What we need to be doing the rest of February...

[Ricochet21]

With the final push of Uranus into Aries on March 11 and the normal spark we'll be getting from Spring on 3/20, it's a time to prepare. How?

Unbolt youself.

Get money stashed away. Get bills paid ahead of time. Be prudent. Clear your calendar. Reduce appointments and entanglements.
The long-awaited "I'm free inside, I'm READY" will be here on the 11th of March.

This will not cause miracles for everyone, but it certainly will seem so for many.
The winds just can't liberate you if you are absolutely inisistent upon staying super-glued to the nearest cement pole.

But, if you're like most of us; this is what you have been waiting for.
I'll be itemizing this the March's newletter. It started 5/27/10, laid back for a while after 7/4/10, came on rushing as
it cracked through many co-dependencies on 12/5/10 and absolutely went kaboom on 1/4/11.

All of this has been preparation for 3/11.

Get ready for personal launch.
Don't look for a cab to pick you up with your name on it.
Don't look for a specific job advancement on that day.
Don't look for Mr. or Ms. Soul Mate on that date.

It's much more internal than you will expect. Do you know how you've been feeling "somewhat stuck." You'll be ready in most
cases to let that go and get moving on.

Just a reminder, a head's up for what's coming.

Weeeeee :puffpiece:

[I Have A Dream]

1. Why this part?

"Get money stashed away. Get bills paid ahead of time."

:shrug:

:hi:

[Ricochet21]

4. Hell, I dunno IHAD

Because if you launch you're gonna need lotsa gas in your motorcycle!
Imagine! I have to use my crazy imagination!
What do you think we should do?

:think:

[I Have A Dream]

6. I don't know, but I'm getting ready to spend a lot of money...

on things that I've been putting off forever due to either procrastination or fear of doing the wrong thing. Enough of that... I'm launching now!

:bounce:

:woohoo:

:toast:

[Ricochet21]

8. Exactly why Astro is so complex

in YOUR case, spending the money is liberation! Different for each of us.

I want a ride too. :hi:

a Course in Miracles taught me that, You can't say or do the wrong thing. It isn't possible. Your CENTER is love, all statements come from love. Yet, you cannot control how someone "else" (which isn't really there) will react. Yea for IHAD

[teenagebambam]

34. Hope that's MY case

cause I've been spending money lately like there's a hole in my pocket. Had a fortune cookie the other day that said "You focus too much on saving"!

[Ricochet21]

37. You go for it TBB

It's simply means save up if you got big plans. I hope your plans go well. :hi:

[WhiteTara]

15. Soar with the Eagles my dear

:woohoo:

[I Have A Dream]

20. Hi, WhiteTara!

I'm acting all brave, but I really don't have a choice in reference to one of the things. My car is 18 years old, and I've been looking for a new car for a couple of years now. During this time, my pattern has been to put effort into the search, and then put on the brakes for a while because of some roadblock. However, my mechanic recently told me that I will have to spend a large amount of money to fix a problem that the car now has, or it won't pass inspection, which means that it can't be driven after a certain date unless I fix it. I may be a procrastinator, but I'm not stupid. :D

In reference to this car situation, I was so worried about making a mistake that I essentially became paralyzed by indecision. Rick's very right in reference to this Capricorn; the overwhelming need to "make sure" is the bane of my existence!

I am also making some changes in my home that will allow me to more easily control environmental allergens. I'm taking the first step (of a 3-4 step plan) to remove all carpeting from my home. Already, I feel less like a victim.

Yes, I want to fly!

:woohoo:

[Ricochet21]

24. Fly away girl, fly

I would tend to look at your car as a "vehicle" for travel. I want to "go", I don't want to "go". I'd give that some thought,
I think it's accurate, Houses and cars tell me a lot about hearts and energy movement.
That's what I've learned.

You'll do the right thing - as with all things Capricorn - it's not that big of a deal. Try that on and see if it fits.
love

[WhiteTara]

29. Hi I Have a Dream!

so what are your car choices? What kind of flooring are you going to install? I still have a couple more years on our 16 yr old Isuzu and I'm getting every last mile out of my little "pony"

Flooring is so big. Let me know how it goes. I have a couple more years on the carpet too...I'm thinking of cork for the kitchen, but we'll see how reality sets in when the time comes.
:hug:
Keep flying high!

[I Have A Dream]

30. I'm sending you a PM, WhiteTara.

:D

[rucognizant]

175. Money? What is THAT?

WHo has any?
I had lunch in Bar Harbor yesterday..........that summer mecca of the rich! On winter lock down NOTHING OPEN! GHOST TOWN( except for this little luncheonette, cum convenience store cum gas station( no fuel; closed 'till spring!) I HAVE BEEN THERE OFF SEASIN BEFORE . IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE THIS! It IS a college Town.........
There IS a hospital there next door . Guess that's why this place was open. Obama's black fist raised ice cream store was on the block...... CLOSED. The home office of the BAr HArbor Saving & Trust, ( small, local bank/ mine for 20 years) Had a for sale sign on it?

[FirstLight]

2. so prepare for the Rick-roll from the Universe...?

:rofl:

;) luv ya!

I am feeling the ripple effect of the 'liberation' it seems... just a general feeling like i am taking care of business and at the same time not pulling punches or putting up with ANYTHING that doesn't resonate with my highest self.At least not from others, mySelf is another issue...
still working on those pesky little 'vices' though
any idea what that could be about?

[Ricochet21]

5. The main indicator when you'll know you're ready

, imho, is that you won't be even thinking about "other people." It'll be taking ownership of your own stuff, and being ready for moving on.

Other people aren't the problem.

Your chart is simple. Don't look to the Capricorn for answers or the Moon in Libra or Libra rising
Look to the MOON NEAR THE ASCENDANT and the Sun/Venus wrapped around the nadir.

Your chart is CANCER CANCER CANCER

Translation: you THINK you need all this support from others, but you don't. THAT is your freedom and THAT is what is forming.
(There WAS a time when you really DID need so much support from others, but you don't anymore) That's what Pluto has been trying to convince you of. My personal belief is that your struggles with substance, etc. (I'm not a Dr.) is because you're really ready to loose all of that and your unconscious KNOWS IT. The unconscious knows when were about to make a big move and the EGO gets really threatened when its stake is shaky. It know's you're onto it!. The trouble with the Moon or lunar people is that that they FEEL like their gonna die if they let go. There is no reasoning with a lunar person. It's all about a feeling of being abandonded.

Try living for 2 days w/o talking to anyone. and. you. will. find. you'll. surivive. just. fine. Yea! Liberation.

You don't need to hang on, that, is what is keeping you stuck.

IMHO

and when a Cancer finally let's loose, look out, they can be fiercely independent and hugely successful. WHY? because they KNOW HOW THEY FEEL and they stop looking for approval from people who don't feel as deeply as they do. It took me a long long long time to learn this, but, we're all different. THAT SOUNDS SIMPLE, but it's really not, it's deeply complex, we each are so different and we all want everyone else to be just like us. Once we let that be, we're ok.

Best of luck swimming in the wide ocean! :bounce:

EDIT: I forgot, the troublesome aspect in your chart is the Chiron in Aries right opposite the ascendant. That can make you obsessed with yourself. YOUR STORY. Aries is marvelous energy but is a real pain in the ass when it takes up too much of the marquis. The way you turn Aries energy around (which can be such a wonderful energy) is to refuse to shine it on you; shine it on others all around and you'll light up the place so brightly that everyone will want to light your way. That's my $0.40 40 cents. 2 cents times 20 :hi:

[FirstLight]

25. seriously feels like i am almost "there"

hehe...'feels like'...hehe

I don't have any reservations about letting go of a LOT of stuff, but my vices have also been like a part of my 'tough girl' image I have held for myself.. that smoker rocker tortured artist I have projected for years...which really ia NOT "me" anymore, for sure.
I am not afraid to take care of myself, I have been needing help for so long, and now am entering a phase for sure where it feels (hehe feeling it again) like I am finally able to care for my own needs in a lot of ways... I even paid my bills all by myself this weekend!

nice dichotomy...i see how that works

and i am eager to swim deep!!! ;) :hug:

[MorningGlow]

3. I'm working on a giant shrug--can it be that?

I think I'm getting it. Flat tire today--meh. :shrug: Drove home on it (just a couple of blocks), called AAA, had them put the donut on, called the garage for an appointment tomorrow. Garage hemmed and hawed and said they were full up with appointments, tried to put me off to another day--meh. :shrug: I said please; they squeezed me in. Person I had to interview this afternoon never called me--meh. :shrug: I hunted her down. Crappy interview--meh. :shrug: I'll make something of it somehow.

Now, usually I'd be all freaking out over all these things, but I'm not. Maybe it was because I got a full night's sleep for the first time since my kid got the flu a week and a half ago, or maybe it's this ongoing personal evolution. Whatever the reason, I'm liking this unbolted, "go with the flow" feeling. I can has more please? Kthx! :D

[Ricochet21]

7. It's exactly what it is ! Congrats

You're feeling "NOTHING is worth upsetting the wonderful relationship I have with my wonderful nectar, me."

"I want, AND INTEND, to shine on" Just like Lennon said. It's all about YOU

that what Uranus in Aries is about...
YOU
YOU
YOU

It's ok to be you. It really is, BuT, if you do that, then you have to stop being the non-you that you've been feeding.
That's exactly why the co-dependencies had to go on 12/5/10! Didn't you feel it?

You're getting it! Congrats MG,I'm so happy for you! THat's why Aries is the beginning of the zodiac! me me me me

Sometimes ME is not selfish but is downright necessary. It's also why SO MANY PEOPLE HERE on ASAH HAVE TROUBLE with this aspect:
so many people, in my investigations, here are so NON-ME, so Neptoonian, and feel guilty when they do anything for ME.
Some people here do everything for me me me, and deny it. They'll just have to figure that out. That's the true beauty of Scorpio and Pluto in Capricorn. No more BS. What's really true?

Not now, 1/4 Jupiter Uranus fixed that. It knocked me on both of my butts. Left and right.
What were Joni Mitchell's lines...in

"The Judgement of the Moon and Stars"
Youve got to shake your fists at lightning now
Youve got to roar like forest fire
Youve got to spread your light like blazes
All across the sky
Theyre going to aim the hoses on you
Show em you wont expire
Not till you burn up every passion
Not even when you die
Come on now
Youve got to try
If youre feeling contempt
Well then you tell it
If youre tired of the silent night
Jesus, well then you yell it
Condemned to wires and hammers
Strike every chord that you feel
That broken trees
And elephant ivories
Conceal


What's really true?

[MorningGlow]

10. Heh!

*Ahem* And now, a reading from the Book of MG (otherwise known as her journal), dated 1/30/11: "The fall and early winter were all about the personal desire for physical transformation. I've straightened my hair with keratin treatments and I lost 21 lbs. with HCG. I'll be doing another round in about a month or two--I want to lose 15 more lbs....I've learned that while personal transformation isn't cheap (keratin and HCG both cost $$$), I don't have to be a martyr. It's okay to spend money on myself once in a while. Another lesson--change of lifestyle doesn't always start with upending your entire world. Sometimes it's better to start on the individual level."
:rofl:

But woah, the whole concept of it being okay for something to be "all about me"? THE TOUGHEST LESSON EVARRRR! Day-um, we're all supposed to be givers, sacrificing self and all that for the greater good. How in the heck can we actually wrap our minds around the idea of taking care of ourselves for once? PHEW! :crazy:

[Ricochet21]

11. It;s the BS Of Capricorn

I'm one. I just finished the chapter too.
SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO
is written where?
The Myth of Capricorn, "If you do what you're supposed to do and color inside the lines, you'll be ok" is a big LIE
a deception

it leaves you selfless, not the GOOD KIND OF pisces selfless, the disconnected from self type.

No one is watching or grading you but you

I have the same problem, it comes from Capricorn's over attention to 'MAKING SURE'. That's what it is and YOU cannot do something and make sure it gets done better than how God does it. That's the release valve, the freedom valve. We have a powerful (thank GOd) sense of duty and responsibility, but it goes too far.

What is that HCG?

[MorningGlow]

13. I lost the entirety that was me about a dozen years ago

I served my family members, my work, my friends, my coven, my home. In doing that, I lost my personality, my interests, my hobbies, most of my skills, my physical self, my friends, and many of my relatives. Yep, threw myself on the pyre of Cappie-live-to-serve. I ended up with ashes. Guess it's time to get myself back (or build a new one--whatever--I'm flexible).

Verrrry interesting...!

HCG is "human chorionic gonadotropin", a hormone that is used in a diet program to knock pounds off like the dickens, KEEP 'em off, and reset your hypothalamus and metabolism so you eat less and don't pack on the pounds again. It's a friggin' miracle, is what it is. Goddamn! :D

[Ricochet21]

14. In response

This is why I have an office and interview people: It's hard on the phone, you said:

"about a dozen years ago: I served my family members, my work, my friends, my coven, my home. In doing that, I lost my personality, my interests, my hobbies, most of my skills, my physical self, my friends, and many of my relatives. Yep, threw myself on the pyre of Cappie-live-to-serve. I ended up with ashes"

1999 is exactly when Uranus went over your Venus/Mars in your 7th house.
It was your challenge to let go and free yourself.
It may have "appeared" like your partner wouldn't let you. It had NOTHING to do with taking care of others.
It had everything to do with being afraid of taking ownership of your own action/freedom.

Now, it's back, and you are ready to resume. Think not of this as a failure back then, you probably had some less-than role-models. Think of it as 'you simply weren't ready' then and chose to hide in the pseudo-safety of the "family"

Now, you are ready. I could be wrong, but that's what I sense.
How else could you have gone 'INWARD' during a major Uranus transit in 99? It meant you used all of your energy then hanging on and wore your self out with resistance.
I'm terrible at it, God help me, but resistance is the problem with everything.

Your Moon opp. Neptune makes you very Piscean and tend to escape confrontation by yielding. However, your powerful Venus/Mars in Aquarius IS READY TO PICK UP THE BEAT NOW. I'm very excited for you and very SURE that you will not only do great but will spur others onto freedom. Thank you MG

[MorningGlow]

22. Oooh isn't that interesting

And yes, it was certainly my choice to sacrifice myself to all those others. Nobody made me. But I did it anyway.

You are right--I am ready. I remember a bunch of years ago, when I was in my 30s, a friend was in her 40s, and she said she had discovered that she had a whole new lease on life--basically, she just didn't give a shit what anybody thought anymore, and she did what she felt to be correct. Now I can see what she meant. :)

Don't thank me, Rick! Thank YOU! :hug:

[Ricochet21]

23. U is welcome girl

u go girl! :hi:

[Kookaburra]

9. Here's where I am

My connection to Source is stronger, and doesn't wane out as easily as it used to. I no longer fear what can "happen to me", because I KNOW that I am creating my reality as surely as if I were writing a script. It's a strange feeling, but empowering.

Are you saying it's going to intensify?

[Ricochet21]

12. Yes yes yes yes

Infinitely intensify.
"I no longer fear what can "happen to me".... there is no you. You are indestructible. THAT is the source you are feeling which is indestructible, not wittel Kookaburra, the SELF

My belief is that is our only "job" is to strengthen that link.
You're doing it!

Even though you're a double Gemini which means there are 4 or you, joking.
You have a very powerful Saturn in your chart which really helps you be you instead of becoming obsessed with the IDEA of you.
That's great; that's your release point. The Saturn is Rx and came from a powerful father image.

Gemini wants nothing more than to EXPLORE THE WORLD MENTALLY AND ENDLESSLY. The Saturn saves you by keeping you somewhat linked to earth, but you have ultimately ask yourself.

If I had ALL THE INFORMATION in the world, would "I" be free? That's what this March transit is all about.

r

[Kookaburra]

19. I've been studying with Kaliana

A gifted and talented double Scorpio whose purpose on this planet is to transmute energy (or so it seems to me). I've never met anyone like her. She can lift the resonance of an entire room of people simply by being there -- she doesn't even really need to speak.

She introduced me to the idea of "concept, belief, knowing". That is something that you think could happen is a concept, if this happens a couple of times, you begin to believe it, then if that belief is continually reinforced it becomes a knowing. It's much easier to reverse or simply change a concept or belief than it is to change a "knowing", which is so deeply ingrained that it is in our very bones, but it can be done.

What most of us harbor as Knowings are self-destructive and cannot possibly serve us in this new shifted energy. I'm feeling that this new energy will make those self-destructive knowings easier to release for those of us who are willing to let go of them.

[Ricochet21]

16. WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT...

On March 11, we're all going to be thrown into a rubber raft that is quickly coming downstream towards us.
We cannot contol the raft other than general guiding left or right
We cannot stop the raft
WE CAN CHOOSE TO STAY ON THE SURE AND DRY UP
It's as simple as that.

So...

Astrology says it's a raft, and that's its wild rapids (Uranus in Aries) and tells us when.

We have to decide if we want to board or not.

Now, I know this from interviews and discovery, some people will get on, sail downstream and do great NO PROBLEMO!!
Why, because that is what they have always done; their history.

I am simply trying to prepare them and ME for this upcoming revolution.
This is why you're seeing the DISTORTION of revolution all over, Tucson, Egypt, T-haters, etc etc etc. It has many forms
and even more mutations. That's ok too, that's evolution.

The big problem can be this:
"I ain't gettin on no damn boat if I don't know where it's going, when it's stopping, what's for lunch, where is my next B&B, and all that other ego bullshit."

Ain't gonna happen.
No trip is like that
Can't even get a triptik from AAA for one.

Ya just have to get on board and keep your head above water.

And the most common result from past trips is that MOST people have a great time, are renewed, and find their true beauty and self-reliance. I dunno. Other's of you have your points of view. That's my take on it. We have a month left.

Jupiter is already back in Aries and is at 3 degrees, you'll feel Uranus grow with a feeling OF READINESS as we close in on 3/11.
Watch it, you will feel R E A D Y It's not something you'll decide, it happens by itself. :hi:

[kimmerspixelated]

17. This is just what I needed to hear today.

I didn't have the greatest last few days. Family drama, pretty much setting the table for separation...
I was told my idea for leaving by an intuitive is the right thing to do,which delights and scares me(I fear more drama, afraid of hurting some key folks... still I am stuck monetarily. Need funding for a move like this an/or to launch a biz, so usually I am prepared to go with the flow, but it is esp.crucial to just do it! I know this in my heart from every possible angle, I am just panicky about the details...the what ifs keep flowing, and I find myself trying to take the mental hedge clippers to make myself stop THINKING about it! But unless I prepare, nothing will happen, I know the thought is to just relax and let it come...Oh, believe me I have my quiet time, writing, meditation and all that jazz, but my God I need some solidity! Yes, Kimmers needs to chill! On a lighter note, Rick you must be one of my soul-mates, because that particular Joni tune is absolutely one of my favs!!! I kid you not, I just about fell out of my chair!! Of all the songs you could have quoted...??? In all the gin joints in all the world...:hi: :hi: :rofl:

[Ricochet21]

18. delete nt

delete

[mysticalchick]

38. Not just ONE intuitive ...

... but green lights all the way from TWO intuitives! :)

As my teacher Andrea Hess says "Change never happens in your comfort zone." So, stretch and move and see what beautiful energy eventually emerges.

Wishing you peaceful transitions as you go forward, Kimmers.

[kimmerspixelated]

41. Oh, yes!

Thank You.....So Much!!!

[elleng]

21. Definitely been feeling 'stuck,' Ric,

some actual events 'scheduled' for mid-March - April, and don't feel ready/able to 'let go.' SO, hoping + praying +.

Maybe I should say 're-stuck,' as thought I was away from the crap MANY months ago, but its back.
:-(

[Sweet Freedom]

26. so, if I've been trying to learn

how to set boundaries with other people in my life so I'm not doing all the giving, does that fall in this area (or is that a Chiron thing?) Because I feel like I'm peeling off a lifelong shell and I'm never going to be the same. :scared:

[Ricochet21]

27. Precisely

Your Moon is all alone in Cancer which makes it the handle of your bucket pattern. Translation: you're very cancerian too.
Yes, Pluto and Uranus and Jupiter and Saturn are all hitting it now.
That means it's TIME to get past dependencies. It just seemed for a long time that you needed them. You did.

Not now. Say what you have to say and get on with it. Stop worrying that people are going to "throw you out of the house if you do your thing"

They're not. The more you stand your ground, the more they'll respect you. This is time for you to develop you.
A happy time; you won't even recognize yourself in 3 mos :hi:

[Sweet Freedom]

28. My whole life I've worried about everyone else

and what they thought of me. So now, I'm painfully confronting all the abandonment in my life and how I've always made bad relationship choices because of it. I'm trying to learn how to put me and my needs first. Maybe once I learn how to do that, and stop trying to save the un-save-able, I'll attract healthier giving people into my world.

[Ricochet21]

49. You are never going to be the same

and it's going to be great! I have a good friend who is a wonderful, wonderful Pisces who does hypnotherapy.
He told me, "We're all 9-yr-olds wanting to be loved and accepted." It's that simple. I thought that was great. So easy.
He says we all have a great big PEACOCK inside that wants to come out and spread its wings and make noise! What a great vision.
That's what's happening, in many ways, over the next month. Best of luck to you. :hi:

[Sweet Freedom]

52. :)

[Ricochet21]

53. I LOVE IT, THAT'S GREAT!

we should have that on every page till Spring!
You can just feel its power!
Who in the heck wants to walk around with all that potential folded up underneath them!?
People are jealous, let it out!

:hi:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

31. Oh car trouble!!!

Driving home from grocery shopping last night - I live in the country and it's 20 miles to the nearest town with a store and the store is the Great Evil One that people hate.

Right front tire sounds like gravel hitting the wheel well. Today took it to mechanic after examining tires. Tread is coming off. In shop for new tires. Car is 16 years old. DH and I have 3 cars between us. Two old caddys we inherited from the parental units and one old mazda (the one I'm driving now because it's in good shape--getting new tires).

I'm thinking about getting a newer car, and don't really know where to start. I would have to go to Houston to a dealer for a proper selection. And I don't know if premium brands are worth it in terms of safety and engineering. Maybe they are. I don't know. I've never driven those brands or known anybody that owned one.

[southerncrone]

32. MorningGlow must be my TWIN! Even if I'm not a Cap.

I lost the entirety that was me about a dozen years ago
I served my family members, my work, my friends, my coven, my home. In doing that, I lost my personality, my interests, my hobbies, most of my skills, my physical self, my friends, and many of my relatives. Yep, threw myself on the pyre of Cappie-live-to-serve. I ended up with ashes. Guess it's time to get myself back (or build a new one--whatever--I'm flexible).

Only in my case, it was 28 years ago. Over 1/2 my life. (sigh)

As I look back now, can't help but wonder what happened to this fiercely-independent, strong Scorpio. I use to joke & say "Aliens" captured me & put me in another life. Hmmmmmmm. :tinfoilhat:

Friday (2/4), I picked up the papers for my early retirement the end of May. I'd leave earlier, except I feel I owe it to my students to finish out the school year. The last 2 yrs have been a 180 to the prior 8 years. I.simply.cannot.do.this.anymore. Things have changed so much for the worse. I cannot waste anymore time in a futile & frustrating position.

My kids are now grown. Oldest just got a good job, after going thru 1.5 yrs of job disasters after getting his degree, & moved 230 miles away. My daughter is in her senior yr of college. Hubby retired last year & just wants to sit & putter around the house. I can understand that after 30+ yrs of commuting 65 mile a day, on-call, working in demanding position. He deserves this time.

I really don't have the time, nor the inclination, to tolerate weak or game-playing individuals anymore. Not that I ever REALLY did, but "played along" to keep the peace & to "fit in" in the Siberia in which I found myself. A fish out of water in a place that made me miserable because my husband (Libra) wanted to be here. Knowing I was the stronger one, I conceded & tried to pretend I was OK. I need to travel, I need to be w/vibrant people, I need to LIVE LIFE again!

I'm hoping this 3/11 thing can stretch out for another 3 months. I am READY for change, but my timeline is somewhat fixed. Looking so forward to doing something different in June, or later. (I may need a detox-recovery period b/4 I can fully involve myself in the "new".)

Not sure WHAT I will be doing (lost myself years ago), but it is time for ME again. 28 yrs ago, left a very good job w/Fortune 50 company complete w/co. car & expense acct. Moved to BFE & could only find menial jobs making 1/2 my salary w/o perks. Sadness. :( Had kids & was fortunate hubby made enough $ to afford me to stay home & raise them. When they were out of elementary school, tried to find work that "worked around the family needs", even started my own business. In 1998 was diagnosed w/CFS & had to give it up. In 2000 decided to try to go back to work after recovery, just to see if I could handle it. Took job as school secretary, then offered job as teacher, but had to go back to grad school to get ed degree. Did that, while teaching full-time. Now education is in shambles & completely horrible working environment (not just at my school, but most places.)

I'm holding faith that June/July will mark my new "birthday"/evolution/homecoming-back-to-me. But haunted by worry that my age will now be a hurdle. I shake it off daily, but keeps creeping back. Convince myself that older workers are valuable because of their work ethic, experience, stability, etc. But are those qualities REALLY valued in today's work place? Or am I just fooling myself?
Even though I KNOW in my heart it will all work out, doubt keeps crawling in. GOT TO SHED THE FEAR!

I'm going to "go for it" regardless. If I make a fool of myself, well, so be it. Don't need to hide my light under a bushel basket anymore. If hubby "can't handle it", HE'LL need to make concessions now. The tables have turned. I have sacrificed for others, now it's my turn.

Sorry, didn't mean for this to become a dissertation of my life, but was somewhat cathartic for me in spilling it out here. Thank y'all for listening. Hope I didn't sound too whiny.

Moving forward. (In spite of fear!) :nuke:

[Ricochet21]

35. SC

Yours "happened" for different reasons, but similar. In all cases

the planet coming by is positive, we don't react to it (suppression/depression) and we get off track. We get out of the boat and stop flowing.

March 11 will last at least 7 YEARS.

It is not a panacea but you have the prerequisite FRUSTRATION, you can't take it anymore. That's a sure signature of Uranus approaching. You're getting ready.

The difficulty in your chart is the close proximity of Saturn to your ascendant. This makes you cautious, trying to control outcomes in life. Uranus is the antidote. Along with Jupiter who is now in early Aries, the two will give you the inner faith to let go and move along. It will build up speed as it nears in March and along thru April too.

The main stress in the chart is Pluto opposite Moon along the midheaven/nadir axis. That means that your mom and you somehow didn't have sharp lines of demarcation of who was who and who wasn't. Co-dependency OR forced co-dependency. My hunch is that all of this liberation that you face has to do with "burying" her influence in that way. By all means, you have every reason to keep the love alive between the two.

ALMOST ALL ISSUES RE: SCORPIOS ARE ONES OF FEELING BETRAYED BY ANOTHER. or Seemingly betrayed, doesn't even matter. That's where the work and repair must start. Then, its Uranian liberation land! :hi: I'm encouraged for you. :hi:

What may have been viewed as "betrayal" may very well not have been. Also, your very sensitive Mars/Neptune in Libra (just like mine) gets discouraged very easily - just a look can stop you in your tracks. Hopefully, now, you can use that fiery powerful Scorpio courage to overcome these matters.

[southerncrone]

39. Sir Ric, you are amazing. Right on my bullseye!

Thanks!
:fistbump:

[Ricochet21]

40. good

let's talk, you're on the upswing :hi:

[Ricochet21]

46. Just where would that bullseye be, SC?

is it a tattoo! :rofl:

[southerncrone]

54. No tatts for this girl....don't like pain!

Plus my skin is too saggy! Plus I find them trashy.

That bulls eye is right in my gut! Which BTW I'm proud to say, is getting smaller due to my new eating lifestyle. Just another part of my TRANSFORMATION! :woohoo:

[Ricochet21]

60. woo hoo

I like losing weight too, but it's expensive! I agree, I think tats are not so attractive. :hi:

[Ricochet21]

47. The 28-yr cycle of Saturn is one big deal

It indicates that the period is ending, and new one starting. Congrats for you :hi:

[southerncrone]

55. Contact you when I can. Can't wait to hear MORE!

:yourock:

[BlueIris]

33. The only thing I need to be doing the rest of February is taking care of myself.

Not others, me. Starting by not listening to anymore self-appointed, sanctimonious gurus.

Aries enough fer ya?

[Ricochet21]

36. Oh my, what a load.

Oh God, what a relief! I had no idea.

[findrskeep]

48. Rick, I can definitely say just in the last few days I've noticed a "tug of war"

in my life regarding Mom issues, which I guess would go in the doing things for others category, and my personal ambition or desire which as you know is working in the healing community with the main focus of raising consciousness/awareness. I've recently taken a babysitting job while my daughter is at school, very hard work with a 3 year old and 8 month old, but it pays well and we need the money. These kids aren't allowed to watch any tv (I'm sure probably a good thing) and it's very hands on, non stop 6 hours a day. My back is killing me!!! lol. Then it's teaching water aerobics 3x a week. I'm exhausted. Which is probably why I'm a little down in the dumps right now. This childcare job is so hands on, that I literally felt guilty for a minute or two yesterday, because I wasn't sure I had spent enough time with my OWN two kids compared to how much time these two kids are getting, one on one with someone playing with them non stop for hours. My son is 18, so probably it's a little late and that ship has sailed but daughter is 9 so I still have time to fit some things in, I think..lol.

In my "other" life, there's been some interesting developments. My friend who's becoming pretty well known for channeling/mediumship/psychic stuff etc. and I are planning a HUGE Expo event with cutting edge speakers on the latest information on raising consciousness, awakening, etc. for June. My deepest desire is to help others raise their consciousness and I just have this feeling that more opportunities are coming my way.

It's interesting, over the last week or so, I've noticed a definite "tug of war" between "Mom issues" and worrying about my kids,did I do enough, was I there enough, etc. and wanting to just soar with this whole psychic/connection to source thing, which I guess would go in the "what I desire to do for ME category". I definitely feel like I am opening up more, and getting lots more information from the unseens and getting it more often. I just can't shake this feeling that something big is on the horizon for me, something good, but it's driving me nuts that I don't know what it is, some psychic I AM...lol.

I guess I just hope that this "pull" between feeling like I need to be "out there" doing as much as I can to help heal others and on the other hand, worrying about not spending enough time with my kids, doesn't last for 7 years!! Good grief, that's ALL I need! lol.

[Ricochet21]

51. No

the fight won't last for 7 years, let's just say that this is an early battle for that whole period. a face off
Yes, you are exactly right. With pluto within inches of your Moon in Aries and Uranus on the way. They're battling it out
with your Virgo Uranus Pluto. (do what's right) I told you, it will be chaotic. You are on the right track IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.
Keep at it, it is mother stuff, But, your moon is in aries, it's no other place, it is in Aries. That means you need to do
adventurous things. Keep at it, it'll bust open like a nutshell on 3/11. Good luck dear: :bounce:

[Digit]

42. I had another vibrational dream....

This time I was holding an invisible globe between my cupped hands. It began to vibrate higher and higher as I moved my hands alternately closer then father apart like revving it up. It then affected my entire body making it vibrate along with the globe. The feeling was pleasant and it was like I was experimenting with what I could do with it. I am wondering what this is all about and if it would be "wrong" to toss a ball of energy to someone who you believe needs it when you don't have their express permission. Maybe just toss it in the air and whomever needs some can take it. I don't want to do anything against anyone's will.

Other than that, I am moving forward with an attorney to hopefully force the PTB to allow me to see a doctor which could hopefully "fix" my botched knee replacement.

Oh, and about to move out of my comfort zone and attend a speed dating event....guess when....March 11th. By myself. Grab a raft indeed!

[MorningGlow]

43. Have you taken classes in energy work, Digit?

Because you described one of the first exercises--well, probably the very first exercise, come to think of it--every newbie learned in my coven. We'd teach them how to move their cupped hands closer and farther apart until they felt the energy ball between them, then make it bigger, and smaller, and change the vibration. Since it's your own energy, I wouldn't toss it to anyone. We never really played "catch" with it ;), but when we were done playing with it, we'd tuck it back into our abdomen to restore the energy to our Selves.

[Ricochet21]

44. Digit, If I dare say...

Uranus is approaching opposition to your Saturn. The keyword definition of this is that your insides liberating part (Uranus) is ready to have it out (opposition) to your natal Saturn - your "rock". While Saturn is certainly critical to all of our sanity and represents "self-control", this is a symbol to me that you are READY to attack (liberate) that overly-careful-cautious part.

Knee problems are USUALLY due to inflexibility in some part of our life.

Thus, the "flippancy" with the world! I don't know. I'm not a dream interpreter, but you may want to give that some thought.
Saturn rules your knees, that's for sure. The fact that Uranus will oppose Saturn on 3/11 is no coincidence IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

Your chart is not that cautious with Venus and Saturn separated by 12 degrees, so that's not bad. However, your Moon is in Capricorn which tends to give one a bit of a careful attitude when it comes to opening the heart.

I feel this is all good; it sounds to me that you are right on track. I wish you the best of luck. :hi:

[Ricochet21]

45. I cannot do full readings because of the numbers but if any of you have any questions

regarding your coming transit of Uranus into Aries on 3/11, I'll be glad to entertain them if I can. :hi:

[AC_Mem]

173. Hi Rick and Thank You

I would love to get some insight from you and get information on setting up a session?

04/16/1958; 748pm est

I've always been a "manifestor", so strongly that I have some decisions to make that I am not making simply because I know that once I start focusing on them, they will manifest and I have to be ready to make major life shifts that I'm not quite ready for - does that make sense?

My intuition/third eye is stretching wide open as is my connection with the other side, my palms are itching to do healing work, the doors have opened for me to teach (a direct answer to a prayer that happened within about a month of request to the Divine). So much is sitting in my energy field, seemingly half solid and waiting for me to act. Yipes! And I have the drag of the 8-5 day job that is like my shadow, offering security and healthcare and taking my focus from what I love.

Very exciting and yet very unsettling.

Can I pm you to find out more about your services?

Much gratitude to you for your posts, they are so informative!

Shine on,
Annette

[I Have A Dream]

174. Just in case Rick doesn't see this, I'm sending you the information...

via PM.

:hi:

[Ricochet21]

50. Some Oh-by-the-ways about Uranus transits

These things are sidenotes, they could happen.

Don't be afraid.

Your life will probably get busier, faster, more chaotic. Suggestion: let it be
It will get messier. Suggestion: clean up later
People of wildly different age groups will appear, you'll be hangin with older and younger folks, Uranus is testing your true ability to be a friend and be tolerant

Brilliant ideas will FLASH into your mind! Write them down.
Off-the-wall desires will suddenly crash into your conscious mind! They've been brewing for a long time, it's their time now! You're not nuts, their time is now. As I tell my class, it's like Mrs. Cleaver comes down the stairs playing a saxophone. Same idea.

Impatience will be at a height.
Be careful driving, Uranus combinations with Mars are very dangerous for driving, being around machinery, cuts, etc. Watch guns carefully.
Find others around you to be very intolerant. Fight your own sense of tolerance.
Free everything. You'll want to go to the zoo and free all the animals. (Please don't) but you will feel like it. It's the idea that counts.
Ad lib, play blues, do a capella singing, dance, go outside the box, burn the box, you'll survive and have fun.

I told a lady one time to go outside and play in the mud during a big Uranus transit she was having. She said, "The kids are driving me crazy!" That wasn't the story at all. The kids were as they always were. Her RESISTANCE was driving her crazy. She did it. For two days, she and her kids made mud pies and threw them at each other. She called me for 2 days straight to tell me how liberating it was for her whole family. A joyous ending.

As you can see, Uranus is nuts. That's the idea! It has to break the old and stale, excuse our dirt as we remodel our new life.
Deal with it.

:hi:

[FirstLight]

56. can you post this piece on FB?

I would love to share...and i will go find some snow to throw! ;)

[Ricochet21]

59. Hi FL

Which piece on FB? Which part? I'd like to do that, yes.
No ice balls!

:hi:

[FirstLight]

64. maybe all of it

I know the OP is important, but just this last part is crucial too...

at this point, they are all iceballs...we haven;t had any new stuff in a while! lol...

but it is melting, so it's soft, i won't hurt anyone, promise!;)

[Ricochet21]

63. It's gonna be the full subject of the next newsletter

since it comes out 10 days before Uranus enters Aries.
I'm very excited for you, I know it's been hard for you this year, but I feel you'll have many breakthroughs! I don't make predictions, but I see trends of types of things. Sensing that and how you've been talking lately, I just feel good about it.

You are like me with an extremely over-active Uranus. Yours next to your Moon rising and mine opposite my SUn across the ascendant.
Both born 1/1 too.

That means we over REACT to things, it's hard for us, real hard, to just let things be as they are.
That's what both of our charts must do.


pant pant pant, sigh sigh sigh, it's hard :hi:

[Delphinus]

57. Thanks, Rick.

I'm learning so much from you and what others are sharing. Very helpful in finding my way. And, as I think OneGrassRoot said last month, paraphrasing, I've been living an entirely new way of love, joy, grace, and ease.

[Ricochet21]

61. Yay yay yay yay

I'm so happy for you
you're picking up the wave as it is coming in!
It's happening right at the top of your chart. Self-employment interest you now? Might be time.
More importantly, it's time to shine your powerful emotions. You must have incredible eyes. Hypnotic, with the sun in Cancer.

THis is real big for you and won't even fully manifest for 2 years.
Great news. Send me a postcard! :hi:

[kimmerspixelated]

91. But my dear, I AM URANUS!

Are you calling me nutz!??? HAHA

Seriously, great thoughts.

[get the red out]

58. I keep reading this thread

And I keep being intrigued. This has been a difficult year for me, I have given up my father, my childhood home, and now salt. And we had to move my mother into assisted living in the city where I live (living in the same city with her over-comes a lot of old fears and blocks). Strangely enough my Mother's birthday is 3/12. And my Dad passed in late June away and we adopted our precious dog on 7/2 or 7/3 (can't quite recall except it was the day after my Dad's funeral) both those huge changes, the bad and good, right before 7/4/10; with both my Dad's birthday and mine in July, Cancers, both of us.

I will watch to see what happens. I have already had a fairly large amount of internal emotional insight this year, perhaps some of my spiritual confusion will sort itself out as well.

[Ricochet21]

62. Most times

this happens because other planets such as Pl and Saturn are obscuring the fun and liberaton of Jup and Uranus.
Did you notice, being a Cancer, how all of your discussion is about family, and not you specifically?
That's the essence of Cancer.
This transit is about finding your identity beyond the family. Hard for Cancer.
Please pm me your full birth details: I don't have them
date
time
am/pm
city

thanks
:hi:

[findrskeep]

65. Thank you Rick, I think I remember you mentioning something about a

total transformation for me for this upcoming year when you did my reading. Does March 11th have anything to do with that? I'm just wondering what "subject" that will be in and if I'll notice anything major, if it does have something to do with 3/11.

[Ricochet21]

68. Yes, since your Moon is around 8 Aries

the ingress of Jupiter and Uranus into Aries will be very impactful. Not so much since your Moon is already in Aries, so you are used to that energy. Still, as Uranus spends 2011 and 2012 approaching, it will spur you toward self-liberation to the highest degree you've ever had.

Moon = home, it MAY inspire you to change homes or renew your home, either one. You don't have to.
It's symbolic of you living in a new, inspired space within, where you hear nothing but YES, and no nos.

We all make mistake of looking FOR HOW IT WILL MANIFEST CONCRETELY. Again, as Tarnas says, Astrology does not tell us what will happen concretely (the so-called 1-900 ones do for $), but it tells us what TYPE of thing will happen to us archetypally.

You and your husband are strong Gemini-types, you want to THINK ABOUT what the change will be like. You can't think about this.
It's a new you that will be BECOMING... BIGGER, wider, open, freer

that's the best way I can put it. It will be happening in your SECOND HOUSE OF MONEY. SO, it may mean that you'll find a new, novel way to make money, etc.

Good luck :hi:

[findrskeep]

81. I'm all for the more "open and freer" me,

but not so sure I want to get BIGGER and WIDER...lol. Thanks Rick!

[Ricochet21]

83. Bigger and wider

just means more huggable! :hi:

[Sienna86]

66. Rick, I am bamboozled

Okay - is that a real word? I retired at the end of the year and got involved with a volunteer position I thought I would love. I am bored to death. It is excrutiating to be there. I also plan to start my own business but I'm surprising myself that I feel liking taking my time.

[Ricochet21]

69. This sounds like Dear Abby

Your chart is complex. The way you are describing this bamboozlement is because you're getting hit by 2 or 3 planets at once. That takes careful de-spaghettifying in order to figure out what you are really to do. Please send me a more descriptive PM as to exactly how you're feeling. I'll try to figure this one out. I do have some ideas. Tanx :hi:



edit: yes, it's a word

[kimmerspixelated]

67. I really like this post.

Rich words for us all. Truly you have framed something enormously big we will stand up and notice or sit back and triumph over. With some of the reading I have done on the Nine Underworlds, and the start of the last tweek for humans, it all ties in together, don't you think, since the last 260 days of our evolution of what we know as ourselves begins on your March Date, or so I have read.

I think what is happening is... we are becoming OURSELVES-OUR TRUE SELVES- SNAKESKIN SHEDDING-SELVES- Let the sunshine in!:grouphug:

[Ricochet21]

71. I know nothing about the Mayans or the 260 dates

I am very much an empiricist, I have to see something work over and over and over before I buy it. That's why I think I end up KNOWING what I know - I test it.

I have a strong feeling that the Mayans were exactly right on. I didn't want to buy that, but their truth has become self-evident to me. So, yes, I think you are right.
"we are the one's we've been waiting for" or however anyone wants to put it....

we are becoming ourselves

HATS OFF TO THE MUCH ABUSED "HIPPIE GENERATION" FOR taking so much shit from so many, the media, etc.
WE are the ones that started the liberation from our parents "Pluto in Cancer" generation. We started "unisex" and all these
"far out" ideas like the fact that we really are all the same.

what we have now, started with the beatniks, then, the 60's
Uranus is opposite where it was in the 60's NOW. That is no coicidence.

That's also why people who CLAIM to, but have no real psychic or astrological talent are being drowned out now. They're days are over. Pluto is making sure that only those with real sustainable truth underlying their knowledge survive.

It's wonderful for all of us really. We all have so much to offer, REALLY. We follow One Grass Root, whether she likes it or not,
because

she is our heart

(along with IHAD).

Time to become real. We've all said it all this past month, haven't we? Time to become real. Wow. :bounce:

[kimmerspixelated]

75. I concur and Gaia is also

OUR HEART!

Perhaps the galaxy is one big huge woman's beating heart. Some of Clow's descriptions of black holes, etc., visualized the manufacture of stars almost like the ejaculation of sperm, okay oops, I have actually crossed over into another subject,

But we are the planets, we are Gaia, we are one big beating heart!!!!

[Ricochet21]

72. The last newsletter re: 1/4 and the Uranus return of the Quantum Mechanics

was no light item. It was the most significant thing I've witnessed in my 33 years. It will take years till other astrologers see this; I don't know why, but it's true. They have a small hint now.

The phenomenal blast that ensued during 1/4-1/11 is like a wind that is going to blow us into new lands. This is no metaphor.
Can't you all feel it?


This whole Tucson massacre - 1/4 eclipse - 1/4 Jupiter/Uranus return - confusion over Ophiuchus the "13th signs" was no fluke.
It was all one motion of a freaky new brushstroke, somehow.

[kimmerspixelated]

74. Rick your wording of truths

Just absolutely blows me away. This is a large compliment.

[northernlights]

70. all I know is

March 11 starts my first week off in ages.

My new rotation at the hospital where I hoped to work is totally oppposite the 1st rotation. Suddenly I'm starting to feel a little ray of hope that it will work out. Very laid back here, very quiet, much more "adult," different culture entirely. They seem to deliberately hire people of my age. One tech there is a man of about my age or older, who graduated just 2 years ago! I may make it after all...

On weekends I work through the feelings re: John. The memories right back to the beginning. Letting go and more letting go. I no longer feel the need to go take care of him. He didn't want me to come down there in the trances back in 07 and 08. He is wealthy and is situated in a very good place. He doesn't need me. I don't need him.

Algiers had a sudden improvement yesterday, weeks after the injury. Another ray of hope. The temps shot up to 35+...could that be the factor?I need to go back and check the temperature records and compare them with his sudden, severe set back 3 weeks ago. Maybe, just maybe, it wasn't a re-injury with torn muscle connections, but a sharp drop in temps to -10+ that caused the injured muscles to sieze up. Fingers crossed...

[Mnemosyne]

73. I'm not sure how much more I can take, Ric. I don't want to keep

the people in my life that have taken advantage and used me, not anymore. But I am losing almost everyone.

I have never felt so alone in my entire life.

And it's going to get worse?

My roof is literally coming down on my head, 1970 trailer. The floors are collapsing. I just had a carbon monoxide leak that would have killed me if the ex sleeping on couch hadn't been there to hear the detector. My furnace won't run, and am almost out of wood and propane.

I am dead ass broke and can't fix anything.

I have three beautiful, loving kitties that I cannot afford to keep any longer and need to find them a home.

I am feeling very disheartened, discouraged and depressed.

I really don't know how much more I can take...

[Proud_Lefty]

76. Sorry things are going so bad for you, Mnemosyne

Sending lots of light your way-hoping for a major turn around for you soon. :hug:

[Mnemosyne]

100. PL,

:hug::hug::hug:

[japple]

77. Dear Mnemosyne, I ask the Universe to lighten your load, to

give you comfort, to show you what you need to do. Sending love and peaceful energies in your direction and :hug:.

[Mnemosyne]

101. Japple,

:hug::hug::hug:

[MorningGlow]

78. ...

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Mnemosyne]

102. MG,

:hug::hug::hug:

[Ricochet21]

79. call me for free

[Mnemosyne]

103. Ric,

:hug::hug::hug:

Sent pm this a.m

Blessings to you, Ric. :hug:

[OneGrassRoot]

80. ...

That's the worst feeling in the world...to feel alone and helpless.

I am so sorry Mnemosyne, so very sorry you're going through this.

:cry:

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[Mnemosyne]

104. OGR, back to you...

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[Kookaburra]

82. ((((Mnemosyne))))

Sending and holding you in the light. I wish I could do more for you.

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Ricochet21]

84. We won't let her sink.

I refuse to.

[Mnemosyne]

105. Kooka, it means so much and is so much more than you may ever know.

:hug::hug::hug:

[peacefreak]

86. Take heart.

You are not alone. There are so many of us in difficult situations right now. Wishing you all good things.

[Mnemosyne]

106. Peacefreak,

I have always felt that I could not complain, so many are always so much worse off, (my Grandma taught me that lesson, long ago), I always have just prayed for the suffering of others to ease and forgot myself in the shuffle.

ASAHer's are teaching me so much about the importance of caring for myself. I never knew I could do it without feeling totally selfish. I am slowly learning that I can matter too.

:hug::hug::hug:

[Ricochet21]

85. I'm all for the END OF CHRISTIANITY

and the birth of Jesus, any takers?!

(He was a Pisces anyway!)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

87. Christianity is so pernicious and evil in its doctrines.

original sin and substitutionary atonement are so horrible and abusive -- crush a child's spirit by telling him he's bad just because he's breathing, due to a couple of fruit munching simpletons in a fairy tale.

evil and sick. Read John Bradshaw, Ph.d. for more information.

They should keep the Sermon on the mount and the beatitudes and throw away the rest of it.

I have very little respect for the Abrahamic religions because they are messed up. Except for the Jews with a humanist streak.

There is no evidence that Jesus really existed. He has no characteristics to make him any different from Mithra and Apollo and Osiris. Christianity is an inconsistent and syncretic religion put together from prior pagan cults.

[Ricochet21]

88. I just want to see us follow what He said

not his freaking "church" country club

[kimmerspixelated]

92. Peace and Love.

Seems simple, doesn't it?

[Ricochet21]

95. He gave us a list with 1 thing on it

and we still can't get it
but, we say we honor him and base our society upon him
what hippocrites

back to step one, again

[OneGrassRoot]

107. I say f*ck that...lol

F*ck Step One.

Enough of us are ready to leap ahead...using our proverbial "Get Out of Jail Free Card."

Those who choose to go back to Step One, for whatever reason (many of which may be filled with love), I say Godspeed to them and their journey.

I choose to move forward and I know most of us here do, too.

That raft you wrote about...a lot of souls are gonna jump on that raft and move forward, wherever Forward may be. I have faith it WON'T take us back to Step One. ;)

:hi:

:hug:

[kimmerspixelated]

109. I Know!

L O V E! It's even easy to say!

[Missy Vixen]

93. I went to Bible college

It still amazes me to see how people twist Bible verses to suit their own ends, instead of what the verse (or parable) really says.

Anyone who comprehends what they read knows that the Christ of the New Testament is nothing like the modern church portrays him. The same "meek and mild" Jesus who said "let the children come to me" is the same guy who threw the moneychangers out of the temple. He turned water into wine at a wedding because he wanted us to feel joy, not the ultra-legalism that infects so many denominations. (I'm former Assembly of God; I still can't figure out how they reconcile Jesus drinking wine to it being a sin for us to drink it, for example.) I'm with you, Rick: I'd rather be spiritual than Christian, and I would rather live my life as an imperfect person who listens to those same verses and parables to learn a better way, than to beat others over the head with them.

When I was younger, I remember hearing my pastors railing against those who said "God was in the woods". After all, that could not be. They are wrong. God (as each of us believes Him to be,) is all around us. He's in each of us. It depends on what we choose to do with that knowledge and that power.

Enough of today's sermonette.

I hope to be in that raft with all of you on March 11th. I hope I can overcome the things that scare me and hold me back from what I want.

xo,
-MV

[Kookaburra]

94. Because if they admit that "God is in the woods"

they lose control of people, and they lose their money.

It's all about control.

[kimmerspixelated]

110. Nailhitter! n/t

[Ricochet21]

96. I hope so too Vix

I'm sure you will.

I know God is here, I felt "Him" in me, I've seen Him in You, it's obvious.
:hug:

[Kookaburra]

89. Really? A Pisces?

He always struck me as more of a Libra.

[Ricochet21]

90. No one knows

scientists say April - Aries
No doubt in my mind he IS the archeype of Pisces. Self-sacrifice?
Libra he woulda been more "social" and intent upon learning. Christ was about being, I believe, Pisces.

That's THE chart all astrolgers want.

[southerncrone]

97. I've always felt he was Virgo.

Service to to others, unassuming, martyr, healer.
But maybe he is ALL of the signs...that would make sense, too.....he represents all of us.
Just a thought. :shrug:

[japple]

108. Well, Rick, John Prine and Kris Kristofferson said he was a Capricorn.

Owed to John Prine)

Jesus was a Capricorn, he ate organic foods.
He believed in love and peace and never wore no shoes.
Long hair, beard and sandals and a funky bunch of friends.
Reckon they'd just nail him up if He come down again.

'Cos everybody's got to have somebody to look down on.
Who they can feel better than at anytime they please.
Someone doin' somethin' dirty, decent folks can frown on.
If you can't find nobody else, then help yourself to me.

Get back, John!

Egg Head's cousin Red Neck's cussin' hippies for their hair.
Others laugh at straights who laugh at freaks who laugh at squares.
Some folks hate the whites who hate the blacks who hate the clan.
Most of us hate anything that we don't understand.

'Cos everybody's got to have somebody to look down on.
Who they can feel better than at anytime they please.
Someone doin' somethin' dirty, decent folks can frown on.
If you can't find nobody else, then help yourself to me.

Help yourself, brother.
Help yourself, Gentlemen.
Help yourself Reverend.

[Ricochet21]

111. Kris doesn't know

Chris is a Capricorn
Even if Christ was a sun in Capricorn, the bible said he was born in the spring, his chart is LOADED with Neptunian/Piscean power
the power of GOD working thru you is PISCEAN

[Manifestor_of_Light]

98. Today's profound thought (not originally mine).

How Einstein and Jesus had a similar philosophy:

Jesus said, "Love thy neighbor as thyself."

Ok, that is a good concept. Consider your neighbor equal to yourself, as you love yourself.

Dear Hubby has two degrees (BS, MS) in math & physics. He pointed out to me the same thing in quantum mechanics.

Einstein said that when observing the universe, all observers are equal even if they don't see the same thing.

If you are going at the speed of light, time slows down for you, but you don't know that relative to the person on the outside observing you.

I thought that was rather profound. But then, DH says that in his old age, he can think through a lot of math and physics concepts and understand them thoroughly.

I've seen books that people have written with less substance than that concept.

Einstein looked to the god of Spinoza. That by learning the laws of the universe he could know the essence of God.

That's the way DH thinks. We met at a Unitarian-Universalist church and are basically secular humanists. Both of us know that everything cannot be completely cut and dried, we have both been Music Directors at Unitarian churches. We have emotions and unexplained experiences too.

[OneGrassRoot]

99. I love that!

I ADORE Einstein. :) by learning the laws of the universe he could know the essence of God

I don't comprehend (nor am I drawn to) the intricacies of science. However, I've always felt his Theory of Relativity applies on a spiritual level as well, much as your husband says here: "If you are going at the speed of light, time slows down for you, but you don't know that relative to the person on the outside observing you."

Very profound indeed.

:hug:

[MrMickeysMom]

112. Hi, MOL.... Mind if I weigh in?

Didn't Einstein say that a problem could not be solved at the same LEVEL that it was created? (thought has to evolve)

It makes sense to think the human organism would have to evolve (in time?) to solve the problems of humanity. I think this runs close to religious philosophy.

??? :shrug:

[OneGrassRoot]

113. Yes, he did!

Another one of his insights that I (and others) often quote.

:hi: Mr.MickeysMom

(I haven't listened to "Spontaneous Evolution" btw...sounds interesting though!)

[MrMickeysMom]

114. ( : ^-D ....

:hi: OGR Interesting, indeed!

II swear, I'm gonna finish listening to this with hubby today and get back because it is moving me SOOOOOooooooh!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

115. I have been sleeping A LOT.

And I don't know why.

Sleeping in several hour segments, and then 12 hours or so and only getting up for potty breaks.

Like today 17 hours.

I took a muscle relaxer but was not taking any sleeping pills.

The doctor would not be any help; I am taking my thyroid and they ignored my adrenal exhaustion and didn't want me taking any prednisone to fix it. My allergies make me so tired that prednisone makes the diff between being bedridden and being functional, sometimes.

[FirstLight]

116. transformation within and 'habit breaking'

seems like the shifting and movement is causing an inner tidal wave (hehe, cancer, you said, hmmm)
my shift of attention away from thngs i may have considered 'bad habits"
which are really nothing more than
INDULGENCES
and how to move my own attantion into something else, make a more positive and empowering choice

in relationship
in recreation
in health
in work, etc

so how does the playfullness of uranus factor in as well? becuase it seems like i am getting more serious about manifesting my life, not less
:shrug:

[Ricochet21]

118. Well it's complicated FL

The main thing to point out to you and me since we're both capricorns with very over-active Uranuses is this:

don't listen to it all the time
it's fast and furious and one day it wants you to change your life from a-z here then the next day 1-10 there
it speaks in drastic fashions
"I'm gonna clean the whole basement in 10 minutes!"
"I'm gonna get rid of all my vices at once" just because the IDEA strikes you

Uranus is fanatical in many ways along with its goodness (Egypt) showing up in proper revolution.

It needs calmed down by Saturn which is more reasonable.

Playfulness of Uranus pendulums back and forth in a healthy way with a healthy Saturn, balance
Your normally "balanced" Moon in Libra seldom is able to be itself because it lives next to Uranus natally! See? :hi:

Good luck

[Ricochet21]

119. Remember

we're all going thru drastic mood swings because of the revolution with Uranus approaching Aries
and the bucket pattern now: 9 planets on one side, the Moon by itself in MOODY CANCER.

[kimmerspixelated]

120. What is the bucket pattern?

I also believe I read somewhere that Uranus is the only planet that spins on its side??? How can you tell if a ball is on its side???

[Ricochet21]

121. Like an umbrella shape

All planets in a U shape, mostly on one side, a singletary planet opposite, like a handle. All the planets are in that formation now with the Moon In Cancer being the handle. That greatly exaggerates that planet whether transiting or in a natal.

Uranus rolls through space. It's the axis that is on it's side as it spins. :hi:

[kimmerspixelated]

123. So, maybe Uranus rolls

because it is so fat, maybe , Pregnant with Huge Possibilities??? HAHA:hi:

[Ricochet21]

124. Uranus always has to be different, you know that

It's always pregnant with huge possibilities.
What I like is that no matter how much anyone knows about a situation
no matter what you think will happen
no matter what options you think a situation is limited to
Uranus will ALWAYS surprise you. It doen't even know what it's going to do until it does so.
It's the only planet that regularly manifests its results when the geometric angles are at their peak.

It's brilliant
It's way, way ahead of us.
Plus, it's crazy. :crazy:

[Ricochet21]

122. No one said Uranus wasn't serious

it seriously wants to change STALE patterns, it renews. :hi:

[cate94]

117. Yikes on the "head's up"

but perhaps this is the liberation I need from lurking??? Of course some might say that speaking up isn't exactly prudent...

:)

[Delphinus]

131. Hey, cate94.

Come on in ... the water's (and the hugs :hug:) are fine! Looking forward to hearing what you have to share.

[cate94]

135. Thanks

:hi:

My schedule is goofy so I'll probably be somewhat erratic in my posting. Lots of posts one day - nothing for a while and then a lot of posts again.

Of course, that could just be because I'm a Gemini... :)

[davsand]

125. I'm really wondering what this will do to me with my natal Moon, Mercury and Venus in Aries.

Seems like an awful lot of energy focused in one house...

:scared:



Laura

[Ricochet21]

126. Activate it

enliven it, bring it to life, make you more "selfish" (in a good way), make you more direct, lessen the complications in your life,
make you want to "do your thing", etc. Much more in next month's newsletter. :hi:

[davsand]

132. "Make you more direct..."

Home run on THAT one, especially! I've never been noted for being shy and retiring, but lately, I gotta admit, I've found myself being uncharacteristically blunt sometimes. I have not been mean, but I sure have found myself "cutting to the chase" more often. The other day in the office one of my co-workers called me and was beating around the bush for what seemed like forever (not too long really, but it just FELT that way...) Finally, I just asked him directly, "What is it, exactly, that you want?" An office mate was standing there the whole time and he just about fell over laughing. There's been an increase of that kind of stuff--be it at work or at home with the family.

There have been other things coming out lately both on a professional and personal level, and I just never thought about it in the context of an astrological progression (duh!) Life for me, lately, has been a lot like watching a rocket launch. You know how you sit there and you see all kinds of flames and smoke roiling out of the bottom of the rocket for quite a while (seems like) and then sloooooowly it leaves the ground behind and takes off like a... well...a rocket? THAT is exactly how this recent period has felt to me. I've been seeing the flames and smoke for a while now and maybe this is when the actual lift off finally comes.

Thanks, Rick, for all you do. I hope you know how much you are loved.



Laura

[Ricochet21]

138. thanks ds

Yes, I appreciate all the good juju going around. yes, just like the rocket, this IS blast off. We're all much more "astrological" than we have any idea. We should all be taking classes.

[u4ic]

127. I`m purging

Lots of my stuff, and have also let go of a few friendships; I have become more conscious of patterns of people around me, and what I wish to let in or keep in my life.

Feel like I`m preparing for something...

[Kookaburra]

128. Lots of Lightworkers purging right now

Most of my friends have been sick with flu. These are people who rarely get sick -- some I've known for years and never seen them sick before. I, myself, have also had something like a headcold/allergy hybrid. It's been annoying, but I figure the "river of snot" coming from my nose is purging out some heavy stuff.

We're all preparing for the big opening.

Happy Purging, U4IC.

[MorningGlow]

134. Fever here

Annoying but not entirely debilitating. Wish it would finish, though. x(

[Ricochet21]

139. almost all fevers are Mars

I hope you feel better soon

[MorningGlow]

141. Thanks, Rick

When does Mars back off? :hi:

[u4ic]

147. I took a reiki course a few weeks back

and am amazed how much my sinuses have cleared since then. Twice a day I do reiki on myself, and it's continuing to help.

Preparing...yes, I think so.

Thanks, the purging is time and energy consuming, but so worth it!

[Ricochet21]

129. Good for you U4IC

you're right on track. It has hit the collective; travel lightly.
good for you, you are preparing for something, good luck :hi:

pluto purge
uranus awakening

[southerncrone]

130. O Lord! Pluto & Uranus.........It's gotta be ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!

These 2 powerhouses are square each other. Purging the status quo & established ways and something completely unique comes quickly & forcefully.
Whew!
Buckling my seat belt!
:popcorn:

[Ricochet21]

140. 7 times too

this is number 1

[u4ic]

149. A few times it'll be hitting my moon

then in a couple of years, my MC.

I'm ready for the shake up!

[I Have A Dream]

137. So, are you saying that we're right on track if we're feeling absolutely, utterly horrible...

physically, emotionally, mentally, and every other '...ally' that exists?

If so, I'm there!

:bounce:

(Oh, and I have seen a doctor. Don't want the mods/admins to be concerned.)

[Ricochet21]

142. I think you kinda got it wrong, ms IHAD

I'm sorry you're not well. I hope you get better real fast.

Seems like the PL and JU are both piling on your critical Mars...
Neptune nearing your Chiron! Allergies. In the long term, this one might heal a bunch of those. It's slow moving.

o, and , PL [] PL

:hug:

[I Have A Dream]

145. Yeah, and my Chiron return...

It's all just much too much fun! :eyes:

Thanks, Rick. :hug:


On edit: Isn't Pluto trine my natal Pluto rather than square? (Or is that what your symbol means?)

[Ricochet21]

151. My mistake

yes, it's trine. Perhaps we could use /\

[u4ic]

148. Rick, if I could fit everything I need

into a backpack, or at most my car (and it's a wee one), I'd do it. I'm tired of possessions dragging me down - and I don't have a lot to begin with.

I just wanna be free. :)

Thanks, I hope you are well and happy! :hi:

[Ricochet21]

152. I am hearing that sentiment everywhere

I think that's definitely part Pluto in Capricorn and certainly Jupiter and Uranus in Aries. Jup/Ura want to travel fast and light. Unhindered. With the PL impact we've been feeling, we want our feet outa the mud. I think. :hi:

[Myrina]

133. Wow, people are agitated!

In addition to what we saw in the middle east and now in WI --- I'm still seeing the short fuses everywhere I go.
I feel GREAT ... more content than I have been in a long time.
Maybe its just that my aura is abrasive to some people?? :shrug:

[Ricochet21]

143. no, it's not you

those unaware are feeling of agitation as Uranus enters Aries, the main phrase of that is "I'm fed up"

well, there are two ways to handle that one. I really think that people now will be experiencing pain to the degree that they blame

:hi:

Uranus in Aries is one powerful transit.

[OneGrassRoot]

150. That gave me a chuckle...

I can just picture that line being used in a movie: "I'm not rude, my aura is abrasive."

:rofl:

Don't mind me...the strangest things tickle me. ;)

:hug:

[FirstLight]

136. This morning, WOW

hoey moley, ever feel like you step out of bed and start running...seriously, even when trying to meditate this morning, i feel like the world was spinning faster today or something! ( posted this on my FB too, lol)


just feel like i can;t catch my breath! whew! :wtf:

[Ricochet21]

144. I told you, it's gonna speed up

find your center, eventually, you'll end up somewhere cool.

[FirstLight]

146. my center...

funny, my solar plexus has been acting up,and i have had some mild headaches too...

just trying to breathe more, and remember to look out the window for perspective. The new snow is so pretty, cushioning us from the world, making it still and quiet, even in the midday :)
Hugs

[Ricochet21]

153. All kinda symptoms are going to emerge everyday

we can't panic at any one, I think. Consider:
Sun is going from Aquarius to Pisces tomorrow
Mars is joining Neptune in late Aquarius
CHIRON just entered Pisces (that's huge)
Neptune is right behind Chiron
Uranus is entering Aries
Jupiter just did
Uranus and Jupiter will start to square Pluto

all these energies are vying for center stage, it'll take a long time for them to smooth out :hi:

[Saokymo]

154. I've been feeling...

... well I've been feeling, let's put it that way. My emotions have been all over the spectrum lately -- moody, snippy, irritable, withdrawn, it's totally crazy. Earlier today I started feeling anxious, waiting for something big to happen, for no reason at all. I've since mellowed out, but I don't know what to expect next. It's quite aggravating.

And we have another 3 weeks of this? D:

[Ricochet21]

155. No, we cannot say we have 3 more weeks of this...

we know nothing for certain. I have no idea what exactly will happen but have watch many periods that are similar.
Consider we are been loosed, our energies are being freed.

Our energies in many ways have been stuck in old patterns and pathways. That's called integration or Saturn.
Now, periodically, Uranus takes over and causes temporary chaos. The idea is not to make you calm or nervous
the idea is that the old stuff is wearing out and our shift to our new energy patterns will be a bit shakey here and there.
It'll be ok. I hope you feel well and that your awakening be smooth. :hi:

Looking at your chart, it may be more exciting than others because your Sun is 1 degree cardinal, much release is coming to you.
Plus, you have a very, very strong Uranus to begin with. This ultimately means that you should do quite well with this energy
since you are used to Uranus. Good luck.

You are a healer extraordinaire

[Saokymo]

167. Of course you're exactly right.

I've been noticing old habits and patterns for a while now (notably ones involving romance and relationships), and this past week saw some of them shaken up quite suddenly. It caught me totally off guard. That's been the major portion of my moodiness. Now the next step is figuring out where to go from here. There's also a lot of exciting opportunities cropping up around work and I want to be ready to catch them as they happen, just to add another layer of confuzzlement to the mix.

But there was still that random bubble of big-events anxiety again today. Whatever needs to happen to needs happen already so we can all pick up the pieces and move on! XP

Thank you again for the kind words. I can't tell you how much it helps to find a breath of clarity -- if nothing else it reminds me to calm down and go with the flow. ^_^

[Oak2004]

156. I'm uncomfortable, I guess, with what I'm seeing as an implied in your post

There's a very good chance you don't mean to imply what I'm reading into it. If so, let me apologize even before I get to the meat of my reply :)

What I'm hearing is "go be an individual and to hell with society". I don't think any transit can indicate such a message, because I don't think the universe itself ever promotes such a message. Freedom, yes (defined as "acting in conformance with one's true nature", and not as "follow your whims and damn any others that may be affected by your commissions or omissions"). Individuality, yes (because no machine can operate with uniformly identical components and equal potential energy on all sides of the equation, and neither can any society function without a healthy variety of individuals). But egoic me-me-me-ME stuff? Not even if every heavenly body, fixed stars and all, morphed into an infinity of Mars-like bodies and permanently parked themselves at 0° Aries would that ever be true (though that would make for one serious stellium :) )

I will concede that for some people, a round of "me-me-me-ME" would be the very best they could make of Uranus in Aries. But people that unevolved and beaten down are rare.

Uranus is not a me-me-me planet. It's a diversity-in-community planet. And while Aries might be summarized as "I am", one can't avoid the implication of a slight tweak to the typography: "I Am". Aries is no more destined to be the playground of individual ego than is any other sign.

I suppose what I might be unfairly reading into your posts has grated especially on me since if anything I'm pondering the very opposite of me-me-me at the moment. My bead sales have been climbed slowly and steadily. There is reason to hope that over the next couple of years I might dig out from the financial hole I'm in, and perhaps more importantly, to develop skills that can morph into a utilitarian metalworking and fixit business when we get hit with the full impact of Peak Oil, which I believe is coming in the next few years.

Sorry, I'm not looking forward to a transformative 2012 full of rainbows and unicorns. What I see coming is the collapse of this civilization, and some very tough times (times which will be evocative of the Plague years in their awfulness and impact upon human society, though they may be more about war and starvation than pestilence). And I see this crisis as coming soon, about five to ten years from now, so I am very interested in acquiring skills that will make me valuable enough to survive, as world population levels crash to about 2 billion over a period of maybe 50 years.

But here's the catch. I am not interested in exclusively saving my hide. In fact, I find the whole notion of scrambling for a seat on the lifeboat and merrily waving goodbye to the band still playing on the deck repulsive. I want to make sure as many people as possible find a seat on the lifeboat, too, and that requires destroying the system that is creating the obscene gap between rich and poor while hastening the day our civilization goes belly up. Collective wealth, not individual wealth, is the route that guarantees survival for the maximum number of people.

What my question for myself has been is: what role do I have to play in taking the system down, and how do I play my part? In essence, I'm looking for an "entanglement." As a disabled person I'm no candidate for "street fightin' (wo)man", even though I believe that the weapons used in the street battles to come will be truth and morality, a la Egypt, not guns and bombs (My health precludes sit-ins. I would not have been able to survive more than a few days in Tahrir Square, and had I been there for those few days I would have been a drain on the revolutionaries' resources.) The world already has an abundance of bloggers on the subject matter, most better at it than I could be. There's a role for me somewhere. Where it is, I don't know, though I have faint clues.

[Delphinus]

157. Oak, wow ...

this paragraph really hits me:
But here's the catch. I am not interested in exclusively saving my hide. In fact, I find the whole notion of scrambling for a seat on the lifeboat and merrily waving goodbye to the band still playing on the deck repulsive. I want to make sure as many people as possible find a seat on the lifeboat, too, and that requires destroying the system that is creating the obscene gap between rich and poor while hastening the day our civilization goes belly up. Collective wealth, not individual wealth, is the route that guarantees survival for the maximum number of people.

mainly because I'm not interested in exclusively saving my hide, either.

I hope that you can find your place in this upcoming unraveling of the collective. Be well. :hug:

[Ricochet21]

159. How well put Delp

It's not about saving you hide, it's about becoming you! A big difference. The successors will be those who can take ownership of beign themselves, and vice versa. You're right on! :hi:

[MorningGlow]

158. I won't speak for Rick, but I will share my thoughts

In light of your post, I reread Rick's OP and quite honestly, I don't see any of what you're mentioning in there. Rick is alerting people to a time of individual "becoming", and that's not an either/or proposition to helping others and improving society. I really don't see how the only option is to choose one thing over the other. You can work on your Self and help others at the same time. In fact, we have a very well-used metaphor that can be employed once again: "Secure your own oxygen mask before assisting others."

You ARE "becoming", Oak, with your business improving and such. That's exactly what we're supposed to be on the lookout for now--ways to personally evolve so we're true to our Selves, living as honestly as possible and to our greatest potential. In fact, you're likely well ahead of others, if you are feeling secure in your personal life and are using your energy to help others. Kudos to you for that!

I'm afraid that I must disagree that we are in for a terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad apocalypse type of societal crash. I agree that things will be rough, and that things will change drastically, and some people won't be able to handle it, but I don't believe we will be thrown into chaos. As can be seen in the mostly quiet revolution in Egypt and now the protests in Wisconsin, good-hearted people CAN and WILL take charge so that we make our shifts as peacefully as possible.

At least, that's where I'm putting my energy. :hi:

[Ricochet21]

160. Thanks MG

you got it
you got it
you got it

thanks!

It's hard not to overthink this one. It's simply "I wanna be myself!" that's it!

[Ricochet21]

172. OAK2004, I'm sorry my reply is so late.

Dear OAK2004

I don't feel that my original post here (which unexpectedly mushroomed) was meant in any way to imply "hell with society." Absolutley, if you've been reading my posts and newsletters for years, I've been hoping for the opposite. Independence of each of us working together in a new hopeful world has been my intentions. So, I'm not sure where you got that from. Forgive me if that is what you got, but it was not in any way my thoughts.


>I'm uncomfortable, I guess, with what I'm seeing as an implied in your post
>There's a very good chance you don't mean to imply what I'm reading into it. If so, let me apologize even before
>I get to the meat of my reply

>What I'm hearing is "go be an individual and to hell with society". I don't think any transit can indicate such a
>message, because I don't think the universe itself ever promotes such a message.

I agree completely, no transit can do that or does do that.


>Freedom, yes (defined as "acting in conformance with one's true nature", and not as "follow your whims and damn
>any others that may be affected by your commissions or omissions").

What I have written about is freedom in terms of getting free of family restrictions and self-imposed uptightness that we carry into adulthood, suppressing ourselves just to belong to a family or other unit. This is intended to say NO to I'm not stifling myself anymore as is the case with so many of my clients. It is intended to break co-dependencies. It is intended to tell people off who have used you.... but, in no way, is it a slight to just anyone around you or in any position of "power".


>Individuality, yes (because no machine can operate with uniformly identical components and equal potential energy
>on all sides of the equation, and neither can any society function without a healthy variety of individuals). But
>egoic me-me-me-ME stuff? Not even if every heavenly body, fixed stars and all, morphed into an infinity of Mars-
>like bodies and permanently parked themselves at 0° Aries would that ever be true (though that would make for one
>serious stellium )

I believe that viewpoint is not correct. A stellium of Uranian / Aries energy is very much me me me. I've seen it.
We cannot just remain philosphical; we have to examine what really happens to real people with real transits, I feel.

>I will concede that for some people, a round of "me-me-me-ME" would be the very best they could make of Uranus in
>Aries. But people that unevolved and beaten down are rare.

Oh, I find them very plentiful, not rare at all.


>Uranus is not a me-me-me planet. It's a diversity-in-community planet. And while Aries might be summarized as "I
>am", one can't avoid the implication of a slight tweak to the typography: "I Am". Aries is no more destined to be
>the playground of individual ego than is any other sign.

Read Arroyo and Tarnas, the shadow side of Uranus is extremely self-oriented. The COMBINATION of Uranus and Aries has strong possibilities for emanating a me me me result. This can be good, this can be real bad. All depends on the entirety of the chart; I'm sure you'd agree.


>I suppose what I might be unfairly reading into your posts has grated especially on me since if anything I'm
>pondering the very opposite of me-me-me at the moment. My bead sales have been climbed slowly and steadily. There
>is reason to hope that over the next couple of years I might dig out from the financial hole I'm in, and perhaps
>more importantly, to develop skills that can morph into a utilitarian metalworking and fixit business when we get
>hit with the full impact of Peak Oil, which I believe is coming in the next few years.

Once again, I don't know where you are getting from my writings that I foresee me me me stuff. What I've said is directed to those 10's of clients that I have seen who FEEL BAD WHEN THEY DO ANYTHING FOR THEMSELVES. THEY FEEL GUILTY. Those are my targets, to help them liberate themselves from over-Neptoonian, guilt and low self-esteem. I really don't understand your connection here to your "bead business". If you are saying that you hope the bead business gathers steam by joining with others - HOORAY - I'm all for it!


>Sorry, I'm not looking forward to a transformative 2012 full of rainbows and unicorns. What I see coming is the
>collapse of this civilization, and some very tough times (times which will be evocative of the Plague years in
>their awfulness and impact upon human society, though they may be more about war and starvation than pestilence).
>And I see this crisis as coming soon, about five to ten years from now, so I am very interested in acquiring
>skills that will make me valuable enough to survive, as world population levels crash to about 2 billion over a
>period of maybe 50 years.

I see the same exactly as you, I don't know where you get the impression that I'm expecting unicorns? I have had to temper my vision greatly as I write for a good chunk of poeple. I think, like you, that it's going to get much worse before (if it does) get better; yet, I try to keep myself and others upbeat as much as possible.


>But here's the catch. I am not interested in exclusively saving my hide. In fact, I find the whole notion of
>scrambling for a seat on the lifeboat and merrily waving goodbye to the band still playing on the deck repulsive.
>I want to make sure as many people as possible find a seat on the lifeboat, too, and that requires destroying the
>system that is creating the obscene gap between rich and poor while hastening the day our civilization goes belly
>up. Collective wealth, not individual wealth, is the route that guarantees survival for the maximum number of
>people.

I agree with you completely once again here.


>What my question for myself has been is: what role do I have to play in taking the system down, and how do I play
>my part? In essence, I'm looking for an "entanglement." As a disabled person I'm no candidate for "street
>fightin' (wo)man", even though I believe that the weapons used in the street battles to come will be truth and
>morality, a la Egypt, not guns and bombs (My health precludes sit-ins. I would not have been able to survive more
>than a few days in Tahrir Square, and had I been there for those few days I would have been a drain on the
>revolutionaries' resources.) The world already has an abundance of bloggers on the subject matter, most better at
>it than I could be. There's a role for me somewhere. Where it is, I don't know, though I have faint clues.

I'm not really sure what you mean here, but I appreciate your direct honesty and hope for you the best in you path.
I wish you nothing less than love and support hoping that you will keep contributing your valuable insights here. :hug:

[Dora]

161. I need a broom, I'm shedding so much!

Shedding a marriage, and a boss who is retiring and with whom I have had a challenged relationship. Working on shedding habits of action/inaction, bad habits of thought, habits of judgment, habits of fear. Shedding the blocks in my path and taking steps around obstacles.

But this FEELING is overwhelming sometimes. A feeling in my core like I'm falling or flying, a feeling as though I'm in mid-air and will either crash to the ground or magically land on my feet. Like stage fright, or standing on the edge of the high diving board.

Really, Rick, my impulse to beg you to tell me what's coming next is so STRONG I can almost choke on it. But you're an astrologer, not a seer, and I know that you can no more tell me what's coming next in my life than I can tell you what's happening in yours.

Yee-haw!

[Ricochet21]

162. Exactly, I can't tell you what's next

Your feelings are normal, you're becoming more you! How great this is for you! Yea: :applause:!

[Why Syzygy]

166. Yay!

Looking good! :D

[FirstLight]

163. Is Wisconsin part of a growing change HERE at HOME?

will we see more of this happening as the year progresses? are americans finally getting to the critical mass point?

[Ricochet21]

164. Yes, Americans are way past

the critical mass point. The revolutions that we were warned about 5/27/10 are coming to fruition 3/11/11 all over the world. Inside us, outside us. Good ones. Bad ones.

:hi:

[Ricochet21]

165. Self/delete nt

[Proud_Lefty]

168. Ch-ch-ch-anges and face the strange ...

Without a doubt, this year is all about change, rapid change, and especially uncomfortable change. I had been wanting this for so long now, but like a woman going through childbirth, its so painful going through it's easy to forget the beautiful life at the completion of the process.

I really appreciate this thread and all of Rick's input. It's so invaluable to so many of us at this time.

Thanks, Rick :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Ricochet21]

169. You're welcome PL

I'm just trying to give people an idea of what this new (you can feel it already) sweeping energy will be like. In most cases, we have every reason to expect great enlivening energy! We must think positive about it.

I remember my first 20 years in astrology, it's common, you sweat any transit that's coming. You just don't know yet. It's just life energy. We all want renewed, that's Uranus in Aries.

Be well :hi:

[FirstLight]

170. perfect song and analogy

...there is that point, in childbirth, where the pain changes too...it becomes almost orgasmic to feel the rush and push and wave of movement rock your body...
it will shift, we will feel that change too

[Ricochet21]

171. Yes FL

I think you've got it (although I've never given birth)! :hi: