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Blessings to all as we awaken to our true nature

Jupiter Conjunct Neptune - May 13 - July 24, 2009

This is THE open ended opportunity for possibilities on a grand scale. All doors are unlocked at this time and we get a chance to see what our creative energies have produced and can produce. All potential is available to us now, as we look into the ocean of existence, out of which the nature of everything emerges into the manifest world in all its scope and complexity. Nothing is certain right now. Many changes are in the works, effecting our economic, social, collective, international, religious, spiritual, artistic, musical, health and inspirational matters.

So what does this all mean? It means that we can use our creative powers at this time to create a manifestation template that will lead us out of our current limitation, blockage and manifested lack. It means that we need to think positively and know that we create our own opportunities. This requires optimism, faith and an undaunted willingness to move past whatever difficulties have been surrounding us and onward to a different situation that provides many more options and workable solutions.

Some will have windfalls drop into their laps at this time. But most of us will need to replace our uncertainty and immobility with a willingness to believe in our dreams and goals, and even more willingness to take the chance of acting on them. Nothing is permanent, not the good stuff and not the bad stuff. But everything is malleable at this time and the forms that can be created are limited only by our imagination, inspiration and willingness to believe in ourselves. Carpe Diem.

On the negative side, if you have no positive vision or dream, or if you are unwilling to let go of your victimhood, then you create a void within your experience that will pull in experiences that will "prove" that the cards are stacked against you, others are mistreating you, or that you are vulnerable to all kinds of dis-eases, deceptions, debilities & emasculations. It is best to not succumb to a pervasive malaise that allows your energy and will to leak out of you, instead of applying it to the next step in your journey of a thousand steps .

There is a tendency to drink or take drugs that loosen up your inhibitions or help you see things from outside the walls of your normal identity. This can be done without drugs, but some people will be attracted to indulging in them even more than usual. Best to get your inspiration directly from life and avoid the problems that too easily come when you are not fully in charge of yourself because of drugs or alcohol.

This is a really good time for concerts, movies, plays, singing, laughing, vacationing, day dreaming, trusting your intuition, and generally letting go of trying to force life into a mold or imposed pattern. Let go and allow your creativity to flow. Don't try to control it. Let yourself discover. Let yourself see life as fresh and new, and allow hope, joy and exuberance to express themselves. Get out of your own way and move on to something that gives you more satisfaction and a sense of the abundance inherent in life.

Uranus Opposite Saturn Triggered off by the Full Moon of Tuesday March 10th

This whole week from Saturday March 7th through Saturday March 14th highlights the Saturn Uranus opposition we have been living with since last fall. This opposition was exact on election eve, and the presidential campaign and world economic crisis are expressions of this polarity between these two Astrological Titans.

The last time these two opposed each other was in 1966-1967 during a peaking of the social & political changes of the sixties. The civil rights movement, the growing protests against the Vietnam war, the general rebellion against conformity, as well as going to the Moon, are all manifestations of this confrontation. Saturn represents the form and structure of manifestation, and its tendency to maintain itself, even when it no longer serves the life that must function within it. Uranus represents new discovery, new realizations, new awareness and a breaking away from the consensus and control of established processes. Uranus will often break out of the prison of the conventional and strike out into the experimental and untried. These two planets are inherently antithetical to each other. From Conservative vs Liberal, and conformity vs individualism to the Status Quo vs Revolution, we are faced with the need to maintain the order that is working, and replace that which is not working with something entirely new. The Economic crisis is a case in point. The system has failed, due partly to inherent unrealistic foundations and partly to allowing greed, corruption and unrestrained market forces to do whatever they damn well wanted. We are faced with having to remake the system on all levels, while realizing that the old models don't fit anymore.

This is a new situation that, while it has aspects that are reflective of past troubled times, really has no road map. We must blaze the trail and discover new ways to relate to value, fuction and the flow of wealth, resources and human interaction, on a world wide scale. Assuming that any economy can continue to expand forever within a finite environment, is doomed to collapse on itself eventually. And now, 2008-2009, is that eventuality. The world resources are finite. We have to live with each other on this planet and find a way to wisely use the resources and energy available without using it all up and destroying ourselves in the process. The old paradigm of creating war to get us out of recessions and depressions doesn't work anymore. We can't afford it. The need to discover and invent new ways to live sustainably and to support all humanity is the main challenge of this time. The balance is tipping in a way that even the powerful and rich are no longer insulated. Idiologies and the struggle for dominance just create more of the problem. Solutions that find inherently solid forms while also encouraging inventive and creative approaches are possible at this time.

This week marks the middle of the two year period of Saturn Opposite Uranus. How are we doing? Have we weaned ourselves off of the addiction to overconsumption and violent domination? Do we see the folly of demanding entitlement to a high standard of living at the expense of 8 out of 10 people on the planet? Are the forces of established structures and the need for renewed freedom of spirit balanced in our lives, or are they entrenched in a battle for all out control of our paradigm? Are we willing to work together to find the solutions instead of blaming and judging others in the vicious circle of the victim/victimizer program? Now is the time. The playing field is being leveled. We each work both for ourselves and for the whole planet. Nothing is certain, but opportunities are everywhere to be made. It demands our best creativity, courage and strength. This is either a time of falling back asleep deeper into the nightmare of denial, or an awakening into a time of creating and manifesting our dreams.

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