe’s article: 

Our New Moon and Pluto’s return to the Aries/Capricorn Point means it’s time to examine your own spine, ahead of the next Plutonic rehab. For 15 years Pluto moved through Sagittarius, reworking some part of your ideological, spiritual, philosophical and economic horizons; today’s cluster of personal planets — the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Mars — all in Sagittarius can inspire you to spend the next couple of weeks consciously cleaning up the clutter left over from what you’ve learned since 1995.
… practice balancing that enthusiasm for change with an honest evaluation of the facts on the ground. Check them not once, but twice. A little restraint before you speak, and much thought about what you believe and why you believe it would not go amiss, either.
We are really and truly now out of the old era. With malice toward none, and charity for all, we move forward.
P.S. Don’t forget: you have a spine. And it is ringing.

Here in Victoria, Australia, we are celebrating 100 years since women first got to vote. Very Venus in Capricorn indeed!  The new First Lady in USA’s White House is a Capricorn. Women are definitely realising ‘the personal IS political’!

The ABC late last night repeated the documentary on Cat Stevens, ala Yufus Islam. He has returned to singing and has released a new album. His journey from folk to pop singer, to finding his light in a religion, to becoming a messenger/teacher for many, to a singer and musician for the people and with the people and as the people … is the story in an nutshell of the Pluto in Sagittarius cycle. As a Baby Boomer he has done this publicly for and with us.

The zero point of Libra (squared now by Pluto at zero degrees Capricorn) is the Sabian symbol of a butterfly. It marks the halfway point in the human journey wherein the human and the soul are in equal measure and the remainder of the evolving lifetimes are about returning to the 5th Kingdom of souls with lots of stories in the soul kitbag and wisdom gained from real experience. 
The revival of folksy ways of being including folk music, local farmer’s markets, handmade quality goods and clothing, organic food, community sharing/living and being friends, is not just a trend. It is more natural than the industrialized and suffocating slavery in which we have been embroiled and which pitted us against each other in a legalised ‘struggle for survival’. The popularity of world music groups groups like The Yearlings, of You tube, My Space and the millions of Blogs like this one, of simple living and meaningful relating, of integrity, democracy and socialistic thinking – are outward expressions of a human species finding itself.

On November 30th and December 1st, the cosmic wheels will provide a visual feast for us. Looking South West in the deepening blue of the evening twilight, we will see Jupiter, Venus and a crescent moon.

We live on a spherical world, spinning around a sun in a solar village. It’s time to recover our original innocence. Discard the prejudices, narrow mindedness, mean hearted and mean spirited ways of being and thinking and wave joyfully to Jupiter, Venus and the moon. Drink deeply of a wondrous sight to behold. It is a gift.

I chuckled as I read the NASA memo about the conjunction. The Bible records how the ‘Star in the East’ was considered to portend a major world event. We are emerging from years of intense preoccupation with the various aspects of ‘God”. What if they respond? What if they ALL respond? Well, enjoy the correlations of some stories that seem to fit with now. [

The crescent moon is the symbol of Islam. The Islamic teachings abhor the charging of interest for loans – personal or otherwise. Perhaps they know no-one can make money out of money without robbing someone who is in need. Doh!

We associate Venus with Love: Jesus Christ, teacher of Love, in a whirlwind of white fury, overturned the money changers tables in the synagogue, a sacred temple sopposed to be a sanctuary.  It was apparently one of his very few outbursts. He must have been verrrry angry. Does the Stock Market equate these days to money changers tables?

Jupiter is huge and we think of Abundance. It is the ruler of Sagittarius and the journey - the Sanyasin. Siddhartha taught about non-attachment to materialism and the art of compassion and sharing.  He knew – he journeyed from gross wealth to poverty and it was a humble lass who fed him rice when he was starving. Hmmmm! I’m sure it was organic. It's about consciousness.

Judaism teaches that holiness can be found in life and is within us (DNA?), if we can learn to see. They have given us the Days of Light to celebrate, the practical art of Atonement and the knowledge of the Kabbalah (Tree of Life).

Whatever the filter created by one's own cultural context and choice of mind food - we shall ALL be able to see the planets aligning with the new waxing moon.

So look up and celebrate that we can see and we can now know what we see. I respect the 3 wise men for their accuracy of calculation. I am grateful for my computer and the NASA site.

The axis of Saturn in Virgo (Form) and Uranus in Pisces (Light) might be the link to the teachings about the development of The Light Body as a quantum leap of evolution. It is is being activated now, the first of five twangs taking us through to 2010. The point it finishes on (In Aries/Libra) is at exact right angles to the Capricorn/Cancer axis being triggered now, by the intense pull of Pluto. Think about it. By 2010 we shall have flipped exactly 180 degrees and been struck by lightning 5 times.  What will the effect of these strong stellar patterns upon our planetary world, ourselves, our nature kingdoms, and perhaps yes, our solar system itself, be like? We are here to live it. Fun uh?

Millions of people – from the faintly curious through the gamut of religions, new Agers, esotericists, greenies, through to the orthodox, traditionalists and staunch fundamentalists -have been invoking, praying, chanting, decreeing through their own their beliefs for 15 years, drawing on the magnetic alignment of Pluto, the Galactic centre and the Sagittarian realm of the galactic zone. All that aspiration and power hungering for alignment with God, the Galaxy and ourselves may have helped in our unfolding evolution. Neptune in Aquarius is bringing our human spirits into the realm of knowledge. Phew!

In mathematical language, we are aligned with the zero point of Pluto’s ingress into the area of Capricorn [the sign of The Teacher].  Perhaps I’ll dig out a couple of videos collected in the sagittarian adventure. Greg Braden’s: Awakening to Zero and Beyond Zero Point. In the cosmic rhythm of the earth’s trip around the sun, we are approaching the Solstice point – the summer solstice for us here in Ozland. 

If we have learnt anything over these last Sagittarian flavored 15 years, it is that so much of our human cultural creativity is about the same thing: we want to love life, love being human and love this splendid planet we have been given in which to delight and discover – together.

It’s about us – we, the people. Some of the human species are causing strife. Only some. A small ‘some’. The rest of us want to learn to get along with each other and the planet.

We are creations of life, we have the spark of the Divine in us. IF there IS God the Creator, there is only ONE God which by definition, we all share within the excellent freedom of perspective we enjoy in a dynamic world of diversity. Tuck that into the soul wisdom pocket.

QED by sheer logic alone… (Saturn in Virgo) … It comes DOWN to us.
It’s UP to us.

This Christmas may we humans be granted (and open to receiving) the gift of Grace. In this year’s festive season, it is appropriate to think of giving humble quality, simple and meaningful gifts … and of the graciousness we can share in these turbulent times.
Take care of yourselves,
Blessings,

* Pic of Rye InterFaith Festival.
At the final ceremony, children sang the song they had written: Together.
The chorus:

We will open our eyes
We will open our ears
We will open our hearts and our minds
We will open our eyes  
We will open our ears
To the wonders of Human Kind.

We begin the weekend here in Ozland on Saturday morning of the 22nd November, with storms raging along the East Coast and unseasonably cold winds with high humidity. Strange weather patterns indeed. By 9.45 am, the Sun will have entered Sagittarius AEDT. In Melbourne, a Capricorn Ascendant and Virgo Moon will greet the Day.

Here in Rye, we shall be celebrating an Inter-Faith festival with ceremonies, workshops, dancing and music, market stalls and children’s activities. The weekend’s offerings on the foreshore will be fascinating and bring lots of life to a community well aware of its delightful diversity of cultures and beliefs. This is appropriate timing as we prepare to farewell Pluto’s 15 year journey through Sagittarius which nudged us into the next evolutionary cycle whereby spirituality will emerge as a natural expression of the human. Many folk are retrieving their own direct connection with spirit and wanting to share what they are discovering. 

The role of religions was to maintain that connection through a long Age of a dispersed humanity. Each faith and belief (religion) emerged from its own cultural context. The essence uniting us all is the natural and instinctive drive towards what we call ‘the spiritual’. As we develop our intuitive selves we shall sense and know more and more directly and in tune with nature and our selves.  

On the 23rd (Sunday AEDT) Mercury will activate itself anew in Sagittarius – and we can talk about the last few weeks and seeing ahead into the future. Watch the media people fall over themselves and each other to keep up as the pace quickens. Do keep track of those ideas tumbling through the ethers and record them for us all – we shall need them. Communications may be inspired and inspiring.

On Thursday 27th November at precisely 12.03 pm, Pluto will enter Capricorn [ pluto-ingress-capricorn ] where it shall preside (with dignity and integrity) until 2024/6. The presence of Mercury and Sun in Sagittarius at this ingress heralds a revival of the classical folksy – in fashions, music, festivals, dance and song. Practical futuristic development and scientific innovation will be created from active mental planes and simplicity will replace the glamour and complexities of the past few decades. Markets will replace large shopping malls and bartering will emerge as necessity calls forth more realistic survival plans.

In Melbourne, an Aquarian Ascendant will serve us well – it is here that a local group are championing the need for an Australian Charter of Human Rights. The people will challenge the Scorpionic Business interests and the issues of water and the sea will be in our sights. The stellium of Jupiter, Venus and Pluto in Capricorn in the Aquarian ruled 11th house reinforces the Government by and for and with the people.  Community organisations and groups will feature strongly for the decade ahead. Local Councils will need to revise planning permits to create communities of dwellings which enhance sustainability and self sufficiency rather than developers estates which are often isolating and impractical.  Support community groups which serve the people, renovate and maintain community buildings and co-operatives for food growing and support; community banks and voluntary organisations will be busy. There will be more migration out of cities into rural areas where decentralisation will develop larger and more beneficial townships. [For localised charts and insights into house placement - adjust for your own time zones. ]

For our beautiful little planet – a long cycle of Reformation, Renaissance and Revolution begins in earnest. Those who have rarely considered responsible and ethical behaviour will be embarking on a crash (?) course. Those who love the adventure of responsive human creation, development and community organisation – will thrive. According to the Urantia books and the Keys of Enoch, ours is a Creation Universe of immense diversity and therefore Relativity is vital. Equality is of the Absolute which is why we are described as equal in the ‘sight of God’. We shall become more aware of this when Saturn moves into Libra late in 2009.

Life will not be boring – it is a celestial offering of stupendous potential. 

These next few decades will challenge everything we know about humanity, about civilisation and governance, about living on a planet and about our Purpose in being here and now.  If you want to know how you fit into this grand scenario, ask yourself what is important to you and what vitalises you in body, heart, mind and spirit. Integrity utilises the ability to be true to the essential self. Whatever sense and vision we have developed over the past two decades will be well seeded – conscious or not. Now, we get to actualise – to implement and to create and build anew. Nature is changing of its own accord and the planet itself is ‘initiating’ its new cycle. Many people are choosing, now, to experience and co-create with nature with a developed consciousness and physicality launching into a quantum leap of evolution. Some aspects (forms) will slowly dissolve, some will disintegrate (quite suddenly) as if the glue has worn out, some will simply cease to function as the new cosmic frequencies streaming into our world attract and repel in the everlasting dance of life. Some will prepare for sleep and withdrawal – tired from a long and demanding life cycle. Faith is simply, the knowing that new Light upon the Waters of Life is the gift of the eternal spirit of creation of which we are active and aware fragments. The miracle (gift) is that we get to experience being whole and alive – with an added bonus of consciousness.

I am reminded here of an experience way back in the mid 1980’s. I ventured to Fossil beach in Mt. Martha with my then teenage daughter and son. The wintry day had created stormy clouds through which streams of light emerged to shine on the sea. We stood on ancient rocks, surrounded by fossilised creatures millions of years old. I commented that such a sight, ”reminded me of God”. My daughter chuckled: “it IS God”. My son stared at us both then at the scene and stated simply: “It is sunlight on the water and lots of old rocks”. All 3 of us were expressing our perception and experience of a dynamic world. All 3 were correct. There is no need for comparison, competition, right nor wrong. Life IS.   

These next few years we will be witnessing the completion of a few cycles – some on a magnitude difficult to grasp.  We are sophisticated and learned enough these days to know of these greater cycles from our own calculations. The more personalised prophesies and descriptions are found in vague records and hidden in legends and stories, in religious texts and ‘sacred’ documents. Risa describes these cycles – some involving many thousands of years. 

I have been contemplating the subject of Love and wisdom which is our Solar Village theme, the beautiful blue 2nd Ray and the challenge of forgiveness.  Learning to forgive the person – whilst retaining the wisdom of seeing clearly what is nurturing of our own souls and life – is quite a process.  The Saturn/Uranus opposition brings to the light, why our most recent Avatar on Urth taught us about loving, compassion and forgiveness.

The New Moon at 5 degrees Sagittarius [Friday 28 November at 3.54 am AEDT] will revive our optimism and foresight. We will be able to see a little further across wider horizons as we surface from the intensity of Scorpio. The hymn, Blake’s Jerusalem, flickers through my mind.

This is what it is all about – reviving our passion for Life, for the liberty to embrace life, for the vision that can see life: eternal, dynamic and oh so precious.

May the mysteries continue to intrigue the mind, love revive the heart, and our little wills be one with the essence of God’s unfolding magnificence. 

Dance on …

With grateful Blessings,

* Quote for the week:

“Living on earth is not cheap – but we do get a free trip around the Sun every year.”

* An hour of joyful fun: Adam Hills   Ah! I do appreciate the comedians!

* Channel 2: ABC Compass program on Sunday night (23rd Nov) at 10.10 pm will explore the various apocalyptic predictions of these current times and why people are drawn to these.

Photo by Steve Christo (The Age Gallery)

The newest of our technologies have brought the Opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics into the hearts and minds of a major portion of the human species on this wondrous Urth. What a fantastic display China!

Each of these Olympic Ceremonies has enabled a different culture and nation to emerge and present itself on the world stage. China has people aplenty and their ability to work together in unison is evident. This nation of China has experienced much of what the world has to offer: feudalism, monarchies, communism and now embracing much of capitalism – and on Friday night it displayed its history and culture to the world. It has given us the basis for printing, paper, fireworks, silk, martial arts and much more. Billions of us are learning to read downwards as we scroll down our computer screens.

I loved the small details amidst the finely tuned masses working together for one purpose: the people running around the globe, the unfolding pics of the torch passage through the world, the 9 year old boy from the earthquake province quietly walking with his tall minder, the thousands of individuals functioning together with a common unified purpose.

People are wondering how these huge numbers of people could all work together so well – the timing, the accuracy – as if of one unified mind. This is an example of the ability of a group to work as one (It is the new emerging Aquarian Age actualised). It is 21 years since we linked across the globe for the Harmonic Convergence – and the Eclipse on Sunday falls on that exact date. We created a unified field on that day. Now the world is awakening in ways we could not have forseen. It takes singular focus, group consciousness and willing hearts to achieve this. We, humanity, are well prepared for this next stage of planetary growth.  

In thinking of the world situation – China has a great deal to offer the global village. They have self mastery down to a fine art. Yes, it is the collective at its extreme, just as America has individualism as its extreme.

The astrology for this upcoming eclipse enforces these themes: the individual shining Sun in Leo, Chiron and Karmic Node conjunct in Aquarius, Neptune conjunct the Full Moon in Aquarius and the stellium in Virgo.

In discovering our own spirit and our own relationship to Life, to the world and to our human experience, we may also discover what we have to offer.

We can no longer ‘go along’ blindly: our human consciousness is expanding as the inevitable path of the unfolding evolution, beckons. Jupiter retrograde in Capricorn is urging us to uncover the beliefs and social norms to which we have bound ourselves – unconsciously. For some, these have been associated with money and power; for some, social conservatism and expectations; for some, finding the ‘right’ set of beliefs and doctrines. The healing of humanity is hilighted.

We can no longer feign a blind obedience to loyalties we have not questioned nor examined in the Light of Truth and the Light of Love.

The truth – one aspect of it – is that our humanity is evolving. It is unfurling like the scrolls of human experience through the passage of time and space. It is this experience of seeing and witnessing and knowing first hand, this process of unfolding evolution in time and space that is unique to our dimensional incarnating experience as souls in matter.

We have the unique and wondrous knowing of first hand subjective experience and objective observation.

This is the gift of our living now.

The human species is indeed growing towards one species of much diversity, one human family of many peoples and cultures, creeds and experiences.

‘One world, one dream’ is playing itself out right now: the Sun in Leo will be eclipsed by the Full Moon in Aquarius – right on the planet Neptune (dreaming) next weekend. [I am well aware of the high probability of astrological knowledge being applied by the Chinese creators and writers! They chose the exact timing of 080808. See the crop circle* that emerged in to join in the celebration.]

One world, one dream is a work in progress. Humanity is a work in progress.

The Stellium of Saturn with the personal planets in Virgo may bring out our narkiness and criticism, our pettiness and mean spirited tendencies. As I feel these well up in my mind, I am consciously redirecting this careful analytical ability into sorting my files, completing my taxes and cleaning. Most of the time (Saturn) it works. I am discovering lots of programs and files in my intellect/brain that are now redundant.

This second Eclipse will be at sunrise for us on the East coast of Australia: Sunday 17th August at 7.17 am AEST. The Sun in Leo will be just above the horizon and the Full Moon in Aquarius will be sliding into the shadow of the planet. It is saying to reflect back in a group conscious humanity, the courage to shine. This is the emergence of our human spirit, the spark of the divine which we all nurture and keep safe deep within and which once ignited, draws us closer to God transcendent.

The exact angle of Mercury to the Midheaven (AEST) in Gemini indicates communication is timely. Communication is the way we, realising our separateness, reach over the great divide to engage with each other. A picture (visual) speaks volumes.

By lunch time on Sunday 17th, Saturn will have led Mercury, Venus and Mars in Virgo into our day. This Virgo stellium is fabulous: for focussing on what really matters, for clear thinking, cleaning, sorting, gathering and accuracy. Virgo is all about the environment – without which we do not survive. It is about the micro and detail. Small does matter. The exact trine from Venus in Virgo to retrograde Jupiter in Capricorn is a ‘sign’ of our next great gift: Venus guides us to our next stage of growth emerging later this year. Mundane astrology refers to this as a time to dream and wish: it is also a time to discover what really matters to us – what we truly value. And the Virgo/Capricorn backdrops infuse us with the realisation that we must act upon what we discover for it to be real.

Pluto back in Sagittarius and aligning with the Galactic Centre, is exploding, triggered by an impulsive and overly critical (fearful and insecure) Mars. Those with power, prestige, wealth and the knowledge of the BIG – need to discover gentleness and wisdom, humility and gratitude before embarking on the next decade or so of grounded application and realistic creation. Quality shall beckon as quantity diminishes. The critical journalism and comments re China are reflections and expressions of those unwilling or unable to recognise that perfection in this world of time and space, is a process and is never achieved without cooperation. Competitiveness is passé. The athletes now speak of their own Personal best (PB) as the measure. By growing, changing and ‘doing our best’ we achieve with, for and on behalf of, humanity.

This spark from Mars to Pluto, ignited the war in Georgia. Territorialism and ownership are outmoded ideas: to eliminate people, human creations and resources in the name of ownership or ‘rights’ is a dead end in terms of evolution. Old beliefs and loyalties have become inflamed and cause disease. This challenge to transform our lowest evolutionary impulses will be exact on the day of the Eclipse. The environment is hilighted.

In many ways, it is fitting that China hosts this Olympics – China offers us the how of managing the 1st Ray – of power and initiative. Directing that energy stream consciously is a fine skill to learn.

The fine tuning, the superb timing, the group consciousness and the artistic display and ceremony of the Olympics are all there in the stellar formations.

Truth is – we need to include everyone in the overall celebration of living that is our heritage, our human right, our duty and our privilege. None of us can do it alone. The world needs what each of us can offer and therefore the issue of human rights is really all about the value we place upon life itself.

The aggressive claiming of what we think are our ‘human rights’ have at times, been quite destructive of nature and of each other: What we claim for ourselves must also be made available to all humanity if it is to be described as ‘rights’.

These two eclipses are gently nudging us towards an expanded view – that of discovering a more humane way of living and creating on this our precious planetary world. What this means – ‘humane’ – is something upon which to ponder.

The second of these Leo Eclipses grants us a window to view the greater humanity’s purpose into which we can contribute our own particular individual gifts.

China has shown us a way: particles (individuals) moved in harmonious rhythm to create a wave.  Light is made up of particles (individual units of matter) which together can form a wave. In this ceremonial new tradition, a ’rite of passage’, humanity is expressing in ceremony, how Light works!

May this Eclipse reveal the individual you – and the purpose and the way - that you may consciously and willingly participate in humanity’s unfolding evolution.

My dream is of a round table of the world’s cultures, creeds and gifts which together enlivens a symbiotic whole: a table where co-operation and creation are the valued methodologies.

One world, one dream,
In – deed …

Blessings.

These two Pacific Gulls are doing their yin/yang dance as they look for food in a depleted Bay. The dredging project has devastated the feeding stock. I experienced a picnic lunch with NO seagulls recently – weird.
We are heading for the second of the Full moons in the Sun cycle through the Taurus zone. It is exact on Tuesday 21st May at 12.10 to 12.12 pm AEST. This second of the Wesak Moons is being proclaimed as the genuine Wesak/Buddha full Moon. It makes sense astrologically as a Grand Cross forms with 3 planets in fixed signs and Saturn in Virgo (mutable). We seem to be enjoying overlays. Here, the Saturn in Virgo pre-empts the Gemini festival of Humanity which is the mutable signs.
The crop circles so far this year are also indicating merging and overlays with double spirals and double yin/yang symmetries. This confirms for me that we have definitely begun the change over of the Ages. This time of transition peaks in 2012 then gradually dissipates the years following.
Of course, with Saturn in Virgo, the sceptics are out in force. Who really knows what is happening? Personally, I enjoy being as conscious as I can possibly be during such tumultuous upheaval in a living dynamic planetary world such as our Urth. Consciousness is wider in scope than intellect and is inclusive of all evidence presented from whatever source: our human senses, the mind, science, prophecies and our own intuition and instincts.
Just after the Full Moon on the 20th, the moon enters Sagittarius keeping pace with the sun entering Gemini. Mercury (intellect and communications) in Gemini is direct until the 27th so download lots from the Higher Mind into the intellect before we enter the inner realm with mercury retrograde.
It is time to review: evaluate (Venus is in Taurus) what is our worth and what really matters, focus on organisational levels (Saturn in Virgo), revisit what we have learned and modify those visions created during the last decade or so ( Pluto retrograde returning to Sagittarius), and rein in grandiose schemes whilst considering the quality of life and our belief systems (Jupiter retrograde in Capricorn).
The personalisation of Mars in Leo is interesting and will be shifting the energetic focus from the Pluto in Cancer group and the honouring of the elders and war/depression/war eras, TO the Baby Boomers. What were those visions and ideals again? Opinionated journalism and My Face/Blogging will slowly lose their glamour. Grumpy elders indeed.
Australia has just declared its budget and the Opposition had its say. Interesting. The new Labour Government is winding back the excesses of the peacock times of the Howard regime. The rich have to give up their welfare bonuses and the money bag is being redistributed amongst the poor. Mind you, the cut off point is $150k annual income level which is mind boggling to someone like myself who is (just) managing on about $15k – that’s a tenth mathematically. I suppose I’d be able to buy in wood instead of scavenging for it during stormy days to keep warm during the cold nights. Everything is relative in this relative Universe.
The infrastructure of society and health, education and updating our home and lifestyles to consider new green technologies are all in focus. It is very Capricorn and wise indeed, as we have 16 years of this sort of necessity driven reality ahead of us. The Taurean influence of learning to share is strong. It is a good beginning for a new era. People are already seeing how much more we can ‘cut back’ and modify our lifestyles and societal structures to sustain our nation through troubled times.
Someone needs to give the Liberal Party advice about the astrology – we are entering a group consciousness Era of Aquarius and bleating about ‘individualism’ is old Baby Boomer Pluto in Leo stuff that doesn’t fit now – and will not wash in the times ahead.
Rather, responsibility for all of humanity and the planetary world is our evolutionary assignment.
The parliamentary debate and aggressive speech is so tiring. People who have rarely suffered or lived through intensity and hard times are trying to maintain this blustery character stuff. For the rest of us – these are our lives you are playing with – we are the human pawns on the chess board.
Interesting watching how efficient China is in response to the earthquake there in sharp contrasts to Burma. Both countries are strong military regimes yet the application of resourcefulness is quite different. Students of the Root Races and stages of evolution have major reference points displayed globally.
I recall futurists and prophets in the 1990’s speaking about the redirecting of military training and personnel/expertise away from war and conflict towards disaster management. It is happening. I ponder upon the meaning behind the Great invocation. The words ‘restore the Plan on Urth’ have me wondering what happened to the original blueprint for humanity and this beautiful globe?
Perhaps these next few months whilst Pluto is retrograde in Sagittarius may be an excellent time to dig out all those old channelled ramblings, prophecies and futuristic documentations. Saturn in Virgo will assist in wading through the waffle to find what is useful. Gordon Michael Scallion is coming into his own as is David Suzuki and other Baby Boomer elders who gave their all to prepare and warn humanity for what is happening right now. Those who were loyal to their visions and insights will be called upon now as ‘experts’. The most lauded and respected in these times ahead will be those who can be honest and transparent, precise and direct. Egoism and power plays will be relegated to theatre.
The volcano erupting in Chile has been asleep for 9,000 years. The planetary clock is chiming.
What fun it is to be here and now and conscious in such ‘interesting times’.
This Full Moon hilights the initiation of the species (enmasse) as the fixed/mutable cross stretches humanity and calls forth a maturing of personality/opinionated “me” stuff.
It is all very real and very here and now.
Students of the 5th Kingdom will have been experiencing the precipitation through into semi-conscious states of awareness so do keep jotting down those ideas and insights.
That’s Buddha’s gift to us all – illumination.
In cartoon symbology the light globes over our heads now need to be replaced with a few rays from the sun… students of esoterica and cosmology take note of the implications.
Time to relax a little and enjoy being alive – it is precious.
Blessings,

  There are many festivals celebrated at this time of the solar cycle: the cosmic clocks of the Equinox and Aries Full Moon provide a focus in time and space for us to contemplate endings and beginnings, seasons and cycles. It provides a welcome release for holidays and regeneration. 

astroblog:

“If we think about it too much, we miss the moment, that occurs in time and space, wherein we can expand beyond small and petty personal concerns and just be, here, right now, anywhere, anywhen, alive and oh, yes, aware.”

May this festival ‘time-out’ bring refreshment of the Spirit of Life.

Blessings,

Hilary

[pic (c) by Monica Henry: 'Starting Out']

 The flowering gums and Moonah trees are native to Australia: their time is now.

Today is the Opening of Parliament and for the first time in Australia’s Parliamentary History a Native Elder welcomed the settlers to their land. From today, we all belong here. Opening ceremony  ABC tv 7.30 report. 12 February 2008.

Tomorrow is ‘Sorry‘ Day. Oh yes! It has taken this new Goverment just 11 weeks to do what has never been done before. Healing for us all begins.

Full text of PM’s speech

“Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

We reflect on their past mistreatment.

We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were stolen generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s history.

The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.”

*13 Feb: ABC tv live coverage of this historic moment in time/Oz space: Apology      Summary and coverage

We are One …

For the week ahead astro guide:  

Astro Blog: http://www.dawnings.blogspot.com

Valentine’s Day

A spa visit and massage is in the stars.

Definitely a time to be conscious …

Blessings,

     G’day folks,

We are heading for the Full Moon and the entry of Pluto into Capricorn on Australia Day! Our Australian Constitution was launched in January 2001 so we have a strong societal connection to Capricorn. Looks like Ozland will be experiencing in depth transformation of Governance and social organisation over the next two decades. Perhaps we shall become an independent Republic?

The astrology for 2008 has been summarised and the file is on the Astrology Page. Hefty reading  – it may be a useful guide to the year for you. I have indicated the more long term effects of this new cycle for people to consider.

*Update:24/01/08 There was an error on page 3 of the file in the leap year date: 29/02/2008 =41/5  How appropriate that I have had to change it!? Oops!

2008 will be a year of transition – of refining ourselves personally to align with the Bigger Cycles which will sweep through our world with the wildness of Mickey Mouse in Fantasia! We will take a few years to learn how to capture this potent energy and utilise it for our own evolution. There is a lot of good grounding and practical assistance to help us settle into the next stage of implementation of the gifts and knowledge we have spent years studying and exploring.

The only public workshop I will be running this year is on the Metamorphic Technique. Information on the Consultancy page. Otherwise I have a full year of study and writing ahead of me.

 The Full Moon notes and the advent of Pluto into Capricorn for Melbourne, AEDT are described on the blog posting:

http://www.dawnings.blogspot.com

Blessings! Happy Oz Day folks!         

Save our Bay! FOE International Petition

Hilary

  

 ” The astrology at the moment seems to be giving us small homeopathic doses of what is pending on a much larger scale.”

 Blog Posting looks at the dawning new era and the closing of the old: Capricorn and Aquarian influences. The Quality of Life seeking ethics, integrity and honesty within group conscious and humanitarianism. Spiritual gifts of prophecy and intuition. Planetary Initiation for five years to 2012. The 5th Kingdom of Souls.

New year’s Eve; Personal growth experience with Mars in Cancer, teetering before retro into Gemini; Venus entering Sagittarius; animal kingdom nervous and skittish. 

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Update Sunday 30th: Comet Tuttle (emerald green) aligns with spiral galaxy M33. We can absorb the good healing vibes from this starry, stellar dance into our hearts for 2008.  http://www.spaceweather.com 

* January 1st 2008: Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities comes into effect.

Happy New Year fellow humans!

May 2008 be Kind to you… 

Blessings,

Hilary 

* Pic (c) by Rhys Jones.

** Community project is expanding rapidly as people take their initiative and join the fun of planning and creating a peaceful Vigil of Light. http://www.bayvigil.org

Greetings and Many blessings. This posting looks at Awareness: sentience; human and Planetary initiation;  UN and Animal Welfare; Summer Solstice; Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day.

Astrology is: Mars and Full Moon in Cancer opposite Sun and Jupiter in Capricorn; Node in Aquarius; Venus in Scorpio square Neptune in Aquarius; Moon in Leo; Yod and Mystical Rectangle. Mercury in Capricorn.

Astronomy is Full Moon and Mars; Ursid meteor showers and Comet Tuttle emerging from Polaris.

http://www.dawnings.blogspot.com

Our Community Action project http://www.bayvigil.org is slowly emerging into our local part of the world and is being warmly welcomed and encouraged. It is very much 7th Ray in its design and appropriately concerns a Bay (Cancer) to be protected from interference (Mars). Big Industry and Corporate thinking is wanting to expand (Jupiter in Capricorn) but this is not the time nor the place.  These environmental issues will be very much part of our lives for the next few years until we develop a way of fulfilling our role of stewardship of the planetary world and taking care of our species (humanity).  

We have an intensely emotional and personal Christmas emerging. Earth changes and strong weather patterns along with basic instincts and needs arising to be considered.

Here’s wishing you a Holy, peaceful and inspiring Christmas.

Holy chuckles…

Celebrations of Ramadan; Rosh Hashanah; The  3 Mary’s and the sacred feminine; Autumn harvests and spring planting; the 7th Ray.

Release and Rejoice!

Blessings …

[Honouring of Astra, a faithful feline familiar and companion.  Into the Light! ]

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