Gemini season is officially underway with the Sun’s ingress into the sign of the Twins. The planet Mars has been transiting Gemini too, adding buzz and excitement. Gemini is known for its versatility. With a reputation of being a jack of all trades, master of none, the energy of this Air sign is highly stimulating. It can be difficult to keep up with a Gemini; their thoughts are lightening quick, sharp, and witty. These people require a lot of mental activity, along with an outlet to share their most recent findings. That is why Geminis are also known to be fickle and chatty. Theirs is a nervous energy that leads to anxiety if not expressed.
“Everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made. If you want a different life, make a different choice.” ~Unknown
Gemini season is officially underway with the Sun’s ingress into the sign of the Twins. The planet Mars has been transiting Gemini too, adding buzz and excitement. Gemini is known for its versatility. With a reputation of being a jack of all trades, master of none, the energy of this Air sign is highly stimulating. It can be difficult to keep up with a Gemini; their thoughts are lightening quick, sharp, and witty. These people require a lot of mental activity, along with an outlet to share their most recent findings. That is why Geminis are also known to be fickle and chatty. Theirs is a nervous energy that leads to anxiety if not expressed.
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“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end” ~Semisonic
I have experienced several endings this month, endings that, while long anticipated, have hinted at an important new cycle that is set to begin in my life. This is why I find myself advising clients to double down on faith; why the uncertainty I feel around not knowing what this new chapter entails brings great anxiety; why I am both excited and grieving; why my inner knowing feels calm and clear on what I must do to prepare and surrender to all that is being conjured on my behalf, similar to how a woman’s body knows exactly what to do prior to giving birth. Life often requires that we remain steadfast at the center of all that is bleak. ~Hard Faith in Times of Hard Truth
I have been here before. The heartache is all too familiar. I know this tune; I sing it well. I have memorized the lyrics, my body sways to the melody, and my tears drop with the beat of the percussion. A true leader is someone who becomes the authority of their own life.
People who know me know that I do not like to be referred to as a “leader.” Too often leaders in our society are supposed to look a certain way, have certain accomplishments underneath their belts, and are expected to live up to certain standards and expectations. They also often experience great pressure to perform – to reach goals that have been set by systems, experts, and other proclaimed leaders, who take their cues from other proclaimed leaders. No thanks. While I get that being a leader affords you privileges, respect, recognition and honor, so too does living an honorable life, respecting yourself and others, showing kindness, and being true to your soul. "Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they do not want their illusions destroyed." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
As headline events in the United States shift and become more absurd, I cannot help but to notice that the truth of what is, is becoming more apparent. There are media sources, for example, devoted entirely to fact checking. News correspondents like Jake Tapper (a Pisces) continue to call out the lies of the Trump administration. Families that are politically divided must now address the elephant at the dinner table, and we as individuals have begun to more deeply consider where we might be lying to ourselves about the state of our own lives. It is amazing how chaos often brings clarity. As we move through this final week in-between eclipses, the chaos will continue and culminate with clarifying effects during Sunday’s Solar Eclipse. “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart, and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms, and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke
To what extent am I willing to have my sense of security challenged, for the sake of change and self-betterment?
The planet Pluto has been moving through the sign of Capricorn since 2008, and upon ingress, many of our beliefs, values, and institutional systems shifted quite drastically. Financial crises rocked global markets; snow and ice were discovered on planet Mars; the U.S. elected its first African-American president, and I walked away from full-time employment without having any job prospects in place. These major events left many people filled with anxiety, and vulnerable. Change reared its head as most of us grappled to maintain the status quo. In hindsight, we – our world, in many ways – transformed for the better due to faltering foundations. But not before we released our need for control, and surrendered to the unfolding. The moment I changed my ways, I found my way.
I do believe the game-changing events that occurred in our personal lives during the summer months of 2016, were necessary to prepare us for more change on the horizon. A retrograde Mars in the sign of Scorpio, that did not station direct until June, insisted that we examine, expose, and then release those elements of ourselves that kept us in fear – elements that remained hidden beneath the surface. Meanwhile, a 90-degree angle formed between the planets Saturn and Neptune throughout the months of August and September, required many of us to navigate complex situations with uncertain outcomes, while remaining open to and trusting of the process. Then, of course, were the three eclipses that rocked our world, playing out over the span of just one month. Societal shifts that were pretty palpable occurred during this time, and are evident today. "Courage means to follow the heart. It is not only this singular act that reshapes the collective, but the continuation of those acts." Clarissa Pinkola Estes
You are a fraud. Not you, YOU. “Grieve, Honey. Go ahead and grieve until you are good and done.” ~To a Client
The finale to this game changing eclipse season came in the form of a Lunar Eclipse last Friday on September 16th. The Full Harvest Moon Eclipse was in the sign of Pisces the Fish, encouraging us to gather our strength so that we might grieve and reclaim. As the last sign of the zodiac, Pisces marks the end of our human experience, and entry into the world of spirit. It is through Pisces that we embrace a soul deep love, and transcend; only then are we able to show one another empathy and compassion. Our ego self is denied as we give in to a higher power – a higher process. This full moon eclipse marked the beginning of a harvest of love. |
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