28
Feb 2012

Astrocast – Brief for March 2012

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Mars ripples and dunesMarch and the beginning of Spring are marching toward us with great gusto and a few nips and twists along the way.  The signs that seem to be resonating to these massive inner changes and moods affecting us all are Virgo, Pisces, Gemini and Sagittarius.  Aries and Libra are going through their own struggles with the energies that remind us of ‘as above, so below’.  Other signs, the rest of the zodiac, are affected in so far as those who have stelliums or a collage of the above signs in their natal and/or progressed charts.  This is not to say that the other signs not mentioned are exempt as we are still affected by house positions and aspects to planets in our charts.  Some highlights for this month are generalizations and situations to watch for.  I am a double Leo with four planets in Virgo in the 1st house so as a Leo; I am affected greatly in first house matters.  This is an example of other signs.  If you don’t know your chart, it might be wise to have a good qualified astrologer do it for you so you can see for yourself how you are affected.

Full Moon in Virgo occurs on March 8th giving us a surge of Virgo type situations due to the fact that Mars is also retrograde in Virgo, so there may be some intense emotional experiences that most Virgo/Pisces axis might feel.  It would be a good time to rest, read a good book, and settle your mind with more meditation and less white noise.  Full Moons are meant to finish existing projects, close on deals that have been recently made and let go of situations that have not served you well.   The New Moon in Aries on the 22nd of March will bring about some major changes in the Aries/Libra axis due to the conjunction of Uranus which is also in the early degrees of Aries.  Changes that you might not have counted on and are being forced to make room for are occurring in rapid succession, so find a discipline which will calm you during these processes.

Neptune’s entrance into Pisces the end of February has given a surge of creativity and exaggerated dream life to all of us, including an imagination gone ‘wild’.  Neptune is a lovely planet of wisdom, creativity, imagination and illusion.  The down side of this is possibly around health issues that might call for several expert opinions before trying to be exact as to the manifestation of any one disorder.  Be wary of worrying unnecessarily about your health, for both Virgo and Pisces as this will only add stress to what can be a beautiful transit of Neptune.  Try to find a getaway, a natural diet and a way of showing your creativity to the world.

Mars remains retrograde in Virgo until the 15th of April and is causing stress in the inner worlds of those who have planets in Virgo in their charts.  Handling the energy of Mars retrograde can seem like a long tortuous ride on a roller coaster emotionally, however you will learn a lot by paying attention to the twists and turns along the way.  All is valuable in the field of learning.  I am sure for some this is not such great news, however we have to find something positive don’t we?  Virgos and Pisces are reacting strongly to this retrograde, so do something that sets your mind at rest, even if temporary, like the movies, theater, books….any dramas that can be observed rather than ‘lived’.

Mercury goes retrograde in Aries (conjunct Uranus) March 12th through April 3rd and will have all of us saying things we don’t mean and being quite impulsive about it all, but as usual, it only lasts for several weeks and then, things will be back to some normality.  This is an interesting retrograde while we are doing our income taxes so you might want to do this earlier or later but definitely before the 15th of April.  There will be a few snafus along the way for sure.

Saturn remains retrograde with its last visit to Libra through March and April.   So those born in the middle of October to about the 21st will be feeling the ending of this cycle strongly.  Have you learned your lessons yet?  Are disciplines in place?  How are you handling your dietary needs which are affecting your health?  Aries has watched their partnerships falter with this, but the good news is that new commitments and positive lessons have been learned.

Stay tuned for next month where we will have a detailed April, May and June forecast.  Always remember that even if you are another sign, you have other planets in these signs I have mentioned so to some degree more or less, they apply to ‘you’.   Have a great Spring Break!

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27
Feb 2012

Basic Symbolism in All Dreams – Dream Work Fundamentals

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Be sure you have the Dream Template – pattern to write your dreams.

DreamsLetters and Numbers

Pay attention to any letters or numbers that are included in a dream, even if you are telling the dream and use numbers in your retelling.

Place and Time of dream are crucial and very important to document each time.

The present mood before you had the dream, anything of greater importance that happened the day before or is of great concern to you.

Animals

To see animals in your dream represent your own physical characteristic, primitive desires, and sexual nature, depending on the qualities of the particular animal. Animals symbolize the untamed and uncivilized aspects of yourself. Thus, to dream that you are fighting with an animal signifies a hidden part of yourself that you are trying to reject and push back into your subconscious. Refer to the specific animal in your dream.

To dream that animals can talk represent superior knowledge. Its message is often some form of wisdom. Alternatively, a talking animal denotes your potential to be all that you can be.

To dream that you are saving the life of an animal suggests that you are successfully acknowledging certain emotions and characteristics represented by the animal. The dream may also stem from feelings of inadequacy or being overwhelmed. If you are setting an animal free, then it indicates an expression and release of your own primal desires.

To see lab animals in your dream suggest that an aspect of yourself is being repressed. You feel that you are not able to fully express your desires and emotions. Alternatively, it suggests that you need to experiment with your fears, choices, and beliefs. Try not to limit yourself.

Birth

To dream of giving birth or see someone else giving birth suggests that you are giving birth to a new idea or project. It also represents a new attitude, fresh beginnings or a major event. Alternatively, the dream may be calling attention to your inner child and the potential for you to grow. A more direct interpretation of this dream may represent your desires/ anxieties of giving birth or the anticipation for such an event to occur.

To dream that you are giving birth to a non-human creature signifies your overwhelming (and unfounded) fear in the health of your baby. You are overly concerned that your baby may have birth defects. This type of dream is common in expectant mothers in their second trimester. If you are not expecting, then it refers to your fear in the outcome of some decision or project. You are trying to overcome difficulties in your life and achieve inner development.

In particular, if you dream that you are giving birth to a monster, then it implies that your inner creative energy has yet to blossom and grow into expression. You may have some hesitation in releasing this “monster” for fear that others will judge you or that they will not accept your ideals.

To dream that the mother dies during birth represents transformation. The dream represents the ending of one thing (death) and the new beginning of another thing (birth). You may be making life changes or getting rid of your old habits and ways.

Building

To see a building in your dream represents the self and the body. How high you are in the building indicates a rising level of understanding, awareness or success. If you are in the lower levels of the building, then it refers to more primal attitudes and/or sexuality.

To see a building in ruins or damaged indicates that your approach toward a situation or relationship is all wrong. You need to change. Your own self-image may have suffered and taken some blow.

To dream that a building collapses indicates that you are losing sight of your ambitions and goals. Your pursuit for material gains is failing.

To dream that you or someone fall off a building suggests that you are descending into the realm of unconscious. You are learning about and acknowledging aspects of your unconscious. Alternatively, it symbolizes your fear of not being able to complete or succeeding in a task.

To dream that you are scaling or climbing a building indicates that you are getting carried away by your ambitions.

Death

To dream about the death of a loved one suggests that you are lacking a certain aspect or quality that the loved one embodies. Ask yourself what makes this person special or what you like about them. It is that very quality that you are lacking in your own relationship or circumstances. Alternatively, the dream indicates that whatever that person represents has no part in your own life anymore. In particular, to dream about the death of your parents indicates that you are undergoing a significant change in your waking life. Your relationship with your parents has evolved into a new realm.

To dream that you are faking your own death suggests that you are looking for a new start. You need some change in your life.

To dream that you die in your dream symbolizes inner changes, transformation, self-discovery and positive development that is happening within you or your life. You are undergoing a transitional phase and are becoming more enlightened or spiritual. Although such a dream may bring about feelings of fear and anxiety, it is no cause for alarm as it is often considered a positive symbol. Dreams of experiencing your own death usually means that big changes are ahead for you. You are moving on to new beginnings and leaving the past behind. These changes does not necessarily imply a negative turn of events. Metaphorically, dying can be seen as an end or a termination to your old ways and habits. So, dying does not always mean a physical death, but an ending of something.

On a negative note, to dream that you die may represent involvement in deeply painful relationships or unhealthy, destructive behaviors. You may feeling depressed or feel strangled by a situation or person in your waking life. Perhaps your mind is preoccupied with someone who is terminally ill or dying. Alternatively, you may be trying to get out of some obligation, responsibility or other situation. You are desperately trying to escape from the demands of your daily life.

To see someone dying in your dream signifies that your feelings for that person are dead or that a significant change/loss is occurring in your relationship with that person. Alternatively, you may want to repress that aspect of yourself that is represented by the dying person.

Home

Represents your psyche (includes ego, unconscious, complexes) at whenever the time frame is on the home. That is why time on each dream and characters at the time’ are so important)

To see your home in your dream signifies security, basic needs, and values. You may be feeling at “home” or settled at your new job or environment. Alternatively, the dream represents your basic needs and priorities.

In particular, to see your childhood home, your hometown, or a home that you previously lived in, indicates your own desires for building a family and your family ideologies. It also reflects aspects of yourself that were prominent or developed during the time you lived in that home. You may experience some unfinished feelings that are being triggered by some waking situation. Alternatively, the dream may represent your outdated thinking.

To dream that you cannot find your way home indicates that you have lost faith and belief in yourself. It may also signify a major transition in your life.

Storm

To see a storm in your dream signifies some overwhelming struggle, shock, loss or catastrophe in your waking life. The storm also represents unexpressed fears or emotions, such as anger, rage, turmoil, etc. On a more positive note, the storm symbolizes your rising spirituality. It may signal rapid changes ahead for you.

To dream that you take cover in a storm foretells that whatever disturbance or problems is occurring in your life will quickly blow over. Consider also the phrase “weather the storm”, which refers to your ability and strength to withstand whatever comes.

Water

(Notice the color, clarity of the water, the calmness or storminess of the water and what characters, if any, are associated with it)

To see water in your dream symbolizes your unconscious and your emotional state of mind. Water is the living essence of the psyche and the flow of life energy. It is also symbolic of spirituality, knowledge, healing and refreshment. To dream that water is boiling suggests that you are expressing some emotional turmoil. Feelings from your unconscious are surfacing and ready to be acknowledged. You need to let out some steam.

To see calm, clear water in your dream means that you are in tune with your spirituality. It denotes serenity, peace of mind, and rejuvenation.

To see muddy or dirty water in your dream indicates that you are wallowing in your negative emotions. You may need to take some time to cleanse your mind and find internal peace. Alternatively, the dream suggests that your thinking/judgment is unclear and clouded. If you are immersed in muddy water, then it indicates that you are in over your head in a situation and are overwhelmed by your emotions.

To dream that water is rising up in your house suggests that you are becoming overwhelmed by your emotions.

To hear running water in your dream denotes meditation and reflection. You are reflecting on your thoughts and emotions.

To dream that you are walking on water indicates that you have total control over your emotions. It also suggests that you need to “stay on top” of your emotions and not let them explode out of hand. Alternatively, the dream is symbolic of faith in yourself.

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19
Feb 2012

Gateways to The Shadow – Moving Toward Understanding Our Inner Worlds

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ShadowsAs we move toward change and complete our own personal ascension into the Soul and Spirit that we are, understanding the nature of the ‘work’ that must be done to make that leap,  we must come to terms with the unknowns, the ‘shadows’ that live in our personal unconscious.  These are parts of the self that are seen only briefly with full emotional output, as a projection toward others, judgments, emotional angst, incomplete parts of our own darkness, all of which reveals itself only in the periphery of our reflection toward self.  If these shadows are not seen for what they are, they move into a more global and collective shadow which is then manifested by larger areas of the population.  How many of you have watched the news, seen hate crimes, terrorists, destruction and wondered how this could happen?  It happens when we no longer are compassionate, spiritual beings, understanding the nature of things we repress and living them out response ably.

“We carry our past with us, to wit, the primitive and inferior man with his desires and emotions, and it is only with an enormous effort that we can detach ourselves from this burden. If it comes to a neurosis, we invariably have to deal with a considerably intensified shadow. And if such a person wants to be cured it is necessary to find a way in which his conscious personality and his shadow can live together.” Carl Jung: CW:11, p. 12

The old beliefs, the old lies, the old rigidity reeks havoc on our bodies. By taking inventory on these bodily manifestations, we might be able to build a new and more open body for our soul’s infusion into self. We come to this planet through an intense energy of light vibration and as we incarnate and get closer to the earth, the magnetic field gets dense; the thought forms manifest. Lo and behold! we land on this earth in physical form, taking on, within our bodies all the beliefs and grounded interactions that are on this planet; all the paradigms, the belief systems, the families, the personalities, the governmental and cultural structures, the place which houses our bodies…we take all of it into our body ..and then we begin processing this persona in this life. Our body holds all of what we are and what we are to become, and reveals itself by our own relationship to it. This body awareness is essential in understanding the nature of things we need to change as we enter the Gateways of 2012.

We are always in a state of learning, feeling, sensing, intuiting, that which our body is telling us. What is your body telling you? In our work with others, therapeutically, we develop dialogues within the body, which, eventually will be exemplified on this site, but until then, let’s look at the psychological processes by which we learn more about our shadows as they are reflected in our bodies, the buried periphery in our personal unconscious.

We are going to go over some general meanings regarding body armor and body shadow energy. The SHADOW is that part of you which is reflected in your relationships, projections, high energy involvements, and seems to always slip past your energy boundaries into your body when not processed. The body creates the actual MIRROR of your body as a temple of worship so that you have to pay attention and maintain some vigilant disciplines about the care and nurturing of your own body. After we go through these general meanings of character armor, much of which we learned through the study of Wilhelm Reich, Fritz Perls, and Alexander Lowen, but mostly just through my psychic intuition, and a alchemical approach to all of the leading psychologies, we will see how relevant this is to the changes that need to be made at a personal and highly intimate level. We manifest in our bodies the following symptoms so that we can learn how to deal with this dense planet and get past the process in order to become more aware and conscious, as well as ‘response able’ to our authenticity.

The head is the part of us that is caught up in logos, thinking, intellect, analyzing and many of us operate totally from our heads trying to make sense of all that comes to us and from us. Even as I am writing this, my head is using up all its oxygenation and I am not focusing on breathing into my head to prevent headaches…too much energy focused in one area for any length of time, will create stagnation in that area, due to no oxygen. Headaches and more head injuries create a need to get out of our minds and into our bodies..

The speech mechanisms in the throat and all around the chest area can create such blocks as laryngitis, polyps, our children who have speech defects because we have not learned to communicate our truths. Yes, even our children manifest our ‘denial of body’. Sometimes the lessons have to be given with a 2 X 4 over the head in the form of our progeny.

Our hearts get blocked, big time, due to our inability to love self, others, without limitation, judgment, and willingness to receive love and nurturance. Many people think that it is a matter of action of loving. I see it as a shutting down to receiving love unconditionally. Our inability to receive touch, care, love….all of this shuts the heart down to a screeching halt. This is reflected in pains on the left side of the body as well as the lack of circulation and mobility at that level.

Our stomachs are loaded with the unexpressed anger; the abandonment of the mother or the unavailability of the mother/nurturance. There is lactose intolerance, because we were fed with attachment and with the toxicity of the mother’s attachment or abandoning, both creating the same polarity. The over mothering is just as abandoning of the child as the mother who leaves her child on the doorstep of the ‘other’.

Our pelvises and sexual chakras are the seat of kundalini, and shock us into action through frustration, through charisma, through magnetic chemistry between us and others. The planet is going through major shifts of sexual energy and how we use it. This energy is pristine and we put thoughts/feelings/emotional dramas on this energy so that we can source our more intense selves. We refuse to own our male/female in an authentic manner. We don’t want to look in the face of our husbands, wives, and lovers, and say… He/She is ME ..we are  having a sexual relationship with ourselves,  so we manifest all kinds of problems in our genitalia.

We have mentioned a few of the areas that hold our shadows, parts of self that we project on others ‘to hold’ until such time as we can hold the energy as self, consciously and fully, becoming healthy physically so that we can live longer more fulfilled lives.

Becoming fully conscious of our shadows requires other disciplines that are necessary so that we don’t bury ourselves in our own conscious self. Jung once warned:

 “If you imagine someone who is brave enough to withdraw all his projections, then you get an individual who is conscious of a pretty thick shadow. Such a man has saddled himself with new problems and conflicts. He has become a serious problem to himself, as he is now unable to say that they do this or that, they are wrong, and they must be fought against. He lives in the “House of the Gathering.” Such a man knows that whatever is wrong in the world is in himself, and if he only learns to deal with his own shadow he has done something real for the world. He has succeeded in shouldering at least an infinitesimal part of the gigantic, unsolved social problems of our day.” Carl Jung, CW11: p. 140.

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11
Feb 2012

As Above So Below

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SunTo continue with a mundane translation of what is happening to our bodies, minds and souls during this 2012 transition, we will look at the following connections:

  • the effect the cosmology has on our own personal psycho-physiological body
  • the brain shifts that are occurring due to the electromagnetic energies
  • the ongoing evolvement of our planet as it pertains to our souls
  • the things we can do to remember who we are and what our soul purpose is meant to be.
  • healing techniques that might be available to us in addition to those of the medical model.

The announcement of a program called Gateways to 2012 was announced by both Daniel Jacobs and myself which began in 2010 and ran for a year on Blog Talk Radio. Here is the announcement and purpose: “We are beginning a Blog Talk radio show which will be entitled Gateways to 2012 which will answer some of the more specific questions people have in this regard so be sure and keep up and tune in.  Our first trial run will be at 2:00 PM CST, this Sunday, March 1st.  I will be hosting this program and will have some very supportive and talented guests on this subject matter.  I will speak to the astrological configurations only in reference and will continue to be on Scott Cluthe’s blog radio show, Positively-Incorrect in order to answer questions of those interested in their personal astrological configurations.  So with that out of the way, we will continue to the discussion of Gateways to 2012. 

The brief explanation of the Mayan prediction as to the sun aligning with the galaxy on December 21, 2012 and how that pertains to us and our own physicality would be the following example. Our personal sun, the sign under which we were born will be aligning with our totality as ONE, we will be reuniting with all that is, and start recognizing our soul as part of all incarnations of beings.  We have memories of who we really are and what we have evolved into over many thousands of years, our soul.  Now our soul will remember and reconnect to ‘all that we have ever been or will ever be’.  This will demand of us a sense of timelessness, a meditative state of mind which takes us out of the sequential time and into a world where time does not exist but becomes all one, living in parallel universes, so to speak in parallel galaxies.  I am sure you have all been having dreams where the dreams all seem real and in a very specific way, our dreams are our living out life in these parallel universes, so they are real speaking at a quantum level.

The dream state must come from the side of our brains that have no-time relationship, for most of us it is the right side of the brain.  We realize when we awaken that we are trying to make sense, time-honored sense of our dreams in a logical sequential understanding, all of which is in the left brain. Actually our brains are being infused and are undergoing synapses at a rapid rate which is causing the brain to shift and recalibrate to the more current conditions of this speeded up time. Our dreams are so very important at this time and keeping up with the symbolic metaphors and orientation of the dreams is equally important.  Our dreams can remember who we are and what we are about at this time and we can come to some understanding of our purpose and other lives that play an important part of our ‘becoming our soul’.

So as we are coming to alignment of the soul to our own personal galaxy of beings, we can reconnect and transform ourselves with an understanding that our ego self is only a persona for the current lifetime. The electromagnetic currents in our earth in space have been changing and are reducing, but more importantly, it is helping recalibrate the brain and our connection to this brain.  The right brain in most of us (right handed types) controls our senses, sight, smell, taste, feel/touch, and the left side of our brain controls our time sense, logic, sequencing of our linear selves.  When the brain is re-infusing and recalibrating due to the energies received 24/7, it is shifting and we are sometimes met with physical symptoms of imbalance, such as headaches, vertigo, stroke-like symptoms, etc.  We see more and more of it around us which is demanding that we rest more, take better care of our diets and our sense of boundaries with others.

Stresses in our day and time are caused mostly by the confusion at a mass level in the areas of purpose, intent, how to deal with change, loss of jobs, destruction of relationship and relatedness to others.  All of these factors leave the ‘persona’ reeling, however the ‘soul’ knows what It must do to reconnect to the higher Self, as opposed to giving over to the little (s)elf. It calls on us to remember who we are, to imagine what, as children, we could dream of one day being…..it is a reconnection to a depth within us that we seldom look at, but long for just the same.  We often fulfill this calling by getting involved in a relationship with an intimate other and then give all our longings and Be-longings to the ONE.  We miss the boat when we do that because we no longer search for the meaning within ourselves. This is not to say that one should not be in a primary relationship, however why give the response ability to the ‘one’ rather than to self/Self.  We literally distract ourselves and fragment ourselves when we do this and no longer can remember nor reconnect to who we are as our soul aligns with its true and ancient Self.

We elected a president of the United States who repeatedly calls for change and as we listen to what that really means, it means no more ‘hiding’, ‘secrets’, ‘conspiracies’, ‘unwarranted trust in government’ and all things that would bring the distractions from world peace and prosperity in from hiding.  We, in our own ‘beingness’ are part of that change and what Barack Obama is asking for from collaboration and working with the public from his governmental peers is to pay attention to honesty, integrity and the people to whom this government serves.  If we pay attention to ourselves and quit expecting someone else to open the gates of realization for us and with us, then we can get started on the road to reconnection and transformation, individual awareness of Soul and Purpose.  What is driving us, who is taking care of us, who will be with us at the end of this road, this lifetime?  It is a heavy responsibility to get in touch with our own purpose, just like what we are demanding of our President’s promise for change.  Who really needs to change here?

Time is running out and isn’t it a coincidence that we probably will not find the answer our present woes until the year 2012?  Are you a part of the solution, or are you part of the problem.  We can no longer live in separation from our world and refuse to own some responsibility for the state of our affairs. We are all one body in many ways and we will know that when one day, we view the parallel worlds beyond this one.

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